GOOD, CLOUDY, SUN TRYING TO PEAK OUT MONDAY MORNING…WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE CHARGE!!!! YOUR RESPONSE TO 2012 LENTEN MISSION TABLE WAS AMAZING. I AM THANKFUL TO THE FOLK AT BOTH CHURCHES THAT TOOK THE ENERGY AND INITIATIVE TO PUT DISPLAYS TOGETHER AND PROMOTE THEIR PROJECT.
AT GILLIAM HEARING THE REPORT FROM PURSES OF PURPOSE AND THE STORY BEHIND THE PROJECT AND THE GILLIAM CHURCHES INVOLVEMENT FROM ALMOST 12 YEARS AGO WAS REMARKABLE…AND I SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN AS SURPRISED BECAUSE YOUR TRACK RECORD HAS SPOKEN FOR ITSELF WITH YOUR SELFLESSNESS..
THEN AT HOSSTON RELIVING THE STORY OF ADAM CLAY AND STRATON DRIVER AND KNOWING HOW MUCH THE HOSSTON CHURCH WAS INVOLVED WITH THOSE FAMILIES…I DARE ANYONE TO TELL ME SMALL CHURCHES CAN’T DO MISSIONS AND DO OUT REACH!!!
I AM EXCEEDING GRATEFUL TO SERVE TWO CHURCHES WITH HEARTS SO FULL OF COMPASSION, MERCY AND GRACE.
I MENTION THESE PROJECTS BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO AS WELL AND I AM THRILLED ABOUT THEM TOO….LATER IN THIS EMAIL YOU WILL FIND A LIST FROM EACH CHURCH OF 2012 LENTEN PROJECTS.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHO THRILLED AND EXCITED I AM ABOUT ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING….
READINGS FOR THE WEEK:
GENESIS 17:1-7, 15-16; PSALM 22:23-31
ROMANS 4:13-25; MARK 8:31-38
MAY THIS WILL BE A SEASON…
OF SACRIFICE...THIS IS MY BODY GIVEN…
MY BLOOD POURED
LUKE 22: 14-20
MARCH 4, 2012
HOLY COMMUNION
MISSION TABLE!!!
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS FOR 2012
SEE THE DISPLAY IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL… INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN HELP IS AVAILABLE
AT HOSSTON………
Ø Neurofibromatosis FUND
IN HONOR OF ADAM CLAY
Ø STRATTON PAUL DRIVER FUND AT BAYLOR
Ø THE TIES THAT BIND
Ø THE RED BIRD LABELS COLLECTION
Ø MAGAZINE AND OTHER ITEMS COLLECTION FOR LSUMC
AT GILLIAM…..
Ø PURSES OF PURPOSE
Ø RED BIRD LABEL COLLECTION
Ø ALL CREATURES
Ø N. HIGHLANDS FOOD PANTRY
Ø CASA
Wedding Engagement
I realized that my five-year-old grandson had been watching too many reality TV shows the day we attended a relative's wedding.
As the four bridesmaids walked down the aisle toward the front of the church, he turned to me and asked,
"Is this where the groom decides which one he wants to marry?"
THE CONCLUSION OF SUNDAY SERMON:
IT IS MY HOPE THAT AS WE REFLECT ON THE EVENTS FROM THE LAST SUPPER TO THE RESURRECTION WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE SELFLESS ACTS OF LOVE AND MERCY THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE LIFE OF OUR LORD THAT WE TOO WOULD KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO THE FATHER’S WILL FOR IN HIS WILL WE SEE THE POWER TO AFFECT THE LIVES OF OTHERS…WITHOUT THE POWERFUL WORDS AND ACTIONS OF OUR LORD AS HE REFLECTED UPON WHAT THE FATHER WANTED OF HIM AND SAYING…
NOT MY WILL…BUT THINE BE DONE…OUR LIVES WOULD BE SO VERY DIFFERENT…
REFLECT ON GOD’S CALL ON YOUR LIFE: ARE YOU WILLING TO SAY…NOT MY WILL…BUT THINE?
MAY THIS SEASON OF REFLECTION STRENGTHEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LORD AND YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO DO HIS WILL
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!
SEE YOU SUNDAY
EMILE
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