From the Pastor’s Desk
Monthly thoughts from our own Rev. Will Waller
From the Pastor’s Desk
Monthly thoughts from our own Rev. Will Waller
Singing Our Faith
The church wants to stay connected to you during these times. As always, call or text me directly as our office hours will be flexible. My phone number is 678-756-4880. One of the ways that we as Methodists have traditionally been in relationship with each other has...
Breath Prayers
Recently, a friend wrote to me about the challenges she was having at work. I'm not sure what it is called, but there are some words that sound like what they are. Work is one of those. Her struggles were real and the trials great. She is a person of faith, but at...
Hear the good news
Hear ye! Hear ye! I hear ya loud and clear!Can you hear me now? Good! One element of life that I don’t think about all that often is hearing. Hearing, and by hearing I mean the active acceptance of a message delivered, must occur for communication to...
Bethlehem > Vegas
This month, I read that Las Vegas has become one of THE HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS. The famous Bellagio fountains will be dancing to the tunes of “Silent Night” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” If you like seeing the Christmas displayed on the world’s largest video screen,...
Go together
Recently, at a Danville District event, the moderator began by sharing her devotional that morning. Rather than a lengthy devotional, this one was a mere five words: “Who are you running with?” The question is an insightful one because it points us in the direction of...
Building a community
During the month of September, in worship, we had a focus on missions. Throughout the month, we engaged the topic of missions because reaching out is the heart of the Gospel. God reached out to you when you had no idea who or what love was. God reached out to you and...
Love FC. Love the World.
The World. It isn’t just a globe that you had in your 3rd grade classroom. The World is a concept in Christianity of the people that are unchurched. Surely, you’ve heard in a sermon words disparaging The World. “Those people out there need such and such because...
Church on a Mission
When you read this, you will do so likely from the ease of a comfy chair, with ready access to clean water, with a car in the driveway, electricity powering through your outlets, and AC pumping into the steamy Virginia August. It’s all grace that you were born into...
Yearning to be seen
Earlier this spring, while hustling from thing to thing, I was stopped in my tracks. When you're going a million miles an hour, slamming on the brakes is a bit like trying to stop a train - something impressive has stand in the way of the locomotive to stop...