Acts 2 UMC Blog
Recent Posts from the Acts 2 Team
Dinner for Eight
By Russell and Maree Jones We move around a lot due to Russell's job, and when we relocated from Florida to Oklahoma, our family was pretty lonely. Oklahoma is the furthest we’ve ever lived from “home,” and we knew we needed to establish some kind of community here....
Find Your Place
By Jim & Tracy Hill Jim Hill: I grew up in Healdton, Oklahoma. It is a small town where everyone knows each other. We went to the Baptist church where I attended Sunday school and VBS. My family attended Sunday mornings and nights, as well as classes on...
Trunk-or-Treat
By Rev. Andy Nelms October 27, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Trunk or Treat 6:30 p.m. One Church Worship in the Sanctuary Once upon a midday dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, I read my Bible some more. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of...
Taking the Next Step
When I was a child, I thought like a child. I spoke like a child and I spent the money I earned like a child...on myself. Yes, I gave my 10 cents of my dollar to the Sunday School offering (my dad was the preacher and my mom was the Sunday School Superintendent), but...
Why do #1CFridays?
By Rev. Andy Nelms I’ve had the amazing privilege of participating in many different churches. I grew up in rural Oklahoma worshipping at the local United Methodist Church with total attendance each week of about 50. I’ve also had the privilege of worshipping at the...
Forgiveness
“Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you” (Colossians 3). People who have hurt each other have two options: They can approach one another to attempt reconciliation, or they can avoid each other. That’s it. Edmond is not that big of a town. The law...
Wise Counsel
By Rev. Andy Nelms “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” -Proverbs 27:17 I remember the first time I received, what I would call, wise counsel from Mark. It was within my first couple of months on staff at Acts 2. Jeff Hedrick, the Business...
Mark and Andy’s Friendship Q&A
An interview with Dr. Mark Foster and Rev. Andy Nelms Tell us about the first time you met each other. Mark: The first time I ever heard of Andy was from my supervisor, Dr. Rockford Johnson. He told me of Andy's interest in church planting and I asked him if I could...
Israel Trip Recap
“It is better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife” (Proverbs 21:19). It is one thing to read this lighthearted admonition in a Bible study in the comfort of your living room. It is quite another to read it while standing here: Chantelle...