May is Asian American-Pacific Islander
Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians
and Pacific Islanders who live in the
United States. Some famous ones are:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH —
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
CASEY U.M.C. — 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M.
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OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
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SUNDAY, MAY 17TH —
Happy Birthday Don Eggen!
• Bob and Jeannie Larson's 65th
Wedding Anniversary party is after
worship service in Casey U.M.C. today.
THIS IS ASCENSION SUNDAY
Before, Methodists celebrated
Ascension during the week. Now they
choose to transfer the celebration to the
following Sunday. (today)
COLOR: WHITE OR GOLD
and a cloud took him out of their sight.
While he was going, they gazed up
toward heaven, and suddenly two men
in white robes stood by them. They said,
"Men of Galilee, why do you stand
looking up toward heaven? This Jesus,
who has been taken up from you into
heaven, will come in the same way as
you saw him go into heaven."
(Acts 1:9-11, NRSV).
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SCRIPTURE READINGS —
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ACTS 1:1-11
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Before Jesus ascends into heaven, he
twice directs his disciples to stop
focusing on earthly kingdoms and
glory to focus instead on the Spirit—
the same Spirit) that lay before them —
to be witnesses in all the world.
When the angels "interrupt" their
wondering gaze, they also (a third time)
redirect disciples to continue in this
mission by waiting for the coming of
the Spirit in Jerusalem. About 120
disciples of Jesus have gathered
during the days between his Ascension
and Pentecost.
TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD
1-5 Dear Theophilus, in the first volume
of this book I wrote on everything that
Jesus began to do and teach until the
day he said good-bye to the apostles,
the ones he had chosen through the
Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven.
After his death, he presented himself
alive to them in many different settings
over a period of forty days. In face-to-
face meetings, he talked to them about
things concerning the kingdom of God.
As they met and ate meals together, he
told them that they were on no account
to leave Jerusalem but “must wait for
what the Father promised: the promise
you heard from me. John baptized in
water; you will be baptized in the Holy
Spirit. And soon.”
6 When they were together for the last
time they asked, “Master, are you going
to restore the kingdom to Israel now? Is
this the time?”
7-8 He told them,“You don’t get to know
the time. Timing is the Father’s business.
What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And
when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you
will be able to be my witnesses in
Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria,
even to the ends of the world.”
9-11 These were his last words. As they
watched, he was taken up and
disappeared in a cloud. They stood
there, staring into the empty sky.
Suddenly two men appeared—in white
robes! They said, “You Galileans!—why
do you just stand here looking up at an
empty sky? This very Jesus who was
taken up from among you to heaven will
come as certainly—and mysteriously—
as he left.”
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PSALM 47 (UMH 781)
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
This is an enthronement psalm which
celebrates God's kingship.
A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH
1-9 Applause, everyone. Bravo,
bravissimo!
Shout God-songs at the top of your
lungs!
astride land and ocean.
He crushes hostile people,
puts nations at our feet.
He set us at the head of the line,
prize-winning Jacob, his favorite.
Loud cheers as God climbs the
mountain,
a ram’s horn blast at the summit.
Sing songs to God, sing out!
Sing to our King, sing praise!
He’s Lord over earth,
so sing your best songs to God.
God is Lord of godless nations—
sovereign, he’s King of the mountain.
Princes from all over are gathered,
people of Abraham’s God.
The powers of earth are God’s—
he soars over all.
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EPHESIANS 1:15-23
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Paul encourages churches connected
with the congregations at Ephesus to
remember the fullness of who they now
are because of what God has done for
them in Jesus Christ; risen, ascended
to the right hand of all power and
reigning in, through and beyond the
church.
solid trust you have in the Master Jesus
and your outpouring of love to all the
followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop
thanking God for you—every time I
prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks.
But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the
God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the
God of glory—to make you intelligent
and discerning in knowing him
personally, your eyes focused and clear,
so that you can see exactly what it is he
is calling you to do, grasp the immensity
of this glorious way of life he has for his
followers, oh, the utter extravagance of
his work in us who trust him—endless
energy, boundless strength!
20-23 All this energy issues from Christ:
God raised him from death and set him
on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of
running the universe, everything from
galaxies to governments, no name and
no power exempt from his rule. And not
just for the time being, but forever. He is
in charge of it all, has the final word on
everything. At the center of all this,
Christ rules the church. The church, you
see, is not peripheral to the world; the
world is peripheral to the church. The
church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks
and acts, by which he fills everything with
his presence.
