​Edinburg First United Methodist Church

Dear Edinburg First Family, In late September, I gathered with a group of pastors in Kerrville, TX, for my first Residency in Ministry retreat as part of my journey toward ordination. For two days, I sat around a table with the eight other pastors working toward ordination, our two retreat facilitators, and the nine ordained mentors who will walk alongside us for the next two years. It was a room filled with folks with graduate and doctoral degrees in the Bible, theolog

ear Edinburg First Family, I’ve had The Porter’s Gate song “Come, All Who Are Weary” on repeat this week. It takes Jesus’s own words in Matthew 11:28-30 and turns them into an invitation you can sing: to the weary, to the striving, to anyone whose shoulders are tired—come, lean in, lay it down. The melody itself feels like exhaling. It’s the kind of song that slows your breathing down just by listening to it. That invitation comes straight from Scripture: “Take my yoke upon y