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Holy Week Meditation and Ritual of Three Anointings from Wayne Cook on Vimeo. With this video, we offer an opportunity for a reflective and meditative worship experience for Holy Week. This experience is offered by permission of the Worship Design Studio ministry of Dr Marsha McFee. I offer it to you. Feel free to pause the video as necessary so that the fullness of the worship experience may be fulfilled in this Holy Week. Holy Week Meditation and Rituals of…

In this time of disaffiliation and turmoil within The United Methodist Church and with the “revival” at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky (and I will admit that I’m skeptical of the event – even though I believe that a movement of the Spirit is possible today as part of God’s prevenient grace wooing us to God, Asbury Seminary (yes, a separate entity from the college, but just across the street) has been ground zero for some of the “stuff” that…

Hey McFarland! Pastor Wayne here! As I write this on Friday, November 18, 2022, we are entering the last week of the church year as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the USA. This Sunday, November 20, we will give thanks together for the blessings that we have received. We have so much to be thankful for as we enter this season. This Sunday, November 20, after church, we will need a few folks to remain after church to…

Hey McFarland! Pastor Wayne here with an update! It is hard to believe that we are already in the month of November and that 2022 is almost over. We will celebrate All Saint’s Day in the service this Sunday, November 6. As I write this on Wednesday, November 2, we will remember a total of 5 persons who died since November 1, 2021. Our members who have moved from the church temporal to the Church Triumphant are Wendetta (Wendy) Shoulders,…

It’s hard to believe that we are already into the month of October. It marks the beginning of the 4th Quarter of the year. It also marks the season of Charge Conference and the buildup through Advent toward Christmas. My, where has the time gone? On Sunday, October 2, we began a lectionary-based sermon series that we’re calling “Not Ashamed.” We will spend the first 4 weeks of October in the text of 2 Timothy. There Is a lot to…

This Sunday will mark the Second Sunday of our new series, Having Words With Jesus. We hope that you can join us. We had grand time at Homecoming. Reverend Laura Trent brought the message and the food and fellowship that followed was grand. Thanks to everyone who made it happen. We have an opportunity to help and support the Wesley Center at UTC as we can. Here is some information on how we can help from their FaceBook page:  

Hello McFarland, Pastor Wayne here! What a wonderful homecoming we had this past weekend! We had 61 folks who worshipped with us in person and stayed for a covered dish lunch in Fellowship Hall. Reverend Laura Trent did a wonderful job as our guest preacher and it was good to welcome Reed Shell, our District Superintendent, as he joined us for worship and lunch. Thanks all of the folks who worked so hard to clean, to decorate, to cook, and…

Hey McFarland! Pastor Wayne here with an update. It is hard to believe that we are almost finished with July. I hope that you are staying cool in this heat. I want to share a few things with you for your consideration: Homecoming will be held this year on Sunday, August 28. The Reverend Laura Trent who was appointed to McFarland from 2000-2001. We will worship together at 11:00 a.m. and then we will gather in the Fellowship Hall for…