GOOD MONDAY MORNING (ACTUALY IT IS SUNDAY AFTERNOON) I AM GETTING THIS TOGETHER EARLY BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE WEEK WILL BRING….I HOPEFULLY WILL SEE MY DOCTOR AND GET ALL THE PROCEDURES SET UP.  AND I WANTED TO BE READY FOR THAT AS EARLY AS I CAN MONDAY MORNING….PLEASE REMEMBER ME IN PRAYER AS THESE THINGS ARE BEING, SET UP AND DONE.  I AM READY TO BE ON THE WAY TO RECOVERY.

   SERVICES SUNDAY WERE A HELP AND STRENGHT TO ME…THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT.

 

READING FOR THE WEEK:

ACTS:16 9-15; PSALM 67

REVELATION 21:1O. 22—22:5; JOHN 14: 23-29

 

SERMON FOR SUNDAY:

 THREE CUPS:

A CUP….OF REMEMBERANCE (PASSOVER)

A CUP…OF AGONY  (THE CROSS)

A CUP…..OF JOY ( THE RESURRECTION)

 

WORSHIP AND COMMUNION

SUNDAY

MAY 5, 2013

THE GILLIAM AND HOSSTON CHURCHES

 WILL HOLD A JOINT SERVICE AT

10:00 AM

 AT GILLIAM

 

 

COME AND CELEBRATE

HOLY COMMUNION

 SUNDAY MAY 5, 2013.

 PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING FOOD FOR THE N. HIGHLANDS FOOD PANTRY AND YOUR GIFT FOR HELPING HANDS AND MC DADE HOUSE TO LEAVE AT THE ALTAR.

 

"If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction."
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

Advice From Children

1. Never allow your three-year old brother in the same room as your school assignment. - Traci, 14.

2. Felt markers are not good to use as lipstick. - Lauren, 9.

3. Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat. - Joel, 10.

4. When you get a bad grade in school, show it to your mom when she's on the phone. - Alyesha, 13.

5. Never try to baptize a cat. - Eileen, 8.

  

MAJOR POINTS OF SUNDAY’S SERMON…..

JOYFUL GRACE

 

1.   JOY IS ABIDING…IS IT DOES NOT FLEE

 

2.   JOY IS A GIFT FROM GOD BECAUSE OF THE PEACE WE HAVE BY FAITH IN GOD’S PROMISES

 

3.   JOY IS FOR EVERYONE…

 

4.   JOY IS NOT HAPPINESS…WE KNOW THAT WE CAN LOOSE HAPPINESS…BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES…JOY COMES AND STAYS WITH US…LISTEN TO DAVID IN PSALM 51…¹² Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit…PSALM 51

 

5.   JOY IS A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT…A FRUIT THAT CAN GROW AND BE DEVELOPED…²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³ Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. GALATIANS  5

 

6.   JOY IS OFTEN FOUND AMID TIMES THAT ARE DIFFICULT…. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

 

7.   JOY IS A BLESSING TO OTHERS…. For ye are our glory and joy. 1 Thessalonians 2:20

 

8.   JOY IS A GLORY TO GOD….Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Jude 1:24

 

MAY YOUR WEEK BE FULL OF JOY…

AND MAY YOU BE AWARE OF JOY’S PRESENCE

GOD BLESS YOU!!!

SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!!

 

EMILE