Have you ever wondered why being served is so hard to accept? How asking for help makes us feel inadequate? I don’t know if this is true for you, but it’s true for me. For me, the root of the answer to those questions is pride. Currently, my pride is hidden in “mommy...
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...
Meet Our International Partners There are many opportunities in the life of a Christ follower. By the grace of God, he affords us the opportunities to preach and teach, send out and take in, to receive blessing and to give it away. We are God’s workmanship (Ephesians...
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...
