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THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH —
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH —
Pastor Melodee going to
Iowa Annual Conference
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SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH —
Happy Birthday Bob Oaks!
Happy Birthday Harold Scholl!
Happy Birthday Tom Vorrath!
CHURCH ON THE LAWN AT CASEY UMC
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
COLOR: WHITE
It started with a 19-year-old teacher in
Wisconsin more than a century ago,
according to the National Flag Day
Foundation.
On June 14, 1885, Bernard J. Cigrand
put a flag in a bottle on his desk at Stony
Hill School and had his students write
essays about the flag - at the time, with
38 stars - and what it means. Mr. Cigrand
didn't pick the date randomly. Congress
adopted the Stars and Stripes as the flag
for a young United States June 14, 1777.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson
issued a proclamation that officially
established June 14 as Flag Day;
in August 1949, National Flag Day was
established by an Act of Congress.
It took a long time for Flag Day to come
about.
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"With what can we compare the kingdom
of God? What parable will we use for it?
It is like a mustard seed, which, when
sown upon the ground, is the smallest
of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is
sown it grows up and becomes one of
the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth
large branches, so that the birds of the
air can make nests in its shade"
(Mark 4:30-32).
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SCRIPTURE READINGS —
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1 SAMUEL 15:34-16:13
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
The Lord interrupts Samuel's grief over
Saul's many failures and sends him to
Jesse of Bethlehem to anoint one of his
sons as the Lord would show him.
34-35 Samuel left immediately for
Ramah and Saul went home to Gibeah.
Samuel had nothing to do with Saul
from then on, though he grieved long
and deeply over him. But God was
sorry he had ever made Saul king in
the first place.
16 God addressed Samuel: “So, how
long are you going to mope over Saul?
You know I’ve rejected him as king
over Israel. Fill your flask with
anointing oil and get going. I’m
sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I’ve
spotted the very king I want among his
sons.”
2-3 “I can’t do that,” said Samuel. “Saul
will hear about it and kill me.”
God said, “Take a heifer with you and
announce, ‘I’ve come to lead you in
worship of God, with this heifer as a
sacrifice.’ Make sure Jesse gets invited.
I’ll let you know what to do next. I’ll
point out the one you are to anoint.”
4 Samuel did what God told him. When
he arrived at Bethlehem, the town
fathers greeted him, but apprehensively.
“Is there something wrong?”
5 “Nothing’s wrong. I’ve come to
sacrifice this heifer and lead you in the
worship of God. Prepare yourselves, be
consecrated, and join me in worship.”
He made sure Jesse and his sons were
also consecrated and called to worship.
6 When they arrived, Samuel took one
look at Eliab and thought, “Here he is!
God’s anointed!”
7 But God told Samuel, “Looks aren’t
everything. Don’t be impressed with his
looks and stature. I’ve already eliminated
him. God judges persons differently than
humans do. Men and women look at the
face; God looks into the heart.”
8 Jesse then called up Abinadab and
presented him to Samuel. Samuel said,
“This man isn’t God’s choice either.”
9 Next Jesse presented Shammah.
Samuel said, “No, this man isn’t either.”
10 Jesse presented his seven sons to
Samuel. Samuel was blunt with Jesse,
“God hasn’t chosen any of these.”
11 Then he asked Jesse, “Is this it? Are
there no more sons?”
“Well, yes, there’s the runt. But he’s out
tending the sheep.”
Samuel ordered Jesse, “Go get him.
We’re not moving from this spot until
he’s here.”
12 Jesse sent for him. He was brought
in, the very picture of health—bright-
eyed, good-looking.
God said, “Up on your feet! Anoint him!
This is the one.”
13 Samuel took his flask of oil and
anointed him, with his brothers standing
around watching. The Spirit of God
entered David like a rush of wind, God
vitally empowering him for the rest of his
life.
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PSALM 20 OR
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
A PSALM OF DAVID
1-4 God answer you on the day you
crash,
The name God-of-Jacob put you out of
harm’s reach,
Send reinforcements from Holy Hill,
Dispatch from Zion fresh supplies,
Exclaim over your offerings,
Celebrate your sacrifices,
Give you what your heart desires,
Accomplish your plans.
