by Acts 2 United Methodist Church | Oct 8, 2020 | Announcements, Mark's Blog
Dear Church, With the three Christian values of “1. Do no harm, 2. Love God, and 3. Love one another” in mind, your Administrative Council on Sunday, October 4th unanimously passed a motion “to start every other week in-person worship beginning October 25 with future...
by Dr. Mark Foster | Jun 13, 2020 | Mark's Blog
Dear Church Family, Your Reopening Task Force and Administrative Council leaders have done their jobs faithfully. Here is what I can tell you today about our reopening process. I’m looking forward to seeing you again! Youth Group – June 14 In order of the timeline,...
by Dr. Mark Foster | Jun 4, 2020 | Mark's Blog
Racism Racism is not compatible with Christianity. Racism is a sin that separates us from God and one another. Jesus’ prayer is that we would be “completely one,” united in love for one another (John 17:20-23). Last Saturday night, Chantelle and I were out of state...
by Dr. Mark Foster | Mar 18, 2020 | Mark's Blog
Dear Church family, What a week! The Center for Disease Control (CDC) late Sunday urged “no groups of more than 50 people meet for the next 8 weeks.” Today, our bishop wrote, “All United Methodist pastors and congregations… are expected to follow all CDC guidelines...
by Dr. Mark Foster | Mar 12, 2020 | Mark's Blog
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” – Fred Rogers As you know, we are in a global situation none of us have been in before, and information is...
by Dr. Mark Foster | Jan 25, 2020 | Mark's Blog
“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” is from the prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray. It is a way of saying the same thing twice. God’s kingdom is that reality where what God wants done is done. Sometimes this happens here and now...
