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• NO SMALL GROUP STUDY IN CASEY U.M.C.
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• NO CASEY AD COUNCIL MEETING - 7:00 P.M.
• NO ADAIR AD COUNCIL MEETING - 7:45 P.M.
• NO COMBINED AD COUNCIL FOLLOWING.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH —
TRUSTEES MEETING IN CASEY U.M.C. - 7 P.M.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th —-
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A-C FOOD PANTRY WILL BE OPEN IN
CASEY U.M.C. FROM 9 TO 11 A.M.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH —
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
COLOR: GREEN
This is the final week of Season of Creation,
and this service will include a
"Blessing of All God’s Creatures."
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Animals refer to all the living creatures people
love—such as cats and dogs, birds, reptiles,
and fish, domesticated or wild.
they may wish to acknowledge animals
MOTHER EARTH, OUR MOTHER BIRTHING
1. Mother Earth, our mother birthing
Ev’ry creature on the land
Jesus too was flesh and breathing,
Kin to all every greening plant.
Celebrate with all creation:
God has joined the web of life.
2. Sister Air, our sister lifting
Ev’ry creature born with wing;
Jesus shared the breath of forests,
Breath that makes our spirits sing.
Celebrate with all creation:
God has joined the web of life.
3. Brother Water, brother pulsing
Deep through ev’ry vein and sea,
Jesus drank the very raindrops
For our wine and in our tea.
Celebrate with all creation:
God has joined the web of life.
4. Father Fire, our father burning
With the sacred urge to live.
Jesus' death completes the cycle,
Bringing life beyond the grave.
Celebrate with all creation:
God has joined the web of life.
Words: © Norman Habel 1999
Praise – A Version of Psalm 148
All dogs and cats, large and small:
Praise the Lord!
All rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs:
Praise the Lord!
All goldfish, guppies, and swimming creatures:
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
All racoons, squirrels, and deer:
Praise the Lord!
All horses, cows, and sheep:
Praise the Lord!
All lizards, snakes and creeping things:
Praise the Lord!
Every animal in the sky, the sea, and the forest:
Praise the Lord!
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR ANIMALS
Lord, for all the animals in the whole wide
world,
We thank you, God!
Lord, for all the fun and friendship we have
with
animals,
We thank you, God!
Lord, for all the times we have hurt or
neglected animals,
We are sorry.
Lord, for all the times we have used poisons
that have harmed animals,
We are sorry.
Lord, for all the times we have destroyed the
homes of animals in the forests, oceans, and
fields,
We are sorry.
SCRIPTURE READINGS:
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JEREMIAH 32:1-3, 6-15
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Jeremiah takes us all over the map emotionally:
Winds of destruction, last week, tears of grief
and pain. This week, we watch him make a
property transaction in an already besieged land
doomed to conquest, as a sign of hope for a
resettlement some day.
KILLING AND DISEASE ON OUR DOORSTEP
1-5 The Message Jeremiah received from God in
the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah. It was
the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. At that
time the army of the king of Babylon was
holding Jerusalem under siege. Jeremiah was
shut up in jail in the royal palace. Zedekiah, king
of Judah, had locked him up, complaining, "How
dare you preach, saying, 'God says, I'm warning
you: I will hand this city over to the king of
Babylon and he will take it over. Zedekiah king
of Judah will be handed over to the Chaldeans
right along with the city. He will be handed over
to the king of Babylon and forced to face the
music. He'll be hauled off to Babylon where he'll
stay until I deal with him. God's Decree. Fight
against the Babylonians all you want—it won't
get you anywhere.'"
6-7 Jeremiah said, "God's Message came to me
like this: Prepare yourself! Hanamel, your uncle
Shallum's son, is on his way to see you. He is
going to say, 'Buy my field in Anathoth. You have
the legal right to buy it.'
8 "And sure enough, just as God had said, my
cousin Hanamel came to me while I was in jail
and said, 'Buy my field in Anathoth in the
territory of Benjamin, for you have the legal right
to keep it in the family. Buy it. Take it over.' "That
did it. I knew it was God's Message.
