During the closing song at last week’s 10:30 service, a woman in our congregation received a text message that said, “Your husband has placed an emergency call. He is currently located at the below location.” And it displayed a map of the church building. She was sitting by herself, without her husband, so she immediately […]
The Call of Christ
“You learn more from failing than you ever learn from winning” Ellis said to our son Ezra as we walked away from his soccer game this weekend. “Quit while you are ahead” was more my motto growing up, I thought to myself. I never allowed myself to fail. Never failed a test, never failed a […]
Unexpected Jesus
“Expect the expected.” That was what Seattle Mariners’ manager Scott Servais said earlier this week when asked about this weekend’s wildcard playoff game between the Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays. And yesterday afternoon when l checked the score at the top of the 6th to see that the Mariners were down by 7 runs, […]
Robust Faith
Read more about Rev. Michael Davis here: https://epconnection.org/2022/08/25/michael-davis-named-epc-assistant-stated-clerk/ […]
Conquering the Splitter
A few days ago, I was dead asleep when my alarm went off. I almost always wake up before the alarm…and it was really loud…so I rolled over quickly to turn it off. What I didn’t realize was how close I was to the edge of the bed. I rolled right out of the bed…and […]
Finding Your Voice
Good morning, my Sweetheart Church! I’m Pastor Mark Toone and it is great to welcome you to the kickoff of another program year at Chapel Hill. I saw a lot of cheek-kissing going on in the foyer this morning so I assume you must have been here last week to hear Pastor Ellis’ sermon on […]
Greet One Another
This summer, my family and I got to go back to our home country of the UK for the first time since the pandemic began. We visited all sorts of different places, like Dublin, Oxford, St Andrews and Edinburgh, taking in historic Christian sites, like Glendalough, Iona, and St Andrews Cathedral, alongside studying contemporary issues […]
Care for One Another
Good morning everyone. My name is Julie Hawkins, and I am one of the pastors here. I can’t believe that this is the last week of summer break. Does anyone else feel like summer just flew by? And we are back to school this week! For all of you parents out there that are feeling […]
Live in Harmony with One Another
Our daughter owns a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. Recently, her home was invaded. By bats. A colony of bats squeezed their way into her wall and set up shop. Rachel called Terminix and got a quote for removing them. $1400. And they couldn’t do it until September. So, my industrious daughter took […]
Admonish One Another
Nineteen years ago, my family was vacationing in Sun Valley, Idaho. On this very day, we went to the outdoor ice-skating rink which was open…even though it was 92 degrees. The ice was covered with a sheet of water. I knew it probably wasn’t a good idea to be skating in those conditions. But what […]