The Pastor’s Desk

Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love! December 4 - LOVE December 11 - JOY December 18 - PEACE December 24 – Christmas Eve Service, 6pm December 25 – no service Pastor Joe  

Come worship with us on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place! October Sermon Topics: October 2 – We Are One (World Communion Day) October 9 – What Is Your Gospel?  October 16 – Laity Sunday October 23 – Crying “Uncle” October 30 – A...

Jane and I are humbled, thrilled and excited to be named as your new pastoral family. You are not new to us, as we have been privileged to worship with you for almost a year now since our move to Gainesboro last July. That makes it doubly exciting to look forward to...

12 Then they returned to their country by another road, since God had warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod. This scripture speaks of the wise men. After they visited the Christ child they had to go back to their home. But they decided they needed to go back...

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:5 Christmas comes to us here in Tennessee in the wintertime. While winter is not officially here, we are getting a foretaste of what is yet to come. Winter is a cold time. The land is...

This month I wanted to share something with you and another author wrote it better than I could. The following is written by Reverend Jim Britt of Lambertville UMC. Dear Friends, although I was very eager to write you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to...

“The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.” –Matthew 10:24   Since the first day I arrived in Gainesboro I have found this to be a church that longs to minister to the youth in our community. And that is no small feat. There are over...

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he...

I am so proud of our church! I was recently given the honor of attending the Jackson County High School graduation service and presenting two of our members with scholarships. We are not the largest church in the county, but I believe we were the only church...

It was announced in both my churches that the conference has projected to reappointment me for a sixth year here to Gainesboro 1st and Smith Memorial UMC. But not everyone understands why pastors move. Here is an explanation. I know you see me here in church in...