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Autumn Prayer
My Friends, This past Sunday was the first one of Autumn. Fall is often thought of as a passed over season. It is not the “bleak...
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- Sep 26
Welcome Weekend
Dear Morehead Family, Wow! What a wonderful Welcome Weekend we had! Thank you to everyone who made it a great time of community,...
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- Sep 14
History & Hope
Last Sunday, Pastor Paul preached about how we remember the past and what it means for cutting a path forward into the future. He said...
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- Sep 1
Hospitality Calling
Do you remember a time when you were welcomed in, where you were told “Make yourself at home!” And you genuinely felt that you could?...
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moreheadumcgsonc
- Aug 24
Back to School
Friends, As school has begun this week, I have been trying to think back to my first day of school. I can’t really recall it, however. In...
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moreheadumcgsonc
- Aug 17
GRACE
Dear Morehead Family, This past week beloved theologian and writer, Frederick Buechner, died at the age of 93. He wrote beautifully...
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moreheadumcgsonc
- Jul 28
Hello!
“A life of hospitality begins in worship, with a recognition of God's grace and generosity. Hospitality is not first a duty and...
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Rev. Nikki Raye Rice
- Jul 7
Celebration of New Ministry
Dear Morehead Family, First, I want to say thank you for the warm welcome I have received, both by the leadership at Morehead UMC and by...
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moreheadumcgsonc
- Apr 14
Caterpillar to Butterfly
"What the caterpillar calls the end, the master calls the butterfly." This quote is attributed to Richard Bach, author of the 1970's...
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moreheadumcgsonc
- Apr 7
Resilience
Here are some images of resilience I've witnessed lately. On March 31, Carolyn and I were in the office in the midst of a gulley-washer....
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moreheadumcgsonc
- Mar 14
Pulled Forward by Love
In February, after the UMW now named “United Women of Faith,” Valentine’s Meeting & Lunch, I asked for some extra heart-shaped balloons...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Feb 3
Some Thoughts About My Grief
The only two words that come to mind and continue to echo are "Thank You." Thank you to the Staff Parish Team for offering me a few weeks...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Dec 8, 2021
Chaos and Order
I was trying to get out of the house, assembling the many items I cart around, thinking I can accomplish much more in 24 hours than is...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Dec 8, 2021
The Nest
On Sunday, November 21, not only did our valiant and faithful group of youth serve as liturgists, preachers and singers in both Worship...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Dec 8, 2021
Guardrail Blessings
Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" ~Psalm 8:1 When we slow down to look, blessings abound. Joe and I were...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Sep 29, 2021
Perfect Love Casts Out...Coyotes?
On the morning of August 4, I was out for a walk with Nico, our Yorkie Pip Squeak dog. Joe had told me a few days before that a coyote...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Sep 15, 2021
Flare Up
In meeting with my Spiritual Director recently, we discussed my Dad's death and the large swath of influence he leaves behind related to...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Sep 2, 2021
Welcoming Wholeness
The Welcoming Prayer by Father Thomas Keating begins like this: Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! I welcome everything that comes my way today...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Aug 24, 2021
Neither Snow nor Rain...
“...nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” That’s the United States...
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Veranita Alvord, Pastor
- Aug 19, 2021
Trimming Branches
After a slow morning on Monday, I needed to get out of my head- so many thoughts swirling about Dad, our family, the togetherness and...
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moreheadumcgsonc
Autumn Prayer
My Friends, This past Sunday was the first one of Autumn. Fall is often thought of as a passed over season. It is not the “bleak...
moreheadumcgsonc
Welcome Weekend
Dear Morehead Family, Wow! What a wonderful Welcome Weekend we had! Thank you to everyone who made it a great time of community,...
moreheadumcgsonc
History & Hope
Last Sunday, Pastor Paul preached about how we remember the past and what it means for cutting a path forward into the future. He said...