By now, most of us, I imagine, have fairly settled into 2017. Before we get much further on into this new year, though, it might be helpful – or, at least, instructive – to take one last look back at an important measure of our...
Read moreSHARE IN the Journey – Sunday School Teachers
SHARE IN the Journey Ninety four. Yes, that’s 94. That’s the combined number of years Burt Banks, Greg Simmons, Carl Brooks, and Harold Eddins have been teaching the 4th grade Sunday School class. Many other gifted adults have assisted along the...
Read moreShare In the Journey – Mission Trips
Share IN the Journey Providence is a “missions-minded” church, and summertime is one of our busiest seasons with middle schoolers and high schoolers, young professionals, college students and adults participating in a variety of mission trips...
Read moreShare In the Journey – Kerygma
The Kerygma Sunday School class is full of people who live by God’s call to “act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with Thy God” (Micah 6:8). They walk the walk, quietly and without fanfare. They reach out to one another and to others in need...
Read moreFinishing Strong, Beginning Well
Christians mark time in a peculiar way. We begin a new year at Advent just as the calendar year comes to an end. This juxtaposition of the sacred and secular puts us in the odd position, spiritually speaking, of both looking ahead and...
Read moreKeep Doing What’s Right
So let us not grow weary of doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 Will you join me in making a financial covenant to keep doing what’s right in 2021? The last two years I lived in Hertford...
Read moreThe Power of Gratitude
I wish gratitude was my go-to state. I like people who are grateful. Unfortunately, I have to work at it. My gifts tend toward “exhortation;” my strengths fall in the learning-teaching realm; and my enneagram type suggests that I’m often trying...
Read moreDrive Through Blessing
We are going to Bless Charlotte again! Drive through at Providence and drop off your donation for Charlotte Rescue Mission. Requested items include: Men’s and women’s adult PJ sets (shirts with pants) M – XXL Men and women’s socks...
Read moreDrive Through Blessing Event
Drive through our Sanctuary parking lot and bring your donations for Families Forward Charlotte. Needed items include: Toilet paper, paper towels, Food Lion gift cards, Walmart gift cards, small tool kits.
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