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Remain in the Vine
When Jesus spoke the words in the Gospel of John, He most likely was standing beneath the grapevine engraving. Jesus said, “I am the ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 28, 20222 min read


Unfinished
Do you have any “unfinished” projects in your life? A garage that needs cleaning out. That desk you were going to refinish. Or maybe ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 21, 20222 min read


True Intentions
Well-intentioned Christians can be real experts at deceiving themselves and others by being so convinced that their intentions ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 14, 20221 min read


Nothing Can Separate Us From God
I don’t think it is bad to be honest with God. He understands our fears and our disillusionment. He can handle our questions and ...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Oct 7, 20222 min read


God First Loved Us
I write this in the midst of Hurricane Ian, looking out the window of the parsonage as the winds are gusting and shaking ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 30, 20222 min read


A Prayer of Gratitude
We pray at this time a prayer of gratitude for the life of servanthood that Queen Elizabeth shared with the world. She made her place in ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 16, 20222 min read


Commonplace and Ordinary
How did Jesus announce the coming of the Kingdom of God? Smoke started spewing from the ground, angels on white horses darted across the ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 9, 20223 min read


Be a Part of Something Big
St. Andrew's is part of an organization called HOPE. HOPE stands for Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality.
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Sep 2, 20222 min read


A Time of Uncertainty
"What exactly is going on in the United Methodist Church?" This question has been resounding through our church in the past months.

Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 26, 20225 min read


How Are We Communicating?
I was watching an Andy Stanley video recently. Andy Stanley is an author and senior pastor of North Point Ministries ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 19, 20222 min read


He Restores My Soul
In the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 is a piece of beautiful poetry that is familiar to most of us. It goes like this, “There’s a season ...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Aug 12, 20222 min read


Keep My Focus on God
In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. [Psalm 5:3 NIV]

Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 5, 20222 min read


Family Promise
St. Andrew’s is one of a network of churches throughout the country that is providing a local response to a national problem. Churches ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 29, 20222 min read


Abundance of Blessings
How many of us find it in ourselves to praise God when we are in the depths of our troubles?

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 23, 20222 min read


Willing to Serve
I love the authenticity of this passage. The followers of Jesus who have followed his teachings, who witnessed his death and eventually ...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Jul 15, 20222 min read


Prayer Problem
Does this imply that the more people we gather to pray, the greater power we have to get the results we desire?
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Jul 8, 20222 min read


True Freedom
That is a question that we need to ask ourselves on this weekend when we celebrate Independence Day. Are we truly free? Are we free to ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 1, 20222 min read


Jesus Knows What We Are Feeling
In Max Lucado's book, “Outlive Your Life,” he makes an observation that I had never noticed before about this story in the Gospel of Mark...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jun 24, 20222 min read


Blessing Another
I have been thinking a lot about inflation lately. Every time I get gas or buy food I am aware that I am quietly worried about what we ...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Jun 17, 20222 min read


Planting Seeds for Future Generations
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus shares a parable about a mustard seed—a seed that produces one of the largest of all shrubs, with ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jun 10, 20222 min read
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