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photos of the people in the Adair and Casey United Methodist ChurchesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-51913023170001994062015-08-30T14:38:00.000-07:002015-09-01T12:17:51.482-07:00OUR WEEK - SEPTEMBER 6TH THRU SEPTEMBER 12TH<b>REMINDERS —<br />WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />ADAIR U.M.W. MEETS AT 1:30 P.M. </b><br />
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<b> ——————————————————— <br /><span style="color: blue;">AD COUNCIL AT CASEY U.M.C.</span><br />• Casey Council at 7 P.M.<br />• Adair Council at 7:45 P.M.<br />• Combined Councils after.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH —<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Keith and Karla Caltrider!<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Joe and Glenda Moore!<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Tony and Sheryl Richter!<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Dave and Debie Stolk!<br />15TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br /><span style="color: #38761d;">COLOR: GREEN</span><br />Jesus goes to Lebanon for a vacation <br />and there encounters a local woman <br />whose begging ultimately convinces <br />him to free her daughter from a demon. <br />Returning to Galilee, and re-entering the <br />region of the Decapolis.<br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />PROVERBS 22:1-9, 22-23<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)</b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">About wealth, justice, generosity and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the poor.</span></b><br />
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<b>CURE COMES THROUGH DISCIPLINE</b><br />
<b>1</b> A sterling reputation is better than <br />
striking it rich;<br />
a gracious spirit is better than money <br />
in the bank.<br />
<b><br />2</b> The rich and the poor shake hands as <br />
equals—<br />
God made them both!<br />
<br />
<b>3</b> A prudent person sees trouble coming <br />
and ducks;<br />
a simpleton walks in blindly and is <br />
clobbered.<br />
<br />
<b>4</b> The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-<br />
God<br />
is plenty and honor and a satisfying <br />
life.<br />
<br />
<b>5</b> The perverse travel a dangerous road, <br />
potholed and mud-slick;<br />
if you know what’s good for you, stay <br />
clear of it.<br />
<br />
<b>6</b> Point your kids in the right direction—<br />
when they’re old they won’t be lost.<br />
<br />
<b>7</b> The poor are always ruled over by the <br />
rich,<br />
so don’t borrow and put yourself <br />
under their power.<br />
<br />
<b>8</b> Whoever sows sin reaps weeds,<br />
and bullying anger sputters into <br />
nothing.<br />
<br />
<b>9</b> Generous hands are blessed hands<br />
because they give bread to the poor.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 125<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">God's protection for the righteous.</span><br /><br />A PILGRIM SONG<br />1-5</b> Those who trust in God<br />
are like Zion Mountain:<br />
Nothing can move it, a rock-solid <br />
mountain<br />
you can always depend on.<br />
Mountains encircle Jerusalem,<br />
and God encircles his people—<br />
always has and always will.<br />
The fist of the wicked<br />
will never violate<br />
What is due the righteous,<br />
provoking wrongful violence.<br />
Be good to your good people, God,<br />
to those whose hearts are right!<br />
God will round up the backsliders,<br />
corral them with the incorrigibles.<br />
Peace over Israel!<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JAMES 2:1-17<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">God has enabled the poor to be rich in </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">faith, but the rich have often exercised </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">their power to oppress people and keep </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">them poor. Disciples of Jesus must take </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">direct action—not just have good </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">intentions-- to relieve the needs of the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">poor. "Faith without works is dead."</span><br /><br />THE ROYAL RULE OF LOVE</b><br />
<b>1-4</b> My dear friends, don’t let public <br />
opinion influence how you live out our <br />
glorious, Christ-originated faith. If a man <br />
enters your church wearing an <br />
expensive suit, and a street person <br />
wearing rags comes in right after him, <br />
and you say to the man in the suit, “Sit <br />
here, sir; this is the best seat in the <br />
house!” and either ignore the street <br />
person or say, “Better sit here in the <br />
back row,” haven’t you segregated <br />
God’s children and proved that you are <br />
judges who can’t be trusted?<br />
<b>5-7</b> Listen, dear friends. Isn’t it clear by <br />
now that God operates quite differently? <br />
He chose the world’s down-and-out as <br />
the kingdom’s first citizens, with full <br />
rights and privileges. This kingdom is <br />
promised to anyone who loves God. And <br />
here you are abusing these same <br />
citizens! Isn’t it the high and mighty who <br />
exploit you, who use the courts to rob <br />
you blind? Aren’t they the ones who <br />
scorn the new name—“Christian”—used <br />
in your baptisms?<br />
<b>8-11</b> You do well when you complete the <br />
Royal Rule of the Scriptures: “Love <br />
others as you love yourself.” But if you <br />
play up to these so-called important <br />
people, you go against the Rule and <br />
stand convicted by it. You can’t pick and <br />
choose in these things, specializing in <br />
keeping one or two things in God’s law <br />
and ignoring others. The same God who <br />
said, “Don’t commit adultery,” also said, <br />
“Don’t murder.” If you don’t commit <br />
adultery but go ahead and murder, do <br />
you think your non-adultery will cancel <br />
out your murder? No, you’re a murderer, <br />
period.<br />
<b>12-13</b> Talk and act like a person <br />
expecting to be judged by the Rule that <br />
sets us free. For if you refuse to act <br />
kindly, you can hardly expect to be <br />
treated kindly. Kind mercy wins over <br />
harsh judgment every time. <br />
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<b>FAITH IN ACTION</b><br />
<b>14-17</b> Dear friends, do you think you’ll <br />
get anywhere in this if you learn all the <br />
right words but never do anything? <br />
Does merely talking about faith indicate <br />
that a person really has it? For instance, <br />
you come upon an old friend dressed in <br />
rags and half-starved and say, “Good <br />
morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be <br />
filled with the Holy Spirit!” and walk off <br />
without providing so much as a coat or <br />
a cup of soup—where does that get <br />
you? Isn’t it obvious that God-talk with-<br />
out God-acts is outrageous nonsense?<br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />MARK 7:24-37<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus goes to Lebanon for a vacation </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and there encounters a local woman </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">whose begging ultimately convinces </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">him to free her daughter from a demon. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Returning to Galilee, and re-entering the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">region of the Decapolis (where he had </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">cast out a legion of demons), Jesus </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">heals a man who could not hear or </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">speak. The more he ordered others not </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to speak of this, the more they spread it </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">abroad.</span></b><br />
<b>24-26</b> From there Jesus set out for the <br />
vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house <br />
there where he didn’t think he would be <br />
found, but he couldn’t escape notice. He <br />
was barely inside when a woman who <br />
had a disturbed daughter heard where <br />
he was. She came and knelt at his feet, <br />
begging for help. The woman was <br />
Greek, Syro-Phoenician by birth. <br />
She asked him to cure her daughter.<br />
<b>27</b> He said, “Stand in line and take your <br />
turn. The children get fed first. If there’s <br />
any left over, the dogs get it.”<br />
<b>28</b> She said, “Of course, Master. But <br />
don’t dogs under the table get scraps <br />
dropped by the children?”<br />
<b>29-30</b> Jesus was impressed. “You’re <br />
right! On your way! Your daughter is no <br />
longer disturbed. The demonic affliction <br />
is gone.” She went home and found her <br />
daughter relaxed on the bed, the <br />
torment gone for good.<br />
<b>31-35</b> Then he left the region of Tyre, <br />
went through Sidon back to Galilee Lake <br />
and over to the district of the Ten Towns. <br />
Some people brought a man who could <br />
neither hear nor speak and asked Jesus <br />
to lay a healing hand on him. He took <br />
the man off by himself, put his fingers in <br />
the man’s ears and some spit on the <br />
man’s tongue. Then Jesus looked up in <br />
prayer, groaned mightily, and <br />
commanded, “Ephphatha!—Open up!” <br />
And it happened. The man’s hearing is <br />
clear and his speech plain just like that.<br />
<b>36-37</b> Jesus urged them to keep it quiet, <br />
but they talked it up all the more, beside <br />
themselves with excitement. “He’s done <br />
it all and done it well. He gives hearing <br />
to the deaf, speech to the speechless.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1620 - Pilgrims left on the Mayflower <br />from Plymouth, England to settle in the <br />New World.<br />• 1837 - The Oberlin College of Ohio <br />went co-educational.<br />• 1876 - The Southern Pacific rail line <br />from Los Angeles to San Francisco was <br />completed.<br />• 1899 - Carnation processed its first <br />evaporated milk.<br />• 1901 - U.S. President William McKinley <br />was shot and mortally wounded. He died <br />eight days later. He was shot by Leon <br />Czolgosz, an American anarchist, who <br />was executed the following October.<br />• 1909 - Robert Peary, American explorer, <br />had sent word that he had reached the <br />North Pole. Actually, he reached his goal <br />five months earlier.<br />• 1941 - Jews in all German-occupied <br />areas were ordered to wear the Star of <br />David with the word "Jew" inscribed.<br />• 1943 - The youngest player to appear <br />in an American League baseball game <br />was pitcher Carl Scheib of the <br />Philadelphia Athletics. Scheib was 16 <br />years old.<br />• 1975 - Tennis player Martina <br />Navratilova requested political asylum <br />while in New York for the U.S. Open <br />Tennis Tournament.<br />• 1990 - Iraq warned that anyone trying <br />to flee the country without permission <br />would be put in prison for life.<br />• 1991 - The name St. Petersburg was <br />restored to Russia's second largest city. <br />The city was founded in 1703 by Peter <br />the Great. The name has been changed <br />to Petrograd (1914) and to Leningrad in <br />(1924).<br />• 1993 - Renault of France and Volvo of <br />Sweden announced they were merging. <br />Volvo canceled the deal the following <br />December.<br />• 2000 - The U.N. Millennium Summit <br />began in New York. It was the largest <br />gathering of world leaders in history <br />with more than 150 countries present.<br />• 2001 - Ebay Inc. was found not liable <br />for copyright infringement because <br />bootleg copies of a Charles Manson <br />documentary had been sold on the site.<br />• 2002 - In New York, the U.S. Congress <br />convened at Federal Hall to express the <br />nation's mourning for the losses on <br />September 11, 2001 and unity in the war<br /> against terrorism. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH —<br />Happy Birthday Ron Keating!<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Bob and Margaret Sullins!<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br /> <span style="color: blue;"> BIBLE AND BREW BIBLE STUDY —</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;"> IN CASEY U.M.C. AT 10:30 A.M.</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;"> IN ADAIR U.M.C. AT 7 P.M.</span></b><br />
<b>THIS IS LABOR DAY. WE HONOR ALL </b><br />
<b>OF THE INDUSTRIOUS, DEDICATED, </b><br />
<b>COMMITTED, DRIVEN PEOPLE WHO </b><br />
<b>CAME BEFORE US AND MADE THIS </b><br />
<b>COUNTRY WHAT IT IS TODAY. </b><br />
<b>ALL LABORERS, WE SALUTE YOU! </b><br />
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<b> ———————————————————<br />• 1812 - Napoleon of France defeated the <br />Russian army of Alexander I at the battle <br />of Borodino.<br />• 1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was <br />first used as a symbolic reference to the <br />United States. The reference appeared in <br />New York's Troy Post.<br />• 1888 - Edith Eleanor McLean was the <br />first baby ever to be placed in an <br />incubator.<br />• 1915 - Johnny Gruelle received a patent <br />for the Raggedy Ann doll. <br />(U.S. Patent D47789)<br />• 1940 - London received its first rain of <br />bombs from Nazi Germany during World <br />War II.<br />• 1942 - During World War II, the Russian <br />army counter attacked German troops <br />outside the city of Stalingrad. <br />• 1977 - The Panama Canal treaties were <br />signed by U.S. President Carter and <br />General Omar Torrijos Herrera. The <br />treaties called for the U.S. to give control <br />of the canal's waterway to Panama in the <br />year 2000.<br />• 1986 - Desmond Tutu is the first black <br />to be installed to lead the Anglican <br />Church in southern Africa.<br />• 1989 - Legislation was approved by the <br />U.S. Senate that prohibited all <br />discrimination against the handicapped <br />in employment, public accommodations, <br />transportation and in communications.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH —<br />Happy Birthday London Vais!<br />Happy Birthday Joann Morris! </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1565 - A Spanish expedition <br />established a first permanent European <br />settlement in North America at the <br />present-day city of St. Augustine, <br />Florida.<br />• 1664 - Today the Dutch surrendered <br />New Amsterdam to the British, who then <br />renamed it New York.<br />• 1945 - Bess Myerson of New York was <br />crowned Miss America. She is the very <br />first Jewish contestant to win the title.<br />• 1973 - Hank Aaron hit his 709th home <br />run.<br />• 1975 - In Boston, MA, public schools <br />began their court-ordered citywide <br />busing program amid scattered <br />incidents of violence.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />AC FOOD PANTRY AT CASEY U.M.C.<br />OPEN 6 TO 8 P.M. </b><br />
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<b> ———————————————————<br />• 1776 - Second Continental Congress <br />officially used the term "United States", <br />to replace the previous term of <br />"United Colonies."<br />• 1836 - Abraham Lincoln received his <br />license to practice law.<br />• 1850 - California became the 31st state <br />to join the union.<br />• 1898 - In Omaha, Nebraska, Tommy <br />Fleming of Eau Claire, Wisconsin won <br />the very first logrolling championship.<br />• 1942 - Japan dropped incendiaries in <br />an attempt to set fire to the forests in <br />Oregon and Washington. The forests did <br />not ignite.<br />• 1957 - The first civil rights bill to pass <br />Congress since the Reconstruction was <br />signed into law by U.S. President Dwight <br />Eisenhower.<br />• 1994 - The U.S. agreed to accept about <br />20,000 Cuban immigrants a year. This <br />was in return for Cuba's promise to halt <br />the flight of massive hoards of refugees.<br />• 1998 - Four tourists who had paid <br />$32,500 each were taken in a submarine <br />down to view the wreckage of the Titanic. <br />The ship is 2 miles below the Atlantic off <br />the coast of Newfoundland.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1608 - John Smith is elected president <br />of the Jamestown, Virginia council.<br />• 1794 - The first non-denominational <br />college in America was charted. Blount <br />College later became the University of <br />Tennessee.<br />• 1899 - A second earthquake in seven <br />days hit Yakutat Bay, Alaska. <br />It measured 8.6.<br />• 1913 - The Lincoln Highway opened. It <br />was the first paved coast-to-coast high-<br />way in the United States.<br />• 1919 - New York City welcomed home <br />25,000 soldiers along with General John <br />J. Pershing who had served in the First <br />Division during World War I. <br />• 1940 - In England, Buckingham Palace <br />was hit by German bomb.<br />• 1942 - President Franklin Roosevelt <br />mandated gasoline rationing as part of <br />the U.S. wartime effort.<br />• 1943 - German forces began the <br />occupation of Rome during World War II.<br />• 1953 - Swanson began selling its first <br />"TV dinners."<br />• 1963 - Twenty black students entered <br />public schools in Alabama at the end of <br />a standoff between federal authorities <br />and Alabama governor George Wallace.<br />• 1989 - Hungary gave permission to <br />thousands of East German refugees to <br />immigrate to West Germany. <br />• 2002 - Switzerland became the 190th <br /> ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH —<br />Happy Birthday Bud Peterson!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1609 - Explorer Henry Hudson sailed <br />into New York harbor and discovered <br />Manhattan Island and the Hudson River.<br />• 1776 - A Peace Conference was held <br />between British General Howe and three <br />representatives of the Continental <br />Congress (Benjamin Franklin, John <br />Adams and Edward Rutledge). The <br />conference failed and the American war <br />for independence continued for seven <br />more years.<br />• 1789 - Alexander Hamilton was <br />appointed by U.S. President George <br />Washington to be the first secretary of <br />the treasury. <br />• 1842 - 1,400 Mexican troops captured <br />San Antonio, Texas. The Mexicans then <br />retreated with many prisoners.<br />• 1897 - A ten-week strike of coal workers <br />in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio <br />came to an end. The workers won eight-<br />hour workdays, semi-monthly pay, and <br />company stores were abolished.<br />• 1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada was <br />dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. <br />Roosevelt by turning on the dam's first <br />hydroelectric generator. The dam is now <br />called Hoover Dam.<br />• 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt <br />gave orders to attack any German or <br />Italian vessels found in U.S. defensive <br />waters. The U.S. had not officially <br />entered World War II at this time.<br />• 1974 - "Little House On The Prairie" <br />made its television debut.<br />• 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail <br />Gorbachev announced that thousands <br />of Soviet troops would be withdrawn <br />from Cuba.<br />• 2001 - In the U.S., four airliners were <br />hijacked and were intentionally crashed. <br />Two airliners hit the World Trade Center, <br />which collapsed shortly after, in New <br />York City. One airliner hit the Pentagon <br />in Arlington, VA. Another airliner crashed <br />into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 <br />people were killed. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson <br />sailed down what is now known as the <br />Hudson River.<br />• 1814 - During the War of 1812, the <br />Battle of North Point was fought in the <br />state of Maryland.<br />• 1873 - The first practical typewriter was <br />sold to customers.<br />• 1918 - During World War I, At the Battle <br />of St. Mihiel, U.S. Army soldiers operate <br />tanks for the first time. These tanks were <br />French-built.<br />• 1938 - In a speech, Adolf Hitler <br />demanded self-determination for the <br />German Bohemians in Czechoslovakia.<br />• 1940 - The Lascaux paintings were <br />discovered in France. The cave paintings <br />were 17,000 years old and were some of <br />the best examples of art from the <br />Paleolithic period.<br />• 1944 - U.S. Army troops entered <br />Germany, near Trier, for the first time <br />during World War II.<br />• 1953 - Nikita Krushchev was elected as <br />first secretary of the Communist Party <br />of the Soviet Union.<br />• 1974 - Violence occurred on opening <br />day of classes in schools of Boston, MA, <br />due to opposition for court-ordered <br />school "busing."<br />• 1977 - South African anti-apartheid <br />activist Stephen Biko died at the age of <br />30. The student leader died while in <br />police custody which triggered an <br />international incident.<br />• 1992 - Dr. Mae Carol Jamison became <br />the first African-American woman in <br />space. She was the payload specialist <br />aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for your attention to our <br />our church details this week. You know <br />we could not open the doors without </b><br />
<b>you.<br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-88747549678364723702015-08-23T14:46:00.002-07:002015-08-25T12:25:22.155-07:00OUR WEEK - AUGUST 30TH THRU SEPTEMBER 5TH<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH —<br />14TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br /><span style="color: #38761d;">COLOR: GREEN</span><br />Be the first fruits of God's generosity <br />toward others. Stay away from excess <br />and impurity. Actively do the word. <br />Restrain the tongue. Make sure the weak <br />and vulnerable are protected. <br />(James 1:17-27)</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8-13<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)</b><br />
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<b> <span style="color: #990000;">A suitor calls on his beloved to prepare </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">for their uniting.</span></b><br />
<b>8-10</b> Look! Listen! There’s my lover!<br />
Do you see him coming?<br />
Vaulting the mountains,<br />
leaping the hills.<br />
My lover is like a gazelle, graceful;<br />
like a young stag, virile.<br />
Look at him there, on tiptoe at the gate,<br />
all ears, all eyes—ready!<br />
My lover has arrived<br />
and he’s speaking to me!<br />
The Man<br />
<b>10-14</b> Get up, my dear friend,<br />
fair and beautiful lover—come to me!<br />
Look around you: Winter is over;<br />
the winter rains are over, gone!<br />
Spring flowers are in blossom all over.<br />
The whole world’s a choir—and <br />
singing!<br />
Spring warblers are filling the forest<br />
with sweet arpeggios.<br />
Lilacs are exuberantly purple and <br />
perfumed,<br />
and cherry trees fragrant with <br />
blossoms.<br />
Oh, get up, dear friend,<br />
my fair and beautiful lover—come to <br />
me!<br />
Come, my shy and modest dove—<br />
leave your seclusion, come out in the <br />
open.<br />
Let me see your face,<br />
let me hear your voice.<br />
For your voice is soothing<br />
and your face is ravishing.<br />
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<b>A Wedding Song of the Sons of Korah<br />45</b> My heart bursts its banks,<br />
spilling beauty and goodness.<br />
I pour it out in a poem to the king,<br />
shaping the river into words:<br />
<br />
<b>2-4</b> “You’re the handsomest of men;<br />
every word from your lips is sheer <br />
grace,<br />
and God has blessed you, blessed <br />
you so much.<br />
Strap your sword to your side, warrior!<br />
Accept praise! Accept due honor!<br />
Ride majestically! Ride triumphantly!<br />
Ride on the side of truth!<br />
Ride for the righteous meek!<br />
<br />
<b>4-5</b> “Your instructions are glow-in-the-<br />
dark;<br />
you shoot sharp arrows<br />
Into enemy hearts; the king’s<br />
foes lie down in the dust, beaten.<br />
<br />
<b>6-7</b> “Your throne is God’s throne,<br />
ever and always;<br />
The scepter of your royal rule<br />
measures right living.<br />
You love the right<br />
and hate the wrong.<br />
And that is why God, your very own <br />
God,<br />
poured fragrant oil on your head,<br />
Marking you out as king<br />
from among your dear companions.<br />
<br />
<b>8-9</b> “Your ozone-drenched garments<br />
are fragrant with mountain breeze.<br />
Chamber music—from the throne room<br />
— makes you want to dance.<br />
Kings’ daughters are maids in your <br />
court,<br />
the Bride glittering with golden <br />
jewelry.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JAMES 1:17-27<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Be the first fruits of God's generosity </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">toward others. Stay away from excess </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and impurity. Actively do the word. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Restrain the tongue. Make sure the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">weak and vulnerable are protected</span><br />16-18</b> So, my very dear friends, don’t get<br />
thrown off course. Every desirable and <br />
beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The <br />
gifts are rivers of light cascading down <br />
from the Father of Light. There is <br />
nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-<br />
faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to <br />
life using the true Word, showing us off <br />
as the crown of all his creatures.<br />
<b>ACT ON WHAT YOU HEAR<br />19-21</b> Post this at all the intersections,<br />
dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow <br />
up with your tongue, and let anger <br />
straggle along in the rear. God’s right-<br />
eousness doesn’t grow from human <br />
anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and <br />
cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple <br />
humility, let our gardener, God, <br />
landscape you with the Word, making a <br />
salvation-garden of your life.<br />
<b>22-24</b> Don’t fool yourself into thinking <br />
that you are a listener when you are any-<br />
thing but, letting the Word go in one ear <br />
and out the other. Act on what you hear! <br />
Those who hear and don’t act are like <br />
those who glance in the mirror, walk <br />
away, and two minutes later have no <br />
idea who they are, what they look like.<br />
<b>25</b> But whoever catches a glimpse of the <br />
revealed counsel of God—the free life!<br />
—even out of the corner of his eye, and <br />
sticks with it, is no distracted scatter-<br />
brain but a man or woman of action. <br />
That person will find delight and <br />
affirmation in the action.<br />
<b>26-27</b> Anyone who sets himself up as <br />
“religious” by talking a good game is <br />
self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot <br />
air and only hot air. Real religion, the <br />
kind that passes muster before God the <br />
Father, is this: Reach out to the home-<br />
less and loveless in their plight, and <br />
guard against corruption from the <br />
godless world.<br />
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<b>MARK 7:1-15, 21-23<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">confront Jesus about why his disciples </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">do not follow the customary hand </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">washing rituals before eating. Jesus </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">insists that true cleanness is not a </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">matter of external cleansing, but the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">cleansing of the “inner self.”</span></b><br />
<b>MARK 7:1-15<br />THE SOURCE OF YOUR POLLUTION </b><br />
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<b>1-4</b> The Pharisees, along with some <br />
religion scholars who had come from <br />
Jerusalem, gathered around him. They <br />
noticed that some of his disciples <br />
weren’t being careful with ritual <br />
washings before meals. The Pharisees—<br />
Jews in general, in fact—would never <br />
eat a meal without going through the <br />
motions of a ritual hand-washing, with <br />
an especially vigorous scrubbing if they <br />
had just come from the market (to say <br />
nothing of the scourings they’d give <br />
jugs and pots and pans).<br />
<b>5</b> The Pharisees and religion scholars <br />
asked, “Why do your disciples flout the <br />
rules, showing up at meals without <br />
washing their hands?”<br />
<b>6-8</b> Jesus answered, “Isaiah was right <br />
about frauds like you, hit the bull’s-eye <br />
in fact:<br />
<br />
These people make a big show of <br />
saying the right thing,<br />
but their heart isn’t in it.<br />
They act like they are worshiping me,<br />
but they don’t mean it.<br />
They just use me as a cover<br />
for teaching whatever suits their <br />
fancy,<br />
Ditching God’s command<br />
and taking up the latest fads.”<br />
<br />
<b>9-13</b> He went on, “Well, good for you. <br />
You get rid of God’s command so you <br />
won’t be inconvenienced in following <br />
the religious fashions! Moses said, <br />
‘Respect your father and mother,’ and, <br />
‘Anyone denouncing father or mother <br />
should be killed.’ But you weasel out of <br />
that by saying that it’s perfectly <br />
acceptable to say to father or mother, <br />
‘Gift! What I owed you I’ve given as a <br />
gift to God,’ thus relieving yourselves of <br />
obligation to father or mother. You <br />
scratch out God’s Word and scrawl a <br />
whim in its place. You do a lot of things <br />
like this.”<br />
<b>14-15</b> Jesus called the crowd together <br />
again and said, “Listen now, all of you—<br />
take this to heart. It’s not what you <br />
swallow that pollutes your life; it’s what <br />
you vomit—that’s the real pollution.”<br />
<br />
<b>MARK 7:21-23<br />20-23</b> He went on: “It’s what comes out <br />
of a person that pollutes: obscenities, <br />
lusts, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, <br />
depravity, deceptive dealings, carousing, <br />
mean looks, slander, arrogance, foolish-<br />
ness—all these are vomit from the heart. <br />
There is the source of your pollution.”<br />
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<b><span style="color: black;">———————————————————</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1645 - American Indians and the Dutch </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">made a peace treaty at New Amsterdam. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">New Amsterdam later became New York.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1682 - William Penn sailed from </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">England and established the colony of </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Pennsylvania in America.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1780 - General Benedict Arnold secretly </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">promised to surrender West Point fort to </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">the British army.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1862 - The Confederates defeated the </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Union forces at the second Battle of Bull </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Run in Manassas, Virginia.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1941 - During World War II, the Nazis </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">severed the last railroad link between </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Leningrad and the rest of the Soviet </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Union.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1945 - General Douglas MacArthur set </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">up Allied occupation headquarters in </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Japan.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1960 - A partial blockade was imposed </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">on West Berlin by East Germany.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1965 - Thurgood Marshall is confirmed </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">by the U.S. Senate as a Supreme Court </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">justice. Marshall was the first black </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">justice to sit on the Supreme Court.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1991 - Soviet republic of Azerbaijan </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">declared its independence. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1994 - Rosa Parks is robbed and beaten </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">by Joseph Skipper. Parks was known for </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">her refusal to give up her seat on a bus </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">in 1955, which sparked the civil rights </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">movement.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1996 - An expedition to raise part of the </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Titanic failed when nylon lines being </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">used to raise part of the hull snapped. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST —</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: red;">BIBLE AND BREW BIBLE STUDY — </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: red;">IN CASEY U.M.C. AT 10:30 A.M.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: red;">IN ADAIR U.M.C. AT 7 P.M.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">———————————————————</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1852 - The first pre-stamped envelopes </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">were created by legislation of the U.S. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Congress. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1920 - John Lloyd Wright was issued a </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">patent for "Toy-Cabin Construction," </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">which are known as Lincoln Logs. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">(U.S. patent 1,351,086)</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1964 - California officially became the </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">most populated state in America.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1990 - East and West Germany signed </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">a treaty that meant the harmonizing of </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">both political and legal systems.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1991 - Uzbekistan and Kirghiziz </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">declared their independence from the </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Soviet Union. They were the 9th and 10th </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">republics to announce their plans to </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">secede.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1994 - Russia officially ended military </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">presence in the former East Germany </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">and the Baltics after a half-century. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST —</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">———————————————————</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1799 - The Bank of Manhattan Co. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">opened in New York City, NY. It was the </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">forerunner of Chase Manhattan Bank.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1807 - Former U.S. Vice President </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Aaron Burr was the U.S. vice president </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">under Thomas Jefferson who shot and </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">killed his rival, Alexander Hamilton.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1939 - Today World War II began when </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Germany invaded Poland.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1985 - The Titanic was found by Dr. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">a joint U.S. and French expedition. The </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">wreck site is located 963 miles northeast </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">of New York and 453 miles southeast of </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">the Newfoundland coast.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">• 1998 - Vietnam released 5,000 </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">prisoners, including political dissidents, </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">on National Day. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND —</span><br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />ADAIR U.M.W. MEETS AT 1:30 P.M. </b><br />
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<b> <span style="color: black;">AD COUNCIL AT CASEY U.M.C.</span></b><br />
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<b>• Casey Council at 7 P.M.</b></div>
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<b>• Adair Council at 7:45 P.M.</b></div>
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<b>• Combined Councils after.</b></div>
<b>———————————————————</b><b><span style="color: red;"> </span><br />• 31 B.C. - The Roman leader Octavian <br />defeated an alliance of Mark Antony and <br />Cleopatra. Octavian, known as Augustus <br />Caesar, became first Roman emperor. <br />• 1666 - The Great Fire of London broke <br />out. The fire burned for three days and <br />destroyed 10,000 buildings including St. <br />Paul's Cathedral. 6 people were killed.<br />• 1775 - Hannah, the first American war <br />vessel was commissioned by General <br />George Washington.<br />• 1864 - During the U.S. Civil War Union <br />forces led by Gen. William T. Sherman <br />occupied Atlanta following the retreat of <br />the Confederate Army.<br />• 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt, then Vice <br />President, said "Speak softly and carry <br />a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota <br />State Fair.<br />• 1945 - Japan surrendered to the U.S. <br />aboard the USS Missouri, ending World <br />War II. The war ended six years and one <br />day after it began.<br />• 1963 - Integration of Tuskegee High <br />School was prevented by state troopers <br />assigned by Alabama Gov. George <br />Wallace. Wallace had the building <br />surrounded by state troopers.<br />• 1985 - It was announced that the <br />Titanic had been found on September 1 <br />by a U.S. and French expedition 560 <br />miles off Newfoundland. The luxury liner <br />had been missing for 73 years.<br />• 1996 - Muslim rebels and the Philippine <br />government signed a pact to formally <br />end 26-years of insurgency that had <br />killed more than 120,000 people. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD —</b><br />
<b>Happy Birthday Betty Elgin!</b><br />
<b>Happy Birthday Brian Rumple!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1783 - The Revolutionary War between <br />the United States and Great Britain <br />ended with the Treaty of Paris.<br />• 1838 - Frederick Douglass boarded a <br />train in Maryland on his way to freedom <br />from being a slave.<br />• 1939 - British Prime Minister Neville <br />Chamberlain, in a radio broadcast, <br />announced that Britain and France had <br />declared war on Germany.<br />• 1943 - Italy was invaded by the Allied <br />forces during World War II.<br />• 1989 - The U.S. began shipping military <br />aircraft and weapons, worth $65 million, <br />to Columbia in a war against drug lords.<br />• 2013 - Hunters in Mississippi caught a <br />727-pound alligator. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• • 0476 - Romulus Augustulus, the last <br />emperor of the western Roman Empire, <br />was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed <br />himself King of Italy.<br />• 1609 - English navigator Henry Hudson <br />began exploring the island of Manhattan.<br />• 1781 - Los Angeles, California, was <br />founded by Spanish settlers. The original <br />name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora <br />La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," <br />which translates as "The Town of the <br />Queen of Angels."<br />• 1833 - Barney Flaherty answered an ad <br />in "The New York Sun" and became the <br />first paperboy at the age of 10.<br />• 1894 - A strike in New York City by <br />12,000 tailors took place to protest <br />sweatshops.<br />• 1899 - An 8.3 earthquake hit <br />Yakutat Bar, Alaska.<br />• 1923 - The first American dirigible, the <br />"Shenandoah," began its maiden voyage <br />in Lakehurst, New Jersey.<br />• 1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz captured <br />his seventh Olympic gold medal in the <br />400-meter medley relay event at Munich, <br />Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to <br />win seven gold medals.<br />• 1993 - Pope John Paul II began his first <br />visit to the former Soviet Union. <br />• 1995 - The Fourth World Conference on <br />Women began in Beijing. There were <br />over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries <br />in attendance. <br />• 1998 - The International Monetary Fund <br />approved a $257 million loan for the <br />Ukraine. <br />• 1998 - Google was incorporated as a <br />privately held company.<br />• 2003 - Keegan Reilly, 22, became the <br />first parapalegic climber to reach the <br />peak of Japan's Mount Fuji.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH —<br />Happy Birthday Earl Joint!</b><br />
<b>Happy Anniversary —</b><br />
<b>Dean and Mary Ann Heckman!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1698 - Russia's Peter the Great <br />imposed a tax on all beards.<br />• 1774 - The first session of the U.S. <br />Continental Congress convened in <br />Philadelphia. The delegates drafted a <br />declaration of rights and grievances, <br />organized the Continental Association, <br />and elected Peyton Randolph, the first <br />president of the Continental Congress.<br />• 1836 - Sam Houston was elected as the <br />first president of the Republic of Texas.<br />• 1881 - The American Red Cross made <br />relief available for disaster for the first <br />time. The disaster was the Great Fire of <br />1881 in Michigan.<br />• 1882 - The first U.S. Labor Day parade <br />was held in New York City. <br />• 1914 - The First World War Battle of the <br />Marne in France began. The Germans, <br />British and French fought for six days <br />killing half a million people. It was an <br />Allied victory over Germany. <br />• 1960 - Cassius Clay of Louisville, KY, <br />won the gold medal in light heavyweight <br />boxing at the Olympic Games in Rome, <br />Italy. Clay later changed his name to <br />Muhammad Ali.<br />• 1991 - Soviet lawmakers created an <br />interim government to usher in the <br />confederation after dissolving the <br />U.S.S.R.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for all you have done for </b><br />
<b>our church life this week. <br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-86418006145539857632015-08-16T14:02:00.003-07:002015-08-17T14:22:19.800-07:00OUR WEEK - AUGUST 23RD THRU AUGUST 29TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH — </b><br />
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<b>Dorcas-Ruth Circle meets at 1:30 P.M. </b><br />
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Esther Circle meets at 7 P.M.</b><b> </b><br />
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<b>Casey Circle meets at 7 P.M.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND —<br /> • AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN 9 - 11 A.M. </b><br />
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<b> ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, AUGUST 23RD —<br />13TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br />COLOR: <span style="color: #38761d;">GREEN</span><br />Happy Birthday Jennifer Clarke!<br />Happy Birthday Paul Snyder!<br />Jesus continues to contrast those who <br />"chew on his flesh and live into eternity" <br />with those who "ate the manna in the <br />wilderness and died" while teaching in <br />the synagogue in Capernaum.</b><br />
———————————————————<br /><b>SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />1 KINGS 8:1-11, 22-30, 41-43<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) </b><br />
<b style="color: #990000;">In this prayer, Solomon calls promises <br />in the covenant with David to ask God <br />to sustain the dynasty and to hear the <br />prayers prayed in or toward the temple.</b><br />
<b>1 KINGS 8:1-11 </b><br />
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<b>1-2</b> Bringing all this to a climax, King <br />
Solomon called in the leaders of Israel, <br />
all the heads of the tribes and the family <br />
patriarchs, to bring up the Chest of the <br />
Covenant of God from Zion, the City of <br />
David. And they came, all Israel before <br />
King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, <br />
the seventh month, for the great autumn <br />
festival.<br />
<b>3-5</b> With all Israel’s leaders present, the <br />
priests took up the Chest of God and <br />
carried up the Chest and the Tent of <br />
Meeting and all the holy vessels that <br />
went with the Tent. King Solomon and <br />
the entire congregation of Israel were <br />
there at the Chest worshiping and <br />
sacrificing huge numbers of sheep and <br />
cattle—so many that no one could keep <br />
track.<br />
<b>6-9</b> Then the priests brought the Chest <br />
of the Covenant of God to its place in <br />
the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, <br />
under the wings of the cherubim. The <br />
outspread wings of the cherubim <br />
stretched over the Chest and its poles. <br />
The poles were so long that their ends <br />
could be seen from the entrance to the <br />
Inner Sanctuary, but were not noticeable <br />
farther out. They’re still there today. <br />
There was nothing in the Chest but the <br />
two stone tablets that Moses had placed <br />
in it at Horeb where God made a <br />
covenant with Israel after bringing them <br />
up from Egypt.<br />
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The Temple Finished, Dedicated, Filled.<br />
<b>10-11</b> When the priests left the Holy <br />
Place, a cloud filled The Temple of God. <br />
The priests couldn’t carry out their <br />
priestly duties because of the cloud—<br />
the glory of God filled The Temple of <br />
God!<br />
<b>1 KINGS 8:22-32<br />22-25</b> Before the entire congregation of <br />
Israel, Solomon took a position before <br />
the Altar, spread his hands out before <br />
heaven, and prayed,<br />
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O God, God of Israel, there is no God <br />
like you in the skies above or on the <br />
earth below who unswervingly keeps <br />
covenant with his servants and <br />
relentlessly loves them as they sincerely <br />
live in obedience to your way. You kept <br />
your word to David my father, your <br />
personal word. You did exactly what you <br />
promised—every detail. The proof is <br />
before us today!<br />
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Keep it up, God, O God of Israel! <br />
Continue to keep the promises you made <br />
to David my father when you said, “You’ll <br />
always have a descendant to represent <br />
my rule on Israel’s throne, on the <br />
condition that your sons are as careful <br />
to live obediently in my presence as you <br />
have.”<br />
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<b>26</b> O God of Israel, let this all happen;<br />
confirm and establish it!<br />
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<b>27-32</b> Can it be that God will actually <br />
move into our neighborhood? Why, the <br />
cosmos itself isn’t large enough to give <br />
you breathing room, let alone the Temple <br />
I’ve built. Even so, I’m bold to ask: Pay <br />
attention to these my prayers, both <br />
intercessory and personal, O God, my <br />
God. Listen to my prayers, energetic and <br />
devout, that I’m setting before you right <br />
now. Keep your eyes open to this Temple <br />
night and day, this place of which you <br />
said, “My Name will be honored there,” <br />
and listen to the prayers that I pray at <br />
this place.<br />
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Listen from your home in heaven and <br />
when you hear, forgive.<br />
<br />
When someone hurts a neighbor and <br />
promises to make things right, and then <br />
comes and repeats the promise before <br />
your Altar in this Temple, listen from <br />
heaven and act accordingly: Judge your <br />
servants, making the offender pay for <br />
his offense and setting the offended free <br />
of any charges.<br />
<b>1 KINGS 8:41-43<br />41-43</b> And don’t forget the foreigner who <br />
is not a member of your people Israel <br />
but has come from a far country <br />
because of your reputation. People are <br />
going to be attracted here by your great <br />
reputation, your wonder-working power, <br />
who come to pray at this Temple.<br />
<br />
Listen from your home in heaven.<br />
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Honor the prayers of the foreigner so <br />
that people all over the world will know <br />
who you are and what you’re like and <br />
will live in reverent obedience before <br />
you, just as your own people Israel do; <br />
so they’ll know that you personally <br />
make this Temple that I’ve built what it is. <br />
———————————————————<br /><b>PSALM 84 (UMH 804)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">A psalm in praise of the beauty of the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">temple and its worship.</span><br />A KORAH PSALM<br />1-2</b> What a beautiful home, God-of-<br />
the-Angel-Armies!<br />
I’ve always longed to live in a place <br />
like this,<br />
Always dreamed of a room in your <br />
house,<br />
where I could sing for joy to God-<br />
alive!<br />
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<b>3-4</b> Birds find nooks and crannies in <br />
your house,<br />
sparrows and swallows make nests <br />
there.<br />
They lay their eggs and raise their <br />
young,<br />
singing their songs in the place where <br />
we worship.<br />
God-of-the-Angel-Armies! King! God!<br />
How blessed they are to live and sing <br />
there!<br />
<br />
<b>5-7</b> And how blessed all those in whom <br />
you live,<br />
whose lives become roads you travel;<br />
They wind through lonesome valleys, <br />
come upon brooks,<br />
discover cool springs and pools <br />
brimming with rain!<br />
God-traveled, these roads curve up the <br />
mountain, and<br />
at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!<br />
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<b>8-9</b> God-of-the-Angel-Armies, listen:<br />
O God of Jacob, open your ears—I’m <br />
praying!<br />
Look at our shields, glistening in the <br />
sun,<br />
our faces, shining with your gracious <br />
anointing.<br />
<br />
<b>10-12</b> One day spent in your house, this <br />
beautiful place of worship,<br />
beats thousands spent on Greek <br />
island beaches.<br />
I’d rather scrub floors in the house of <br />
my God<br />
than be honored as a guest in the <br />
palace of sin.<br />
All sunshine and sovereign is God,<br />
generous in gifts and glory.<br />
He doesn’t scrimp with his traveling <br />
companions.<br />
It’s smooth sailing all the way with <br />
God-of-the-Angel-Armies.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />EPHESIANS 6:10-20</b><b>THE MESSAGE (MSG)</b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">Parting words from Paul: Put on the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">whole armor of God as defense against </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">surrounding evil spiritual strongholds </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and pray constantly for all sisters and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">brothers in Christ. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>A FIGHT TO THE FINISH<br />10-12</b> And that about wraps it up. God is <br />
strong, and he wants you strong. So <br />
take everything the Master has set out <br />
for you, well-made weapons of the best <br />
materials. And put them to use so you <br />
will be able to stand up to everything the <br />
Devil throws your way. This is no <br />
afternoon athletic contest that we’ll walk <br />
away from and forget about in a couple <br />
of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death <br />
fight to the finish against the Devil and <br />
all his angels.<br />
<b>13-18</b> Be prepared. You’re up against far <br />
more than you can handle on your own. <br />
Take all the help you can get, every <br />
weapon God has issued, so that when <br />
it’s all over but the shouting you’ll still <br />
be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, <br />
peace, faith, and salvation are more <br />
than words. Learn how to apply them. <br />
You’ll need them throughout your life. <br />
God’s Word is an indispensable <br />
weapon. In the same way, prayer is <br />
essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray <br />
hard and long. Pray for your brothers <br />
and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep <br />
each other’s spirits up so that no one <br />
falls behind or drops out.<br />
<b>19-20</b> And don’t forget to pray for me. <br />
Pray that I’ll know what to say and have <br />
the courage to say it at the right time, <br />
telling the mystery to one and all, the <br />
Message that I, jailbird preacher that I <br />
am, am responsible for getting out.<br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />JOHN 6:56-69<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The point is so clear and offensive that </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">many of his followers abandon him. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Peter and an unspecified number of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">others, including the Twelve, remain. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">They are convinced Jesus is the Holy </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">One of God who has the words of life.</span></b><br />
<b>53-58</b> But Jesus didn’t give an inch. <br />
“Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh <br />
and blood, the flesh and blood of the <br />
Son of Man, do you have life within you. <br />
The one who brings a hearty appetite to <br />
this eating and drinking has eternal life <br />
and will be fit and ready for the Final <br />
Day. My flesh is real food and my blood <br />
is real drink. By eating my flesh and <br />
drinking my blood you enter into me <br />
and I into you. In the same way that the <br />
fully alive Father sent me here and I live <br />
because of him, so the one who makes <br />
a meal of me lives because of me. This <br />
is the Bread from heaven. Your <br />
ancestors ate bread and later died. <br />
Whoever eats this Bread will live always.”<br />
59 He said these things while teaching in <br />
the meeting place in Capernaum.<br />
<br />
<b>TOO TOUGH TO SWALLOW<br />60</b> Many among his disciples heard this <br />
and said, “This is tough teaching, too <br />
tough to swallow.”<br />
<b>61-65</b> Jesus sensed that his disciples <br />
were having a hard time with this and <br />
said, “Does this throw you completely? <br />
What would happen if you saw the Son <br />
of Man ascending to where he came <br />
from? The Spirit can make life. Sheer <br />
muscle and willpower don’t make <br />
anything happen. Every word I’ve <br />
spoken to you is a Spirit-word, and so it <br />
is life-making. But some of you are <br />
resisting, refusing to have any part in <br />
this.” (Jesus knew from the start that <br />
some weren’t going to risk themselves <br />
with him. He knew also who would <br />
betray him.) He went on to say, “This is <br />
why I told you earlier that no one is <br />
capable of coming to me on his own. <br />
You get to me only as a gift from the <br />
Father.”<br />
<b>66-67</b> After this a lot of his disciples left. <br />
They no longer wanted to be associated <br />
with him. Then Jesus gave the Twelve <br />