9-12 "So I bought the field at Anathoth from my
cousin Hanamel. I paid him seventeen silver
shekels. I followed all the proper procedures: In
the presence of witnesses I wrote out the bill of
sale, sealed it, and weighed out the money on
the scales. Then I took the deed of purchase—
the sealed copy that contained the contract and
its conditions and also the open copy—and gave
them to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of
Mahseiah. All this took place in the presence of
my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who had
signed the deed, as the Jews who were at the jail
that day looked on.
13-15 "Then, in front of all of them, I told Baruch,
'These are orders from God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
the God of Israel: Take these documents—both
the sealed and the open deeds—and put them
for safekeeping in a pottery jar. For God-of-the-
Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says, "Life is
going to return to normal. Homes and fields and
vineyards are again going to be bought in this
country."'
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PSALM 91:1-6, 14-16 (UMH 810)
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
1-6 You who sit down in the High God's presence,
spend the night in Shaddai's shadow,
Say this: "God, you're my refuge.
I trust in you and I'm safe!"
That's right—he rescues you from hidden traps,
shields you from deadly hazards.
His huge outstretched arms protect you—
under them you're perfectly safe;
his arms fend off all harm.
Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night,
not flying arrows in the day,
Not disease that prowls through the darkness,
not disaster that erupts at high noon.
Even though others succumb all around,
drop like flies right and left,
no harm will even graze you.
You'll stand untouched, watch it all from a
distance,
watch the wicked turn into corpses.
Yes, because God's your refuge,
the High God your very own home,
Evil can't get close to you,
harm can't get through the door.
He ordered his angels
to guard you wherever you go.
If you stumble, they'll catch you;
their job is to keep you from falling.
You'll walk unharmed among lions and snakes,
and kick young lions and serpents from the
path.
14-16 "If you'll hold on to me for dear life," says
God,
"I'll get you out of any trouble.
I'll give you the best of care
if you'll only get to know and trust me.
Call me and I'll answer, be at your side in bad
times;
I'll rescue you, then throw you a party.
I'll give you a long life,
give you a long drink of salvation!"
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1 TIMOTHY 6:6-19
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
This text provides a healthy way to talk frankly
about how we live with money as disciples of
Jesus Christ. Mission in the world requires that
our disciplines with money reflect the priorities
of the kingdom of God.
Paul reminds Timothy and through him the
Christians living around Ephesus, that we have
a charge to keep, a calling regarding money.
Paul says we are called not to pursue riches.
What we are to pursue are qualities of character:
"godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness."
6-8 A devout life does bring wealth, but it's the
rich simplicity of being yourself before God.
Since we entered the world penniless and will
leave it penniless, if we have bread on the table
and shoes on our feet, that's enough.
9-10 But if it's only money these leaders are after,
they'll self-destruct in no time. Lust for money
brings trouble and nothing but trouble. Going
down that path, some lose their footing in the
faith completely and live to regret it bitterly ever
after.
RUNNING HARD
11-12 But you, Timothy, man of God: Run for
your life from all this. Pursue a righteous life—a
life of wonder, faith, love, steadiness, courtesy.
Run hard and fast in the faith. Seize the eternal
life, the life you were called to, the life you so
fervently embraced in the presence of so many
witnesses.
13-16 I'm charging you before the life-giving God
and before Christ, who took his stand before
Pontius Pilate and didn't give an inch: Keep this
command to the letter, and don't slack off. Our
Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up
right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the
Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High
God. He's the only one death can't touch, his
light so bright no one can get close. He's never
been seen by human eyes—human eyes can't
take him in! Honor to him, and eternal rule!
Oh, yes.
17-19 Tell those rich in this world's wealth to quit
being so full of themselves and so obsessed with
money, which is here today and gone tomorrow.
Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the
riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be
rich in helping others, to be extravagantly
generous. If they do that, they'll build a treasury
that will last, gaining life that is truly life.
