Reverend Dennis Langdon is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He has served the New Gresham, South Shore and Morgan Park United Methodist Churches. He is the current pastor of Olympia Fields and Trinity United Methodist Churches in Chicago, where he has served 3 and 9 years, respectively.
Reverend Langdon is a past board member of the South Shore Drill Team and served as board chair for five years. Most recently, he was also a member of and served as board chair of the Beverly/Morgan Park community of churches. Rev. Langdon has also served on numerous district and conference boards, committees, and task forces of the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church and as adjunct faculty at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, of which he is also an alum.
He is a graduate of DePaul University (B.A.) and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (M.Div.).
Rev. Langdon has been married to his high-school sweetheart, Trinida, for thirty-eight years He is the father of three children, Grayson, Kyla and Naida.
There’s an old hymn, that says, “In times like these, you need a Savior, In times like these, you need an anchor…In times like these, you need the Bible.” These lines can help guide us through a challenging and potentially dangerous season.
Jesus offers the repeated admonition, "DO NOT FEAR" and "DO NOT BE AFRAID." As a matter of fact, these are two of the most often repeated phrases in all of scripture. One of those verses, from Psalm 46 says, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. Therefore, we will not fear.” These verses do not minimize the presence of danger, or trouble. Instead, they suggest that because there is help in the time of trouble, we need not be afraid. We are called as people of faith to place our trust in God, recognizing that God sometimes uses men and women, even unexpected men and women, as agents to deliver that ever-present help. The apostle, Paul writes to the Christians of Rome, “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities…For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad.”
The Peace of Christ Be With You,
Pastor Dennis