08/20/2019
Back to school has arrived for just about all students living in the area of Hamilton County. I know that going back to school not only means that there are classes to attend but also that homework is back too. I know that homework has always been a challenge…
-for the student who would much rather do something else with his/her time
-for the parent who sees it as just another battle ground between parent and child
-for the teacher who has more grading to do and also more follow-up with unsubmitted assignments
Last Sunday we started a two week series on the topic of Spiritual Gifts (click here to hear the sermon). I am taking advantage of the timing to be in the homework mode and am assigning homework myself.
Before next Sunday, in fact to make next Sunday’s message pertinent to each one of you individually, please take one of two Spiritual Gifts surveys that we are making available.
1. Pick a hard copy up at the Welcome Center
2. Access the CUMC website and scroll down on the front page and you will be able to open the Spiritual Gifts survey.
QUICK LINK TO SURVEY
The survey doesn’t takes long, about 20-30 minutes. Answer the questions with your first answer. Don’t over think them. You can score your test and have your results in mind as you hear next Sunday’s message.
I am looking forward to the possibilities for CUMC as more and more of us know our Spiritual Gifts and use them to serve the body of Christ!
Blessings, Pastor Patti
Archived Posts
Gandhi and the Sugar
I wasn’t preaching Sunday, Reverend Jackie Chandler was. And she talked about the power of influence you get when you practice what you preach. This famous illustration came to mind. It fits Jackie’s points quite well. Enjoy!
Not Just for Parents
Our current sermon series is about How To Talk Parent, but it doesn’t require any of us to be parents to appreciate the bits of wisdom OUR parents shared with us growing up.
If Not Higher
Here’s a story I wanted to use when talking about ‘what you do when no one is looking’ yesterday. It’s a wonderful illustration of what Jesus was saying in Matthew 6:1-6—do what you do because of who you want to be, not so that others will take notice and praise you.
The Perfect Church
There is an old joke about the perfect church. We talked just a little about the perfect pastor, but turnabout is fair play. It goes like this:
The Clothes You Wear
Sunday I talked about Joshua the High Priest having his filthy clothing replaced by a cleaned and beautiful garments. I also used the illustration of a boy becomes a dragon—who ‘wears’ dragon scales—and is stripped of those scales in order to be restored to a boy. In fact, I could have done the whole sermon around all the clothing imagery in scripture.
What just missed the cut for Sunday’s Sermon
Naaman’s servants may actually become one of the hidden gems of the sermon. They say, essentially: “If the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it.”
One of the Longest Benedictions I Ran Out of Time to Share
Maybe you know the story of how Joseph and Mary accidentally left Jesus at the gas station on their way home from Jerusalem. Well, not the gas station bathroom in Jesus’ case. Joe and Mary are far down the road before they realize Jesus isn’t with them...