Posts with the category “blogs”

We’re getting close to the Holiday season in Carlton Landing. As we enter the Advent season in just a few weeks, we have so much to look forward to as we prepare our hearts to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! Here is our holiday schedule and a couple of exciting updates for the new year. Holiday Schedule Sunday, November 19 - Eufaula Thanksgivin...  Read More

The word Gethsemane means “oil press.” In those days, when olives were gathered, they were poured into a woven bag and placed beneath a millstone. These stones, which could weigh hundreds of pounds, would press the olives into the ground, and soon they began to sweat.A steep ravine runs down the east side of Jerusalem, and on the other side is the Mount of Olives. Some of the oldest trees in the w...  Read More

“Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the childre...  Read More

What should we make of these stories? Are the Gospel writers telling the same story? Are they fuzzy on the details? Did four different women anoint Jesus?  Read More

This is the pattern we see in the gospels repeatedly. No one is too far gone. No one has out-sinned Jesus’s willingness to forgive. The only thing more powerful than our sin is the life-giving, sin-cleansing grace of God. There is no sin too big.   Read More

Take the construction road to church today! Water Street is closed from the south, so jump in with family and friends and we'll see you at 10am.  Read More