Advent readings are something we do each year. It is a devotional that is created by members of our congregation and read each Sunday during the advent season. Scripture Reading Matthew 2:1-2, 5, 9-11 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of...
Advent readings are something we do each year. It is a devotional that is created by members of our congregation and read each Sunday during the advent season. Scripture Reading John 1:1, 14, 16-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word...
Advent readings are something we do each year. It is a devotional that is created by members of our congregation and read each Sunday during the advent season. Scripture Reading Isaiah 8:21-9:2 They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And they...
When Scott Crabtree first signed up to be a volunteer mentor, he thought he would be asked to help students with math or reading. It turned out to be more fun, and more rewarding. In his time serving as a mentor for two 4th grade students at H.H. Beam Elementary...
I didn’t realize what poverty in our community was like until I started working for Gaston County Schools. I’m grateful for my time there, because it’s given me a chance to know and a desire to serve neighbors I might have never seen otherwise. And, I’m hoping others...
I walked away from worship today with the desire to crawl into a dark and secret place and lick my self-inflicted wounds. I had a bad day. I’m a worship leader, and as such, my failure feels public and I feel nothing but exposed. Today, I felt exposed as a fraud. I...
