GOOD MONDAY MORNING…PATTIE AND I WORSHIPPED AT MY HOME CHURCH IN BILOXI YESTERDAY MORNING.  IT WAS A REALLY NICE SERVICE.  AFTER SERVICES WE STOPPED BY THE BILOXI V.A. CEMETERY WHERE MY MOM AND DAD ARE BURIED…IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL THE WREATHS THROUGH OUT THE AREA.  A PROGRAM CALLED WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA. 

   IT WAS GOOD TO SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS WEEK.  I TRUST YOU HAD A GRAND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON….AND MAY THE NEW YEAR BE A BLESSING AND A JOY!

 

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

 

Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Ephesians 3:1-12 ; Matthew 2:1-12

 

SERMON SUNDAY AT HOSSTON

SOMETHING OLD- SOMETHING NEW

MARK 14:12-26

 

REMEMBER YOUR GIFT

TO HELPING HANDS

AT THE ALTAR THIS MORNING

 

 

THERE IS A SIGN UP SHEET FOR REFRESHMENTS…TAKE A LOOK AND SIGN UP TODAY

 

 

HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

 

GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!

 

SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!!!

 

EMILE

   It is the monday before the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus…and what an exciting time we had at Hosston Sunday…all four candles were shinning at the beginning of the service and that was a signal to all of us that Christmas day is just a little ways away!!!

  Sunday was the sunday of love…I am thrilled with your response to the sermon and pray that it will impact your life in a powerful way not just now…but to use one of my FAVORITE words “forevermore” .

so let me say to each of YOU THAT Pattie and I wish you a

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS…..

 

 readings for the week:

isaiah 63:7-9; psalm 148

hebrews 2:10-18, matthew 2:13-23

 

sunday’s sermon:

at

gilliam

donnie and christie bevel

SHARE THE WAY MINISTRIES

 

CHRISTMAS EVE COMMUNION

AND

 CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE

DECEMBER 24, 2013

AT GILLIAM UMC

5:00 P.M.

 

please be careful this season

may god bless you with

promise, hope, peace and joy

though out the entire week

 

god bless you all….

 

emile

 

 

readings for the week:

isaiah 63:7-9; psalm 148

hebrews 2:10-18, matthew 2:13-23

 

sunday’s sermon:

at

gilliam

donnie and christie bevel

SHARE THE WAY MINISTRIES

 

CHRISTMAS EVE COMMUNION

AND

 CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE

DECEMBER 24, 2013

AT GILLIAM UMC

5:00 P.M.

 

 

 

please be careful this season

may god bless you with

promise, hope, peace and joy

though out the entire week

 

god bless you all….

 

emile

good afternoon…..we just walked in and unloaded our stuff from our saint’s trip…what a fun time as most of you know I am not a sports kind of guy…and I had promised Pattie that if I won the tickets the Biloxi band boosters were selling…bought tickets for a while never expecting to win….I would go with her…well…we won and last night we were there to see the game…I have to admit it was a fun time…people watching as well as watching the game…what a crowd and o my what a scene…two quick things everyone was very pleasant and everyone was having a good time…

   I want to thank everyone that took part in the service yesterday and made it possible for me to make the trip. I Normally don’t miss Sundays… so I APPRECIATED you all for all you did so we could be away….we went to church at my home church in Biloxi before the game and headed to New Orleans from there….we had a wonderful LUNCH provided by the band boosters at a very nice RESTAURANT  then people watched for a while ….

 

readings for the week:

Isaiah 35:1-10; Luke 1:47-55
James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11

 

sunday’s sermon at gilliam:

DECEMBER 15, 2013

THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT: JOY

THE RESULTS OF JOY

ISAIAH 65: 18-19; GALATAINS 5:22-25

 

tonight:

the shreveport-bossier

Choral Ensemble concert

7 PM

at

1 st Presbyterian Church

 in

Shreveport.

 

CHARGE-WIDE CHRISTMAS PARTY

DECEMBER 14, 2013

AT

THE HOME OF

BRAD AND DEE ANN DOMINICK

6 p m

  YOU ARE

ASKED TO BRING HEAVY Hors d'Oeuvres.

 

PREPARING FOR THE CHILD

ADVENT LAYETTE PROJECT FOR UMCOR

A BOX AND ENVELOPES ARE AVAILABLE

TOTAL COST OF LAYETTE

$ 35.00

ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP

 

I HOPE YOUR WEEK IS FULL OF PEACE THIS ADVENT

GOOD BLESS YOU!!!

SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!

EMILE

GOOD CLOUDY MONDAY MORNING…AS WE CELEBRATED THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT WE GOT OFF TO A GREAT START AND COMMUNION WAS A WONDERFUL TIME AS WELL…..IT WAS GOOD TO BE IN WORSHIP SUNDAY AND I HOPE…THAT IT WAS A BLESSING TO YOU AS WELL!!