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LUKE 16:19-31
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Jesus tells the story of a nameless rich man and
a beggar named Lazarus. Note how physically
close Lazarus was to the rich man, and so how
terribly ironic any talk of a "great gulf fixed"
between the two was then . . . and still is now.
19-21"There once was a rich man, expensively
dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days
in conspicuous consumption. A poor man
named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been
dumped on his doorstep. All he lived for was to
get a meal from scraps off the rich man's table.
His best friends were the dogs who came and
licked his sores.
taken up by the angels to the lap of Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried. In hell
and in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham
in the distance and Lazarus in his lap. He called
out, 'Father Abraham, mercy! Have mercy! Send
Lazarus to dip his finger in water to cool my
tongue. I'm in agony in this fire.'
25-26 "But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that
in your lifetime you got the good things and
Lazarus the bad things. It's not like that here.
Here he's consoled and you're tormented.
Besides, in all these matters there is a huge
chasm set between us so that no one can go
from us to you even if he wanted to, nor can
anyone cross over from you to us.'
27-28 "The rich man said, 'Then let me ask you,
Father: Send him to the house of my father
where I have five brothers, so he can tell them
the score and warn them so they won't end up
here in this place of torment.'
29 "Abraham answered, 'They have Moses and
the Prophets to tell them the score. Let them
listen to them.'
30 "'I know, Father Abraham,' he said, 'but they
are not listening. If someone came back to them
from the dead, they would change their ways.'
31 "Abraham replied, 'If they won't listen to
Moses and the Prophets, they're not going to be
convinced by someone who rises from the
dead.'"
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• YOUTH GROUP MEETING TODAY —
IN CASEY U.M.C. FROM 4 TO 5:30
• 1789 - The first regular army was established
by the U.S. War Department with several
hundred men.
• 1829 - The first public appearance by London's
organized police force was met with jeers from
political opponents. The force became known as
Scotland Yard.
• 1962 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy
nationalized the Mississippi National guard in
response to city officials defying federal court
orders. The orders had been to enroll James
Meredith at the University of Mississippi.
• 1994 - The U.S. House voted to end the practice
of lobbyists buying meals and entertainment for
members of Congress.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH —
• THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY •
• 1777 - The Congress of the United States
moved to York, Pennsylvania, due to
advancing British forces.
• 1787 - The ship, Columbia left Boston and
began the trip that would make it the first
American vessel to sail around the world.
• 1882 - In Appleton, WI, the world's first hydro-
electric power plant began operating.
• 1927 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth hit his 60th
homerun of the season. The record stood until
1961 when Roger Maris broke the record.
• 1935 - the musical, "Porgy and Bess" premiered
in Boston.
• 1938 - The Munich Conference ended with a
decision to appease Adolf Hitler. Britain, and
France allowed Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
to be annexed by the Nazis.
• 1946 - An international military tribunal in
Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 top Nazi leaders
guilty of war crimes.
• 1949 - The Berlin Airlift came to an end. The air-
lift had taken 2.3 million tons of food into the
western sector of Germany despite the Soviet
blockade.
• 1962 - James Meredith succeeded in registering
at the University of Mississippi. It was his fourth
attempt to register.
• 1989 - Thousands of East Germans began
emigrating under an accord between the NATO
nations and the Soviet Union.
• 1997 - France's Roman Catholic Church apolo-
gized for its silence during the persecution and
deportation of Jews during the pro-Nazi regime.
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• 1569 - The Duke of Norfolk was imprisoned by
Britain's Queen Elizabeth for trying to marry
Mary the Queen of Scots.
• 1800 - Spain ceded the territory of Louisiana
back to France. Later the property would be
purchased by the U.S., doubling its size.
• 1896 - Postal Rural Free Delivery was made
official by the U.S. Post Office.
• 1918 - The city of Damascus was captured from
the Turks during World War I by a force made up
of British and Arab forces.
• 1946 - The International War Crimes Tribunal in
Nuremberg sentenced 12 Nazi officials to death.
Seven others were sentenced to prison terms
and 3 were acquitted.
