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It's Hot!

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So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.-Galatians 6:9 Friends, It is hot. I mean…really hot.  This spring the weather was wonderful, and it held on longer than I dared hope, but as a result, there seemed to be no...

The Best Is yet to Come

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Friends,   It is annual conference week, which means lay leaders and clergy from churches all over the Rio Texas Conference are gathered in Corpus Christi to worship, learn, and ‘conference’ together. Conferencing goes back to 1744 when John Wesley gathered other leaders of...

Cynical, Bitter, & Apathetic

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We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.Romans 8:28 Friends, We are told in scripture that God made a good world but that humanity quickly made a mess of things. We wake each day as heirs of a good world in which much has...

What's That Smell?

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“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved…”Paul to the believers in Corinth Friends, I...

The Faith Within Us

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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 in you. For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of...

The Faith Within Us

Posted by Rev. Ben Trammell on

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 in you. For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of...

Giving Thanks

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Friends, There is an odd tendency among humans to not appreciate things until they are gone or they are in danger. We don't appreciate a deep breath until we struggle to take one. We aren't thankful for health until we are sick. We don't know what a blessing it is to come home till we don't...

It Is Finished

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“It is finished.”Jesus’ last words on the cross. Friends, As the great hymn of Easter reminded us, “the redeeming work of love is done.” Jesus’ victory on the cross over all that breaks, decays, and destroys God’s people and God’s creation is...

Failing Words

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Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of...

Ripples of Impact

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Friends,   We have talked a lot about University’s capacity to influence and impact our community and our connection. We are getting early returns on how that is already happening. Many of you will recall that we have restructured our budget to insure that we meet our...

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