Way back in the year 1967, which was before many of you were even born, a well-known British rock band by the name of The Beatles recorded a song called “All You Need Is Love”. As I sit here in the church office on this cold January morning in the year 2025, I think back …
Category: Newsletter
Jan 27
Pastor’s Pen-January Newsletter
Ho Ho Ho! Oops, I’m a little late for that. In all seriousness, our hope and prayer is that your Christmas season was a glorious time of sharing in the blessings of God with your family and church family. With Christmas now in the rear view mirror, so to speak, remembrances and reflections indicate that …
Dec 02
Pastor’s Pen-December Newsletter
“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!” The words flow seamlessly from our mouths each Sunday after we receive the tithes and offerings. We sing the words every Sunday, many times without even giving much thought to the meaning of the words behind the hymn. So, exactly what is a good definition of a Doxology? …
Dec 02
Pastor’s Pen-November Newsletter
I want to thank both our Dorton and Homestead churches for the wonderful revival we experienced in the month of October. While the actual revival services were held at the Dorton Church building, we had all agreed that it would be a joint effort. In my opinion, a joint effort it was! I continue to …
Oct 01
Pastor’s Pen-October Newsletter
Ah, the joys of Fall, or Autumn to some of you. I love spring. I think you know that. The early morning briskness in the air brings an awakening to the soul that is hard to beat in this old world in which we live. But Fall…I really believe it is my favorite time of …
Sep 09
The Pastor’s Pen-September Newsletter
By the time you are reading this, we’re past the Labor Day holiday. Summeris winding down, and we’re looking forward to our Homestead and DortonJoint Fall Picnic. Cumberland Mountain State Park is a quiet gem locatedright here beside us. And it is a wonderful place for our two churches to gettogether for a time of …
Aug 12
The Pastor’s Pen-August Newsletter
“Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.” (I Chronicles 29:13 NKJV) Our summer has been strange this year, hasn’t it? We’ve gone from rain, rain, and more rain, to weeks and weeks of hot and dry, and now back to rain, rain, and more rain. Still we want to take …
Aug 12
The Pastor’s Pen-July Newsletter
“Easy to Complain!”It was inevitable, wasn’t it? After one of the wettest springs I can remember, it has now turned off dry, hasn’t it? DRY, DRY, DRY! Can’t speak for your neck of the woods. But, here at the parsonage, we’ve not had enough rain to “settle the dust”. With the months of April and …
Aug 12
The Pastor’s Pen-June Newsletter
Finally arrived in the month of June. Yay! It’s been a rough ride through spring 2024, hasn’t it? But, as we always say, God is good, all the time! To the best of my knowledge, none of us has suffered any damage or loss in the repeated storms that have besieged our area this spring. …
Aug 12
The Pastor’s Pen-May Newsletter
I continue to feel blessed of God! How about you? Even in the trials and tribulations of life itself, we can always to look to the ways that we are blessed of God. When things go wrong, there is still much to praise God for. And we need to constantly keep ourselves aware of those …