their chance: “Do you also want to <br />
leave?”<br />
<b>68-69</b> Peter replied, “Master, to whom <br />
would we go? You have the words of <br />
real life, eternal life. We’ve already <br />
committed ourselves, confident that <br />
you are the Holy One of God.” <br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1838 - The first class graduated from <br />Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in <br />South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was <br />one of the first colleges for women. <br />• 1839 - Hong Kong was taken by the <br />British in a war with China. <br />• 1902 - Fannie Farmer opened her <br />cooking school, Fannie Farmer’s School <br />of Cookery, in Boston, Massachusetts. <br />• 1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet <br />Union signed a non-aggression treaty.<br />• 1947 - Margaret Truman, U.S. President <br />Truman's daughter, gave her first public <br />performance as a singer. The event was <br />at the Hollywood Bowl and had an <br />audience of 15,000.<br />• 1979 - Soviet dancer Alexander <br />Godunov defected while the Bolshoi <br />Ballet was on tour in New York City.<br />• 1998 - Boris Yeltsin dismissed the <br />entire Russian government again. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, AUGUST 24TH —<br />Happy Birthday Amber McClain!<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY. </b><br />
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<b>BIBLE AND BREW BIBLE STUDY — <br />IN CASEY U.M.C. AT 10:30 A.M.<br />IN ADAIR U.M.C. AT 7 P.M.<br />———————————————————<br />• 0079 - Mount Vesuvius erupted killing <br />approximately 20,000 people. The cities <br />of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum <br />were buried for years in volcanic ash.<br />• 0410 - The Visigoths overran Rome. <br />This event symbolized the fall of the <br />Western Roman Empire.<br />• 1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg <br />and Capitol.Bible was completed.<br />• 1814 - Washington, DC, was invaded <br />by British forces that set fire to the <br />White House.<br />• 1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first <br />woman to fly across the U.S. non-stop. <br />The trip from Los Angeles, CA to <br />Newark, NJ, took about 19 hours.<br />• 1954 - The Communist Party is virtually <br />outlawed in the U.S. as the Communist <br />Control Act went into effect.<br />• 1985 - 27 anti-apartheid leaders were <br />arrested in South Africa as racial <br />violence rocked the country.<br />• 1991 - Russian President Mikhail <br />Gorbachev resigned as the head of the <br />Communist Party.<br />• 1998 - A donation of 24 beads was <br />made, from three parties, to the Indian <br />Museum of North America at the Crazy <br />Horse Memorial. The beads are said to <br />be those that were used in 1626 to buy <br />Manhattan from the Indians.<br />• 2005 - Planet Pluto was reclassified as <br />a "dwarf planet" by the International <br />Astronomical Union (IAU). Pluto's status <br />was changed due to the IAU's new rules <br />for an object qualifying as a planet. <br />Pluto met two of the three rules <br />because it orbits the sun and is large <br />enough to assume a nearly round shape. <br />However, since Pluto has an oblong <br />orbit that overlaps the orbit of Neptune, <br />it disqualified Pluto as a planet. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON. </span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1718 - Hundreds of colonists from <br />France arrived in Louisiana. Part of <br />them settled in what is now New <br />Orleans. <br />• 1814 - The U.S. Library of Congress <br />was destroyed by British forces.<br />• 1875 - Captain Matthew Webb swam <br />from Dover, England, to Calais, France <br />making him the first person to swim the <br />English Channel. The feat took about 22 <br />hours.<br />• 1916 - The National Park Service was <br />established as part of the U.S. <br />Department of the Interior. <br />• 1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt <br />signed the bill appropriating funds for <br />construction of the Pentagon Building.<br />• 1944 - Paris, France, was liberated by <br />Allied forces ending four years of <br />German occupation. <br />• 1998 - A survey released said that 1/3 <br />of Americans use the Internet. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 55 B.C. - England was invaded by <br />Rome forces under Julius Caesar.<br />• 1498 - Michelangelo is commissioned <br />to make the "Pieta" statue.<br />• 1842 - The first fiscal year was <br />established by the U.S. Congress to <br />start on July 1st.<br />• 1873 - The school board of St. Louis, <br />Missouri, authorized the first U.S. public <br />kindergarten.<br />• 1920 - The 19th amendment to the U.S. <br />Constitution went into effect. This <br />amendment prohibited discrimination <br />on the basis of sex in the voting booth.<br />• 1945 - The Japanese were given <br />surrender instructions today on the U.S. <br />battleship Missouri at the end of World <br />War II. <br />• 1973 - A U.S. Presidential Proclamation <br />was declared that made August 26th <br />Women's Equality Day. <br />• 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail S. <br />Gorbachev promised that national <br />elections would soon be held. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH —<br />Happy Birthday Margaret Sullins!<br />Happy Birthday Sharon Aupperle!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of <br />Man was adopted by French National <br />Assembly.<br />• 1859 - The first oil well is successfully <br />drilled in the United States by Colonel <br />Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, <br />Pennsylvania.<br />• 1892 - The original Metropolitan Opera <br />House in New York City was seriously <br />damaged by fire.<br />• 1921 - The owner of the Acme Packing <br />Company bought a pro football team for <br />Green Bay, Wisconsin. J.E. Clair paid <br />tribute to those who worked in his plant <br />by naming the team the Green Bay <br />Packers. (NFL)<br />• 1938 - Robert Frost, in a fit of jealousy, <br />set fire to some papers to disrupt a <br />poetry reading by another poet, who was <br />Archibald MacLeish.<br />• 2001 - Work began on the future site of <br />a World War II memorial on the U.S. <br />capital's historic National Mall. The site <br />is between the Washington Monument <br />and the Lincoln Memorial. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH —<br />Happy Birthday Gage Noland!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1609 - Delaware Bay was discovered <br />by Henry Hudson.<br />• 1774 - The first American-born saint <br />was born in New York City. Mother <br />Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized in <br />1975.<br />• 1833 - Slavery was banned by the <br />British Parliament throughout the British <br />Empire. <br />• 1907 -"American Messenger Company" <br />was started by two teenagers, Jim Casey <br />and Claude Ryan. The company's name <br />was later changed to "United Parcel <br />Service."<br />• 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave <br />his "I Have a Dream" speech at a civil <br />rights rally in Washington, DC. Over <br />200,000 people attended.<br />• 1972 - Mark Spitz captured the first of <br />his seven gold medals at the Summer <br />Olympics in Munich, Germany. He set a <br />world record when he completed the <br />200-meter butterfly in 2 minutes and <br />7/10ths of a second.<br />• 1990 - Iraq declared Kuwait to be its <br />19th province and renamed Kuwait City <br />al-Kadhima.<br />• 2014 - Google announced its Project <br />Wing. The project is aimed at delivering <br />products across a city using unmanned <br />flying vehicles. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH —<br />Happy Birthday Jim Rogers!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1833 - The "Factory Act" was passed in <br />England to determine child labor laws.<br />• 1842 - The Treaty of Nanking was <br />signed by the British and the Chinese. <br />The treaty ended the first Opium War <br />and gave the island of Hong Kong to <br />England.<br />• 1944 - During a continuing celebration <br />of the liberation of France from Nazis, <br />15,000 American troops marched down <br />the Champs Elysees in Paris.<br />• 1957 - Senator Strom Thurmond of <br />South Carolina set a filibuster record in <br />the U.S. when he spoke for 24 hours and <br />18 minutes.<br />• 1983 - The anchor of the USS Monitor, <br />from the U.S. Civil War, was retrieved by <br />divers. It was an iron-hulled steamship, <br />built during the American Civil War, and <br />she was the first ironclad warship to be <br />commissioned by the Union Navy.<br />• 1991 - The Communist Party in the <br />Soviet Union had its bank accounts <br />frozen and activities suspended because <br />of the Party's failed coup attempt <br />against Mikhail Gorbachev. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for all you have done this <br />week. You are definitely devotion in </b><br />
<b>motion.<br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-64632720417899878932015-08-09T14:17:00.000-07:002015-08-11T10:26:22.112-07:00OUR WEEK - AUGUST 16TH THRU AUGUST 22ND<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12TH —<br /> • AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN 6 - 8 P.M. </b><br />
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<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, AUGUST 16TH —<br />12TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br />COLOR: <span style="color: #38761d;">GREEN</span><br />Happy Birthday Janice Sheeder!<br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />1 KINGS 2:10-12, 3:3-14<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">Solomon succeeds David as King and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">follows David's advice to consolidate </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">his power by isolating or ordering the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">death of David's most powerful </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">adversaries. Some years later, he has a </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">dream in which he asks the Lord for </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">discernment to govern, and God </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">promises him wisdom beyond that of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">any before or since.</span><br />1 KINGS 2:10-12<br />2:10-12</b> Then David joined his ancestors. <br />
He was buried in the City of David. <br />
David ruled Israel for forty years—seven <br />
years in Hebron and another thirty-three <br />
in Jerusalem. Solomon took over on the <br />
throne of his father David; he had a firm <br />
grip on the kingdom.<br />
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<b>1 KINGS 3:3-14</b><br />
<b>3 1-3</b> Solomon arranged a marriage <br />
contract with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He <br />
married Pharaoh’s daughter and brought <br />
her to the City of David until he had <br />
completed building his royal palace and <br />
God’s Temple and the wall around <br />
Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the people were <br />
worshiping at local shrines because at <br />
that time no temple had yet been built to <br />
the Name of God. Solomon loved God <br />
and continued to live in the God <br />
honoring ways of David his father, <br />
except that he also worshiped at the <br />
local shrines, offering sacrifices and <br />
burning incense.<br />
<b>4-5</b> The king went to Gibeon, the most <br />
prestigious of the local shrines, to <br />
worship. He sacrificed a thousand <br />
Whole-Burnt-Offerings on that altar. <br />
That night, there in Gibeon, God <br />
appeared to Solomon in a dream: God <br />
said, “What can I give you? Ask.” <br />
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<b>6</b> Solomon said, “You were extravagantly<br />
generous in love with David my father, <br />
and he lived faithfully in your presence, <br />
his relationships were just and his heart <br />
right. And you have persisted in this <br />
great and generous love by giving him<br />
—and this very day!—a son to sit on his <br />
throne.<br />
<b>7-8</b> “And now here I am: God, my God, <br />
you have made me, your servant, ruler <br />
of the kingdom in place of David my <br />
father. I’m too young for this, a mere <br />
child! I don’t know the ropes, hardly <br />
know the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of this job. And <br />
here I am, set down in the middle of the <br />
people you’ve chosen, a great people—<br />
far too many to ever count.<br />
<b>9</b> “Here’s what I want: Give me a God-<br />
listening heart so I can lead your people <br />
well, discerning the difference between <br />
good and evil. For who on their own is <br />
capable of leading your glorious <br />
people?”<br />
<b>10-14</b> God, the Master, was delighted <br />
with Solomon’s response. And God <br />
said to him, “Because you have asked <br />
for this and haven’t grasped after a long <br />
life, or riches, or the doom of your <br />
enemies, but you have asked for the <br />
ability to lead and govern well, I’ll give <br />
you what you’ve asked for— <br />
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I’m giving you a wise and mature heart.<br />
There’s never been one like you before; <br />
and there’ll be no one after. As a bonus, <br />
I’m giving you both the wealth and glory <br />
you didn’t ask for—there’s not a king <br />
anywhere who will come up to your <br />
mark. And if you stay on course, <br />
keeping your eye on the life-map and <br />
the God-signs as your father David did, <br />
I’ll also give you a long life.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 111 (UMH 832)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">A psalm of praise in a time of national </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and religious stability and prosperity.</span><br />1-10</b> Hallelujah!<br />
I give thanks to God with everything I’ve <br />
got—<br />
Wherever good people gather, and in the <br />
congregation.<br />
God’s works are so great, worth<br />
A lifetime of study—endless enjoyment!<br />
Splendor and beauty mark his craft;<br />
His generosity never gives out.<br />
His miracles are his memorial—<br />
This God of Grace, this God of Love.<br />
He gave food to those who fear him,<br />
He remembered to keep his ancient <br />
promise.<br />
He proved to his people that he could do <br />
what he said:<br />
Hand them the nations on a platter—a <br />
gift! <br />
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He manufactures truth and justice;All his products are guaranteed to last—<br />
Never out-of-date, never obsolete, rust-<br />
proof.<br />
All that he makes and does is honest <br />
and true:<br />
He paid the ransom for his people,<br />
He ordered his Covenant kept forever.<br />
He’s so personal and holy, worthy of our <br />
respect.<br />
The good life begins in the fear of God—<br />
Do that and you’ll know the blessing of <br />
God.<br />
His Hallelujah lasts forever!<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />EPHESIANS 5:15-20<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The writer advises the churches to be </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">clear minded and grounded in the Holy </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Spirit. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>11-16</b> Don’t waste your time on useless <br />
work, mere busywork, the barren <br />
pursuits of darkness. Expose these <br />
things for the sham they are. It’s a <br />
scandal when people waste their lives <br />
on things they must do in the darkness <br />
where no one will see. Rip the cover off <br />
those frauds and see how attractive <br />
they look in the light of Christ.<br />
<br />
Wake up from your sleep,<br />
Climb out of your coffins;<br />
Christ will show you the light!<br />
<br />
So watch your step. Use your head. <br />
Make the most of every chance you get. <br />
These are desperate times!<br />
<br />
<b>17</b> Don’t live carelessly, unthinkingly. <br />
Make sure you understand what the <br />
Master wants.<br />
<br />
<b>18-20</b> Don’t drink too much wine. That <br />
cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of <br />
God, huge draughts of him. Sing hymns <br />
instead of drinking songs! Sing songs <br />
from your heart to Christ. Sing praises <br />
over everything, any excuse for a song <br />
to God the Father in the name of our <br />
Master, Jesus Christ.<br />
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<b>——————————————————— <br />JOHN 6:51-58<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">Here the language of eating the flesh </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and drinking the blood of Christ </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">becomes graphic and specific. The </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Greek verb for “to eat” changes here </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">from “phagein,” a term for eating with </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">some symbolic overtones, to “trogein,” </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">a much more specific verb meaning </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">“to chew upon.” The meaning of the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">teaching for the gospel's audience: </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Those, and only those, who gather to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">offer the Eucharist and so receive the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">blessed, transformed bread and wine </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">have eternal life. Indeed, the gospel </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">commends Holy Communion as THE </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">means of abiding in Jesus Christ.</span></b><br />
<b>47-51</b> “I’m telling you the most solemn <br />
and sober truth now: Whoever believes <br />
in me has real life, eternal life. I am the <br />
Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate the <br />
manna bread in the desert and died. But <br />
now here is Bread that truly comes down <br />
out of heaven. Anyone eating this Bread <br />
will not die, ever. I am the Bread—living <br />
Bread!—who came down out of heaven. <br />
Anyone who eats this Bread will live—<br />
and forever! The Bread that I present to <br />
the world so that it can eat and live is <br />
myself, this flesh-and-blood self.”<br />
52 At this, the Jews started fighting <br />
among themselves: “How can this man <br />
serve up his flesh for a meal?”<br />
53-58 But Jesus didn’t give an inch. <br />
“Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh <br />
and blood, the flesh and blood of the <br />
Son of Man, do you have life within you. <br />
The one who brings a hearty appetite to <br />
this eating and drinking has eternal life <br />
and will be fit and ready for the Final <br />
Day. My flesh is real food and my blood <br />
is real drink. By eating my flesh and <br />
drinking my blood you enter into me and <br />
I into you. In the same way that the fully <br />
alive Father sent me here and I live <br />
because of him, so the one who makes <br />
a meal of me lives because of me. This <br />
is the Bread from heaven. Your <br />
ancestors ate bread and later died. <br />
Whoever eats this Bread will live <br />
always.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1777 - During the American <br />Revolutionary War, the Battle of <br />Bennington took place. New England's <br />minutemen routed the British regulars.<br />• 1812 - Detroit fell to Indian troops and <br />British troops in the War of 1812.<br />• 1861 - President Lincoln prohibited the <br />Union states from trading with the <br />states of the Confederacy. <br />• 1923 - Carnegie Steel Corporation put<br />into place an eight-hour workday for its<br /> employees.<br />• 1960 - The free-fall world record was <br />set by Joseph Kittinger. He fell more <br />than 16 miles (about 84,000 feet) before <br />opening his parachute over New Mexico.<br />• 1999 - In Russia, Vladimir V. Putin was <br />confirmed as prime minister by lower <br />house of parliament. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH —<br /><span style="color: blue;">OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;"> </span>———————————————————<br />• 1790 - The capital city of the United <br />States moved to Philadelphia from New <br />York City.<br />• 1807 - Robert Fulton's "North River <br />Steam Boat" (the "Clermont") began <br />going up New York's Hudson River on <br />it's successful round-trip to Albany.<br />• 1815 - Napoleon began serving his <br />exile when he arrived at the island of St. <br />Helena.<br />• 1863 - Federal troops and ships <br />bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston, <br />South Carolina, harbor in the Civil War.<br />• 1896 - The Klondike gold rush was set <br />off by George Carmack who discovered <br />gold on Rabbit Creek in Alaska.<br />• 1903 - Joseph Pulitzer donated one <br />million dollars to Columbia University. <br />Columbia started the Pulitzer Prizes in <br />his name.<br />• 1943 - The Allied conquest of Sicily <br />was completed as U.S. and British <br />forces entered Messina. <br />• 1961 - The Communist East German <br />government completed the construction <br />of the Berlin Wall.<br />• 1977 - Florists Transworld Delivery <br />(FTD) reported that this day the number <br />of orders for flowers to be delivered to <br />Graceland had surpassed the number <br />for any other event in the company's <br />history.<br />• 2002 - In Santa Rosa, CA, the Charles <br />M. Schulz Museum opened to the public. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH —<br />Happy Birthday Jeff Larson!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span> <br />———————————————————<br />• 1227 - The Mongol conqueror Ghengis <br />Khan died.<br />• 1587 - Virginia Dare became the first <br />child to be born on American soil of <br />English parents. <br />The colony that is now Roanoke Island, <br />North Carolina, mysteriously vanished.<br />• 1846 - Gen. Stephen W. Kearney and <br />his U.S. forces captured Santa Fe, NM.<br />• 1914 - A "Proclamation of Neutrality" <br />was issued by U.S. President Woodrow <br />Wilson. It was aimed at keeping the U.S. <br />out of World War I.<br />• 1920 - Tennessee ratified the 19th <br />Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. <br />The Amendment guaranteed the right of <br />all American women to vote.<br />• 1938 - The Thousand Islands Bridge <br />was dedicated by President Franklin D. <br />Roosevelt. The bridge connects the U.S. <br />and Canada.<br />• 1940 - Canada and the U.S. established <br />a joint defense plan against possible <br />enemy attacks during World War II.<br />• 1963 - James Meredith graduated from <br />the University of Mississippi. He was the <br />first black man to accomplish this.<br />• 1966 - The first pictures of earth taken <br />from moon orbit were sent back to the <br />United States.<br />• 1991 - An unsuccessful coup was <br />attempted in against President Mikhail <br />S. Gorbachev. Soviet hard-liners were <br />responsible. Gorbechev and his family <br />were effectively imprisoned for three <br />days while vacationing in Crimea. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH —<br />Happy Birthday John Scholl!<br />Happy Birthday Rachel Whetstone!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1812 - "Old Ironsides" <br />(the USS Constitution) won a battle <br />against the British frigate Guerriere east <br />of Nova Scotia.<br />• 1848 - The discovery of gold in <br />California is reported by the New York <br />Herald.<br />• 1909 - The first car race to be run on <br />brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor <br />Speedway.<br />• 1919 - Afghanistan gained its <br />independence from England.<br />• 1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved to be <br />sole executive power in Germany known <br />as Fuehrer.<br />• 1942 - About 6,000 Canadian and <br />English soldiers launched a raid against <br />the Germans at Dieppe, France. They <br />suffered about 50 percent casualties. <br />• 1991 - Soviet hard-liners announced <br />that President Mikhail Gorbachev had <br />been removed from power. Gorbachev <br />was returned to power two days later. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH —<br />Happy Birthday Alex Kading!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1741 - Danish navigator Vitus Jonas <br />Bering discovered Alaska. <br />• 1866 - The National Labor Union in the <br />United States advocated an eight-hour <br />workday.<br />• 1866 - It was formally declared by U.S. <br />President Andrew Johnson that the <br />American Civil War was over. <br />• 1918 - The British opened its Western <br />Front offensive during World War I.<br />• 1923 - The first American dirigible, the <br />"Shenandoah," was launched at <br />Lakehurst, New Jersey.<br />• 1940 - France fell to the Germans in <br />World War II.<br />• 1964 - A $1 billion anti-poverty measure <br />was signed by U.S. President Lyndon B. <br />Johnson.<br />• 1991 - A rally of over 100,000 people <br />occurred outside Russian parliament to <br />protest the coup that removed <br />Gorbachev from power.<br />• 2010 - The last American combat <br />brigade exited Iraq after more than 7 <br />years after the U.S. led invasion began. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST —<br />Happy Birthday Phyllis Scholl!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1680 - The Pueblo Indians drove the <br />Spanish out and took possession of <br />Santa Fe, New Mexico.<br />• 1878 - The American Bar Association <br />was formed by a group of lawyers, <br />judges and law professors in Saratoga, <br />New York.<br />• 1912 - Arthur R. Eldred became the first <br />American boy to become an Eagle Scout. <br />It is the highest rank in the Boy Scouts <br />of America.<br />• 1945 - U.S. President Truman ended the <br />Lend-Lease program that had shipped <br />about $50 billion in aid to America's <br />Allies during World War II.<br />• 1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state. <br />U.S. President Eisenhower also issued <br />the order for the 50 star flag.<br />• 1991 - Hard-line coup against Soviet <br />President Mikhail Gorbachev ended. The <br />uprising that led to the Soviet collapse <br />was led by Russian federation President <br />Boris Yeltsin.<br />• 1997 - Afghanistan suspended its <br />embassy operations in the United <br />States. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND —<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Jim and Vickie Moore!</b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1642 - The English Civil War began <br />when Charles I called Parliament and its <br />soldiers traitors.<br />• 1770 - Australia was claimed for the <br />British crown when Captain James Cook <br />landed there.<br />• 1775 - The American colonies were <br />proclaimed to be in a state of open <br />rebellion by England's King George III.<br />• 1846 - The United States annexed New <br />Mexico.<br />• 1902 - In Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. <br />President Theodore Roosevelt became <br />the first president of the United States <br />to ride in an automobile.<br />• 1911 - It was announced that Leonardo <br />da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" had been stolen <br />from the Louvre Museum in Paris. The <br />painting reappeared two years later in <br />Italy.<br />• 1941 - Nazi troops reached the out-<br />skirts of Leningrad during World War II.<br />• 1950 - Althea Gibson became the first <br />black tennis player to be accepted into <br />a national competition.<br />• 1972 - Due to its racial discrimination, <br />Rhodesia was asked to withdraw from <br />the 20th Olympic Summer Games.<br />• 1991 - Mikhail S. Gorbachev returned <br />to Moscow after the collapse of Soviet <br />hard-liners' coup. On the same day he <br />purged the men that tried to oust him.<br />• 1992 - In Rostock, Germany, neo-Nazi <br />violence broke out against foreigners.<br />• 1996 - U.S. President Clinton signed <br />legislation that ended guaranteed cash <br />payments to the poor and demanded <br />work from the recipients of cash. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for your attention to our <br />details this week. You make the wheels <br />go around, ya know.<br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 TO NOON</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">• ADAIR U.M.W. RETREAT AT ANITA </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">STATE PARK </span></b><br />
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<b>THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH —</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 TO NOON.</span></b><b> </b><br />
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<b>PASTOR MELODEE ON VACATION </b></div>
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<b>FROM 7TH THRU 8TH.</b></div>
<b>———————————————————<br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN 9 TO 11 A.M. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: red;">• CASEY U.M.C. RESERVED</span> <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH —<br />11TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST</b><b> </b><br />
<b>COLOR: </b><b><span style="color: #38761d;">GREEN</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></b><br />
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</span><span style="color: #351c75;">• HOLY COMMUNION TODAY</span><br />Happy Birthday Dorothy Oaks!<br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —</b><b>——————————————————<br />2 SAMUEL 18:5-15, 31-33<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">David's son Absalom had begun a civil </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">war against his father. Still, David </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">ordered his army to “deal gently” with </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">him. When Absalom was found stuck </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">in a tree, he was executed and brought </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to David. David wept bitterly.</span></b><br />
<b>5</b> Then the king ordered Joab and <br />
Abishai and Ittai, “Deal gently for my <br />
sake with the young man Absalom.” <br />
The whole army heard what the king <br />
commanded the three captains <br />
regarding Absalom.<br />
<b>6-8</b> The army took the field to meet <br />
Israel. It turned out that the battle was <br />
joined in the Forest of Ephraim. The <br />
army of Israel was beaten badly there <br />
that day by David’s men, a terrific <br />
slaughter—twenty thousand men! There <br />
was fighting helter-skelter all over the <br />
place—the forest took more lives that <br />
day than the sword!<br />
<b>9-10</b> Absalom ran into David’s men, but <br />
was out in front of them riding his mule, <br />
when the mule ran under the branches of <br />
a huge oak tree. Absalom’s head was <br />
caught in the oak and he was left <br />
dangling between heaven and earth, the <br />
mule running right out from under him. <br />
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A solitary soldier saw him and reported it<br />
to Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging <br />
from an oak tree!”<br />
<b>11</b> Joab said to the man who told him, “If <br />
you saw him, why didn’t you kill him then <br />
and there? I’d have rewarded you with <br />
ten pieces of silver and a fancy belt.”<br />
<b>12-13</b> The man told Joab, “Even if I’d had <br />
a chance at a thousand pieces of silver, I <br />
wouldn’t have laid a hand on the king’s <br />
son. We all heard the king command you <br />
and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, <br />
protect the young man Absalom.’ Why, <br />
I’d be risking my life, for nothing is <br />
hidden from the king. And you would <br />
have just stood there!”<br />
<b>14-15</b> Joab said, “I can’t waste my time <br />
with you.” He then grabbed three knives <br />
and stabbed Absalom in the heart while <br />
he was still alive in the tree; by then <br />
Absalom was surrounded by ten of <br />
Joab’s armor bearers; they hacked <br />
away at him and killed him.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 130 (UMH 848)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">A response to the story of David's deep </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">grief over Absalom.</span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">A psalm often used at funerals.</span><br /><br />A PILGRIM SONG<br />1-2</b> Help, God—the bottom has fallen out <br />
of my life!<br />
Master, hear my cry for help!<br />
Listen hard! Open your ears!<br />
Listen to my cries for mercy.<br />
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<b>3-4</b> If you, God, kept records on wrong<br />
doings,<br />
who would stand a chance?<br />
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,<br />
and that’s why you’re worshiped.<br />
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<b>5-6</b> I pray to God—my life a prayer—<br />
and wait for what he’ll say and do.<br />
My life’s on the line before God, my Lord,<br />
waiting and watching till morning,<br />
waiting and watching till morning.<br />
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<b>7-8</b> O Israel, wait and watch for God—<br />
with God’s arrival comes love,<br />
with God’s arrival comes generous <br />
redemption.<br />
No doubt about it—he’ll redeem Israel,<br />
buy back Israel from captivity to sin. <br />
<b>———————————————————<br />EPHESIANS 4:25-5:2<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Paul encourages congregations to give </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">up practices that might lead to broken </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">relationships with God and others, and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">engage in practices that will build up </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">community.</span></b><br />
<b>25</b> What this adds up to, then, is this: no <br />
more lies, no more pretense. Tell your <br />
neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body <br />
we’re all connected to each other, after <br />
all. When you lie to others, you end up <br />
lying to yourself.<br />
<b>26-27</b> Go ahead and be angry. You do <br />
well to be angry—but don’t use your <br />
anger as fuel for revenge. And don’t <br />
stay angry. Don’t go to bed angry. Don’t <br />
give the Devil that kind of foothold in <br />
your life.<br />
<b>28</b> Did you use to make ends meet by <br />
stealing? Well, no more! Get an honest <br />
job so that you can help others who can’t <br />
work. <br />
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<b>29</b> Watch the way you talk. Let nothing<br />
foul or dirty come out of your mouth. <br />
Say only what helps, each word a gift.<br />
<b>30</b> Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his <br />
heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and <br />
breathing in you, is the most intimate <br />
part of your life, making you fit for <br />
himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.<br />
<b>31-32</b> Make a clean break with all cutting, <br />
backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with <br />
one another, sensitive. Forgive one <br />
another as quickly and thoroughly as <br />
God in Christ forgave you.<br />
<b>WAKE UP FROM YOUR SLEEP<br />5 1-2</b> Watch what God does, and then <br />
you do it, like children who learn proper <br />
behavior from their parents. Mostly what <br />
God does is love you. Keep company <br />
with him and learn a life of love. <br />
Observe how Christ loved us. His love <br />
was not cautious but extravagant. He <br />
didn’t love in order to get something <br />
from us but to give everything of <br />
himself to us. Love like that.<br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />JOHN 6:35-38, 41-51<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus says the Father, not his own </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">teaching, draws people to the true bread </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">that is coming down from heaven." </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Those who “eat of him” are receiving </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">eternal life.</span><br />JOHN 6:35-38 </b><br />
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<b>35-38</b> Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. <br />
The person who aligns with me hungers <br />
no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have <br />
told you this explicitly because even <br />
though you have seen me in action, you <br />
don’t really believe me. Every person the <br />
Father gives me eventually comes <br />
running to me. And once that person is <br />
with me, I hold on and don’t let go. I <br />
came down from heaven not to follow <br />
my own whim but to accomplish the <br />
will of the One who sent me.<br />
<b>JOHN 6:41-51<br />41-42</b> At this, because he said, “I am the <br />
Bread that came down from heaven,” the <br />
Jews started arguing over him: “Isn’t this <br />
the son of Joseph? Don’t we know his <br />
father? Don’t we know his mother? How <br />
can he now say, ‘I came down out of <br />
heaven’ and expect anyone to believe <br />
him?”<br />
<b>43-46</b> Jesus said, “Don’t bicker among <br />
yourselves over me. You’re not in charge <br />
here. The Father who sent me is in <br />
charge. He draws people to me—that’s <br />
the only way you’ll ever come. Only then <br />
do I do my work, putting people together, <br />
setting them on their feet, ready for the <br />
End. This is what the prophets meant <br />
when they wrote, ‘And then they will all <br />
be personally taught by God.’ Anyone <br />
who has spent any time at all listening to <br />
the Father, really listening and therefore <br />
learning, comes to me to be taught <br />
personally—to see it with his own eyes, <br />
hear it with his own ears, from me, since <br />
I have it firsthand from the Father. No <br />
one has seen the Father except the One <br />
who has his Being alongside the Father<br />
—and you can see me.<br />
<b>47-51</b> “I’m telling you the most solemn <br />
and sober truth now: Whoever believes <br />
in me has real life, eternal life. I am the <br />
Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate the <br />
manna bread in the desert and died. But <br />
now here is Bread that truly comes down <br />
out of heaven. Anyone eating this Bread <br />
will not die, ever. I am the Bread—living <br />
Bread!—who came down out of heaven. <br />
Anyone who eats this Bread will live—<br />
and forever! The Bread that I present to <br />
the world so that it can eat and live is <br />
myself, this flesh-and-blood self.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1790 - The Columbia returned to <br />Boston Harbor after a three-year voyage. <br />It was the first ship to carry the <br />American flag around the world.<br />• 1842 - The U.S. and Canada signed the <br />Webster-Ashburton Treaty, which solved <br />a border dispute.<br />• 1848 - Martin Van Buren Is nominated <br />for president by the Free-Soil Party in <br />Buffalo, New York.<br />• 1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth <br />gold medal at the Berlin Olympics. He <br />was the first American to win four <br />medals in one Olympics.<br />• 1944 - The Forest Service and Wartime <br />Advertising Council first created <br />"Smokey the Bear."<br />• 1956 - The first statewide, and state <br />supported educational television net-<br />work went on the air in Alabama.<br />• 1974 - U.S. President Richard Nixon <br />formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took <br />his place, and became 38th president of <br />the United States. <br />• 1975 - The New Orleans Superdome <br />officially opened when the Saints played <br />the Houston Oilers in exhibition football. <br />The new Superdome cost $163 million.<br />• 1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin <br />fired Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin <br />and his entire cabinet for the fourth time <br />in 17 months.<br />• 2004 - Trump Hotel and Casion Resorts <br />announced plans to file for Chapter 11 <br />bankruptcy. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH —<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Sam and Sherry Carney!<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1821 - Missouri became the 24th state <br />to join the Union.<br />• 1846 - The Smithsonian Institution was <br />chartered by the U.S. Congress. Lovingly<br />called the "Nation's Attic", it was made <br />possible by $500,000 given by scientist <br />Joseph Smithson. <br />• 1921 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was <br />stricken with polio.<br />• 1945 - The day after the atomic <br />bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced <br />they would surrender. <br />• 1954 - Construction began on the St. <br />Lawrence Seaway. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH —</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 TO NOON.</span><br /> ———————————————————<br />• 1909 - The American ship Arapahoe <br />became the first to ever use the SOS <br />distress signal off the coast of Cape <br />Hatteras, North Carolina.<br />• 1941 - The Atlantic Charter was signed <br />by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt <br />and British Prime Minister Winston <br />Churchill. It defined the Allied goals for <br />a post-war world.<br />• 1984 - Carl Lewis won his fourth gold <br />medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics.<br />• 1994 - The Tenth International <br />Conference on AIDS ended in Japan. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12TH —<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Doug and Suzie Morgan!</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 TO NOON.</span></b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1865 - Disinfectant was used for the <br />first time during surgery by Dr. Joseph <br />Lister.<br />• 1898 - The Spanish-American War was <br />ended with the signing of the peace <br />protocol. The U.S. acquired Guam, <br />Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii <br />was annexed.<br />• 1981 - IBM unveiled its first PC. <br />• 1998 - Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 <br />billion as restitution to World War II <br />Holocaust victims. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH —</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 TO NOON.</span></b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1521 - Present day Mexico City was <br />captured by Spanish conqueror <br />Hernando Cortez from the Aztec Indians.<br />• 1784 - The United States Legislature <br />met for the final time in Annapolis, MD.<br />• 1846 - The American Flag was raised <br />for the very first time in Los Angeles, <br />California.<br />• 1889 - A patent for a coin-operated <br />telephone was issued to William Gray.<br />• 1932 - Adolf Hitler refused to take the <br />post of vice-chancellor of Germany. He <br />said he was going to hold out "for all or <br />nothing." <br />• 1961 - Berlin was divided by a barbed <br />wire fence to halt the flight of refugees. <br />Two days later work on the Berlin Wall <br />began.<br />• 1994 - It was reported that aspirin not <br />only helps reduce risk of heart disease, <br />but also helps prevent colon cancer. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1248 - The rebuilding of the Cologne <br />Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, began <br />after it was destroyed by fire.<br />• 1848 - The Oregon Territory was <br />established.<br />• 1880 - Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, <br />Germany was completed after 632 years <br />of rebuilding. <br />• 1896 - Gold was discovered in Yukon <br />Territory of Canada. Within the next year <br />more than 30,000 people rushed to the <br />area to look for gold.<br />• 1919 - About 1 million tons of ice and <br />rock broke off of a glacier near Mont <br />Blanc, France. Nine people were killed <br />in the incident.<br />• 1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. <br />Roosevelt signed the Social Security <br />Act into law. The act created pension <br />plans and unemployment insurance for <br />the elderly.<br />• 1941 - The U.S. Congress appropriated <br />the funds to construct the Pentagon <br />(approximately $83 million). The <br />building was the new home of the U.S. <br />War Department.<br />• 1945 - It was announced by U.S. <br />President Truman that Japan had <br />surrendered unconditionally. The <br />surrender ended World War II. <br />• 1992 - The U.S. announced emergency <br />airlifts of food to Somalia would begin. <br />The action was taken to stop mass <br />deaths due to starvation. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH —<br />Happy Birthday Brody Moore!<br />Happy Birthday Tyler Carney!<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Gary and Cindy Lundy!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1057 - Macbeth, King of Scotland, was<br />killed by the son of King Duncan of <br />Scotland.<br />• 1914 - The Panama Canal was officially <br />opened to commercial traffic as an <br />American ship sailed from the Atlantic <br />to the Pacific Ocean.<br />• 1935 - Will Rogers and Wiley Post were <br />killed in an airplane crash in near Point <br />Barrow, Alaska.<br />• 1944 - The Allied forces of World War II <br />landed in southern France.<br />• 1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day <br />one day after Japan agreed to surrender <br />unconditionally.<br />• 1947 - India became independent from <br />England and was divided into the two <br />countries of India and Pakistan. India <br />had been under British about 200 years.<br />• 1961 - East German workers began <br />construction of the Berlin Wall.<br />• 1994 - The U.S. Social Security <br />Administration became an independent <br />government agency. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>Our hopes and prayers go with the many </b><br />
<b>displaced people during the wild fires in</b><br />
<b>California. </b><br />
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<b> Our prayers are with with thousands of </b><br />
<b>our nations firefighters who are trying to </b><br />
<b>find a way to end this terrible massive </b><br />
<b>destruction.</b><br />
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<b>Thank you for your kind contributions </b><br />
<b>of love and loyalty this week. You have<br />made an enormous difference and we <br />are indeed indebted to you! <br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-52940616220663762592015-07-26T14:46:00.001-07:002015-07-28T14:37:57.354-07:00OUR WEEK - AUGUST 2ND THRU AUGUST 8TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH —<br />NAOMI WILL BE ON VACATION THRU<br />AUGUST 3RD. </b><br />
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<b>AD COUNCIL AT ADAIR U.M.C. <br />ADAIR U.M.C. @ 7 P.M.<br />CASEY U.M.C. @ 7:45 P.M.<br />COMBINED COUNCILS TO FOLLOW.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST —<br />AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN 9 TO 11 A.M. </b><br />
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• CASEY U.M.C. RESERVED </b><br />
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<b>AT 10:30 THE LOYNACHANS WILL BE </b></div>
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<b>LEADING COMBINED WORSHIP AT </b></div>
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<b>ADAIR U.M.C. </b><br />
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<b> POTLUCK DINNER <span style="color: #38761d;">TO FOLLOW.</span><br />Happy Birthday Beth Rogers!<br /><span style="color: black;">———————————————————</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">SCRIPTURE READINGS —</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">———————————————————</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">2 SAMUEL 11:26-12:13</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">THE MESSAGE (MSG)</span> <br /><span style="color: #990000;">David takes Bathsheba, pregnant with </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">his child, into his household as one of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">his wives when news of Uriah's </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">execution arrives. The Lord sends </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Nathan to rebuke David: to announce a </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">curse upon him and his family. David </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">acknowledges his sin.</span></b></div>
<b>26-27</b> When Uriah’s wife heard that her <br />
husband was dead, she grieved for her <br />
husband. When the time of mourning <br />
was over, David sent someone to bring <br />
her to his house. She became his wife <br />
and bore him a son.<br />
<b>27</b> But God was not at all pleased with <br />
what David had done, <br />
<b>12 1-3</b> and sent Nathan to David. Nathan <br />
said to him, “There were two men in the <br />
same city— one rich, the other poor. The<br />
rich man had huge flocks of sheep, and <br />
herds of cattle. The poor man had <br />
nothing but one little female lamb, which <br />
he had bought and raised. It grew up with <br />
him and his children as a member of the <br />
family. It ate off his plate and drank from <br />
his cup and slept on his bed. It was like <br />
a daughter to him.<br />
<b>4</b> “One day a traveler dropped in on the <br />
rich man. He was too stingy to take an <br />
animal from his own herds or flocks to <br />
make a meal for his visitor, so he took <br />
the poor man’s lamb and prepared a <br />
meal to set before his guest.”<br />
<b>5-6</b> David exploded in anger. “As surely<br />
as God lives,” he said to Nathan, “the <br />
man who did this ought to be lynched! <br />
He must repay for the lamb four times <br />
over for his crime and his stinginess!” <br />
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<b>7-12</b> “You’re the man!” said Nathan.<br />
“And here’s what God, the God of Israel, <br />
has to say to you: I made you king over <br />
Israel. I freed you from the fist of Saul. I <br />
gave you your master’s daughter and <br />
other wives to have and to hold. I gave <br />
you both Israel and Judah. And if that <br />
hadn’t been enough, I’d have gladly <br />
thrown in much more. So why have you <br />
treated the word of God with brazen <br />
contempt, doing this great evil? You <br />
murdered Uriah the Hittite, then took his <br />
wife as your wife. Worse, you killed him <br />
with an Ammonite sword! And now, <br />
because you treated God with such <br />
contempt and took Uriah the Hittite’s <br />
wife as your wife, killing and murder will <br />
continually plague your family. This is <br />
God speaking, remember! I’ll make <br />
trouble for you out of your own family. <br />
I’ll take your wives from right out in front <br />
of you. I’ll give them to some neighbor, <br />
and he’ll go to bed with them openly. <br />
You did your deed in secret; I’m doing <br />
mine with the whole country watching!”<br />
<b>13-14</b> Then David confessed to Nathan, <br />
“I’ve sinned against God.”<br />
<br />
Nathan pronounced, “Yes, but that’s not <br />
the last word. God forgives your sin. <br />
You won’t die for it. But because of your <br />
blasphemous behavior, the son born to <br />
you will die.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 51:1-12 (UMH 785)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">A psalm sometimes described as </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">David's confession after confrontation </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">with Nathan.</span><br />A PSALM OF DAVID, <br />After He Was Confronted by Nathan <br />About the Affair with Bathsheba</b><br />
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<b>1-3</b> Generous in love—God, give grace!<br />
Huge in mercy—wipe out my bad <br />
record.<br />
Scrub away my guilt,<br />
soak out my sins in your laundry.<br />
I know how bad I’ve been;<br />
my sins are staring me down.<br />
<br />
<b>4-6</b> You’re the One I’ve violated, and <br />
you’ve seen<br />
it all, seen the full extent of my evil.<br />
You have all the facts before you;<br />
whatever you decide about me is fair.<br />
I’ve been out of step with you for a long <br />
time,<br />
in the wrong since before I was born.<br />
What you’re after is truth from the inside <br />
out.<br />
Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.<br />
<br />
<b>7-15</b> Soak me in your laundry and I’ll <br />
come out clean,<br />
scrub me and I’ll have a snow-white <br />
life.<br />
Tune me in to foot-tapping songs,<br />
set these once-broken bones to <br />
dancing.<br />
Don’t look too close for blemishes,<br />
give me a clean bill of health.<br />
God, make a fresh start in me,<br />
shape a Genesis week from the chaos <br />
of my life.<br />
Don’t throw me out with the trash,<br />
or fail to breathe holiness in me.<br />
Bring me back from gray exile,<br />
put a fresh wind in my sails!<br />
Give me a job teaching rebels your ways<br />
so the lost can find their way home.<br />
Commute my death sentence, God, my <br />
salvation God,<br />
and I’ll sing anthems to your life-<br />
giving ways.<br />
Unbutton my lips, dear God;<br />
I’ll let loose with your praise.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />EPHESIANS 4:1-16<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Abundant giftedness of the members of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the body of Christ is designed by God </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to build up its unity under Jesus Christ </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and in the power of the Holy Spirit.</span></b><br />
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<b>TO BE MATURE<br />1-3</b> In light of all this, here’s what I want <br />
you to do. While I’m locked up here, a <br />
prisoner for the Master, I want you to get <br />
out there and walk—better yet, run!—on <br />
the road God called you to travel. I don’t <br />
want any of you sitting around on your <br />
hands. I don’t want anyone strolling off, <br />
down some path that goes nowhere. <br />
And mark that you do this with humility <br />
and discipline—not in fits and starts, <br />
but steadily, pouring yourselves out for <br />
each other in acts of love, alert at <br />
noticing differences and quick at <br />
mending fences.<br />
<b>4-6</b> You were all called to travel on the <br />
same road and in the same direction, so <br />
stay together, both outwardly and <br />
inwardly. You have one Master, one faith, <br />
one baptism, one God and Father of all, <br />
who rules over all, works through all, <br />
and is present in all. Everything you are <br />
and think and do is permeated with <br />
Oneness.<br />
<b>7-13</b> But that doesn’t mean you should <br />
all look and speak and act the same. Out <br />
of the generosity of Christ, each of us is <br />
given his own gift. The text for this is,<br />
<br />
He climbed the high mountain,<br />
He captured the enemy and seized the <br />
booty,<br />
He handed it all out in gifts to the <br />
people.<br />
<br />
Is it not true that the One who climbed <br />
up also climbed down, down to the <br />
valley of earth? And the One who <br />
climbed down is the One who climbed <br />
back up, up to highest heaven. He <br />
handed out gifts above and below, filled <br />
heaven with his gifts, filled earth with his <br />
gifts. He handed out gifts of apostle, <br />
prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher <br />
to train Christ’s followers in skilled <br />
servant work, working within Christ’s <br />
body, the church, until we’re all moving <br />
rhythmically and easily with each other, <br />
efficient and graceful in response to <br />
God’s Son, fully mature adults, fully <br />
developed within and without, fully alive <br />
like Christ.<br />
<b>14-16</b> No prolonged infancies among us, <br />
please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the <br />
woods, small children who are an easy <br />
mark for impostors. God wants us to <br />
grow up, to know the whole truth and <br />
tell it in love—like Christ in everything. <br />
We take our lead from Christ, who is the <br />
source of everything we do. He keeps us <br />
in step with each other. His very breath <br />
and blood flow through us, nourishing <br />
us so that we will grow up healthy in <br />
