John Chapter 12:20-33 Love Like Jesus Loved – Glorify His Name Link to YouTube Video From Pastor Will Shewey Our new night time look at Shades. The outside lights had not been working for a long time. This old building now seems so warm and inviting . Many years ago it was known as “The Little Store”. (Grocery and produce) It still serves our community with emergency groceries, lunches, showers…Keep Reading

“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”…Keep Reading

I had a favorite place on Angels Rest Mountain. It was a little “holler”behind Aunt Clare’s house where there was a small cascade. A boy could spend forever in a place where imagination and earth embraced to create a little Heaven on earth. Sharing that mountain sanctuary was a flying squirrel. I called him “Rocky,” (Like another flying squirrel some of you may remember.) It was amazing to watch the…Keep Reading

“He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.” Mark 4:39 It was predicted to be the worst storm in history. He was the last of the family to enter into the shelter. There he would wait for his father to close the door. When it was closed, and the wind and rain began to…Keep Reading

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior…” Isaiah 43:2-3 Philip Gulley, one of my most enjoyable authors, once wrote about a…Keep Reading

“The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God that I am not like other people…” Luke 18:11 “I just want to make sure that we are all on the same page.” How many times have we heard or said those words? Reading in the Book of Romans we realize that we are indeed all on the same page, and that is both bad news and…Keep Reading

John Chapter 3:14-21 Whoever Lives by the Truth Comes into the Light Link to YouTube Video From Pastor Will Shewey Shades of Grace: A United Methodist Congregation has many media members and friends who facilitate good works and faithful stewardship. I received a call this week from a family who wants to donate a cemetery plot they will not use. They informed me two of their acquaintances had passed away…Keep Reading

“Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 NLT Years ago a woman pulled her car into the parsonage driveway. There was always some kind of drama going on in her life….Keep Reading

“By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” Hebrews 11:3 I have never heard anyone look at a tree and question the miracle of a seed, yet foolish people can look out at the universe and question the existence of God. He can’t be seen, how do we know that He is there?…Keep Reading

As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment Heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from Heaven said, “THIS IS MY SON… The tempter came to him and said, “IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD…” The man had a history of taking advantage of churches. He was…Keep Reading

“They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed.” (Psalm 34:5) The Moffatt translation says, “Look to Him, and you shall beam with joy.” The old evangelist, Billy Sunday, said, “If you have no joy, then there is a leak somewhere in your Christianity.” Can we begin to imagine the power of being the church of jubilant joy in a world that specializes in artificial…Keep Reading

Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You.” Mark 10:28 It is an interesting fact that the word “surrender” is not found in the concordance. It leaves me wondering if good, or harm, comes from our use of it to seek someone’s commitment to Christ. I love the hymn, “I Surrender All.” It has led many to the feet of Jesus, yet I do…Keep Reading