Pastor Jerry McGhee I’m a people watcher at airports and shopping malls while my wife shops. It’s cheap entertainment, and it is entertaining. Sometime ago as I was watching people pass by, I noticed several, mostly women, wearing a cross on a chain around their necks. One woman was wearing a large cross, very…
Tag: Sun Lakes Community Church
Generals, February 2019
Dinner with Honest Abe
Abraham Lincoln embodies much of what we feel about our country. He was a man of wit and wisdom – not to mention a sense of humor! A memory of him: while walking along a dusty road in Illinois, he was overtaken by a stranger driving to town. Lincoln asked him, “Will you have the…
Religion, February 2019
Go team
Pastor Jerry McGhee The Apostle Paul wrote to the believers in the ancient city of Corinth, Chapter 9, verse 25: “Everyone who competes in the game goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.” My…
Generals, January 2019
Your loved one dies – what now?
Doug Ross, Director of Promotion Death has a way of sneaking up on us. We all know it is inevitable – and even when the warning signs are everywhere, the suddenness – and the finality of it – are hard to cope with. Grief puts us on a rollercoaster at a time we might…
Religion, January 2019
Peace on earth, good will towards men
Pastor Jerry McGhee, Sun Lakes Community Church There is a Chinese Christian man by the name of Yun who endured unspeakable torture by government agents simply because he is a faithful believer in Jesus Christ. As I read the book entitled The Heavenly Man by Paul Hathaway, chronicling Mr. Yun’s conversion and life as a…
Front Page, December 2018
Big Events Coming To Community Church
Doug Ross, Director of Promotion Sun Lakes Community Church is launching a series of big events with a special quartet concert with New Legacy Project Quartet. Formerly known as The Blackwood Brothers Legacy, this promises to be a foot-stomping evening including country gospel, traditional and edgy newer southern gospel music – all staying true to…
Religion, December 2018
Surviving the holiday crush – Luke: 2:10
Pastor Jerry McGhee We are just days away from Christmas, a time that is supposed to bring or cause “great joy.” It is a time when we who claim the merits and righteousness of Jesus Christ as our own, ought to be celebrating great truths and witnessing to great hope. But the fact is that…
Generals, November 2018
Two big events coming to Community Church
Sun Lakes Community Church is launching a series of big events. Starting on Sunday, November 11, at 5:30 p.m., is our Fall Roundup Dinner with a Western theme and features the Rockin’ M Wranglers – Jim and Jeanne Martin. These Western music artists have performed all over the United States with such groups as Riders…
Religion, November 2018
Celebrating Thanksgiving
Jerry McGhee, Pastor November is the month that we celebrate, as did our ancestors, the continued blessings of God. We normally note our gratitude for family and friends, for our health and strength, and we do so because we know that God has a hand in those areas of our lives. I am grateful for…
Religion, October 2018
World turners
Pastor Jerry McGhee In 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, two young men with a dream of the impossible wound up an odd-shaped box, and it flew off the ground for 120 feet. Their dream and that box made the world smaller that day. It was in the ancient city of Thessalonica that the…