God, robust in love.<br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />JOHN 6:24-35<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus announced to the large crowd as </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">they crossed the sea to catch up to him, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">"I am the bread of life." </span></b><br />
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<b>22-24</b> The next day the crowd that was <br />
left behind realized that there had been <br />
only one boat, and that Jesus had not <br />
gotten into it with his disciples. They <br />
had seen them go off without him. By <br />
now boats from Tiberias had pulled up <br />
near where they had eaten the bread <br />
blessed by the Master. So when the <br />
crowd realized he was gone and wasn’t <br />
coming back, they piled into the Tiberias <br />
boats and headed for Capernaum, <br />
looking for Jesus.<br />
<b>25</b> When they found him back across the <br />
sea, they said, “Rabbi, when did you get <br />
here?”<br />
<b>26</b> Jesus answered, “You’ve come <br />
looking for me not because you saw <br />
God in my actions but because I fed you, <br />
filled your stomachs—and for free.<br />
<br />
<b>THE BREAD OF LIFE<br />27</b> “Don’t waste your energy striving for <br />
perishable food like that. Work for the <br />
food that sticks with you, food that <br />
nourishes your lasting life, food the Son <br />
of Man provides. He and what he does <br />
are guaranteed by God the Father to <br />
last.”<br />
<b>28</b> To that they said, “Well, what do we <br />
do then to get in on God’s works?”<br />
<b>29</b> Jesus said, “Throw your lot in with <br />
the One that God has sent. That kind of <br />
a commitment gets you in on God’s <br />
works.”<br />
<b>30-31</b> They waffled: “Why don’t you give <br />
us a clue about who you are, just a hint <br />
of what’s going on? When we see what’s <br />
up, we’ll commit ourselves. Show us <br />
what you can do. Moses fed our <br />
ancestors with bread in the desert. It <br />
says so in the Scriptures: ‘He gave them <br />
bread from heaven to eat.’”<br />
<b>32-33</b> Jesus responded, “The real <br />
significance of that Scripture is not that <br />
Moses gave you bread from heaven but <br />
that my Father is right now offering you <br />
bread from heaven, the real bread. The <br />
Bread of God came down out of heaven <br />
and is giving life to the world.”<br />
<b>34</b> They jumped at that: “Master, give us <br />
this bread, now and forever!”<br />
<b>35-38</b> Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. <br />
The person who aligns with me hungers <br />
no more and thirsts no more, ever. I <br />
have told you this explicitly because <br />
even though you have seen me in <br />
action, you don’t really believe me. <br />
Every person the Father gives me <br />
eventually comes running to me. And <br />
once that person is with me, I hold on <br />
and don’t let go. I came down from <br />
heaven not to follow my own whim but <br />
to accomplish the will of the One who <br />
sent me.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1776 - Members of the Continental <br />Congress began adding their signatures <br />to the Declaration of Independence.<br />• 1824 - In New York City, Fifth Avenue <br />was first opened.<br />• 1861 - The United States Congress <br />passed the first income tax. Revenues <br />were intended to support the war effort<br />against the Southern Confederacy. The <br />tax was never enacted.<br />• 1938 - Bright yellow baseballs were <br />used in a major league baseball game <br />between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the <br />St. Louis Cardinals. It was hoped that <br />the balls would be easier to see.<br />• 1939 - Albert Einstein sent a letter to <br />President Theodore Roosevelt urging <br />the United States to start an atomic <br />weapons research program.<br />• 1983 - U.S. House of Representatives <br />approved a law that designated the <br />third Monday of January would be a <br />federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin <br />Luther King, Jr. The law was signed by <br />President Reagon on November 2. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD —<br />Happy Birthday Calin Peterson!<br />Happy Birthday Veryl Davis!<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Mike and Aimee Noland</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">• VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL WITH</span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">ADAIR U.M.C., GOOD SHEPHERD, AND </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES — </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">FROM TODAY, AUGUST 3 THRU </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">AUGUST 6.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1492 - Christopher Columbus left Palos, <br />Spain with three ships. The voyage led <br />him to what is known as the Americas. <br />He reached the Bahamas on October 12.<br />• 1777 - During the Siege of Fort Stanwix <br />the first flag of the United States was <br />officially flown during battle.<br />• 1914 - Germany first declared war on <br />France. The next day World War I began <br />when England declared war on Germany.<br />• 1923 - Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as <br />the 30th president of the U.S. after the <br />sudden death of President Harding by <br />an apparent heart attack.<br />• 1936 - Jesse Owens won the first of his <br />four Olympic gold medals.<br />• 1943 - Gen. George S. Patton verbally <br />abused and slapped a private. Later, <br />General Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered <br />him to apologize to the private for the <br />incident.<br />• 1956 - Bedloe's Island had its name <br />changed to Liberty Island.<br />• 1992 - The U.S. Senate voted to restrict <br />and eventually end the testing of <br />nuclear weapons.<br />• 1995 - Eyad Ismoil was flown from <br />Jordan to the United States to face <br />charges that he had driven the van that <br />blew up New York's World Trade Center.<br />• 2004 - NASA launched the spacecraft <br />Messenger. The 6 1/2 year journey was <br />planned to arrive at the planet Mercury <br />in March 2011. On April 30, 2015, <br />Messenger crashed into the surface of <br />Mercury after sending back more than <br />270,000 pictures.<br />• 2009 - Bolivia became the first South <br />American country to declare the right of <br />indigenous people to govern <br />themselves. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1735 - Freedom of the press was <br />established with an acquittal of John <br />Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York <br />Weekly Journal had been charged with <br />seditious libel by the royal governor of <br />New York. The jury said that </b><br />
<b>"THE TRUTH IS NOT LIBELOUS." </b><br />
<b>Freedom of the press was born.<br />• 1944 - Nazi police raided a house in <br />Amsterdam and arrested eight people. <br />Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was <br />one of the people arrested. Her diary <br />would be published after her death.<br />• 1957 - Florence Chadwick set a world <br />record, swimming the English Channel <br />in 6 hours and 7 minutes.<br />• 1977 - U.S. President Carter signed the <br />measure that established the <br />Department of Energy.<br />• 1984 - Carl Lewis won a gold medal in <br />the Los Angeles Olympics.<br />• 1990 - The European Community <br />imposed an embargo on oil from Iraq <br />and Kuwait. This was done to protest <br />the Iraqi invasion of the oil-rich Kuwait. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH —<br />Happy Birthday Thelma Moorhead!<br />Happy Birthday Kyle Lundy! </b><br />
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<b> <span style="color: red;">• • ADAIR U.M.W. RETREAT </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">IN ANITA STATE PARK AT 9 A.M.</span><br />COOPERATIVE LUNCH SERVICE<br />• Meet at the Adair United Methodist <br />Church at 8:30 A.M.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1833 - The village of Chicago was first <br />incorporated. The population was <br />approximately 250.<br />• 1884 - On Bedloe's Island in New York <br />Harbor, the cornerstone for the Statue <br />of Liberty was laid.<br />• 1914 - The first electric traffic lights <br />were installed in Cleveland, Ohio. <br />• 1923 - Henry Sullivan became the first <br />American to swim across the English <br />Channel.<br />• 1924 - The comic strip "Little Orphan <br />Annie," by Harold Gray debuted In the <br />New York "Daily News"<br />• 1944 - Polish insurgents liberated a <br />German labor camp in Warsaw. 348 <br />Jewish prisoners were freed.<br />• 1953 - During the Korean War prisoners <br />were exchanged at Panmunjom. This <br />trade was called Operation Big Switch. <br />Ceasefire talks had been on between <br />Communist and UN forces since 1951, <br />with one of the main stumbling blocks <br />being the Communist insistence that all <br />prisoners be returned home, with the UN <br />insisting that prisoners who wished to <br />remain where they were, be allowed to <br />do so. 75,823 Communist prisoners <br />(70,183 North Koreans - 5,640 Chinese) <br />and 12,773 UN prisoners were returned.<br />Over 22,600 Communist soldiers —<br />declined repatriation.<br />• 1966 - In New York, groundbreaking for <br />the construction of the original World <br />Trade Center began. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH —<br />Happy Birthday Sheryl Richter!</b><br />
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<b>Last day of Vacation Bible School </b></div>
<b><span style="color: red;">in Adair.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1787 - At the Constitutional Convention <br />in Philadelphia debate began today on <br />the first draft of the U.S. Constitution.<br />• 1806 - The Holy Roman Empire went <br />out of existence as Emperor Francis II <br />dissolved the empire after its defeat by <br />Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz.<br />• 1945 - The American B-29 bomber, <br />known as the Enola Gay, dropped the <br />bomb named "Little Boy" over the center <br />of Hiroshima, Japan.<br />• 1965 - The Voting Rights Act prohibiting <br />racial discrimination, was signed by U.S. <br />President Lyndon B. Johnson.<br />• 1969 - The first fair ball to be hit <br />completely out of Dodger Stadium <br />occurred. Willie Stargell, of Pittsburgh <br />Pirates, hit the ball 506 feet from home <br />plate.<br />• 1995 - Thousands of glowing lanterns <br />were set afloat in rivers in Hiroshima, <br />Japan, on the 50th anniversary of the <br />first atomic bombing. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH —</b><br />
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<b>Pastor Melodee will be on vacation </b></div>
<b><span style="color: blue;">August 7th and 8th.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1789 - The U.S. War Department was <br />established by the U.S. Congress.<br />• 1782 - George Washington created the <br />Order of the Purple Heart.<br />• 1942 - United States forces landed at <br />Guadalcanal, marking the start of the <br />first major allied offensive in the Pacific <br />during World War II.<br />• 1947 - The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, <br />which had carried a six-man crew 4,300 <br />miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed <br />into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago.<br />• 1960 - The Cuban Catholic Church <br />condemned the rise of communism in <br />Cuba. Fidel Castro then banned every <br />religious TV and radio broadcast.<br />• 1987 - The presidents of five Central <br />American nations, met in Guatemala <br />City, and signed an 11-point agreement <br />designed to bring peace to that region. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH —<br />Happy Birthday Dean Heckman!<br />Happy Birthday Robert Larson!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1588 - The Spanish Armada was <br />defeated by the English fleet ending a <br />Spanish invasion attempt. <br />• 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte was <br />directed to sail for St. Helena, in the <br />South Atlantic. The remainder of his life <br />was spent there in exile.<br />• 1899 - The refrigerator was patented by <br />A.T. Marshall.<br />• 1911 - The number of representatives <br />in the U.S. House of Representatives <br />was established at 435. There was one <br />member of Congress for every 211,877 <br />residents.<br />• 1940 - The German Luftwaffe began a <br />series of air raids on Great Britain.<br />• 1945 - The United Nations Charter was <br />signed by U.S. President Truman.<br />• 1966 - Dr. Michael DeBakey became the <br />first surgeon to install an artificial heart <br />pump in a patient.<br />• 1974 - U.S. President Nixon announced <br />that he would resign the following day.<br />• 1992 - The "Dream Team" clinched the <br />gold medal at the Barcelona Summer <br />Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beat <br />Croatia 117-85.<br />• 2000 - The submarine H.L. Hunley was <br />raised from the ocean floor after 136 <br />years. The sub had been lost during an <br />attack on the U.S.S. Housatonic in 1864. <br />The Hunley was the first submarine in <br />history to sink a warship. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for all you have done to <br />support our church this week. You have<br />made an enormous contribution and we <br />are most grateful. <br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-19403772832023065142015-07-18T12:25:00.001-07:002015-07-21T10:59:21.520-07:00OUR WEEK - JULY 26TH THRU AUGUST 1ST<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND —</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span></b><br />
<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JULY 23RD —</b><br />
<b>Naomi may take today off if she can </b><br />
<b>work it out. Otherwise —</b><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JULY 24TH —<br />NAOMI WILL BE ON VACATION THRU <br />AUGUST 1ST.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JULY 25TH —<br />AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN 9 TO 11 A.M. </b><br />
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<b>• Casey U.M.C. Reserved<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, JULY 26TH —<br />Happy Birthday Chelsi Rochholz!<br /> <br />9TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br /><span style="color: #38761d;">COLOR: GREEN</span><br />• Casey U.M.C. Reserved</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />John's version of the feeding of 5000 <br />and Jesus walking on the water to meet <br />the disciples as they row in vain against <br />wind and waves. (John 6:1-21)<br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />2 SAMUEL 11:1-15<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">A king like all the nations, even one </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">“after God’s own heart,” may be </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">thoroughly corrupt. Today we read the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">saga of King David's failure to lead his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">troops into battle, his adultery with </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Bathsheba, his failure to compensate </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Uriah for adulterating his wife, and his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">order to have Uriah placed on the front </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">lines and abandoned to slaughter.</span></b><br />
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<b>DAVIDS SIN AND SORROW<br />1</b>1 When that time of year came around <br />
again, the anniversary of the Ammonite <br />
aggression, David dispatched Joab and <br />
his fighting men of Israel in full force to <br />
destroy the Ammonites for good. They <br />
laid siege to Rabbah, but David stayed <br />
in Jerusalem. <br />
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<b>2-5</b> One afternoon, David got up from<br />
taking his nap and was strolling on the <br />
roof of the palace. From his vantage <br />
point on the roof he saw a woman <br />
bathing. The woman was stunningly <br />
beautiful. David sent to ask about her, <br />
and was told, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, <br />
daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the <br />
Hittite?” David sent his agents to get her. <br />
After she arrived, he went to bed with <br />
her. (This occurred during the time of <br />
“purification” following her period.) Then <br />
she returned home. Before long she <br />
realized she was pregnant.<br />
<br />
Later she sent word to David: <br />
“I’m pregnant.”<br />
<br />
<b>6</b> David then got in touch with Joab: <br />
“Send Uriah the Hittite to me.” Joab sent <br />
him.<br />
<br />
<b>7-8</b> When he arrived, David asked him for <br />
news from the front—how things were <br />
going with Joab and the troops and with <br />
the fighting. Then he said to Uriah, “Go <br />
home. Have a refreshing bath and a <br />
good night’s rest.”<br />
<br />
<b>8-9</b> After Uriah left the palace, an <br />
informant of the king was sent after him. <br />
But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that <br />
night at the palace entrance, along with <br />
the king’s servants.<br />
<br />
<b>10</b> David was told that Uriah had not <br />
gone home. He asked Uriah, “Didn’t you <br />
just come off a hard trip? So why didn’t <br />
you go home?”<br />
<br />
<b>11</b> Uriah replied to David, “The Chest is <br />
out there with the fighting men of Israel <br />
and Judah—in tents. My master Joab <br />
and his servants are roughing it out in <br />
the fields. So, how can I go home and <br />
eat and drink and enjoy my wife? On <br />
your life, I’ll not do it!”<br />
<br />
<b>12-13</b> “All right,” said David, “have it <br />
your way. Stay for the day and I’ll send <br />
you back tomorrow.” So Uriah stayed in <br />
Jerusalem the rest of the day.<br />
<br />
The next day David invited him to eat <br />
and drink with him, and David got him <br />
drunk. But in the evening Uriah again <br />
went out and slept with his master’s <br />
servants. He didn’t go home.<br />
<br />
<b>14-15</b> In the morning David wrote a letter <br />
to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In the <br />
letter he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front <br />
lines where the fighting is the fiercest. <br />
Then pull back and leave him exposed <br />
so that he’s sure to be killed.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 14 (UMH 746)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">A cry for deliverance from corruption all </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">around and a recognition that only God, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and no mere mortal, can provide what is </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">needed.</span> </b><br />
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<b> A PSALM OF DAVID</b><br />
<b>1</b> Bilious and bloated, they gas,<br />
“God is gone.”<br />
Their words are poison gas,<br />
fouling the air; they poison<br />
Rivers and skies;<br />
thistles are their cash crop.<br />
<br />
<b>2</b> God sticks his head out of heaven.<br />
He looks around.<br />
He’s looking for someone not stupid—<br />
one man, even, God-expectant,<br />
just one God-ready woman.<br />
<br />
<b>3</b> He comes up empty. A string<br />
of zeros. Useless, unshepherded<br />
Sheep, taking turns pretending<br />
to be Shepherd.<br />
The ninety and nine<br />
follow their fellow.<br />
<br />
<b>4</b> Don’t they know anything,<br />
all these impostors?<br />
Don’t they know<br />
they can’t get away with this—<br />
Treating people like a fast-food meal<br />
over which they’re too busy to pray?<br />
<br />
<b>5-6</b> Night is coming for them, and <br />
nightmares,<br />
for God takes the side of victims.<br />
Do you think you can mess<br />
with the dreams of the poor?<br />
You can’t, for God<br />
makes their dreams come true.<br />
<br />
<b>7</b> Is there anyone around to save Israel?<br />
Yes. God is around; God turns life <br />
around.<br />
Turned-around Jacob skips rope,<br />
turned-around Israel sings laughter.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />EPHESIANS 3:14-21<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)</b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">The reason that the writer bends the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">knee before the Father is the revelation </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">of the mystery that God will use the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">church as the means to make one new </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">humanity out of the two (Gentile and </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">Jew), verse 10. That is why he prays </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">that </span><span style="color: #990000;">they may be "filled with all the </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">fullness </span><span style="color: #990000;">of God" — that they may live </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">out the </span><span style="color: #990000;">fullness of the calling to which </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">they </span><span style="color: #990000;">have been called.</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><b>14-19</b> My response is to get down on my </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">knees before the Father, this magnificent </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Father who parcels out all heaven and </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Spirit—not a brute strength but a </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">glorious inner strength—that Christ will </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">live in you as you open the door and </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">invite him in. And I ask him that with both </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">to take in with all followers of Jesus the </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Reach out and experience the breadth! </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">the heights! Live full lives, full in the </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">fullness of God.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;"><b>20-21</b> God can do anything, you know—</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">far more than you could ever imagine or </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">guess or request in your wildest </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">dreams! He does it not by pushing us </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">around but by working within us, his </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Spirit deeply and gently within us.</span><br style="color: black;" /><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Glory to God in the church!</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Glory down all the generations!</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;">Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!</span></span><b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><sup> </sup></span>———————————————————<b></b><br />
<b>JOHN 6:1-21<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">This is John's version of the feeding of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the 5000 and Jesus walking on the water </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to meet the disciples as they row in vain </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">against wind and waves.</span><br />BREAD AND FISH FOR ALL<br />1-4</b> After this, Jesus went across the Sea <br />
of Galilee (some call it Tiberias). A huge <br />
crowd followed him, attracted by the <br />
miracles they had seen him do among <br />
the sick. When he got to the other side, <br />
he climbed a hill and sat down, <br />
surrounded by his disciples. It was <br />
nearly time for the Feast of Passover, <br />
kept annually by the Jews.<br />
<b>5-6</b> When Jesus looked out and saw that <br />
a large crowd had arrived, he said to <br />
Philip, “Where can we buy bread to feed <br />
these people?” He said this to stretch <br />
Philip’s faith. He already knew what he <br />
was going to do.<br />
<b>7</b> Philip answered, “Two hundred silver <br />
pieces wouldn’t be enough to buy bread <br />
for each person to get a piece.”<br />
<b>8-9</b> One of the disciples—it was Andrew, <br />
brother to Simon Peter—said, “There’s a <br />
little boy here who has five barley loaves <br />
and two fish. But that’s a drop in the <br />
bucket for a crowd like this.”<br />
<b>10-11</b> Jesus said, “Make the people sit <br />
down.” There was a nice carpet of green <br />
grass in this place. They sat down, about <br />
five thousand of them. Then Jesus took <br />
the bread and, having given thanks, gave <br />
it to those who were seated. He did the <br />
same with the fish. All ate as much as <br />
they wanted. <br />
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<b>12-13</b> When the people had eaten their<br />
fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the <br />
leftovers so nothing is wasted.” They <br />
went to work and filled twelve large <br />
baskets with leftovers from the five <br />
barley loaves.<br />
<b>14-15</b> The people realized that God was <br />
at work among them in what Jesus had <br />
just done. They said, “This is the <br />
Prophet for sure, God’s Prophet right <br />
here in Galilee!” Jesus saw that in their <br />
enthusiasm, they were about to grab him <br />
and make him king, so he slipped off and <br />
went back up the mountain to be by <br />
himself.<br />
<b>16-21</b> In the evening his disciples went <br />
down to the sea, got in the boat, and <br />
headed back across the water to <br />
Capernaum. It had grown quite dark and <br />
Jesus had not yet returned. A huge wind <br />
blew up, churning the sea. They were <br />
maybe three or four miles out when they <br />
saw Jesus walking on the sea, quite near <br />
the boat. <br />
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They were scared senseless, but hereassured them, “It’s me. It’s all right. <br />
Don’t be afraid.” So they took him on<br />
board. In no time they reached land—<br />
the exact spot they were headed to.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1775 - A postal system is established <br />by the 2nd Continental Congress of the <br />United States. The very first Postmaster <br />General was Benjamin Franklin.<br />• 1788 - New York became the 11th state <br />to ratify the U.S. Constitution.<br />• 1881 - Thomas Edison and Patrick <br />Kenny execute a patent application for a <br />facsimile telegraph (U.S. Pat. 479,184).<br />• 1908 - U.S. Attorney General Charles J. <br />Bonaparte issued an order that created <br />an investigation agency that was a fore <br />runner of the FBI.<br />• 1945 - Winston Churchill resigned as <br />Britain's prime minister.<br />• 1947 - U.S. President Truman signed <br />The National Security Act. The act <br />created the National Security Council, <br />the Department of Defense, the Central <br />Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Joint <br />Chiefs of Staff. <br />• 1948 - U.S. President Truman signed <br />executive orders that prohibited all <br />discrimination in the U.S. armed forces <br />and federal employment. <br />• 1953 - Fidel Castro began his revolt <br />against Fulgencio Batista with a failed <br />attack on an army barracks in eastern <br />Cuba. Castro eventually ousted Batista <br />six years later. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JULY 27TH —<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY. </b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1245 - Powerful Holy Roman Emperor <br />Frederick II was deposed by a council at<br /> Lyons after they found him guilty of <br />sacrilege.<br />• 1663 - The British Parliament passed a <br />second Navigation Act, which required <br />all goods bound for the American <br />Colonies be sent in British ships from<br />British ports.<br />• 1775 - Benjamin Rush began service <br />as the first Surgeon General of the <br />Continental Army.<br />• 1777 - The Marquis of Lafayette arrived <br />in New England to help the rebellious <br />American colonists fight the British.<br />• 1804 - The 12th Amendment to the U.S. <br />Constitution was ratified. This amend-<br />ment directed Electors to vote for one <br />President and for a Vice-President <br />rather than two choices for President.<br />• 1909 - Orville Wright set a record for <br />the longest airplane flight. He was <br />testing the first Army airplane and kept <br />it in the air for 1 hour 12 minutes and <br />40 seconds. <br />• 1944 - U.S. troops completed liberation <br />of Guam.<br />• 1953 - The armistice agreement that <br />ended the Korean War was signed today <br />in Panmunjon, Korea. <br />• 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson <br />sent 5,000 advisers to South Vietnam.<br />• 1980 - The deposed shah of Iran, <br />Muhammad Riza Pahlavi, died in a <br />hospital near Cairo, Egypt. He died from<br />complications of non-Hodgkins <br />Lymphoma. <br />• 1995 - Korean War Veterans Memorial <br />was dedicated in Washington, DC, by <br />U.S. President Clinton and South <br />Korean President Kim Young-sam. </b><br />
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<b>• 2003 - BBC (British Broadcasting Corp) <br />reported that there was no monster in <br />Loch Ness. The investigation used 600 <br />separate sonar beams and satellite <br />navigation technology to trawl the loch. <br />Reports of sightings of the "Loch Ness <br />Monster" began in the 6th century. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JULY 28TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1866 - The metric system was legalized <br />by the U.S. Congress for standardization <br />of weights and measures throughout the <br />United States.<br />• 1868 - The Fourteenth Amendment to <br />the U.S. Constitution was declared in <br />effect. The amendment guaranteed due <br />process of law.<br />• 1914 - World War I began when Austria-<br />Hungary declared war on Serbia.<br />• 1941 - Plans for the Pentagon building <br />were approved by the U.S. House of <br />Representatives.<br />• 1945 - A U.S. Army bomber crashed into <br />the 79th floor of New York City's Empire <br />State Building. 14 people were killed and <br />26 were injured.<br />• 1982 - San Francisco, California <br />became the first city in the U.S. to ban <br />handguns.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH —<br />Happy Birthday David Young!<br />Happy Birthday Sam Carney!<br />———————————————————<br />AD COUNCIL AT ADAIR U.M.C. @ 7 P.M. </b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1773 - The first schoolhouse located <br />west of the Allegheny Mountains was <br />built in Schoenbrunn, Ohio.<br />• 1786 - "The Pittsburgh Gazette" was <br />the first newspaper to be published west <br />of the Allegheny Mountains. The paper's <br />name was changed to "Pittsburgh Post-<br />Gazette."<br />• 1940 - John Sigmund of St. Louis, MO, <br />completed a 292-mile swim down the <br />Mississippi River. His swim from <br />St. Louis to Caruthersville, MO took him <br />89 hours and 48 minutes.<br />• 1957 - Jack Paar began hosting the <br />"Tonight" show on NBC-TV. The name <br />of the show was changed to "The Jack <br />Paar Show." Paar hosted for five years.<br />• 1958 - The National Aeronautics and <br />Space Administration (NASA) was first <br />authorized by the U.S. Congress.<br />• 1975 - OAS (Organization of American <br />States) members voted to lift sanctions <br />against Cuba. The U.S. government did <br />welcome the action and announced its <br />intention to open serious discussions <br />with Cuba on normalization.<br />• 2005 - Astronomers announced they <br />had discovered a new planet (Xena) <br />larger than Pluto, in orbit around the <br />sun. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JULY 30TH —<br />———————————————————<br />Happy Birthday Wyona Williams!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1502 - Christopher Columbus landed at <br />Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast <br />of Honduras during his fourth voyage.<br />• 1619 - A first representative assembly <br />in America convened in Jamestown, VA.<br /> (It was called House of Burgesses)<br />• 1729 - The city of Baltimore is founded <br />in Maryland.<br />• 1942 - The WAVES were created by <br />legislation signed by U.S. President <br />Franklin D. Roosevelt. The members of <br />the Women's Accepted for Volunteer <br />Emergency Service were a part of the <br />U.S. Navy.<br />• 1945 - The USS Indianapolis was <br />torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. <br />The ship had just delivered the key <br />components of the Hiroshima atomic <br />bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. <br />Only 316 out of 1,196 men aboard <br />survived the attack.<br />• 1956 - The phrase "In God We Trust" <br />was adopted as the U.S. national motto.<br />• 1965 - U.S. President Johnson signed <br />into law the Social Security Act that <br />established Medicare and Medicaid. It <br />went into effect the following year. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JULY 31ST —<br />Happy Birthday Gretchen Umbaugh!<br />Happy Birthday Peg Snyder!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1498 - Christopher Columbus, on his <br />third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, <br />arrived at the island of Trinidad. <br />• 1792 - The cornerstone of the U.S. Mint <br />in Philadelphia, PA, was laid. It was the <br />first building to be used only as a U.S. <br />government building.<br />• 1932 - Enzo Ferrari retired from racing. <br />In 1950 he launched a series of luxury <br />cars under his name.<br />• 1955 - Marilyn Bell of Toronto, Canada, <br />at age 17, became the youngest person <br />to swim the English Channel. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST —</b><br />
<b>• Happy Birthday Ann Gerhards!</b><br />
<b>• Happy Anniversary — </b><br />
<b> Randy and Lynette Carney! </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">• • VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL</span> </b><br />
<b>WITH ADAIR U.M.C., GOOD SHEPHERD, </b><br />
<b>AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES — <br /><span style="color: red;">FROM AUGUST 3 THRU AUGUST 6</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1498 - Christopher Columbus landed <br />on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela).<br />• 1790 - The first U.S. census was <br />completed with a total population of <br />3,929,214 recorded. The areas included <br />were the present states of Connecticut, <br />Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, <br />Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, </b><br />
<b>New York, </b><b>New Hampshire,</b><b> Vermont,</b><br />
<b>Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, North <br />Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, <br />and Virginia.<br />• 1873 - Andrew S. Hallidie successfully<br />tested a cable car. It was designed for <br />San Francisco, California.<br />• 1876 - Colorado became the 38th state <br />to join the United States.<br />• 1907 - The U.S. Army established an <br />aeronautical division that later became <br />the U.S. Air Force. <br />• 1914 - Germany declared war on <br />Russia which was the beginning of <br />World War I.<br />• 1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the <br />Olympic games that opened in Berlin.<br />• 1956 - The Social Security Act was <br />amended to provide benefits to disabled <br />workers aged 50-64 and disabled adult <br />children.<br />• 1975 - The Helsinki accords pledged <br />the signatory nations to respect human <br />rights.<br />• 1988 - Martin Scorsese's "The Last <br />Temptation of Christ" opened.<br />• 2006 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro <br />turned absolute power over Cuba to his <br />brother Raul while he underwent acute <br />intestinal surgery. On February 24, 2008, <br />National Assembly of People's Power <br />unanimously voted Raúl as president. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for your many contributions <br />this week. Without you, we could never <br />keep up, you know. <br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b><br />
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<b><br />• ESTHER CIRCLE AT 7 P.M.<br /> HOSTESS: DARLA MARTIN </b><br />
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<b> • CASEY CIRCLE AT 7 P.M. <br /> IN CASEY U.M.C. </b><br />
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<b> CHUCK WAGON DAYS IN ADAIR.<br />• Friday Morning Sidewalk Sales and <br />• Junior Class Bake Sale at 8 A.M.<br />• Presbyterian Church Ice Cream Social <br />begins at 5 P.M.<br />• Beer Garden and Barbecue at the <br />Fire Station at 6 P.M.<br />• Water Fights on 4th Street at 6 P.M.<br />6 P.M. Good Shepherd Church will serve <br />• free popcorn and snow cones on Main <br />Street.<br />• 6 P.M. Kids parade on Main Street.<br />• 6:15 - Baby Crawl Contest.<br />• Little Miss Jesse James Contest and <br /> Little Mr. Gunslinger Contest.<br />• 7:30 – Bag Toss Tournament on Main <br />Street.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JULY 18TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">JESSE JAMES CHUCK WAGON DAYS</span><br />• PANCAKE BREAKFAST 6:30 - 9:30 A.M. <br />• 7 A.M. – FUN RUN at Adair City Park.<br />• 8 A.M. – SIDEWALK SALES AND <br /> FOOD STANDS.<br />• 10:30 A.M. – CHUCK WAGON DAYS <br /> BIG PARADE – bring your lawn chairs. <br />• 10:30 A.M. – Beer Garden — Barbecue <br /> begins.<br />• 11 A.M. – United Methodist Church will <br />begin serving LUNCH ON THE LAW.<br />• During the afternoon there will be <br />VOLLEY BALL, WATER FIGHTS, BINGO, <br />and a CAR SHOW. <br />• 7:30 P.M. – STREET DANCE BEGINS.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, JULY 19TH —<br />Happy Birthday Denae Elgin!<br />Happy Birthday Dale Tracy!<br />Happy Birthday Neil Lundy! <br />Happy Birthday Aimee Noland!<br /> <br />8TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br />Jesus is feeding the 5000. <br />For this week, consider how the story of <br />the mission activities of Jesus and the <br />disciples (teaching on one shore, <br />healing on the other) relate to a feeding. <br />(Mark 6:30-34, 53-56) <br /><span style="color: #38761d;">COLOR: GREEN</span><br />———————————————————<br /><span style="color: blue;">• CASEY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">BEGINS TODAY • 6 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M. • </span> </b><br />
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———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />2 SAMUEL 7:1-14<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">David tells Nathan his intentions to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">build a permanent house for the God of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Israel, and Nathan initially approves. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">That night, God tells Nathan that David </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">is not to build a house for God, but God </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">will build a house (dynasty) for David.</span><br /><br />GODS COVENANT WITH DAVID</b><br />
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<b>1-2 </b>Before long, the king made himself <br />
at home and God gave him peace from <br />
all his enemies. Then one day King <br />
David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look <br />
at this: Here I am, comfortable in a <br />
luxurious house of cedar, and the Chest <br />
of God sits in a plain tent.”<br />
<b>3</b> Nathan told the king, “Whatever is on <br />
your heart, go, do it. God is with you.”<br />
<b>4-7</b> But that night, the word of God came <br />
to Nathan saying, “Go and tell my <br />
servant David: This is God’s word on the <br />
matter: You’re going to build a ‘house’ <br />
for me to live in? Why, I haven’t lived in <br />
a ‘house’ from the time I brought the <br />
children of Israel up from Egypt till now. <br />
All that time I’ve moved about with <br />
nothing but a tent. And in all my travels <br />
with Israel, did I ever say to any of the <br />
leaders I commanded to shepherd Israel, <br />
‘Why haven’t you built me a house of <br />
cedar?’<br />
<b>8-11</b> “So here is what you are to tell my <br />
servant David: The God-of-the-Angel-<br />
Armies has this word for you: I took <br />
you from the pasture, tagging along <br />
after sheep, and made you prince over <br />
my people Israel. I was with you every<br />
where you went and mowed your <br />
enemies down before you. Now I’m <br />
making you famous, to be ranked with <br />
the great names on earth. And I’m <br />
going to set aside a place for my people <br />
Israel and plant them there so they’ll <br />
have their own home and not be <br />
knocked around any more. Nor will evil <br />
men afflict you as they always have, <br />
even during the days I set judges over <br />
my people Israel. Finally, I’m going to <br />
give you peace from all your enemies.<br />
<b>11-16</b> “Furthermore, God has this <br />
message for you: God himself will build <br />
you a house! When your life is complete <br />
and you’re buried with your ancestors, <br />
then I’ll raise up your child, your own <br />
flesh and blood, to succeed you, and I’ll <br />
firmly establish his rule. He will build a <br />
house to honor me, and I will guarantee <br />
his kingdom’s rule permanently. I’ll be a <br />
father to him, and he’ll be a son to me. <br />
When he does wrong, I’ll discipline him <br />
in the usual ways, the pitfalls and <br />
obstacles of this mortal life. But I’ll <br />
never remove my gracious love from <br />
him, as I removed it from Saul, who <br />
preceded you and whom I most certainly <br />
did remove. Your family and your <br />
kingdom are permanently secured. I’m <br />
keeping my eye on them! And your royal <br />
throne will always be there, rock solid.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 89:20-37 (UMH 807)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">A poetic, musical version of God's </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">promise/covenant to establish David's </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">throne.</span></b><br />
A long time ago you spoke in a vision,<br />
you spoke to your faithful beloved:<br />
“I’ve crowned a hero,<br />
I chose the best I could find;<br />
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I found David, my servant,<br />
poured holy oil on his head,<br />
And I’ll keep my hand steadily on him,<br />
yes, I’ll stick with him through thick <br />
and thin.<br />
No enemy will get the best of him,<br />
no scoundrel will do him in.<br />
I’ll weed out all who oppose him,<br />
I’ll clean out all who hate him.<br />
I’m with him for good and I’ll love him <br />
forever;<br />
I’ve set him on high—he’s riding high!<br />
I’ve put Ocean in his one hand, River in <br />
the other;<br />
he’ll call out, ‘Oh, my Father—my God, <br />
my Rock of Salvation!’<br />
Yes, I’m setting him apart as the First of <br />
the royal line,<br />
High King over all of earth’s kings.<br />
I’ll preserve him eternally in my love,<br />
I’ll faithfully do all I so solemnly <br />
promised.<br />
I’ll guarantee his family tree<br />
and underwrite his rule.<br />
If his children refuse to do what I tell <br />
them,<br />
if they refuse to walk in the way I show <br />
them,<br />
If they spit on the directions I give them<br />
and tear up the rules I post for them—<br />
I’ll rub their faces in the dirt of their <br />
rebellion<br />
and make them face the music.<br />
But I’ll never throw them out,<br />
never abandon or disown them.<br />
Do you think I’d withdraw my holy <br />
promise?<br />
or take back words I’d already <br />
spoken?<br />
I’ve given my word, my whole and holy <br />
word;<br />
do you think I would lie to David?<br />
His family tree is here for good,<br />
his sovereignty as sure as the sun,<br />
Dependable as the phases of the moon,<br />
inescapable as weather.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />EPHESIANS 2:11-22<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">God intends to enact reconciliation </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">through the church by bringing divided </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">humanity (Jews and Gentiles) into one </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">new humanity in Jesus Christ.</span></b><br />
<b>11-13</b> But don’t take any of this for <br />
granted. It was only yesterday that you <br />
outsiders to God’s ways had no idea of <br />
any of this, didn’t know the first thing <br />
about the way God works, hadn’t the <br />
faintest idea of Christ. You knew nothing <br />
of that rich history of God’s covenants <br />
and promises in Israel, hadn’t a clue <br />
about what God was doing in the world <br />
at large. Now because of Christ—dying <br />
that death, shedding that blood—you <br />
who were once out of it altogether are in <br />
on everything.<br />
<b>14-15</b> The Messiah has made things up <br />
between us so that we’re now together <br />
on this, both non-Jewish outsiders and <br />
Jewish insiders. He tore down the wall <br />
we used to keep each other at a distance. <br />
He repealed the law code that had <br />
become so clogged with fine print and <br />
footnotes that it hindered more than it <br />
helped. Then he started over. Instead of <br />
continuing with two groups of people <br />
separated by centuries of animosity and <br />
suspicion, he created a new kind of <br />
human being, a fresh start for everybody.<br />
<b>16-18</b> Christ brought us together through <br />
his death on the cross. The Cross got us <br />
to embrace, and that was the end of the <br />
hostility. Christ came and preached <br />
peace to you outsiders and peace to us <br />
insiders. He treated us as equals, and <br />
so made us equals. Through him we both <br />
share the same Spirit and have equal <br />
access to the Father.<br />
<b>19-22</b> That’s plain enough, isn’t it? <br />
You’re no longer wandering exiles. This <br />
kingdom of faith is now your home <br />
country. You’re no longer strangers or <br />
outsiders. You belong here, with as <br />
much right to the name Christian as <br />
anyone. God is building a home. He’s <br />
using us all—irrespective of how we got <br />
here—in what he is building. He used the <br />
apostles and prophets for the foundation. <br />
Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick <br />
by brick, stone by stone, with Christ <br />
Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all <br />
the parts together. We see it taking <br />
shape day after day—a holy temple built <br />
by God, all of us built into it, a temple in <br />
which God is quite at home.<br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />MARK 6:30-34, 53-56<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">For this week, consider how the story </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of the mission activities of Jesus and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the disciples (teaching on one shore, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">healing on the other) relate to the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">"centerpiece" of the feeding.</span></b><br />
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<b>SUPPER FOR FIVE THOUSAND<br />30-31</b> The apostles then rendezvoused <br />
with Jesus and reported on all that they <br />
had done and taught. Jesus said, “Come <br />
off by yourselves; let’s take a break and <br />
get a little rest.” For there was constant <br />
coming and going. They didn’t even <br />
have time to eat.<br />
<b>32-34</b> So they got in the boat and went <br />
off to a remote place by themselves. <br />
Someone saw them going and the word <br />
got around. From the surrounding towns <br />
people went out on foot, running, and <br />
got there ahead of them. When Jesus <br />
arrived, he saw this huge crowd. At the <br />
sight of them, his heart broke—like <br />
sheep with no shepherd they were. He <br />
went right to work teaching them.<br />
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<b>MARK 6:53-56<br />53-56</b> They beached the boat at <br />
Gennesaret and tied up at the landing. <br />
As soon as they got out of the boat, <br />
word got around fast. People ran this <br />
way and that, bringing their sick on <br />
stretchers to where they heard he was. <br />
Wherever he went, village or town or <br />
country crossroads, they brought their <br />
sick to the marketplace and begged him <br />
to let them touch the edge of his coat—<br />
that’s all. And whoever touched him <br />
became well.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1525 - Catholic princes of Germany <br />formed the Dessau League to fight <br />against the Reformation. <br />• 1788 - Prices plunged on the Paris <br />stock market.<br />• 1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with <br />hieroglyphic translations into Greek, <br />was found in Egypt.<br />• 1848 - A Women's Rights Convention <br />took place in Seneca Falls, NY. Bloomers <br />were introduced at the convention.<br />• 1942 - German U-boats were withdrawn <br />from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast <br />due to American anti-submarine <br />countermeasures.<br />• 1943 - During World War II, more than <br />150 B-17 and 112 B-24 U. S. bombers <br />attacked Rome for the first time.<br />• 1964 - In Illinois, Cahokia Mounds was <br />designated as a U.S. National Landmark.<br />It is the largest pre-Columbian settle-<br />ment north of Mexico.<br />Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is <br />located on the site of a pre-Columbian <br />Native American city (c. 600 1400 CE) <br />across the Mississippi River from <br />modern St. Louis, Missouri.<br />The park covers 2,200 acres, about 3.5 <br />square miles, and contains about 80 <br />mounds, but the ancient city was much <br />larger. In its heyday, Cahokia covered <br />about 6 square miles and included about <br />120 human-made earthen mounds in a <br />wide range of sizes, shapes.<br />Archeologists recovered more than 250 <br />skeletons from Mound 72 alone.<br />• 1982 - United States Census Bureau <br />reported that 14% of the population had <br />an income below the official poverty <br />level in 1981.<br />• 1985 - Christa McAuliffe of New <br />Hampshire was chosen to be the first <br />schoolteacher to ride aboard the space <br />shuttle. She died with six others when <br />the Challenger exploded the next year. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JULY 20TH —<br />Happy Birthday Damian Peterson!<br />Happy Birthday Joe Chrostek! <br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Jim and Jyl Wightman<br />— OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY —<br />———————————————————<br /><span style="color: blue;">• CASEY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">6 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1801 - A 1,235 pound cheese ball was <br />pressed at the farm of Elisha Brown, Jr. <br />The ball of cheese was later loaded on a <br />horse-driven wagon and presented to <br />U.S. President Thomas Jefferson at the <br />White House.<br />• 1859 - Brooklyn and New York played<br /> baseball at Fashion Park Race Course <br />on Long Island, NY. This marked the first <br />time that admission had been charged to <br />see a ball game. It cost $.50 to get in and<br />none of the players on the field received <br />a salary.<br />• 1861 - The Congress of the Confederate <br />States began holding congressional <br />sessions in Richmond, Virginia. <br />• 1942 - The first detachment of the <br />Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, (WACS) <br />began basic training at Fort Des Moines, <br />Iowa.<br />• 1944 - U.S. President Franklin D. <br />Roosevelt was nominated for an <br />unprecedented fourth term of office at <br />the Democratic National Convention in <br />Chicago.<br />• 1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil <br />Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Jr. became <br />the first men to walk on the moon.<br />• 1985 - Treasure hunters began raising <br />$400 million in coins and silver from the <br />Spanish ship Nuestra Senora de Atocha. <br />The ship sank in 1622, 40 miles of the <br />coast of Key West, Florida. <br />• 2003 - In India, elephants that are used <br />for commercial work began wearing <br />reflectors to avoid being hit by cars <br />during night work. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JULY 21ST —<br />Happy Birthday Mildred Sorber!<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Brick and Carol Ann Schnobrick </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br /><span style="color: blue;">CASEY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">6 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1733 - John Winthrop was granted the <br />first honorary Doctor of Law Degree <br />given by Harvard College (University) in <br />Cambridge, Massachusetts. <br />• 1861 - The first major battle of the U.S. <br />Civil War began. It was the Battle of Bull <br />Run at Manassas Junction, Virginia. <br />The Confederates won that battle.<br />• 1930 - The Veterans Administration of <br />the United States was established.<br />• 1940 - Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia <br />were annexed by the Soviet Union.<br />• 1944 - American forces landed on <br />Guam during World War II.<br />• 1949 - The U.S. Senate ratified the <br />North Atlantic Treaty.<br />• 1997 - A ship, The U.S.S. Constitution, <br />which defended the United States during <br />the War of 1812, set sail under its own <br />power for the first time in 116 years.<br />• 2007 - The seventh and last book of the <br />Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and <br />the Deathly Hallows," was released. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND —<br />Happy Birthday Allison Moore! <br />Happy Birthday Tom Noland! <br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Daryl and Allye Peterson!<br />———————————————————<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br /><span style="color: blue;">CASEY VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">6 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1587 - A second English colony was <br />established on Roanoke Island off North <br />Carolina. The colony entirely vanished <br />under mysterious circumstances.<br />The final group of colonists disappeared <br />as they were fighting the Anglo-Spanish <br />War, (an intermittent conflict between the <br />kingdoms of Spain and England). This <br />was three years after receiving the last <br />shipment of supplies from England. <br />Their disappearance gave rise to the <br />nickname "The Lost Colony." To this day <br />there has been no conclusive evidence <br />as to what may have happened to the <br />Roanoke colonists.<br />• 1975 - Confederate General Robert E. <br />Lee had his U.S. citizenship restored by <br />the United States Congress. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JULY 23RD —<br />———————————————————<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br /><span style="color: blue;">LAST DAY OF CASEY VACATION BIBLE </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">SCHOOL, 6 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1715 - The first lighthouse in America <br />was authorized for construction at Little <br />• 1904 - The ice cream cone was invented <br />by Charles E. Menches during the <br />Louisiana Purchase Exposition in <br />St. Louis, Missouri. <br />• 1914 - Austria-Hungary issued an <br />ultimatum to Serbia following the killing <br />of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a <br />Serb assassin. This dispute led to World <br />War I.<br />• 1938 - The first federal game preserve <br />was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wild-<br />life Service. The area was 2,000 acres in <br />Utah. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JULY 24TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">NAOMI WILL BE ON VACATION THRU </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">AUGUST 1ST. Enjoy your vacation </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">Naomi!</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1866 - Tennessee became the first state <br />to be readmitted to the Union after the <br />U.S. Civil War.<br />• 1933 - U.S. President Franklin Delano <br />Roosevelt gave his fourth Fireside Chat.<br />• 1948 - Soviet occupation forces in <br />Germany blockaded West Berlin. The <br />U.S.- British airlift began the next day. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JULY 25TH —<br />Happy Birthday Mary Kilcoin! <br />Happy Birthday Darla Sheeder! <br />Happy Birthday Jacob Reed! <br />Happy Birthday Joshua Anderson!<br />———————————————————<br />AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN 9 TO 11 A.M. </b><br />
