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God is Relentless

So Jesus told them this story: “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he will joyfully carry it home on his shoulders. When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ – Luke 15:3-6

God won’t give up on you. He just wont. God will pursue you. God’s determination is untiring. God’s pursuit of you is unflagging. The poet Francis Thompson called God “The Hound of Heaven” – He’s a God whose love will track you down and turn you around. Running from God, hiding from God, ignoring God….It just won’t work. God will stop at nothing – not even a brutal death on the cross – to pursue a restored, meaningful, and vibrant relationship with you. 

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A question worth asking, actually two.

On Easter Sunday I will be bringing the message at the Sunrise Service at Edge Park United Methodist Church and that message centers around one question. 

“What if the Resurrection never happened?”

As you can imagine this question is quite loaded, but important for us to ask ourselves all the same. 

“How would our lives be different?” 

If you are close to the DFW area I hope you will consider coming to Edge Park UMC’s Sunrise Service to discuss the previous questions and how even today they affect our very lives. 
Edge Park UMC Sunrise Service
5616 Crowley Rd. 
Fort Worth, TX 76134 
6:30 am

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The Christmas Story…Read by Will Harris

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My cousin Will Harris read the Christmas Story in Luke 2:1-20 for our Christmas Eve Services at Edge Park United Methodist Church. There is something poetic about a child reading the story of the Christ’s birth. Great job Will! 

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New Opportunities

In the last couple of months God has really put something on my heart, youth ministry. I love sharing about who God is, what He is, and where He is with the youth of the today. There is something really quite beautiful when a youth gets it. They understand how much God loves them, cares for their future, and what they do with their everyday life. When a youth gets it, oh man that is awesome. 

Recently I was offered the position of Director of Student Ministries at Edge Park United Methodist Church and I am proud to tell you all today that I have accepted that offer, and I am excited about the new opportunity of sharing the love, grace, and mercy that Christ offers to all of his children. 

New opportunities mean new challenges. One of the challenges is First Mansfield Students and the fact that I have to leave a church and a youth program that has developed a lot of my ability in youth ministry. Mansfield is a very special place for me, it is the first that i have been a member of without my dad being the pastor, and there is a certain amount of eagerness to the youth I have experienced that is so inspiring to me. To all first mansfield students, you have rocked it and have inspired me to go into youth ministry. You will always have a special place in my heart. 

To new opportunities. And to the challenges they bring. In closing here is a verse that is very near to my heart. 

He has shown all you people what is good. 
And what does the Lord require of you? 
To act justly and to love mercy 
and to walk humbly with your God. 

Micah 6:8