UMW: “It’s All About Missions”

This past Tuesday, May 16, Wesley Memorial UMW joined other UMW circles from the South Carolina Annual Conference for a Celebrate Missions Day at Trenholm Road UMC. The theme was “It’s all about missions,” and it was clear that our UMW circles in SC support many missions around the world. As I was sitting in [...]

Worship at Wesley Memorial

If you visit at church on Sunday mornings or even if you have checked out our website, WorshipWesleyMemorial.com, you will find out that we are a blended service–at least we try to be most Sundays. It is a tricky thing planning worship for a church where half the people want the traditional UMC service and the [...]

Ministry with the Chronologically Gifted

One of my bosses at a church I interned with said to me, “You are an old soul in a young person’s body.” That is partly true. I have sometimes felt that I am older than my physical age, and yet I am someone who kind of fears aging–all the unknowns, slowing down, losing some [...]

The United Methodist Church Connexion

Talk of church structure or organization would probably put most people to sleep, but the unique Methodist structure is part of the heritage we inherit and should be something every Methodist should be familiar with. Our church structure is rooted in scripture, and for me it reminds me that we are not alone; we are [...]

Revisiting Maundy Thursday

I said in my last post that “Lent didn’t go as planned.” Some things went better than I could have ever planned. It is amazing what the Holy Spirit can do if we just let go and let God. We had a beautifully moving Maundy Thursday service where we did a handwashing to remember the [...]

A Church that Questions and Doubts

So, Lent didn’t go as planned. But that’s life, right? No one really got into the “living the questions” via our blog…or for that matter not one question was submitted in the pretty little box I put in the narthex. It is still there. Empty. Dusty. I am still hoping that one day someone will [...]