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<b> • CASEY U.M.C. RESERVED <br />———————————————————<br />• 0326 - Constantine I of Rome refused <br />to carry out traditional pagan sacrifices.<br />Constantine – as the first Christian <br />emperor – is a significant figure in the <br />history of Christianity.<br />• 1805 - Aaron Burr visited New Orleans <br />with plans to establish a new country, <br />with New Orleans as the capital city.<br />• 1850 - Gold was discovered in the <br />Rogue River in Oregon.<br />• 1861 - The Crittenden Resolution, <br />calling for the American Civil War to be <br />fought to preserve the Union, was <br />passed by the U.S. Congress.<br />• 1866 - Ulysses S. Grant was named <br />General of the Army. He was the first <br />American officer to hold the rank.<br />• 1868 - The U.S. Congress passed an <br />act creating the Wyoming Territory.<br />• 1909 - French aviator Louis Bleriot flew <br />across the English Channel from Calais <br />to Dover in 37 minutes. He was the first <br />man to fly across the channel.<br />• 1943 - Italian Fascist dictator Benito <br />Mussolini was overthrown in a coup.<br />• 1952 - Puerto Rico became a self <br />governing commonwealth of the U.S.<br />• 1994 - Israel and Jordan formally <br />ended the state of war that had existed <br />between them since 1948. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FUTURE FOCUS — </b><br />
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL —<br />ADAIR U.M.C., GOOD SHEPHERD, AND <br />PRESBYTERIAN TOGETHER— <br />VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AUGUST 3-6<br /><br />Thank you for your help during this busy, <br />busy week. You made it all happen, you <br />know. <br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-40944552729366160752015-07-05T14:27:00.003-07:002015-07-08T12:28:41.179-07:00OUR WEEK - JULY 12TH THRU JULY 18TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br /> • AC FOOD PANTRY AT CASEY U.M.C.<br />FROM 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M. </b><br />
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<b>• PASTOR MELODEE ON VACATION<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JULY 9TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JULY 10TH —<br /><span style="color: blue;">• CASEY FUN DAYS THIS WEEKEND</span><br />• 6:30 PM — Bag-O Tournament at<br /> the Fire Station<br /><span style="color: red;">• Family Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">at 7 P.M. in Casey Public Library</span></b><br />
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<b>• CASEY FUN DAYS<br />• Kiddie Parade at 9 A.M.<br />• Frog Jump and Hula Hoop Contest <br />at 9:30 A.M.<br />• Big Parade on Main Street at 10:30 A.M.<br /><br />• AT SHELTER HOUSE IN EAST PARK<br />FROM 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. —<br /><span style="color: red;">CASEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">WILL SERVE LUNCH – </span> </b><br />
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HOME MADE ICE CREAM SERVED BY <br />THE SERVICE CLUB –<br />VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENTS<br />PEDAL PULL – OLYMPIC GAMES – <br />STICK PONY RODEO <br />WATER FIGHTS <br />AND FOOD STANDS AT PARK SLAB <br />FROM 11 TO 1 P.M.<br /><br />• AT VISITOR CENTER – 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.<br />PHOTO CONTEST,<br />CAKE WALK,<br />SCAVENGER HUNT,<br />BINGO,<br />BOOK WALK<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, JULY 12TH —<br />Happy Birthday Ryan Simmelink!<br />SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br /><span style="color: #38761d;">COLOR: GREEN</span><br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />2 SAMUEL 6:1-19<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Some 30,000 chosen men of Israel </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">accompany David to bring the ark of the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">covenant to Jerusalem on a two-stage </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">journey: Baale-judah to Obed-Edom, and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">then Obed-Edom to Jerusalem. The </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">journey takes several months, with a </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">three-month hiatus in the middle. This </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">was because one of the cartmen (Uzzah) </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">was killed by touching the ark. On the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">final leg, David leads the procession </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">while dancing and wearing only a "linen </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">ephod." This was not quite enough to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">be "properly attired."</span></b><br />
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<b>1-2</b> David mustered the pick of the <br />
troops of Israel—thirty divisions of them. <br />
Together with his soldiers, David headed <br />
for Baalah to recover the Chest of God, <br />
which was called by the Name God-of-<br />
the-Angel-Armies, who was enthroned <br />
over the pair of angels on the Chest.<br />
<b>3-7</b> They placed the Chest of God on a <br />
brand-new oxcart and removed it from <br />
Abinadab’s house on the hill. Uzzah and <br />
Ahio, Abinadab’s sons, were driving the <br />
new cart loaded with the Chest of God, <br />
Ahio in the lead and Uzzah alongside the <br />
Chest.<br />
David and the whole company of <br />
Israel were in the parade, singing at the <br />
top of their lungs and playing mandolins, <br />
harps, tambourines, castanets, and <br />
cymbals. When they came to the <br />
threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen <br />
stumbled, so Uzzah reached out and <br />
grabbed the Chest of God. God blazed <br />
in anger against Uzzah and struck him <br />
hard because he had profaned the Chest. <br />
Uzzah died on the spot, right alongside <br />
the Chest.<br />
<b>8-11</b> Then David got angry because of <br />
God’s deadly outburst against Uzzah. <br />
That place is still called Perez Uzzah (The<br />
-Explosion-Against-Uzzah). David became <br />
fearful of God that day and said, “This <br />
Chest is too hot to handle. How can I <br />
ever get it back to the City of David?” He <br />
refused to take the Chest of God a step <br />
farther. Instead, David removed it off the <br />
road and to the house of Obed-Edom <br />
the Gittite. The Chest of God stayed at <br />
the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for <br />
three months. And God prospered Obed-<br />
Edom and his entire household.<br />
<b>12-16</b> It was reported to King David that <br />
God had prospered Obed-Edom and his <br />
entire household because of the Chest of <br />
God. So David thought, “I’ll get that <br />
blessing for myself,” and went and <br />
brought up the Chest of God from the <br />
house of Obed-Edom to the City of David, <br />
celebrating extravagantly all the way, with <br />
frequent sacrifices of choice bulls. David, <br />
ceremonially dressed in priest’s linen, <br />
danced with great abandon before God.<br />
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The whole country was with him as he <br />
accompanied the Chest of God with <br />
shouts and trumpet blasts. But as the <br />
Chest of God came into the City of <br />
David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, <br />
happened to be looking out a window. <br />
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When she saw King David leaping<br />
and dancing before God, her heart<br />
filled with scorn.<br />
<b>17-19</b> They brought the Chest of God and <br />
set it in the middle of the tent pavilion <br />
that David had pitched for it. Then and <br />
there David worshiped, offering burnt <br />
offerings and peace offerings. When <br />
David had completed the sacrifices of <br />
burnt and peace offerings, he blessed <br />
the people in the name of God-of-the-<br />
Angel-Armies and handed out to each <br />
person in the crowd, men and women <br />
alike, a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a <br />
raisin cake. Then everyone went home.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 24 (UMH 755)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">An appropriate response to the story of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the entry of the ark into Jerusalem.</span><br /><br />A PSALM OF DAVID <br />1-2</b> God claims Earth and everything <br />
in it, <br />
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God claims World and all who live on it.<br />
He built it on Ocean foundations, <br />
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laid it out on River girders.<br />
<b>3-4</b> Who can climb Mount God?<br />
Who can scale the holy north-face?<br />
Only the clean-handed,<br />
only the pure-hearted;<br />
Men who won’t cheat,<br />
women who won’t seduce.<br />
<br />
<b>5-6</b> God is at their side;<br />
with God’s help they make it.<br />
This, Jacob, is what happens<br />
to God-seekers, God-questers.<br />
<br />
<b>7</b> Wake up, you sleepyhead city!<br />
Wake up, you sleepyhead people!<br />
King-Glory is ready to enter.<br />
<br />
<b>8</b> Who is this King-Glory?<br />
God, armed<br />
and battle-ready.<br />
<br />
<b>9</b> Wake up, you sleepyhead city!<br />
Wake up, you sleepyhead people!<br />
King-Glory is ready to enter.<br />
<br />
<b>10</b> Who is this King-Glory?<br />
God-of-the-Angel-Armies:<br />
he is King-Glory. <br />
<b>———————————————————<br />EPHESIANS 1:3-14<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The letter opens with praise to God for </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the recipients’ salvation as part of God's </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">eternal plan through Jesus Christ.</span> </b><br />
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<b>THE GOD OF GLORY<br />3-6</b> How blessed is God! And what a <br />
blessing he is! He’s the Father of our <br />
Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the <br />
high places of blessing in him. Long <br />
before he laid down earth’s foundations, <br />
he had us in mind, had settled on us as <br />
the focus of his love, to be made whole <br />
and holy by his love. Long, long ago he <br />
decided to adopt us into his family <br />
through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he <br />
took in planning this!) He wanted us to <br />
enter into the celebration of his lavish <br />
gift-giving by the hand of his beloved <br />
Son.<br />
<b>7-10</b> Because of the sacrifice of the <br />
Messiah, his blood poured out on the <br />
altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—<br />
free of penalties and punishments <br />
chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not <br />
just barely free, either. Abundantly free! <br />
He thought of everything, provided for <br />
everything we could possibly need, <br />
letting us in on the plans he took such <br />
delight in making. He set it all out before <br />
us in Christ, a long-range plan in which <br />
everything would be brought together <br />
and summed up in him, everything in <br />
deepest heaven, everything on planet <br />
earth.<br />
<b>11-12</b> It’s in Christ that we find out who <br />
we are and what we are living for. Long <br />
before we first heard of Christ and got <br />
our hopes up, he had his eye on us, <br />
had designs on us for glorious living, <br />
part of the overall purpose he is working <br />
out in everything and everyone.<br />
<b>13-14</b> It’s in Christ that you, once you<br />
heard the truth and believed it (this <br />
Message of your salvation), found <br />
yourselves home free—signed, sealed, <br />
and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This <br />
signet from God is the first installment <br />
on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll <br />
get everything God has planned for us, <br />
a praising and glorious life.<br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />MARK 6:14-29<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Mark tells two stories in one — a </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">“present-time” story and a “flashback.” </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">The “present-time” story recounts </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Herod hearing about Jesus and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">deciding he must be John the Baptist </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">raised from the dead. The "flashback" </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">is the story of the Herod's order to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">have John the Baptist beheaded.</span><br />THE DEATH OF JOHN<br />14</b> King Herod heard of all this, for by <br />
this time the name of Jesus was on <br />
everyone’s lips. He said, “This has to be <br />
John the Baptizer come back from the <br />
dead—that’s why he’s able to work <br />
miracles!”<br />
<b>15</b> Others said, “No, it’s Elijah.”<br />
Others said, “He’s a prophet, just like <br />
one of the old-time prophets.”<br />
16 But Herod wouldn’t budge: “It’s John, <br />
sure enough. I cut off his head, and now <br />
he’s back, alive.”<br />
<b>17-20</b> Herod was the one who had <br />
ordered the arrest of John, put him in <br />
chains, and sent him to prison at the <br />
nagging of Herodias, his brother Philip’s <br />
wife. For John had provoked Herod by <br />
naming his relationship with Herodias <br />
“adultery.” Herodias, smoldering with <br />
hate, wanted to kill him, but didn’t dare <br />
because Herod was in awe of John. <br />
Convinced that he was a holy man, he <br />
gave him special treatment. Whenever <br />
he listened to him he was miserable with <br />
guilt—and yet he couldn’t stay away. <br />
Something in John kept pulling him <br />
back.<br />
<b>21-22</b> But a portentous day arrived when <br />
Herod threw a birthday party, inviting all <br />
the brass and bluebloods in Galilee. <br />
Herodias’s daughter entered the banquet <br />
hall and danced for the guests. She <br />
dazzled Herod and the guests.<br />
<b>22-23</b> The king said to the girl, “Ask me <br />
anything. I’ll give you anything you <br />
want.” Carried away, he kept on, “I <br />
swear, I’ll split my kingdom with you if <br />
you say so!”<br />
<b>24</b> She went back to her mother and <br />
said, “What should I ask for?”<br />
<br />
“Ask for the head of John the Baptizer.”<br />
<br />
<b>25</b> Excited, she ran back to the king and <br />
said, “I want the head of John the <br />
Baptizer served up on a platter. And I <br />
want it now!”<br />
<b>26-29</b> That sobered the king up fast. But <br />
unwilling to lose face with his guests, he <br />
caved in and let her have her wish. The <br />
king sent the executioner off to the <br />
prison with orders to bring back John’s <br />
head. <br />
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He went, cut off John’s head, brought it<br />
back on a platter, and presented it to the<br />
girl, who gave it to her mother. When<br />
John’s disciples heard about this, they<br />
came and got the body and gave it a<br />
decent burial.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1690 - Protestant forces led by William <br />of Orange defeated the Roman Catholic <br />army of James II.<br />• 1862 - The U.S. Congress authorized <br />the Medal of Honor.<br />• 1864 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln <br />witnessed the battle where Union forces <br />repelled Jubal Early's army on the <br />outskirts of Washington, DC.<br />• 1933 - A minimum wage of 40 cents an <br />hour was established in the U.S.<br />• 1990 - Russian republic president Boris <br />N. Yeltsin announced his resignation <br />from the the Soviet Communist Party. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JULY 13TH —<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1099 - The Crusaders launched their <br />final assault on Muslims in Jerusalem.<br />• 1585 - A group of 108 English colonists, <br />led by Sir Richard Grenville, reached <br />Roanoke Island, North Carolina.<br />• 1754 - At the beginning of the French <br />and Indian War, George Washington <br />surrendered Fort Necessity in south-<br />western Pennsylvania to the French.<br />• 1832 - Henry Schoolcraft discovered <br />the source of the Mississippi River in <br />Minnesota.<br />• 1835 - John Ruggles received patent <br />#1 from the U.S. Patent Office for a <br />traction wheel used in locomotive steam <br />engines. All 9,957 previous patents were <br />not numbered.<br />• 1863 - Opponents of the Civil War draft <br />began three days of rioting in New York <br />City, which resulted in more than 1,000 <br />casualties. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JULY 14TH —<br />Happy Birthday Rhonda Wall!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1911 - Harry N. Atwood landed an <br />airplane on the lawn of the White House <br />to accept an award from U.S. President <br />William Howard Taft.<br />•1933 - All German political parties <br />except the Nazi Party were outlawed.<br />• 1951 - The George Washington Carver <br />National Monument in Joplin, Missouri, <br />became the first national park to honor <br />an African American. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH —<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Larry and Donna Sheeder!<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br /><br />• ESTHER CIRCLE AT 7 P.M.<br />HOSTESS: DARLA MARTIN </b><br />
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<b>• CASEY CIRCLE AT 7 P.M. <br /> IN CASEY UMC </b><br />
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———————————————————<br />• 1099 - Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders.<br />• 1813 - Napoleon Bonaparte's <br />representatives met with the Allies in <br />Prague to discuss peace terms. <br />• 1870 - Georgia became the last of the <br />Confederate states to be readmitted to <br />the Union. <br />• 1922 - The duck-billed platypus arrived <br />in America, direct from Australia. It was <br />exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York <br />City.<br />• 1958 - Five thousand U.S. Marines <br />landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to protect the <br />pro-Western government. The troops <br />withdrew October 25, 1958.<br />• 2006 - The social networking service <br />Twitter was launched. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JULY 16TH—<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1779 - American troops under General<br /> Anthony Wayne captured Stony Point, <br />New York. <br />• 1790 - The District of Columbia, or <br />Washington, DC, was established as the <br />permanent seat of the United States <br />Government.<br />• 1926 - The first underwater color photo-<br />graphs were in "National Geographic" <br />magazine. The pictures had been taken <br />near the Florida Keys.<br />• 1935 - Oklahoma City became the first <br />city in the U.S. to install parking meters.<br />• 1940 - Adolf Hitler ordered preparations <br />to begin on the invasion of England, <br />known as Operation Sea Lion.<br />• 1942 - French police officers rounded<br /> up 13,000 Jews and held them in the <br />Winter Velodrome. The round-up was <br />part of an agreement between Pierre <br />Laval and the Nazis. Germany had <br />agreed to not deport French Jews if <br />France arrested foreign Jews.<br />• 1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape <br />Kennedy, Florida, and began the first <br />manned mission to land on the moon.<br />• 1981 - After 23 years with the name <br />Datsun, executives of Nissan changed <br />the name of their cars to Nissan. <br />• 2005 - Rowling's book "Harry Potter and <br />the Half-Blood Prince" was released. It <br />was the sixth in the Harry Potter series. <br />The book sold 6.9 million copies on its <br />first day of release.<br />• 2009 - In Chicago, Sears Tower was <br />renamed Willis Tower. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JULY 17TH —<br />Happy Birthday Bob Sullins!</b><br />
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<b>JESSE JAMES CHUCK WAGON DAYS</b></div>
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<b>JULY 17 AND 18 IN ADAIR</b></div>
<b>Friday Morning Sidewalk Sales and <br />Junior Class Bake Sale at 8 A.M.<br />Presbyterian Church Ice Cream Social <br />begins at 5 P.M.<br />Beer Garden and Barbecue at the <br />Fire Station at 6 P.M.<br />Water Fights on 4th Street at 6 P.M.<br />6 P.M. Good Shepherd Church will serve <br />free popcorn and snow cones on Main <br />Street.<br />6 P.M. Kids parade on Main Street.<br />6:15 - Baby Crawl Contest.<br />Little Miss Jesse James Contest and <br />Little Mr. Gunslinger Contest.<br />7:30 – Bag Toss Tournament on Main <br />Street.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1453 - France defeated England at <br />Castillon, France, which ended the 100 <br />Years' War. <br />• 1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the <br />United States.<br />• 1862 - National cemeteries were <br />authorized by the U.S. government.<br />• 1945 - U.S. President Truman, Soviet <br />leader Josef Stalin and British Prime <br />Minister Winston S. Churchill began <br />meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied <br />summit of World War II. During the <br />meeting Stalin made the comment that <br />"Hitler had escaped."<br />• 1997 - After 117 years, the Woolworth <br />Corp. closed its last 400 stores. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JULY 18TH —<br />JESSE JAMES CHUCK WAGON DAYS.<br />• Pancake Breakfast 6:30 to 9:30 A.M. <br />• 7 A.M. – Fun Run at Adair City Park.<br />• 8 A,M. – Sidewalk Sales – Food Stands.<br />• 10:30 A.M. – Chuck Wagon Days Parade<br />– bring your lawn chairs for comfort. <br />• 10:30 A.M. – Beer Garden and Barbecue <br />begins.<br />• 11 A.M. – United Methodist Church will <br />begin serving lunch on the church lawn.<br />• During the afternoon there will be <br />Volley Ball, Water Fights, Bingo, and a <br />Car Show. <br />• 7:30 P.M. the Street Dance will begin.<br />———————————————————<br />• 0064 - The Great Fire of Rome began.<br />• 1872 - The Ballot Act was passed in <br />Great Britain, providing for secret <br />election ballots.<br />• 1932 - The U.S. and Canada signed a <br />treaty to develop the St. Lawrence <br />Seaway.</b><br />
<b>• 1944 - U.S. troops captured Saint-Lo, <br />France, ending the battle of the <br />hedgerows. </b><br /><b>• 2001 - A train derailed, involving 60 <br />cars, in a Baltimore train tunnel. The fire <br />that resulted lasted for six days and <br />virtually closed down downtown <br />Baltimore for several days. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ </b><br />
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<b> <span style="color: red;">— VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL —</span></b><br />
<b>• CASEY JULY 19 - 23 FROM 6-8:30 P.M.</b><br />
<b>• ADAIR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - </b><br />
<b>AUGUST 3RD THRU 6TH.</b><br />
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<b>Thank you for your attention to our </b><br />
<b>church life details this week. We are </b><br />
<b>very fortunate </b><b>to have you.<br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-44678374096657478772015-06-28T14:25:00.001-07:002015-06-30T11:27:34.174-07:00OUR WEEK - JULY 5TH THRU JULY 11TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br /> ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JULY 2ND —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span></b><b> </b><br />
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<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JULY 4TH —</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">* INDEPENDENCE DAY * </span> </b><br />
<b>If you were called to freedom, brothers <br />and sisters, do not use your freedom as <br />an opportunity for self-indulgence, but <br />through love become friends with one <br />another. The whole law is summed up in <br />a single commandment, “You shall love <br />your neighbor as yourself.” <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, JULY 5TH —<br />Happy Birthday Debie Stolk!<br />Happy Birthday Lisa Rochholz!<br />Happy Birthday Chris Peterson!</b><br />
<b><br />SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br />COLOR: <span style="color: #38761d;">GREEN</span><br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />2 SAMUEL 5:1-10<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">David has been anointed king in Judah. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">Davids story might connect with what it </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">meant for the American colonies to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">consolidate power, beginning on July 4, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">1776, and also what it means for power </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to become more coordinated with the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Christian community.</span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">King David seals the terms of his rule </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">over the tribes of all Israel in a covenant </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">ceremony at Hebron. He conquers the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Jebusites at Jerusalem (verses 6-8), and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">locates his throne there seven years </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">into his reign.</span></b><br />
<b>1-2</b> Before long all the tribes of Israel <br />
approached David in Hebron and said, <br />
“Look at us—your own flesh and blood! <br />
In time past when Saul was our king, <br />
you were the one who really ran the <br />
country. Even then God said to you, <br />
‘You will shepherd my people Israel and <br />
you’ll be the prince.’”<br />
<b>3</b> All the leaders of Israel met with King <br />
David at Hebron, and the king made a <br />
treaty with them in the presence of God. <br />
And so they anointed David king over <br />
Israel.<br />
<b>4-5</b> David was thirty years old when he <br />
became king, and ruled for forty years. <br />
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In Hebron he ruled Judah for seven and<br />
a half years. In Jerusalem he ruled all <br />
Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.<br />
<b>6</b> David and his men immediately set out <br />
for Jerusalem to take on the Jebusites, <br />
who lived in that country. But they said, <br />
“You might as well go home! Even the <br />
blind and the lame could keep you out. <br />
You can’t get in here!” They had <br />
convinced themselves that David could <br />
not break through. <br />
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<b>7-8</b> But David went right ahead and <br />
captured the fortress of Zion, known <br />
ever since as the City of David. That <br />
day David said, “To get the best of these <br />
Jebusites, one must target the water <br />
system, not to mention this so-called <br />
lame and blind bunch that David hates.” <br />
(In fact, he was so sick and tired of it, <br />
people coined the expression, “No lame <br />
and blind allowed in the palace.”)<br />
<b>9-10</b> David made the fortress city his <br />
home and named it “City of David.” He <br />
developed the city from the outside <br />
terraces inward. David proceeded with <br />
a longer stride, a larger embrace since <br />
the God-of-the-Angel-Armies was with <br />
him.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 48 (UMH 782)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">A song in praise of Jerusalem as a sign </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of God's power to defend the people of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Israel.</span><br />A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH<br />1-3</b> God majestic,<br />
praise abounds in our God-city!<br />
His sacred mountain,<br />
breathtaking in its heights—earth’s <br />
joy. <br />
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Zion Mountain looms in the North,<br />
city of the world-King.<br />
God in his citadel peaks<br />
impregnable.<br />
<b>4-6</b> The kings got together,<br />
they united and came.<br />
They took one look and shook their <br />
heads,<br />
they scattered and ran away.<br />
They doubled up in pain<br />
like a woman having a baby.<br />
<b>7-8</b> You smashed the ships of Tarshish<br />
with a storm out of the East.<br />
We heard about it, then we saw it<br />
with our eyes—<br />
In God’s city of Angel Armies,<br />
in the city our God<br />
Set on firm foundations,<br />
firm forever.<br />
<b>9-10</b> We pondered your love-in-action, <br />
God,<br />
waiting in your temple:<br />
Your name, God, evokes a train<br />
of Hallelujahs wherever<br />
It is spoken, near and far;<br />
your arms are heaped with goodness<br />
-in-action.<br />
<b>11</b> Be glad, Zion Mountain;<br />
Dance, Judah’s daughters!<br />
He does what he said he’d do!<br />
<b>12-14</b> Circle Zion, take her measure,<br />
count her fortress peaks,<br />
Gaze long at her sloping bulwark,<br />
climb her citadel heights—<br />
Then you can tell the next generation<br />
detail by detail the story of God,<br />
Our God forever,<br />
who guides us till the end of time.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />2 CORINTHIANS 12:2-10<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">Paul will boast only in weakness so he </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">can identify with sufferings of Christ. </span></b><br />
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<b>STRENGTH FROM WEAKNESS</b><br />
<b>1-5</b> You’ve forced me to talk this way, <br />
and I do it against my better judgment. <br />
But now that we’re at it, I may as well <br />
bring up the matter of visions and <br />
revelations that God gave me. For <br />
instance, I know a man who, fourteen <br />
years ago, was seized by Christ and <br />
swept in ecstasy to the heights of <br />
heaven. I really don’t know if this took <br />
place in the body or out of it; only God <br />
knows. I also know that this man was <br />
hijacked into paradise—again, whether <br />
in or out of the body, I don’t know; God <br />
knows. There he heard the unspeakable <br />
spoken, but was forbidden to tell what <br />
he heard. This is the man I want to talk <br />
about. But about myself, I’m not saying <br />
another word apart from humiliations.<br />
<b>6</b> If I had a mind to brag a little, I could <br />
probably do it without looking ridiculous, <br />
and I’d still be speaking plain truth all <br />
the way. But I’ll spare you. I don’t want <br />
anyone imagining me as anything other <br />
than the fool you’d encounter if you saw <br />
me on the street or heard me talk.<br />
<b>7-10</b> Because of the extravagance of <br />
those revelations, and so I wouldn’t get <br />
a big head, I was given the gift of a <br />
handicap to keep me in constant touch <br />
with my limitations. Satan’s angel did <br />
his best to get me down; what he in fact <br />
did was push me to my knees. No <br />
danger then of walking around high and <br />
mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a <br />
gift, and begged God to remove it. Three <br />
times I did that, and then he told me,<br />
<br />
My grace is enough; it’s all you need.<br />
My strength comes into its own in your <br />
weakness.<br />
<br />
Once I heard that, I was glad to let it <br />
happen. I quit focusing on the handicap <br />
and began appreciating the gift. It was a <br />
case of Christ’s strength moving in on <br />
my weakness. Now I take limitations in <br />
stride, and with good cheer, these <br />
limitations that cut me down to size—<br />
abuse, accidents, opposition, bad <br />
breaks. I just let Christ take over! And <br />
so the weaker I get, the stronger I <br />
become. <br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />MARK 6:1-13<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus encounters resistance to his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">ministry in his hometown synagogue. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">He sends his disciples on an "advance </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">mission" to get the word and signs of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the power of the coming kingdom out to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">as many villages in the region of Galilee </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">as possible.</span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Running into a brick wall at home did </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">not stop Jesus, even as running into the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">brick wall of British colonial attitudes </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">did not stop the colonists from finding a </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">way to obtain the independence from </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Britain they needed to have successful </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">lives in North America.</span></b><br />
<b>JUST A CARPENTER<br />1-2</b> He left there and returned to his <br />
hometown. His disciples came along. <br />
On the Sabbath, he gave a lecture in the <br />
meeting place. He made a real hit, <br />
impressing everyone. <br />
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“We had no idea he was this good!”<br />
they said. “How did he get so wise all of a<br />
sudden, get such ability?”<br />
<b>3</b> But in the next breath they were cut-<br />
ting him down: “He’s just a carpenter—<br />
Mary’s boy. We’ve known him since he <br />
was a kid. We know his brothers, James, <br />
Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters. <br />
Who does he think he is?” They tripped <br />
over what little they knew about him and <br />
fell, sprawling. And they never got any <br />
further.<br />
<b>4-6</b> Jesus told them, “A prophet has <br />
little honor in his hometown, among his <br />
relatives, on the streets he played in as <br />
a child.” Jesus wasn’t able to do much <br />
of anything there—he laid hands on a <br />
few sick people and healed them, that’s <br />
all. He couldn’t get over their stubborn-<br />
ness. He left and made a circuit of the <br />
other villages, teaching. <br />
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<b>THE TWELVE</b><br />
<b>7-8</b> Jesus called the Twelve to him, and <br />
sent them out in pairs. He gave them <br />
authority and power to deal with the evil <br />
opposition. He sent them off with these <br />
instructions:<br />
<b>8-9</b> “Don’t think you need a lot of extra <br />
equipment for this. You are the <br />
equipment. No special appeals for <br />
funds. Keep it simple.<br />
<b>10</b> “And no luxury inns. Get a modest <br />
place and be content there until you <br />
leave.<br />
<b>11</b> “If you’re not welcomed, not listened <br />
to, quietly withdraw. Don’t make a scene. <br />
Shrug your shoulders and be on your <br />
way.”<br />
<b>12-13</b> Then they were on the road. They <br />
preached with joyful urgency that life <br />
can be radically different; right and left <br />
they sent the demons packing; they <br />
brought wellness to the sick, anointing <br />
their bodies, healing their spirits.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1806 - A Spanish army repelled the <br />British during their attempt to retake <br />Buenos Aires, Argentina.<br />• 1811 - Venezuela became the first South <br />American country to become <br />independent from Spain.<br />• 1814 - U.S. troops under Jacob Brown <br />defeated a British force at Chippewa, <br />Canada.<br />• 1863 - U.S. Federal troops occupied <br />Vicksburg, Mississippi, and distributed <br />supplies to the citizens.<br />• 1865 - William Booth founded the <br />Salvation Army in London.<br />• 1865 - The U.S. Secret Service Division <br />was created to combat counterfeiting, <br />forgery, and the altering of currency and <br />securities in any way. <br />• 1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt <br />signed the National Labor Relations Act <br />into law. The act authorized labor to <br />organize for the purpose of collective <br />bargaining.<br />• 1941 - German troops reached the <br />Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.<br />• 1943 - The battle of Kursk began as <br />German tanks attack the Russians. It <br />was the largest tank battle in history. <br />• 2000 - 10 Bengal tigers, including 7 <br />rare white tigers, died at the <br />Nandankanan Zoo in India. The tigers <br />died of sleeping sickness. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JULY 6TH —<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1483 - King Richard III of England was <br />crowned.<br />• 1699 - Captain Billy the (William) Kidd, <br />the pirate, was captured in Boston, MA, <br />and deported back to England.<br />• 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully <br />tested his anti-rabies vaccine.<br />• 1919 - A British dirigible landed in New <br />York at Roosevelt Field. It completed the <br />first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by <br />an airship. <br />• 1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist <br />Republics (U.S.S.R.) was established.<br />• 1928 - "The Lights of New York" was <br />shown in New York's Strand Theatre. It <br />was the first all-talking movie. <br />• 1942 - The young Anne Frank and her <br />family took refuge from the Nazis in <br />Amsterdam. Anne kept a diary of the <br />experience.<br />• 1967 - The Biafran War erupted. The <br />war lasted two-and-a-half years. About <br />600,000 people died. Control over oil <br />production in the Niger Delta played a <br />vital strategic role.<br />• 1981 - Former President of Argentina <br />Isabel Peron was freed after five years <br />of house arrest by a federal court.<br />• 1981 - Dupont Company announced an <br />agreement to purchase Conoco, Inc. <br />(Continental Oil Co.) for $7 billion. At the <br />time it was the largest merger in <br />corporate history. <br />• 1989 - The U.S. Army destroyed its last <br />Pershing 1-A missiles at an ammunition <br />plant in Karnack, TX. The dismantling <br />was under the terms of the 1987 Nuclear <br />Forces Treaty.<br />• 1997 - The Mars Pathfinder released a <br />robot rover on the surface of Mars. It <br />landed on the red planet on July 4th.<br />• 1998 - Protestants rioted in many parts <br />of Northern Ireland after the British <br />blocked a march in Portadown. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JULY 7TH —<br />Happy Birthday Shirley Chesnut!<br />Happy Birthday Larry Chesnut!<br />Happy Birthday Cadence Stephenson!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1754 - Kings College opened in New <br />York City. It was renamed Columbia <br />University 30 years later.<br />• 1846 - U.S. annexation of California <br />was proclaimed at Monterey after the <br />surrender of a Mexican garrison.<br />• 1862 - The first railroad post office was <br />tested on the Hannibal and St. Joseph <br />Railroad in Missouri.<br />• 1930 - Construction began on Boulder <br />Dam, later named Hoover Dam, on the <br />Colorado River. Its construction was the <br />result of a massive effort involving <br />thousands of workers, and cost over <br />one hundred lives. The dam was turned <br />over to the federal government March 1, <br />1936, more than two years ahead of <br />schedule.<br />• 1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini <br />is canonized as the first American saint.<br />• 1969 - Canada's House of Commons <br />gave final approval to a measure that <br />made the French language equal to <br />English throughout the national <br />government.<br />• 1981 - President Reagan announced he <br />was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra <br />Day O'Connor to become the first female <br />justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.<br />• 1994 - Amazon.com, Inc. was founded <br />in Seattle, Washington under the name <br />"Cadabra."<br />• 2000 - Amazon.com announced that <br />they had sold almost 400,000 copies of <br />"Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire," <br />making it the biggest selling book in <br />e-tailing history. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH —<br />Happy Birthday Jim Oberholtz!<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />AD COUNCIL MEETS AT CASEY U.M.C.<br /> AT 7 P.M.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1099 - The Christian soldiers took the </b><br />
<b>First Crusade march around Jerusalem.</b><br />
<b>• 1608 - The first French settlement at <br />Quebec was established by Samuel de <br />Champlain.<br />• 1663 - King Charles II of England <br />granted a British charter to Rhode Is.<br />• 1693 - Uniforms for policemen in New <br />York City were authorized. <br />• 1755 - England broke off diplomatic <br />relations with France as their disputes <br />in the New World (America) intensified.<br />• 1776 - Col. John Nixon gave the first <br />public reading of the U.S. Declaration of <br />Independence to a crowd gathered at <br />Independence Square in Philadelphia.<br />• 1795 - Kent County Free School </b><br />
<b>changed its name to Washington College. <br />It was the first college to be named after <br />U.S. President George Washington. The <br />school was established in 1723.<br />• 1815 - Louis XVIII returned to Paris after <br />defeating Napoleon.<br />• 1881 - Edward Berner, druggist in Two <br />Rivers, Wisconsin, poured chocolate <br />syrup on ice cream in a dish to make a <br />Sunday. To this time chocolate syrup <br />had only been used to make ice-cream <br />sodas.<br />• 1947 - Demolition work began in New <br />York City for the new headquarters of <br />the United Nations.<br />• 1997 - NATO invited Poland, Hungary, <br />and the Czech Republic to join the <br />alliance in 1999. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JULY 9TH—<br />Happy Birthday Carla Eggen!<br />Happy Birthday Mike Reed!<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Ralph and Lavonne Sheeder!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 0118 - Hadrian, newest emperor of <br />Rome , made his entry into the city. <br />• 1609 - In a letter to the crown, Emperor <br />Rudolf II granted Bohemia freedom of <br />worship. <br />• 1776 - The American Declaration of <br />Independence was read aloud to General <br />George Washington's troops in New <br />York state.<br />• 1868 - 14th Amendment to the U.S. <br />Constitution was ratified. The amend-</b><br />
<b>ment was designed to grant citizenship </b><br />
<b>and protect the civil liberties of recently <br />freed slaves. It prohibited states from <br />denying privileges and immunities of all <br />citizens of the United States, depriving <br />any person of his life, liberty, or property <br />without due process of law, or denying <br />to any person within their jurisdiction <br />equal protection of the laws.<br />• 1900 - The Commonwealth of Australia <br />was established by an act of the British <br />Parliament, uniting separate colonies <br />under one federal government.<br />• 1951 - U.S. President Truman asked <br />Congress to formally end the state of <br />war between the United States and <br />Germany. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JULY 10TH —<br />Happy Birthday Rick Sheeder!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1679 - The British crown claimed New <br />Hampshire as a royal colony. <br />• 1776 - The statue of King George III <br />was pulled down in New York City. <br />• 1778 - In support of the American <br />Revolution, Louis XVI of France had <br />declared war on England.<br />• 1890 - Wyoming became the 44th <br />state to join the United States.<br />• 1913 - The highest temperature ever <br />recorded in the United States was 134 <br />degrees in Death Valley, California.<br />• 1949 - The first practical rectangular <br />television was presented. The picture <br />tube which measured 12 by 16, sold for <br />$12.<br />• 1953 - American forces withdrew from <br />Pork Chop Hill in Korea after enduring <br />heavy fighting.<br />• 1973 - England granted the Bahamas <br />their independence after three <br />centuries of British colonial rule.<br />• 1991 - Boris Yeltsin took the oath of <br />office as the first elected president of <br />the Russian republic.<br />• 1998 - The U.S. military delivered the <br />remains of Air Force 1st Lt. Michael <br />Blassie to his family in St. Louis. He had <br />been placed in Arlington Cemetery's <br />Tomb of the Unknown in 1984. His <br />identity was confirmed with DNA tests. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JULY 11TH —<br />Happy Birthday Darin Peterson!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1533 - Henry VIII, who divorced his wife <br />then became head of the church of <br />England, was excommunicated from the <br />Catholic Church by Pope Clement VII.<br />• 1786 - Morocco agreed to stop <br />attacking American ships in the <br />Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000.<br />• 1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps was re-<br />established by "An Act for Establishing <br />a Marine Corps" passed by the United <br />States Congress. The act also created <br />the U.S. Marine Band. The Marines were <br />first commissioned by the Continental <br />Congress on November 10, 1775.<br />• 1804 - United States' first Secretary of <br />the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was <br />shot and killed by Vice President Aaron </b><br />
<b>Burr in a duel. Hamilton became a </b><br />
<b>leading cabinet member in the new </b><br />
<b>government under President George </b><br />
<b>Washington. When Vice President Burr </b><br />
<b>ran for governor of New York state in </b><br />
<b>1802, Hamilton crusaded against him </b><br />
<b>calling him unworthy. Burr challenged </b><br />
<b>him to a duel in 1804 and mortally </b><br />
<b>wounded Hamilton, who died the next </b><br />
<b>day.<br />• 1934 - U.S. President Franklin Delano <br />Roosevelt became the first American <br />president to travel through the Panama <br />Canal while in office.<br />• 1955 - The U.S. Air Force Academy was <br />dedicated in Colorado at Lowry Air Base.<br />• 1977 - The Medal of Freedom was <br />awarded posthumously to Rev. Martin <br />Luther King Jr. in a White House service.<br />• 1985 - Dr. H. Harlan Stone announced <br />that he had used zippers for stitches on <br />28 patients. The zippers were used when <br />he thought he may have to re-operate.<br />• 2008 - Apple released the iPhone 3G. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />2 SAMUEL 1:1-27<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br />David leads his troops in public lament<br />for the deaths of Saul and Jonathan.</b><br />
<b>1-2</b> Shortly after Saul died, David <br />
returned to Ziklag from his rout of the <br />
Amalekites. Three days later a man <br />
showed up unannounced from Saul’s <br />
army camp.<br />
<b>3</b> Disheveled and in mourning, he fell <br />
to his knees in respect before David. <br />
David asked, “What brings you here?”<br />
He answered, “I’ve just escaped from <br />
the camp of Israel.”<br />
<b>4</b> “So what happened?” said David. <br />
“What’s the news?” <br />
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He said, “The Israelites have fled the<br />
battlefield, leaving a lot of their dead <br />
comrades behind. And Saul and his son <br />
Jonathan are both dead.” <br />
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<b>5</b> David pressed the young soldier for<br />
details: “How do you know for sure that <br />
Saul and Jonathan are dead?”<br />
<b>6-8</b> “I just happened by Mount Gilboa <br />
and came on Saul, badly wounded and <br />
leaning on his spear, with enemy <br />
chariots and horsemen bearing down <br />
hard on him. He looked behind him, saw <br />
me, and called me to him. ‘Yes sir,’ I said <br />
‘at your service.’ He asked me who I was, <br />
and I told him, ‘I’m an Amalekite.’”<br />
<b>9</b> “Come here,” he said, “and put me out <br />
of my misery. I’m nearly dead already, <br />
but my life hangs on.”<br />
<b>10</b> “So I did what he asked—I killed him. <br />
I knew he wouldn’t last much longer <br />
anyway. I removed his royal headband <br />
and bracelet, and have brought them to <br />
my master. Here they are.”<br />
<b>11-12</b> In lament, David ripped his clothes <br />
to ribbons. All the men with him did the <br />
same. They wept and fasted the rest of <br />
the day, grieving the death of Saul and <br />
his son Jonathan, and also the army of <br />
God and the nation Israel, victims in a <br />
failed battle.<br />
<b>13</b> Then David spoke to the young <br />
soldier who had brought the report: <br />
“Who are you, anyway?”<br />
<br />
“I’m from an immigrant family—an <br />
Amalekite.”<br />
<b>14-15</b> “Do you mean to say,” said David, <br />
“that you weren’t afraid to up and kill <br />
God’s anointed king?” Right then he <br />
ordered one of his soldiers, “Strike him <br />
dead!” The soldier struck him, and he <br />
died.<br />
<b>16</b> “You asked for it,” David told him. <br />
“You sealed your death sentence when <br />
you said you killed God’s anointed king.”<br />
<b>17-18</b> Then David sang this lament over <br />
Saul and his son Jonathan, and gave <br />
orders that everyone in Judah learn it <br />
by heart. Yes, it’s even inscribed in The <br />
Book of Jashar.<br />
<b>19-21</b> Oh, oh, Gazelles of Israel, struck <br />
down on your hills,<br />
the mighty warriors—fallen, fallen!<br />
Don’t announce it in the city of Gath,<br />
don’t post the news in the streets of <br />
Ashkelon.<br />
Don’t give those coarse Philistine girls<br />
one more excuse for a drunken party!<br />
No more dew or rain for you, hills of <br />
Gilboa,<br />
and not a drop from springs or wells,<br />
For there the warriors’ shields were <br />
dragged through the mud,<br />
Saul’s shield left there to rot.<br />
<br />
<b>22</b> Jonathan’s bow was bold—<br />
the bigger they were the harder they <br />
fell.<br />
Saul’s sword was fearless—<br />
once out of the scabbard, nothing <br />
could stop it.<br />
<b>23</b> Saul and Jonathan—beloved, and <br />
beautiful!<br />
Together in life, together in death.<br />
Swifter than plummeting eagles,<br />
stronger than proud lions.<br />
<br />
<b>24-25</b> Women of Israel, weep for Saul.<br />
He dressed you in finest cottons and <br />
silks,<br />
spared no expense in making you <br />
elegant.<br />
The mighty warriors—fallen, fallen<br />
in the middle of the fight!<br />
Jonathan—struck down on your hills!<br />
<br />
<b>26</b> O my dearest brother Jonathan,<br />
I’m crushed by your death. <br />
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Your friendship was a miracle-wonder, <br />
love far exceeding anything I’ve ever <br />
known — or ever hope to know.<br />
<b>27</b> The mighty warriors—fallen, fallen.<br />
And the arms of war broken to bits.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 130 (UMH 848)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">In response to a cry of national </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">mourning, "Out of the depths I cry to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">you, O Lord!"</span></b><br />
<br />
<b>A PILGRIM SONG</b><br />
<b>1-2</b> Help, God—the bottom has <br />
fallen out of my life!<br />
Master, hear my cry for help!<br />
Listen hard! Open your ears!<br />
Listen to my cries for mercy.<br />
<br />
<b>3-4</b> If you, God, kept records on wrong-<br />
doings,<br />
who would stand a chance?<br />
As it turns out, forgiveness is your <br />
habit,<br />
and that’s why you’re worshiped.<br />
<br />
<b>5-6</b> I pray to God—my life a prayer—<br />
and wait for what he’ll say and do.<br />
My life’s on the line before God, my <br />
Lord,<br />
waiting and watching till morning,<br />
waiting and watching till morning.<br />
<b><br />7-8</b> O Israel, wait and watch for God—<br />
with God’s arrival comes love,<br />
with God’s arrival comes generous <br />
redemption.<br />
No doubt about it—he’ll redeem Israel,<br />
buy back Israel from captivity to sin.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />2 CORINTHIANS 8:7-15<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) </b><br />
<b style="color: #990000;">Last week, Paul placed the ball in the <br />Corinthians’ court to restore their <br />relationship. This week, Paul reminds <br />the church to make good on its past <br />promise to provide generous support <br />for his collection for the poor in <br />Jerusalem. At stake, says Paul, is not <br />only their integrity, but their continued <br />participation in a global body of Christ. <br />He expects them to give all that they can <br />so a standard of living for Christians <br />around the world can be more balanced.</b><br />
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<b> 5-7</b> This was totally spontaneous, <br />
entirely their own idea, and caught us <br />
completely off guard. What explains it <br />
was that they had first given themselves <br />
unreservedly to God and to us. The <br />
other giving simply flowed out of the <br />
purposes of God working in their lives. <br />
That’s what prompted us to ask Titus to <br />
bring the relief offering to your attention, <br />
so that what was so well begun could be <br />
finished up. You do so well in so many <br />
things—you trust God, you’re articulate, <br />
you’re insightful, you’re passionate, you <br />
love us—now, do your best in this, too.<br />
<b>8-9</b> I’m not trying to order you around <br />
against your will. But by bringing in the <br />
Macedonians’ enthusiasm as a stimulus <br />
to your love, I am hoping to bring the <br />
best out of you. You are familiar with the <br />
generosity of our Master, Jesus Christ. <br />
Rich as he was, he gave it all away for <br />
us—in one stroke he became poor and <br />
we became rich.<br />
<b>10-20</b> So here’s what I think: The best <br />
thing you can do right now is to finish <br />
what you started last year and not let <br />
those good intentions grow stale. Your <br />
heart’s been in the right place all along. <br />
You’ve got what it takes to finish it up, <br />
so go to it. Once a commitment is clear, <br />
do what you can, not what you can’t. <br />
The heart regulates the hands. This isn’t <br />
so others can take it easy while you <br />
sweat it out. No, you’re shoulder to <br />
shoulder with them all the way, your <br />
surplus matching their deficit, their <br />
surplus matching your deficit. In the <br />
end you come out even. It is written,<br />
<br />
Nothing left over to the one with the <br />
most,<br />
Nothing lacking to the one with the least.<br />
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I thank God for giving Titus the same<br />
devoted concern for you that I have. He <br />
was most considerate of how we felt, <br />
but his eagerness to go to you and help <br />
out with this relief offering is his own <br />
idea. We’re sending a companion along <br />
with him, someone very popular in the <br />
churches for his preaching of the <br />
Message. But there’s far more to him <br />
than popularity. He’s rock-solid trust-<br />
worthy. The churches handpicked him <br />
to go with us as we travel about doing <br />
this work of sharing God’s gifts to <br />
honor God as well as we can, taking <br />
every precaution against scandal. <br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />MARK 5:21-43<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Two more illustrations of the power of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the Word bringing abundance of life </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">where no life seemed possible: with the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">healing of a woman with an issue of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">blood (preventing pregnancy) and then </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the raising of Jairus’s daughter, who </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">had died.</span></b><br />
<b>A RISK OF FAITH</b><b>21-24</b> After Jesus crossed over by boat, <br />
a large crowd met him at the seaside. <br />
