The internationally-acclaimed HARLEM AMBASSADORS are visiting DENTON and helping support OUR DAILY BREAD, an important ministry that feeds the homeless a hot meal five days a week. Your pastor, the utterly uncoordinated and out-of-shape, Christy Thomas, will be a part of the local "celebrity" team which will be playing the nationally acclaimed Harlem Ambassadors!  This will take place on February 10 at the Denton High School gymnasium.  Tickets are $10 apiece and are being sold at the church, with children five and under admitted for free.

A flyer with more information can be found here. 

Today we are going to take a cultural journey into the literature that comprises the older portions of our Bible. 

Three important factors underlie some of the stories, behavioral admonitions and restrictions that are found there, especially in first five books, Genesis through Deuteronomy.

Do they never read poetry? I often ask this question when I see people picking apart poetic passages in the Bible as though these were doctoral dissertations with extensive documentation, rigid logic, and grammatical precision.

Poetry reads differently. Its verbal images are meant to invoke great truths, open new worlds and connect with the hearts of its receivers. Poetry, especially biblical poetry, is intended to be read aloud to a community. The hearers use collective wisdom to understand the truths underlying the symbols we call words.

Each Sunday during the 11:00 worship service, Gabrielle Lombard takes the children out after the Children's Message for a special time of teaching with them.  They learn the same thing their parents are learning in the worship service, but in a way that works well for them.  

Starting this spring, Gabrielle will have having period "Verbal Interaction Sundays" to give the children opportunities to discuss more deeply their faith life.