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Holy Living, Holy Dying
We often avoid discussing or thinking practically about our own death. But doing so is an enormous blessing for ourselves and especially for

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Nov 1, 20234 min read
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For All the Saints
After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Nov 1, 20232 min read
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Holy Peace
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you be secure. Psalm 122:6 Dear Friends in Christ, With so much going on in our...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Oct 25, 20235 min read
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Faithfulness and Planning
This Thursday Message is more practical than theological. Well, perhaps that’s not true. Budgets sound pretty mundane and earthy.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Oct 18, 20232 min read
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Tithing in the real world
Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field. Deuteronomy 14:22

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Oct 11, 20234 min read
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Spiritual growth in an earthly matter
Of all the spiritual practices available to Christians, one seems out of place, and yet it has been for me one of the most powerful.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Oct 4, 20233 min read
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Listen, Love, Invite, Connect
…And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. Acts 2:47b Dear Friends in Christ, You, personally, play such...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Sep 27, 20233 min read
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God's Generosity
How wonderful it is to be more and more aware of God's generosity!

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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The Prayer of Praise
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! Psalm 150:6 Dear Friends in Christ, The way that we pray has a...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Sep 13, 20232 min read
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Caring and Thriving
I pray that you are well and thriving as we move into the fall season!

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Sep 6, 20232 min read
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Christian Friendships
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Aug 16, 20232 min read
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The Love of Learning and the Desire for God
The Christian life is always full of the joy of learning—if we are open to it.

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jul 26, 20232 min read
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The mysterious presence of God
"Surely the LORD is in this place-- and I did not know it!" Genesis 28:16b Dear Friends in Christ, Jacob had a dream of a ladder to...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jul 20, 20232 min read
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Happy Anniversary!
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jun 28, 20232 min read
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Karibu
When [Lydia] and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jun 21, 20232 min read
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Receiving and Sharing
And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
May 31, 20232 min read
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Empowered by God
When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
May 24, 20232 min read
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Feast of the Ascension
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
May 17, 20231 min read
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Communion and the Body of Christ
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
May 10, 20233 min read
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Praying in Worship Services
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people… 1 Timothy 2:1 Dear...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
May 3, 20232 min read
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