Welcome to Ebenezer United
Methodist Church
Come and Experience the
Fullness of Christ !
1087 LEONARD ROAD * LEXINGTON NC 27295 * 336.249.1410
Mailing Address: P O Box 410 Lexington NC 27295
You are invited to join us for worship
In Person Worship: 9:30 am
Pastor: Ray Morgan
Thursday, January 2nd, 2025
Grace and Peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ!
Happy New Year!
Part of me celebrates a fresh, new year, full of possibilities to realize, so many people we can love and help. As I write this, we are safe in the parsonage, food in the pantry, the heat works, our cats are free from worries.
I begin 2025 grateful for all with which we have been blessed.
Part of me grieves as we read the headline news. People are killing each other the world over. Millions wonder if they will have a next meal. Millions sleep in makeshift tents, unsure if they will be attacked during the night. So many are unsafe from cartels, gangs, and governments. Our world is slowly becoming more toxic on so many levels. We’ve poisoned our environment and our minds. Our souls ache for something real, something true, something untarnished by this world. Happy New Year?
There is hope. There are those who see others and want to help, not take advantage. There are those who have not kneeled to the Baals of our day, who have remained steadfast in their faith in our Creator. And because we have a fountain of life in our souls, we see new growth, new ministries springing up in the parched ground. God is on the move.
We invite you to join us. Our faith, our daily walk, is deeply rooted in God’s Word. Not a vengeful, angry god who is just waiting to punish us. A God like Jesus described in John 3:17, a God who sent Jesus to give us a way out, not to condemn us, but to save us. A God full of grace who asks us to obey and live according to God’s value system, something we do best together, in the beloved community of believers.
No need to clean up. Just come. We love you, because we have made the choice to be loving people. We’d love it if you would join us.
May God bless you and keep you in 2025. Peace, P.Ray
Pastor Ray Morgan
Ebenezer/Reeds UMC, Lexington, NC
Chair - The Fellowship of Licensed Local Pastors and Associate Members
336.682.1519
rmorgan@wnccumc.net
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding, on your own thoughts. In everything you do, think, and speak, acknowledge the Lord as God and God will direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6 (paraphrased)
