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 […]
In All Things, Give Thanks
Homily for the Monroe Area Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service As followers of Jesus we are tasked with joining Him in his work of bringing healing and wholeness to the world. This is what we pray every time we say, “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” We must recognize […]
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 Call to Priesthood + Servanthood
For those of us who profess to be followers of Jesus, I believe our lectionary passages this morning call us to fill two roles in the Kingdom of God – those of Priest and Servant. “Hold on. Me?,” you say. Yes you. I’m pretty sure many of us would just assume ignore the passages that talk […]
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 Other Side of Mother’s Day
Sermon Transcript on May 13, 2018 Monroe Free Methodist Church Mother’s Day – a day that encapsulates the both-and of the Christian life, both joy and suffering, both celebration and mourning, both crucifixion and resurrection. Many churches have beautiful Mother’s Day services, passing out precious momentos and honoring all of the awesome mothers in the […]
Submitting to Suffering
God of suffering and glory, in Jesus Christ you reveal the way of life through the path of obedience. Change us today. Create new hearts in us, Hearts desiring to walk in in the obedience Of Jesus. Break all the things in us that need to be broken In order that we might live fully […]
The Invitation of Lent
God of wilderness and water, your Son was baptized and tempted as we are. Guide us through this season, that we may not avoid struggle, but open ourselves to blessing, through the cleansing depths of repentance and the heaven-rending words of the Spirit. Amen. source Explanation of Lent The season of Lent began just a […]
Against Spiritual Arrogance, Ignorance, or Complacency
In Mark chapter 1, Jesus is calling for repentance and for earnest followers. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” and “Come, follow me, and I will send you out to fish for people.” Perhaps many of us here today have already […]