From the Pastor
Happy Pride: An Update from Pastor Wendy
Our biggest celebration is this Sunday, June 6 at 10 a.m. as we join the Park Circle Pride celebration at Commonhouse Aleworks.
Announcements
It’s Time
“There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for giving birth and a time for dying, a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted, a time for killing and a time for healing, a time for tearing down and a time for building Read more…
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Why Have You Forsaken Me?
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Psalm 22:1 Spoken by Jesus as he hung on the cross, an innocent man being executed by powers of the state. As I’ve listened and sat at the feet of Black people, particularly Black women, these past few days since the execution of Read more…
Announcements
Holy Week at Two Rivers Church
In just a week, we’ll be celebrating Easter –– the holiest day of the Christian year. This year, we get to celebrate the persistent, death-defying life of Jesus together in two ways –– both online and with socially-distant, in-person small groups.
From the Pastor
The Iron Clad Grip of White Supremacy
Let’s say it loud and clear: racism, homophobia, anti-Asian discrimination, sexism, and misogyny are not Christian values. Equity, inclusion, justice and belonging are values that follow in the way of Jesus. This has been a cruel and painful week — the jury selection for George Floyd’s killer, the misogynistic and Read more…
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A New Year, A New Epiphany
I love how the beginning of the new year coincides with the celebration in the church of Epiphany. During Epiphany, we remember the journey of the Magi, astrologers from distant countries who took a long journey following a star, very winding and unknown at times, until they found the home Read more…
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After the Storm
We want to show our friends in Louisiana and Texas that they are not alone and they God hears their cries for relief and recovery. This Sunday, 10 percent of our offerings will go to the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
From the Pastor
The Power of Pride
This week, we celebrate five years of marriage equality, when the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was constitutional and to be implemented across the country. That day my news feeds were filed with rainbows, couples embracing while they wept tears of joy and relief, celebrations, and courthouse step weddings. Read more…
From the Pastor
We Still Say Their Names
For those of us who have lived in Charleston for more than five years, we divide our tenure here into “before the Emanuel AME shooting” and “after the Emanuel AME shooting.”
From the Pastor
White people, this is for us
The most urgent work of our time as white people is to dismantle white supremacy and fully embrace a life of anti-racism.