Neighboring 101: Moved by Compassion

Neighboring – Back to Basics Who is your neighbor?  This is a great question as we start rolling in our newest message series Won’t You Be My Neighbor?  We often think of a neighbor as someone who lives near us.  But as we talked about in last week’s message, Neighboring 101 neighboring is more about what we do than were we live.  Or we could say that “Neighboring is about action, not address.”  Our neighbor can be anyone…or better said, we can be a neighbor to anyone.  We have to decide if we want to neighbor.   Listen to the message  Neighboring 101 (CLICK HERE) We defined neighboring by the acronym CARE.  The story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:30-37 fleshes out this acronym CARE.  Neighbors CARE as[…]

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Sunday Rewind for June 12: Who is Jesus, Really?

  Have a Question? We all have questions, big God questions.  Throughout the summer at Christ United Methodist Church in Gastonia, NC, we’re asking some big questions!  Here is our Sunday Rewind for June 12, 2016.  We ask the big question, “Who is Jesus, Really?” “Daddy!”  Long and loud, drawing out each vowel, this 3AM cry catapults me from sleep.  Up and out, I answer the call of one of my children.  The dog can bark, and I sleep.  You could probably burglarize my home, and I’d sleep soundly.   My child calls my name and I instantly respond.  I know them.  They trust me.  They call me.  I go.  I am their daddy. I answer to lots of names.  I’m “Hubby” to my bride.  I’m[…]

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