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LUKE 24:44-53
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
We heard this story a few weeks ago as
we focused on repentance. Today we
hear it focusing on the ascension and
mission. "Power from on high" will
come to the apostles to empower a
ministry of proclamation of repentance
and forgiveness to the whole world.
YOU’RE THE WITNESSES
44 Then he said, “Everything I told you
while I was with you comes to this: All
the things written about me in the Law
of Moses, in the Prophets, and in the
Psalms have to be fulfilled.”
45-49 He went on to open their under-
standing of the Word of God, showing
them how to read their Bibles this way.
He said, “You can see now how it is
written that the Messiah suffers, rises
from the dead on the third day, and then
a total life-change through the forgive-
ness of sins is proclaimed in his name
to all nations—starting from here, from
Jerusalem! You’re the first to hear and
see it. You’re the witnesses. What
comes next is very important: I am
sending what my Father promised to
you, so stay here in the city until he
arrives, until you’re equipped with
power from on high.”
50-51 He then led them out of the city
over to Bethany. Raising his hands he
blessed them, and while blessing them,
took his leave, being carried up to
heaven.
52-53 And they were on their knees,
worshiping him. They returned to
Jerusalem bursting with joy. They spent
all their time in the Temple praising God.
Yes.
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• 1792 - The New York Stock Exchange
was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24
brokers.
• 1814 - Denmark ceded Norway to
Sweden. Norway's constitution was
signed.
• 1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was
run at Louisville, KY.
• 1881 - Frederick Douglass was
appointed recorder of deeds for
Washington, DC.
• 1932 - The U.S. Congress changed the
name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico."
• 1940 - Germany occupied Brussels,
Belgium and began the invasion of
France.
• 1948 - The Soviet Union recognized the
new state of Israel.
• 1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously ruled for school integration
in Brown vs. Board of Education of
Topeka, KS. The ruling declared that
racially segregated schools are
inherently unequal.
• 1980 - Rioting erupted in Miami's
Liberty City neighborhood after an all
white jury in Tampa acquitted four
former Miami police officers of fatally
beating black insurance executive
Arthur McDuffie. Eight people were
killed in the rioting.
• 2000 - Austria, the U.S. and six other
countries agreed on the broad outline of
a plan that would compensate Nazi-Era
forced labor.
• 2007 - Trains crossed the border
dividing North and South Korea for the
first time since 1953.
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MONDAY, MAY 18TH —
Pastor Melodee is taking vacation thru
May 25th. In an emergency please call
Bill Umbaugh or Forrest Schnobrich.
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Happy Birthday Mike Noland!
OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.
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• 1642 - Montreal, Canada, was founded.
• 1652 - In Rhode Island, a law was
passed that made slavery illegal in North
America. It was the first law of its kind.
• 1792 - Russian troops invaded Poland.
• 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was
declared emperor by the French Senate.
• 1896 - The U.S. Supreme court upheld
the "separate but equal" policy in the
Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. The ruling
was overturned 58 years later with the
Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
• 1933 - The Tennessee Valley Authority
was created under President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. It provided navigation, flood
control, electricity generation, fertilizer
manufacturing, and general economic
development in the Tennessee Valley, a
region particularly hard hit by the Great
Depression.
• 1980 - Mt. Saint Helens erupted in the
state of Washington. 57 people were
killed and $3 billion in damage done.
• 1998 - The U.S. federal government +
20 states filed a sweeping antitrust case
against Microsoft Corp., saying the
computer software company had a
"choke hold" on competition which
denied consumer choices by controlling
90% of the software market.
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TUESDAY, MAY 19TH —
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON
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• 1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of
England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded
after she was convicted of adultery.
• 1568 - After being defeated by the
Protestants, Mary the Queen of Scots,
fled to England and was imprisoned by
Queen Elizabeth.
• 1643 - Delegates of four New England
colonies met in Boston to form a
confederation.
• 1856 - U.S. Senator Charles Sumner
spoke out against slavery.
• 1935 - T.E. Lawrence "Lawrence of
Arabia" died of injuries in a motorcycle
crash in England.
• 1974 - Erno Rubik invented the puzzle
what would later become known as the
Rubik's Cube.
• 1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution went into effect. This
amendment prohibits Congress from
giving itself midterm pay raises.
