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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD —
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON
THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH —
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH —
Iowa Annual Conference for 3 days
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SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH —
— HOLY COMMUNION TODAY —
COLOR: WHITE
For we know that if the earthly tent we
live in is destroyed, we have a building
from God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens.
(2 Corinthians 5:1, NRSV). ———————————————————
SCRIPTURE READINGS —
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1 SAMUEL 8:4-11.
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
The elders of the people ask Samuel to
appoint a king over them so they will be
like the other nations.
together and confronted Samuel at
Ramah. They presented their case:
“Look, you’re an old man, and your
sons aren’t following in your footsteps.
Here’s what we want you to do: Appoint
a king to rule us, just like everybody
else.”
6 When Samuel heard their demand—
“Give us a king to rule us!”—he was
crushed. How awful! Samuel prayed to
God.
7-9 God answered Samuel, “Go ahead
and do what they’re asking. They are not
rejecting you. They’ve rejected me as
their King. From the day I brought them
out of Egypt until this very day they’ve
been behaving like this, leaving me for
other gods. And now they’re doing it to
you. So let them have their own way. But
warn them of what they’re in for. Tell
them the way kings operate, just what
they’re likely to get from a king.”
10-18 So Samuel told them, delivered
God’s warning to the people who were
asking him to give them a king. He said,
“This is the way the kind of king you’re
talking about operates. He’ll take your
sons and make soldiers of them—
charioteers, cavalry, infantry, regimented
in battalions and squadrons. He’ll put
some to forced labor on his farms,
plowing and harvesting, and others to
make either weapons of war or chariots
in which he can ride in luxury. He’ll put
your daughters to work as beauticians
and waitresses and cooks. He’ll
conscript your best fields, vineyards,
and orchards and hand them over to his
special friends. He’ll tax your harvests
and vintage to support his extensive
bureaucracy. Your prize workers and
animals he’ll take for his own use. He’ll
lay a tax on your flocks and you’ll end up
no better than slaves. The day will come
when you cry in desperation because
of this king you so much want for your-
selves. Don’t expect God to answer.”
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PSALM 138 (UMH 853)
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Praising God as source of life and
protection for the people.
A PSALM OF DAVID
1-3 Thank you! Everything in me says
“Thank you!”
Angels listen as I sing my thanks.
I kneel in worship facing your holy
temple
and say it again: “Thank you!”
Thank you for your love,
thank you for your faithfulness;
Most holy is your name,
most holy is your Word.
The moment I called out, you stepped in;
you made my life large with strength.
4-6 When they hear what you have to
say, God,
all earth’s kings will say “Thank you.”
They’ll sing of what you’ve done:
“How great the glory of God!”
And here’s why: God, high above, sees
far below;
no matter the distance, he knows
everything about us.
7-8 When I walk into the thick of trouble,
keep me alive in the angry turmoil.
With one hand strike my foes,
With your other hand save me.
Finish what you started in me, God.
Your love is eternal—don’t quit on me
now.
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2 CORINTHIANS 4:13-5:1
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
We pick up in the middle of Paul's
argument for the validity of his claim to
authority among Christians in Corinth.
Here, Paul notes the kind of suffering
and physical challenges he faces are
signs of the death of Christ at work in
him, that the life of Christ may be made
known to them.
13-15 We’re not keeping this quiet, not
on your life. Just like the psalmist who
wrote, “I believed it, so I said it,” we say
what we believe. And what we believe is
that the One who raised up the Master
Jesus will just as certainly raise us up
with you, alive. Every detail works to
your advantage and to God’s glory:
more and more grace, more and more
people, more and more praise!
16-18 So we’re not giving up. How could
we! Even though on the outside it often
looks like things are falling apart on us,
on the inside, where God is making new
life, not a day goes by without his
unfolding grace. These hard times are
small potatoes compared to the coming
good times, the lavish celebration
prepared for us. There’s far more here
than meets the eye. The things we see
now are here today, gone tomorrow. But
the things we can’t see now will last
forever.
5-1 For instance, we know that when
these bodies of ours are taken down like
tents and folded away, they will be
replaced by resurrection bodies in
heaven—God-made, not handmade—
and we’ll never have to relocate our
“tents” again. Sometimes we can hardly
wait to move—and so we cry out in
frustration. Compared to what’s coming,
living conditions around here seem like
a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and
we’re tired of it! We’ve been given a
glimpse of the real thing, our true home,
our resurrection bodies! The Spirit of
God whets our appetite by giving us a
taste of what’s ahead. He puts a little of
heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never
settle for less.
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MARK 3:20-35
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Jesus' power has become so great (and
wild!) that some begin to accuse him of
casting out demons by the power of
Satan. Even family members come to
try to restrain him. Jesus names
blasphemy against the Holy Spirit as the
only unforgivable sin, and those who do
the will of the Father as his mother,
brothers and sisters.
