Posts from May 2021

Posts from May 2021

2021 Annual Conference Mission Project

After some fits and starts, we were able to gather all of the items for our Hands On Mission Buckets for Zimbabwe. Charlene and I filled all 36 buckets that I challenged you to supply this afternoon. Two of those buckets are in the Sanctuary so that they can be dedicated in the worship service tomorrow. The remainder are in the Narthex so that you can see the results of your generosity. Thank you from the bottom of my heart…

Update 5-25-2021

Hey McFarland! Pastor Wayne here with another update! I know that this isn’t a lot of notice, but I just found out about this myself. Holston Conference Camp & Retreat Ministries is hosting a Celebration of Conference Camping tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. They will share camp stories and an update on the Together for Tomorrow campaign. You can participate by visiting this link. As we are beginning to open up more of our ministries in the building, I am pleased…

Wayne’s Thoughts 5-23-2021

Hey McFarland! Pastor Wayne here! What a joyous time of worship this morning as we celebrated Pentecost and the birth of the church. I hope that you experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit as our Sustainer in life during the worship service. I’m looking forward to whatever our “new normal” will be in the days and weeks ahead. Eventually, that means that masks will become optional for those who have been vaccinated. We will continue to ask that folks…

Update 5-19-2021

Hey McFarland! Pastor Wayne here! I hope that y’all are doing well. I just wanted to take a few minutes to update you on some things that are happening at the church. Thursday, May 20 is our Free Store. We have continued this ministry through the pandemic beginning in November of 2020 by setting up appointments and limiting the number of people in the store at one time. The response to this format has been good and we continue to…