After Jesus, the Bible character we know more about than any other is Saul of Tarsus, a.k.a. St. Paul. In fact, you might say that, after Jesus, we know more about St. Paul than we know about all other Bible characters put to-gether. His life, travels, and thinking are well documented not only in Luke’s Acts of the Apostles but also in Paul&...

     Sometimes churches talks about the “summer slump” – people take the summer off, and life at church shuts down. We are certainly not planning for the summer slump during the month of June at MUMC. Consider what’s going on this month:

• Vacation Bible School: June 10-15: The most exciting week

Hey everyone!

Hope you're all well!  So, the bus ride to Kusi couldn't have been more different than the bus ride on my last trip in Peru in 2009. Very clean, AIR CONDITIONING!!!, and it was a 40 passenger bus divided among ~28 people, so a lot of us got our own seat.   

We crossed the Andes Mtns and about 1/2 ...

       My sermons for the first part of this year will come from the gospel of Mark. The shortest of the four gospels, Mark’s story of Jesus will fit nicely into the three-month period from January through Easter. Of course, we won’t be able to talk about every story in the gospel, but we’ll try to ...

 Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth! Worship the LORD with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us, and we are his. We are the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good. His ...

God moment for the day:

There was a tiny lady in line at Mutt's BBQ last Sunday that no one seemed to notice. As people continued to pass by her, when I got close she looked up at me with puppy dog eyes and looked back down at her hand full of a few pennies and dimes...Being that the buffet was $8.00, I knew she needed a lot more pennies and ...

Our awesome God never stops surprising me. Whether it’s during a worship service (where He reveals Himself in mighty ways that I could never have planned in all my time spent on the “service plan”) or working with people in ministry or outreach, He is there...blowing me away. Christ is changing me. For instance, I never used to...

Growing up in part of the “Bible Belt” (upstate South Carolina), I can remember a time when stores and restaurants were closed on Sundays, and kids didn’t play sports on Sundays. For the most part, those days are gone now, and so the question we have to ask ourselves is: “How are we going to keep the 4th Commandment that ...

On  the way home!

Last night in Tanazia. Great safari yesterday.  VBS today and orphanage were fun. Shop tomorrowand fly home.
Trip has been great. Ready to come home.

Had a great day. Sad last day in village.
Travel tomorrow.

I am sorry i have not kept the text messages from Tanzinia entered. I was at SC conference and forgot to take the instructions om how to do it with me. I will catch up today, Sunday.

WEDNESDAY

Arrived in Tanzania had a good VBS in Babati. Our hotel is new.
Steve

Great VBS today. Sad to leave Babati. Travel to Singida tomorrow.
Orphanage VBS.
Everyone's health is good.

Steve

All is great' Hope conference is not too boring. Sholder is OK
Pat