Outwardly focused on making disciples who will make disciples.
I am United Methodist because of the “united” part every bit as much as the “methodist” part. We are connected around the world by our worship, by the way we preach the gospel and attend to the practical, physical needs of our brothers and sisters. We collect our monetary gifts to invest in communities which… Continue Reading→
Have you ever thought of your extended family (cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.) as a motley crew? Not motley in a negative sense but motley in the sense that they have many different or clashing elements. In 2021, my wife and I had the opportunity to spend time visiting with my relatives for an… Continue Reading→
Our journey began in January 2016 at the Administrative Council planning workshop led by Pastor Doug Lain, who had recently been appointed to our church. We brainstormed ideas on new opportunities to serve today’s church, and Racial Diversity emerged as a finalist. The charter members of our group had a brief huddle and scheduled our… Continue Reading→
I am thankful for each of you on this Holy Week. As you are preparing to journey to the cross with your congregations, you continue to offer compassion and concern. Even as you offer some of the most familiar and exciting words of our faith “Christ is Risen!” you are willing to walk with people… Continue Reading→
Over the past few Sundays, I have had the pleasure of worshiping with several churches in our district. It feels great to be out and about! I am grateful for the new members’ class who joined at one church, to witness an adult baptism that day, to experience choir music again, to sing hymns among… Continue Reading→
My name is Pastor Bill Negron. I pastor two churches in Brunswick County, one for ten years the other for 3 months. For both churches I am their first pastor of color. My wife and I are both from New York. My wife is Irish and Scottish and lived in Queens. I am of Latin… Continue Reading→
O God, you are my God, I seek you, My soul thirsts for you; My flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land Where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary Beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than… Continue Reading→
If you tend to procrastinate (like I do once in a while) I think you will enjoy this: Barely the day started and…it’s already six in the evening.Barely arrived on Monday and it’s already Friday. …and the month is already over. …and the year is almost over. …and already 40, 50 or 60 years of our lives… Continue Reading→
Dear Beautiful Harbor District People: Grace and peace to you. As we enter into the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday this week, it is a time to repent and reflect, a time to receive and respond. We look inward, often focusing on self-denial. We open the Lenten season by going into the wilderness with… Continue Reading→