Marvin United Methodist Church

[Marvin United Methodist Church @MarvinMethodist]

Soul Shop workshop on suicidal desperation

[Marvin United Methodist Church @MarvinMethodist]

In honor of All Saints Day, with a reading of each of the names of those who had gone on to glory, there was a tolling of the bell

[Gregory V. Palmer @Rrgvp]

"Lord God, thank you for all your saints, past and present, whom we have been blessed to know. Just as your love did shine through them, let your love now shine through us. In your son’s name." Amen.

[Nicky Gumbel @nickygumbel]

A faith that has not been tested cannot be trusted.

[↟ Emily Broome ↟ @helloemilybroom]

New blog post from a sleep deprived bout of inspiration yesterday :)
Kanye converts. Harris apostatizes. Christianity has taken a decline.
So, do we rejoice? Do we grieve? Do we frantically prepare for the end? How do we respond?

https://t.co/PwtJ3IC81j

[Justin Giboney @JustinEGiboney]

Christians have to stop outsourcing our public witness to conservatives & progressives.

Don’t betray faithful social action by following behind flawed ideologies that can’t even fathom how Social Justice (&) Moral Order coincide.

#AND2020 #NewChristianPolitics

[Marvin United Methodist Church @MarvinMethodist]

It was in fact covered for a time. Then someone asked for our stance on LGBTQ. As the Methodist Church as a whole is divided, we stated that the display simply represented the Wizard of Oz. We uncovered the stripes.

[Marvin United Methodist Church @MarvinMethodist]

Do the colored stripes allude to a song from "The Wizard of Oz" or are they meant to approximate a particular flag and all it represents? If a passerby takes it to have the latter meaning, should the church remove said stripes?

[Marvin United Methodist Church @MarvinMethodist]

Every Thursday we have a Faith Painting session. This painting (minus the scripture) is the creation of our talented pastor, Jan Oglesbee.

[Eugene Cho @EugeneCho]

During Holy Week, Jesus doesn't just enter into Jerusalem and go straight to the Cross. In between, he confronts corruption and hypocrisy, overturns tables, heals the blind and sick, washes feet, and more.

In other words, the Kingdom of God isn't just about a ticket to heaven.

[Marvin United Methodist Church @MarvinMethodist]

Your child tells you she is a he. Will you be able to take your seat in the pews with them?

[Family Promise @fpnational]

Do you know how Family Promise began? It all started in 1986 with Karen Olson...

[Kat Armas @kat_armas]

This is your gentle reminder that just as poor doesn’t mean lazy, uneducated doesn’t mean stupid; to be vulnerable in society doesn’t mean to be helpless; and while the marginalized are often silenced, it doesn’t mean they don’t have a voice.

[Desiring God @desiringGod]

Jesus did not update, renew, or renovate the first covenant. It is not the same as the old, or an extension or adaptation of the old. It is genuinely new. https://t.co/YRs2Bm1YX5

[Ryan N. Danker @RyanNDanker]

As a seminary professor I have a request for pastors: please teach your people the basics of the Christian faith. It would make our task so much easier. Trinity. Incarnation. Atonement. Resurrection. Scripture. Grace. Faith. Justification. Sanctification. Formation takes years.

[Nicky Gumbel @nickygumbel]

Don’t be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond.

[Marvin United Methodist Church @MarvinMethodist]

Unloading the truck full of pumpkins and getting ready for a month of fun and fellowship, storytime for kids and prayers for anyone who asks.

[Drew McIntyre @DrewBMcIntyre]

Congregationalism is a polity that is completely at odds with historic Methodism. We are a connectional people. Problems with the current connection should not mean we give up our polity altogether, even if some rearranging is needed. #UMC #NoThankYou

[Nicky Gumbel @nickygumbel]

Your life as a Christian should make non-believers question their disbelief in God.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The first 3 questions God asked Adam & Eve after they sin are:

1. Where are you?
2. Who told you?
3. What have you done?

A good list for preachers. Good preaching helps people locate themselves in their estrangement & identify the voices we often listen to instead of God.