Chris Bishop

Be sure to mark your calendar for the young adult retreat August 27-29.  It is going to be really awesome.  We are going to be at West River Camping and retreat center.  It is right on the water so there will be sailing and all kinds of fun. We will be talking about how to [...]

Do we give our very best to God?  On the heels of our youth yard sale this past weekend, we (MUMC) were in conversation about how sometimes we treat God like a customer at our yard sales.  We don’t want to give our best, but rather we keep the good stuff for ourselves.  We are [...]

This past weekend was a wonderful time of connection and celebration.  I was able to preach about the way God calls each of us to do something really wonderful and unique.  In the wake of my ordination was was able to share my story about hearing God’s call in my life and how I have [...]

For the past couple of weeks there have been virtual dust bunnies and tumble weeds on my little piece of land on the web. Last week we moved from Frederick to Brunswick.  This week we have annual conference.  Our days have been filled with packing and unpacking boxes.  As of late we have been in [...]

I am really a nerd in so many ways (my sense of humor and selection of computer are no exception).  I am a PC guy who would love to be in the Mac world, but they just don’t play well together.  Many poeple say that they do but until you have a mixed network of [...]

As our confirmation class wrapped up this past weekend we (the whole gathered body) joined in one voice and read The Apostle’s Creed.  We don’t often join in unison creeds, but there is some real value in being together in uniting together in this way. Creeds allow us to understand what it is that we [...]

This weekend was packed with a little bit of everything.  A true triumph for our young adults is that they finally unveiled their mascot in the play room at church.  I am hoping that his we settle on his name being Dan because Dan Kimbal’s curriculum “they like Jesus, but not the church” inspired the [...]