Posts by Bob Rhodes (Page 22)

Posts by Bob Rhodes (Page 22)

Redemption

Will you forgive me if I feel a bit discouraged as we look toward the Christmas season? Will you forgive me if I don’t have quite the energy and excitement that I think maybe I should? This year, I’m not feeling that way. But maybe there’s hope…

The Voice of the Prophets

from Adam Marshall, ministry candidate & PB UMC member The Advent season is one of the only times in the Liturgical year when we reliably hear words from the Prophets of the Old Testament. Most often, they are words that speak of a coming Messiah. There are other messages in the prophets that are less commonly heard — sometimes referred to as a “prophetic voice.” Prophetic messages like this are, by their very nature, culturally subversive. Jesus himself is known…

Relationship

If there is anything essential to our faith, it is relationship: our relationship with God and our relationships with one another.

Youth Sunday 2016

This Sunday is Youth Sunday, a day when the younger members of our community will share their faith and perspectives. Matthew 5:3-12 3“Happy are people who are hopeless, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs. 4“Happy are people who grieve, because they will be made glad. 5“Happy are people who are humble, because they will inherit the earth. 6“Happy are people who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because they will be fed until they are full. 7“Happy are people…

Plus One: Witness

Our final Stewardship focus will be Witness, a conversation about how the ways that we share our faith – either overtly or through choices – impacts the people around us.

Plus One: Service

Sermon preview: We often look at service in a particular way. We must remember that we are called to serve, and there may be more opportunity than we sometimes think.

Plus One: Gifts

So often, Stewardship is seen as the annual financial campaign. As part of our ongoing stewardship series, we have been exploring the full expression of our covenant community with the commitments to support the ministries of our church with our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness. Our financial gifts are an important part of the full covenant. 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 7Be the best in this work of grace in the same way that you are the…