• 2003 - Hundreds of Albert Einstein's
scientific papers, personal letters and
humanist essays were make available
on the Internet. Einstein had given the
papers to the Hebrew Universtiy of
Jerusalem in his will.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH —
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON
• DORCAS-RUTH SPECIAL OUTING
DONNA SHEEDER
• CASEY CIRCLE MEETS AT 7 P.M.
• 325 - The Ecumenical council was
inaugurated by Emperor Constantine in
Nicea, Asia Minor.
• 1506 - In Spain, Christopher Columbus
died in poverty.
• 1520 - Hernando Cortez defeated
Spanish troops that had been sent to
defeat him in Mexico.
• 1774 - Britain's Parliament passed the
Coercive Acts meant to punish the
American colonists for their increasing
anti-British behavior.
• 1775 - North Carolina became the first
colony to declare its independence. This
is the date that is on the state flag even
though the date of this event has been
questioned.
•1861 - North Carolina became the 11th
state to secede from the Union.
• 1874 - Levi Strauss began marketing
blue jeans with copper rivets.
• 1899 - Jacob German of New York City
became the first driver to be arrested for
speeding. The posted speed limit was
12 miles per hour.
• 1902 - Cuba gained its independence
from Spain.
• 1941 - Germany invaded Crete.
• 1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope
sent back its first photographs.
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THURSDAY, MAY 21ST—
Happy Birthday John Martin!
Happy Anniversary —
Robert and Jeannie Larson!
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON
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• 996 - Sixteen year old Otto III was
crowned Roman Emperor.
• 1542 - Explorer Hernando de Soto died
along the Mississippi River while he was
searching for gold.
• 1819 - Bicycles were first seen in the
United States, in New York City.
• 1840 - New Zealand was first declared
a British colony.
• 1856 - Lawrence, Kansas was captured
by pro-slavery forces.
• 1881 - The American branch of the Red
Cross was founded by Clara Barton.
• 1934 - Oskaloosa, IA, became the first
city in the U.S. to fingerprint all of its
citizens.
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FRIDAY, MAY 22ND —
Happy Birthday Mary Ann Heckman!
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• 1819 - The Savannah became the first
steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1849 - Abraham Lincoln received a
patent for the floating dry dock
• 1872 - The Amnesty Act restored civil
rights to Southerners.
• 1906 - The Wright brothers received a
patent their flying machine.
• 1947 - The Truman Doctrine was
enacted by the U.S. Congress to
appropriate military and economic aid
to Turkey and Greece.
• 1955 - A scheduled dance to be head-
lined by Fats Domino was canceled by
police in Bridgeport, Connecticut
because "rock and roll was not allowed."
• 1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"
premiered on PBS.
• 1972 - The island of Ceylon adopted a
new constitution and became the
republic of Sri Lanka.
• 1998 - Bolivia was hit with a series of
powerful earthquakes. At least 18 people
were killed. The quakes ranged in
magnitude from 5.9 to 6.8.
• 2002 - In Birmingham, AL, a jury
convicted former Ku Klux Klansman
Bobby Frank Cherry of murder in the
1963 church bombing which killed four
children.
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SATURDAY, MAY 23RD —
AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN IN
CASEY U.M.C. — 9 A.M. TO 11 A.M.
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• 1430 - Joan of Arc was captured by
Burgundians. She was then sold to the
English.
• 1785 - Benjamin Franklin wrote in a
letter that he had invented bifocals.
• 1788 - South Carolina became the
eighth state to ratify U.S. Constitution.
• 1827 - The first nursery school in the
U.S. was established in New York City.
• 1873 - Canada's North West Mounted
Police force was established. The
organization's name was changed to
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920.
•1879 - The first U.S. veterinary school
was initiated by Iowa State University.
• 1900 - Civil War hero Sgt. William H.
Carney became the first African
American to receive the Medal of Honor,
37 years after the Battle of Fort Wagner.
• 1945 - In Luneburg Germany, Heinrich
Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo,
committed suicide while imprisoned by
the Allied forces.
• 1960 - Israel announced the capture of
Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
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• FUTURE FOCUS —————
Sunday, May 24th is Pentecost on the
Christian Calendar.
• May 25th is Memorial Day
Thank you for your contributions thisweek - both muscular and monetary.
It is all very much appreciated.
God Bless and Keep You,
Donna
