Category: Forward Look
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Exciting new development in church relationships
For some time, many denominations with beliefs similar to the Wesleyan Church have been working together to forge ties that allow for greater cooperation. I have been very excited about the potential of these discussions. Today I learned through this news release that they have taken a major step forward. I am very excited to…
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50th Celebration date
The other day Steven and I were talking about the actual birthday of Community Wesleyan Church. We knew it was Easter 1962 but we did not know the date. So I reached for my copy of the Book of Common Prayer which has an Easter date table in it and looked up the Easter date for…
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Advent Christmas series titled The Light of the World
Every year as we approach the Christmas season, we automatically focus on Bible passages in Luke chapter 2:1-20 and Matthew chapter 2:1-12 where the Christmas story is found. As I was thinking about the Advent/Christmas messages for this year I thought about the fact that the gospel of John also introduces the story of Jesus…
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On the nature of blogging today
100th comment from Germany I received my 100th comment on my blog today. It was a TrackBack. I left it up because of its significance. It was from an advertisement site, but the interesting part was that the site was in German. That is quite significant. My count statistics plug-in tells me that the number…
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October messages planned
In an article written before hurricane Lee, Atlantic magazine had already called 2011: the year of the disaster. Even without the difficult economic times of our year, and the sobering reminder provided by the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the natural disasters of the year have given us all pause to think. I feel led during…
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September sermon series to be called Preserving America
I’ve been planning our September service emphasis to go along with the 10th anniversary of 9/11 which we are all marking this next Sunday. Most of us remember exactly where we were when we first heard the news of the devastation caused by the terrorists’ depraved acts. The tragedy moved us all to greater prayer…
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August Messages Planned
During my days off in the Adirondacks I had a chance to read the book Starting Your Best Life Now, a condensation of Joel Osteen’s best-selling book, Your Best Life Now. I was sufficiently captivated by several of the key concepts that I felt impressed to pass them on to our congregation. I believe the…
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Winds of Refreshing Series Modified
I have decided to change the message for April 10th. Here is the new chart.
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Celebrating a Unanimous Decision
What a joy it was to lead the special church conference this evening in the consideration of the 50th Anniversary Project. I had felt that there was a positive feeling about the various parts of the project but one always wonders if everyone is speaking up. There was good attendance at our meeting. This…