Dear Church Family and Friends, One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 100 because it calls us to sing praises to God and to come into worship with thanksgiving in our hearts. Music feeds our souls and enhances our worship of God whether we come in praise or in sorrow
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Dear Church Family and Friends, I’m excited to welcome YouthServe back to our church campus for their first overnight camp since 2019. This is a great organization – led by our church member Jennifer Hatchett – that brings teenagers together from all walks of life to teach them about community
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Dear Church Family and Friends, Happy birthday, church!!! When I say “church” I’m not talking about our local church here at Avondale UMC … I’m talking about the church universal. This Sunday we, the church, celebrate what’s known as Pentecost Sunday. It’s the Sunday we remember how the Holy Spirit
Continue readingDear Church Family and Friends, The District Superintendent recently tasked the pastors under his care to come up with one word and one picture to describe how their congregation has emerged from the pandemic. When I first read it, I was like, “What???? One word? One picture? That’s crazy talk!” (No
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Dear Church Family and Friends, Many of you were drawn to our church because of our wonderful hospitality and emphasis on loving everyone without exception. In addition, you truly appreciate and love our beautiful, historic building. You also understand that with an almost 100-year-old building come capital improvement and maintenance
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Dear friends, The season of Lent is drawing to a close, and I can’t wait to celebrate Easter with all of you … but as you all know, we can’t celebrate Easter without first going to the cross. We have some meaningful opportunities next week designed for you to meditate
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Dear Church Family and Friends, I’m very excited to introduce you to some new additions to our Avondale UMC Team! We’ve had hiring teams for Music Ministry, Nursery, and ASP who’ve worked diligently over several months to interview candidates for several positions that we had open. Their dedication paid off,
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Dear Church Family and Friends, This Sunday is Pledge Sunday. This is the time of the year when everyone is invited to prayerfully consider what they can commit to giving to the church for 2022. The phrase “We’re all in this together!” is especially true in the life of Avondale
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Dear Church Family and Friends, We may never appreciate the power of gathering together in person more than we do today. Although the pandemic has filled our lives with challenges and concerns, one good thing it has done for us is that it made us all thankful for things that
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Dear Church Family and Friends, I’m starting to feel like the fog is lifting, and I am seeing bright glimmers of light. For so long I’ve felt as though we were all walking blindly through this dense COVID fog. When we first went on lockdown, I didn’t think the isolation
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