Recent Worship

• Churches Versus Funeral Homes

  It is my opinion that over the years many churches and their pastors have allowed funeral homes and directors to take over some of the tasks that only churches should have.  In particular I am talking about the practice of having memorial services, or what we United Methodists call a "Service of Death and [...]

  August 28th, 2008

• Singing Until the Cows Come Home: The Problem with Praise Songs

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  At First United Methodist Church we have a small contemporary worship service that averages about 20 people on a good Sunday.  In June we lost our contemporary worship leader Jim and his lovely wife, who together made up 2/3rds of the worship band.  They provided the vocals, Jim played the guitar and Joy [...]

  August 19th, 2008

• Faith

  Another Sunday morning has come and gone, and though the sermon I preached today was not all that great, it did get finished before I preached it (I was busy making corrections on it with a pencil until 5 minutes before I had to preach, however).  I think it “preached” better at the traditional service, [...]

  August 12th, 2007

• More Powerpoint Backgrounds for Ordinary Time

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  June 10th, 2007

• Powerpoint Backgrounds for Ordinary Time

  Here are some Powerpoint slides for Ordinary Time.  I hope to add some more in the weeks to come.

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  June 3rd, 2007