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  • July 18 Huddle Guide Sunday, July 18, 2021
    Blessed Be The Merciful Use this Huddle Guide to have deeper conversations with your family, friends, or small group around the message from worship on Sunday. Each Huddle Guide has suggested...
  • July 11 Huddle Guide Sunday, July 11, 2021
    Blessed Be God Use this Huddle Guide to have deeper conversations with your family, friends, or small group around the message from worship on Sunday. Each Huddle Guide has suggested scriptur...
  • July 4 Huddle Guide Sunday, July 4, 2021
    Blessed Are You Use this Huddle Guide to have deeper conversations with your family, friends, or small group around the message from worship on Sunday. Each Huddle Guide has suggested scriptu...
  • What is the Church? Wednesday, June 30, 2021
    The church is the body of Christ—all the people who accept Christ’s gift of salvation and follow Christ’s teachings. It is much more than a building. In the Bible, “church&rdq...
  • Our Human Nature Tuesday, June 29, 2021
    Methodists distinguish between human nature as it was created, and human nature as it exists now. Humans were created in the image of God, having reason and will. They filled a place in the order of ...
  • What is the Holy Spirit? Tuesday, June 29, 2021
    The Holy Spirit is God's present activity in our midst. When we sense God's leading, God's challenge, or God's support or comfort, we say that it's the Holy Spirit at work. In ...
  • Who is Jesus? Tuesday, June 29, 2021
    In trying to find words to express their faith in Jesus, the New Testament writers gave him various names. Jesus was Master, Rabbi, Teacher. He was the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He was the Doorwa...
  • Who is God? Tuesday, June 29, 2021
    When we say the Apostles' Creed, we join with millions of Christians through the ages in an understanding of God as a Trinity—three persons in one: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God, who is...
  • June 27 Huddle Guide Sunday, June 27, 2021
    Worthy of Contentment Use this Huddle Guide to have deeper conversations with your family, friends, or small group around the message from worship on Sunday. Each Huddle Guide has suggested s...
  • Grateful for MAD Camp Wednesday, June 23, 2021
    Pam Taylor has been the organizer of MAD Camp since 2015, and although MAD Camp looks different in 2020 and 2021 - the deep love for the kids stays the same. MAD Camp volunteer spots are full for 2...
  • June 20 Huddle Guide Sunday, June 20, 2021
    Worthy of Perfect Love Use this Huddle Guide to have deeper conversations with your family, friends, or small group around the message from worship on Sunday. Each Huddle Guide has suggested ...
  • Biblical Easter Eggs Wednesday, June 16, 2021
    Randee Paraskevopoulos shares what reading through the Bible has meant to her. Learn more about getting started reading Scripture at TMUMC.ORG/bible . Did you know Disney movies all have a hidd...
  • June 13 Huddle Guide Sunday, June 13, 2021
    Worthy of Imitation Use this Huddle Guide to have deeper conversations with your family, friends, or small group around the message from worship on Sunday. Each Huddle Guide has suggested scr...
  • Update: Fall on the Mound Craft Show Monday, June 7, 2021
    Thank you so much for your support and participation of Fall on the Mound craft show held at TMUMC. You have been such an important part of the success of our show and helping us ...
  • June 6 Huddle Guide Sunday, June 6, 2021
    Worthy of the Gospel Use this Huddle Guide to have deeper conversations with your family, friends, or small group around the message from worship on Sunday. Each Huddle Guide has suggested sc...

What is the Church?

The church is the body of Christ—all the people who accept Christ’s gift of salvation and follow Christ’s teachings. It is much more than a building. In the Bible, “church” never refers to a building. It always refers to people—the people who follow Jesus Christ. Being part of the body of Christ means we are called to be continually shaped to be more and more like Christ. This happens by letting the Word of God, the Bible , guide our faith and our lives,... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson

Our Human Nature

Methodists distinguish between human nature as it was created, and human nature as it exists now. Humans were created in the image of God, having reason and will. They filled a place in the order of creation that stretched from God and the angels on one end through humans down to lower organisms and inanimate objects at the other. As such, humans were in harmony with God and with creation, and in a position to mediate and distribute God's goodness through the rest of creation, but we fall... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson

What is the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit is God's present activity in our midst. When we sense God's leading, God's challenge, or God's support or comfort, we say that it's the Holy Spirit at work. In Hebrew, the words for  Spirit ,  wind , and  breath  are nearly the same. The same is true in Greek. In trying to describe God's activity among them, the ancients were saying that it was like God's breath, like a sacred wind. It could not be seen or held: "The wind... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson

Who is Jesus?