5 When you win, we plan to raise the
roof
and lead the parade with our
banners.
May all your wishes come true!
6 That clinches it—help’s coming,
an answer’s on the way,
everything’s going to work out.
7-8 See those people polishing their
chariots,
and those others grooming their
horses?
But we’re making garlands for God
our God.
The chariots will rust,
those horses pull up lame—
and we’ll be on our feet, standing tall.
9 Make the king a winner, God;
the day we call, give us your answer.
OR PSALM 92 (UMH 811)
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
A SABBATH SONG
1-3 What a beautiful thing, God, to give
thanks,
to sing an anthem to you, the High God!
To announce your love each daybreak,
sing your faithful presence all through
the night,
Accompanied by dulcimer and harp,
the full-bodied music of strings.
4-9 You made me so happy, God
I saw your work and I shouted for joy.
How magnificent your work, God!
How profound your thoughts!
Dullards never notice what you do;
fools never do get it.
When the wicked popped up like weeds
and all the evil men and women took
over,
You mowed them down,
finished them off once and for all.
You, God, are High and Eternal.
Look at your enemies, God!
Look at your enemies—ruined!
Scattered to the winds, all those
hirelings of evil!
10-14 But you’ve made me strong as a
charging bison,
you’ve honored me with a festive
parade.
The sight of my critics going down is
still fresh,
the rout of my malicious detractors.
My ears are filled with the sounds of
promise:
“Good people will prosper like palm
trees,
Grow tall like Lebanon cedars;
transplanted to God’s courtyard,
They’ll grow tall in the presence of God,
lithe and green, virile still in old age.”
15 Such witnesses to upright God!
My Mountain, my huge, holy
Mountain!
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2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-17
Since we are in Christ, a new creation,
we are empowered to live for him.
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
6-8 That’s why we live with such good
cheer. You won’t see us drooping our
heads or dragging our feet! Cramped
conditions here don’t get us down. They
only remind us of the spacious living
conditions ahead. It’s what we trust in
but don’t yet see that keeps us going.
Do you suppose a few ruts in the road
or rocks in the path are going to stop
us? When the time comes, we’ll be
plenty ready to exchange exile for home-
coming.
9-10 But neither exile nor homecoming
is the main thing. Cheerfully pleasing
God is the main thing, and that’s what
we aim to do, regardless of our
conditions. Sooner or later we’ll all have
to face God, regardless of our
conditions. We will appear before Christ
and take what’s coming to us as a result
of our actions, either good or bad.
11-14 That keeps us vigilant, you can be
sure. It’s no light thing to know that we’ll
all one day stand in that place of
Judgment. That’s why we work urgently
with everyone we meet to get them ready
to face God. God alone knows how well
we do this, but I hope you realize how
much and deeply we care. We’re not
saying this to make ourselves look good
to you. We just thought it would make
you feel good, proud even, that we’re on
your side and not just nice to your face
as so many people are. If I acted crazy, I
did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I
did it for you. Christ’s love has moved
me to such extremes. His love has the
first and last word in everything we do.
A NEW LIFE
14-15 Our firm decision is to work from
this focused center: One man died for
everyone. That puts everyone in the
same boat. He included everyone in his
death so that everyone could also be
included in his life, a resurrection life, a
far better life than people ever lived on
their own.
16-20 Because of this decision we don’t
evaluate people by what they have or
how they look. We looked at the Messiah
that way once and got it all wrong, as
you know. We certainly don’t look at him
that way anymore. Now we look inside,
and what we see is that anyone united
with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is
created new. The old life is gone; a new
life burgeons! Look at it! All this comes
from the God who settled the relation-
ship between us and him, and then
called us to settle our relationships with
each other. God put the world square
with himself through the Messiah, giving
the world a fresh start by offering
forgiveness of sins. God has given us
the task of telling everyone what he is
doing. We’re Christ’s representatives.
God uses us to persuade men and
women to drop their differences and
enter into God’s work of making things
right between them. We’re speaking for
Christ himself now: Become friends with
God; he’s already a friend with you.
