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Celebrate the new hope and life we have in Christ at Skyland Church during Easter! ¡Celebra la nueva esperanza y vida que tenemos en Cristo en la iglesia Skyland durante Pascua! Sunday, April 14/Domingo 14 de AbrilPraise Jesus as King and Savior with palm branches on Palm Sunday at our 9 am traditional or 11 […]

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always […]

Rick Warren makes this statement in his book The Purpose Driven Life: “One of the reasons we live is to make God smile.” It isn’t that the Lord is a bitter God, but we should check ourselves and ask if our lifestyle pleases God. When we don’t please God, this is taken very seriously by […]

The called session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church begins on Saturday and will run through Tuesday (Feb. 23-26). All members are encouraged to be in prayer for the future of our church and the decisions and deliberations that will take place there. In particular, I would like you to pray that […]

From the Pastor’s Desk I have been doing chapel with the kids from Atlanta International Nursery at our church every Wednesday morning. Every month a new topic is introduced from a list of virtues the kids are learning about as part of their curriculum. January’s topic was peace and my immediate reaction was to share […]

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited Me in, I needed clothes and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you came to visit Me. […]

One game we played with youth on Wednesday night is called “Candy Cane Landmine.” The way the game is played is that we fill the whole floor with 44 pages: 22 read “Candy Cane” and 22 read “Landmine.” We split up into four teams of two. Each team had one person blindfolded and the other […]

From the Pastor’s Desk I love Christmas and New Years! Both are a reminder that God is doing new things all the time. Christmas, of course, reminds us that God sent His son Jesus to make a new covenant with us. A simplified plan if you will, based on the simple commandments of loving God […]

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing and perfect will.” – Romans 12:2 Everybody has a testimony. In many opportunities I have shared mine. Stories about God are usually […]