Advent Harp Concert

To mark the beginning of the Advent season, Leah & Rodger Trent provided an Advent Harp Concert with Scripture readings this past Sunday night.
*The recording begins halfway-through the first piece. Our apologies for that.



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Morning Worship, 11/27/11

This time of year, it's culturally common for us to utter the words, "Thank you," more often than usual. But what does it mean to be theologically thankful?



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Morning Worship, 11/20/11

For centuries, theologians have been saying that everything is connected. For centuries, no one noticed. Only recently have economists and scientists, for example, begun to jump on the bandwagon. Everything...is... connected!



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"Happy Kids" in the Beckley paper!

A project initiated by our Mission Team in 2010 was featured this week in The Register-Herald (Beckley). The story begins:

"The Happy Kids Project is a network of churches, clubs, non-profit organizations, individuals and civic groups working together to aid at-risk youth by providing school-related items for students whose families cannot afford them and assisting students in funding for after-school or enrichment activities.

'As is the case everywhere, there is a great need throughout Greenbrier County,' said organizer Jane Gillespie. 'Schools provide what children need to achieve academically. Happy Kids is a resource for non-academic needs.'"

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Morning Worship, 11/13/11

The moral of the parable of the talents is simplistically difficult: If you have good news to share, you better share it...or else.



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Morning Worship, 11/6/11

Pearl Buck, the great author from West Virginia, once said, “If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.”  On this All Saints Day, when we remember the saints who have come and gone, leaving behind their lessons to us in the pages of history and in our own memory, let us look back…so that we can look forward. 



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