Pastor Cheryl Remchuk was appointed to Hope Global Methodist Church in September Rockwall, TX (October 28, 2025) – Recently, Hope Global Methodist Church welcomed a new pastor as they bid a fond farewell to founding pastor, Dr. Stanley Scott, who retired after many years of service to the Methodist ministry and as a Marine chaplain. […]
FUMC Heath was recognized by Rockwall County Judge Frank New and the County Commissioners for its 135-year history ministering to the community. Heath, TX (October 27, 2025) – Retired Elder Rev. Scott Holcomb-McLain returned to the pulpit of First UMC Heath on October 19, looked around at the clergy present and said it felt like […]
Rockwall, TX (October 23, 2025) – The Singing Men of Texas, North Central Chapter, recently returned from their latest mission trip to Europe. The group typically travels to Eastern Europe every two years for ministry opportunities with this year’s tour taking them to the Baltic Sea countries — Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland. […]
Rockwall, TX (October 22, 2025) – A would-be archeologist descended into an Egyptian mummy pit by candlelight. The stacked remains of shriveled 3,500-year-old bodies filled a long passageway. Suddenly, the pit collapsed under his weight, and he landed in piles of bones and rotted linen wrappings, choking in mummy dust. That was in the early […]
Rockwall, TX (September 24, 2025) – Elsie recently joined the weekly Bible study group I attend. Her longer, foreign name is harder to say. She’s lived in the US for a dozen or so years and speaks nearly perfect English—especially for those familiar with a South African accent. I enjoy listening to Elsie, especially her […]
Rockwall, TX (August 15, 2025) – Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. That old saying predicted bad weather in the days before reliable forecasting. Whereas blue skies suggested—rightly or wrongly—that all is clear ahead. Faith in God can rely on faulty assumptions also. When all is well with us, we feel blessed from […]
Heath, TX (July 2, 2025) – Peter McNabb has been appointed by Bishop Ruben Saenz to become the new pastor of First United Methodist Church of Heath effective July 1. Rev. McNabb served most recently as pastor of First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs and before that as pastor of First United Methodist Church […]
Rockwall, TX (June 29, 2025) – All boom and no doom. Americans love fireworks—the sounds of war without its destruction. We delight in patriotic events that, for most of us, require no national duty. Patriotism is defined by love for one’s country, best displayed by courage and self-sacrifice during times of threat. On the unpretty […]
Rockwall, TX (May 15, 2025) – Do high-school students still suffer the required reading of books written hundreds of years ago? As a teenager, I had little interest in an assignment to read Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. But I became hooked and read more of his plays, which kept me up past midnight—unable to […]
Rockwall, TX (May 15, 2025) – Redeemer Rockwall, a Presbyterian church located right off the square, has begun extensive renovations to its building, the site of worship in downtown for more than 100 years. The work is being done in two phases, and the first has already started, including the construction of new restrooms and […]