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Sermon Manuscript: Genesis 40:5-15 Preached on 08.29.2021 Click to download Word Doc.. Click to download PDF.. The purposes of God often develop slowly because His grand designs are never hurried. There’s an old story of the great New England preacher Phillip Brooks. Pastor Brooks was noted for his poise and quiet manner. At times, however, even he suffered moments of frustration and irritability. One day a friend saw him feverishly pacing the floor back and forth like a cage

Sermon Manuscript - Genesis 37 Preached On - 08.14.2021 Word Text for downloading.. PDF Text for downloading.. There’s an old story, used be told by a minister named Clovis Chappell 150 years ago, a story of two paddleboats. They left Memphis at about the same time, traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one boat made a few remarks about the snail’s pace of the other boat. Words were exchanged. Challenges were made, a

Sermon Text - Genesis 39 [Preached on 08.22.2021] Click to download Word doc.. Click to download PDF.. I read a story a few years back[1]. About ten years ago there was one of those inspiring empowerment self-help type conferences. The leader got up front and asked if anyone in the room of 200 or so people had been sexually or physically abused. Six or seven tentative hands went up. Then the leader instructed them to close our eyes, and asked the question again. Then he told

Newsletter – August 2021 Greetings from the desk of the Pastor! I always find myself around this time of year, reflecting on the year gone by. It might seem a little strange, seeing as July/August is right in the middle of the year – but in the Methodist tradition, Pastor’s usually begin a new appointment in July. So, last month marks the end of my third year and the beginning of my fourth year in ministry at this church. As I look back, I am once again baffled by the crazy