MAY 26TH TO JUNE 1ST —
REMINDERS —
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The midwest has experienced some very tragic
tornadoes this past week. Loss of lives . . . . . .
loss of homes . . . . loss of infrastructure. Pray
for those who have lost everything. Be grateful
for thousands of workers who have volunteered
to restore and reconstruct lives from absolutely
incredible circumstances. It will be a long time
before these people can live a normal life again.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND —
Small Group Study at Casey UMC @ 5:30 P.M.
“Yes Lord, I Have Sinned, But I Have Several
Excellent Excuses”
@ 7:00 P.M.
SATURDAY, MAY 25TH —
• GAME NIGHT • Casey United Methodist Church
Begins at 6:30 P. M.
SUNDAY, MAY 26TH —
TRINITY SUNDAY
(Peace with Justice Sunday)
COLOR: WHITE
HOLY COMMUNION AT BOTH CHURCHES
SCRIPTURE READINGS —
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PROVERBS 8:1-4, 22-31
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Wisdom speaks and understanding raises her
voice to remind all of her presence with God in
and through all creation.
Today, the readings are related and themed
around the celebration of the triune nature
of God.
1-11 Do you hear Lady Wisdom calling? Can
you hear Madame Insight raising her voice?
She's taken her stand at First and Main,
at the busiest intersection.
Right in the city square
where the traffic is thickest, she shouts,
"You—I'm talking to all of you,
everyone out here on the streets!
Listen, you idiots—learn good sense!
You blockheads—shape up!
Don't miss a word of this—I'm telling you how
to live well,
I'm telling you how to live at your best.
My mouth chews and savors and relishes truth—
I can't stand the taste of evil!
You'll only hear true and right words from my
mouth;
not one syllable will be twisted or skewed.
You'll recognize this as true—you with open
minds;
truth-ready minds will see it at once.
Prefer my life-disciplines over chasing after
money,
and God-knowledge over a lucrative career.
For Wisdom is better than all the trappings of
wealth;
nothing you could wish for holds a candle to
her.
22-31 "God sovereignly made me—the first, the
basic—
before he did anything else.
I was brought into being a long time ago,
well before Earth got its start.
yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes.
Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took
shape,
I was already there, newborn;
Long before God stretched out Earth's Horizons,
and tended to the minute details of Soil and
Weather,
And set Sky firmly in place,
I was there.
When he mapped and gave borders to wild
Ocean,
built the vast vault of Heaven,
and installed the fountains that fed Ocean,
When he drew a boundary for Sea,
posted a sign that said no trespassing,
And then staked out Earth's Foundations,
I was right there with him, making sure every-
thing fit.
Day after day I was there, with my joyful
applause,
always enjoying his company,
Delighted with the world of things and creatures,
happily celebrating the human family.
PSALM 8 (UMH 743)
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
A PSALM OF DAVID
1 God, brilliant Lord, yours is a household name.
2 Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you;
That drown out enemy talk,
and silence atheist babble.
enormous,
your handmade sky-jewelry,
Moon and stars mounted in their settings.
Why do you bother with us?
Why take a second look our way?
5-8 Yet we've so narrowly missed being gods,
bright with Eden's dawn light.
You put us in charge of your handcrafted
world,
repeated to us your Genesis-charge,
Made us lords of sheep and cattle,
Birds flying and fish swimming,
whales singing in the ocean deeps.
9 God, brilliant Lord,
your name echoes around the world.
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ROMANS 5:1-5
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
The character of our life in our Triune God: We
are reconciled to God through Jesus and we
boast in the sufferings of this age because they
lead us to hope in God's love poured out upon
us by the Holy Spirit.
DEVELOPING PATIENCE
1-2 By entering through faith into what God has
always wanted to do for us—set us right with
him, make us fit for him—we have it all together
with God because of our Master Jesus. And
that's not all: We throw open our doors to God
and discover at the same moment that he has
already thrown open his door to us. We find
ourselves standing where we always hoped we
might stand—out in the wide open spaces of
God's grace and glory, standing tall and
shouting our praise.
3-5 There's more to come: We continue to shout
our praise even when we're hemmed in with
troubles, because we know how troubles can
develop passionate patience in us, and how that
patience in turn forges the tempered steel of
virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do
next. In alert expectancy such as this, we're
never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the
contrary—we can't round up enough containers
to hold everything God generously pours into
our lives through the Holy Spirit!
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JOHN 16:12-15
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Jesus speaks of the work of the Holy Spirit,
declaring to the disciples all the truth that is his
from the Father.
