Notre Dame Cathedral and our United Methodist Churches

Millions of Christians all over the world wept on April 16, 2019 when they observed on television the fire that did extensive damage to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. With its flying buttresses, magnificent spires, beautiful rose windows, and Great Organ with 8000 pipes, this 800 year old icon served as the site of […]

A Timeless Gospel

One of the advantages of growing older is that you look back across the years and reminisce about the good old days! In light of this, I often reflect upon the wonderful small country church of approximately 30 members in which I was reared in Emelle, Alabama. We sang lustily each Sunday those great old […]

Prater, Beloved Teacher, Remembers Seminary Students in Her Will

-Dr. Karl K. Stegall Norma Jean Prater, a beloved first grade teacher at Maxwell Air Force Base and Montgomery Public Schools, remembered our Scholarship Foundation in her will, just as she had faithfully remembered our Foundation during her earthly life. A native of Atlanta, Norma was a graduate of Westminster High School, the University of Alabama, […]

Your Year-End Gifts Make a Huge Difference!

One of the most familiar verses in all of the Bible is John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He GAVE his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” That simple verse lies at the heart of the Christmas story! We love because He first […]

Surrounding a Seminary Student with Love and Support

It is a long, long way (617 miles; 9 1⁄2 hours) from Newbern in rural Hale County, Alabama to Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, but that is the journey that Elizabeth Hinton embarked upon two years ago. Following her graduation from Southern Academy in Greensboro, Liz enrolled at Judson College in Marion, 20 miles […]