Patriot Day was declared as a day to remember the attack on our nation by our enemies who hate our freedoms and democratic republic form of government. It was established to recognize those who were taken from us by evil people and those who heroically laid down their lives in service to their fellow citizens.…

I am so thankful for the family relationships that God has blessed me with in my life over the years. I also thankful for the various roles of relationship I have enjoyed with so many different family members and friends and associates along my life journey. I appreciate the life I had growing up in…

Labor Day is a celebration of labor by taking a break from it. It is the celebration of the freedom in our nation to improve your situation in life through industrious effort and hard work. In previous generations, that is what passionately drew people to immigrate legally to this great nation but, unfortunately, many coming…

Life is full of moments of reality when things become clearly evident to us. Sometimes that is encouraging and uplifting when that reality helps us and blesses us. However, at other times that reality can be a painful experience that also can be helpful. Most every week I experience these facts about reality in both…

All of life is made up of relationships and with each of those relationships there are certain responsibilities. Personal relationships we have involve different levels of responsibility. We have less responsibilities with a friend versus a spouse or a child. We have different responsibilities in each relationship with the person and with God. God will…

In our “Heart” church tract, we make a statement so it is very clear to everyone that we are not a perfect church. We admit it so no one has the misunderstanding that we believe that we are perfect. We do not claim that we think we have it all figured out, nor do we…

Friendship is a wonderful blessing in life. God created us to be connected with others and with Him. He created us to be social with one another as family and friends in relationship together. Friendships are a wonderful gift that add so much good into our life experience. Any person that has close friends truly…

This is true for us all and in every aspect of life. If we want to grow and develop any part of our being to be stronger and more effective or efficient, it will always require discipline. The law of entropy is not only a scientific fact, it is also a practical reality in every…

The middle of the summer is not logically the best time to start something new. Attendance is often down, people are traveling and, unfortunately, we have many things distracting us from the worship of the Lord. However, the Lord is to be our head and our authority and when He gives the direction it is…

Dear Summerville Baptist Church Family, First of all, thank YOU for all your prayers and hard work for this week. This week, for Vacation Bible School, we embarked on a voyage through the Amazon Jungle where the children learned about the 7 Cs of History: Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Christ, Cross, and Consummation. The children…