SATAN FIGHTING SATAN?
20-21 Jesus came home and, as usual,
a crowd gathered—so many making
demands on him that there wasn’t even
time to eat. His friends heard what was
going on and went to rescue him, by
force if necessary. They suspected he
was getting carried away with himself.
22-27 The religion scholars from
Jerusalem came down spreading rumors
that he was working black magic, using
devil tricks to impress them with
spiritual power. Jesus confronted their
slander with a story: “Does it make sense
to send a devil to catch a devil, to use
Satan to get rid of Satan? A constantly
squabbling family disintegrates. If Satan
were fighting Satan, there soon wouldn’t
be any Satan left. Do you think it possible
in broad day-light to enter the house of
an awake, able-bodied man, and walk off
with his possessions unless you tie him
up first? Tie him up, though, and you can
clean him out.
28-30 “Listen to this carefully. I’m
warning you. There’s nothing done or
said that can’t be forgiven. But if you
persist in your slanders against God’s
Holy Spirit, you are repudiating the very
One who forgives, sawing off the branch
on which you’re sitting, severing by your
own perversity all connection with the
One who forgives.” He gave this warning
because they were accusing him of being
in league with Evil.
JESUS’ MOTHER AND BROTHERS
31-32 Just then his mother and brothers
showed up. Standing outside, they
relayed a message that they wanted a
word with him. He was surrounded by
the crowd when he was given the
message, “Your mother and brothers
and sisters are outside looking for you.”
33-35 Jesus responded, “Who do you
think are my mother and brothers?”
Looking around, taking in everyone
seated around him, he said, “Right here,
right in front of you—my mother and my
brothers. Obedience is thicker than
blood. The person who obeys God’s will
is my brother and sister and mother.”
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• 1494 - Spain and Portugal divided the
new lands to the west that they had
discovered, between themselves.
• 1498 - Christopher Columbus left on
his third voyage of exploration.
• 1712 - The Pennsylvania Assembly
banned the importation of slaves.
• 1775 - The United Colonies changed
their name to the United States.
• 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia
proposed to the Continental Congress
a resolution calling for a Declaration of
Independence.
• 1863 - Mexico City was captured by
French troops.
• 1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican
City came into existence as copies of
the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in
Rome.
• 1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine
showed the latest in campus fashions,
which was saddle shoes.
• 1942 - The Battle of Midway Island
ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4
days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser,
and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500
casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown,
the destroyer USS Hammann, 145
aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.
• 1942 - Japanese landed troops on the
islands of Attu and Kiska in the
Aleutians. The United States invaded
• 1948 - The Communists completed the
takeover of Czechoslovakia.
• 2000 - U.S. Federal Judge Thomas
Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup
of Microsoft Corporation.
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MONDAY, JUNE 8TH —
OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.
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• 0452 - Italy was invaded by Attila the
Hun.
• 0793 - The Vikings raided the coast of
England.
• 1790 - The first loan for the United
States was repaid. The Temporary Loan
of 1789 was negotiated and secured on
September 18, 1789 by Alexander
Hamilton.
• 1861 - Tennessee voted to secede from
the Union and joined the Confederacy.
• 1915 - U.S. Secretary of State William
Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagree-
ment over U.S. handling of the sinking
of the Lusitania.
• 1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court out-
lawed segregated restaurants in
Washington, DC.
• 2001 - Marc Chagall's painting "Study
for 'Over Vitebsk" was stolen from the
Jewish Museum in New York City. The
8x10 painting was valued at about $1
million. A group called the International
Committee for Art and Peace later
announced that they would return the
painting after Israelis and Palestinians
made peace.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH —
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
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• 1790 - John Barry copyrighted
"Philadelphia Spelling Book." It was the
first American book to be copyrighted.
• 1861 - Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke
began working in Union hospitals. She
was responsible for establishing 300
field hospitals during the Civil War and
served as a lawyer assisting veterans
and their families with pensions after
the war.
• 1934 - Donald Duck made his debut. It
was in the Silly Symphonies cartoon,
"The Wise Little Hen."
• 1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis
during World War II.
• 1943 - Withholding tax on payrolls was
authorized by the U.S. Congress.
• 1945 - Japanese Premier Suzuki
declared that Japan would fight to the
end rather than accept unconditional
surrender.
• 1978 - Leaders of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints struck down
a 148-year-old policy of excluding black
men from the Mormon priesthood.
• 2000 - Canada and the United States
signed a border security agreement. The
agreement called for the establishment
of a border-enforcement team.
• 2011 - The world's first artificial organ
transplant was performed. It was an
artificial windpipe coated with stem
cells.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH —
Happy Birthday Beverlee Magill!
