Batterson challenges readers to pray “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” (I Samuel 3:9) He suggests seven ways to hear the voice of God: study scripture, pay attention to desires, watch for open doors, understand dreams, study people, be sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and recognize the redemptive value of pain. Another … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day will soon be just around the corner. It’s a day we celebrate our love for our family and friends. We buy greeting cards and perhaps candy, flowers, jewelry or stuffed animals to go along with it. We receive great joy from loving others and having that love returned to us. One of the … Continue reading
Saturday Feb 3rd you can drop off your doantion at the church between 10 and 2. You pull in, staff will take your donation and you drive on! You don’t even have to get out of the car! Then on Sunday the4th collection will be held during service at 10:00am. The collection is for CUMAC. … Continue reading
What a joy to be a part of JessAnn’s confirmation. We look forward to joining with her to bring assistance to God’s people. Thank you JessAnn! The same Sunday (December 24th) JessAnn and Christian continued celebrating in God’s name by having their twin girls baptized! Mya and Melania are our newest members in Christ. It … Continue reading
This month marks the beginning of a new year. None of us knows what lies before us as those days are known only to God. But He asks us to go forth trusting in Him in all our days. The wonderful thing about a new year is that it gives all of us a chance … Continue reading
The second in a series by Audree. Thank you! In a recent poll, ―Silent Night, written in 1818 by Franz Gruber was one of the top 3 be-loved Christmas songs. We live in a ―throw away so-ciety but not all things are thrown away. We take them out and recycle them in a special season. So, … Continue reading
After I had written my article regarding “HEART” Janet S. asked me to write more messages on the parts of our body. So after some thought and prayer this was my deci-sion. I’m sure you, as well as me, have noticed that wher-ever you are, wherever you go, no matter what time of day or … Continue reading
Along with the indoor weather comes a variety of gatherings. Friends around the table and friends in the stories of the Bible. Below you will find opportunities for you. Join one (or more!) of these groups and deepen your knowledge of the Bible. You will be rewarded with a deeper relationship with Jesus. … Continue reading
Over the course of the next few months we will be in the process of transitioning from ourcurrent email address of mpum@optonline.net to mpumcnj@gmail.com. We would like to complete the transition by January 2018. Please add this gmail address to your email contacts and feel free to start using it immediately. In the meantime, we … Continue reading
We were blessed to have Seon Ah talk with us at two coffee hours. She talked about how sometimes it can be hard to be welcoming if we feel we have to leave our comfort zones. A comfort zone is a state of mind where we are at ease. This could be an activity or … Continue reading
