TRAVELING TO HEAVEN Joshua 1:7 I don’t like talking on the phone while driving, even if it is “hands free.” We all know that texting and driving is dangerous and illegal, but the “it won’t happen to me” syndrome continues to wreck lives. The same can be true as we travel along the Way to Heaven, it is important to not become spiritually distracted drivers. Here are some driving tips…Keep Reading

Matthew 17:1-9 Link to YouTube Video – “Go Tell It On The Mountain” From Pastor Will Shewey: I’ve always dreamed of a congregation where all people are welcome and everyone matters. Over the years I’ve been told that is wishful thinking. But I’m here to testify there is a place near to the heart of God where my hopes are becoming reality and faith actually is becoming sight . A…Keep Reading

Wear the WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD “Put on God’s complete armor so that you can successfully resist all the devil’s methods of attack.” Ephesians 6:11 We wear the WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD for a reason. Ignore any part of it and we are in trouble. The military understands the importance of properly wearing the uniform and equipment. One part of it worn improperly can be a matter of life and…Keep Reading

KEEP THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING “So, I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?” Nehemiah 6:3 The preacher was walking to a member’s house when he saw the dog coming his way. It was a big-muscled bulldog walking toward him right down the middle…Keep Reading

WHAT PEOPLE SEE 1 Samuel 16:7 “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Have you ever tried to hide from change by changing your outward circumstances, but not your heart? As I think back…Keep Reading

Luke 8:26-38 Link to YouTube Video – “Testimony – Stories to Tell” From Pastor Will Shewey: Please share this on the pages of your TriCities friends. You are invited to worship at the only United Methodist congregation in our area that meets exclusively on Saturday mornings. The service begins at 10:30 a.m. at 313 E Sullivan Street in Kingsport. Shades of Grace is a storefront house of worship where ALL…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware I Corinthians 12:12 “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, many, are one body: so also is Christ” I AM FOR THE CHURCH Because of “No Snow”, we will not be entertaining these visitors today; but before they melt . . . They should know what the Church is: I AM FOR THE CHURCH…Keep Reading

My Saturday Prayer “Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name” Jeremiah 31:35 Thou who causes the bright and morning star to rise each day, shine on us I pray. I do not ask…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware God Is Good – Part 4 – Pastor Nate “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:8 Why Is God Good to Us? There is one act we should always remember because this is an eternal reminder of God’s goodness and how God thinks of us. Let me give you this Scripture…Keep Reading

Drifting on Life’s Seas “And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Isaiah 32:2 Off the coast of Newfoundland an owl as white as snow sat alone on a drifting piece of Iceberg. It had been days since the desolate chunk…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware God Is Good – Part 3 “…For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior” Isaiah 43:1-3 Is It True That God Is Good All the Time? One of the challenges of understanding what it means that God is good is the simple reality of this life. We look at the hard stories in the Bible or the hard times…Keep Reading

Look for the Beautiful But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Genesis 50:20 It is that time of the year again when skunks are on the prowl. I wonder, does Mr. Skunk say to his wife, “Sweetheart, you smell nice?” Does Mr. Porcupine say to his children, “Come…Keep Reading