TAKE A LONG LOOK AT THE PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING…TAKE A MOMENT TO SEE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO…SOME ARE LOCAL some ARE WORLD WIDE….ALL ARE WORTHY…

NEXT SUNDAY THE REVEREND WILLIAM PEEPLES WILL BE OUR GUEST SPEAKER FOR WORSHIP TOGETHER AT HOSSTON.  WILL IS NOT STANGER TO US, HE WAS OUR DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.  WE ARE PLEASE TO HAVE HIM IN THE PULPIT FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT…PEACE.   PRAY FOR HIM AS HE PREACHES THIS SUNDAY!!

 

READINGS FOR SUNDAY:

ISAIAH 11:1-11; PSALM 72:1-7, 18-19

ROMANS 15:4-13; MATTHEW 3:1-12

 

SUNDAY’S SERMON AT HOSSTON:

REV. WILLIAM PEEPLES, GUEST PREACHER

 

POINSETTIAS….

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLACE POINSETTIAS IN THE SANCTUARY…PLEASE DO SO THIS WEEK:

AT HOSSTON PLEASE USE THE FORMS

AT GILLIAM THE LIST IS ON THE BULLETIN BOARD

 

CHARGE-WIDE CHRISTMAS PARTY

DECEMBER 14, 2013

AT

6:00 P. M.

THE HOME OF

BRAD AND DEE ANN DOMINICK.

YOU ARE

ASKED TO BRING HEAVY Hors d'Oeuvres

 

CHRISTMAS NURSING HOME PROJECT

THIS PROJECT HELP THOSE IN THE VIVIAN NURSING HOME

TO HAVE A GIFT AT CHRISTMAS…PLEASE USE THE ENVELOPES…OR YOU MAY GIVE ITEMS TO ELIZABETH DOMINICK, BETH MCDADE OR MARGARET STINSON.

 

PREPARING FOR THE CHILD

LAYETTES FOR UMCOR….

A BOX AND ENVELOPES ARE AVAILABLE

TOTAL COST OF LAYETTE

$ 35.00

ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP

 

CHRISTMAS EVE

COMMUNION AND CANDLE LIGHTING SERVICE

DECEMBER 24, 2013

AT GILLIAM UMC

5:00 P.M.

 

Golfing Seniors

A foursome of senior golfers hit the course with waning enthusiasm for the sport.

"These hills are getting steeper as the years go by," one complained.

"These fairways seem to be getting longer too," said one of the others.

"The sand traps seem to be bigger than I remember them too," said the third senior.

After hearing enough from his buddies, the oldest and the wisest of the four of them at 87 years old, piped up and said, "My friends, just be thankful we're still on this side of the grass!"

 

 

IT IS MY HOPE AS WE ENTER THIS ADVVENT SEASON THAT IT WILL REMIND YOU OF THE HOPE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO US….

 

GOD BLESS YOU

 

EMILE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOOD MONDAY MORNING…THIS IS ACTUALLY LATE SUNDAY EVENING….WE HAD A GOOD ATTENDANCE PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW MANY WE HAD OUT OF TOWN AND TRAVELING.

WE COMPLETED THE SERMON SERIES AND WILL NOT FOCUS ON ADVENT…I REALLY ENJOY THIS SEASON…THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT DO COMMAND OUR ATTENTION TAKE A LOOK AT BELOW IN THIS NOTE….

 

READING FOR THE WEEK:

 Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122
    Romans 13:11-14;  Matthew 24:36-44 

 

SERMON FOR SUNDAY AT GILLIAM:

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT: HOPE

ADVENT HOLY COMMUNION

DARKNESS TURNED TO LIGHT

ISAIAH 9: 13

 

REMEMBER YOUR GIFT AT THE ALTAR AND FOOD FOR THE N. HIGHLAND FOOD PANTRY

 

WORSHIPPING TOGETHER

DECEMBER 2013

SERVICES WILL BEGIN

AT

9:30 A.M. SUNDAYS

DECEMBER 1, 2013       GILLIAM

DECEMBER 8, 2013        HOSSTON

DECEMBER 15, 2013      GILLIAM

DECEMBER 23, 2013      HOSSTON

DECEMBER 29, 2013      GILLIAM

 

 

CHARGE-WIDE CHRISTMAS PARTY

DECEMBER 14, 2013

AT

THE HOME OF

BRAD AND DEE ANN DOMINICK.

  YOU ARE

ASKED TO BRING HEAVY Hors d'Oeuvres.