Happy Anniversary —
Harold and Phyllis Scholl!
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
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AC FOOD PANTRY IN CASEY U.M.C.
6 P.M. TO 8 P.M.
• 1776 - The Continental Congress
appointed a committee to write a
Declaration of Independence.
• 1801 - The North African State of Tripoli
declared war on the U.S. The dispute was
over merchant vessels being able to
travel safely through the Mediterranean.
• 1854 - The U.S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis, MD, held its first graduation.
• 1903 - Binney - Smith Company began
developing a line of wax crayons. The
product was named Crayola.
• 1909 - The SOS distress signal was
used for the first time. The Cunard liner
SS Slavonia used the signal when it was
wrecked off the Azores Islands near
Portugal.
• 1916 - Mecca, under control of Turkey,
fell to Arabia during the Great Arab
Revolt.
• 1943 - Allied troops began bombing
Germany around the clock.
• 1946 - Italy established a republic
replacing its monarchy.
• 1984 - United States and the Vatican
established full diplomatic relations for
the first time in 117 years.
• 1998 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court
ruled that poor children in Milwaukee
could attend religious schools at
taxpayer expense.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH—
Happy Birthday Myrna Whetstone!
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
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• 1770 - Captain James Cook discovered
the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia
when he ran aground there.
• 1776 - In America, the Continental
Congress formed a committee to draft a
Declaration of Independence.
• 1895 - Charles E. Duryea received the
first U.S. patent granted to an American
inventor for a gasoline-driven car.
• 1936 - The Presbyterian Church of
America was formed in Philadelphia, PA.
• 1942 - The U.S. and the Soviet Union
signed a lend lease agreement to aid the
Soviets in their effort in World War II.
• 1947 - The U.S. government announced
an end to sugar rationing.
• 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was
arrested in Florida for trying to integrate
restaurants.
• 1963 - Alabama Gov. George Wallace
allowed two black students to enroll at
the University of Alabama.
• 1987 - Margaret Thatcher became the
first British prime minister in 160 years
to win a third consecutive term of office.
• 1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck
down a law that would prohibit the
desecration of the American Flag.
• 2010 - The FIFA World Cup opened in
South Africa. It was the first time it was
held in Africa.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 12TH —
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• 1099 - Crusade leaders visited the
Mount of Olives.
• 1665 - England installed a municipal
government in New York. This was the
former Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.
• 1838 - The Iowa Territory is organized.
• 1901 - Cuba agreed to become an
American protectorate.
• 1918 - The first airplane bombing raid
by an American unit occurred on World
War I's Western Front in France.
• 1921 - U.S. President Warren Harding
urged every young man to attend
military training camp.
• 1935 - U.S. Senator Huey Long of
Louisiana made the longest speech on
Senate record. The speech took 15 1/2
hours and consisted of 150,000 words.
• 1935 - The Chaco War ended with a
truce. Bolivia and Paraguay had been
for three years.
• 1941 - In London, the Inter-Allied
Declaration was signed. It was the first
step towards the establishment of the
United Nations.
• 1992 - In a letter to the U.S. Senate,
Russian Boris Yeltsin stated that in the
early 1950's the Soviet Union had shot
down nine U.S. planes and held 12
American survivors.
• 2009 - In the United States, The switch
from analog TV transmission to digital
transmission was completed.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH —
Happy Anniversary —
Bob and Dorothy Oaks!
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MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET THAT
WAS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT IS—
POSTPONED UNTIL LATER.
• 1777 - The Marquis de Lafayette came
to the American colonies to help with
their rebellion against the British. He
was a French aristocratic military officer
who fought for the United States during
the Revolutionary War
• 1789 - Ice cream was served to General
George Washington by Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton.
• 1866 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution was passed by the U.S.
Congress. It was ratified on July 9, 1868.
The amendment was designed to grant
citizenship to and protect the civil
liberties of recently freed slaves. It did
this by prohibiting states from denying
or abridging privileges or immunities of
all citizens of the United States. The
states could not deprive any person of
his life, liberty, or property without due
process of law.
• 1920 - The U.S. Post Office Department
ruled that children may not be sent by
parcel post.
• 1940 - Paris was evacuated before the
German advance on the city.
• 1943 - German spies landed on Long
Island, New York. They were very
quickly captured.
• 1967 - Solicitor General Thurgood
Marshall was nominated by President
Lyndon B. Johnson to become the first
black justice on the Supreme Court.
• 1979 - Sioux Indians were awarded
$105 million in compensation for the
U.S. seizure in 1877 of the Black Hills in
South Dakota.
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Thank you for your hard work this week.
You make a big difference in our church
life.
God Bless and Keep You,
Donna
