Subscribe to our Playlists: This week, we're introducing a song that was released in 2008 called God of this City by Chris Tomlin. It was originally written by Bluetree but became popular with Chris Tomlin published on his Passion Album, making this song his primary song.I love how the song connects with our theme this week of serving others because it has themes of God's power, hope. and transfor...  Read More

In our Wesleyan Rooted sermon series, I've been talking each week about the membership Sunday we have coming up on October 13. So, you might be wondering why you should join the church. Anyone who has been baptized, at any age, in any Christian denomination (protestant or Catholic) may join the United Methodist Church. Membership is about making a statement, that we're your church home. You're don...  Read More

Subscribe to our Playlists: This week, the message goes deeper into the Wesleyan themes of love and grace. We're introducing a new song: Tasha Cobbs Leonard’s “Gracefully Broken.” This song speaks about surrendering to God, trusting Him in moments of brokenness, and allowing His grace to work through our vulnerabilities.Released in 2017, this song lifts up the grace of God as the force that turns ...  Read More

We hosted our quarterly Preteen Night, this past Saturday and it was a blast.  We played a variety of popcorn related games.  The kids learned to how to find books in the Bible. They unscrambled a Bible verse, completed a trivia challenge, and much more!  We finished out the night with dinner and a popcorn bar.  We also learned, that we are like popcorn kernel.  We have lots of potential and insid...  Read More

Our church has had a Pumpkin Patch for many years. Over the years, it has supported our youth, children, and women's ministries. The past couple of years, we've used it as a general fundraiser for the church. It's much more than a fundraiser though. What we've learned over the past few years is that the Pumpkin Patch gives us an incredible opportunity to connect with people in our community. There ...  Read More

This Sunday, we're singing another, old/new Song. In 2015, For King and Country release their version of the hymn "They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love." The hymn was written by Peter Scholtes in 1966. Scholtes was a Catholic priest, serving the south side of Chicago. He wanted a song that would express unity among Christians and couldn't find one he liked, so he wrote one. The song became v...  Read More

After being removed from her biological home because her mother was unable to care for her, Bri came to Residing Hope. Watch as Bri talks about how the support she has received is helping her heal and become successful. That means we are scheduled to have a Fifth Sunday Offering on September 29th! It was started in 1906, two years before the actual founding of the Florida Methodist Orphanage and r...  Read More

This wee, we're introducing a new arrangement of "Spirit of the Living God" by Meredith Andrews. This hymn (words and music) was written in 1926 by Daniel Iverson, a Presbyterian minister. After attending a revival meeting, the he was inspired to write about how the Holy Spirit stirred his heart.Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me,Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me.Melt me, mold me,...  Read More

The Wesleyan Adventure of Growing in God's Love During the month of September and beginning of October, our kids will be doing their own version of the Wesleyan Rooted sermon series.  This will be a five week series to help our kids learn our core beliefs as Methodists and learn a bit about John Wesley, who was the founder of the Methodist church.   Our lessons will be based off the book Big Heart...  Read More

This week, we're introducing a modern version of the classic hymn, "Breathe on Me, Breath of God." The hymn was  written by Edwin Hatch in 1878, an Anglican theologian and scholar, best known for his contributions to early church history and his involvement in theological education.The hymn expresses a deep desire for spiritual renewal and divine inspiration. The “Breath of God” refers to the Holy...  Read More

The Boomers met this week to start back their "Mailbox Motivations" for the teachers at Bannerman Learning Center. With it being the first of the school year, they went with "No Waffling Around". We want to give a big shout out to Waffle House for donating these coupons for waffles and hashbrowns, along with everyone from the church who donated waffles. The team is placing the frozen waffles in the teachers breakroom so they have breakfast/sna...  Read More

Starting in 2 weeks, September 11th, we're holding groups for all ages on Wednesday nights. We'll do this for 5 weeks during the Wesleyan rooted series. Why? Multiple reasons: Sunday isn't enough. If the only place you're getting your spiritual growth is in worship on Sunday, you aren't getting enough. Sunday is designed to be an amplifier for what we're doing independently and in small groups. It's...  Read More