Music Notes from Robin: The month of November is going to be a musical month at Main Street. The Sarah Allen Handbell Choir is preparing a new arrangement of “Give Thanks” by Peggy Bettcher, and the Junior Handbell Choir is preparing an arrangement of the hymn “All Glory, Laud, and Read more…
From the Pastor’s Desk: Dear Friends, The month of October has been designated by the leadership of the church as Stewardship Month. You will have the opportunity to hear three of our church members talk about returning a portion of the blessings that God has given to them. We are Read more…
Music Notes from Robin: October, the tenth month of the year, is here. College football games, hopefully cooler weather, and the turning of the leaves make this month an extra special time of the year. Take time to enjoy the change of seasons. Main Street will be celebrating World Wide Read more…
Ten Ways to Live Your Faith at Work “Wherever your job takes you, applying these simple principles will help you witness to Christ in front of your co-workers: 1. Be Joyful: We can’t be happy all the time, but joy transcends emotion. It’s rooted in the hope we have in Read more…
September of 2017 has arrived, and the final third of the year has begun. The 2017-2018 school year has started, and the first day of Autumn is Friday, September 22. High school and college football seasons are in full swing, and exciting events at Main Street United Methodist Church will Read more…
MAY, SCRIPTURALLY SPEAKING MAY 7, 2017…….….…………FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Psalm 23 Acts 2.42-47 1 Peter 2.19-25 John 10.1-10 GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY Noisy Offering for Conference Health Initiative MAY 14, 2017………………………FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Psalm 31 Acts 7.55-60 1 Peter 2.2-10 John 14.1-14 FESTIVAL OF THE CHRISTIAN HOME Mother’s Read more…
Dear Friends, May begins as a hold-over from April: May 1 is April 31. April Fool’s! Just kidding, though there is a fresh breeze and sunlight in this new month that wasn’t there in April; perhaps because in April, we were still in the gardens of Gethsemane and Resurrection, Read more…
Can you believe that the month of May has arrived, and that Spring is here? The season of Lent and the celebration of Easter has come and gone in yet another year. I want to thank all of the musicians for their diligence in rehearsals for, and attendance at, the Read more…
Music Notes from Robin: As the second month of 2017 arrives, the musicians of Main Street are in rehearsal and are preparing some exciting pieces for the morning worship services. The Junior Handbell Choir is learning a new arrangement based on the “Old Hundredth” Tune of Read more…
JANUARY, SCRIPTURALLY SPEAKING The Lectionary Readings Appointed for Sundays in January The Christian Year, with its seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost/Kingdomtide, forms not so much a pie of sections denoting the seasons, but a circle of links, like a chain; for the seasons seem to overlap Read more…