Author Archives: revjohnhill
Can’t Believe How Fast They’re Growing
I can’t believe how fast my children are growing. Erica Is now a senior in high school. Seems like yesterday she was cutting her own hair and playing in the mud. She is taller than I am. Going on dates Has a Job Responsible Jackson Getting taller Voice is getting deeper His boyish looks are [...]
Guaranteed Appointments Eliminated
Guaranteed appointments for Elders in the UM Church has just ended. Click HERE to read more. And I have noticed an increase in Facebook chatter responding in a negative way, which I don’t understand. Let me explain… I worked in the corporate world (or as some church people call it, “The Real World”) from 1993-2002. [...]
Met an Angel Today (Feb 6, 2006)
I have been reading through past “LiveJournal” Entries written before I started this blog. Thought I would repost some that touched my heart in special ways. I started my clinical at St. Jude hospital today. My first patient that I got to visit with was a 9 year old boy with bone cancer. He has [...]
Discipleship
I once had a chemistry professor (Dr. McKnight) at Hinds Community College who told all his classes upon their first meeting the following statement or something pretty close to it, “In chemistry, it is very easy to get bogged down, confused, overwhelmed and discouraged. When you feel yourself getting to this point, go back to [...]
Lady at Sheraton
In the entry dated May 8th, I related a new way that I had learned to journal and study the Bible. This past weekend, I went to Annual Conference. Jill had to leave on Friday afternoon in order to go to Mississippi for a family reunion and I went back to the hotel. I had [...]
Why 3 Ring Binders Are AWESOME
After reading some post that mentioned my name and my affection for 3 ring binders, I thought I would spend a little time posting as to why 3 ring binders are the greatest invention since sliced bread and the wheel. 1. It helps the “Binder Keeper” stay organized. 2. People tend to leave you alone and [...]
Why Do We Do What We Do???
During my years as a pastor, I have noticed there are a great many programs that are not effective in making disciples. There are church’s that have large budgets, multiple programs and have NO professions of faith or baptisms. Why are we doing what we do in church if it’s not making disciples? After all, [...]
Check this Out
Here’s a GREAT video. Take a moment and check it out… CLICK HERE http://vimeo.com/churchformen/amazinggrace Amazing Grace: A church for men from David Murrow on Vimeo.
10 Things to do to Help Your Marriage Feel Less Stressed | All Pro Dad
10 Things to do to Help Your Marriage Feel Less Stressed | All Pro Dad. You’ve heard the one about the old man who was dying? He smelled cherry pie baking, so he roused himself from bed and staggered into the kitchen. He was reaching for the pie when his wife swatted his wrist away. [...]
5 Must Know Facts about 1st Time Guest
GREAT ARTICLE!! 5 Must-Know Facts About First-Time Guests by Rick Ezell // // Church leaders need to be aware of five significant facts about first-time guests looking for a church home. Healthy and growing churches pay close attention to the people they count as members, as well as those people who are not yet [...]
Greatest Need of the Church…Leadership
The biggest problem of the Church today is the leadership void that has grown in the 20th century. George Barna (church expert and statistician) says, “Leadership remains of the glaring needs of the church. People are often willing to follow God’s vision, but too frequently they have not exposure to either vision or true leadership. [...]
Pastoral Goals for Union 2012 (Connect)
Goals are easy to set but often times very difficult to achieve. Most goals seem to be discarded within a month of setting the goal. How can we use the concept of keeping goals to move Union to the next level? To start off, we need to make sure our goals can achieve these three [...]
Graduating Beyond 100%
For years I practiced what I like to call the 100% tithe. Now, I hate to brag, and I certainly don’t want to use John’s blog to toot my own horn, but I was one of the few, the chosen, the real believers, who give it all to the Lord. All of it. 100% Unfortunately [...]
Stewardship by Mark Adams
Have you ever noticed geese flying. The familiar V-shaped pattern is hard to miss. Science has discovered why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in a V-formation, the whole flock adds up to 71% greater flying range than if each [...]
Stewardship According to John Wesley
An outline of John Wesley‘s Sermon on Stewardship: “The Good Steward” Summary: Wesley uses this sermon to explain that we as God’s Stewards are not the owners of what God entrust to us, but temporary custodians. This applies to our souls, bodies, possessions, time, abilities and opportunities. Wesley states in this sermon that there will [...]
“All In”
When we read a sermon title on “Stewardship”, we know we are going to hear about giving our money to the church. The “money part” is often couched within the other aspects of living a life of faith. As members in the United Methodist Church, we vow to be faithful with our prayers, our presence, [...]
Growing Generosity by Julie Holly
“We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, [...]
The Important Invitation
“Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.” -1 Chronicles 29:11 (NRSV Translation) This verse is part of King David’s ongoing [...]
The Danger of Riches
“The Danger of Riches” 1 Timothy 6:9 Summary: As the population of the Methodist grew, the found themselves with more members who were wealthy. Wesley used this sermon to speak on the dangers of wealth and how it could be inlet to sin. He describes how people should gain as much as they can, save [...]
Stewardship Article by Ron Schultz
The line was long as people moved toward the altar to leave an offering. Some put in large , impressive amounts of money. One poor widow stepped forward and gave two small copper coins. Jesus declared to His followers that the two copper coins from the poor Widow was more than anyone else had given. [...]
