This will be my last post on The Fount Account as your pastor. It has been a wonderful ten years since I and my family came here in 2014 to serve the Lord through this church, and I have no regrets! But ending a decade-long pastorate is hard; hard for...
As you have undoubtedly heard, the General Conference of The United Methodist Church met last month and changed a great deal of the denomination’s teachings on social issues and further distanced itself from a traditional, Biblical understanding of the Christian faith. I would even go so far as to say...
The postponed 2020 General Conference of The United Methodist Church (UMC) completed its work last Friday, May 3, 2024. It was the “2020 General Conference” because the actual 2020 GC was postponed three times because of “COVID”. The last time it was postponed was under very suspicious circumstances. Nevertheless, the...
Pastor Glen was interviewed by NBC for the Hallie Jackson NOW program on NBC streaming. The segment has already streamed, but it is set to stream again in the 3pm hour today. You can watch it here: https://www.nbcnews.com/now We’ll let you know if there is another way to watch after the...
This week, on Tuesday, April 23rd, the General Conference of The United Methodist Church begins meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is the postponed 2020 General Conference, meeting in 2024, but with the delegates elected in 2019 and 2020, except for those that have left the UMC through disaffiliation or...
The Fount and Free Life Community Church will hold a joint Townhall meeting on Wednesday, April 17th, at 6:30 PM in the Sanctuary. The purpose of this Townhall is to conference together about our future. We will talk about our life together, answer any questions the members of the congregations...
As we move toward my retirement from the active ministry on July 1st, I wanted to convey to you what the leadership of The Fount is planning. As you already know, Pastor Paul Park has been taking on more and more responsibility at The Fount, having joined the staff on...
This past Saturday, November 11th, the California-Pacific Annual Conference met in a special called session. The agenda was short: (1) Approve a budget for 2024, and (2) Vote on churches seeking to disaffiliate from the UMC. The Fount was not one of the churches voted on for disaffiliation. Because the...
We are nearing the half-way point of our 40 Days of Prayer, and this week (on Saturday) is the Special Called session of our Annual Conference for the purpose of voting on churches seeking disaffiliation. The Fount will not be on the list of churches to be voted on, because...
Beginning next Sunday, October 22nd, I am calling The Fount to 40 Days of Prayer. I’ll be preaching a series of sermons and sending out daily “Prayer Prompts” by email, encouraging the congregation to be in concentrated prayer for the future of our church. We are entering into a very...