First United Methodist Church - DeRidder, LA

We continue our 2018 Lenten Journey through the story found in Genesis 9 which relays God's sacred promise to Noah (and his descendants) that God will never again wipe the earth clean as was done during the flood, showing that we worship a personal God who is invested in all of creation, and that God gives us tangible evidence of this sacred promise through the rainbow.

We continue our 2018 Lenten Journey through the story found in Genesis 9 which relays God's sacred promise to Noah (and his descendants) that God will never again wipe the earth clean as was done during the flood, showing that we worship a personal God who is invested in all of creation, and that God gives us tangible evidence of this sacred promise through the rainbow.

"If we don't deal with the reality of sin and it's effects in our lives then Easter Sunday is nothing but a sentimental Hallmark Channel production and I want nothing to do with it." As we begin our 2018 Lenten Journey, we are challenged to own the fact that Ash Wednesday pushes us to confront the reality of the sin in our lives and that humanity cannot deal with the effects on it's own - only by the power of God in Christ can we have any hope of moving beyond sin's deathly grip on so many facets of our lives and into the glorious freedom found in and through the resurrected Christ.

"If we don't deal with the reality of sin and it's effects in our lives then Easter Sunday is nothing but a sentimental Hallmark Channel production and I want nothing to do with it." As we begin our 2018 Lenten Journey, we are challenged to own the fact that Ash Wednesday pushes us to confront the reality of the sin in our lives and that humanity cannot deal with the effects on it's own - only by the power of God in Christ can we have any hope of moving beyond sin's deathly grip on so many facets of our lives and into the glorious freedom found in and through the resurrected Christ.

We conclude our New Year's "Be it Therefore Resolved" worship series with a peek at a few verses from 2 Corinthians, verses that remind us that the message we proclaim, and the lives we live, will not be understood by those who are not in Christ - and that's OK.

We conclude our New Year's "Be it Therefore Resolved" worship series with a peek at a few verses from 2 Corinthians, verses that remind us that the message we proclaim, and the lives we live, will not be understood by those who are not in Christ - and that's OK.

Ever feel as though we are all alone and/or no one could possible understand our situation? In the next-to-last installation of our "Be it Therefore Resolved..." series, we catch five brief verses from Hebrews that address the reality that we are, indeed, not the first, as in Christ God experienced the reality of full humanity and every emotion.

Ever feel as though we are all alone and/or no one could possible understand our situation? In the next-to-last installation of our "Be it Therefore Resolved..." series, we catch five brief verses from Hebrews that address the reality that we are, indeed, not the first, as in Christ God experienced the reality of full humanity and every emotion.

Drawing upon the old-fashioned party line that was reality for so many Americans in the 20th century, we see in this week's excursion to Mark's gospel that following Christ means that as we follow his example and his teachings, life will change and it will be noticed because encountering and embracing Christ is a transformative experience.

Drawing upon the old-fashioned party line that was reality for so many Americans in the 20th century, we see in this week's excursion to Mark's gospel that following Christ means that as we follow his example and his teachings, life will change and it will be noticed because encountering and embracing Christ is a transformative experience.