At Monroe Free Methodist we are seeking to live like Jesus did: prayer-filled, incarnational, evangelical, holy, Spirit-empowered and compassionate. We are learning what this looks like through the rhythmic flow of the liturgical year immersing ourselves in spiritual practices to open our lives to be transformed into Jesus’ likeness. As we embark on the long journey of Ordinary Season we […]
A Community Gathered + Scattered
Dear Church, In preparation for our Society Meeting on January 27th, I have been looking for the ways God is forming us into community of people who live like Jesus. Living like Jesus means saturating our lives in prayer, embodying the love of God, reading Scripture, living uprightly, being filled with the Spirit’s power, and establishing God’s […]
Year of Transformation
Greetings friends! I am so grateful for you! I pray this letter finds you experiencing the grace of God right in the middle of your daily comings and goings. Many of you have kindly been inquiring how I am doing, how the girls are, how Kevin’s new job is, and how our family is adjusting. […]
The Work of the People
A note to my friends, a people called Monroe Free Methodist From where I sit on Sunday mornings I have noticed something shifting among us, something beautiful and essential changing the very nature of who we are as a church. Have you felt it too? No longer is there an invisible line separating the leaders […]
Summer Greetings
It is with great joy to greet you for the first time as your Lead Pastor. MFMC has been an inextricable part of my calling to pastoral ministry. I plan to share more of God’s faithfulness and redemptive work in my life and in this church during our 50th Celebration Sunday on August 12. I […]
The Wounds of the Church
I’ve been hearing a growing number of my Christian friends adopting a “no need for church” spirituality. When I stop to listen to their stories, I can easily understand why people feel like this is a justified way of Christian living: it’s safer to live outside of a community that may cause us pain. The […]
Roots
My dear church family, As I look out my kitchen window I am beginning to see a longtime dream come true – the makings of a garden! Ever since we were newly married, Kevin and I have talked about having a garden, imagining where we would plant it, and what foods we would want to […]