Friends, I wanted to update you on where we are with the proposed project where the Shetler building currently stands. Thanks to all of you who participated in the information sessions or watched the recording of the one that was offered on Zoom. Here is the link to...
Just last week in a gathering of Biscuits & Bible we jumped into Matthew 5, the Sermon on the Mount, specifically the Beatitudes. When is the last time you read the Beatitudes? If you have been to Israel, perhaps you visited the Mount of the Beatitudes. Located...
After some opening words of welcome and a prayer, John Atkinson said “Go!” and more than150 people went into action Saturday morning packing 20,000 pounds of food into over 2,000 packages at Neil’s Meals. There were people assembling the boxes, others bringing boxes...
Where have you glimpsed the kingdom of heaven? Where have you seen God’s presence? As we looked at the first of the Beatitudes, this was a question we reflected on at a young adult gathering last Wednesday. Perhaps you, like me, also wish to reflect on this one more...
Dear FPC Church Family, Yes, I do mean family. We are part of this family of faith connected by Christ. We gather here to worship, to celebrate, to mourn, to have food and fellowship and fun. We are family. Perhaps some of you all remember, like I do, the fall...
Food insecurity is the condition of not having access to enough food, or food of adequate quality, to meet basic needs. According to the USDA, more than 34 million people, including 9 million children, in the United States are food insecure. Here in North Carolina,...
As I walk outside these days, I marvel in the (sometimes) cooler temperatures and the beauty around us. If you have a garden, it is likely better kept than ours, but perhaps yours is also a mixture of color and life and browning foliage. The zinnias still provide...
Monday at 1:11 pm my wife and I received a text message from our daughter at UNC-Chapel Hill. The text read, “there’s an armed person on campus, I’m at home, but just in case you saw the alert.” I began to get online and realize the magnitude of what was going on...
For many of our students, today is the first day of school for the new school year. For some, it is the return to the familiar and comfortable while for others it is the start of something new and uncertain. Some students have been looking forward to the start of...
I had the real joy of being with 12 of our high schoolers for the Montreat Youth Conference. Now I know some may say being away for a week with 15 under one roof and going to the grocery store multiple times and coordinating schedules may not sound very joyful, but it...