One of the meeting-place leaders named <br />
Jairus came. When he saw Jesus, he fell <br />
to his knees, beside himself as he <br />
begged, “My dear daughter is at death’s <br />
door. Come and lay hands on her so she <br />
will get well and live.” Jesus went with <br />
him, the whole crowd tagging along, <br />
pushing and jostling him.<br />
<b>25-29</b> A woman who had suffered a <br />
condition of hemorrhaging for twelve <br />
years—a long succession of physicians <br />
had treated her, and treated her badly, <br />
taking all her money and leaving her <br />
worse off than before—had heard about <br />
Jesus. She slipped in from behind and <br />
touched his robe. She was thinking to <br />
herself, “If I can put a finger on his robe, <br />
I can get well.” The moment she did it, <br />
the flow of blood dried up. She could <br />
feel the change and knew her plague <br />
was over and done with.<br />
<b>30</b> At the same moment, Jesus felt <br />
energy discharging from him. He turned <br />
around to the crowd and asked, “Who <br />
touched my robe?”<br />
<b>31</b> His disciples said, “What are you talking about? With this crowd pushing <br />
and jostling you, you’re asking, Who <br />
touched me? Dozens have touched you!”<br />
<b>32-33</b> But he went on asking, looking around to see who had done it. The <br />
woman, knowing what had happened, <br />
knowing she was the one, stepped up in <br />
fear and trembling, knelt before him, and <br />
gave him the whole story.<br />
<b>34</b> Jesus said to her, “Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you’re <br />
healed and whole. Live well, live <br />
blessed! Be healed of your plague.”<br />
<b>35</b> While he was still talking, some people came from the leader’s house <br />
and told him, “Your daughter is dead. <br />
Why bother the Teacher any more?”<br />
<b>36</b> Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, <br />
“Don’t listen to them; just trust me.”<br />
<b>37-40</b> He permitted no one to go in with him but Peter, James, and John. They <br />
entered the leader’s house and pushed <br />
their way through the gossips looking <br />
for a story and neighbors bringing in <br />
casseroles. Jesus was abrupt: “Why all <br />
this busybody grief and gossip? This <br />
child isn’t dead; she’s sleeping.” <br />
Provoked to sarcasm, they told him he <br />
didn’t know what he was talking about.<br />
<b>40-43</b> But when he had sent them all out, he took the child’s father and mother, <br />
along with his companions, and entered <br />
the child’s room. He clasped the girl’s <br />
hand and said, “Talitha koum,” which <br />
means, “Little girl, get up.” At that, she <br />
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was up and walking around! This girl was<br />
twelve years of age. They, of course, <br />
were all beside themselves with joy. He <br />
gave them strict orders that no one was <br />
to know what had taken place in that <br />
room. Then he said, “Give her <br />
something to eat.” <br />
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<b>• 1776 - American Colonists repulsed a <br />British sea attack on Charleston, South <br />Cariolina. <br />• 1778 - Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays <br />McCauley, wife of an American artillery <br />man, carried water to the soldiers during <br />the Battle of Monmouth and, it is said, <br />took her husband's place at his gun after <br />he was overcome with heat. <br />• 1894 - The U.S. Congress declared <br />Labor Day a U.S. national holiday.<br />• 1902 - The U.S. Congress passed the <br />Spooner bill. It authorized a canal to be <br />built across the isthmus of Panama.<br />• 1911 - Samuel J. Battle became the first <br />African-American policeman in New York <br />City.<br />• 1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of <br />Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian <br />throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo <br />along with his wife, Duchess Sophie.<br />• 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was <br />signed ending World War I exactly five <br />years after it began. The treaty also <br />established the League of Nations.<br />• 1938 - The U.S. Congress created the <br />Federal Housing Administration (FHA) <br />to insure construction loans.<br />• 1942 - German troops launched an <br />offensive to seize Soviet oil fields in the <br />Caucasus and the city of Stalingrad.<br />• 1949 - The last U.S. combat troops were <br />called home from Korea, leaving only <br />500 advisers behind. <br />• 1960 - In Cuba, Fidel Castro confiscated <br />American-owned oil refineries without <br />compensation.<br />• 1976 - The first women entered the U.S. <br />Air Force Academy.<br />• 2000 - Six-year-old Elián González <br />returned to Cuba from the U.S. with his <br />father. The child had been the center of <br />an international custody dispute. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JUNE 29TH —<br />Happy Birthday Judi Rumple!<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1776 - The Virginia constitution was <br />adopted and Patrick Henry was made <br />governor.<br />•1888 - Professor Frederick Treves <br />performed the first appendectomy in <br />England.<br />• 1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed it's <br />independence from Russia.<br />• 1953 - The Federal Highway Act <br />authorized the construction of 42,500 <br />miles of freeway from coast to coast.<br />• 1967 - Israel removed barricades, <br />re-unifying Jerusalem.<br />• 2007 - The first generation Apple <br />iPhone went on sale. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH —<br />Happy Birthday LaVonne Heckert!<br />Happy Birthday Judi Rumple!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1097 - The Crusaders defeated the <br />Turks at Dorylaeum.<br />• 1894 - Korea declared independence <br />from China and asked for Japanese aid. <br />• 1908 - A meteor explosion in Siberia <br />knocked down trees in a 40-mile radius <br />and struck people unconscious some <br />40 miles away.<br />• 1915 - President Warren G. Harding <br />appointed former President William <br />Howard Taft chief justice of the United <br />States. <br />• 1950 - U.S. President Harry Truman <br />ordered U.S. troops into Korea and <br />authorized the draft.<br />• 1958 - The U.S. Congress passed a law <br />authorizing the admission of Alaska as <br />the 49th state in the Union. <br />• 2004 - The international Cassini <br />spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit. The <br />craft had been on a nearly seven-year <br />journey. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST —<br />Happy Birthday Stacy Harris!<br />Happy Birthday Leland Vorrath!<br />Happy Birthday Vickie Moore!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span></b><br />
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<b> ———————————————————<br />• 1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte captured <br />Alexandria, Egypt. <br />• 1847 - The U.S. Post Office issued its <br />first postage stamps with adhesive <br />backing. <br />• 1862 - The U.S. Congress established <br />the Bureau of Internal Revenue.<br />• 1863 - During the U.S. Civil War, the <br />first day's fighting at Gettysburg began.<br />• 1867 - Canada became an independent <br />dominion.<br />• 1898 - During the Spanish-American <br />War, Theodore Roosevelt and his <br />"Rough Riders" waged a victorious <br />assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba.<br />• 1943 - The U.S. Government began <br />automatically withholding federal <br />income tax from paychecks.<br />• 1950 - American ground troops arrived <br />in South Korea to stem the tide of the <br />advancing North Korean army.<br />On June 25, 1950, the Korean War had <br />began when 75,000 soldiers from Soviet <br />backed North Korea crossed the 38th <br />Parallel into pro western South Korea. It <br />ended in 1953 after more than 5 million <br />soldiers had lost their lives. <br />• 1961 - The first community air-raid <br />shelter was built. The shelter in Boise, <br />Idaho had a capacity of 1,000 people and <br />family memberships sold for $100.<br />• 1963 - The U.S. Postal Service <br />introduced the five-digit ZIP code.<br />• 1966 - The Medicare federal insurance <br />program went into effect. <br />• 1979 - Susan B. Anthony was honored <br />on a United States coin, the Susan B. <br />Anthony dollar. It was arranged for the <br />U.S. Congress to be presented with an <br />amendment giving women the right to <br />vote. Popularly known as the Anthony <br />Amendment, it became the Nineteenth <br />Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in <br />1920.<br />• 1997 - The sovereignty over Hong Kong <br />was transferred from Great Britain to <br />China. Britain had controlled Hong Kong <br />as a colony for 156 years. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JULY 2ND—<br />Happy Birthday Bill Elgin!<br />Happy Birthday Ward Umbaugh!<br />Happy Birthday Josh Harris!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1776 - Richard Henry Lee’s resolution <br />that the American colonies "are, and of <br />right ought to be, free and independent <br />States" was adopted by the Continental <br />Congress. <br />• 1881 - Charles J. Guiteau fatally shot <br />U.S. President James A. Garfield in <br />Washington, DC. Garfield was probed <br />with unsterilized instruments and dirty<br />unwashed hands, but they could not find <br />the bullet. Guiteau shot the president <br />because he was not chosen for a federal <br />office he wanted. It should never have <br />happened.<br />• 1939 - At Mount Rushmore, Theodore <br />Roosevelt's face was dedicated.<br />• 1962 - Wal-Mart Discount City opened <br />in Rogers, Arkansas. It was the first <br />Walmart store.<br />• 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson <br />signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" into <br />law. The act made it illegal in the U.S. to <br />discriminate against others because of <br />their race.<br />• 1976 - North Vietnam and South Vietnam <br />were reunited. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JULY 3RD —<br />Happy Birthday Amber Anderson!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1775 - U.S. General George Washington <br />took command of the Continental Army <br />at Cambridge, Massachusetts. <br />• 1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of <br />Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ended after <br />three days. It was a major victory for the <br />North and Confederate troops retreated. <br />• 1890 - Idaho became the 43rd state to<br /> join the United States of America.<br />• 1922 - "Fruit Garden and Home" <br />magazine was introduced. It was later <br />renamed "Better Homes and Gardens."<br />• 1930 - The United States Congress <br />created the U.S. Veterans Administration.<br />• 1944 - The U.S. First Army opened a <br />general offensive to break out of the <br />hedgerow area of Normandy, France.<br />• 1945 - The first civilian passenger car <br />built since February 1942 was driven off <br />the assembly line at the Ford Motor <br />Company plant in Detroit. Production <br />had been diverted due to World War II. <br />• 1954 - Food rationing ended in England <br />nine years after the end of World War II.<br />• 1981 - The Associated Press ran its <br />first story about a rare illness. The <br />disease was later named AIDS. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JULY 4TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">THIS IS UNITED STATES </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">INDEPENDENCE DAY!</span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!</span></b><br />
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<b> ———————————————————<br />• 1776 - The amended Declaration of <br />Independence, prepared by Thomas <br />Jefferson, was approved and signed by <br />John Hancock, the President of the <br />Continental Congress in America. <br />• 1802 - The U.S. Military Academy <br />officially opened at West Point, NY. <br />• 1803 - The Louisiana Purchase was <br />announced in newspapers. The property <br />was purchased, by the United States<br />from France. The cost was $15 million <br />(or 3 cents an acre).<br />• 1817 - Construction began on the Erie <br />Canal, to connect Lake Erie and the <br />Hudson River.<br />• 1845 - American writer Henry David <br />Thoreau began his two-year experiment <br />in simple living at Walden Pond, near <br />Concord, Massachusetts.<br />• 1848 - In Washington, DC, cornerstone <br />for the Washington Monument was laid<br />• 1863 - The Confederate town of <br />Vicksburg, Mississippi, surrendered to <br />General Ulysses S. Grant.<br />• 1894 - After seizing power, Judge <br />Stanford B. Dole declared Hawaii a <br />republic. <br />• 1901 - William H. Taft became American <br />governor of the Philippines.<br />• 1960 - The 50-star United States flag <br />made its debut in Philadelphia, <br />Pennsylvania.<br />• 1976 - The United States celebrated its <br />Bicentennial.<br />• 1987 - Klaus Barbie, a former Gestapo <br />chief known as the "Butcher of Lyon," <br />was convicted of crimes against <br />humanity and sentenced to life in prison.<br />• 2009 - The Statue of Liberty's crown <br />reopened to visitors. It had been closed <br />to the public since 2001. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Hope you have a wonderful holiday as </b><br />
<b>you remember: </b><br />
<b>July 4th, 1776, Independence Day . . . </b><br />
<b>which was 239 years ago.</b><br />
<br />
<b>The U.N. refugee agency says world </b><br />
<b>wide displacement of humans from </b><br />
<b>wars, conflict and persecution is at </b><br />
<b>the highest level ever recorded, and </b><br />
<b>it’s getting worse. The U.N. High </b><br />
<b>Commissioner for Refugees has </b><br />
<b>released his annual Global Trends </b><br />
<b>report, which says nearly 60 million </b><br />
<b>people on earth were forcibly evicted</b><br />
<b>from their homes and displaced by </b><br />
<b>the end of 2014. Of course, donor aid </b><br />
<b>cannot begin to keep pace with the </b><br />
<b>rising number of needy people who </b><br />
<b>are affected by war conflicts. There </b><br />
<b>needs to be political will to find non-</b><br />
<b>violent solutions for these conflicts. </b><br />
<b>Start thinking about that now.</b><br />
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<b>God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-24460350384255329442015-06-14T15:25:00.003-07:002015-06-16T12:29:40.960-07:00OUR WEEK - JUNE 21ST THRU JUNE 27TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>SUNDAY, JUNE 21ST —<br />Happy Birthday Annette Noland!</b><br />
<b><br /><span style="color: black;">THIS IS FATHERS DAY </span></b><br />
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<b> Father's Day</b> <b>is a celebration honoring </b><br />
<b>fathers and celebrating fatherhood, </b><br />
<b>paternal bonds, and the influence of </b><br />
<b>fathers in society. Many countries </b><br />
<b>celebrate it the third Sunday of
June, </b><br />
<b>though it is also celebrated widely on </b><br />
<b>other days by many other
countries.</b><b> </b><br />
<b>A Father's Day celebration was held in </b><br />
<b>Spokane, Washington, at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA"></a>YMCA by </b><br />
<b>Sonora Smart Dodd on June 19, 1910. </b><br />
<b>Her father, a Civil War veteran, William </b><br />
<b>Jackson Smart, was a single parent </b><br />
<b>who raised his six children there.</b><br />
<b> Americans resisted the holiday for its </b><br />
<b>first few decades, viewing it as
nothing </b><br />
<b>more than an attempt by merchants to </b><br />
<b>replicate the commercial
success of </b><br />
<b>Mother's Day.</b><b> </b><br />
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<b> In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson"></a> </b><br />
<b>issued a presidential proclamation </b><br />
<b>honoring fathers, designating the third </b><br />
<b>Sunday in June as Father's Day.</b><b> </b><br />
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<b>FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br />He woke up and rebuked the wind, and <br />said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then <br />the wind ceased, and there was a dead <br />calm. He said to them, "Why are you <br />afraid? Have you still no faith?" And <br />they were filled with great awe and said <br />to one another, "Who then is this, that <br />even the wind and the sea obey him?" <br />(Mark 4:39-4:41, NRSV)<br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />1 SAMUEL 17:1-23, 32-49<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">The shepherd, David, uses implements </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of his trade and the power of the Lord </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">to defeat the giant warrior, Goliath. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">"The Lord does not save by sword and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">spear" (verse 47). </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>GOLIATH<br />1-3 The Philistines drew up their troops <br />for battle. They deployed them at Socoh <br />in Judah, and set up camp between <br />Socoh and Azekah at Ephes Dammim. </b><br />
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Saul and the Israelites came together, <br />camped at Oak Valley, and spread out <br />their troops in battle readiness for the <br />Philistines. The Philistines were on one <br />hill, the Israelites on the opposing hill, <br />with the valley between them. </b><br />
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4-7 A giant nearly ten feet tall stepped <br />out from the Philistine line into the open, <br />Goliath from Gath. He had a bronze <br />helmet on his head and was dressed in <br />armor, 126 pounds of it! He wore bronze <br />shin guards and carried a bronze sword.<br /> His spear was like a fence rail—the <br />spear tip alone weighed over fifteen <br />pounds. His shield bearer walked ahead <br />of him.<br />8-10 Goliath stood there and called out <br />to the Israelite troops, “Why bother <br />using your whole army? Am I not <br />Philistine enough for you? And you’re <br />all committed to Saul, aren’t you? So <br />pick your best fighter, pit him against <br />me. If he gets the upper hand and kills <br />me, the Philistines will all become your <br />slaves. But if I get the upper hand and <br />kill him, you’ll all become our slaves and <br />serve us. I challenge the troops of Israel <br />this day. Give me a man. Let us fight it <br />out together!”</b><br />
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<b>11 When Saul and his troops heard the <br />Philistine’s challenge, they were terrified <br />and lost all hope.<br /><br />12-15 Enter David. He was the son of <br />Jesse the Ephrathite from Bethlehem in <br />Judah. Jesse, the father of eight sons, <br />was himself too old to join Saul’s army. <br />Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed <br />Saul to war. The names of the three <br />sons who had joined up with Saul were <br />Eliab, the firstborn; next, Abinadab; and <br />third, Shammah. David was the <br />youngest son. While his three oldest <br />brothers went to war with Saul, David <br />went back and forth from attending to <br />Saul to tending his father’s sheep in <br />Bethlehem.<br /><br />16 Each morning and evening for forty <br />days, Goliath took his stand and made <br />his speech.<br /><br />17-19 One day, Jesse told David his son, <br />“Take this sack of cracked wheat and <br />these ten loaves of bread and run them <br />down to your brothers in the camp. And <br />take these ten wedges of cheese to the <br />captain of their division. Check in on <br />your brothers to see whether they are <br />getting along all right, and let me know <br />how they’re doing—Saul and your <br />brothers, and all the Israelites in their <br />war with the Philistines in Oak Valley.”<br /><br />20-23 David was up at the crack of dawn <br />and, having arranged for someone to <br />tend his flock, took the food and was on <br />his way just as Jesse had directed him. <br />He arrived at the camp just as the army <br />was moving into battle formation, <br />shouting the war cry. Israel and the <br />Philistines moved into position, facing <br />each other, battle-ready.</b><br />
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<b> While they were talking together, the </b><br />
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<b>Philistines, and gave his usual challenge. </b><br />
<b>David heard him. </b><br />
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<b> ———————————————————<br />PSALM 9:11-20 (UMH 744)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">God defends the afflicted by catching </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">oppressors in the traps they have made.</span><br />11-12 Sing your songs to Zion-dwelling <br />God,<br /> tell his stories to everyone you meet:<br />How he tracks down killers<br /> yet keeps his eye on us,<br /> registers every whimper and moan.<br /><br />13-14 Be kind to me, God;<br /> I’ve been kicked around long enough.<br />Once you’ve pulled me back<br /> from the gates of death,<br />I’ll write the book on Hallelujahs;<br /> on the corner of Main and First<br /> I’ll hold a street meeting;<br />I’ll be the song leader; we’ll fill the air<br /> with salvation songs.<br /><br />15-16 They’re trapped, those godless <br />countries,<br /> in the very snares they set,<br />Their feet all tangled<br /> in the net they spread.<br />They have no excuse;<br /> the way God works is well-known.<br />The cunning machinery made by the <br />wicked<br /> has maimed their own hands.<br /><br />17-20 The wicked bought a one-way<br /> ticket to hell.<br />No longer will the poor be nameless—<br /> no more humiliation for the humble.<br />Up, God! Aren’t you fed up with their <br />empty strutting?<br /> Expose these grand pretensions!<br />Shake them up, God!<br /> Show them how silly they look.<br />———————————————————<br />2 CORINTHIANS 6:1-13</b><br />
<b>THE MESSAGE (MSG) </b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">Tension abounds. Paul argues that his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">suffering for the sake of the gospel </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">provides all the credentials he needs for </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the Corinthians to listen to him. The ball </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">is in their court, now.</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><br />
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<b>STAYING AT OUR POST</b><br />
<b>1-10 Companions as we are in this work <br />with you, we beg you, please don’t <br />squander one bit of this marvelous life <br />God has given us. God reminds us,<br /><br />I heard your call in the nick of time;<br />The day you needed me, I was there to <br />help.<br /><br />Well, now is the right time to listen, the <br />day to be helped. Don’t put it off; don’t <br />frustrate God’s work by showing up late, <br />throwing a question mark over every-<br />thing we’re doing. Our work as God’s <br />servants gets validated—or not—in the <br />details. People are watching us as we <br />stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly . . <br />in hard times, tough times, bad times; <br />when we’re beaten up, jailed, and <br />mobbed; working hard, working late, <br />working without eating; with pure heart, <br />clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, <br />holiness, and honest love; when we’re <br />telling the truth, and when God’s <br />showing his power; when we’re doing <br />our best setting things right; when we <br />are praised, and when we’re blamed; <br />slandered, and honored; true to our <br />word, though distrusted; ignored by the <br />world, but recognized by God; <br />terrifically alive, though rumored to be <br />dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, <br />but refusing to die; immersed in tears, <br />yet always filled with deep joy; living on <br />handouts, yet enriching many; having <br />nothing, having it all.<br />11-13 Dear, dear Corinthians, I can’t tell <br />you how much I long for you to enter <br />this wide-open, spacious life. We didn’t <br />fence you in. The smallness you feel <br />comes from within you. Your lives aren’t <br />small, but you’re living them in a small <br />way. I’m speaking as plainly as I can and <br />with great affection. Open up your lives. <br />Live openly and expansively!<br />——————————————————— <br />MARK 4:35-41<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus treats a storm the same way he </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">treats demons. He rebukes it, and tells </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">it to shut up. Then Jesus corrects the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">disciples for their fear — not just of the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">storm, but of what Jesus did to end it. </span><br />THE WIND RAN OUT OF BREATH<br />35-38 Late that day he said to them, <br />“Let’s go across to the other side.” <br />They took him in the boat as he was. <br />Other boats came along. A huge storm <br />came up. Waves poured into the boat, <br />threatening to sink it. And Jesus was in <br />the stern, head on a pillow, sleeping! </b><br />
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<b>They roused him, saying, “Teacher, is it <br />nothing to you that we’re going down?”<br />39-40 Awake now, he told the wind to <br />pipe down and said to the sea, “Quiet! <br />Settle down!” The wind ran out of breath; <br />the sea became smooth as glass. Jesus <br />reprimanded the disciples: “Why are you <br />such cowards? Don’t you have any faith <br />at all?”<br />41 They were in absolute awe, staggered. <br />“Who is this, anyway?” they asked. <br />“Wind and sea at his beck and call!”<br />———————————————————<br />• 1788 - The U.S. Constitution went into <br />effect when New Hampshire became the <br />ninth state to ratify it. <br />• 1938 - In Washington, U.S. President <br />Roosevelt signed the $3.75 billion <br />Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. <br />It is a large-scale public works program <br />for the jobless that included the Works <br />Progress Administration (WPA).<br />• 1939 - Lou Gehrig quit baseball due to <br />illness. He was diagnosed with <br />amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It <br />became known as Lou Gehrigs disease.<br />• 1941 - German troops entered Russia <br />on a front that stretched from the Arctic <br />Sea to the Black Sea.<br />• 1954 - The American Cancer Society <br />reported significantly higher death rates <br />among cigarette smokers than among <br />non-smokers.<br />• 1985 - Scientists announced that <br />skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil <br />were those of Nazi criminal Josef <br />Mengele. He was a physician in the <br />Auschwitz concentration camp during <br />World War II. He was notorious for </b><b> </b><br />
<b>choosing victims </b><b>to be killed by </b><b> </b><br />
<b>performing unscientific </b><b>and deadly </b><b> </b><br />
<b>experiments on them. </b><b>In 1979, he </b><b> </b><br />
<b>suffered a stroke and</b><b> died. He was </b><br />
<b>buried in </b><b>Artes </b><b>Embu das </b><b>Brazil, </b><br />
<b>under the name "Wolfgang Gerhard." <br />• 2003 - The fifth Harry Potter book, <br />"Harry Potter and the Order of the <br />Phoenix," published by J.K. Rowling, <br />shipped out the largest distribution of a <br />single item in e-commerce history. The <br />book set sales records around the world <br />with an estimated 5 million copies sold<br />on that first day. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JUNE 22ND —<br />Happy Anniversary – <br />Chad and Traci Stephenson!</b><br />
<b><br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1611 - English explorer Henry Hudson, <br />his son and several other people were <br />set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by <br />mutineers. <br />• 1772 - Slavery is outlawed in England. <br />• 1807 - British seamen boarded the USS <br />Chesapeake; a provocation leading to <br />the War of 1812.<br />• 1868 - Arkansas was re-admitted to the <br />Union. <br />• 1933 - Germany became a one political <br />party country when Hitler banned all <br />other parties except the Nazis. <br />• 1941 - Under a codename Barbarossa, <br />Germany invaded the Soviet Union.<br />• 1942 - A Japanese submarine shelled<br />Fort Stevens at the mouth of the <br />Columbia River in north west United <br />States.<br />• 1944 - President Franklin Roosevelt <br />signed the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide<br />broad benefits for veterans of the war.<br />• 1990 - Checkpoint Charlie was <br />dismantled in Berlin. This was the name <br />given by the Western Allies to the best <br />known Berlin Wall crossing point that <br />existed between East Berlin and West <br />Berlin during the Cold War. Over 3.5 <br />million East Germans left for the West <br />by 1961. This totaled approximately 20% <br />of the entire East German population, <br />who all tended to be young and very well<br />educated. <br />Checkpoint Charlie was constructed to <br />keep the East Germans from fleeing to <br />the West. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD —<br />Happy Birthday Megan Farnsworth!<br />Happy Birthday Grace Mackrill! <br />Happy Birthday Shannon Paup!<br />Happy Birthday Vickie Gettler!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1683 - William Penn signed a friendship <br />treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in <br />Pennsylvania. <br />• 1836 - The U.S. Congress approved the <br />Deposit Act, which contained a provision <br />for turning over surplus federal revenue <br />to the states.<br />• 1860 - The U.S. Secret Service was <br />created principally to deal with <br />counterfeiters.<br />• 1865 - Confederate General Stand Watie, <br />who was also a Cherokee Indian Chief, <br />surrendered the last Confederate army <br />at Fort Towson, in Oklahoma Territory. <br />• 1966 - Civil Rights marchers in the <br />state of Mississippi were dispersed by <br />tear gas.<br />• 2003 - Apple Computer Inc. unveiled <br />the new Power Mac desktop computer. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH —<br />Happy Birthday Randa Wall!<br />Happy Birthday Elaine Huss!<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />AD COUNCIL MEETS AT CASEY U.M.C.<br />ART 7 P.M.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1497 - Italian explorer John Cabot, <br />sailing in the service of England, landed <br />in North America on what is now <br />Newfoundland. <br />• 1664 - New Jersey was founded and <br />named after the Isle of Jersey.<br />• 1812 - Napoleon crossed the Nieman <br />River and invaded Russia.<br />• 1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted <br />U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber.<br />• 1861 - Federal gunboats attacked the <br />Confederate batteries at Mathias Point, <br />Virginia.<br />• 1896 - Booker T. Washington became <br />the first African American to receive an <br />honorary Master of Arts degree from <br />Howard University. <br />• 1910 - Japanese army invaded Korea.<br />• 1931 - Soviet Union and Afghanistan <br />signed a treaty of neutrality.<br />• 1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt <br />pledged support to the Soviet Union.<br />• 1962 - The New York Yankees beat the <br />Detroit Tigers, 9-7, after 22 innings.<br />• 1982 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled <br />5-4 that no president could be sued for <br />damages connected with actions taken <br />while serving as President of the United <br />States. <br />• 2010 - Apple released the iPhone 4. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH—<br />Happy Anniversary <br />Bill and Gretchen Umbaugh!</b><br />
<b><br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1767 - Mexican Indians rioted as Jesuit <br />priests were ordered home.<br />• 1788 - Virginia ratified the U.S. <br />Constitution and became the 10th state <br />of the United States.<br />• 1864 - Union troops surrounding <br />Petersburg, Virginia, began building a <br />mine tunnel underneath Confederate <br />lines.<br />• 1868 - The U.S. Congress enacted <br />legislation granting an eight-hour day to <br />workers of the Federal government. <br />• 1868 - Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, <br />Georgia, North Carolina and South <br />Carolina were readmitted into the Union.<br />• 1876 - Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer <br />and 210 men of U.S. 7th Cavalry were <br />killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at <br />Little Big Horn in Montana. The event is <br />known as "Custer's Last Stand."<br />• 1877 - In Philadelphia, PA, Alexander <br />Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone <br />for Sir William Thomson and Emperor <br />Pedro II of Brazil at the Centennial <br />Exhibition.<br />• 1917 - The first American fighting <br />troops landed in France for the First <br />World War.<br />• 1941 - Finland declared war on the <br />Soviet Union.<br />• 1948 - The Soviet Union tightened its <br />blockade of Berlin by intercepting river <br />barges heading for the city.<br />• 1950 - North Korea invaded South <br />Korea initiating the Korean War.<br />• 1959 - The Cuban government seized <br />2.35 million acres of land under a new <br />agrarian reform law.<br />• 1991 - The last Soviet Russian troops <br />left Czechoslovakia 23 years after the <br />Warsaw Pact invasion.<br />• 1993 - Kim Campbell took office as <br />Canada's first woman prime minister.<br />• 1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected <br />the line-item veto thereby striking down <br />presidential power to cancel specific <br />items in tax and spending legislation.<br />• 1998 - Microsoft's "Windows 98" was <br />released to the public.<br />• 2000 - A Florida judge approved a class<br />action lawsuit filed against American <br />Online (AOL) on behalf of hourly sub-<br />scribers who were forced to view <br />"pop-up" advertisements. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH —<br />Happy Birthday Bonnie Christiansen<br />———————————————————<br />• 1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition <br />reached the mouth of the Kansas River <br />after completing a westward trip of <br />nearly 400 river miles.<br />• 1870 - The first section of boardwalk in <br />Atlantic City, New Jersey, was opened to<br /> the public.<br />• 1900 - A commission that included Dr. <br />Walter Reed began the fight against the <br />deadly disease of Yellow Fever.<br />• 1917 - General John "Black Jack" <br />Pershing arrived in France with <br />American Expeditionary Forces.<br />• 1924 - After eight years of occupation, <br />American troops left the Dominican <br />Republic.<br />• 1945 - The U.N. Charter was signed by <br />50 nations in San Francisco, California.<br />• 1948 - The Berlin Airlift began as the <br />U.S., England and France started to take <br />supplies to the isolated western sector <br />of Berlin.<br />• 1959 - President Eisenhower joined <br />Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in <br />ceremonies officially opening the St. <br />Lawrence Seaway.<br />• 1963 - U.S. President John Kennedy <br />announced "Ich bin ein Berliner" <br />(I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.<br />• 1979 - Muhammad Ali, at 37 years old, <br />announced that he was retiring as world <br />heavyweight boxing champion.<br />• 1981 - In Mountain Home, Idaho, <br />Virginia Campbell took her coupons and <br />rebates and bought $26,460 worth of <br />groceries. She only paid 67 cents cash <br />after all the discounts.<br />• 1996 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered <br />the Virginia Military Institute to admit <br />women or give up state support. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH —<br />Happy Birthday Kirk Rochholz!<br />Happy Birthday Jodi Speck!<br /><br />AC FOOD PANTRY AT CASEY U.M.C.<br />OPEN FROM 9 TO 11 A.M. </b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1787 - Edward Gibbon completed the <br />book, "The Decline and Fall of the <br />Roman Empire." It was published the <br />following May.<br />• 1893 - The New York stock market <br />crashed. By the end of the year, 600 <br />banks and 74 railroads had gone out of <br />business.<br />• 1927 - The U.S. Marines adopted the <br />English bulldog as their mascot.<br />• 1940 - Robert Pershing Wadlow was <br />measured by Dr. Cyril MacBryde and Dr. <br />C. M. Charles. They recorded his height <br />at 8' 11.1." He was only 22 at the time of <br />his death on July 15, 1940.<br />• 1942 - The FBI announced the capture <br />of eight Nazi saboteurs who had been <br />put ashore from a submarine on New <br />York's Long Island.<br />• 1950 - Two days after North Korea <br />invaded South Korea, U.S. President <br />Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy <br />into the Korean conflict. The United <br />Nations Security Council had asked for <br />member nations to help South Korea <br />repel an invasion from the North.<br />• 1955 - The state of Illinois enacted the <br />first automobile seat belt legislation. <br />• 1967 - The world's first cash dispenser <br />was installed at Barclays Bank in <br />Enfield, England. The device was invented <br />by John Sheppard-Barron. The machine <br />operated on a voucher system and the <br />maximum withdrawal was $28.<br />• 1991 - Associate Justice Thurgood <br />Marshall resigned from the U.S. Supreme <br />Court. He had been appointed in 1967 by <br />President Lyndon Johnson.<br />• 2005 - In Alaska's Denali National Park, <br />a roughly 70-million year old dinosaur <br />track was discovered. The track was <br />from a three-toed Cretaceous period <br />dinosaur.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for your attention to our </b><br />
<b>church life this week. You make the </b><br />
<b>hard work roll, you know.<br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-72352980964791615992015-06-07T15:03:00.002-07:002015-06-09T11:11:32.583-07:00OUR WEEK - JUNE 14TH THRU JUNE 20TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH — </b><b> </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
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<b>ADAIR U.M.W. AT 8:30 A.M.</b><br />
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<b>AC FOOD PANTRY AT CASEY U.M.C.<br />OPEN FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. </b><b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH —<br />Pastor Melodee going to <br />Iowa Annual Conference <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH —<br />Happy Birthday Bob Oaks!<br />Happy Birthday Harold Scholl!<br />Happy Birthday Tom Vorrath!<br /><br />CHURCH ON THE LAWN AT CASEY UMC<br />THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br />COLOR: WHITE </b><br />
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<b> <span style="color: red;">THIS IS FLAG DAY</span><br /> It started with a 19-year-old teacher in <br />Wisconsin more than a century ago, <br />according to the National Flag Day <br />Foundation.<br /> On June 14, 1885, Bernard J. Cigrand <br />put a flag in a bottle on his desk at Stony <br />Hill School and had his students write <br />essays about the flag - at the time, with <br />38 stars - and what it means. Mr. Cigrand <br />didn't pick the date randomly. Congress <br />adopted the Stars and Stripes as the flag <br />for a young United States June 14, 1777.<br /><br />In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson <br />issued a proclamation that officially <br />established June 14 as Flag Day; <br />in August 1949, National Flag Day was <br />established by an Act of Congress.<br />It took a long time for Flag Day to come <br />about.</b><br />
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<b>"With what can we compare the kingdom <br />of God? What parable will we use for it?<br />It is like a mustard seed, which, when <br />sown upon the ground, is the smallest <br />of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is <br />sown it grows up and becomes one of <br />the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth <br />large branches, so that the birds of the <br />air can make nests in its shade" <br />(Mark 4:30-32).</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />1 SAMUEL 15:34-16:13<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The Lord interrupts Samuel's grief over </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Saul's many failures and sends him to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesse of Bethlehem to anoint one of his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">sons as the Lord would show him.</span></b><br />
<b>34-35</b> Samuel left immediately for <br />
Ramah and Saul went home to Gibeah. <br />
Samuel had nothing to do with Saul <br />
from then on, though he grieved long <br />
and deeply over him. But God was <br />
sorry he had ever made Saul king in <br />
the first place. <br />
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<b>GOD LOOKS INTO THE HEART</b><br />
<b>16</b> God addressed Samuel: “So, how <br />
long are you going to mope over Saul? <br />
You know I’ve rejected him as king <br />
over Israel. Fill your flask with <br />
anointing oil and get going. I’m <br />
sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I’ve <br />
spotted the very king I want among his <br />
sons.”<br />
<b>2-3</b> “I can’t do that,” said Samuel. “Saul <br />
will hear about it and kill me.”<br />
<br />
God said, “Take a heifer with you and <br />
announce, ‘I’ve come to lead you in <br />
worship of God, with this heifer as a <br />
sacrifice.’ Make sure Jesse gets invited. <br />
I’ll let you know what to do next. I’ll <br />
point out the one you are to anoint.”<br />
<br />
<b>4</b> Samuel did what God told him. When <br />
he arrived at Bethlehem, the town <br />
fathers greeted him, but apprehensively. <br />
“Is there something wrong?”<br />
<b>5</b> “Nothing’s wrong. I’ve come to <br />
sacrifice this heifer and lead you in the <br />
worship of God. Prepare yourselves, be <br />
consecrated, and join me in worship.” <br />
He made sure Jesse and his sons were <br />
also consecrated and called to worship.<br />
<b>6</b> When they arrived, Samuel took one <br />
look at Eliab and thought, “Here he is! <br />
God’s anointed!”<br />
<b>7</b> But God told Samuel, “Looks aren’t <br />
everything. Don’t be impressed with his <br />
looks and stature. I’ve already eliminated <br />
him. God judges persons differently than <br />
humans do. Men and women look at the <br />
face; God looks into the heart.”<br />
<b>8</b> Jesse then called up Abinadab and <br />
presented him to Samuel. Samuel said, <br />
“This man isn’t God’s choice either.”<br />
<b>9</b> Next Jesse presented Shammah. <br />
Samuel said, “No, this man isn’t either.”<br />
<b>10</b> Jesse presented his seven sons to <br />
Samuel. Samuel was blunt with Jesse, <br />
“God hasn’t chosen any of these.”<br />
<b>11</b> Then he asked Jesse, “Is this it? Are <br />
there no more sons?”<br />
“Well, yes, there’s the runt. But he’s out <br />
tending the sheep.”<br />
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Samuel ordered Jesse, “Go get him. <br />
We’re not moving from this spot until <br />
he’s here.”<br />
<b>12</b> Jesse sent for him. He was brought <br />
in, the very picture of health—bright-<br />
eyed, good-looking.<br />
God said, “Up on your feet! Anoint him! <br />
This is the one.”<br />
<b>13</b> Samuel took his flask of oil and <br />
anointed him, with his brothers standing <br />
around watching. The Spirit of God <br />
entered David like a rush of wind, God <br />
vitally empowering him for the rest of his <br />
life.<br />
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Samuel left and went home to Ramah.<br />
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<br />
<b>A PSALM OF DAVID </b><br />
<b>1-4</b> God answer you on the day you <br />
crash,<br />
The name God-of-Jacob put you out of <br />
harm’s reach,<br />
Send reinforcements from Holy Hill,<br />
Dispatch from Zion fresh supplies,<br />
Exclaim over your offerings,<br />
Celebrate your sacrifices,<br />
Give you what your heart desires,<br />
Accomplish your plans.<br />
<br />
<b>5</b> When you win, we plan to raise the <br />
roof<br />
and lead the parade with our <br />
banners.<br />
May all your wishes come true!<br />
<br />
<b>6</b> That clinches it—help’s coming,<br />
an answer’s on the way,<br />
everything’s going to work out.<br />
<br />
<b>7-8</b> See those people polishing their <br />
chariots,<br />
and those others grooming their <br />
horses?<br />
But we’re making garlands for God <br />
our God.<br />
The chariots will rust,<br />
those horses pull up lame—<br />
and we’ll be on our feet, standing tall.<br />
<br />
<b>9</b> Make the king a winner, God;<br />
the day we call, give us your answer.<br />
<br />
<b>OR PSALM 92 (UMH 811)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br />A SABBATH SONG</b><br />
<b>1-3</b> What a beautiful thing, God, to give <br />
thanks,<br />
to sing an anthem to you, the High God!<br />
To announce your love each daybreak,<br />
sing your faithful presence all through <br />
the night,<br />
Accompanied by dulcimer and harp,<br />
the full-bodied music of strings.<br />
<br />
<b>4-9</b> You made me so happy, God<br />
I saw your work and I shouted for joy.<br />
How magnificent your work, God!<br />
How profound your thoughts!<br />
Dullards never notice what you do;<br />
fools never do get it.<br />
When the wicked popped up like weeds<br />
and all the evil men and women took <br />
over,<br />
You mowed them down,<br />
finished them off once and for all.<br />
You, God, are High and Eternal.<br />
Look at your enemies, God!<br />
Look at your enemies—ruined!<br />
Scattered to the winds, all those <br />
hirelings of evil!<br />
<br />
<b>10-14</b> But you’ve made me strong as a <br />
charging bison,<br />
you’ve honored me with a festive <br />
parade.<br />
The sight of my critics going down is <br />
still fresh,<br />
the rout of my malicious detractors.<br />
My ears are filled with the sounds of <br />
promise:<br />
“Good people will prosper like palm <br />
trees,<br />
Grow tall like Lebanon cedars;<br />
transplanted to God’s courtyard,<br />
They’ll grow tall in the presence of God,<br />
lithe and green, virile still in old age.”<br />
<br />
<b>15</b> Such witnesses to upright God!<br />
My Mountain, my huge, holy <br />
Mountain!<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-17<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Since we are in Christ, a new creation, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">we are empowered to live for him.</span><br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br />6-8</b> That’s why we live with such good <br />
cheer. You won’t see us drooping our <br />
heads or dragging our feet! Cramped <br />
conditions here don’t get us down. They <br />
only remind us of the spacious living <br />
conditions ahead. It’s what we trust in <br />
but don’t yet see that keeps us going. <br />
Do you suppose a few ruts in the road <br />
or rocks in the path are going to stop <br />
us? When the time comes, we’ll be <br />
plenty ready to exchange exile for home-<br />
coming.<br />
<b>9-10</b> But neither exile nor homecoming <br />
is the main thing. Cheerfully pleasing <br />
God is the main thing, and that’s what <br />
we aim to do, regardless of our <br />
conditions. Sooner or later we’ll all have <br />
to face God, regardless of our <br />
conditions. We will appear before Christ <br />
and take what’s coming to us as a result <br />
of our actions, either good or bad.<br />
<b>11-14</b> That keeps us vigilant, you can be <br />
sure. It’s no light thing to know that we’ll <br />
all one day stand in that place of <br />
Judgment. That’s why we work urgently <br />
with everyone we meet to get them ready <br />
to face God. God alone knows how well <br />
we do this, but I hope you realize how <br />
much and deeply we care. We’re not <br />
saying this to make ourselves look good <br />
to you. We just thought it would make <br />
you feel good, proud even, that we’re on <br />
your side and not just nice to your face <br />
as so many people are. If I acted crazy, I <br />
did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I <br />
did it for you. Christ’s love has moved <br />
me to such extremes. His love has the <br />
first and last word in everything we do.<br />
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<b>A NEW LIFE<br />14-15</b> Our firm decision is to work from <br />
this focused center: One man died for <br />
everyone. That puts everyone in the <br />
same boat. He included everyone in his <br />
death so that everyone could also be <br />
included in his life, a resurrection life, a <br />
far better life than people ever lived on <br />
their own.<br />
<b>16-20</b> Because of this decision we don’t <br />
evaluate people by what they have or <br />
how they look. We looked at the Messiah <br />
that way once and got it all wrong, as <br />
you know. We certainly don’t look at him <br />
that way anymore. Now we look inside, <br />
and what we see is that anyone united <br />
with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is <br />
created new. The old life is gone; a new <br />
life burgeons! Look at it! All this comes <br />
from the God who settled the relation-<br />
ship between us and him, and then <br />
called us to settle our relationships with <br />
each other. God put the world square <br />
with himself through the Messiah, giving <br />
the world a fresh start by offering <br />
forgiveness of sins. God has given us <br />
the task of telling everyone what he is <br />
doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. <br />
God uses us to persuade men and <br />
women to drop their differences and <br />
enter into God’s work of making things <br />
right between them. We’re speaking for <br />
Christ himself now: Become friends with <br />
God; he’s already a friend with you.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />MARK 4:26-34<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Two parables of the kingdom of God—</span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">seed scattered that takes root, grows, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and leads to harvest, and mustard weed</span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">—a woody, fast growing and spreading, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">persistent nuisance in Middle Eastern </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">fields much like kudzu in the U.S. South </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">or pokeweed in the Midwest.</span></b><br />
<b>NEVER WITHOUT A STORY<br />26-29</b> Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom <br />
is like seed thrown on a field by a man <br />
who then goes to bed and forgets about it. <br />
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The seed sprouts and grows—he has no<br />
idea how it happens. The earth does <br />
it all without his help: first a green stem <br />
of grass, then a bud, then the ripened <br />
grain. When the grain is fully formed, he <br />
reaps—harvest time! <br />
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<b>30-32</b> “How can we picture God’s kingdom?<br />
What kind of story can we use? <br />
It’s like a pine nut. When it lands <br />
on the ground it is quite small as seeds <br />
go, yet once it is planted it grows into a <br />
huge pine tree with thick branches. <br />
Eagles nest in it.”<br />
<b>33-34</b> With many stories like these, he <br />
presented his message to them, fitting <br />
the stories to their experience and <br />
maturity. He was never without a story <br />
when he spoke. When he was alone with <br />
his disciples, he went over everything, <br />
sorting out the tangles, untying knots.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1775 - The Continental Army is </b><br />
<b>founded by the Second Continental </b><br />
<b>Congress for purposes of common </b><br />
<b>defense. This event is considered to be </b><br />
<b>the birth of the United States Army. On </b><br />
<b>June 15, George Washington was </b><br />
<b>appointed commander-in-chief.<br />• 1777 - The Continental Congress in <br />Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and <br />Stripes" as national flag of the United <br />States. The Flag Resolution stated <br />"Resolved: that the flag of the United <br />States be made of thirteen stripes, <br />alternate red and white; that the union <br />be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, <br />representing a new Constellation."<br />• May 20, 1916, President Woodrow <br />Wilson officially proclaimed June 14 <br />"FLAG DAY" as a commemoration of </b><br />
<b>the "Stars and Stripes." <br />• 1789 - Captain William Bligh, Captain </b><br />
<b>of the HMS Bounty arrived in Timor in a <br />small boat.<br />• 1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received <br />a patent for his reaping machine. </b><br />
<b>It was pulled by horses. </b><br />
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<b> </b><b>• 1900 - Hawaii became a U.S. territory.</b></div>
<b>• 1907 - Women in Norway won the right <br />to vote.<br />• 1940 - The Nazis opened their <br />concentration camp at Auschwitz in <br />German-occupied Poland.<br />• 1940 - German troops entered Paris. As <br />Paris became occupied, loud speakers <br />announced the effect of a curfew being <br />imposed for 8 p.m.<br />• 1951 - "Univac I" was unveiled. It was <br />a computer designed for the U.S. Census <br />Bureau and billed as the world's first <br />commercial computer. The machine was <br />25 feet by 50 feet in length, contained <br />5,600 tubes, 18,000 crystal diodes, and <br />300 relays. It utilized serial circuitry, 2.25 <br />MHz bit rate, and had an internal storage <br />capacity of 1,000 words or 12,000 <br />characters. We have come a long way.<br />• 1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower <br />signed an order adding the words "under <br />God" to the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JUNE 15TH —<br />Happy Birthday Ryne Noland!<br />Happy Anniversary John and Rita Elgin!<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1215 - King John of England put his <br />seal on the Magna Carta. <br />"Democratic aspiration is no recent <br />phase in human history . . It was written <br />into the Magna Carta." <br />--Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his 1941 <br />Inaugural address. <br />The Magna Carta is now 800 years old. <br />• 1607 - Colonists in North America <br />completed James Fort in Jamestown, <br />Virginia. <br />• 1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented <br />by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. <br />The result was a little spark that showed <br />the relationship between lightning and <br />electricity.<br />• 1836 - Arkansas became the 25th state <br />in the union.<br />• 1864 - An order to establish a military <br />burial ground was signed by Secretary <br />of War Edwin M. Stanton. The location <br />later became known as Arlington <br />National Cemetery.<br />• 1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson <br />signed a bill incorporating Boy Scouts <br />of America.<br />• 1940 - The French fortress of Verdun <br />was captured by Germans. <br />• 1994 - Israel and the Vatican <br />established full diplomatic relations.<br />• 1897 - The U.S. government signed a <br />treaty of annexation with Hawaii<br />• 1932 - The ban on Nazi storm troopers <br />was lifted by the von Papen government <br />in Germany.<br />• 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt <br />ordered the closure of all German <br />consulates in the United States. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 0455 - Rome was sacked by the Vandal <br />army. Long ago the Vandal warriors, a <br />Germanic tribe, established a kingdom <br />in North Africa as their base for raiding <br />the Mediterranean Sea. The Vandals <br />helped bring about the Roman Empire’s <br />decline. <br />• 1858 - In a speech in Springfield, <br />Illinois, U.S. Senate candidate Abraham <br />Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be <br />resolved. He declared, "A house divided <br />against itself cannot stand." <br />• 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt <br />ordered the closure of all German <br />consulates in the United States.<br />•1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defected from </b><br />
