In the Celtic tradition, they talk about “thin places.” It’s those places or moments in time where it feels like heaven and earth almost meet … where the feeling of eternity is palpable … where you connect with God and the saints in glory in a way that’s hard to
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Dear Friends, I awoke one morning this week to see a post on Facebook from one of my friends. It read: “Too many sad and hard and horrible things. Use all your powers for good.” It was a good reminder not to let the sad and hard and horrible things
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Dear Friends, The words from Ecclesiastes 3 never fail to resonate deeply within me this time of year as summer fades to fall. This scripture grounds me in the knowledge that no matter what we face in life, God is with us through all of it, in every season. “To
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It’s hard to believe that our mission arm Avondale Samaritan Place (ASP) has been in existence for ten years! What began as a hopeful possibility and partnership between Avondale United Methodist Church and Canterbury United Methodist Church to create “a Christian hub for community service” has become this beautiful, thriving
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Avondale United Methodist Church has a lot to be proud of. We serve our neighbors through feeding ministries, after school programs, summer enrichment for elementary students, and social workers helping people in crisis. We have meaningful worship and Bible study on a weekly basis. And we just completed a renovation
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We’re excited to be headed back into the sanctuary this weekend for worship. The new HVAC is working beautifully to cool the space. Although cooling and heating don’t offer anything visually appealing to the space, you’ll definitely feel the difference. The visual change is that the old radiators have been
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“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 “Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” Psalm 30:5b Dear Church Family and Friends, The scriptures above have been
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Dear friends, The moment we’ve all been waiting for finally arrived this week!! Nope, not Easter … which was totally a BIG moment! (He is risen, indeed!) Yep, you guessed it … demolition began on our HVAC system for the sanctuary. The Capital Team has been working to get to
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Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. It’s a time for growing through repentance, confession, fellowship, prayer, and fasting. Join with your Avondale UMC family and friends in worship, prayer, and study as
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Dear Church Family & Friends, We’re six days into the new year, and today is the day we mark Epiphany. It’s the day that we religious types say that the wise men/magi/three kings (however you want to identify them) finally made it to the manger. They’d had no visits from
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