Longing to Pray – Day 2

“Since friendship unfolds in the context of daily life, it can hardly be expected to fit into neatly engineered rules. Friendship has more to do with desire than with design. It is a grand thing, but it flourishes in common places, and often in unlikely ones, like the flower that blooms through a crack in …

Longing to Pray – Day 1

During the season of Lent we will be focusing on fostering a life of prayer with the help of Dr. Elsworth Kalas’ book, ‘Longing to Pray’. Each day we will post a short quote from the book and a prayer prompt to engage us in prayer. Let the journey begin! “Thinking that our posture wins …

Youth Group – Bentleyville Service Project

The youth group volunteered at Bentleyville last night to serve cookies and hot cocoa to all the visitors looking for Santa! We were joined by the youth and volunteers from Norton Park, Asbury, and Northwoods UMC as well. We always make a bigger impact for God’s Kingdom when we work together!

Lectio Divina for Stewardship (2)

We begin our prayer… In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Enlighten, O God of compassion, the hearts of your children, sanctified by penance, and in your kindness grant those you stir to a sense of devotion a gracious hearing when they cry out to you. Through our Lord Jesus …