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<b>the Soviet Union while in Paris, traveling <br />with the Leningrad Kirov Ballet.<br />• 1996 - Russia voters had their first <br />independent presidential election. Boris <br />Yeltsin was the winner after a run-off.<br />• 1999 - The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals <br />said that a 1992 federal music piracy law <br />does not prohibit a palm-sized device <br />that can download high-quality digital <br />music files from the Internet and play <br />them at home. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH —<br />Happy Birthday Vickie Carney!<br />Happy Birthday Diana Young!</b><b>———————————————————</b><br /><b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span> </b></div>
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<b> • ESTHER CIRCLE AT 1:30 P.M.<br />Hostess: Mary Ann Heckman</b><br />
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<b>• CASEY CIRCLE IN CASEY U.M.C.<br />AT 7 P.M.</b><br />
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<b> ———————————————————<br />• 0362 - Emperor Julian issued an edict <br />banning Christians from teaching in <br />Syria.<br />• 1579 - Sir Francis Drake claimed San <br />Francisco Bay for England.<br />• 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in <br />New York City aboard French ship Isere. <br />• 1953 - Soviet tanks fought thousands of <br />Berlin workers that were rioting against <br />the East German government. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH—<br />Happy Birthday Clay Larson!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1778 - England evacuated Philadelphia <br />during the U.S. Revolutionary War.<br />• 1812 - The War of 1812 began as the <br />United States declared war against <br />England. The conflict began over trade <br />restrictions. <br />• 1815 - At the Battle of Waterloo, <br />Napoleon is defeated by an international <br />army under the Duke of Wellington. <br />Napoleon abdicated on June 22. <br />• 1873 - Susan B. Anthony was fined <br />$100 for attempting to vote for a United <br />States President.<br />• 1942 - The U.S. Navy commissioned its <br />first black officer, Harvard University <br />medical student Bernard W. Robinson. <br />• 1953 - Egypt was now proclaimed to be <br />a republic with General Neguib as its <br />first president.<br />• 1959 - A Federal Court annulled the <br />Arkansas law allowing school closings <br />to prevent integration. <br />• 1982 - The U.S. Senate approved the <br />renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act <br />for an additional twenty-five years.<br />• 1998 - "The Boston Globe" asked <br />Patricia Smith to resign after she <br />admitted to inventing people and quotes <br />in four of her recent news columns.<br />• 2009 - Greenland assumed control over <br />its law enforcement, judicial affairs, and <br />natural resources from the Kingdom of <br />Denmark. Greenlandic became the <br />official language. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH ———————————————————<br />• 1586 - English colonists sailed away <br />from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to <br />establish England's first permanent <br />settlement in America.<br />• 1778 - General George Washington's <br />troops finally left Valley Forge after a <br />winter of training. <br />• 1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln <br />outlined his Emancipation Proclamation, <br />which outlawed slavery in U.S. territory.<br />• 1867 - In New York, the Belmont Stakes <br />was run for the first time.<br />• 1903 - A young school teacher, Benito <br />Mussolini, was placed under close <br />investigation by police in Bern, <br />Switzerland.<br />• 1910 - The first Father's Day was <br />celebrated in Spokane, Washington.<br />• 1912 - The U.S. government established <br />the 8-hour work day.<br />• 1934 - The U.S. National Archives and <br />Records Administration was established.<br />• 1934 - The U.S. Congress established <br />Federal Communications Commission <br />(FCC). The commission was to regulate <br />radio and (later) TV broadcasting.<br />• 1942 - British Prime Minister Winston <br />Churchill arrived in Washington, DC, to <br />discuss the invasion of North Africa with <br />U.S. President Roosevelt.<br />• 1943 - Henry Kissinger became a <br />naturalized United States citizen.<br />• 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was <br />approved after surviving an 83-day <br />filibuster in the U.S. Senate.<br />• 1998 - A study released says that <br />smoking more than doubles risks of <br />developing dementia and Alzheimer's. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH —<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Doug and Lonnie Harris</b><b>———————————————————</b><b> </b><br />
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<b>• 1397 - The Union of Kalmar united <br />Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under <br />one monarch. <br />• 1756 - In India, 150 British soldiers <br />were imprisoned in a cell that became <br />known as the "Black Hole of Calcutta."<br />• 1863 - West Virginia became the 35th <br />state to join the Union.<br />• 1950 - Willie Mays graduated from high <br />school and immediately signed with the <br />New York Giants.<br />• 1983 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled <br />that employers must treat male and <br />female workers equally in providing <br />health benefits for their spouses. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for your contributions to our </b><br />
<b>church life this week. You are very </b><br />
<b>very much appreciated.</b><br />
<b><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b><br />
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<b>ADAIR U.M.W. AT 8:30 A.M. </b><br />
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<b> • Pastor Melodee is on the road to <br />Iowa Annual Conference for 3 days </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #351c75;">
</span>SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST</b><br />
<b>COLOR: WHITE</b><b><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span><br />For we know that if the earthly tent we <br />live in is destroyed, we have a building <br />from God, a house not made with hands, <br />eternal in the heavens. <br />(2 Corinthians 5:1, NRSV). </b><b>———————————————————<br />
SCRIPTURE READINGS —</b><br />
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<b>1 SAMUEL 8:4-11.<br />
THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br />
<span style="color: #990000;">The elders of the people ask Samuel to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">
appoint a king over them so they will be </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">
like the other nations. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>4-5</b> Fed up, all the elders of Israel got <br />
together and confronted Samuel at <br />
Ramah. They presented their case: <br />
“Look, you’re an old man, and your <br />
sons aren’t following in your footsteps. <br />
Here’s what we want you to do: Appoint <br />
a king to rule us, just like everybody <br />
else.”<br />
<b>6</b> When Samuel heard their demand—<br />
“Give us a king to rule us!”—he was <br />
crushed. How awful! Samuel prayed to <br />
God.<br />
<b>7-9</b> God answered Samuel, “Go ahead <br />
and do what they’re asking. They are not <br />
rejecting you. They’ve rejected me as <br />
their King. From the day I brought them <br />
out of Egypt until this very day they’ve <br />
been behaving like this, leaving me for <br />
other gods. And now they’re doing it to <br />
you. So let them have their own way. But <br />
warn them of what they’re in for. Tell <br />
them the way kings operate, just what <br />
they’re likely to get from a king.”<br />
<b>10-18</b> So Samuel told them, delivered <br />
God’s warning to the people who were <br />
asking him to give them a king. He said, <br />
“This is the way the kind of king you’re <br />
talking about operates. He’ll take your <br />
sons and make soldiers of them—<br />
charioteers, cavalry, infantry, regimented <br />
in battalions and squadrons. He’ll put <br />
some to forced labor on his farms, <br />
plowing and harvesting, and others to <br />
make either weapons of war or chariots <br />
in which he can ride in luxury. He’ll put <br />
your daughters to work as beauticians <br />
and waitresses and cooks. He’ll <br />
conscript your best fields, vineyards, <br />
and orchards and hand them over to his <br />
special friends. He’ll tax your harvests <br />
and vintage to support his extensive <br />
bureaucracy. Your prize workers and <br />
animals he’ll take for his own use. He’ll <br />
lay a tax on your flocks and you’ll end up <br />
no better than slaves. The day will come <br />
when you cry in desperation because<br />
of this king you so much want for your-<br />
selves. Don’t expect God to answer.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 138 (UMH 853) <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG) <br /><span style="color: #990000;">Praising God as source of life and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">protection for the people.</span><br />A PSALM OF</b><b> DAVID</b><br />
<b>1-3</b> Thank you! Everything in me says <br />
“Thank you!”<br />
Angels listen as I sing my thanks.<br />
I kneel in worship facing your holy <br />
temple<br />
and say it again: “Thank you!”<br />
Thank you for your love,<br />
thank you for your faithfulness;<br />
Most holy is your name,<br />
most holy is your Word.<br />
The moment I called out, you stepped in;<br />
you made my life large with strength.<br />
<b>4-6</b> When they hear what you have to <br />
say, God,<br />
all earth’s kings will say “Thank you.”<br />
They’ll sing of what you’ve done:<br />
“How great the glory of God!”<br />
And here’s why: God, high above, sees <br />
far below;<br />
no matter the distance, he knows <br />
everything about us.<br />
<b>7-8</b> When I walk into the thick of trouble,<br />
keep me alive in the angry turmoil.<br />
With one hand strike my foes,<br />
With your other hand save me.<br />
Finish what you started in me, God.<br />
Your love is eternal—don’t quit on me <br />
now. <br />
<b>———————————————————<br />2 CORINTHIANS 4:13-5:1 <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)</b><br />
<b style="color: #990000;">We pick up in the middle of Paul's <br />argument for the validity of his claim to <br />authority among Christians in Corinth. <br />Here, Paul notes the kind of suffering <br />and physical challenges he faces are <br />signs of the death of Christ at work in <br />him, that the life of Christ may be made <br />known to them.</b><br />
<b>13-15</b> We’re not keeping this quiet, not <br />
on your life. Just like the psalmist who <br />
wrote, “I believed it, so I said it,” we say <br />
what we believe. And what we believe is <br />
that the One who raised up the Master <br />
Jesus will just as certainly raise us up <br />
with you, alive. Every detail works to <br />
your advantage and to God’s glory: <br />
more and more grace, more and more <br />
people, more and more praise!<br />
<b>16-18</b> So we’re not giving up. How could <br />
we! Even though on the outside it often <br />
looks like things are falling apart on us, <br />
on the inside, where God is making new <br />
life, not a day goes by without his <br />
unfolding grace. These hard times are <br />
small potatoes compared to the coming <br />
good times, the lavish celebration <br />
prepared for us. There’s far more here <br />
than meets the eye. The things we see <br />
now are here today, gone tomorrow. But <br />
the things we can’t see now will last <br />
forever.<br />
<b>5-1</b> For instance, we know that when <br />
these bodies of ours are taken down like <br />
tents and folded away, they will be <br />
replaced by resurrection bodies in <br />
heaven—God-made, not handmade—<br />
and we’ll never have to relocate our <br />
“tents” again. Sometimes we can hardly <br />
wait to move—and so we cry out in <br />
frustration. Compared to what’s coming, <br />
living conditions around here seem like <br />
a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and <br />
we’re tired of it! We’ve been given a <br />
glimpse of the real thing, our true home, <br />
our resurrection bodies! The Spirit of <br />
God whets our appetite by giving us a <br />
taste of what’s ahead. He puts a little of <br />
heaven in our hearts so that we’ll never <br />
settle for less.<br />
<b>——————————————————— <br />MARK 3:20-35 <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)</b><br />
<b style="color: #990000;">Jesus' power has become so great (and <br />wild!) that some begin to accuse him of <br />casting out demons by the power of <br />Satan. Even family members come to <br />try to restrain him. Jesus names <br />blasphemy against the Holy Spirit as the <br />only unforgivable sin, and those who do <br />the will of the Father as his mother, <br />brothers and sisters.</b><br />
<b>SATAN FIGHTING SATAN?</b><br />
<b>20-21</b> Jesus came home and, as usual, <br />
a crowd gathered—so many making <br />
demands on him that there wasn’t even <br />
time to eat. His friends heard what was <br />
going on and went to rescue him, by <br />
force if necessary. They suspected he <br />
was getting carried away with himself.<br />
<b>22-27</b> The religion scholars from <br />
Jerusalem came down spreading rumors <br />
that he was working black magic, using <br />
devil tricks to impress them with <br />
spiritual power. Jesus confronted their <br />
slander with a story: “Does it make sense <br />
to send a devil to catch a devil, to use <br />
Satan to get rid of Satan? A constantly <br />
squabbling family disintegrates. If Satan <br />
were fighting Satan, there soon wouldn’t <br />
be any Satan left. Do you think it possible <br />
in broad day-light to enter the house of <br />
an awake, able-bodied man, and walk off <br />
with his possessions unless you tie him <br />
up first? Tie him up, though, and you can <br />
clean him out.<br />
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<b>28-30 </b>“Listen to this carefully. I’m <br />
warning you. There’s nothing done or <br />
said that can’t be forgiven. But if you <br />
persist in your slanders against God’s <br />
Holy Spirit, you are repudiating the very <br />
One who forgives, sawing off the branch <br />
on which you’re sitting, severing by your <br />
own perversity all connection with the <br />
One who forgives.” He gave this warning <br />
because they were accusing him of being <br />
in league with Evil.<br />
<b>JESUS’ MOTHER AND BROTHERS<br />31-32</b> Just then his mother and brothers <br />
showed up. Standing outside, they <br />
relayed a message that they wanted a <br />
word with him. He was surrounded by <br />
the crowd when he was given the <br />
message, “Your mother and brothers <br />
and sisters are outside looking for you.”<br />
<b>33-35</b> Jesus responded, “Who do you <br />
think are my mother and brothers?” <br />
Looking around, taking in everyone <br />
seated around him, he said, “Right here, <br />
right in front of you—my mother and my <br />
brothers. Obedience is thicker than <br />
blood. The person who obeys God’s will <br />
is my brother and sister and mother.”<br />
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<b>• 1494 - Spain and Portugal divided the <br />new lands to the west that they had <br />discovered, between themselves. <br />• 1498 - Christopher Columbus left on <br />his third voyage of exploration.<br />• 1712 - The Pennsylvania Assembly <br />banned the importation of slaves.<br />• 1775 - The United Colonies changed <br />their name to the United States.<br />• 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia <br />proposed to the Continental Congress <br />a resolution calling for a Declaration of <br />Independence. <br />• 1863 - Mexico City was captured by <br />French troops. <br />• 1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican <br />City came into existence as copies of <br />the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in <br />Rome.<br />• 1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine <br />showed the latest in campus fashions, <br />which was saddle shoes.<br />• 1942 - The Battle of Midway Island <br />ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 <br />days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, <br />and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 <br />casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, <br />the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 <br />aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.<br />• 1942 - Japanese landed troops on the <br />islands of Attu and Kiska in the <br />Aleutians. The United States invaded </b><br />
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<b>and recaptured the Alutians a year later.</b><br />
<b>• 1948 - The Communists completed the <br />takeover of Czechoslovakia.<br />• 2000 - U.S. Federal Judge Thomas <br />Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup <br />of Microsoft Corporation. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JUNE 8TH —<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 0452 - Italy was invaded by Attila the <br />Hun. <br />• 0793 - The Vikings raided the coast of <br />England.<br />• 1790 - The first loan for the United <br />States was repaid. The Temporary Loan <br />of 1789 was negotiated and secured on <br />September 18, 1789 by Alexander <br />Hamilton.<br />• 1861 - Tennessee voted to secede from <br />the Union and joined the Confederacy.<br />• 1915 - U.S. Secretary of State William <br />Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagree-<br />ment over U.S. handling of the sinking <br />of the Lusitania.<br />• 1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court out-<br />lawed segregated restaurants in <br />Washington, DC. <br />• 2001 - Marc Chagall's painting "Study <br />for 'Over Vitebsk" was stolen from the <br />Jewish Museum in New York City. The <br />8x10 painting was valued at about $1 <br />million. A group called the International <br />Committee for Art and Peace later <br />announced that they would return the <br />painting after Israelis and Palestinians <br />made peace. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1790 - John Barry copyrighted <br />"Philadelphia Spelling Book." It was the <br />first American book to be copyrighted.<br />• 1861 - Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke <br />began working in Union hospitals. She <br />was responsible for establishing 300 <br />field hospitals during the Civil War and</b><br />
<b>served as a lawyer assisting veterans<br />and their families with pensions after<br />the war. </b><br />
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<b>• 1934 - Donald Duck made his debut. It <br />was in the Silly Symphonies cartoon, <br />"The Wise Little Hen."<br />• 1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis <br />during World War II.<br />• 1943 - Withholding tax on payrolls was <br />authorized by the U.S. Congress.<br />• 1945 - Japanese Premier Suzuki <br />declared that Japan would fight to the <br />end rather than accept unconditional <br />surrender.<br />• 1978 - Leaders of the Church of Jesus <br />Christ of Latter-day Saints struck down <br />a 148-year-old policy of excluding black <br />men from the Mormon priesthood. <br />• 2000 - Canada and the United States <br />signed a border security agreement. The <br />agreement called for the establishment <br />of a border-enforcement team. <br />• 2011 - The world's first artificial organ <br />transplant was performed. It was an <br />artificial windpipe coated with stem <br />cells. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH —<br />Happy Birthday Beverlee Magill!<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Harold and Phyllis Scholl!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span></b><br />
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<b>MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET THAT</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">POSTPONED UNTIL LATER.</span> </b><br />
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<b>• 1777 - The Marquis de Lafayette came <br />to the American colonies to help with <br />their rebellion against the British. He <br />was a French aristocratic military officer <br />who fought for the United States during<br />the Revolutionary War<br />• 1789 - Ice cream was served to General <br />George Washington by Mrs. Alexander <br />Hamilton. <br />• 1866 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. <br />Constitution was passed by the U.S. <br />Congress. It was ratified on July 9, 1868. <br />The amendment was designed to grant <br />citizenship to and protect the civil <br />liberties of recently freed slaves. It did <br />this by prohibiting states from denying <br />or abridging privileges or immunities of <br />all citizens of the United States. The <br />states could not deprive any person of <br />his life, liberty, or property without due <br />process of law.<br />• 1920 - The U.S. Post Office Department <br />ruled that children may not be sent by <br />parcel post.<br />• 1940 - Paris was evacuated before the <br />German advance on the city.<br />• 1943 - German spies landed on Long <br />Island, New York. They were very <br />quickly captured.<br />• 1967 - Solicitor General Thurgood <br />Marshall was nominated by President <br />Lyndon B. Johnson to become the first <br />black justice on the Supreme Court.<br />• 1979 - Sioux Indians were awarded <br />$105 million in compensation for the <br />U.S. seizure in 1877 of the Black Hills in <br />South Dakota. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />Thank you for your hard work this week.</b><br />
<b>You make a big difference in our church </b><br />
<b>life.<br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-27180903472156964232015-05-24T15:40:00.002-07:002015-05-28T14:20:07.588-07:00OUR WEEK - MAY 31ST THRU JUNE 6TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON. </span></b><br />
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<b>AD COUNCIL MEETS AT ADAIR U.M.C.<br />• ADAIR AT 7 P.M.<br />• CASEY AT 7:45 P.M.<br />COMBINED GROUP WILL FOLLOW.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, MAY 28TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>SUNDAY, MAY 31ST —<br />Happy Birthday Lola Peterson!<br />Happy Birthday Jerika Avey!<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Bud and Lola Peterson!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"> </span>COLOR: WHITE</b><br /><b>• TRINITY SUNDAY </b><br />
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<b>We celebrate the mystery of the Triune <br />nature of our God.<br />• FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST<br />• THIS IS PEACE AND JUSTICE SUNDAY<br />God calls us into the Eternal Community <br />of love, justice, and peace with Him and <br />each other.<br />Then I heard the voice of Jesus saying, <br />"Whom shall I send, and who will go for <br />us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me!" <br />(Isaiah 6:8, NRSV.)</b><br />
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<b>SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ISAIAH 6:1-8<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The temple furnishings come suddenly </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">alive for Isaiah as he experiences the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">realities behind the symbols, living </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">cherubim ascribing triple holiness to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">"Lord God of Hosts." In that encounter, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">he hears himself claimed and called by </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the Holy, Holy, Holy One. In the action of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the paired wings of the seraphim we see </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">an image of Trinity. One pair covers the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">face (Father), another the feet (Son), and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">with the third they fly (Holy Spirit).</span><br />HOLY, HOLY, HOLY!<br />1-8</b> In the year that King Uzziah died, I <br />
saw the Master sitting on a throne—high, <br />
exalted!—and the train of his robes filled <br />
the Temple. Angel-seraphs hovered <br />
above him, each with six wings. With <br />
two wings they covered their faces, with <br />
two their feet, and with two they flew. <br />
And they called back and forth one to the <br />
other,<br />
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Holy, Holy, Holy is God-of-the-Angel <br />
Armies.<br />
His bright glory fills the whole earth.<br />
<br />
The foundations trembled at the sound <br />
of the angel voices, and then the whole <br />
house filled with smoke. I said,<br />
<br />
“Doom! It’s Doomsday!<br />
I’m as good as dead!<br />
Every word I’ve ever spoken is tainted—<br />
blasphemous even!<br />
And the people I live with talk the same <br />
way,<br />
using words that corrupt and <br />
desecrate.<br />
And here I’ve looked God in the face!<br />
The King! God-of-the-Angel-Armies!”<br />
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Then one of the angel-seraphs flew to <br />
me. He held a live coal that he had taken <br />
with tongs from the altar. He touched my <br />
mouth with the coal and said,<br />
<br />
“Look. This coal has touched your lips.<br />
Gone your guilt,<br />
your sins wiped out.”<br />
And then I heard the voice of the Master:<br />
“Whom shall I send?<br />
Who will go for us?”<br />
I spoke up,<br />
“I’ll go.<br />
Send me!”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 29 (UMH 761)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">In a polytheistic world, this temple song </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">proclaimed that YHWH rules over all </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">other gods in the heavens and on earth.</span></b><br />
<b>1-2</b> Bravo, God, bravo!<br />
Gods and all angels shout, “Encore!”<br />
In awe before the glory,<br />
in awe before God’s visible power.<br />
Stand at attention!<br />
Dress your best to honor him!<br />
<b>3</b> God thunders across the waters,<br />
Brilliant, his voice and his face, <br />
streaming brightness—<br />
God, across the flood waters.<br />
<b>4</b> God’s thunder tympanic,<br />
God’s thunder symphonic.<br />
<b>5</b> God’s thunder smashes cedars,<br />
God topples the northern cedars.<br />
<b>6</b> The mountain ranges skip like spring <br />
colts,<br />
The high ridges jump like wild kid goats.<br />
<b>7-8</b> God’s thunder spits fire.<br />
God thunders, the wilderness quakes;<br />
He makes the desert of Kadesh shake.<br />
<b>9</b> God’s thunder sets the oak trees <br />
dancing<br />
A wild dance, whirling; the pelting rain <br />
strips their branches.<br />
We fall to our knees—we call out, <br />
“Glory!”<br />
<b>10</b> Above the floodwaters is God’s <br />
throne<br />
from which his power flows,<br />
from which he rules the world.<br />
<b>11</b> God makes his people strong.<br />
God gives his people peace.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />ROMANS 8:12-17<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">As children of God, we are led by the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Spirit of God, calling out to the Father, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and being made joint-heirs with Christ </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the Son.</span></b><br />
<b>12-14</b> So don’t you see that we don’t <br />
owe this old do-it-yourself life one red <br />
cent. There’s nothing in it for us, nothing <br />
at all. The best thing to do is give it a <br />
decent burial and get on with your new <br />
life. God’s Spirit beckons. There are <br />
things to do and places to go!<br />
<b>15-17</b> This resurrection life you received <br />
from God is not a timid, grave-tending <br />
life. It’s adventurously expectant, <br />
greeting God with a childlike “What’s <br />
next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our <br />
spirits and confirms who we really are. <br />
We know who he is, and we know who <br />
we are: Father and children. And we <br />
know we are going to get what’s coming <br />
to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We <br />
go through exactly what Christ goes <br />
through. If we go through the hard times <br />
with him, then we’re certainly going to <br />
go through the good times with him!<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JOHN 3:1-17<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The Trinitarian nature of our salvation. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">God the Father loved us and sent his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Son. We are drawn to and believe in the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Son. We are born anew of and by the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">work of the Holy Spirit.</span><br />BORN FROM ABOVE<br />1-2</b> There was a man of the Pharisee <br />
sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader <br />
among the Jews. Late one night he <br />
visited Jesus and said, “Rabbi, we all <br />
know you’re a teacher straight from God. <br />
No one could do all the God-pointing, <br />
God-revealing acts you do if God <br />
weren’t in on it.”<br />
<b>3</b> Jesus said, “You’re absolutely right. <br />
Take it from me: Unless a person is born <br />
from above, it’s not possible to see what <br />
I’m pointing to—to God’s kingdom.”<br />
<b>4</b> “How can anyone,” said Nicodemus, <br />
“be born who has already been born <br />
and grown up? You can’t re-enter your <br />
mother’s womb and be born again. What <br />
are you saying with this ‘born-from-<br />
above’ talk?”<br />
<b>5-6</b> Jesus said, “You’re not listening. Let <br />
me say it again. Unless a person <br />
submits to this original creation—the <br />
‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, <br />
the invisible moving the visible, a <br />
baptism into a new life—it’s not possible <br />
to enter God’s kingdom. When you look <br />
at a baby, it’s just that: a body you can <br />
look at and touch. But the person who <br />
takes shape within is formed by some-<br />
thing you can’t see and touch, the Spirit<br />
and becomes a living spirit.<br />
<b>7-8</b> “So don’t be so surprised when I tell <br />
you that you have to be ‘born from <br />
above’—out of this world, so to speak. <br />
You know well enough how the wind <br />
blows this way and that. You hear it <br />
rustling through the trees, but you have <br />
no idea where it comes from or where <br />
it’s headed next. That’s the way it is with <br />
everyone ‘born from above’ by the wind <br />
of God, the Spirit of God.”<br />
9 Nicodemus asked, “What do you mean <br />
by this? How does this happen?”<br />
<b>10-12</b> Jesus said, “You’re a respected <br />
teacher of Israel and you don’t know <br />
these basics? Listen carefully. I’m <br />
speaking sober truth to you. I speak only <br />
of what I know by experience; I give <br />
witness only to what I have seen with my <br />
own eyes. There is nothing secondhand <br />
here, no hearsay. Yet instead of facing <br />
the evidence and accepting it, you <br />
procrastinate with questions. If I tell you <br />
things that are plain as the hand before <br />
your face and you don’t believe me, what <br />
use is there in telling you of things you <br />
can’t see, the things of God?<br />
<b>13-15</b> “No one has ever gone up into the <br />
presence of God except the One who <br />
came down from that Presence, the Son <br />
of Man. In the same way that Moses <br />
lifted the serpent in the desert so people <br />
could have something to see and then <br />
believe, it is necessary for the Son of <br />
Man to be lifted up—and everyone who <br />
looks up to him, trusting and expectant, <br />
will gain a real life, eternal life.<br />
<b>16-18</b> “This is how much God loved the <br />
world: He gave his Son, his one and only <br />
Son. And this is why: so that no one <br />
need be destroyed; by believing in him, <br />
anyone can have a whole and lasting life. <br />
God didn’t go to all the trouble of <br />
sending his Son merely to point an <br />
accusing finger, telling the world how <br />
bad it was. He came to help, to put the <br />
world right again. Anyone who trusts in <br />
him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to <br />
trust him has long since been under the <br />
death sentence without knowing it. And <br />
why? Because of that person’s failure to <br />
believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God <br />
when introduced to him.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />•1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act was <br />passed by the U.S. Congress.<br />The Kansas–Nebraska Act (10 Stat. 277)<br />created the territories of Kansas and <br />Nebraska, opening new lands for settle-<br />ment allowing white male settlers in <br />those territories to determine through <br />popular sovereignty whether they would <br />allow slavery within each territory.<br />Kansas was admitted to the Union as a <br />free state. On March 1, 1867, Nebraska <br />was admitted to the Union. By then, the <br />1861–1865 Civil War had been fought, <br />and slavery had been outlawed every-<br />where in the United States.<br />• 1884 - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg <br />patented "dry flaked cereal."<br />• 1889 - In Johnstown, PA, more than <br />2,200 people died when the South Fork <br />Dam collapsed.<br />• 1907 - The first taxis in the United<br /> States arrived in New York City.<br />• 1913 - The 17th Amendment went into <br />effect. It provided for popular election of <br />U.S. senators.<br />• 1947 - Communists seized control of <br />Hungary.<br />• 1955 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered <br />that all states end racial segregation.<br />• 1962 - Adolf Eichmann was hanged in <br />Israel. Eichmann was a Gestapo official <br />that was executed for his actions in the <br />Nazi Holocaust.<br />• 1977 - The trans-Alaska oil pipeline was<br /> finished after 3 years of construction. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, JUNE 1ST —<br />OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1774 - The British government ordered <br />the Port of Boston closed.<br />• 1792 - Kentucky became the 15th state <br />of the United States.<br />• 1796 - Tennessee became the 16th state <br />of the United States.<br />• 1861 - The first battle of the U.S. Civil <br />War took place at Fairfax Court House, <br />Virginia.<br />• 1877 - U.S. troops were authorized to <br />pursue bandits into Mexico.<br />• 1915 - Germany conducted the first <br />zeppelin (dirigible) air raid over England.<br />• 1921 - A race riot erupted in Tulsa, <br />Oklahoma. 85 people were killed.<br />• 1944 - French resistance was warned <br />by a coded message from the British <br />that the D-Day invasion was imminent.<br />• 1963 - Governor George Wallace vowed <br />to defy an injunction that ordered the <br />integration of the University of Alabama.<br />• 1970 - Zimbabwe came into existence. <br />It was formerly known as Rhodesia. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1537 - Pope Paul III banned the <br />enslavement of Indians.<br />• 1774 - The Quartering Act, required <br />American colonists to allow British <br />soldiers into their houses, was enacted.<br />• 1851 - Maine became the first U.S. state <br />to enact a law prohibiting alcohol.<br />• 1897 - Mark Twain, at age 61, was <br />quoted by the New York Journal as <br />saying "the report of my death was an <br />exaggeration." He was responding to <br />rumors that he had died.<br />• 1924 - All American Indians were <br />granted United States citizenship by the <br />U.S. Congress.<br />• 1933 - U.S. President Franklin Delano <br />Roosevelt accepted the first swimming <br />pool to be built inside the White House.<br />• 1946 - Italians voted by referendum to <br />form a republic instead of a monarchy.<br />• 1979 - Pope John Paul II arrived in his <br />native Poland on the first visit by a pope <br />to any Communist country.<br />• 1998 - Voters in California passed <br />Proposition 227. The act required that all <br />children be taught in English. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD —</b><br />
<b>ADAIR U.M.W. MEETS AT 8:30 A.M.</b><br />
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<b> <span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span> </b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1098 - Christian Crusaders of the First <br />Crusade captured Antioch, Turkey.<br />• 1621 - The Dutch West India Company <br />received a charter for New Netherlands <br />(now known as New York).<br />• 1784 - The U.S. Congress formally <br />created the United States Army to <br />replace the disbanded Continental Army.<br />• 1800 - John Adams moved to <br />Washington, DC. He was the first <br />President to live in what later became <br />the capital of the United States. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH—<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1615 - The fortress of Osaka, Japan, fell <br />to shogun Ieyasu after six months of <br />fighting.<br />• 1647 - The British army seized King <br />Charles I and held him hostage.<br />• 1792 - Captain George Vancouver <br />claimed Puget Sound for Britain.<br />• 1812 - The Louisiana Territory had its <br />name changed to the Missouri Territory. <br />• 1892 - Sierra Club was incorporated in <br />San Francisco.<br />• 1896 - Henry Ford made a successful <br />test drive of his new car in Detroit, MI. <br />He called the vehicle a "Quadricycle." <br />• 1911 - Gold was discovered in Alaska's <br />Indian Creek.<br />• 1919 - The U.S. Senate passed the <br />Women's Suffrage bill.<br />• 1924 - An eternal light was dedicated at <br />Madison Square in New York City in <br />memory of all New York soldiers who <br />died in World War I.<br />• 1939 - The first shopping cart was <br />introduced by Sylvan Goldman in <br />Oklahoma City, OK. It was actually a <br />folding chair that had been mounted <br />on wheels. <br />• 1942 - The Battle of Midway began. It <br />was the first major victory for America <br />over Japan during World War II. The <br />battle ended on June 6 and ended <br />Japanese expansion in the Pacific.<br />• 1944 - During World War II, the U.S. <br />Fifth Army entered Rome, which began <br />the liberation of the Italian capital. <br />• 1989 - In Beijing, Chinese army troops <br />stormed Tiananmen Square to crush the <br />pro-democracy movement. It is believed <br />that hundreds, possibly thousands, of <br />demonstrators were killed. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH </b><br />
<b>Annual Conference: June 5th thru 9th.</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for <br />the first time to demonstrate that <br />lightning was a form of electricity.<br />• 1794 - The U.S. Congress prohibited <br />citizens from serving in any foreign <br />armed forces.<br />•1917 - American men began registering <br />for the World War I draft.<br />• 1981 - In the U.S., the Center for <br />Disease Control and Prevention reported <br />that five men in Los Angeles were <br />suffering from a rare pneumonia found <br />in patients with weakened immune <br />systems. They were the first recognized <br />cases of what came to be known as AIDS. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH — ———————————————————<br />• 1833 - Andrew Jackson was the first <br />United States president to ride in a train.<br />• 1844 - The Young Men's Christian <br />Association was founded in London. </b><br />
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• 1944 - Today The D-Day invasion of <br />Europe took place on the beaches of <br />Normandy, France. Normandy coast was <br />divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, <br />Gold, Juno, and Sword Beach. 400,000 <br />Allied American, British and Canadian <br />troops were involved. Casualties were <br />heaviest at Omaha Beach, with its high <br />cliffs. The largest seaborne invasion in <br />history, the operation began the invasion <br />of German-occupied western Europe, led <br />to the liberation of France from Nazi <br />control, and unconditional surrender of <br />Germany on May 8, 1945.</b><br />
<b>There are American Cemeteries all over </b><br />
<b>the world as a result of wars we have </b><br />
<b>participated in and support we have </b><br />
<b>given to countries who need help. </b><br />
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<b>German casualties on D-Day were about </b><b><b><br /></b></b><b>1,000 men. Allied casualties were at least </b><br />
<b>10,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead.</b><b> </b><br />
<b>I am eternally grateful that the 1,000 year </b><br />
<b>Reich did not succeed. I am absolutely </b><br />
<b>baffled when I ask myself why that man </b><br />
<b>decided he was qualified and chosen and </b><br />
<b>accepted to rule the world — ever!?? </b><br />
<b>We always pay a very high price for our</b><br />
<b>freedom as the casualties indicate.</b><br />
<b>It is always written “Never again”, but </b><br />
<b>somebody always pops up and says — </b><br />
<b>“I deserve to rule the world”. As always </b><br />
<b>good people must intervene. </b><br />
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<b>• FUTURE FOCUS —————</b><br />
<b>Food Pantry open 10th of June. </b><b> </b><br />
<b>Saturday, June 13th — Mother Daughter </b><br />
<b>Banquet at 6:30 P.M.</b><br />
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<b>God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna </b><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-28364297248411264522015-05-17T15:39:00.001-07:002015-05-28T14:08:04.989-07:00OUR WEEK - MAY 24th THRU MAY 30TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />May is Asian American-Pacific Islander <br />Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians <br />and Pacific Islanders in the United States.</b><br />
<b>Like most commemorative months, <br />Asian-Pacific Heritage Month originated <br />in a congressional bill. In June 1977, <br />Representatives Frank Horton of New </b><br />
<b>York and Norman Y. Mineta of California <br />introduced a House resolution that <br />called upon the president to proclaim the <br />first ten days of May as Asian-Pacific <br />Heritage Week. The following month, <br />senators Daniel Inouye — </b><br />
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<b> and Sparky Matsunaga </b><br />
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introduced a similar bill in the Senate. </b><br />
<b>Both were passed. On October 5, 1978, </b><br />
<b>President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint </b><br />
<b>Resolution designating the annual </b><br />
<b>celebration. Twelve years later, President </b><br />
<b>George H.W. Bush signed an extension </b><br />
<b>making the week-long celebration into a </b><br />
<b>month long celebration. In 1992, the </b><br />
<b>official designation of May as Asian-</b><br />
<b>Pacific American Heritage Month was </b><br />
<b>signed into law.</b><br />
<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, MAY 21ST —<span style="color: red;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span> </b><br />
<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>SUNDAY, MAY 24TH —<br />Happy Birthday Sophie Young!</b><br />
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<b>DAY OF PENTECOST </b><br />
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<b>When the day of Pentecost had come, <br />they were all together in one place. And <br />suddenly from heaven there came a <br />sound like the rush of a violent wind, <br />and it filled the entire house where they <br />were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, <br />appeared among them, and a tongue <br />rested on each of them. All of them <br />were filled with the Holy Spirit and <br />began to speak in other languages, as <br />the Spirit gave them ability. —<br />(ACTS 2:1-4, NRSV). </b> <br />
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<b>COLOR: WHITE OR GOLD<br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ACTS 2:1-21 <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The Holy Spirit falls upon the 120 </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">gathered in a room in Jerusalem, and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">they proclaim the good news of the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">resurrection of Jesus Christ in the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">languages of all the people gathered in </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Jerusalem for the feast of Pentecost.</span> </b><br />
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<b>A SOUND LIKE A STRONG WIND</b><b> </b><br />
<b>1-4</b> When the Feast of Pentecost came, <br />
they were all together in one place. <br />
Without warning there was a sound <br />
like a strong wind, gale force—no one <br />
could tell where it came from. It filled <br />
the whole building. Then, like a wildfire,<br />
the Holy Spirit spread through their<br />
ranks, and they started speaking in a<br />
number of different languages as the<br />
Spirit prompted them. <br />
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<b>5-11</b> There were many Jews staying in <br />
Jerusalem just then, devout pilgrims <br />
from all over the world. When they <br />
heard the sound, they came on the run. <br />
Then when they heard, one after <br />
another, their own mother tongues <br />
being spoken, they were thunderstruck. <br />
They couldn’t for the life of them figure <br />
out what was going on, and kept <br />
saying, “Aren’t these all Galileans? <br />
How come we’re hearing them talk in <br />
our various mother tongues?<br />
<br />
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites;<br />
Visitors from Mesopotamia, Judea, <br />
and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,<br />
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and<br />
the parts of Libya belonging to<br />
Cyrene;<br />
Immigrants from Rome, both Jews <br />
and proselytes;<br />
Even Cretans and Arabs!<br />
<br />
“They’re speaking our languages, <br />
describing God’s mighty works!”<br />
<br />
<b>12</b> Their heads were spinning; they <br />
couldn’t make head or tail of any of it. <br />
They talked back and forth, confused: <br />
“What’s going on here?”<br />
<b>13</b> Others joked, “They’re drunk on <br />
cheap wine.” <br />
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<b>PETER SPEAKS UP<br />14-21</b> That’s when Peter stood up and,<br />
backed by the other eleven, spoke out <br />
with bold urgency: “Fellow Jews, all of <br />
you who are visiting Jerusalem, listen <br />
carefully and get this story straight.<br />
<br />
These people aren’t drunk as some of <br />
you suspect. They haven’t had time to <br />
get drunk—it’s only nine o’clock in the <br />
morning. This is what the prophet Joel <br />
announced would happen:<br />
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“In the Last Days,” God says,<br />
“I will pour out my Spirit<br />
on every kind of people:<br />
Your sons will prophesy,<br />
also your daughters;<br />
Your young men will see visions,<br />
your old men dream dreams.<br />
When the time comes,<br />
I’ll pour out my Spirit<br />
On those who serve me, men and <br />
women both,<br />
and they’ll prophesy.<br />
I’ll set wonders in the sky above<br />
and signs on the earth below,<br />
Blood and fire and billowing smoke,<br />
the sun turning black and the moon <br />
blood-red,<br />
Before the Day of the Lord arrives,<br />
the Day tremendous and marvelous;<br />
And whoever calls out for help<br />
to me, God, will be saved.”<br />
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<b>PSALM 104:24-35 UMH 826<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">God sustains all creation. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b>What a wildly wonderful world, God!<br />
You made it all, with Wisdom at your <br />
side,<br />
made earth overflow with your <br />
wonderful creations.<br />
Oh, look—the deep, wide sea,<br />
brimming with fish past counting,<br />
sardines and sharks and salmon.<br />
Ships plow those waters,<br />
and Leviathan, your pet dragon, <br />
romps in them.<br />
All the creatures look expectantly to <br />
you to give them their meals on time.<br />
You come, and they gather around;<br />
you open your hand and they eat <br />
from it.<br />
If you turned your back,<br />
they’d die in a minute—<br />
Take back your Spirit and they die,<br />
revert to original mud;<br />
Send out your Spirit and they spring <br />
to life—<br />
the whole countryside in bloom and <br />
blossom.<br />
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<b>31-32</b> The glory of God—let it last <br />
forever!<br />
Let God enjoy his creation!<br />
He takes one look at earth and triggers <br />
an earthquake,<br />
points a finger at the mountains, and <br />
volcanoes erupt.<br />
<br />
<b>33-35</b> Oh, let me sing to God all my life <br />
long,<br />
sing hymns to my God as long as I <br />
live!<br />
Oh, let my song please him;<br />
I’m so pleased to be singing to God.<br />
But clear the ground of sinners—<br />
no more godless men and women!<br />
<br />
O my soul, bless God!<br />
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<b>22-25</b> All around us we observe a <br />
pregnant creation. The difficult times of <br />
pain throughout the world are simply <br />
birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; <br />
it’s within us. The Spirit of God is <br />
arousing us within. We’re also feeling <br />
the birth pangs. These sterile and barren <br />
bodies of ours are yearning for full <br />
deliverance. That is why waiting does <br />
not diminish us, any more than waiting <br />
diminishes a pregnant mother. We are <br />
enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, <br />
don’t see what is enlarging us. But the <br />
longer we wait, the larger we become, <br />
and the more joyful our expectancy.<br />
<b>26-28</b> Meanwhile, the moment we get <br />
tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right <br />
alongside helping us along. If we don’t <br />
know how or what to pray, it doesn’t <br />
matter. He does our praying in and for <br />
us, making prayer out of our wordless <br />
sighs, our aching groans. He knows us <br />
far better than we know ourselves, <br />
knows our pregnant condition, and <br />
keeps us present before God. That’s <br />
why we can be so sure that every detail <br />
in our lives of love for God is worked <br />
into something good.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JOHN 15:26-27; 16:4-15<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus teaches what the Spirit will do: </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">teach, reveal truth and falsehood, sin </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and righteousness, and continue to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">lead the followers of Jesus into all truth</span></b><b><br />26-27</b> “When the Friend I plan to send <br />
you from the Father comes—the Spirit <br />
of Truth issuing from the Father—he will <br />
confirm everything about me. You, too, <br />
from your side must give your <br />
confirming evidence, since you are in <br />
this with me from the start.”<br />
<b>16 1-4</b> “I’ve told you these things to <br />
prepare you for rough times ahead. <br />
They are going to throw you out of the <br />
meeting places. There will even come <br />
a time when anyone who kills you will <br />
think he’s doing God a favor. They will <br />
do these things because they never <br />
really understood the Father. I’ve told <br />
you these things so that when the time <br />
comes and they start in on you, you’ll <br />
be well-warned and ready for them.<br />
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<b>THE FRIEND WILL COME<br />4-7</b> “I didn’t tell you this earlier because <br />
I was with you every day. But now I am <br />
on my way to the One who sent me. Not <br />
one of you has asked, ‘Where are you <br />
going?’ Instead, the longer I’ve talked, <br />
the sadder you’ve become. So let me <br />
say it again, this truth: It’s better for <br />
you that I leave. If I don’t leave, the <br />
Friend won’t come. But if I go, I’ll send <br />
him to you.<br />
<b>8-11</b> “When he comes, he’ll expose the <br />
error of the godless world’s view of sin, <br />
righteousness, and judgment: He’ll <br />
show them that their refusal to believe <br />
in me is their basic sin; that righteous-<br />
ness comes from above, where I am <br />
with the Father, out of their sight and <br />
control; that judgment takes place as <br />
the ruler of this godless world is <br />
brought to trial and convicted.<br />
<b>12-15</b> “I still have many things to tell <br />
you, but you can’t handle them now. <br />
But when the Friend comes, the Spirit <br />
of the Truth, he will take you by the <br />
hand and guide you into all the truth <br />
there is. He won’t draw attention to <br />
himself, but will make sense out of <br />
what is about to happen and, indeed, <br />
out of all that I have done and said. He <br />
will honor me; he will take from me and <br />
deliver it to you. Everything the Father <br />
has is also mine. That is why I’ve said, <br />
‘He takes from me and delivers to you.’<br />
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CHURCH OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 585 BC - The first known prediction of <br />a solar eclipse was made in Greece.<br />• 1787 - A Constitutional convention <br />opened in Philadelphia with George <br />Washington presiding.<br />• 1927 - Ford Motor Company reported <br />that the Model A would replace the <br />Model T.<br />• 1968 - The Gateway Arch, part of the <br />Jefferson National Expansion Memorial <br />in St. Louis, MO, was dedicated.<br />• 1985 - Bangladesh was hit with a <br />hurricane and tidal wave that killed more <br />than 11,000 people.<br />• 1992 - Jay Leno debuted as the new <br />permanent host of NBC's "Tonight <br />Show."<br />• 1997 - U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond <br />became the longest-serving senator in <br />U.S. history (41 years and 10 months).<br /> ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, MAY 26TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1835 - A resolution was passed in the<br /> U.S. Congress stating that Congress <br />has no authority over state slavery laws.<br />• 1864 - The Territory of Montana was <br />recognized.<br />• 1865 - Arrangements are made in New <br />Orleans for the surrender of Confederate <br />forces west of the Mississippi.<br />• 1896 - The last czar of Russia, <br />Nicholas II, was crowned. <br />• 1908 - In Persia, (Iran) the first oil strike <br />was made in the Middle East.<br />• 1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled <br />that Ellis Island was mainly in New <br />Jersey, not New York. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, MAY 27TH —<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Greg and Lisa Rochholz!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"> </span>AD COUNCIL MEETS AT ADAIR U.M.C.<br />• ADAIR AT 7 P.M.<br />• CASEY AT 7:45 P.M.<br />• COMBINED GROUP WILL FOLLOW.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or <br />Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, <br />was executed for being a "witch." It was <br />the first recorded American execution of <br />a "witch."<br />• 1896 - 255 people were killed in <br />St. Louis, MO, when a tornado struck.<br />• 1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out <br />in San Francisco.<br />• 1926 - Bronze figures of Huckleberry <br />Finn and Tom Sawyer were erected in <br />Hannibal, Missouri.<br />• 1969 - Construction of Walt Disney <br />World began in Florida.<br />• 1994 - Nobel Prize-winning author <br />Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to <br />Russia. He wrote books raising global <br />awareness of the soviet strangulation <br />of freedom. The U.S.S.R. expelled him <br />in 1974. Twenty years later, he returned <br />after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, MAY 28TH—<br />Happy Birthday Greg Rochholz!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1805 - Napoleon was crowned king of <br />Italy in Milan.<br />• 1892 - The Sierra club was organized in <br />San Francisco, California. <br />• 1977 - Fire raced through the Beverly <br />Hills Supper Club in Southgate, <br />Kentucky. 165 people were killed.<br />• 1995 - An earthquake in the Russian <br />town Neftegorsk killed 2000 people.<br />• 1999 - Leonardo de Vinci's "The Last <br />Supper" In Milan, Italy, was put back <br />on display after more than 20 years of <br />restoration work. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, MAY 29TH —<br />Happy Birthday Bill Umbaugh!<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Jerry and Donna Kopaska!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1721 - South Carolina was formally <br />incorporated as a royal colony.<br />• 1765 - Patrick Henry denounced the <br />Stamp Act before Virginia's House of <br />Burgesses.<br />• 1790 - Rhode Island became the last of <br />the original thirteen colonies to ratify <br />the U.S. Constitution.<br />• 1848 - WIsconsin became the 30th state <br />to join the United States.<br />• 1849 - A patent for lifting ships was <br />granted to Abraham Lincoln.<br />• 1922 - Ecuador gained its <br />independence.<br />• 1973 - Tom Bradley was elected the <br />first black mayor of Los Angeles.<br />• 2001 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled <br />that disabled golfer Casey Martin could <br />use a cart to ride in tournaments.<br />• 1879 - William Vanderbilt changed the <br />name of New York City's Gilmore’s <br />Garden to Madison Square Garden. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, MAY 30TH —<br />Happy Birthday Dustin Farnsworth!</b><br />
