Steven Scheid

Summer is here, and so are summer camp and VBS

If you are a parent, guardian, or just someone who cares about youth there are things to think about this time of year. Are you sending a youth off to camp, VBS, or day camp? Are you participating as a volunteer? Take a minute to think about safety. Questions to as yourself: The General CommissionContinue reading “Summer is here, and so are summer camp and VBS”

Time for a Relationship

For the last 114 years, Methodists have sought to provide learning opportunities for youth through Scouting. Before the Boy Scouts of America was formed, some Methodist churches across the United States saw the value in living experiential lessons and the practical application of servant faith. They started Scout Troops. When BSA was formed, they joined.Continue reading “Time for a Relationship”

Scout Sunday

Scout Sunday is one of the community’s most significant experiences of the modern church. It opens the door and shares worship. Many Scouts do not have a place of worship. We count them as our community. Family in ministry. Why not make sure they know we care and the doors are open next Sunday too?

TRUST

Trust firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.“relations have to be built on trust” – Oxford Languages Dictionary Trusting God can be difficult. Looking at the waters or the fire we are called to travel through brings natural fear. How can God prevail? People drown. People get burned. ButContinue reading “TRUST”

A Ministry for Christmas

עִמָּנוּאֵל Emmanouël or Εμμανουήλ Īmmānū’ēl Immanu El Immanuel – God is with us. Have you ever stopped to think deeply about the power of the statement made by an angel of the Lord to Joseph? The angel went back to scripture. The prophet Isaiah spoke of the sign and a name some 700 years beforeContinue reading “A Ministry for Christmas”