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MARK 4:26-34
THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Two parables of the kingdom of God—
seed scattered that takes root, grows,
and leads to harvest, and mustard weed
—a woody, fast growing and spreading,
persistent nuisance in Middle Eastern
fields much like kudzu in the U.S. South
or pokeweed in the Midwest.
NEVER WITHOUT A STORY
26-29 Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom
is like seed thrown on a field by a man
who then goes to bed and forgets about it.
idea how it happens. The earth does
it all without his help: first a green stem
of grass, then a bud, then the ripened
grain. When the grain is fully formed, he
reaps—harvest time!
What kind of story can we use?
It’s like a pine nut. When it lands
on the ground it is quite small as seeds
go, yet once it is planted it grows into a
huge pine tree with thick branches.
Eagles nest in it.”
33-34 With many stories like these, he
presented his message to them, fitting
the stories to their experience and
maturity. He was never without a story
when he spoke. When he was alone with
his disciples, he went over everything,
sorting out the tangles, untying knots.
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• 1775 - The Continental Army is
founded by the Second Continental
Congress for purposes of common
defense. This event is considered to be
the birth of the United States Army. On
June 15, George Washington was
appointed commander-in-chief.
• 1777 - The Continental Congress in
Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and
Stripes" as national flag of the United
States. The Flag Resolution stated
"Resolved: that the flag of the United
States be made of thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white; that the union
be thirteen stars, white in a blue field,
representing a new Constellation."
• May 20, 1916, President Woodrow
Wilson officially proclaimed June 14
"FLAG DAY" as a commemoration of
the "Stars and Stripes."
• 1789 - Captain William Bligh, Captain
of the HMS Bounty arrived in Timor in a
small boat.
• 1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received
a patent for his reaping machine.
It was pulled by horses.
We have come a very long way.
• 1900 - Hawaii became a U.S. territory.
• 1907 - Women in Norway won the right to vote.
• 1940 - The Nazis opened their
concentration camp at Auschwitz in
German-occupied Poland.
• 1940 - German troops entered Paris. As
Paris became occupied, loud speakers
announced the effect of a curfew being
imposed for 8 p.m.
• 1951 - "Univac I" was unveiled. It was
a computer designed for the U.S. Census
Bureau and billed as the world's first
commercial computer. The machine was
25 feet by 50 feet in length, contained
5,600 tubes, 18,000 crystal diodes, and
300 relays. It utilized serial circuitry, 2.25
MHz bit rate, and had an internal storage
capacity of 1,000 words or 12,000
characters. We have come a long way.
• 1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower
signed an order adding the words "under
God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
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MONDAY, JUNE 15TH —
Happy Birthday Ryne Noland!
Happy Anniversary John and Rita Elgin!
OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.
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• 1215 - King John of England put his
seal on the Magna Carta.
"Democratic aspiration is no recent
phase in human history . . It was written
into the Magna Carta."
--Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his 1941
Inaugural address.
The Magna Carta is now 800 years old.
• 1607 - Colonists in North America
completed James Fort in Jamestown,
Virginia.
• 1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented
by flying a kite during a thunderstorm.
The result was a little spark that showed
the relationship between lightning and
electricity.
• 1836 - Arkansas became the 25th state
in the union.
• 1864 - An order to establish a military
burial ground was signed by Secretary
of War Edwin M. Stanton. The location
later became known as Arlington
National Cemetery.
• 1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson
signed a bill incorporating Boy Scouts
of America.
• 1940 - The French fortress of Verdun
was captured by Germans.
• 1994 - Israel and the Vatican
established full diplomatic relations.
• 1897 - The U.S. government signed a
treaty of annexation with Hawaii
• 1932 - The ban on Nazi storm troopers
was lifted by the von Papen government
in Germany.
• 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ordered the closure of all German
consulates in the United States.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH —
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
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• 0455 - Rome was sacked by the Vandal
army. Long ago the Vandal warriors, a
Germanic tribe, established a kingdom
in North Africa as their base for raiding
the Mediterranean Sea. The Vandals
helped bring about the Roman Empire’s
decline.
• 1858 - In a speech in Springfield,
Illinois, U.S. Senate candidate Abraham
Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be
resolved. He declared, "A house divided
against itself cannot stand."
• 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ordered the closure of all German
consulates in the United States.
