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How can you love and care for your pastor(s) well? In his book The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read (but is too embarrassed to ask), Christopher Ash seeks to answer this question. Why should you consider how to love and care for your pastor? After all, isn’t that what he’s supposed to be […]
A Pastor’s Prayer for Our Church in 2020 Good and gracious Father, who sent Your beloved Son into this world to redeem a people for Himself, a Bride to love and cherish for eternity; who sent Your Spirit to enliven our hearts to love and cherish You for eternity, may our church bring You great […]
Have you ever started a New Year’s resolution only to only get two months in and then fall back into your old habits? Or maybe you thought about a New Year’s resolution but never even started? Well, as James K.A. Smith argues in his book, You Are What You Love, we are more than thinking […]
John Wesley, the 18th century leader of the Methodist movement, famously gave directions for congregational singing. These points were included in Methodist hymnals for many years thereafter. As quoted by Pastor Shane in his sermon this Sunday on Psalm 149, here are 7 relevant encouragements from Wesley for us today. Learn these tunes before you […]
One of the first topics we pray for at our Sunday evening service is the word ministry of our church. Why? We believe that the Scriptures are essential to everything we do. Our church is built upon Christ and His word. When God’s word is center, it communicates something about us: the power of salvation […]
Sunday evening church services aren’t exactly en vogue. They haven’t been for a few decades (at least). They certainly aren’t recommended by the church growth experts. For many, they’re seen as redundant, inconvenient, and unnecessary. We disagree. Sunday evening service is a great opportunity for the church. Here are 7 reasons why we have a […]
Throughout the New Testament we see how churches care for one another. One of the ways this care is displayed is through financial support (Rom. 15:25-26, 1 Cor. 16:1-3). By helping other like minded churches, we are easing their burdens and, as a result, helping them be devoted to declaring and displaying the gospel. Our […]
Every two months, we gather as a church to exercise the office of membership as we oversee the various facets of ministry we’ve been entrusted with. If you are a covenant member of MHC, please make every effort to prioritize this time as we seek to live out God’s vision for His Church (Eph.3:10). June […]
“…you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:5) At MHC, we believe that Christians are better together! We believe that membership (1 Cor. 12; Rom.12) is much more than a formality or a name on […]
Jonathan Edwards – #38. Resolved, never to speak anything that is ridiculous, sportive, or matter of laughter on the Lord’s day. [Sabbath evening, Dec. 23, 1722] J.C. Ryle – Oh, Sabbath-breaker, consider your ways, and be wise! What harm has Sunday done to the world, that you should hate it so much? What harm has […]