Blog: Elm Park News and Notes

"Whose Church Is This?"

It’s natural for Christians to refer to the congregations they belong to as “my church,” but thinking that we really “own” the church...

"One Bread, One Body" #620 UMH Discipleship Ministries | History of Hymns: “One Bread, One Body” (umcdiscipleship.org) "Jesus, Name above...

Jesus uses a family drama to offer some hard teachings about faithfulness, and he gives us a snapshot of life in the church and the world...

"Morning Has Broken" #145 UMH Discipleship Ministries | History of Hymns: "Morning Has Broken" (umcdiscipleship.org) "Sanctuary" #2164...

In Jesus’ parable, the laborers who had worked all day in the vineyard grumbled because those who had worked only one hour got the same...

Even though Jesus warns us about our lack of forgiveness, we do not forgive others out of fear of punishment. We forgive because we feel...

"Awesome God" #2240 FWS Discipleship Ministries | History of Hymns: 'Our God is an Awesome… (umcdiscipleship.org) "How Majestic Is Your...

"I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light" #206 UMH Discipleship Ministries | History of Hymns: "I Want to Walk as a… (umcdiscipleship.org)...

"Go Down Moses" #448 UMH https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-go-down-moses "In Remembrance of Me" #2254 FWS...

The cross of Jesus has a hard but necessary lesson to teach us: that, although life inevitably ends in death, it is in death that eternal...