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Apr 5
2 min

Edgemont's Outreach Ministry During the Pandemic

I hope you all feel lighter and have a great expectation that we will be able to move around more freely and try to regain some normalcy...

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Henry Prater

Mar 22
2 min

Another Lesson from a Bird

Happy Monday Edgemont! A few of us have still been thinking about the bird that visited with us a couple of Sundays ago. It was...

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Henry Prater

Mar 15
2 min

Lesson from a Bird

Yesterday morning as I was in the sanctuary preparing for worship, I began to hear a tapping on the window. I looked over and saw a small...

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Henry Prater

Mar 8
2 min

1 John Bible Study

Good afternoon Edgemont! Of the many things that I love about the season of Lent, my favorite is that this time encourages us to slow...

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Henry Prater

Mar 1
2 min

Hearing From You

Good afternoon Edgemont! Happy Monday! I hope that your week has started off well. I want to ask all of you a question and then follow up...

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Henry Prater

Feb 26
2 min

Lent - Check In

Hey Edgemont! How has Lent started for you? We had a bit of an interesting beginning to this special time in the church year. The ice and...

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Henry Prater

Feb 22
2 min

Fighting the Winter Blues

Good Afternoon Edgemont! As I am writing this, the sun is shining on a beautiful day. Most of the ice and snow is gone, we are finally...

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Henry Prater

Feb 18
1 min

In-Person In-Building Worship February 21st, 2021

This Sunday, February 21st, we are resuming in-person, in building worship (weather permitting). Worship will begin at 10:00 A.M. This...

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A Message from our Leadership Team: Edgemont In-person Worship, February 21st, 2021

Henry Prater

Feb 11
2 min

A Message from our Leadership Team: Edgemont In-person Worship, February 21st, 2021

Good afternoon Edgemont Family! This past Tuesday, February 9th, our leadership team met to discuss the pandemic situation in our...

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Henry Prater

Jan 28
2 min

Stressed? Try Singing!

This Sunday will be the final Sunday of our “Stressed” series, where we have been looking at different people from the Bible and how they...

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Henry Prater

Jan 19
2 min

Martin Luther King Jr.

Hello Edgemont Family, Yesterday, Monday January 18th, our nation celebrated the holiday that remembers and honors Dr. Martin Luther...

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Henry Prater

Jan 14
2 min

Stress

Stress; now there is a word that none of us like to hear, yet all of us have to deal with in our lives. Most of us are very familiar with...

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Henry Prater

Jan 11
2 min

The Lens of Loving God and Neighbor

Hello Edgemont friends, Like many of you, I have spent a lot of time thinking about the events of last Wednesday in our country. It was...

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Henry Prater

Jan 7
2 min

Remembering our Baptism

Church, this Sunday is baptism of the Lord Sunday, the day that we remember when Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan river. When not...

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Henry Prater

Jan 4
2 min

Thank You Edgemont

Church Family, as we come to the end of the strange year that 2020 has been, I just want to say thank you to each and every one of you....

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Henry Prater

Jan 4
2 min

Reading the Bible in the New Year

Hello Edgemont! It is a new year and you know what that means….it is resolution time! New Year’s resolutions are a time-honored tradition...

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Henry Prater

Dec 28, 2020
2 min

Carol of the Seekers by Philip Britts

We have not come like Eastern kings With gifts upon the pommel lying. Our hands are empty, and we came Because we heard a baby crying. We...

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Henry Prater

Dec 24, 2020
1 min

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant, so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly...

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Henry Prater

Dec 21, 2020
2 min

Take Time to Ponder

“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Luke 2:19 Hello Edgemont! Hard to believe we only have 4 days...

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Burt Rieff

Dec 10, 2020
2 min

Mobile Food Ministry Update

Coalition/Edgemont Food Team, First, thanks for the great team effort on November 21. Eighteen individuals (from 14 households and...

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