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<b>Casey Fellowship Hall reserved.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the <br />stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19.<br />• 1539 - Hernando de Soto, the Spanish <br />explorer, landed in Florida with 600 <br />soldiers to search for gold.<br />• 1854 - The U.S. territories of Nebraska <br />and Kansas were established.<br />• 1868 - Memorial Day was observed <br />widely for the first time in the U.S.<br />• 1883 - Twelve people were trampled to <br />death in New York City in a stampede <br />when a rumor started that the Brooklyn <br />Bridge was in danger of collapsing.<br />• 1922 - The Lincoln Memorial was <br />dedicated in Washington, DC.<br />• 1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in <br />World War II and the Korean conflicts <br />were buried at Arlington National <br />Cemetery.<br />• 1989 - The "Goddess of Democracy" <br />statue (33 feet high) was erected in<br />Tiananmen Square by student <br />protestors. <br />• 1998 - A powerful earthquake hit north<br /> Afghanistan killing about 5,000 people. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br /> </b><b>Thank you for your assistance this week<br /> - whether the work was physical or <br />mental, it is indeed valuable and, it is <br />always very much treasured.</b><br /><b><br /> <br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-58781714673790431892015-05-10T16:18:00.000-07:002015-05-12T13:43:02.195-07:00OUR WEEK - MAY 17th THRU MAY 23RD<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />May is Asian American-Pacific Islander <br />Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians </b><br />
<b>and Pacific Islanders who live in the </b><br />
<b>United States. Some famous ones are: </b><br />
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<b>CASEY U.M.C. — 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M.</b></div>
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<b>SUNDAY, MAY 17TH —</b><br />
<b>Happy Birthday Don Eggen!</b><br />
<b>• Bob and Jeannie Larson's 65th </b><br />
<b>Wedding Anniversary party is after </b><br />
<b>worship service in Casey U.M.C. today.</b><br />
<b><br />THIS IS ASCENSION SUNDAY</b><br />
<b>Before, </b><b>Methodists celebrated </b><br />
<b>Ascension during the week. Now they </b><br />
<b>choose to transfer the celebration to the </b><br />
<b>following Sunday. (today) <br />COLOR: WHITE OR GOLD </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: black;">As they were watching, he was lifted up, </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">and a cloud took him out of their sight. </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">While he was going, they gazed up</span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">toward heaven, and suddenly two men </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">in white robes stood by them. They said, </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">"Men of Galilee, why do you stand </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">who has been taken up from you into </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">heaven, will come in the same way as </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">you saw him go into heaven." </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: black;">(Acts 1:9-11, NRSV).</span><br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />ACTS 1:1-11 <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Before Jesus ascends into heaven, he </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">twice directs his disciples to stop </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">focusing on earthly kingdoms and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">glory to focus instead on the Spirit— </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">empowered mission (and the coming of</span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;"> the same Spirit) that lay before them — </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to be witnesses in all the world. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">When </span><span style="color: #990000;">the angels "interrupt" their </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">wondering </span><span style="color: #990000;">gaze, they also (a third time) </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">redirect </span><span style="color: #990000;">disciples to continue in this </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">mission by </span><span style="color: #990000;">waiting for the coming of </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">the Spirit in </span><span style="color: #990000;">Jerusalem. About 120 </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">disciples of </span><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus have gathered </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">during the days </span><span style="color: #990000;">between his Ascension </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">and Pentecost.</span><br />TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD</b><br />
<b>1-5</b> Dear Theophilus, in the first volume <br />
of this book I wrote on everything that <br />
Jesus began to do and teach until the <br />
day he said good-bye to the apostles, <br />
the ones he had chosen through the <br />
Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. <br />
After his death, he presented himself <br />
alive to them in many different settings <br />
over a period of forty days. In face-to-<br />
face meetings, he talked to them about <br />
things concerning the kingdom of God. <br />
As they met and ate meals together, he <br />
told them that they were on no account <br />
to leave Jerusalem but “must wait for <br />
what the Father promised: the promise <br />
you heard from me. John baptized in <br />
water; you will be baptized in the Holy <br />
Spirit. And soon.”<br />
<b>6</b> When they were together for the last <br />
time they asked, “Master, are you going <br />
to restore the kingdom to Israel now? Is <br />
this the time?”<br />
<b>7-8</b> He told them,“You don’t get to know <br />
the time. Timing is the Father’s business. <br />
What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And <br />
when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you <br />
will be able to be my witnesses in <br />
Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, <br />
even to the ends of the world.”<br />
<b>9-11</b> These were his last words. As they <br />
watched, he was taken up and <br />
disappeared in a cloud. They stood <br />
there, staring into the empty sky. <br />
Suddenly two men appeared—in white <br />
robes! They said, “You Galileans!—why <br />
do you just stand here looking up at an <br />
empty sky? This very Jesus who was <br />
taken up from among you to heaven will <br />
come as certainly—and mysteriously—<br />
as he left.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 47 (UMH 781)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">This is an enthronement psalm which </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">celebrates God's kingship.</span><br />A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH<br />1-9</b> Applause, everyone. Bravo, <br />
bravissimo!<br />
Shout God-songs at the top of your <br />
lungs! <br />
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God Most High is stunning,<br />
astride land and ocean.<br />
He crushes hostile people,<br />
puts nations at our feet.<br />
He set us at the head of the line,<br />
prize-winning Jacob, his favorite.<br />
Loud cheers as God climbs the <br />
mountain,<br />
a ram’s horn blast at the summit.<br />
Sing songs to God, sing out!<br />
Sing to our King, sing praise!<br />
He’s Lord over earth,<br />
so sing your best songs to God.<br />
God is Lord of godless nations—<br />
sovereign, he’s King of the mountain.<br />
Princes from all over are gathered,<br />
people of Abraham’s God.<br />
The powers of earth are God’s—<br />
he soars over all.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />EPHESIANS 1:15-23<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Paul encourages churches connected </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">with the congregations at Ephesus to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">remember the fullness of who they now </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">are because of what God has done for </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">them in Jesus Christ; risen, ascended </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to the right hand of all power and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">reigning in, through and beyond the</span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">church. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>15-19</b> That’s why, when I heard of the <br />
solid trust you have in the Master Jesus <br />
and your outpouring of love to all the <br />
followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop <br />
thanking God for you—every time I <br />
prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks. <br />
But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the <br />
God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the <br />
God of glory—to make you intelligent <br />
and discerning in knowing him <br />
personally, your eyes focused and clear, <br />
so that you can see exactly what it is he <br />
is calling you to do, grasp the immensity <br />
of this glorious way of life he has for his <br />
followers, oh, the utter extravagance of <br />
his work in us who trust him—endless <br />
energy, boundless strength!<br />
<b>20-23</b> All this energy issues from Christ: <br />
God raised him from death and set him <br />
on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of <br />
running the universe, everything from <br />
galaxies to governments, no name and <br />
no power exempt from his rule. And not <br />
just for the time being, but forever. He is <br />
in charge of it all, has the final word on <br />
everything. At the center of all this, <br />
Christ rules the church. The church, you <br />
see, is not peripheral to the world; the <br />
world is peripheral to the church. The <br />
church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks<br />
and acts, by which he fills everything with<br />
his presence.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />LUKE 24:44-53<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">We heard this story a few weeks ago as </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">we focused on repentance. Today we </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">hear it focusing on the ascension and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">mission. "Power from on high" will </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">come to the apostles to empower a </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">ministry of proclamation of repentance </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and forgiveness to the whole world.</span></b><br />
<b>YOU’RE THE WITNESSES<br />44</b> Then he said, “Everything I told you <br />
while I was with you comes to this: All <br />
the things written about me in the Law <br />
of Moses, in the Prophets, and in the <br />
Psalms have to be fulfilled.”<br />
<b>45-49</b> He went on to open their under-<br />
standing of the Word of God, showing <br />
them how to read their Bibles this way. <br />
He said, “You can see now how it is <br />
written that the Messiah suffers, rises <br />
from the dead on the third day, and then <br />
a total life-change through the forgive-<br />
ness of sins is proclaimed in his name <br />
to all nations—starting from here, from <br />
Jerusalem! You’re the first to hear and <br />
see it. You’re the witnesses. What <br />
comes next is very important: I am <br />
sending what my Father promised to <br />
you, so stay here in the city until he <br />
arrives, until you’re equipped with <br />
power from on high.”<br />
<b>50-51</b> He then led them out of the city <br />
over to Bethany. Raising his hands he <br />
blessed them, and while blessing them, <br />
took his leave, being carried up to <br />
heaven.<br />
<b>52-53</b> And they were on their knees, <br />
worshiping him. They returned to <br />
Jerusalem bursting with joy. They spent <br />
all their time in the Temple praising God. <br />
Yes.<b> </b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1792 - The New York Stock Exchange <br />was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 <br />brokers.<br />• 1814 - Denmark ceded Norway to <br />Sweden. Norway's constitution was <br />signed.<br />• 1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was <br />run at Louisville, KY. <br />• 1881 - Frederick Douglass was <br />appointed recorder of deeds for <br />Washington, DC.<br />• 1932 - The U.S. Congress changed the <br />name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico."<br />• 1940 - Germany occupied Brussels, <br />Belgium and began the invasion of <br />France.<br />• 1948 - The Soviet Union recognized the <br />new state of Israel.<br />• 1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court <br />unanimously ruled for school integration <br />in Brown vs. Board of Education of <br />Topeka, KS. The ruling declared that <br />racially segregated schools are <br />inherently unequal.<br />• 1980 - Rioting erupted in Miami's <br />Liberty City neighborhood after an all <br />white jury in Tampa acquitted four <br />former Miami police officers of fatally <br />beating black insurance executive <br />Arthur McDuffie. Eight people were <br />killed in the rioting.<br />• 2000 - Austria, the U.S. and six other <br />countries agreed on the broad outline of <br />a plan that would compensate Nazi-Era <br />forced labor.<br />• 2007 - Trains crossed the border <br />dividing North and South Korea for the <br />first time since 1953. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, MAY 18TH —</b><br />
<b>Pastor Melodee is taking vacation thru </b><br />
<b>May 25th. In an emergency please call </b><br />
<b>Bill Umbaugh or Forrest Schnobrich.</b><br />
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<b>Happy Birthday Mike Noland!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1642 - Montreal, Canada, was founded. <br />• 1652 - In Rhode Island, a law was <br />passed that made slavery illegal in North <br />America. It was the first law of its kind. <br />• 1792 - Russian troops invaded Poland. <br />• 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was <br />declared emperor by the French Senate.<br />• 1896 - The U.S. Supreme court upheld <br />the "separate but equal" policy in the <br />Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. The ruling <br />was overturned 58 years later with the <br />Brown vs. Board of Education decision.<br />• 1933 - The Tennessee Valley Authority <br />was created under President Franklin D. <br />Roosevelt. It provided navigation, flood <br />control, electricity generation, fertilizer <br />manufacturing, and general economic <br />development in the Tennessee Valley, a <br />region particularly hard hit by the Great <br />Depression.<br />• 1980 - Mt. Saint Helens erupted in the <br />state of Washington. 57 people were <br />killed and $3 billion in damage done.<br />• 1998 - The U.S. federal government + <br />20 states filed a sweeping antitrust case <br />against Microsoft Corp., saying the <br />computer software company had a <br />"choke hold" on competition which <br />denied consumer choices by controlling <br />90% of the software market. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, MAY 19TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of <br />England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded <br />after she was convicted of adultery.<br />• 1568 - After being defeated by the <br />Protestants, Mary the Queen of Scots, <br />fled to England and was imprisoned by <br />Queen Elizabeth.<br />• 1643 - Delegates of four New England <br />colonies met in Boston to form a <br />confederation.<br />• 1856 - U.S. Senator Charles Sumner <br />spoke out against slavery.<br />• 1935 - T.E. Lawrence "Lawrence of <br />Arabia" died of injuries in a motorcycle <br />crash in England.<br />• 1974 - Erno Rubik invented the puzzle <br />what would later become known as the <br />Rubik's Cube.<br />• 1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. <br />Constitution went into effect. This <br />amendment prohibits Congress from <br />giving itself midterm pay raises.<br />• 2003 - Hundreds of Albert Einstein's <br />scientific papers, personal letters and <br />humanist essays were make available <br />on the Internet. Einstein had given the <br />papers to the Hebrew Universtiy of <br />Jerusalem in his will. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #073763;">• DORCAS-RUTH SPECIAL OUTING </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763;"> </span>• ESTHER CIRCLE WITH HOSTESS, </b><br />
<b><span style="color: black;">DONNA SHEEDER </span></b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 325 - The Ecumenical council was <br />inaugurated by Emperor Constantine in <br />Nicea, Asia Minor.<br />• 1506 - In Spain, Christopher Columbus <br />died in poverty.<br />• 1520 - Hernando Cortez defeated <br />Spanish troops that had been sent to <br />defeat him in Mexico.<br />• 1774 - Britain's Parliament passed the <br />Coercive Acts meant to punish the <br />American colonists for their increasing<br />anti-British behavior.<br />• 1775 - North Carolina became the first <br />colony to declare its independence. This <br />is the date that is on the state flag even <br />though the date of this event has been <br />questioned. <br />•1861 - North Carolina became the 11th <br />state to secede from the Union. <br />• 1874 - Levi Strauss began marketing <br />blue jeans with copper rivets. <br />• 1899 - Jacob German of New York City <br />became the first driver to be arrested for <br />speeding. The posted speed limit was <br />12 miles per hour.<br />• 1902 - Cuba gained its independence<br /> from Spain. <br />• 1941 - Germany invaded Crete.<br />• 1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope <br />sent back its first photographs. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, MAY 21ST—<br />Happy Birthday John Martin!</b><br />
<b>Happy Anniversary — </b><br />
<b>Robert and Jeannie Larson!</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><b>———————————————————<br />• 996 - Sixteen year old Otto III was <br />crowned Roman Emperor. <br />• 1542 - Explorer Hernando de Soto died <br />along the Mississippi River while he was <br />searching for gold. <br />• 1819 - Bicycles were first seen in the <br />United States, in New York City.<br />• 1840 - New Zealand was first declared <br />a British colony.<br />• 1856 - Lawrence, Kansas was captured <br />by pro-slavery forces.<br />• 1881 - The American branch of the Red <br />Cross was founded by Clara Barton.<br />• 1934 - Oskaloosa, IA, became the first <br />city in the U.S. to fingerprint all of its <br />citizens. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, MAY 22ND —</b><br />
<b>Happy Birthday Mary Ann Heckman!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1819 - The Savannah became the first <br /> steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. <br />• 1849 - Abraham Lincoln received a <br />patent for the floating dry dock<br />• 1872 - The Amnesty Act restored civil <br />rights to Southerners.<br />• 1906 - The Wright brothers received a <br />patent their flying machine. <br />• 1947 - The Truman Doctrine was <br />enacted by the U.S. Congress to <br />appropriate military and economic aid <br />to Turkey and Greece.<br />• 1955 - A scheduled dance to be head-<br />lined by Fats Domino was canceled by <br />police in Bridgeport, Connecticut <br />because "rock and roll was not allowed."<br />• 1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" <br />premiered on PBS.<br />• 1972 - The island of Ceylon adopted a <br />new constitution and became the <br />republic of Sri Lanka.<br />• 1998 - Bolivia was hit with a series of <br />powerful earthquakes. At least 18 people <br />were killed. The quakes ranged in <br />magnitude from 5.9 to 6.8.<br />• 2002 - In Birmingham, AL, a jury <br />convicted former Ku Klux Klansman <br />Bobby Frank Cherry of murder in the <br />1963 church bombing which killed four <br />children. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, MAY 23RD —<br /><span style="color: red;">AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN IN </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">CASEY U.M.C. — 9 A.M. TO 11 A.M.</span> </b><br />
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<b>Casey U.M.C. Fellowship Hall Reserved<br />———————————————————<br />• 1430 - Joan of Arc was captured by <br />Burgundians. She was then sold to the <br />English.<br />• 1785 - Benjamin Franklin wrote in a <br />letter that he had invented bifocals. <br />• 1788 - South Carolina became the <br />eighth state to ratify U.S. Constitution.<br />• 1827 - The first nursery school in the <br />U.S. was established in New York City. <br />• 1873 - Canada's North West Mounted <br />Police force was established. The <br />organization's name was changed to <br />Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920.<br />•1879 - The first U.S. veterinary school <br />was initiated by Iowa State University.<br />• 1900 - Civil War hero Sgt. William H. <br />Carney became the first African <br />American to receive the Medal of Honor, <br />37 years after the Battle of Fort Wagner.<br />• 1945 - In Luneburg Germany, Heinrich <br />Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, <br />committed suicide while imprisoned by <br />the Allied forces.<br />• 1960 - Israel announced the capture of <br />Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />• FUTURE FOCUS —————</b><br />
<b>Sunday, May 24th is Pentecost on the <br />Christian Calendar.</b><b> </b><br />
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<b>• May 25th is Memorial Day</b></h3>
<b>Thank you for your contributions this <br />week - both muscular and monetary. <br />It is all very much appreciated.<br /><br />God Bless and Keep You,<br />Donna</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-92199080721928178152015-05-03T14:07:00.003-07:002015-05-05T11:13:00.692-07:00OUR WEEK - MAY 10th THRU MAY 16TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br /><span style="color: #274e13;">May is Asian American-Pacific Islander </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians</span><span style="color: #274e13;">; </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;">& Pacific Islanders in the United States.</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">This includes people who indicate their </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">race(s) as "Asian", "Chinese", "Indian",</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">"Filipino", "Vietnamese", "Korean", </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">"Japanese", or "Other Asian".</span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">They compose 4.8% of the United States </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">population. In 2012, Asian Americans </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">had the highest educational attainment </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">level and median household income of </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">any racial demographic in this country. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #274e13;">They are beautiful people too.</span> </span> </span></b><br />
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<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />OFFICE HOURS ARE: <br /><span style="color: red;">TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">OPEN 8 A.M. TILL NOON.</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, MAY 6TH —<br /><span style="color: #351c75;">ADAIR U.M.W. MEETS AT 9 A.M. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">HCI AT CASEY U.M.C. MINISTRY </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">FOR WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY</span><br />———————————————————<br />SUNDAY, MAY 10TH —<br />THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER<br />Happy Birthday Mason Clarke!<br /><br />COLOR: WHITE<br /><span style="color: red;">— THIS IS MOTHERS DAY —</span><br />We celebrate the <br />Festival of the Christian Home </b><br />
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———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ACTS 10:44-48<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The Spirit pours upon Cornelius and his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">household while Peter is in the middle </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of speaking, even before they are </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">baptized. Peter recognizes it's time to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">baptize them and consider them </span></b><b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">kindred </span></b><b><span style="color: #990000;">in Christ. </span></b><br />
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<b>44-46</b> No sooner were these words out <br />
of Peter’s mouth than the Holy Spirit <br />
came on the listeners. The believing <br />
Jews who had come with Peter couldn’t <br />
believe it, couldn’t believe that the gift <br />
of the Holy Spirit was poured out on <br />
“outsider” non Jews, but there it was—<br />
they heard them speaking in tongues; <br />
heard them praising God.<br />
<b>46-48</b> Then Peter said, “Do I hear any <br />
objections to baptizing these friends with <br />
water? They’ve received the Holy Spirit <br />
exactly as we did.” Hearing no <br />
objections, he ordered that they be <br />
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.<br />
<br />
Then they asked Peter to stay on for a <br />
few days.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 98 (UMH 818)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br />The Psalm continues the overflow of <br />praise. Sing it! Celebrate with it!</b><br />
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Sing to God a brand-new song.<br />
He’s made a world of wonders!<br />
He rolled up his sleeves,<br />
He set things right.<br />
<b>2</b> God made history with salvation,<br />
He showed the world what he could do.<br />
<b>3</b> He remembered to love us, a bonus<br />
To his dear family, Israel—indefatigable <br />
love.<br />
<br />
The whole earth comes to attention.<br />
Look—God’s work of salvation!<br />
<br />
<b>4</b> Shout your praises to God, everybody!<br />
Let loose and sing! Strike up the band!<br />
<b>5</b> Round up an orchestra to play for God,<br />
Add on a hundred-voice choir.<br />
<b>6</b> Feature trumpets and big trombones,<br />
Fill the air with praises to King God.<br />
<b>7</b> Let the sea and its fish give a round of <br />
applause,<br />
With everything living on earth joining <br />
in.<br />
<b>8</b> Let ocean breakers call out, “Encore!”<br />
And mountains harmonize the finale—<br />
<b>9</b> A tribute to God when he comes,<br />
When he comes to set the earth right.<br />
<br />
He’ll straighten out the whole world,<br />
He’ll put the world right, and everyone <br />
in it.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />1 JOHN 5:1-6<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">A "string of pearls" that connects faith, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">overcoming the world, obedience, and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">loving God through a deep relationship </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of trust in Jesus Christ.</span><br />1-3</b> Every person who believes that <br />
Jesus is, in fact, the Messiah, is God <br />
begotten. If we love the One who <br />
conceives the child, we’ll surely love <br />
the child who was conceived. The <br />
reality test on whether or not we love <br />
God’s children is this: Do we love God? <br />
Do we keep his commands? The proof <br />
that we love God comes when we keep <br />
his commandments and they are not at <br />
all troublesome.<br />
<b>THE POWER THAT BRINGS THE <br />WORLD TO IT'S KNEES<br />4-5</b> Every God-begotten person <br />
conquers the world’s ways. The <br />
conquering power that brings the world <br />
to its knees is our faith. The person who <br />
wins out over the world’s ways is <br />
simply the one who believes Jesus is <br />
the Son of God.<br />
<b>6-8</b> Jesus—the Divine Christ! He <br />
experienced a life-giving birth and a <br />
death-killing death. Not only birth from <br />
the womb, but baptismal birth of his <br />
ministry and sacrificial death. And all <br />
the while the Spirit is confirming the <br />
truth, the reality of God’s presence at <br />
Jesus’ baptism and crucifixion, bringing <br />
those occasions alive for us. A triple <br />
testimony: the Spirit, the Baptism, the <br />
Crucifixion. And the three in perfect <br />
agreement.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JOHN 15:9-17<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus reminds his disciples who have </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">become his friends, that they did not </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">choose him; he chose them. He then </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">appointed them to go and bear fruit. </span></b><br />
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<b>9-10</b> “I’ve loved you the way my Father <br />
has loved me. Make yourselves at home <br />
in my love. If you keep my commands, <br />
you’ll remain intimately at home in my <br />
love. That’s what I’ve done—kept my <br />
Father’s commands and made myself at <br />
home in his love.<br />
<b>11-15</b> “I’ve told you these things for a <br />
purpose: that my joy might be your joy, <br />
and your joy wholly mature. This is my <br />
command: Love one another the way I <br />
loved you. This is the very best way to <br />
love. Put your life on the line for your <br />
friends. You are my friends when you do <br />
the things I command you. I’m no longer <br />
calling you servants because servants <br />
don’t understand what their master is <br />
thinking and planning. No, I’ve named <br />
you friends because I’ve let you in on <br />
everything I’ve heard from the Father.<br />
<b>16</b> “You didn’t choose me, remember; I <br />
chose you, and put you in the world to <br />
bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit <br />
bearers, whatever you ask the Father in <br />
relation to me, he gives you.<b> </b><br />
<b>17</b> “But remember the root command: <br />
Love one another.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1503 - Christopher Columbus <br />discovered the Cayman Islands.<br />• 1773 - The English Parliament passed <br />the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the <br />United States colonies.<br />• 1775 - Ethan Allen and Colonel </b><br />
<b>Benedict Arnold led an attack on the </b><br />
<b>British Fort Ticonderoga and captured <br />it from the British.<br />• 1840 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith <br />moved his band of followers to Illinois <br />to escape the hostilities that they <br />experienced in Missouri.<br />• 1865 - Confederate President Jefferson <br />Davis was captured by Union troops <br />near Irvinville, Georgia.<br />• 1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific <br />Rail Roads meet in Promontory, UT. A <br />golden spike was driven in to celebrate <br />the first transcontinental railroad in the <br />United States.<br />• 1872 - Victoria Woodhull became the <br />first woman nominated for the United <br />States presidency.<br />• 1898 - A vending machine law was <br />enacted in Omaha, Nebraska. It cost <br />$5,000 for a permit.<br />• 1908 - The very first Mother's Day <br />observance took place during a church <br />service in Grafton, West Virginia.<br />• 1933 - The Nazis staged massive public <br />book burnings in Germany.<br />• 1940 - Nazis invaded Belgium, France, <br />the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.<br />• 1941 - England's House of Commons <br />was destroyed by a German air raid.<br />• 1986 - Navy Lt. Commander Donnie <br />Cochran became the first black pilot to <br />fly with the Blue Angels team.<br />• 1994 - Nelson Mandela was sworn in as <br />South Africa’s first black president.<br />• 2000 - 11,000 residents were evacuated <br />in Los Alamos, New Mexico, due to a fire <br />that was blown into a canyon. The fire <br />had been deliberately set to burn brush.<br />• 2002 - Robert Hanssen was sentenced <br />to life in prison without parole. Hanssen, <br />an FBI agent, had sold U.S. secrets to <br />Russia for $1.4 million in cash and <br />diamonds.<br />• 2013 - In New York, NY, crane operators <br />hoisted the final pieces of the spire atop <br />One World Trade Center (formerly called <br />the Freedom Tower). <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, MAY 11TH —</b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue;">OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;"> </span>———————————————————<br />• 0330 - Constantinople, previously the <br />town of Byzantium, was founded. It <br />later became Istanbul. <br />• 1792 - The Columbia River was <br />discovered by Captain Robert Gray.<br />• 1858 - Minnesota was admitted as the <br />32nd U.S. state.<br />• 1889 - Major Joseph Washington Wham <br />took charge of $28,000 in gold and silver <br />to pay military troops at various points <br />in the Arizona Territory. The money was <br />stolen in a train robbery.<br />• 1910 - Glacier National Park in Montana <br />was first established.<br />• 1934 - A severe two-day dust storm <br />stripped the topsoil from the great plains <br />of the United States and created a <br />"Dust Bowl." The storm is one of many.<br />• 1949 - Siam changed its name to <br />Thailand.<br />• 1960 - Israeli soldiers captured Nazi, <br />Adolf Eichmann in the city of <br />Buenos Aires, Argentina.<br />• 1997 - Garry Kasparov, world chess <br />champion, lost his first ever multi-game<br /> match. He lost to IBM's chess computer <br />Deep Blue. The first time a computer<br />had beaten a world-champion player. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, MAY 12TH —<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span> </b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1780 - Charleston, South Carolina fell <br />to British forces.<br />• 1870 - Manitoba entered the <br />Confederation as a Canadian province.<br />• 1940 - The Nazi conquest of France <br />began with the German army crossing <br />the Muese River.<br />• 1943 - The Axis forces in North Africa <br />surrendered during World War II.<br />• 2002 - Former U.S. President Carter <br />arrived in Cuba for a visit with Fidel <br />Castro. It was the first time a U.S. head <br />of state had gone to the island since <br />Castro's 1959 revolution. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH —<br />Happy Birthday Joshua Reed!<br />Happy Birthday Justin Rumple!<br /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">AC FOOD PANTRY OPEN IN CASEY </span><br style="color: blue;" /><span style="color: blue;">U.M.C. FROM 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M. </span></b><b><span style="color: red;"> </span><br />———————————————————<br />• 1607 - Jamestown, Virginia, was <br />settled as a colony of England. <br />• 1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip left Britain <br />for Australia. He landed eleven ships full <br />of prison convicts on January 18, 1788, <br />at Botany Bay. The group moved north <br />eight days later to settle at Port Jackson.<br />• 1865 - The last land engagement of the <br />American Civil War was fought at the <br />Battle of Palmito Ranch in south Texas, <br />more than a month after General Lee's <br />surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.<br />• 1982 - The Chicago Cubs became the <br />first major league baseball team to win <br />8,000 games.<br />• 1999 - In Moscow, the impeachment of <br />Russian President Boris Yeltsin began. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, MAY 14TH —<br />Happy Birthday Darrell Kopaska!<br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TIL NOON.</span></b><b><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b><br />
<b style="color: #351c75;">THIS IS ASCENSION DAY</b><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> — </span> </span></b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1643 - Louis XIV became King of <br />France at age 4 upon the death of his <br />father, Louis XIII.<br />• 1787 - Delegates began gathering in <br />Philadelphia for a convention to draw <br />up the U.S. Constitution.<br />• 1804 - William Clark set off the famous <br />expedition from Camp Dubois. A short <br />time later, in St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis <br />joined the group. The group was known <br />as the "Corps of Discovery."<br />• 1904 - In St. Louis, the summer Olympic <br />games were held. It was the first time the <br />games were played in the United States. <br />• 1913 - The Rockefeller Foundation was <br />created by John D. Rockefeller with a <br />gift of $100,000,000. It focused on public <br />health, medical training, and the arts.<br />Rockefeller started Standard Oil Co.<br />• 1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army <br />Corps (WAAC) was established by an <br />act of the U.S. Congress.<br />• 1961 - A bus carrying Freedom Riders <br />was bombed and burned in Alabama.<br />• 1980 - U.S. President Carter initiated <br />the Department of Health and Human <br />Services.<br />• 1996 - A tornado hit 80 villages in <br />nothern Bangladesh, killing more than <br />440 people. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, MAY 15TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1602 - Cape Cod was discovered by <br />Bartholomew Gosnold.<br />• 1862 - The U.S. Congress created the <br />U.S. Department of Agriculture.<br />• 1911 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered <br />the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, <br />ruling it was in violation of the Sherman <br />Antitrust Act.<br />• 1942 - Gasoline rationing began in the <br />U.S. The limit was 3 gallons a week for <br />nonessential vehicles.<br />• 1972 - Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace <br />was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD <br />while campaigning for the United States <br />presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by <br />the shot.<br />• 1988 - The Soviet Union began with-<br />drawal of 115,000 troops from <br />Afghanistan. Soviet forces were there <br />for more than eight years. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, MAY 16TH —<br />Happy Anniversary <br />Harold and Joyce Rochholz!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, <br />married the future King Louis XVI of <br />France, who was 15.<br />• 1866 - The U.S. Congress authorized <br />the first 5-cent piece to be minted.<br />• 1985 - Michael Jordan was named <br />Rookie of the Year in the NBA.<br />• 1987 - The Bobro 400 set sail from New <br />York Harbor with 3,200 tons of garbage. <br />The barge traveled 6,000 miles in search <br />of a place to dump its load. It returned to <br />New York Harbor after 8 weeks with the <br />same load.<br />• 1988 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled <br />that police do not have to have a search <br />warrant to search discarded garbage. </b><br />
<b>Thank you for your many contributions </b><br />
<b>to our church life this week. We needed </b><br />
<b>you and you were there.</b><br />
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<b>God Bless and Keep You,</b><br />
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<b>From Pastor Melodee's Sermon</b> —<br />
<b>God had created a beautiful world filled </b><br />
<b>with glorious, diverse creatures. And </b><br />
<b>out of all of his creation to build a </b><br />
<b>relationship with, he chose two humans, </b><br />
<b>Adam and Eve. God’s grand vision was </b><br />
<b>to have a relationship with humanity...</b><br />
<b>with us. But most of us know what </b><br />
<b>happened beginning with verse 15, </b><br />
<b>Chapter 2. CLICK “The Lord God took </b><br />
<b>the human and settled him in the </b><br />
<b>garden of Eden to farm it and to take </b><br />
<b>care of it. The Lord God commanded </b><br />
<b>the human, ‘Eat your fill from all of the </b><br />
<b>garden’s trees; but don’t eat from the </b><br />
<b>tree of the knowledge of good and evil, </b><br />
<b>because on the day you eat from it, you </b><br />
<b>will die!’” (Genesis 2:15-17)</b><br />
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<b>R E M I N D E R S —</b><b> </b><br />
<b>MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN-PACIFIC </b><br />
<b>ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, </b><br />
<b>a celebration of Asians and Pacific </b><br />
<b>Islanders in the United States.<br />This month commemorates — <br />• First recorded settlement of Asians<br />in the United States: Filipinos that <br />settled in Louisiana in 1763.<br />• In 1820 the first Chinese immigrant </b><br />
<b>was recorded in United States.<br />• The arrival of the very first Japanese <br />immigrant to the United States, was a <br />fisherman named Nakanohama Manjiro, <br />or “John Mung,” on May 7, 1843.<br />• In 1847 Yung Wing became the first <br />Chinese to graduate from a U.S. college <br />(Yale University).<br />• In 1848 the California Gold Rush led to <br />first large-scale Chinese immigration.<br />• In 1865, the Central Pacific Railroad <br />Company hired the first of 12,000 <br />Chinese workers to help complete the <br />Transcontinental Railroad east from the <br />west coast. Chinese constituted eighty <br />percent of the entire work force.<br />They laid the first rails in 1863. The <br />"Golden spike", connecting the western <br />part of the railroad to the Union Pacific <br />Railroad at Promontory, Utah, was <br />hammered in place on May 10, 1869.<br />Coast-to-coast train travel in eight days<br />became possible, replacing months <br />long sea voyages and months of travel <br />by wagon trains.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br /><span style="color: red;">BEGINNING TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH,</span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">OFFICE HOURS WILL BE: </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, </span><br style="color: red;" /><span style="color: red;">8 A.M. TILL NOON</span><br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br /> FRIDAY, MAY 1ST —<br /><span style="color: blue;"> ≈ ≈ HAPPY MAY DAY! ≈ ≈</span></b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />SUNDAY, MAY 3RD —<br />• THIS IS SENIOR RECOGNITION DAY</b><br />
<b>Happy Graduation, Seniors! </b><br />
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<b>THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER<br />The focus is "Abiding in Christ"<br />COLOR: WHITE</b><br />
<b>"I am the true vine, and my Father is the <br />vine grower. He removes every branch <br />in me that bears no fruit. Every branch <br />that bears fruit he prunes to make it <br />bear more fruit" (John 15:1-2, NRSV). </b><br />
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<b>SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ACTS 8:26-40<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">An angel sends Philip, evangelist and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">deacon, to "hop on board" a chariot of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">an Ethiopian official puzzling over the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">meaning of Isaiah 53. Philip re-reads it </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">through the story of the life, execution </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and resurrection of Jesus. The man is </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">baptized and will become a "evangelist" </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">on the road, in his own right.</span></b><br />
<b>THE ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH<br />26-28</b> Later God’s angel spoke to Philip: <br />
“At noon today I want you to walk over <br />
to that desolate road that goes from <br />
Jerusalem down to Gaza.” He got up <br />
and went. He met an Ethiopian eunuch <br />
coming down the road. The eunuch had <br />
been on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and <br />
was returning to Ethiopia, where he was <br />
minister in charge of all the finances of <br />
Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He <br />
was riding in a chariot and reading the<br />
prophet Isaiah. <br />
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<b>29-30</b> The Spirit told Philip, “Climb into <br />
the chariot.” Running up alongside, <br />
Philip heard the eunuch reading Isaiah <br />
and asked, “Do you understand what <br />
you’re reading?”<br />
<b>31-33</b> He answered, “How can I without <br />
some help?” and invited Philip into the <br />
chariot with him. The passage he was <br />
reading was this:<br />
As a sheep led to slaughter,<br />
and quiet as a lamb being sheared,<br />
He was silent, saying nothing.<br />
He was mocked and put down, never <br />
got a fair trial.<br />
But who now can count his kin<br />
since he’s been taken from the earth?<br />
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<b>34-35</b> The eunuch said, “Tell me, who is <br />
the prophet talking about: himself or <br />
some other?” Philip grabbed his chance. <br />
Using this passage as his text, he <br />
preached Jesus to him.<br />
<b>36-39</b> As they continued down the road, <br />
they came to a stream of water. The <br />
eunuch said, “Here’s water. Why can’t I <br />
be baptized?” He ordered the chariot to <br />
stop. They both went down to the water, <br />
and Philip baptized him on the spot. <br />
When they came up out of the water, the <br />
Spirit of God suddenly took Philip off, <br />
and that was the last the eunuch saw of <br />
him. But he didn’t mind. He had what <br />
he’d come for and went on down the <br />
road as happy as he could be.<br />
<b>40</b> Philip showed up in Azotus and <br />
continued north, to preach the Message <br />
in all the villages along that route until <br />
he arrived at Caesarea.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 22:25-31<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The "turnaround" verses of this psalm </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of lament were chosen as the response </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to the first lesson because of verse 27: </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">"All the ends of the earth will remember </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and turn to the Lord; and all the families </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of the nations shall worship him."</span></b><br />
Here in this great gathering for worship<br />
I have discovered this praise-life.<br />
And I’ll do what I promised right here<br />
in front of the God-worshipers.<br />
Down and outers sit at God’s table<br />
and eat their fill.<br />
Everyone on the hunt for God<br />
is here, praising him.<br />
“Live it up, from head to toe.<br />
Don’t ever quit!” <br />
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<b>27-28</b> From the four corners of the<br />
earth<br />
people are coming to their senses,<br />
are running back to God.<br />
Long-lost families<br />
are falling on their faces before him.<br />
God has taken charge;<br />
from now on he has the last word.<br />
<b>29</b> All the power-mongers are before <br />
him<br />
—worshiping!<br />
All the poor and powerless, too<br />
—worshiping!<br />
Along with those who never got it <br />
together,<br />
—worshiping!<br />
<b>30-31</b> Our children and their children<br />
will get in on this<br />
As the word is passed along<br />
from parent to child.<br />
Babies not yet conceived<br />
will hear the good news—<br />
that God does what he says.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />1 JOHN 4:7-21<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br />The heartbeat of life in the Risen Lord—<br />Abide in love; abide in the Spirit given <br />to all who confess Jesus as Son of God; <br />abide in God and you will abide in love; <br />love one another. </b><br />
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<b>GOD IS LOVE</b><br />
<b>7-10</b> My beloved friends, let us continue <br />
to love each other since love comes <br />
from God. Everyone who loves is born <br />
of God and experiences a relationship <br />
with God. The person who refuses to <br />
love doesn’t know the first thing about <br />
God, because God is love—so you can’t <br />
know him if you don’t love. This is how <br />
God showed his love for us: God sent <br />
his only Son into the world so we might <br />
live through him. This is the kind of love <br />
we are talking about—not that we once <br />
upon a time loved God, but that he loved <br />
us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to <br />
clear away our sins and the damage <br />
they’ve done to a relationship with God.<br />
<b>11-12</b> My dear, dear friends, if God loved <br />
us like this, we certainly ought to love <br />
each other. No one has seen God, ever. <br />
But if we love one another, God dwells <br />
deeply within us, and his love becomes <br />
complete in us—perfect love!<br />
<br />
<b>13-16</b> This is how we know we’re living <br />
steadily and deeply in him, and he in us: <br />
He’s given us life from his life, from his <br />
very own Spirit. Also, we’ve seen for our<br />
selves and continue to state openly that <br />
the Father sent his Son as Savior of the <br />
world. Everyone who confesses that <br />
Jesus is God’s Son participates <br />
continuously in an intimate relationship <br />
with God. We know it so well, we’ve <br />
embraced it heart and soul, this love <br />
that comes from God<br />
<br />
<b>TO LOVE, AND TO BE LOVED<br />17-18</b> God is love. When we take up <br />
permanent residence in a life of love, <br />
we live in God and God lives in us. This <br />
way, love has the run of the house, <br />
becomes at home and mature in us, so <br />
that we’re free of worry on Judgment <br />
Day—our standing in the world is <br />
identical with Christ’s. There is no room <br />
in love for fear. Well-formed love <br />
banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a <br />
fearful life, fear of death, fear of <br />
judgment—is one not yet fully formed in <br />
love.<br />
<b>19</b> We, though, are going to love—love <br />
and be loved. First we were loved, now <br />
we love. He loved us first.<br />
<b>20-21</b> If anyone boasts, “I love God,” <br />
and goes right on hating his brother or <br />
sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. <br />
If he won’t love the person he can see, <br />
how can he love the God he can’t see? <br />
The command we have from Christ is <br />
blunt: Loving God includes loving <br />
people. You’ve got to love both.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JOHN 15:1-8<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Abide in Christ, the true vine, and you </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">will bear much fruit, and even more as </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the Father prunes you. Bear no fruit, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">because you are not abiding in Christ, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and you may expect to be cut off and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">cast away. The Father's will isn't to cast </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">you away, but that you abide in Christ </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and bear much fruit.</span><br />THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES<br />1-3</b> “I am the Real Vine and my Father is <br />
the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of <br />
me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every <br />
branch that is grape-bearing he prunes <br />
back so it will bear even more. You are <br />
already pruned back by the message I <br />
have spoken.<br />
<b>4</b> “Live in me. Make your home in me <br />
just as I do in you. In the same way that <br />
a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but <br />
only by being joined to the vine, you <br />
can’t bear fruit unless you are joined <br />
with me.<br />
<b>5-8</b> “I am the Vine, you are the branches. <br />
When you’re joined with me and I with <br />
you, the relation intimate and organic, <br />
the harvest is sure to be abundant. <br />
Separated, you can’t produce a thing. <br />
Anyone who separates from me is dead <br />
wood, gathered up and thrown on the <br />
bonfire. But if you make yourselves at <br />
home with me and my words are at home <br />
in you, you can be sure that whatever <br />
you ask will be listened to and acted <br />
upon. This is how my Father shows who <br />
he is—when you produce grapes, when <br />