In trying to find words to express their faith in Jesus, the New Testament writers gave him various names. Jesus was Master, Rabbi, Teacher. He was the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He was the Doorway to the sheepfold, the Light of the world, the Prince of Peace, and more. In the church's long tradition, scores of other names or titles have been given. Let's look at five of the most central biblical names for Jesus: Son of God We believe in Jesus as God's special child. We... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson

Who is God?

When we say the Apostles' Creed, we join with millions of Christians through the ages in an understanding of God as a Trinity—three persons in one: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God, who is one, is revealed in three distinct persons. "God in three persons, blessed Trinity" is one way of speaking about the several ways we experience God. We also try to find adjectives that describe the divine nature. In our  Articles of Religion  and  Confession of Faith ,... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Grateful for MAD Camp

Pam Taylor has been the organizer of MAD Camp since 2015, and although MAD Camp looks different in 2020 and 2021 - the deep love for the kids stays the same. MAD Camp volunteer spots are full for 2021, but if you would be willing to pray   for the kids and families at WRCC, you can add your name here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945A4AD2BA75-madcamp1 and we will share this with them on July 23, 2021. For those that haven’t heard of MAD Camp for Jesus, let me give... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson at Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Biblical Easter Eggs

Randee Paraskevopoulos shares what reading through the Bible has meant to her. Learn more about getting started reading Scripture at TMUMC.ORG/bible . Did you know Disney movies all have a hidden Mickey Mouse in them? Or that Stan Lee appeared in a cameo in every Marvel movie until he died? These little surprises are called Easter Eggs. They’re hidden by the movie makers simply to give the audience some fun in discovering them. These days, they can be found in video games, movies,... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson at Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Update: Fall on the Mound Craft Show

Thank you so much for your support and participation of Fall on the Mound craft show held at TMUMC. You have been such an important part of the success of our show and helping us raise money for the many missions and ministries of our church.  At this time, we have decided we will no longer hold Fall on the Mound craft show. We have decided to move in a different direction to help support the ministries and missions of our church. We are sad to see Fall on the... Read More
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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Mental Health Resources

What will help you and me grow to be the healthiest people we can be? We firmly believe that facing whatever is “your challenge” is the best approach. We also realize we all learn and take in information differently – this list is by no means exhaustive. It is also not an endorsement as much as it is a beginning point of tools we found helpful in our mental wellness journeys. Scripture About Mental Health This is not an exhaustive list of biblical passages. There... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson at Sunday, May 16, 2021

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Praying the Psalms for Understanding

As we head into Easter, Rev. Dr. Nick McRae shares how you can seek understanding in the Psalms. Join us for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter worship online or in person. Check out worship times at TMUMC.ORG/easter . Here we are, the sixth and final week of Lent, right on the cusp of Easter! I hope that these meditations on praying the Psalms have helped you encounter God through Scripture in a new way. I truly believe that praying the Psalms helps us prepare—and stay... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson at Thursday, April 1, 2021
Pastor Note

Monday, March 22, 2021

Praying the Difficult Psalms

Pastor Nick McRae gives advice on how to pray the Psalms that aren't very easy to pray: I didn’t always love the Psalms. Not at all. For a long time I even avoided the Psalms because, honestly, I didn’t know what to do with them. Maybe you’ve been there, too. Maybe you’re there right now. I really struggled with the Psalms. Any given psalm I’d read might be absolutely beautiful, but then suddenly, out of nowhere, it would take a disturbing turn. Psalm... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson at Monday, March 22, 2021
Pastor Note

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Seeing the Church in the Psalms

Can our Church community be found in the Psalms? Rev. Dr. Nick McRae walks us through this question: Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and theologian who opposed the evils of Hitler and the Nazi regime. Because of his courageous work, Bonhoeffer was tragically executed in a Nazi concentration camp only 14 days before the camp was liberated by US troops. Throughout his life, Bonhoeffer was devoted to Scripture as the word of God, and he had a special love for the Psalms. He understood... Read More
Posted by Alyssa Robinson at Tuesday, March 16, 2021
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