•1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defected from
the Soviet Union while in Paris, traveling
with the Leningrad Kirov Ballet.
• 1996 - Russia voters had their first
independent presidential election. Boris
Yeltsin was the winner after a run-off.
• 1999 - The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
said that a 1992 federal music piracy law
does not prohibit a palm-sized device
that can download high-quality digital
music files from the Internet and play
them at home.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH —
Happy Birthday Vickie Carney!
Happy Birthday Diana Young!———————————————————
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
with the Leningrad Kirov Ballet.
• 1996 - Russia voters had their first
independent presidential election. Boris
Yeltsin was the winner after a run-off.
• 1999 - The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
said that a 1992 federal music piracy law
does not prohibit a palm-sized device
that can download high-quality digital
music files from the Internet and play
them at home.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH —
Happy Birthday Vickie Carney!
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OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
• DORCAS/RUTH CIRCLE AT 1:30 P.M.
• ESTHER CIRCLE AT 1:30 P.M.
Hostess: Mary Ann Heckman
AT 7 P.M.
• 0362 - Emperor Julian issued an edict
banning Christians from teaching in
Syria.
• 1579 - Sir Francis Drake claimed San
Francisco Bay for England.
• 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in
New York City aboard French ship Isere.
• 1953 - Soviet tanks fought thousands of
Berlin workers that were rioting against
the East German government.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH—
Happy Birthday Clay Larson!
OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.
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• 1778 - England evacuated Philadelphia
during the U.S. Revolutionary War.
• 1812 - The War of 1812 began as the
United States declared war against
England. The conflict began over trade
restrictions.
• 1815 - At the Battle of Waterloo,
Napoleon is defeated by an international
army under the Duke of Wellington.
Napoleon abdicated on June 22.
• 1873 - Susan B. Anthony was fined
$100 for attempting to vote for a United
States President.
• 1942 - The U.S. Navy commissioned its
first black officer, Harvard University
medical student Bernard W. Robinson.
• 1953 - Egypt was now proclaimed to be
a republic with General Neguib as its
first president.
• 1959 - A Federal Court annulled the
Arkansas law allowing school closings
to prevent integration.
• 1982 - The U.S. Senate approved the
renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
for an additional twenty-five years.
• 1998 - "The Boston Globe" asked
Patricia Smith to resign after she
admitted to inventing people and quotes
in four of her recent news columns.
• 2009 - Greenland assumed control over
its law enforcement, judicial affairs, and
natural resources from the Kingdom of
Denmark. Greenlandic became the
official language.
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• 1586 - English colonists sailed away
from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to
establish England's first permanent
settlement in America.
• 1778 - General George Washington's
troops finally left Valley Forge after a
winter of training.
• 1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
outlined his Emancipation Proclamation,
which outlawed slavery in U.S. territory.
• 1867 - In New York, the Belmont Stakes
was run for the first time.
• 1903 - A young school teacher, Benito
Mussolini, was placed under close
investigation by police in Bern,
Switzerland.
• 1910 - The first Father's Day was
celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
• 1912 - The U.S. government established
the 8-hour work day.
• 1934 - The U.S. National Archives and
Records Administration was established.
• 1934 - The U.S. Congress established
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC). The commission was to regulate
radio and (later) TV broadcasting.
• 1942 - British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill arrived in Washington, DC, to
discuss the invasion of North Africa with
U.S. President Roosevelt.
• 1943 - Henry Kissinger became a
naturalized United States citizen.
• 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was
approved after surviving an 83-day
filibuster in the U.S. Senate.
• 1998 - A study released says that
smoking more than doubles risks of
developing dementia and Alzheimer's.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH —
Happy Anniversary —
Doug and Lonnie Harris———————————————————
Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under
one monarch.
• 1756 - In India, 150 British soldiers
were imprisoned in a cell that became
known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta."
• 1863 - West Virginia became the 35th
state to join the Union.
• 1950 - Willie Mays graduated from high
school and immediately signed with the
New York Giants.
• 1983 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled
that employers must treat male and
female workers equally in providing
health benefits for their spouses.
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Thank you for your contributions to our
church life this week. You are very
very much appreciated.
God Bless and Keep You,
Donna
