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Rules to Live By
Be tolerant with each other and, if someone has a complaint against anyone, forgive each other. As the Lord forgave you, so also forgive...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Nov 16, 20232 min read


Called to Serve
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Nov 8, 20232 min read


Thanksgiving Through Service
'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Nov 2, 20232 min read


Ripples of Grace: History of The Florida UMC Children's Home
In 1908 The Florida United Methodist Children’s Home was established in Enterprise, Florida as the Florida Methodist Orphanage. It began...
charissejones0
Oct 26, 20233 min read


Relentless Grace (for imperfect people)
Do you ever struggle to not judge others? So often we see people making bad decisions and it is so plain to us that they are in the...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Oct 18, 20232 min read


Seeking God...
Then Job replied to the LORD: “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 3, 20233 min read


True Forgiveness
Throughout the month of September, we have been talking about God’s command to all followers of Jesus Christ to love our neighbor. Yet...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Sep 28, 20232 min read


The Tenderness of Compassion
"A Samaritan, who was on a journey, came to where the man was. But when he saw him, he was moved with compassion." Luke 10:33 CEB...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 21, 20232 min read


The Power of Prayer
"I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble." ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 13, 20232 min read


Relationship Rehab
During September, we are focusing our attention on the story of the Good Samaritan in worship which teaches us to love our neighbor....
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Sep 7, 20232 min read


Good Neighbors.
"But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 30, 20232 min read


Hands and Feet
In the past week, Bishop Tom Berlin reached out to our Florida conference to share two dire needs. I think that is appropriate for our...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Aug 23, 20232 min read


In God We Trust
This has been one of those weeks when we hear news that several church members are now going through hard seasons. Hard seasons happen to...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Aug 17, 20232 min read


God's Church Will Stand
On Saturday, August 5, the Florida United Methodist Conference gathered for a special session to approve the disaffiliation of 46...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Aug 10, 20232 min read


Into the Wilderness
"David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hills of the Desert of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God did not...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 3, 20232 min read


What Does Jesus Pray For?
“I’m not praying only for them but also for those who believe in me because of their word. I pray they will be one, Father, just as you...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 27, 20232 min read


Don't Miss the Wonder
"Jesus had to go through Samaria. He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, which was near the land Jacob had given to his son...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 20, 20232 min read


Matters of the Heart
"Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 12, 20232 min read


Less Stress, More Ferry Time
…So, Martha came to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to prepare the table all by myself? Tell her to help...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jul 6, 20232 min read


The Source of Freedom
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." Leviticus 25:10 KJV Were you aware that this Scripture...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Jun 29, 20232 min read
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