We have an extra piano and are looking to bless someone with this wonderful instrument. If interested please contact the church at 410-429-5080.
Author: Amy Mamea
Hands Helping Neighbors
Hands Helping Neighbors is looking to reach out to the community! If you or someone you know is in need of repairs in their home or yard please contact the church at 410-429-5080.
2019 Special Session of the General Conference
March 1, 2019 Dear members and friends of Pleasant Grove UMC, As you may know by now, the governing body of the United Methodist Church, the General Conference, voted on Tuesday February 26th to continue the Traditional plan that places restrictions on members of the LGBTQ community being involved in the clergy leadership positions of the Read more »
Unlocking the Tight Fist
Luke 21:1-4 As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their Read more »
A Test of Our Faith
Mark 14:48-50, Mark 16: 9-14, 19-20 48 “Am I leading a rebellion,” said Jesus, “that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? 49 Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.” 50 Then everyone deserted him and fled. 9 When Read more »
A Farewell Message
Mark 13:1-8 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” 2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” 3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Read more »
Priceless
Mark 14:1-11 NIV 14 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 2 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.” 3 While he was in Bethany, reclining Read more »
Is the Fig Tree Important
Mark 11:12-14 NIV1576 12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he Read more »
The Feeding of the Multitudes…Again
Mark 8:1-9a During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 2 “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because Read more »
When Religion Gets in the Way of God
Mark 7:1-23 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to Read more »