GOOD WET MONDAY MORNING …AFTER A LATE EVENING OF THUNDER, LIGHTENING AND RAIN WE NOW ARE ENJOYING A BIT OF A DAMP COOL MORNING. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE MOISTURE… SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT HAD IN A WHILE…WE MUST ENJOY IT.
WE BEGAN A NEW SERIES OF SERMONS: IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS SUNDAY OUR FOCUS WILL BE ABOUT OUR LORD JESUS AS WE APPROACH ADVENT. PLEASE PRAY THAT THESES SERMONS WILL HELP US REMEMBER AND APPRECIATE JESUS AND ALL HE HAS DONE AND IS DOING FOR ALL OF US.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE…JOIN ME IN PRAYING FOR THE JOHN WILLIAM’S FAMILY, JOHN DIED LAST EVENING. HE SERVED OUR CONFERENCE AS A PASTOR AND HIS WIFE, MARIE, WAS MY FIRST DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT AND I CAME TO KNOW THEM BOTH VERY WELL DURING MY TIME WITH THEM IN THE MONROE DISTRICT. JOHN WAS A BLESSING TO SO VERY MANY AND WILL BE MISSED BY NOT JUST HIS FAMILY BUT THE ENTIRE METHODIST CONNECTION…
READING FOR THE WEEK:
Exodus 17: 1-7; Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16
Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32
SERMON SUNDAY:
COME AND BEHOLD HIM
JOHN 1: 29-34
The Retired Minister Home Offering…In the Can….bring your change and drop it in this offering helps with maintenance of the homes throughout the state where retired ministers from our conference live.
CHRISTIANITY, IF FALSE, IS OF NO IMPORTANCE, AND IF TRUE, OF INFINITE IMPORTANCE. THE ONLY THING IT CANNOT BE IS MODERATELY IMPORTANT.
- CS LEWIS
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD…
BOXES AVAILABLE …AS WE BEGIN THIS PROJECT…DEAD LINE FOR PICKUP THIS YEAR IS NOVEMBER 11, 2011…THIS HAS BEEN A FUN PROJECT THAT HELPS CHILDREN IN 130 COUNTRIES…LAST YEAR 8 MILLION BOXES WERE DELIVERED AND YOU HAD A GREAT HAND IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
TEST RESULTS GOOD NEWS
JOEY WALKED INTO HIS DAD'S STUDY WHILE HIS DAD WAS WORKING ON THE COMPUTER.
"DAD," SAID JOEY, "REMEMBER WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU'D GIVE ME TWENTY DOLLARS IF I PASSED MY MATH TEST?" DAD NODDED.
"WELL," SAID JOEY, "THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I JUST SAVED YOU TWENTY BUCKS."
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER!!!!
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SUNDAY!!!
EMILE
WE BEGAN A NEW SERIES OF SERMONS: IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS SUNDAY OUR FOCUS WILL BE ABOUT OUR LORD JESUS AS WE APPROACH ADVENT. PLEASE PRAY THAT THESES SERMONS WILL HELP US REMEMBER AND APPRECIATE JESUS AND ALL HE HAS DONE AND IS DOING FOR ALL OF US.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE…JOIN ME IN PRAYING FOR THE JOHN WILLIAM’S FAMILY, JOHN DIED LAST EVENING. HE SERVED OUR CONFERENCE AS A PASTOR AND HIS WIFE, MARIE, WAS MY FIRST DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT AND I CAME TO KNOW THEM BOTH VERY WELL DURING MY TIME WITH THEM IN THE MONROE DISTRICT. JOHN WAS A BLESSING TO SO VERY MANY AND WILL BE MISSED BY NOT JUST HIS FAMILY BUT THE ENTIRE METHODIST CONNECTION…
READING FOR THE WEEK:
Exodus 17: 1-7; Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16
Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32
SERMON SUNDAY:
COME AND BEHOLD HIM
JOHN 1: 29-34
The Retired Minister Home Offering…In the Can….bring your change and drop it in this offering helps with maintenance of the homes throughout the state where retired ministers from our conference live.
CHRISTIANITY, IF FALSE, IS OF NO IMPORTANCE, AND IF TRUE, OF INFINITE IMPORTANCE. THE ONLY THING IT CANNOT BE IS MODERATELY IMPORTANT.
- CS LEWIS
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD…
BOXES AVAILABLE …AS WE BEGIN THIS PROJECT…DEAD LINE FOR PICKUP THIS YEAR IS NOVEMBER 11, 2011…THIS HAS BEEN A FUN PROJECT THAT HELPS CHILDREN IN 130 COUNTRIES…LAST YEAR 8 MILLION BOXES WERE DELIVERED AND YOU HAD A GREAT HAND IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
TEST RESULTS GOOD NEWS
JOEY WALKED INTO HIS DAD'S STUDY WHILE HIS DAD WAS WORKING ON THE COMPUTER.
"DAD," SAID JOEY, "REMEMBER WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU'D GIVE ME TWENTY DOLLARS IF I PASSED MY MATH TEST?" DAD NODDED.
"WELL," SAID JOEY, "THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I JUST SAVED YOU TWENTY BUCKS."
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER!!!!
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SUNDAY!!!
EMILE
