The Bridge - 197 Main Cooleemee

07/04/2026

Happy 250th Birthday America.
Prayers for everyone for a safe day.
Please be careful in this extreme heat
and look out for each other.

Blessings,
Rev. Randy Perdue
Director

05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Day 2026 - Remember all who have served and gave their all.

Blessings.

Rev. Randy Perdue
Director - The Bridge

05/24/2026

Sunday May 24th is Pentecost. I hope you can join a local congregation / community for worship, in person or online.
Come, Holy Spirit Come.

Rev. Randy Perdue
Director - The Bridge

1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. 5 Now there were devout Jews from every people under heaven living in Jerusalem. 6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. 7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” 12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” 13 But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.” 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. 15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit,
and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
20 The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

04/04/2026

Jesus Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
Blessings as we celebrate Easter 2026 and
look forward to our discipleship opportunities
in the times ahead.

Rev. Randy Perdue
Director - The Bridge

04/02/2026

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03/17/2026

Amen!

03/17/2026

Sharing this important from our friends at the Forsyth County Health Dept.

Blessings to all.
Pastor Randy Perdue
Director - The Bridge @ 197 Main

03/06/2026

Don't forget to set your clocks forward 1 Hour this Saturday evening, March 7th before you go to bed.

02/26/2026

02/19/2026

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Today we begin the season of Lent—forty days that lead us toward Easter and the hope of resurrection.

In his Ash Wednesday meditation, Bishop Ken Carter invites us to see Lent as an interruption—a sacred pause in the busyness of life. A season to return to God with all our hearts (Joel 2), to practice stillness (Psalm 46), and to “seek first the Kingdom of God” (Matthew 6).

What might it look like for you to create space for God over the next forty days? Seven minutes of silence each day? Fasting from technology? Letting go of an attachment to make room for something better?

Lent is a gift. An invitation. A way into deeper awareness, renewed strength, and holy change.

Read Bishop Carter’s full Ash Wednesday meditation at the link below.
https://www.wnccumc.org/newsdetail/an-ash-wednesday-meditation-from-bishop-carter-19626928