by Stacey Hilliard | Nov 6, 2022 | Sermons
Last week, we saw that an attempt to remove the Jewish elements from the list of accepted writings in the early church was one of the catalysts for forming the canon, the various groups of writings that became authoritative for Christians and were finally bound together into the Bibles we have today. This week we’re going to zoom in more on that process. Who decided those things? When? Why? What about all the ones they left out?
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by Stacey Hilliard | Oct 31, 2022 | News
Our annual Holiday Faire is coming up soon! The members of Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church are hard at work preparing for this year’s Holiday Faire, to be held Saturday, November 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We’ve made one hundred delicious apple pies which now fill our freezer. Our crafters have been knitting, crocheting, and sewing handmade treasures to sell all year. And to the relief of many repeat fair goers, the WHITE ELEPHANT SALE is back! Our bakers and soup makers are getting ready to fill our baked goods table and snack bar, so you’ll have plenty of tasty options if you get hungry while shopping. See you on the 12th!
by Stacey Hilliard | Oct 31, 2022 | Conversations
My loathing of leaf blowers is no secret. I have complained loudly and bitterly about the noise, the fumes, and their near-constant use in the neighborhood around the parsonage. They are terrible for the environment on multiple levels and harmful to those who use them. This article puts it all together nicely.
There are some in Winchester working to enact changes to the town’s bylaws to make some changes. It’s not enough, in my view, but I’m in the camp of “something is better than nothing” and have signed the proposed bylaw to come before the Town Meeting this fall. I invite interested Winchester residents to sign on to help protect the house God built for us by enacting these measures. It will help the mental state of your pastor at the same time!
– Pastor Anne Robertson
by Stacey Hilliard | Oct 30, 2022 | Sermons
As we continue looking at the structure and purpose of the Bible, we’re going to focus in this week on the Bible’s organization, how our language about the Bible’s two “Testaments” gets us into trouble, and what the Bible is and is not trying to give us.
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by Stacey Hilliard | Oct 23, 2022 | Sermons
We are off to the races in our Bible-focused fall. Now that you’re all wondering what sort of bread we’re really asking for in the Lord’s Prayer, we’re going to look at the issue of biblical translations more broadly. Why do we have so many? Is there a “right” one? And why does the question of a “right” translation hinder us from finding truth?
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