 

ADVENT LAYETTE FOR UMCOR

A BOX AND ENVELOPES ARE AVAILABLE

TOTAL COST OF LAYETTE

$ 35.00

ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP

 

CHRISTMAS NURSING HOME PROJECT

THIS PROJECT HELP THOSE IN THE VIVIAN NURSING HOME

TO HAVE A GIFT AT CHRISTMAS…PLEASE USE THE ENVELOPES…OR YOU MAY GIVE ITEMS TO ELIZABETH DOMINICK, BETH MCDADE OR MARGARET STINSON.

 

I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PUT THE FOUR ESSENTIALS IN THIS WEEKS EMAIL:

HERE ARE FOUR ESSENTIALS FOR US TO LIVE OUR LIVES

I.         KNOWING SPIRITUALLY YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER…KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING EVEN BETTER WAITING FOR YOU

II.      KNOW THAT WHILE YOU ARE HERE THERE ARE CHRISTIAN VALUE FOR YOU TO LIVE BY…THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS FULL OF GRACE NOT JUST DO’S AND DON’TS

III.   LEARN HOW TO PRAY, BELIEVE, FORGIVE, AND OVER COME

IV.    KEEP YOURSELF IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKES YOUR GROWING IN GRACE POSSIBLE

 

AS I CLOSE THIS EVENING…I PRAY THAT EACH OF YOU THAT TRAVEL WILL BE SAFE AND THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE A VERY

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOOD SUNNY MONDAY MORNING FROM NORTH CADDO PARISH….OUR ATTENDANCE WAS UP THIS PAST SUNDAY...IN FACT ONE PERSON TOLD ME THEY DIDN’T GET A BULLETIN SUNDAY MORNING…NICE PROBLEM TO HAVE AND VERY FIXABLE!!!

  YOUR RESPONSE TO THE BISHOP’S CALL FOR THE “ADVENT LAYETTE COLLECTION FOR UMCOR “ HAS BEEN JUST WONDERFUL.  THANK YOU FOR  GIVING…THERE ARE BOXES AVAILABLE TO DROP ITEMS IN IF YOU WISH TO GIVE IN THAT MANNER AS WELL.

   I WILL BE WORKING ON THE CHARGE NEWS FOR DECEMBER….IF YOU HAVE NEWS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEASE EMAIL ME SOON!!

   SUNDAY WE WILL FINISH  THE SERIES OF SERMONS AND DECEMBER 1, 2013 WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF ADVENT.

 

READINGS FOR THE MONTH:

JEREMIAH 23:1-6; LUKE 1 68-79

COLOSSIANS 1:11-20; LUKE 23:33-43

 

SERMON SUNDAY AT HOSSTON:

WRAP IT UP

JOHN 10:10

 

 

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

29 BOXES WERE DELIVERED TO THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN BOSSIER THIS MORNING

 

 

ADVENT LAYETTE COLLECTION FOR UMCOR

TO DATE THE OFFERING IS $ 390.00

WE WILL CONTINUE THIS OFFERING DURING LENT

 

 

BELCHER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

508 GRAY STREET

BELCHER, LA

INVITES YOU TO

A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF SEASONAL SACRED MUSIC

DECEMBER 1, 2013

4:00 P.M.

 

POWER OF SUGGESTION

The customer in the Italian restaurant was so pleased that he asked to speak to the chef. The owner proudly led him into the kitchen and introduced him to the chef.

"Your veal parmigiana was superb," the customer said. "I just spent a month in Italy, and yours is better than any I ever had over there."

"Naturally," the chef said. "Over there, they use domestic cheese. Ours is imported from Italy."

 

 

THE CONCLUSION OF SUNDAY’S SERMON

YES WE HAVE A PAST…

LEARN FROM IT…

GET OVER IT…MAKE IT COUNT

 

LIVE TODAY…WE ARE NOT PROMISED TOMORROW…JESUS SAID I COME QUICKLY….WE NEED TO BE READY TODAY FOR HIS COMING

 

KNOW WE HAVE A FUTURE…SECURE BECAUSE OF THE PROMISES OF THE LORD JESUS…A FUTURE WE CAN AND MUST SHARE WITH THOSE WHO SEEM TO BE UNAWARE OF THE PROMISE….

 

AND REALLY KNOW…THIS WORLD IS NOT YOUR HOME…YOU ARE JUST PASSING THROUGH….HOW WILL YOU LEAVE IT AND WHAT KIND OF WITNESS WILL YOU BE….

 

 

IT IS MY PRAYER THAT THE WEEK THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US WILL FIND YOU LIVING IN THE NOW AND THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE….WE ARE BLESSED WITH NOW AND CAN LOOK FORWARD TO GOD’S BLESSINGS EACH DAY!

 

GOD BLESS YOU SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!

 

EMILE