Religion

As I drive around town, it’s hard not to notice all the construction barrels and cones that invade our streets. When I see them, I begin to think, “Here we grow, again.” Indian Land is growing by leaps and bounds, which is exciting, but frustrating. 

Thinking about construction makes me think of my own personal life, and how all of it, from my mind to my mouth and heart, needs reconstructing. In my prayer time, I often pray “Lord, use me to expand your kingdom.” I heard God whisper to me the words, “under construction.”

Pleasant Hill UMC plans events

Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, 238 Fort Mill Highway, will hold the following events this month:

• The church will follow up Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University with a free live simulcast town hall meeting by Ramsey on the economy at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in the church’s fellowship hall.

• The church will hold its next M&M’s (mature members) luncheon at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 23, for ages 50 and up.

Many people today are going through a lot of struggles. One fellow said that he had so many problems that if he had another problem, it would be two weeks before he had time to worry about it. You may feel that way. You may feel like somebody’s jerked the rug right out from under you.

Please read Deuteronomy 32:9-14. Here, God teaches us a spiritual lesson through nature, using a story about how the mother eagle teaches her eaglet to fly.

He says that “the mother eagle stirreth up the nest.”

FM church offers Holy Week services

Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene, 109 Harris St., Fort Mill, will hold the following events this week:

• The church will hold a Maundy Thursday Eucharist service from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 9, with a drop-in time for personal communion.

• The church will hold a post-sunrise Easter service at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, April 12, on the front lawn with a fellowship breakfast at 9:15 a.m. in the family life center.