Dear Friends,
HAPPY NEW YEAR!  For the past month there have been fewer people at the gym where I work out in the mornings.  Next week it will be packed again.  New Year’s Resolutions!
Our congregation has been involved in a ReFocus process of looking at where we have been (Summit 1), thinking about where we are [...]

Joy Boys
By Samuel Wright
“It’s a boy!”  Shouted the barren,
“Mother of joy!” Echoed the virgin
Camel hair coat; Locust lunches
Preaching remote; Dunking bunches
God incarnate; Love shared and shown
Flowing in garnet; Rising from stone
Christmas bells ring; Joy, peace, hope, love.
Winged children sing; God’s light from above.
Our prayer for you: Presence of shalom;
Hope and joy anew; A feeling of [...]

Dear Friends,
Many people are struggling financially.  Some are losing their homes.  Others are being evicted from places they rent because the landlord is losing the home.  Many people have lost thousands of dollars in their retirement accounts making the future even more uncertain.
How can we give thanks at a time like this?  It’s hard to [...]

Dear Friends,
What a fabulous celebration at our 50th Anniversary on September 6th & 7th!  The fellowship was superb with so many former members returning to join us for the occasion.  It was also very memorable having two former ministers—Revs. Esther Robinson and Walter Edwards—and Mrs. Iris Edwards (also a former Choir Director)—sharing with us.  The [...]

Dear Friends,
Wow!  September is full of great things happening in our congregation!  First and foremost we are celebrating 50 years of ministry in our community on Saturday, September 6th and Sunday, September 7th.  The details of that celebration are outlined in this newsletter.  As we gather for worship on that Sunday, it will be exactly [...]

Dear Friends,
Last week we celebrated Yvonne’s brother and sister’s birthdays at Vanderbilt Beach. I dared not put all the requisite candles on the cake. Yet even with only enough for a third of their combined ages, we nearly set off the smoke alarm. Of course, when they blew them out they [...]

The Holy Post - Jul 08 [PDF]
Dear Friends,
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Do you recognize it? It is the second sentence of the Declaration of [...]

The Holy Post - Jun 08 [PDF]
Dear Friends,
You are invited to help us celebrate half a century of ministry! I’m writing now so that you can put it on your calendars.
Cutler Ridge United Methodist Church will celebrate our 50th Anniversary on September 6 and 7, 2008.
On Saturday, September 6, a “potluck” international dinner will [...]

The Holy Post - May 08 [PDF]
This month we honor our Mothers, who, for most of us, were our first teachers. My mother placed the following anonymous poem above the kitchen sink at our house when I was growing up.
“Thank God for dirty dishes; they have a tale to tell.
While others may go hungry, we’re [...]

The Holy Post - Apr 08 [PDF]
Dear Friends,
I remember looking up at the bumper.  I was five years old and was walking home from kindergarten.  I saw a friend across the street and darted across the street into the path of an oncoming car.  I woke up looking up at the bumper.
It happened again this [...]