by Crawford UMC | May 25, 2021 | News
New England Justice for Our Neighbors (NEJFON) is a United Methodist ministry, that provides high-quality, accessible, free immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and promotes justice within the U.S. system of immigration law, policy, and social practice.
Crawford has provided financial and volunteer support to NEJFON since 2015 and we held our first annual Chili Cookoff in 2016. In place of our cookoff this year, we are conducting a fund-raising campaign that culminates on June 20, which is World Refugee Day.
To contribute in support of the work at JFON’s four active clinics in New England: Springfield, Worcester, Lowell, and Lawrence, you can text CrawfordJFON to 44-321 or mail a check to the church, made out to Crawford Memorial UMC and note JFON in the memo line.
by Crawford UMC | May 23, 2021 | Sermons
On Pentecost Sunday we focus on the gift of the Holy Spirit. In honor of the occasion, the question for this week will be the one that God asks of Ezekiel as they survey a mass grave of dry bones in Ezekiel 37: “Mortal, can these bones live?” After this past year, how would we answer God’s question? What did Ezekiel do?
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by Crawford UMC | May 20, 2021 | Music Meditations
Crown Him with Many Crowns is an epic hymn, rich with imagery honoring the kingship of Jesus after his ascension to the throne. Across twelve(!) stanzas, written by two separate hymnodists, the text is reflecting upon the many divine honors Christ the King possesses as He wears them upon His brow.
Crown Him with many crowns
the Virgin’s Son
the Lord of love!
the Lord of peace!
the Lord of years!
the Lord of Heaven!
with crowns of gold,
the Son of God
the Lord of light,
the Lord of life
of lords the Lord,
the Lord of Heaven…for He is King of all.
Set to the tune of Diademata by Sir Elvey, this rendition is by the Huddersfield Choral Society, led by Joseph Cullen.
– Logan Henke, Music Minister
by Crawford UMC | May 16, 2021 | Sermons
This sermon topic comes from a person discouraged by the constant barrage of violence, hate, and corruption that fills every news cycle. The person wrote, “Sometimes it’s hard not to feel hopeless, that [what I do] is just not enough — like God has turned away, and left us on our own, and that negativity and brutality are going to take over the world.” The person has a point. It does seem like we’re in especially perilous times right now. Where do we find hope? Does what we do really matter?
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by Crawford UMC | May 9, 2021 | Sermons
One of the Ten Commandments (either #4 or #5, depending on how you count) says, “Honor thy father and thy mother.” We often breeze past that just like we breeze into Mother’s Day and Father’s Day thinking, “Who can possibly have a problem with that?” A lot of people, as it turns out. What is that commandment asking us to do?
Is it dishonor to put a parent into a long-Term Care facility? What about parents who demand fealty for life no matter the cost? And what about parents who abuse, neglect, or otherwise harm their children? They get “honor”?
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