• 1949 - Mao Tse-tung raised the first flag of the
People's Republic of China when the communist
forces had defeated the Nationalists.
The Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan.
• 1971 - Walt Disney World opened in Orlando,
Florida.
• 1979 - The United States handed control of the
Canal Zone over to Panama.
• 1988 - Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the Soviet
presidency.
• 1989 - More than 7,000 East Germans were
welcomed into West Germany after they were
allowed to leave by the communist government.
• 1995 - Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine other
defendants were convicted in New York of
conspiring to attack the U.S. through bombings,
kidnappings and assassinations. This was in
connection with the World Trade Center 1993
bombings. The Egyptian Muslim leader, known
as the Blind Sheik in the U.S., and the nine
co-conspirators are serving life sentences.
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• 1780 - British army major John Andre was
hanged as a spy. He was carrying information
about the actions of Benedict Arnold.
• 1835 - The first battle of the Texas Revolution
took place near the Guadalupe River when
American settlers defeated a Mexican cavalry
unit.
• 1869 - Mahatma K Gandhi was born. He was
known for advocacy of non-violent resistance to
fight tyranny.
• 1870 - Rome was made the capital of Italy. For
thousands of years Italy was made up of city-
states which constantly fought wars for control.
After 1800 Napoleon unified the country. There
was still much unrest but finally in 1870 Rome
was made the capital of the unified peninsula.
• 1967 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn in. He was
the first African-American member of the U.S.
Supreme Court.
• 1989 - In Leipzig, East Germany a protest took
place demanding the legalization and adoption
of democratic reforms.
• 2001 - NATO, for the first time, invoked a treaty
clause that stated that an attack on one member
is an attack on all members. This act was in
response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks in the United States.
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• 1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared
that the last Thursday of November would be
recognized as Thanksgiving Day.
• 1893 - The motor-driven vacuum cleaner was
patented by J.S. Thurman.
• 1932 - Iraq was admitted into the League of
Nations leading Britain to terminate it's mandate
over the nation. Britain had ruled Iraq since
taking it from Turkey during World War I.
• 1981 - Irish Nationalists in Maze Prison in
Belfast, Northern Ireland called off their hunger
strike. The strike had lasted 7 months and ten
people had died.
• 1989 - East Germany suspended unrestricted
travel to Czechoslovakia in an effort to slow the
flow of refugees to the West. Even today Russia
has less than half the population of the United
States.
• 1990 - The Berlin Wall was dismantled eleven
months after the borders between East and West
Germany were dissolved. The unification of
Germany ended 45 years of division.
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• 1535 - The first complete English translation of
the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland.
• 1648 - The first volunteer fire department was
established in New York by Peter Stuyvesant.
• 1915 - The Dinosaur National Monument was
established. The area covered part of Utah and
Colorado.
• 1927 - The first actual carving began on Mount
Rushmore.
• 1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in
the Alps at Brenner Pass. Hitler was seeking
help from Italy to fight the British.
• 1994 - South African President Nelson Mandela
was welcomed to the White House by U.S.
President Clinton.
• 1997 - Hundreds of thousands of men attended
a Promise Keepers rally on the Mall in
Washington, DC.
• 2001 - In Washington, DC, Reagan National
Airport re-opened. The airport had been closed
since the terrorist attacks on the United States
on September 11, 2001.
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• 1813 - Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Indians
was killed at the Battle of Thames when
American forces defeated the British and the
allied Indian warriors.
• 1877 - Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians
surrendered to the U.S. Army after a 1,000-mile
retreat towards the Canadian border.
• 1947 - U.S. President Harry S Truman held the
first televised presidential address from the
White House. The subject was the current
international food crisis.
• 1998 - The U.S. paid $60 million for Russia's
research time on the international space station
to keep the cash-strapped Russian space
agency afloat.
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FUTURE FOCUS —
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6TH —We will have Holy Communion
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Thank you for your contributions of strength,
spirit and energy this week. You keep the
wheels rolling along.
God Bless and Keep You,
Donna K
