Blog: Elm Park News and Notes

"Lessons From A Vineyard"

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...

"History of Hymns for September 24th"

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

"Justifying the Unjust"

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...

"Frustration & Possibility"

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...

"History of Hymns for September 17th"

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

"History of Hymns for September 10th"

"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)...

"History of Today's Hyms"

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

"The Distraction of Success"

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...

"Getting Your Hands Dirty"

Jesus told a parable about our ability to receive a seed from God and produce an abundant harvest. If we are good soil, we’ll be amazed...

"Double Trouble"

It’s damned if you and damned if you don’t. That’s our Lord’s lament for today. God had sent John the Baptizer to prepare the way for...