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Hilltop UMC

Mar 22, 2019
2 min

A Little Bit of Catchup

It feels like it's been forever, doesn't it? And a lot of you might be wondering what the heck is up with that! Well as per usual, things...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 24, 2018
3 min

Love is like math

By Hannah Sweet Love is a lot like math. Love, like math is often confusing, and can take hours to figure out one little problem; but...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 24, 2018
2 min

Amazement

By Hannah Sweet I am the sort of person who is constantly and consistently amazed. Whether that stems from my own obliviousness or the...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 17, 2018
2 min

Love Came Down At Christmas

Love. When you think about love you are most likely drawn to romantic love, but there are so many other types of love that are integral...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 17, 2018
3 min

Joyful Receiver

By Hannah Sweet It’s no secret that my husband and I do not live near any of his family, but instead live near mine. At Christmas time...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 14, 2018
4 min

Put on your Sunday clothes

By Hannah Sweet When I was a little girl, going to church was the one day a week that my mom insisted I wear nice clothes, or at our...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 12, 2018
1 min

The legend of the Poinsettia

A charming story is told of Pepita, a poor Mexican girl, who had no gift to present the Christ Child at Christmas Eve Services. As Pepita...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 12, 2018
3 min

Count Your Blessings

By Hannah Sweet I love Christmas. I always have. The lights, the music, the decorations, the behavior of everyone in the days leading up...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 12, 2018
3 min

175 Years of tradition: A conversation with Andi Sharp

Keeping our discussion on tradition going is our very own Andi (Greenawalt) Sharp. Born and raised among the Hilltop community, Andi has...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 12, 2018
2 min

Be an angel

There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God’s angel stood among them...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 12, 2018
2 min

WHy Peanuts Christmas Says it best

By Hannah Sweet With readers in more than 70 countries, numbering in the 300 millions and translating in over a dozen languages it is no...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 12, 2018
4 min

Preparing for Peace

By Hannah Sweet In life we prepare for all sorts of things. We prepare dinner; we prepare our children for school; we prepare ourselves...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 12, 2018
2 min

J-O-Y

By Hannah Sweet Joy. Joseph Marimon said “Joy is the echo of God’s life within us.” I couldn’t have phrased it better. Think about the...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 3, 2018
1 min

Monthly Music Monday

Here in the Hilltop office we love music! If’ you’ve ever been to see us, there is no doubt you were greeted with music. One of our...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 3, 2018
3 min

Peace

By Hannah Sweet Peace. We all strive to find that almost illusive of things, peace. The world never stops moving and as it moves more and...

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Hilltop UMC

Dec 3, 2018
4 min

Hoper of Hopes

By Hannah Sweet On this the first week of Advent we light the first candle. We think on the words of the Old Testament Prophets. We sing...

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Hilltop UMC

Nov 28, 2018
2 min

Hope: An Advent Exploration

By Hannah Sweet Hope. It is one little word that can mean so many things to so many people. It’s the thing we cling to that will lift one...

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Hilltop UMC

Nov 5, 2018
3 min

Music Monday

By Hannah Sweet Recently I have become aware of the growing number of secular artists who have put out worship songs, and no I'm not...

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Hilltop UMC

Oct 31, 2018
3 min

Dancing Through Life

By Hannah Sweet I am sure the word dancing conjures much imagery. For me the word dance is a special word. Not only does it pertain to my...

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Hilltop UMC

Oct 15, 2018
2 min

Music Monday

Here at Hilltop two things remain unfailingly true; 1. There is always food! 2. We are music lovers! Hilltop functions almost always...

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