Journal

Journal

Friday May 10th Announcements

Here are the announcements for the upcoming worship service and week. The time stamps for the video and Scripture passages for Sunday are located below. Scripture for Sunday Worship:Romans 10:14-171 Kings 19:11-13Sermon: “A Gentle Whisper”

May 2024 Newsletter

HMMMM. . . What to Write? Ok, I admit, this is the fifth sixth time I have written something and then deleted it, which does happen to me more than I care to admit. In fact, it happens every time I sit down to write something. I want to write something memorable and profound. . . . . something that you can carry with you throughout the day—who knows? Maybe longer, right? But, this is the fifth sixth time that I have written something…

Friday April 19th Announcements

Here are the video announcements for April 19th. As usual the Time stamps are below as well as the Scripture for this Sunday’s Worship Service Time Stamps Scripture for Sunday’s Worship Service

Pastor-Youth (Confirmation Course)

Beginning Wednesday April 24th, Pastor Kendell will be meeting with the youth to teach them God’s story as it is told in the entire Bible – From Genesis to Jesus in the Gospels – all the way through to Revelation. This 6 week course will prepare the youth to be able to ask and discover answers regarding their Christian faith. The book that Pastor Kendell will be teaching from is called The Story of God The Story of Us by…

Children’s Choir from uganda

On April 19, 2024 at 7:00 pm, the Imani Milele Children’s Choir from Uganda, Africa, will be performing a free concert at St. James Lutheran Church, 200 Laurel Dr., Graniteville. The Imani Milele Choir is a voice for Uganda’s orphaned and vulnerable children. There is no admission fee for the concert, but a free-will offering will be taken to support this ministry. There will also be tables where memorabilia and music may be purchased and where information on sponsorships for…

April 2024 Newsletter

The Resurrection Life Can you believe that yesterday we celebrated Easter? This means that we are now in another season in the life of the Church. The Easter season lasts for fifty days and officially ends on Pentecost Sunday when the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples of Jesus and ushered in the Church age, and just as we took the opportunity to open ourselves up for spiritual transformation during the season of Lent, I want to challenge all of…

March 2024 Newsletter

This Season of Lent Right now, we are in the season of Lent, which will draw to its end come Easter morning when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. As a reminder, Lent is a time for spiritual reflection and, of course, spiritual transformation—both of which I hope you are engaging during this time.  Let this be a time of prayer, Scripture, fasting (if you choose), worship and spiritual renewal. The following are Scripture passages that…

February 2024 Newsletter

Are Christians Supposed to be Optimists? What an odd question to begin this month’s newsletter. But honestly, what is your answer to the above question -and- would you consider yourself to be an optimistic Christian? The reason why I’m asking the above question is because there is a lot of negative stuff going on in the world today (both near and far) that could cause anyone to embrace a doom and gloom outlook on life. However, Christians are not called…

January 2024 Newsletter

Through It All Well, here we are at the doorstep of 2024 and, once again, many of us are getting ready to put all the Christmas decorations away—that is, if you haven’t done so already. If you were present during the Christmas Eve worship, you may recall the portion in the sermon where I urged everyone to go deeper into the Christmas gift that we have received in Jesus the Christ. By deeper, I mean deeper into the Scripture through…