I didn’t grow up with children’s sermons, and for my first five years of ministry, I never gave them much thought. In fact I’m not sure I’d even seen one done before. I had an idea of what they must ...

Something strange happened at church the other Sunday. Even though Youth Sunday can sometime be a little strange, it wasn’t that. Instead, it was a “Youth-less” Sunday, almost as if the Pied Piper of ...

One day during the coffee hour after church I mentioned to someone that I enjoyed the fact that there were more children in worship than there used to be. “I think it’s important for them to be there, ...

Eureka First United Methodist Church Eureka (520 Del Norte St.): The Sunday worship service starts at 10 a.m. The Rev. Amy ...

If the book doesn’t interest you, Walter Huffman told me, perhaps the story behind it will. With Valentine’s Day two days away, I’ll tell you about both. Huffman, 81, is a retired minister who served ...

Forty years ago a Philadelphia congregation watched as three 9-year-old boys were baptized and joined the church. Not long after, unable to continue with its dwindling membership, the church sold the ...