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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Revealed Together
That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. Luke 24:33 Dear...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Apr 18, 20232 min read


The Great Three Days
"So, could you not stay awake with me one hour?” Matthew 26:40b Dear Friends in Christ, If Easter is to be more than bunnies and candy,...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Apr 5, 20231 min read


The Crowds
The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting… Matthew 21:9a Dear Friends in Christ, What were the crowds shouting?...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Mar 29, 20232 min read


Institution? Or Christian Community?
Therefore, friends, select from among yourselves seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Mar 2, 20234 min read


Ash Wednesday
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the people… Joel 2:15b – 16a Dear Friends in Christ, Sometimes the season of Lent creeps...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Feb 23, 20231 min read


Why a Sermon?
So they read from the book, from the law of God, with interpretation. They gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading....

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Feb 9, 20232 min read


The Creeds
“…recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Feb 2, 20232 min read


Using the Bible in Worship
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Jan 26, 20233 min read


Anamnesis
Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for...

The Rev. Thomas C. Pumphrey
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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