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Gratitude & Hope

 

Thanksgiving is time for gratitude; Advent and Christmas offer hope

 

Nov. 24, 2009

Dear sisters and brothers,
     The last thing you probably need in this Thanksgiving Week is another note in your e-mail box. Especially one from the bishop! Rest assured, this one will be brief and I am not asking you for anything, or pleading with [...]

What is Your Spiritual Type?

Don’t you just love a good quiz?  I found this one on Belief.Net.

Quiz: What’s Your Spiritual Type?

“What’s your religion?” It used to be such a simple question to answer. But now you might be “spiritual but not religious”–or raised in one faith but practicing another. Maybe you’re a Methodist but think of yourself more as [...]

The Combination

I found this on Five Fruitful Practices of Congregations, written by Bishop Robert Schnase. I enjoyed the story/lesson that I thought it would be great to share it here as well. All credit belongs to:  Five Fruitful Practices of Congregations

 

141. The Combination

When I arrived at the church to which I had been newly appointed, I [...]

A Pastoral Letter: Call to Hope and Action

The original is a .pdf file found here:

God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action

A Pastoral Letter from the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church1 1

The 2004 General Conference of The United Methodist Church called for the Council of Bishops to publish new documents and a study guide similar to the Council’s landmark [...]