http://hillsborofumc.com Learning to Grow In Grace in Christ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:52:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s about 98⁰ outside right now and kids are screaming and running around the Family Life Center so I kind of wish I was back in Colorado in the Garden of the Gods where it’s cooler and quieter.  I don’t really like the name – Garden of the Gods – ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1137 Yes, that's right. The pumpkin patch is gearing up for October!  It will be here before you know it and that is why things need to begin happening now. The first Pumpkin Patch Volunteers meeting will be held on Monday, August 30th at 6:00 pm in the FLC.  Anyone who wants ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1136   I hadn’t seen my nephew Scott and his family in close to three years – not since the death of his mother, my sister.  I spent a couple of days with him while I was in Colorado where he has lived for the past seven years or so.  I ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1135  After the early service this past Sunday, the Junior High Sunday School class went to visit our church family members who are residents at Town Hall Estates.   Then the class went to eat at IHOP.  One of the classmembers picked a family that the class paid for their meal.  She picked a ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1132 Do you remember the 4th Commandment? It says, "Remember to keep the Sabbath holy." Work and get everything done during six days each week, but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God.”  We are supposed to rest one day a week just like ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1131 The folks attending Sunday’s Praise Service were greeted with hot weather outside (even at 9:00 am), a cool sanctuary, and some cool happenings during the service. Pastor Donna’s  message emphasized the importance of being prepared and in-service all the time or as expressed in the sermon: to be son-burned, wind-blown, ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1129   Sometime in the mid 1950s, my father bought a reel-to-reel tape recorder.  He taped all kinds of things – including the multiplication table and Tennessee Ernie Ford; however he seemed to get the most enjoyment in taping my sisters and I singing or simply talking.  When I was 4 ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1111 As many of you probably know, the church year begins with the season of Advent and continues through Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter and Pentecost. After Pentecost, we enter the season of Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time is actually the longest season of the church year, lasting approximately six months.  Nothing special ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1110 Apportionments – that’s often heard and seen as a “dirty” word in local Methodist churches.  One way of looking at apportionments is a – portion – meant for others.  That may not be enough of an explanation so I want to share with you something written by the General Secretary ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1109   My nephew Kyle came up Sunday afternoon to visit me for a week.  He loves to visit state parks to hike and fossil hunt.  So we’ve been to Lake Whitney a couple of times and yesterday found ourselves at Possum Kingdom State Park.  We took on the challenge of ... http://hillsborofumc.com/?p=1108