GOOD MONDAY MORNING….WHILE WE HAD A LOW ATTENDANCE FOR “LOW SUNDAY” OUR SPIRITS WERE HIGH. WE HAd A GREAT TIME SINGING AND ENJOYING ONE ANOTHER AT THE FELLOWSHIP TIME.

  THIS MORNING MY HEART IS TURNED TO THOSE THAT HAVE FACE LOSS IN THE TORNADOS THAT HAVE RAVAGED OUR REGION OF THE COUNTRY…PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER FOR THEM.

   LAST EVENING I ATTENDED THE ORDINATION SERVICE FOR “NOW” REV. DONNIE BEVEL, AS I WITNESSED THE AGE OLD TRADITION OF THE LAYING ON OF HANDS I WAS REMINDED OF THE HAND OUR CHURCHES HAD AND HAVE IN THE LIVE OF THE BEVELS.  PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM AS THEY BEGIN THEIR NEW AND EXCITING VENTURE.  IT IS ONE THAT WE HAVE HELPED WITH FROM THEIR FIRST MISSION TRIP TO THE VERY PRESENT TIME.  I AM SO VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL TAKING INTEREST AND HELPING THEM…LET KEEP ON PRAYING AS THEIR PLANS ARE MADE And aS THEY  LEAVE IN MID JUNE.

  I SAID IT SUNDAY AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CARDS, NOTES, EMAILS AND TEXTS WISHING ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY….IT WAS AN EXCELLENT DAY…NOW THIS WEEK I MUST GET A NEW DRIVERS LICENSE AND CAR TAG…REALITY HITS….HA….IT WAS GREAT HEARING FRoM YOU ALL!!

 

READING FOR THE WEEK:

ACTS: 2: 14A, 36-41; PSALM 116:1-4,12-19

I PETER 1:17-23; LUKE 24: 13-35

 

SERMON FOR SUNDAY

AT

GILLIAM UMC

“MY BLOOD…POURED OUT”

MATTHEW 26:28

 

WE WILL CELEBRATE

HOLY COMMUNION

REMEMBER TO BRING FOOD FOR THE N. HIGHLANDS FOOD PANTRY NEXT SUNDAY…

ALSO

BRING YOUR OFFERING

FOR

HELPING HANDS

OR

MCDADE HOUSE

 

 

HEALTH KITS….

   THIS JUNE AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OUR BISHOP IS ASKING THAT WE DONATE MONEY TOWARD HEALTH KITS…THE COST OF A KIT IS $12.00.   THE OFFERING IS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.  ENVELOPES WILL BE AVAILABLE ANY GIFT WILL HELP WITH THIS PROJECT.

 

NOW THAT IS POOR….

One man told about how poor his family was when he was growing up. He said that his clothes were always worn and threadbare. "In fact," he said, "my pants were so thin that I could sit on a dime and tell whether it was heads or tails!"

 

FROM SUNDAY’S SERMON

CONCLUSION:  I HAVE OFTEN THOUGH ABOUT THE THREE TIMES JESUS ASKED PETER DO YOU LOVE ME….AND HOW PETER MUST HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE THREE TIMES JESUS DENIED HIM…BUT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION HAD TO BE EARTH SHATTERING….JESUS WAS ENCOURAGING PETER TO MOVE FROM THE FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE TO something THAT WAS FAR BIGGER AND MORE CHALLENGING THAN ANY THING PETER COULD IMAGINE…..JESUS WANTED PETER TO MOVE FROM JUST SAYING…

I LOVE YOU…TO SHOWING AND LIVING I LOVE YOU…

JESUS…TO ME THAT IS THE CHALLENGE TO THE SUNDAY AFTER EASTER….

YES IT IS EXCITING TO THINK AND KNOW WE HAVE A POWERFUL LORD WHO BROUGHT FORTH HIS SON…ALIVE….BUT IT IS MORE EXCITING  AND CHALLENGING TO KNOW THAT HE WANTS US TO LOVE, TEND THE LAMBS, SHEPHERD the sheep, AND TEND HIS SHEEP….THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN FACILITATE all of that ANY BETTER THAT LOVING OUR LORD JESUS…

 

 

I HOPE THE WEEK AHEAD IS SAFE AND YOU ARE AWARE OF ALL THE BLESSINGS OF OUR LORD!!!

SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!

GOD BLESS YOU!!!

EMILE