Today we continue our series on Faithful Finances by looking at the budget of Milford Hills UMC. It is within that budget that God transforms gifts and tithes into an offering to the world through our mission and ministries. Church Finances are complicated though, and so Pastor Jim attempts to shed some light on why things look the way they do. We also start praying about our Estimate of Giving Cards for 2025, which will be turned in next Sunday during worship.

Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday.

Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through our Tithe.ly app.

Oh, no, the preacher is going to talk about money, this week and the next. Today we hear from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 6:22-24. Here he tells us that we can only serve one master, we need can only serve either God or wealth/money. If you pay attention to the American culture though, we serve money way too much and that gets us into trouble. It can get us into trouble through many ways, but without being deilgent and prudent, we will serve our debt before we serve God.

Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday.

Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through our Tithe.ly app.

Today we celebrate All Saints Day, a day to remember those who have gone before us since last year. It is a time to mourn and a time to remember. The scripture today is from Mark 12:28-34, where Jesus answers a legal expert's question by quoting the Shema, a daily prayer and Deuteronomy 6:4-5. Shema is a Hebrew word that starts this prayer and it reminds us that we need to listen and obey the God we worship, just like those who have gone before have.

Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday.

Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through our Tithe.ly app.

Today, we finish our three week series on our new Discipleship Pathway. This is a pathway we have created to teach and lead people into a deeper relationship with God and to become better disciples of Jesus Christ. We combined our logo, our mission statement, membership vows, and pratical markers in the journey to create a path for anyone to follow. Today we look at how we are to live as Christ from Mark's calling the disciples and from Philippians as we adopt the attitude of Christ. We are to live as Christ by diving deep into our prayers and our witness. We learn that disciples pray daily and participate in other spiritual disciplines to grow closer to God but they also invite others to follow too. This is how we become fishers of people.

Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday.

Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through our Tithe.ly app.

We continue our three week series on our new Discipleship Pathway. This is a pathway we have created to teach and lead people into a deeper relationship with God and to become better disciples of Jesus Christ. We combined our logo, our mission statement, membership vows, and pratical markers in the journey to create a path for anyone to follow. Today we look at how we are to serve as Christ from Matthew 25. We are to serve as Christ by reaching out to the least of these in this world, because how we treat them equals how we treat Jesus himself.

Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday.

Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through our Tithe.ly app.

We start a three week look at our new Discipleship Pathway. This is a pathway we have created to teach and lead people into a deeper relationship with God and to become better disciples of Jesus Christ. We combined our logo, our mission statement, membership vows, and pratical markers in the journey to create a path for anyone to follow. Today we look at the first part based on Matthew 22:37-39. We are to love as Christ by loving God with all that we have, which includes our presence and gifts.

Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday.

Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through our Tithe.ly app.

James' 3rd chapter reminds us that words are important. If we use them without reguard to their power, they can cause more damage than good. As the GenZ Bible puts verse 9, “We use our words to praise God, our Father, and sadly, we also use our words to insult or curse fellow humans, who are created in God’s image.” We explore the power of words this week and we are glad you are joining us.

Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday.

Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through our Tithe.ly app.

We wrap up this six-week series on the book, "Questions Jesus Asked," by Magrey DeVega, today. We have looked at a different question each week to deepen our relationship with the one who asked them. This week we explore the question, "What are you looking for?" As Andrew and the other disciple come to follow Jesus, his is the question he asks them. It begs the question, what is it you are looking for and are you truly ready for the answer that Jesus will give? Are you ready and willing to do the work that the answer requires?

Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday.

Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give and support our congregation through our Tithe.ly app.