12-15 "I still have many things to tell you, but
you can't handle them now. But when the Friend
comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by
the hand and guide you into all the truth there is.
He won't draw attention to himself, but will make
sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed,
out of all that I have done and said. He will honor
me; he will take from me and deliver it to you.
Everything the Father has is also mine. That is
why I've said, 'He takes from me and delivers to
you.'
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• 1805 - Today Lewis and Clark first saw the
Rocky Mountains.
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MONDAY, MAY 27TH —
Today is Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a U. S.
holiday that occurs on the last Monday in May.
We honor all of our military personnel past and
present, and support our wounded warriors who
have given so much for our country.
have gone before us, and decorate their burial
sites if they are interred near by.
poet, and composer of "The Battle Hymn of the
Republic" was born today.
• 1937 - San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge
opened to traffic today.
• 1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt
proclaimed an "unlimited national
emergency" amid rising world tensions.
• 1969 - Construction of Walt Disney World began
in Florida.
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TUESDAY, MAY 28TH —
• 585 BC - Thales Miletus predicted a
solar eclipse.
• 1892 - Sierra Club formed by John Muir in
San Francisco, for conservation of
nature.
• 1923 - Attorney General said it was legal for
women to wear trousers anywhere.
• 1928 - Dodge Brothers Inc. and Chrysler
Corporation merged.
• 1999 - In Milan, Italy, Leonardo de Vinci's
"The Last Supper" was put back on
display after 22 years of restoration work.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH —
Small Group Study at Adair U.M.C. . . . 5:30 P.M.
“Yes Lord, I Have Sinned, But I Have Several
Excellent Excuses”
AD Council meeting Adair U.M.C. . . . 7:00 P.M.
AD Council meeting Casey U.M.C. . . . 7:45 P.M.
Combined AD Council Meeting
at Adair U.M.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:15 P.M.
Sultan Mehmed II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
• 1790 - Rhode Island became the last of the
original thirteen colonies to ratify the U.S.
Constitution.
• 1978 - In the U.S., postage stamps were raised
from 13 cents to 15 cents.
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THURSDAY, MAY 30TH —
• 1783 - The first daily newspaper was published
in the U.S. by Benjamin Towner called
"The Pennsylvania Evening Post"
• 1854 - The U.S. territories of Nebraska and
Kansas were established.
• 1868 - Memorial Day was observed widely for
the first time in the United States.
• 1922 - The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in
Washington, DC.
• 1943 - American forces secured the Aleutian
Island of Attu from the Japanese during
World War II.
• 1971 - Mariner 9, the American deep space probe
blasted off on a journey to Mars, and reached the
planet on November 14th. Mariner 9 was the first
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FRIDAY, MAY 31ST —
• 1884 - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented
"flaked cereal."
• 1907 - The first taxi service in the United States
began in New York City.
• 1955 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered that all
states must end racial segregation "with all
deliberate speed."
• 1962 - Adolf Eichmann, a Gestapo official was
executed in Israel for his actions in the Nazi
Holocaust.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST —
ADAIR U.M.W. WHITE POLE ROAD SALE
AT ADAIR COMMUNITY CENTRE
STARTING AT 7:30 A.M.
Green Plants and Baked Goods for sale.
• 1774 - The British government ordered the Port
of Boston closed.
• 1861 - The first conflict of the U.S. Civil War
took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia.
• 1921 - A race riot erupted in Tulsa, OKlahoma.
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FUTURE FOCUS —
SUNDAY, JUNE 2ND —
HOLY COMMUNION AT BOTH CHURCHES
• REV. ED KAIL’S
RETIREMENT PARTY •
FROM 3:00 to 5:00 P. M. at
CARSON COMMUNITY CENTER,
316 S. COMMERCIAL ST.,
CARSON, IOWA
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH —
ADAIR U.M.W. AT HAPPY CHEF
Small Group Study will be in Adair U.M.C.
@ 5:30 P.M. today.
“Yes Lord, I Have Sinned, But I Have Several
Excellent Excuses”
• JUNE 8-10 Pastor Melodee will be gone to
Annual Conference.
• JUNE 8TH —
CASEY U.M.W. WILL HOST THE
MOTHER/DAUGHTER BANQUET
IN CASEY U.M.C. AT 6:30 P.M.
• EVERYONE IS INVITED •
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Thank you for your contributions to our own
ABC Parish this week. I know, it has been
work, but we couldn't build it without you.
God Bless and Keep You,
Pastor Melodee
