Tag: News
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What I’m Reading: ‘The Need and the Blessing of Prayer’
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Given that our college plans to spend nearly $200 million on capital projects over the next five years, while remaining committed to an admissions policy that is both need-blind and meets full need, I decided I had better become better at praying. To that end, I am reading The Need and the Blessing of Prayer,…
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Weekday Religious Education Corner: Praying is talking to God
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One of the goals in Weekday Religious Education is for our children to pray every day. We teach the children prayer is simply talking to God. One key to making good decisions is to talk it over with someone who truly loves you and wants the very best for you and will not be too…
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Wythe church seeks prayer vigil participants
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Believing this Scripture is still relevant, the congregation at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church is sponsoring Seeking the Face of God, a 46-day 24-hour prayer vigil. The group is encouraging all congregations in Wythe, Bland, Smyth and other area counties to participate in the prayer vigil which begins Ash Wednesday (Feb. 10) and continues through…
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What Is The Essential Purpose Of Prayer?
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Just as reverence becomes instinctual to man, we find that man also has the instinct to draw near to the Source of his being, to transcend himself. We perceive that God is closer to us than we are to ourselves, communicating being to us; thus, man acknowledges that whatever fear he may have of God,…