WEDNESDAY, MAY 19TH —
DORCAS/RUTH CIRCLE @ 9:30 A.M.-LOUISE ARTER
MARTHA CIRCLE - CASEY U.M.C. @ 7 P.M.
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THURSDAY, MAY 20TH
DEBORAH/MARY CIRCLE - CASEY U.M.C. @ 2 P.M.
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SUNDAY, MAY 23RD —
DAY OF PENTECOST
FOR CHURCH SERVICE - WEAR RED
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The whole of the Easter Season leads up to today.
Pentecost is the fiftieth day of Easter - -
Early church has moved from the empty tomb
through forty days of ongoing teaching from the
Risen Lord and then a ten-day prayer vigil following
his ascension. Today, we celebrate the culmination
of Eastertide by welcoming the Spirit of
understanding.
Today is also day is also Heritage Sunday.
SCRIPTURE READINGS:
ACTS 2:1-21
(The Message)
Acts offers the first part of Peter's proclamation on
the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus.
The text is full of imagery and sound scapes:
mighty rushing wind, tongues of fire, people
speaking in many languages, large astounded
multinational crowds, and the clarion voice of Peter.
The Holy Spirit empowers a bold witness for Jesus
in which people in every nation where Judaism had
spread hear the proclamation of the resurrection of
Jesus in their own language.
1 When the Feast of Pentecost came, they were all
together in one place.
2 Without warning there was a sound like a strong wind,
gale force - no one could tell where it came from. It filled
the whole building.
3 Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through
their ranks,
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4 and they started speaking in a number of different
languages as the Spirit prompted them.
5 There were many Jews staying in Jerusalem just then,
devout pilgrims from all over the world.
6 When they heard the sound, they came on the run.
Then when they heard, one after another, their own
mother tongues being spoken, they were thunderstruck.
7 They couldn't for the life of them figure out what was
going on, and kept saying, "Aren't these all Galileans?
8 How come we're hearing them talk in our various
mother tongues?
9 Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; Visitors from
Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia,
10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of
Libya belonging to Cyrene;
11 both Jews and proselytes; Cretans and Arabs!
"They're speaking our languages, describing God's
mighty works!"
12 Their heads were spinning; they couldn't make head
or tail of any of it. They talked back and forth, confused:
"What's going on here?"
13 Others joked, "They're drunk on cheap wine."
14 That's when Peter stood up and, backed by the
other eleven, spoke out with bold urgency: "Fellow
Jews, all of you who are visiting Jerusalem, listen
carefully and get this story straight.
15 These people aren't drunk as some of you suspect.
They haven't had time to get drunk-it's only nine o'clock
in the morning.
16 This is what the prophet Joel announced would
happen:
17 "In the Last Days," God says, "I will pour out my
Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy,
also your daughters; Your young men will see visions,
your old men dream dreams.
18 When the time comes, I'll pour out my Spirit On
those who serve me, men and women both, and they'll
prophesy.
19 I'll set wonders in the sky above and signs on the
earth below, Blood and fire and billowing smoke,
20 the sun turning black and the moon blood-red,
Before the Day of the Lord arrives, the Day tremendous
and marvelous;
21 And whoever calls for help to God, will be saved."
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RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT
A RESPONSIVE PRAYER
In the first breathe out of the womb,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
With the first breath drawn into our lungs this
morning,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
On windy fall days storming down leaves,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
In the spring's waking the landscape,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
By the inspirations that prompt us to do good
and resist evil,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
In the breathing in and out that animates today's
talking, singing and work,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Recalling the story of risen Jesus breathing on
the disciples,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Remembering our baptism and the laying on of
hands,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
In gratefulness for this day's light and life,
WE RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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PSALM 104:24-35 (UMH 826)
(The Message)
Praise to God for the vast variety of all creatures,
a parallel of praise for people of all nations who are
regathered in Christ at Pentecost.
24 What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all,
with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with
your wonderful creations.
25 Oh, look - the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish
past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon.
26 Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet
dragon, romps in them.
27 All the creatures look expectantly to you to give
them their meals on time.
28 You come, and they gather around; you open your
hand and they eat from it.
29 If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute -
Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original
mud;
30 Send out your Spirit and they spring to life - the
whole countryside in bloom and blossom.
31 The glory of God - let it last forever! Let God enjoy
his creation!
32 He takes one look at earth and triggers an
earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and
volcanoes erupt.
33 Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns
to my God as long as I live!
34 Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be
singing to God.
35 But clear the ground of sinners - no more godless
men and women! O my soul, bless God!
