Latest Updates
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A Statement From The Beacon & Sound Dismantling Racism Teams
Our hearts are heavy, and we grieve with the people of Jacksonville, Florida, which has become yet another city torn apart by evil and hate. On August 26, 2023, three […] Continue Reading→
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Multiplying Love: A Vision of United Methodist Life Together
Wednesday, November 8 at 10:30 am Dr Paul W Chilcote will join the Beacon and Sound Districts via Zoom for a one-hour conversation around his soon-to-be-released book, Multiplying Love: A Vision […] Continue Reading→
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Faith in Focus: Proverb 23:5
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings […] Continue Reading→
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Down by the Riverside: Precious to God
– Rev. Vickie Woolard, Pastor at Plymouth UMC I rested awhile this afternoon in the cool of a church not my own, listening to a choir practice their Sunday morning […] Continue Reading→
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Mercy
Journeying With Jesus and Jon (the Methodist) And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief […] Continue Reading→
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Down by the Riverside: Here and Now
– Rev. Vickie Woolard, Pastor at Plymouth UMC It seems like such a simple thing, but it brought me great joy. I took my dogs outside, and while they ran […] Continue Reading→
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How To Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going
A book review by Rev. Tom Greener, Sr. Pastor of St. James UMC -Greenville The term liminal comes from the Latin limen, the literal threshold of a doorway; the piece […] Continue Reading→
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What is a Rainbow Covenant Church?
By Marjorie Rayburn, Beacon District Mission Secretary The rainbow symbolizes the covenant between God and Noah and every living thing on behalf of every future generation – Genesis 9:12 (13-17), […] Continue Reading→
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Down By the Riverside: One Day
It was the day for nice things. For kindnesses. For deeds that didn’t have to be done, but, they were done. In kindness. What he did doesn’t matter, although there […] Continue Reading→