Wednesday Morning Worship

by Art McClanahan April 25, 2012

Sarah Wilke, publisher of he Upper Room, shared a meditation about a man named Christian during the worship service on Wednesday morning, April 25, 2012. It began the day for the delegates to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, meeting in Tampa, Florida.

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