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ROMANS 8:14-17
(The Message)
The Holy Spirit bears witness that we are free,
adopted as God's own children, and heirs of
God's promises as we suffer with Christ as his
body. We experience the blessings of our
adoption as God's children, witness to it in the
power of the Spirit in worship, and hope in a
legacy from God in Christ. Theology in this is a
description of the relationships of the persons
of the Holy Trinity with each other and with us.
The Father is known in the Son through the
works of the Son. The Son calls upon the Father
to send the Spirit, to dwell in us.
The practical side of this text calls us to:
• do the works of Jesus, • (works)
• obey his commandments, • (obedience)
• pray for what we need, to do his will. • (prayer)
14 God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do
and places to go!
15 This resurrection life you received from God is not
a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant,
greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?"
16 God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who
we really are. We know who he is, and we know who
we are: Father and children.
17 And we know we are going to get what's coming to
us - an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly
what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard
times with him, then we're certainly going to go through
the good times with him!
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JOHN 14:8-17 (24-27)
(The Message)
In the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth,
disciples of Jesus will continue the works of Jesus
and even greater works than these.
Philip said "Show us the Father." It was a corporal
sight of him he asked for; a sight of the glory of God
such as Moses desired, as did the elders of Israel at
Mount Sinai. If this could be obtained, it would give
them full satisfaction.
8 Philip said, "Master, show us the Father; then we'll
be content."
9 "You've been with me all this time, Philip, and you
still don't understand? To see me is to see the Father.
So how can you ask, 'Where is the Father?'
10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the
Father is in me? The words that I speak to you aren't
mere words. I don't just make them up on my own.
The Father who resides in me crafts each word into
a divine act.
11 "Believe me: I am in my Father and my Father is
in me. If you can't believe that, believe what you see
- these works.
12 The person who trusts me will not only do what
I'm doing but even greater things, because I, on my
way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do
that I've been doing. You can count on it.
13 From now on, whatever you request along the lines
of who I am and what I am doing, I'll do it. That's how
the Father will be seen for who he is in the Son.
I mean it.
14 Whatever you request in this way, I'll do.
15 "If you love me, show it by doing what I've told you.
16 I will talk to the Father, and he'll provide you another
Friend so that you will always have someone with you.
17 This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world
can't take him in because it doesn't have eyes to see
him, doesn't know what to look for. But you know him
already because he has been staying with you, and will
even be in you!
24 Not loving me means not keeping my words. The
message you are hearing isn't mine. It's the message
of the Father who sent me.
25 "I'm telling you these things while I'm still with you.
26 The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will
send at my request, will make everything plain to you.
He will remind you of all the things I have told you.
27 I'm leaving you well and whole. That's my parting
gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're
used to being left - feeling abandoned, bereft.
So don't be upset. Don't be distraught.
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MONDAY, MAY 24TH —
This is Pastor Lynn's and Naomi's day off.
The office will be closed today.
We will be knitting today at Casey U.M.C. Plan to
meet about 2 P.M. >> EVERYONE IS WELCOME <<
THIS IS ALDERSGATE DAY.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT DAY IN ENGLAND BECAUSE
THE WESLEYS FOUNDED THE METHODIST CHURCH
THERE.
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TUESDAY, MAY 25TH —
BIBLE STUDY WILL MEET IN ADAIR U.M.C @ 9 A.M.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH —
Ad Council Meeting -Adair U.M.C. CANCELED
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THURSDAY, MAY 27TH —
T.T.T. #2 MEETS AT 9:30 A.M.
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SATURDAY, MAY 29TH —
Lavonne Mowry's Memorial Service will be at 10 A.M.
in Casey U.M.C.
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FOCUS ON THE FUTURE —
• A gentle reminder that Annual Conference will be
held from June 5th through June 8th. I know! where
did the year go?
Sunday, June 6th of that week the Gideons will hold
church services for us.
A REMINDER THAT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
THIS YEAR WILL HAVE A SUPER HERO THEME —
>>> HERO HEADQUARTERS <<<
We have our ears to the ground, listening for potential
Bible School volunteers. (I hear someone coming)
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We received Thank You Cards for fulfilling our UMCOR
pledge. We met our obligation 100%. Thank you all
for filling out that pledge.
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We have received an Ingathering Grant of $500 to be
used to provide food for the needy. We will discuss
how best to utilize this grant, so if you have a
suggestion,
NOW'S THE TIME TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.
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Thank you all for the rolls you play; thank you for the
responsibilities you shoulder, and for the endless
duties you complete. It really is a graceful dance
you all perform.
God Bless and Keep you,
Pastor Lynn
