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Telling the Story
I readily admit that I’m not the greatest at doing online worship or devotions. Maybe I’m getting a bit better each time I write and record audio and live stream, but I’m not good. Yet. After online worship this Sunday, I poured myself my third cup of green tea and sat down in a chair […]
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‘Young People Don’t Go to Church’
“Young people don’t go to church.” Ask anyone in the church today, the common refrain about the state of the established church on earth is that younger people – millennials, Gen Z’ers, Gen X’ers – don’t have a regular worship life. They could be the “high holy day” Christians, showing up on Christmas Eve or […]
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Abilities for the Church
Since I last wrote about using talents for the good of the Gospel, I started thinking about how to get this message across. In more established congregations, members may not be the most hyped up people when it comes to community outreach. Here at St. Matthew’s, we’re the same. A lot of our members are […]
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Gifts Of and For the Gospel
Over my 13-plus year ministry, I must have said it several thousand times – I love to write. Yet, during my ministry, I’ve had fits of writing block and fought bouts of “my grammar stinks, I am not writing.” In the faith, we believe God has given us gifts that we are supposed to use […]
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It is About Jesus
Yesterday morning, I realized that I ran out of apples. Maybe it is an autumn-thing, but I tend to fill the fruit bin with the kitchen with enough apples to make an apple orchard-owner smile. Thursday morning? The bin was empty of apples. My favorite apple? Macintosh. I fell for them when I was younger […]
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Pastor Anthony Iovine 