you mature as my disciples.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1568 - French forces in Florida killed <br />hundreds of Spanish. <br />• 1802 - Washington, DC, was first <br />incorporated as a city.<br />• 1855 - Macon B. Allen became the first <br />African American to be admitted to the <br />Bar in Massachusetts.<br />• 1921 - West Virginia imposed the first <br />state sales tax.<br />• 1937 - Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer <br />Prize for her book, Gone With The Wind.<br />• 1948 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled <br />that covenants prohibiting the sale of <br />real estate to blacks or other minorities <br />were legally unenforceable.<br />• 1992 - Five days of rioting and looting <br />ended in Los Angeles. The riots, that <br />killed 53 people, began after an acquittal <br />of police officers in the beating of <br />Rodney King. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, MAY 4TH —<br />THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1626 - Dutch explorer Peter Minuit <br />landed on Manhattan Island. Native <br />Americans later sold the island (20,000 <br />acres) for $24 in cloth and buttons.<br />• 1776 - Rhode Island declared freedom <br />from England two months before the <br />Declaration of Independence is adopted.<br />• 1961 - Thirteen civil rights activists, <br />dubbed "Freedom Riders," began a bus <br />trip through the South.<br />• 1979 - Margaret Thatcher became <br />Britain's first woman prime minister.<br />• 2000 - The citizens of London elected <br />a mayor for the first time. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, MAY 5TH — ———————————————————<br />• 1494 - Christopher Columbus sighted <br />Jamaica on his second trip to the <br />Western Hemisphere. He named the <br />island Santa Gloria.<br />• 1814 - The British attacked American <br />forces at Ft. Ontario, Oswego, NY.<br />• 1862 - The Battle of Puebla took place. <br />It is celebrated as Cinco de Mayo.<br />• 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment was <br />ratified, abolishing slavery in the U.S.<br />• 1945 - The Netherlands and Denmark <br />were liberated from Nazi control. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, MAY 6TH —<br />Happy Birthday Rita Elgin</b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1527 - German troops began sacking <br />Rome, bringing about the end of the <br />Renaissance.<br />• 1861 - Arkansas became the ninth state <br />to secede from the Union.<br />• 1877 - Chief Crazy Horse surrendered <br />to U.S. troops in Nebraska. <br />• 1937 - A German Zeppelin, Hindenburg <br />crashed and burned in Lakehurst, New <br />Jersey. Thirty-six people (of the 97 on <br />board) were killed. Then the plan to use <br />the top of the Empire State Building for <br />mooring Blimps was abandoned.<br />• 1941 - Joseph Stalin became the Soviet <br />Premier.<br />• 1945 - Axis Sally made her final <br />propaganda broadcast to Allied troops. <br />• 1994 - The Chunnel officially opened. <br />The tunnel under the English Channel <br />links England and France. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, MAY 7TH —<br />Happy Birthday Annie Stolk! </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">FOOD BANK OF IOWA CONFERENCE </span><br style="color: #274e13;" /><span style="color: #274e13;">IN DES MOINES.</span><br />———————————————————<br />• 0558 - The dome of the church of St. <br />Sophia in Constantinople collapsed. It <br />was immediately rebuilt as ordered by <br />Justinian.<br />• 1429 - The English siege of Orleans <br />was broken by Joan of Arc.<br />• 1763 - The Indian chief Pontiac began <br />all out war on the British in New York.<br />• 1847 - The AMA (American Medical <br />Association) was organized in <br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<br />• 1912 - Columbia University approved <br />final plans to award the Pulitzer Prize in <br />several categories.<br />• 1915 - The British ocean liner Lusitania, <br />a civilian ship, was sunk by a German <br />submarine. 1,201 people were killed. <br />• 1940 - Winston Churchill became <br />Great Britian's Prime Minister.<br />• 1943 - The last major German strong–<br />holds in North Africa, Tunis and Bizerte, <br />fell to Allied forces.<br />• 1945 - Germany signed unconditional <br />surrender ending World War II. It would <br />take effect the next day.<br />• 1946 - Tokyo Telecommunications <br />Engineering Corp. was founded. The <br />company was later renamed Sony.<br />• 1951 - Russia was admitted to <br />participate in the 1952 Olympic Games <br />by the International Olympic Committee.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, MAY 8TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1541 - Hernando de Soto, a Spanish <br />explorer, reached the Mississippi River. <br />He called it Rio de Espiritu Santo. He <br />died in 1542 in Desha County, Arkansas.<br />• 1794 - The United States Post Office <br />was first established. <br />• 1886 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth <br />Pemberton invented what would later be <br />called "Coca-Cola."<br />• 1914 - The U.S. Congress passed a <br />Joint Resolution that designated the <br />second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.<br />• 1933 - Gandhi began a hunger strike to <br />protest British oppression in India.<br />• 1943 - Germans suppressed a revolt by <br />Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw <br />Ghetto.<br />• 1945 - U.S. President Harry Truman <br />announced that World War II had ended <br />in Europe.<br />• 1958 - President Eisenhower ordered <br />the National Guard out of Little Rock as <br />Ernest Green became the first black to <br />graduate from an Arkansas public <br />school. <br />• 1973 - Militant American Indians who <br />had held the South Dakota hamlet of <br />Wounded Knee for 10 weeks, <br />surrendered.<br />• 1986 - Reporters were told that 84,000<br />people had been evacuated from areas <br />near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in <br />Soviet Ukraine. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, MAY 9TH —<br />Happy Birthday Rob Vorrath!<br />Happy Birthday Breanna Peterson!</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />HCI AT CASEY U.M.C. MINISTRY TO <br />WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY<br />———————————————————<br />• 1429 - Joan of Arc defeated the </b><br />
<b>fighting English at Orleans.<br />• 1962 - A laser beam was successfully <br />bounced off Moon for the first time.<br />• 1980 - A Liberian freighter hit the <br />Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa <br />Bay in Florida. 35 motorists were killed <br />and a 1,400-foot section of the bridge <br />collapsed.<br />• 1994 - Nelson Mandela was chosen to <br />be South Africa's first black president.<br />• 2002 - In Bethlehem, on West Bank, a <br />deal was reached that would end the 38 <br />day standoff at Church of the Nativity. <br />Thirteen suspected militants were to be <br />deported to several different countries. <br />The standoff began on April 2, 2002.<br />• 2002 - In Bahrain, people were allowed <br />to vote for their representatives for the <br />first time in nearly 30 years. Women were <br />allowed to vote for the first time in the <br />country's entire history. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />• FUTURE FOCUS —————<br />Sunday, May 10th is Mother's Day.<br />———————————————————</b><br />
<b>Thank you all for your cooperation, </b><br />
<b>collaboration and coordination this </b><br />
<b>week. You have done a splendid job </b><br />
<b>and we are very appreciative.</b><br />
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<b>God Bless and Keep You,</b><br />
<b>Donna</b><br />
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<b>A/C FOOD PANTRY AT CASEY U.M.C.<br />OPEN 9 TO 11 A.M.<br />———————————————————<br />SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH —<br />THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER<br />COLOR: WHITE</b><br />
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<b>The opening verse of God’s Story, </b><br />
<b>Genesis 1:1, introduces us to the </b><br />
<b>story’s main character, God. It says, </b><br />
<b>“In the beginning God created the </b><br />
<b>heavens and the earth and as we read </b><br />
<b>through Chapter 1, we read how God </b><br />
<b>created light and dark, sky and water, </b><br />
<b>land; sun, moon, stars; birds and sea </b><br />
<b>creatures; and animals and saw that it </b><br />
<b>was good. But if we read verse 31 of </b><br />
<b>Chapter 1, after God created human </b><br />
<b>beings in His image, He saw that it was </b><br />
<b>very good, or in the Common English </b><br />
<b>Bible translation, “supremely good.” </b><br />
<b>(From Pastor Melodee's Sermon 4-19-15)<br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ACTS 4:5-12<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The leaders who had Peter arrested for </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">healing the lame man and proclaiming </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the resurrection of Jesus demand by </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">what authority he acted. Peter boldly </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">proclaimed it was by the power and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">that all salvation comes through him.</span></b><br />
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<b>5-7</b> The next day a meeting was called <br />
in Jerusalem. The rulers, religious <br />
leaders, religion scholars, Annas the <br />
Chief Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander<br />
—everybody who was anybody was <br />
there. <br />
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They stood Peter and John in the <br />
middle of the room and grilled them: <br />
“Who put you in charge here? What <br />
business do you have doing this?”<br />
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<b>8-12</b> With that, Peter, full of the Holy <br />
Spirit, let loose: “Rulers and leaders of <br />
the people, if we have been brought to <br />
trial today for helping a sick man, put <br />
under investigation regarding this <br />
healing, I’ll be completely frank with you<br />
—we have nothing to hide. By the name <br />
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the One you <br />
killed on a cross, the One God raised <br />
from the dead, by means of his name <br />
this man stands before you healthy and <br />
whole. Jesus is ‘the stone you masons <br />
threw out, which is now the cornerstone.<br />
Salvation comes no other way; no other <br />
name has been or will be given to us by <br />
which we can be saved, only this one.”<br />
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<b>PSALM 23<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Remember the psalm is a response. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>A PSALM OF DAVID<br />1-3</b> God, my shepherd!<br />
I don’t need a thing.<br />
You have bedded me down in lush <br />
meadows,<br />
you find me quiet pools to drink from.<br />
True to your word,<br />
you let me catch my breath<br />
and send me in the right direction.<br />
<b>4</b> Even when the way goes through<br />
Death Valley,<br />
I’m not afraid<br />
when you walk at my side.<br />
Your trusty shepherd’s crook<br />
makes me feel secure.<br />
<b>5</b> You serve me a six-course dinner<br />
right in front of my enemies.<br />
You revive my drooping head;<br />
my cup brims with blessing.<br />
<b>6</b> Your beauty and love chase after me<br />
every day of my life.<br />
I’m back home in the house of God<br />
for the rest of my life! <br />
<b>———————————————————<br />1 JOHN 3:16-24<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Submitting to the authority of Christ by </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">obeying his commandments leads us to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">love in truth and action, laying down </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">our lives for one another.</span></b><br />
<b>16-17</b> This is how we’ve come to under-<br />
stand and experience love: Christ <br />
sacrificed his life for us. This is why we <br />
ought to live sacrificially for our fellow <br />
believers, and not just be out for <br />
ourselves. If you see some brother or <br />
sister in need and have the means to do <br />
something about it but turn a cold <br />
shoulder and do nothing, what happens <br />
to God’s love? It disappears. And you <br />
made it disappear.<br />
<b>WHEN WE PRACTICE REAL LOVE<br />18-20</b> My dear children, let’s not just talk <br />
about love; let’s practice real love. This <br />
is the only way we’ll know we’re living <br />
truly, living in God’s reality. It’s also the <br />
way to shut down debilitating self-<br />
criticism, even when there is something <br />
to it. For God is greater than our worried <br />
hearts and knows more about us than <br />
we do ourselves.<br />
<b>21-24</b> And friends, once that’s taken care <br />
of and we’re no longer accusing or <br />
condemning ourselves, we’re bold and <br />
free before God! We’re able to stretch <br />
our hands out and receive what we <br />
asked for because we’re doing what he <br />
said, doing what pleases him. Again, <br />
this is God’s command: to believe in his <br />
personally named Son, Jesus Christ. He <br />
told us to love each other, in line with <br />
the original command. As we keep his <br />
commands, we live deeply and surely in <br />
him, and he lives in us. And this is how <br />
we experience his deep and abiding <br />
presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JOHN 10:11-18<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The authority of the Risen Lord, the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Good Shepherd over his flock, comes </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">from knowing his sheep by name, and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">caring for them, and laying down his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">own life to protect them. Jesus also </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">notes his "flock" includes people not in </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">"this fold," and he extends the same </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">mission and care to them.</span></b><br />
<b>11-13</b> “I am the Good Shepherd. The <br />
Good Shepherd puts the sheep before <br />
himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. <br />
A hired man is not a real shepherd. The <br />
sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a <br />
wolf come and runs for it, leaving the <br />
sheep to be ravaged and scattered by <br />
the wolf. He’s only in it for the money. <br />
The sheep don’t matter to him. <br />
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<b>14-18</b> “I am the Good Shepherd. I know <br />
my own sheep and my own sheep know <br />
me. In the same way, the Father knows <br />
me and I know the Father. I put the <br />
sheep before myself, sacrificing myself <br />
if necessary. You need to know that I <br />
have other sheep in addition to those in <br />
this pen. I need to gather and bring <br />
them, too. They’ll also recognize my <br />
voice. Then it will be one flock, one <br />
Shepherd. This is why the Father loves <br />
me: because I freely lay down my life. <br />
And so I am free to take it up again. No <br />
one takes it from me. I lay it down of my <br />
own free will. I have the right to lay it <br />
down; I also have the right to take it up <br />
again. I received this authority <br />
personally from my Father.”<br />
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<b>DISTRICT CONFERENCE TODAY AT</b><br />
<b>GRISWOLD U.M.C. - 3 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.</b><br />
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<b>• 1514 - Copernicus made his first <br />observations of Saturn.<br />• 1607 - The British established an <br />American colony at Cape Henry, Virginia. <br />This was the first permanent English <br />establishment in the Western <br />Hemisphere.<br />• 1865 - Joseph E. Johnston surrendered <br />the Army of Tennessee to General <br />Sherman during the American Civil War.<br />• 1865 - John Wilkes Booth was killed by <br />the United States Federal Cavalry.<br />• 1921 - Weather broadcasts were heard <br />for the first time on the radio in <br />St. Louis, Missouri.<br />• 1964 - African nations of Tanganyika <br />and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania.<br />• 1986 - The world’s worst nuclear <br />disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, <br />in Kiev. Thirty-one people died in the <br />incident and thousands more were <br />exposed to radioactive material. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, APRIL 27TH —</b><br />
<b>THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY. </b><br />
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<b>Put your feet up and relax. </b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1509 - Pope Julius II excommunicated<br />in the Italian state of Venice.<br />• 1521 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand <br />Magellan was killed by natives in the <br />Philippines.<br />• 1813 - Americans under General Pike <br />capture York (present day Toronto) the <br />seat of government in Ontario.<br />• 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln <br />suspended the writ of habeas corpus.<br />(A writ requiring a person under arrest <br />to be brought before a judge or into <br />court, to secure the person's release <br />unless lawful grounds are shown for <br />detention.)<br />• 1861 - West Virginia seceded from <br />Virginia after Virginia seceded from the <br />Union during the American Civil War.<br />• 1863 - The Army of the Potomac began <br />marching on Chancellorsville, Virginia.<br />• 1950 - South Africa passed the Group <br />Areas Act, which segregated races.<br />• 1961 - The United Kingdom granted <br />Sierra Leone independence.<br />• 1978 - Pro-Soviet Marxists seized <br />control of Afghanistan.<br /> 1989 - Student protestors took over <br />Tiananmen Square in Beijing.<br />• 2006 - In New York, NY, construction <br />began on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower <br />on the site of former World Trade Center. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH ———————————————————<br />• 1635 - Virginia Governor John Harvey <br />was accused of treason and removed <br />from office.<br />• 1788 - Maryland became the seventh <br />state to ratify the U.S. constitution.<br />• 1789 - A mutiny on the British ship <br />Bounty took place when a rebel crew <br />took the ship and set sail to Pitcairn <br />Island. The mutineers left Captain W. <br />Bligh and 18 sailors adrift.<br />• 1818 - U.S. President James Monroe <br />proclaimed naval disarmament on the <br />Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.<br />• 1932 - Yellow fever vaccine for humans <br />was proclaimed.<br />• 1945 - Benito Mussolini and mistress <br />Clara Petacci were executed by Italian <br />partisans as they attempted to flee the <br />country.<br />• 1947 - Norwegian anthropologist Thor <br />Heyerdahl and five others set out in a <br />balsa wood boat known as Kon Tiki to <br />prove that Peruvian Indians could have <br />settled in Polynesia. The trip began in <br />Peru and took 101 days to complete the <br />crossing of the Pacific Ocean.<br />• 1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigned as <br />president of France.<br />• 1997 - A worldwide treaty to ban <br />chemical weapons took effect. Russia <br />and other countries such as Iraq and <br />North Korea did not sign. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH —<br />Happy Birthday Kevin Beatty!<br />Happy Birthday Scott Lewellen!———————————————————<br />• 1429 - Joan of Arc led Orleans, France, <br />to victory over Britain. <br />• 1852 - The first edition of Peter Roget's <br />Thesaurus was published.<br />• 1856 - A peace treaty was signed <br />between England and Russia.<br />• 1861 - Maryland House of Delegates <br />voted against seceding from Union.<br />• 1862 - New Orleans fell to Union forces <br />during the Civil War.<br />• 1941 - The Boston Bees agreed to <br />change their name to the Braves.<br />• 1945 - The German Army in Italy <br />surrendered unconditionally to Allies.<br />• 1945 - In a bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler <br />and Eva Braun were married. Hitler <br />designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his <br />successor.<br />•1945 - The Nazi death camp, Dachau, <br />was liberated. <br />• 1988 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev <br />promised more religious freedom.<br />• 1990 - The destruction of the Berlin <br />Wall began.<br />• 1998 - Brazil announced a plan to <br />protect a large area of Amazon forest. <br />The area is about the size of Colorado. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 0030 - Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. <br />• 0313 - Licinius unified the whole of the <br />eastern empire under his own rule.<br />• 1250 - King Louis IX of France was <br />ransomed for one million dollars.<br />• 1789 - George Washington took office <br />as first elected United States president.<br />• 1803 - The United States purchased the <br />Louisiana Territory from France for <br />$15 million. The United States paid about <br />$11,250,000 USD and a cancellation of <br />debts worth $3,750,000 USD for a total <br />of $15,000,000 USD which averages out <br />to approximately four cents per acre.<br />Adjusting for inflation, the modern <br />financial equivalent spent for the <br />Purchase of the Louisiana territory is <br />approximately forty-two cents per acre.<br />• 1812 - Louisiana was admitted as the <br />18th state in the Union.<br />• 1889 - President George Washington's <br />inauguration became the first United <br />States national holiday.<br />• 1900 - Hawaii was organized as an <br />official U.S. territory.<br />• 1938 - Happy Rabbit appeared in the <br />cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt." This rabbit <br />later evolved into Bugs Bunny.<br />• 1945 - It became obvious that Germany <br />would lose the 2nd World War and <br />dreams of the 1,000 year Reich were all <br />over, so Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun then <br />committed suicide. They had only been <br />married for one day. One week later <br />Germany surrendered unconditionally.<br />• 1947 - The name of Boulder Dam, in <br />Nevada, changed back to Hoover Dam.<br />• 1964 - The FCC ruled that all Television<br />receivers should be equipped to receive <br />both VHF and UHF channels.<br />• 1991 - About 125,000 people were killed <br />in a cyclone that hit Bangladesh. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, MAY 1ST —</b><br />
<b>HAPPY MAY DAY ! </b><br />
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<b> ———————————————————<br />• 1308 - King Albert was murdered by his <br />nephew John, because he refused to <br />grant John his inheritance of Habsburg <br />lands.<br />• 1486 - Columbus convinced Queen <br />Isabella to fund an expedition to the <br />West Indies.<br />• 1707 - England, Wales and Scotland <br />were united to form Great Britain.<br />• 1805 - The state of Virginia passed a <br />law requiring all freed slaves to leave <br />the state, or risk either imprisonment or <br />deportation.<br />• 1863 - the Battle of Chancellorsville <br />began In Virginia. General Robert E. Lee <br />led forces fighting against Union troops <br />under General Joseph Hooker. <br />Confederate General Stonewall Jackson <br />was mortally wounded by his own men <br />in this battle.<br />• 1867 - Reconstruction in the South <br />began with black voter registration.<br />• 1877 - U.S. President Rutherford B. <br />Hayes withdrew all Federal troops from <br />the South, ending Reconstruction.<br />• 1884 - The construction of the first <br />American 10-story building began in <br />Chicago, Illinois.<br />• 1889 - Asa Candler published a full <br />page advertisement in Atlanta Journal, <br />proclaiming his wholesale and retail <br />drug business as "sole proprietors of <br />Coca-Cola ... Delicious. Refreshing. <br />Exhilarating. Invigorating." Mr. Candler <br />did not actually achieve sole ownership <br />until 1891 at a cost of $2,300. <br />• 1927 - Adolf Hitler held his first Nazi <br />meeting in Berlin.<br />• 1931 - The Empire State Building in <br />New York City was opened. It was 102 <br />stories tall and was the tallest building <br />in the world at the time.<br />• 1937 - President Franklin Roosevelt <br />signed an act of neutrality, keeping the <br />United States out of World War II.<br />• 1945 - Admiral Karl Doenitz succeeded <br />Hitler as leader of the Third Reich. This <br />was a day after Hitler committed suicide.<br />• 1999 - On Mount Everest, a group of <br />U.S. mountain climbers discovered the <br />body of George Mallory. Mallory died in <br />June of 1924 while trying to become the <br />first person to reach the top of Everest.<br />• 2011 - U.S. President Barack Obama <br />announced that U.S. soldiers had killed <br />Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, MAY 2ND ——————————————————–<br />• 1670 - The Hudson Bay Company was <br />founded by England's King Charles II.<br />• 1776 - France and Spain agreed to <br />donate military arms to American rebels <br />who were fighting the British. <br />• 1808 - All the citizens of Madrid rose <br />up against Napoleon's army. <br />• 1865 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson <br />offered $100,000 reward for capture of <br />Confederate President Jefferson Davis.<br />• 1890 - The Oklahoma Territory was <br />organized.<br />• 1926 - In India, Hindu women gained <br />the right to seek elected office.<br />• 1941 - The Federal Communications <br />Commission agreed to let regular <br />scheduling of television broadcasts by <br />commercial TV stations begin on July 1, <br />1941. This was the start of network <br />television.<br />• 1945 - Russians took Berlin after 12 <br />days of fierce house-to-house fighting. <br />The Allies published the surrender of <br />Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.<br />• 1994 - Nelson Mandela declared victory <br />after South Africa's first ever democratic <br />elections. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />• FUTURE FOCUS —————</b><br />
<b> • After the 1st of May, the office will be </b><br />
<b>open Tuesday, Wednesday, and </b><br />
<b>Thursday mornings from 9 A.M. to noon.</b><br />
<b><br />May is Asian Pacific American Heritage <br />Month. </b><br />
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SUNDAY, MAY 3RD IS </b><br />
<b>GRADUATE RECOGNITION DAY<br />——————————————————</b><br />
<b>God Bless and Keep You,</b><br />
<b>Donna </b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-90642576401680795452015-04-11T13:49:00.004-07:002015-04-15T14:34:43.117-07:00OUR WEEK - APRIL 19 - APRIL 25TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH —</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY!</span><br />DORCAS-RUTH CIRCLE AT 1:30 P.M.<br />Hostess: Pat Hough </b><br />
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<b>CASEY CIRCLE - CASEY U.M.C., 7 P.M.<br />Hostess: Diane Young </b><br />
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ESTHER CIRCLE MEETS AT 7 P.M.<br />Hostess: Grace Mackrill </b><br />
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<b>THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH —</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.</span></b><br />
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<b>FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH —</b><br />
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<b style="color: red;">5 PM TO 7 PM.</b><br />
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<b>SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH —<br />HCI AT CASEY U.M.C., </b><br />
<b>MEETING FROM 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. </b><br />
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≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH —<br />• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />Happy Birthday Tanner Peterson!<br />• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />Third Sunday of Easter<br />COLOR: WHITE<br />And he said to them, "Thus it is written, <br />that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise <br />from the dead on the third day, and that <br />repentance and forgiveness of sins is to <br />be proclaimed in his name to all nations, <br />beginning from Jerusalem. <br />You are witnesses of these things" <br />(Luke 24:48, NRSV).</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ACTS 3:12-19<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">After a lame beggar is cured by power </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of the Risen Lord through Peter and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">John, Peter invites the wondering </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">crowd to repent and follow Jesus. </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">5000 of them do! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>TURN TO FACE GOD</b><br />
<b>12-16</b> When Peter saw he had a full <br />
congregation, he addressed the people:<br />
“Oh, Israelites, why does this take you <br />
by such complete surprise, and why <br />
stare at us as if our power or piety <br />
made him walk? The God of Abraham <br />
and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our <br />
ancestors, has glorified his Son Jesus. <br />
The very One that Pilate called innocent, <br />
you repudiated. You repudiated the Holy <br />
One, the Just One, and asked for a <br />
murderer in his place. You no sooner <br />
killed the Author of Life than God raised <br />
him from the dead—and we are the <br />
witnesses. Faith in Jesus’ name put this <br />
man, whose condition you know so well, <br />
on his feet—yes, faith and nothing but <br />
faith put this man healed and whole <br />
right before your eyes.<br />
<b>17-18</b> “And now, friends, I know you had <br />
no idea what you were doing when you <br />
killed Jesus, and neither did your <br />
leaders. But God, who through the <br />
preaching of all the prophets had said <br />
all along that his Messiah would be <br />
killed, knew exactly what you were <br />
doing and used it to fulfill his plans.<br />
<b>19-23</b> “Now it’s time to change your <br />
ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe <br />
away your sins, pour out showers of <br />
blessing to refresh you, and send you <br />
the Messiah he prepared for you, <br />
namely, Jesus. For the time being he <br />
must remain out of sight in heaven until <br />
everything is restored to order again <br />
just the way God, through the preaching <br />
of his holy prophets of old, said it <br />
would be. Moses, for instance, said, <br />
‘Your God will raise up for you a <br />
prophet just like me from your family. <br />
Listen to every word he speaks to you. <br />
Every last living soul who refuses to <br />
listen to that prophet will be wiped out <br />
from the people.’<br />
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<b>PSALM 4<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Thanks to God for vindication and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">rebuke to those who criticize and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">disgrace. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>A PSALM OF DAVID</b><br />
When I call, give me answers. God, <br />
take my side!<br />
Once, in a tight place, you gave me <br />
room;<br />
Now I’m in trouble again: grace me! <br />
hear me!<br />
<b>2</b> You rabble—how long do I put up with <br />
your scorn?<br />
How long will you lust after lies?<br />
How long will you live crazed by <br />
illusion?<br />
<b>3</b> Look at this: look<br />
Who got picked by God!<br />
He listens the split second I call to him.<br />
<b>4-5</b> Complain if you must, but don’t lash <br />
out.<br />
Keep your mouth shut, and let your <br />
heart do the talking.<br />
Build your case before God and wait for <br />
his verdict.<br />
<b>6-7</b> Why is everyone hungry for more? <br />
“More, more,” they say.<br />
“More, more.”<br />
I have God’s more-than-enough,<br />
More joy in one ordinary day<br />
<b>7-8</b> Than they get in all their shopping <br />
sprees.<br />
At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep,<br />
For you, God, have put my life back <br />
together.<br />
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<b>1</b> We are God's children now as we abide <br />
in Jesus. Abiding in Jesus enables us to <br />
live more and more without sin. <br />
Repentance is no one-time act, but a <br />
lifelong commitment to abide in Jesus. <br />
That is why we continue to purify our-<br />
selves that we may be like him when he <br />
appears.<br />
<b>3</b> What marvelous love the Father has <br />
extended to us! Just look at it—we’re <br />
called children of God! That’s who we <br />
really are. But that’s also why the world <br />
doesn’t recognize us or take us <br />
seriously, because it has no idea who <br />
he is or what he’s up to.<br />
<b>2-3</b> But friends, that’s exactly who we <br />
are: children of God. And that’s only the <br />
beginning. Who knows how we’ll end <br />
up! What we know is that when Christ is <br />
openly revealed, we’ll see him—and in <br />
seeing him, become like him. All of us <br />
who look forward to his Coming stay <br />
ready, with the glistening purity of <br />
Jesus’ life as a model for our own.<br />
<b>4-6</b> All who indulge in a sinful life are <br />
dangerously lawless, for sin is a major <br />
disruption of God’s order. Surely you <br />
know that Christ showed up in order to <br />
get rid of sin. There is no sin in him, and <br />
sin is not part of his program. No one <br />
who lives deeply in Christ makes a <br />
practice of sin. None of those who do <br />
practice sin have taken a good look at <br />
Christ. They’ve got him all backward.<br />
<b>7-8</b> So, my dear children, don’t let any-<br />
one divert you from the truth. It’s the <br />
person who acts right who is right, just <br />
as we see it lived out in our righteous <br />
Messiah. Those who make a practice of <br />
sin are straight from the Devil, the <br />
pioneer in the practice of sin. The Son <br />
of God entered the scene to abolish the <br />
Devil’s ways.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />LUKE 24:36-48<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">After his appearance to two dispirited </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">disciples heading toward Emmaus, </span></b><br />
<b style="color: #990000;">Jesus tells the rest of those gathered <br />at another meal to proclaim repentance <br />and forgiveness of sins in his name.</b><br />
<b>36-41</b> While they were saying all this, <br />
Jesus appeared to them and said, <br />
“Peace be with you.” They thought they <br />
were seeing a ghost and were scared <br />
half to death. He continued with them, <br />
“Don’t be upset, and don’t let all these <br />
doubting questions take over. Look at <br />
my hands; look at my feet—it’s really <br />
me. Touch me. Look me over from head <br />
to toe. A ghost doesn’t have muscle and <br />
bone like this.” As he said this, he<br />
showed them his hands and feet. They <br />
still couldn’t believe what they were <br />
seeing. It was too much; it seemed too <br />
good to be true. <br />
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<b>41-43</b> He asked, “Do you have any food <br />
here?” They gave him a piece of leftover <br />
fish they had cooked. He took it and ate <br />
it right before their eyes.<br />
<b>YOU'RE THE WITNESSES</b><br />
<b>44</b> Then he said, “Everything I told you <br />
while I was with you comes to this: All <br />
the things written about me in the Law <br />
of Moses, in the Prophets, and in the <br />
Psalms have to be fulfilled.”<br />
<b>45-49</b> He went on to open their under-<br />
standing of the Word of God, showing <br />
them how to read their Bibles this way. <br />
He said, “You can see now how it is <br />
written that the Messiah suffers, rises <br />
from the dead on the third day, and then <br />
a total life-change through the forgive-<br />
ness of sins is proclaimed in his name <br />
to all nations—starting from here, from <br />
Jerusalem! You’re the first to hear and <br />
see it. You’re the witnesses. What <br />
comes next is very important: I am <br />
sending what my Father promised to <br />
you, so stay here in the city until he <br />
arrives, until you’re equipped with <br />
power from on high.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1539 - Emperor Charles V reached a <br />truce with German Protestants at <br />Frankfurt, Germany.<br />• 1689 - Residents of Boston ousted <br />their governor, Edmond Andros.<br />• 1713 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles <br />VI issued the Pragmatic Sanction, that <br />gave women the right of succession to <br />the Hapsburg empire.<br />• 1764 - The English Parliament banned <br />the American colonies from printing <br />any paper money.<br />• 1775 - The American Revolution began <br />as fighting broke out at Lexington, <br />Massachusetts.<br />• 1782 - The Netherlands recognized the <br />new country of United States.<br />• 1802 - The Spanish reopened the New <br />Orleans port to American merchants. <br />• 1852 - The California Historical Society <br />was first founded.<br />• 1861 - U.S. President Lincoln ordered a <br />blockade of all Confederate ports.<br />• 1939 - Connecticut approved the Bill of <br />Rights for the U.S. Constitution after <br />148 years.<br />• 1943 - The Warsaw Ghetto uprising <br />against Nazi rule began. The Jews were <br />able to fight off the Nazis for 28 days.<br />• 1951 - General Douglas MacArthur <br />gave his "Old Soldiers" speech before <br />U.S. Congress. In the address General <br />MacArthur said that "Old soldiers never <br />die, they just fade away." <br />• 1977 - Alex Haley received a Pulitzer <br />Prize for his book "Roots." <br />• 1982 - The U.S. announced a ban on <br />U.S. tourist and business traval to Cuba.<br />• 1989 - A gun turret exploded aboard <br />the USS Iowa. 47 sailors were killed.<br />• 1993 - The Branch-Davidian compound <br />in Waco, TX, burned to the ground. It <br />was the end of a 51-day standoff <br />between the cult and U.S. federal agents. <br />86 people were killed including 17 <br />children. Nine of the Branch <br />Davidians escaped the fire.<br />• 1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal <br />Building in Oklahoma City, OK, was <br />destroyed by a bomb. It was the worst <br />bombing on U.S. territory. 168 people <br />were killed including 19 children, and <br />500 were injured. Timothy McVeigh was <br />found guilty of it June 2, 1997. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, APRIL 20TH —<br />Happy Birthday Darlene Betts<br />Happy Birthday Travis Dillinger!<br /><br />Pastor Melodee at District Community <br />Ministry Interview.<br />THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1775 - American troops began a siege <br />of British-held Boston, Massachusetts.<br />• 1792 - France declared war on Austria, <br />Prussia, and Sardinia. It was the start of <br />the French Revolution.<br />• 1832 - Hot Springs National Park in <br />Arkansas was established by an act of <br />the U.S. Congress. It is the first national <br />park in the United States.<br />• 1836 - The U.S. territory of Wisconsin <br />was created by the U.S. Congress. <br />• 1902 - Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie <br />isolated the radioactive element radium.<br />• 1916 - Chicago's Wrigley Field held its <br />first Cubs game with the first National <br />League game at the ballpark. The Cubs <br />beat Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.<br />• 1945 - During World War II, Allied <br />forces took control of the German cities <br />of Nuremberg and Stuttgart. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, APRIL 21st —<br />Happy Birthday Jonathan Thayer!———————————————————<br />• 753 BC - Today is the traditional date <br />of the founding of Rome.<br />• 1649 - The Maryland Toleration Act was <br />passed, allowing all freedom of worship.<br />• 1789 - John Adams was sworn in as the <br />first U.S. Vice President.<br />• 1836 - General Sam Houston defeated <br />Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. <br />This battle decided the independence of <br />Texas.<br />• 1856 - The Mississippi River is crossed <br />by a rail train for the first time between <br />Davenport, Iowa, & Rock Island, Illinois.<br />• 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln's <br />funeral train left Washington D.C. <br />•1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva Stalina <br />defected in New York City. She was the <br />daughter of Joseph Stalin.<br />• 2009 - UNESCO launched The World <br />Digital Library. The World Digital Library <br />(WDL) is an international digital library <br />operated by UNESCO and the United <br />States Library of Congress. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND —<br />GOD SQUAD MEETS AT CASEY U.M.C.<br />AFTER SCHOOL — 4 TO 5:30 P.M. </b><br />
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<b>This is Earth Day! </b><br />
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<b> We have an obligation to take good </b><br />
<b>care of Mother Earth — for ourselves </b><br />
<b>and for our children, and for children of </b><br />
<b>the next thousand years.</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1500 - Portuguese Captain Pedro <br />Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil.<br />• 1529 - Spain and Portugal divided the <br />eastern hemisphere in the Treaty of <br />Saragosa.<br />• 1792 - President George Washington <br />proclaimed American neutrality in the <br />war in Europe.<br />• 1861 - Robert E. Lee was named <br />commander of Virginia forces.<br />• 1864 - U.S. Congress passed legislation <br />that allowed the inscription of "In God <br />We Trust" on one-cent and two-cent <br />coins.<br />• 1889 - At exactly 12 noon, the Oklahoma <br />land rush officially began as thousands <br />of Americans raced for new, unclaimed <br />land.<br />• 1970 - The first "Earth Day" is observed <br />by millions of Americans.<br />• 1993 - The United States Holocaust <br />Memorial Museum was dedicated in <br />Washington, DC.<br />• 2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with <br />his father in Cuba. He had to be taken <br />from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents <br />in a predawn raid.<br />• 2010 - The Boeing X-37 began its first <br />orbital mission. It successfully returned <br />to Earth on December 3, 2010. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD —<br />Happy Birthday Twila Garside!<br /><br />Pastor Melodee is at Pastor Leadership <br />Development / HCI MEETING in Atlantic.</b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1635 - The Boston Public Latin School <br />was established. It was the first public <br />school building in the United States.<br />• 1789 - President George Washington <br />moved into Franklin House, New York <br />City. It was the first executive mansion.<br />• 1861 - Arkansas troops seized Fort <br />Smith.<br />• 1872 - Charlotte E. Ray became the <br />first African-American woman lawyer.<br />• 1908 - President Theodore Roosevelt <br />signed an act creating the U.S. Army <br />Reserves. <br />• 1924 - The U.S. Senate passed the <br />Soldiers Bonus Bill. This granted a <br />benefit to veterans of American military <br />service in World War I.<br />• 1950 - Chaing evacuated Hainan, <br />leaving mainland China to Mao and the <br />communists. <br />• 1968 - The Methodist Church and the <br />Evangelical United Brethren Church <br />merged to form the United Methodist <br />Church.<br />• 1982 - The U.S. Bureau of Labor <br />Statistics reported that consumer prices <br />declined the previous month (March). It <br />was the first decline in 17 years. <br />• 1985 - The Coca-Cola Company <br />announced that it was changing its 99-<br />year-old secret formula. New Coke was <br />not successful, which resulted in the <br />resumption of the original version. <br />• 2005 - The first video was uploaded to <br />YouTube.com. Now billions of videos <br />are downloaded each year. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1519 - Envoys of Montezuma II did <br />attend the first Easter mass in Central <br />America.<br />• 1800 - The Library of Congress was <br />established with a $5,000 allocation. <br />• 1877 - In the U.S., federal troops were <br />ordered out of New Orleans. It was the <br />end to the North's post-Civil War rule in <br />the South.<br />• 1898 - Spain declared war on the U.S., <br />rejecting America's ultimatum for Spain <br />to withdraw from Cuba.<br />• 1961 - U.S. President Kennedy <br />accepted "sole responsibility" following <br />Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.<br />• 1990 - The space shuttle Discovery <br />blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL. It <br />was carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble <br />Space Telescope. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH —<br />Happy Birthday Cindy Lundy!</b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1590 - The Sultan of Morocco launched <br />a successful attack to capture Timbuktu<br />• 1684 - A patent was granted for the <br />thimble.<br />• 1846 - Mexican-American War began as <br />a result of disputes over claims to Texas <br />boundaries. Outcome of the war fixed <br />Texas' southern boundary at the Rio <br />Grande River.<br />• 1859 - Work began on the Suez Canal <br />in Egypt.<br />• 1862 - Union Admiral Farragut occupied <br />New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />• 1901 - New York became the first state <br />to require license plates for cars. <br />The fee was $1.<br />• 1925 - General Paul von Hindenburg <br />took office as president of Germany.<br />• 1928 - A seeing eye dog was used for <br />the first time.<br />• 1945 - Delegates from 50 countries met <br />in San Francisco to organize the United <br />Nations.<br />• 1953 - U.S. Senator Wayne Morse <br />ended the longest speech in U.S. Senate <br />history. The speech on the Offshore Oil <br />Bill lasted 22 hours and 26 minutes.<br />• 1959 - St. Lawrence Seaway opened to <br />shipping. The water way connects the <br />Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.<br />• 1971 - The country of Bangladesh was <br />established. Before it's independence, it <br />was known as East Pakistan.<br />• 1990 - U.S. Hubble Space Telescope <br />was released by the space shuttle <br />Discovery, and was placed into Earth's <br />orbit. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>Thank you for your personal, positive, </b><br />
<b>participation this week. You really made </b><br />
<b>all the difference.</b><br />
<br />
<b>God Bless and Keep You,</b><br />
<b>Donna </b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-82128257248286572632015-04-05T14:10:00.000-07:002015-04-30T13:57:34.507-07:00OUR WEEK - APRIL 12TH TO APRIL 18TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH —<br />• GOD SQUAD AT CASEY U.M.C. — <br />4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. </b><br />
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<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH —<br />PASTOR MELODEE ATTENDS COURSE <br />OF STUDY<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH —<br />This is First Day of Passover. </b><br />
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<b> Casey U.M.C. Fellowship Hall reserved</b>.<br />
<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, APRIL 12TH —<br />Second Sunday of Easter<br />COLOR: WHITE<br />Jesus said to him, "Have you believed <br />because you have seen me? Blessed are <br />those who have not seen and yet have <br />come to believe" (John 20:29, NRSV).<br />This week’s doctrinal focus is Thomas’s <br />confession, “My Lord and my God.” <br />The ministry focus is life in community.</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ACTS 4:32-35 <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Christians living in Jerusalem show </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">clear signs of the Risen Christ among </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">them by sharing all things, bearing </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">witness to the resurrection of Jesus, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and caring for all who are in need.</span></b><br />
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<b>32-33</b> The whole congregation of <br />
believers was united as one—one <br />
heart, one mind! They didn’t even <br />
claim ownership of their own <br />
possessions. No one said, “That’s <br />
mine; you can’t have it.” They shared <br />
everything. The apostles gave <br />
powerful witness to the resurrection <br />
of the Master Jesus, and grace was <br />
on all of them. <br />
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<b>34-35</b> And so it turned out that not a <br />
person among them was needy. Those <br />
who owned fields or houses sold them <br />
and brought the price of the sale to the <br />
apostles and made an offering of it. <br />
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The apostles then distributed it according <br />
to each person’s need.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 133 (UMH 850)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Though this was originally designed to </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">celebrate the unity of a small group of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">pilgrims heading toward the temple in </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Jerusalem, it quickly came to be used </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">to express the unity of a whole people </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of God around the earth.</span></b><br />
<b>A PILGRIM SONG OF DAVID<br />1-3</b> How wonderful, how beautiful,<br />
when brothers and sisters get along!<br />
It’s like costly anointing oil<br />
flowing down head and beard,<br />
Flowing down Aaron’s beard,<br />
flowing down the collar of his priestly<br />
robes. <br />
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It’s like the dew on Mount Hermon<br />
flowing down the slopes of Zion.<br />
Yes, that’s where God commands the <br />
blessing, and ordains eternal life.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />1 JOHN 1:1-2:2<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">More signs of the presence of the risen </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Lord in our midst: honest confession, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">assurance of God's forgiveness, and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">lives where sin's power is overcome.</span></b><br />
<b>1 JOHN 1</b><br />
<b>1-2</b> From the very first day, we were <br />
there, taking it all in—we heard it with <br />
our own ears, saw it with our own eyes, <br />
verified it with our own hands. The Word <br />
of Life appeared right before our eyes; <br />
we saw it happen! And now we’re telling <br />
you in most sober prose that what we <br />
witnessed was, incredibly, this: The <br />
infinite Life of God himself took shape <br />
before us.<br />
<b>3-4</b> We saw it, we heard it, and now <br />
we’re telling you so you can <br />
experience it along with us, this <br />
experience of communion with the <br />
Father and his Son, Jesus Christ. Our <br />
motive for writing is simply this: We <br />
want you to enjoy this, too. Your joy will <br />
double our joy!<br />
<b>WALK IN THE LIGHT<br />5</b> This, in essence, is the message we <br />
heard from Christ and are passing on to <br />
you: God is light, pure light; there’s not <br />
a trace of darkness in him.<br />
<b>6-7</b> If we claim that we experience a <br />
shared life with him and continue to <br />
stumble around in the dark, we’re <br />
obviously lying through our teeth–we’re <br />
not living what we claim. But if we walk <br />
in the light, God himself being the light, <br />
we also experience a shared life with <br />
one another, as the sacrificed blood of <br />
Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin.<br />
<b>8-10</b> If we claim that we’re free of sin, <br />
we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim <br />
like that is errant nonsense. On the <br />
other hand, if we admit our sins—make <br />
a clean breast of them—he won’t let us <br />
down; he’ll be true to himself. He’ll for-<br />
give our sins and purge us of all wrong-<br />
doing. If we claim that we’ve never <br />
sinned, we out and out contradict God–<br />
make a liar out of him. A claim like that <br />
only shows off our ignorance of God.<b> </b><br />
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<b>1-2</b> I write this, dear children, to guide <br />
you out of sin. But if anyone does sin, <br />
we have a Priest-Friend in the presence <br />
of the Father: Jesus Christ, righteous <br />
Jesus. When he served as a sacrifice for <br />
our sins, he solved the sin problem for <br />
good—not only ours, but the whole <br />
world’s.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WE'RE IN HIM</span><br />2-3</b> Here’s how we can be sure that we <br />
know God in the right way: Keep his <br />
commandments. <br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />JOHN 20:19-31<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">To help Thomas believe, Jesus </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">appeared among the disciples, showing </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Thomas the scars in his hands and side </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">and then invited Thomas to touch them.</span></b><br />
<b>TO BELIEVE<br />19-20</b> Later on that day, the disciples <br />
had gathered together, but, fearful of the <br />
Jews, had locked all the doors in the <br />
house. Jesus entered, stood among <br />
them, and said, “Peace to you.” Then he <br />
showed them his hands and side.<br />
<b>20-21</b> The disciples, seeing the Master <br />
with their own eyes, were exuberant. <br />
Jesus repeated his greeting: “Peace to <br />
you. Just as the Father sent me, I send <br />
you.”<br />
<b>22-23</b> Then he took a deep breath and <br />
breathed into them. “Receive the Holy <br />
Spirit,” he said. “If you forgive some-<br />
one’s sins, they’re gone for good. If you <br />
don’t forgive sins, what are you going <br />
to do with them?”<br />
<b>24-25</b> But Thomas, sometimes called the <br />
Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with <br />
them when Jesus came. The other <br />
disciples told him, “We saw the Master.”<br />
<br />
But he said, “Unless I see the nail holes <br />
in his hands, put my finger in the nail <br />
holes, and stick my hand in his side, I <br />
won’t believe it.”<br />
<br />
<b>26</b> Eight days later, his disciples were <br />
again in the room. This time Thomas <br />
was with them. Jesus came through the <br />
locked doors, stood among them, and <br />
said, “Peace to you.”<br />
<b>27</b> Then he focused his attention on <br />
Thomas. “Take your finger and examine <br />
my hands. Take your hand and stick it in <br />
my side. Don’t be unbelieving. Believe.”<br />
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<b>28</b> Thomas said, “My Master! My God!”<br />
<b>29</b> Jesus said, “So, you believe because <br />
you’ve seen with your own eyes. Even <br />
better blessings are in store for those <br />
who believe without seeing.”<br />
<b>30-31</b> Jesus provided far more God-<br />
revealing signs than are written down in <br />
this book. These are written down so <br />
you will believe that Jesus is the <br />
Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act <br />
of believing, have real and eternal life in <br />
the way he personally revealed it.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacked <br />Constantinople (Istanbul).<br />• 1861 - Fort Sumter was shelled by the <br />Confederacy, starting the U.S. Civil War.<br />• 1927 - The British Cabinet came out in <br />favor of women's voting rights.<br />• 1938 - The first U.S. law requiring a <br />medical test for a marriage license was <br />enacted in New York state. <br />• 1945 - U.S. President Franklin D. <br />Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, Georgia. <br />He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the <br />age of 63. Harry S. Truman then became <br />president. <br />• 1955 - The University of Michigan Polio <br />Vaccine Evaluation Center announced <br />that the polio vaccine from Dr. Jonas <br />Salk was "safe, effective and potent."<br />• 1983 - Harold Washington was elected <br />the first black mayor of Chicago.<br />• 1989 - In the U.S.S.R, ration cards were <br />issued for the first time since World War <br />II. The ration was caused by a sugar <br />shortage. <br />• 2002 - J.C. Penney Chairman Allen <br />Questrom rang the opening bell to start <br />the business day at the New York Stock <br />Exchange as part of the company's <br />centennial celebrations. James Cash <br />(J.C.) Penney opened his first retail <br />store on April 14, 1902. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, APRIL 13TH —<br />Happy Birthday Betty Betts!</b><br />
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<b>THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY. </b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1598 - King Henry IV of France signed <br />the Edict of Nantes which granted <br />political rights to French Protestant <br />Huguenots. <br />• 1775 - Lord North extended the New <br />England Restraining Act to South, <br />Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New <br />Jersey and Maryland. The act prohibited <br />trade with any country other than Britain <br />and Ireland. <br />• 1829 - The English Parliament granted <br />freedom of religion to Catholics.<br />• 1860 - The first mail was delivered via <br />Pony Express when a westbound rider <br />arrived in Sacramento, California from <br />St. Joseph, Missouri. <br />• 1916 - The first hybrid, seed corn was <br />purchased for 15-cents a bushel by <br />Samuel Ramsay.<br />• 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. <br />Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson <br />Memorial. <br />• 1945 - Vienna, Austria fell to Soviet <br />troops. <br />• 1964 - Sidney Poitier became the first <br />black man to win an Oscar for best actor. <br />It was for his role in the movie "Lilies of <br />the Field." <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH —<br />Happy Birthday Mary Ann Palmer!<br />Happy Birthday Missy Hughes<br />———————————————————<br />• 1775 - The first abolitionist society in <br />U.S. was organized in Philadelphia with <br />Ben Franklin as president.<br />• 1828 - The first edition of Noah <br />Webster's dictionary was published with <br />the name "American Dictionary of the <br />English Language."<br />• 1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln <br />was assassinated in Ford's Theater by <br />John Wilkes Booth. He actually died <br />early the next morning.<br />• 1902 - James Cash (J.C.) Penney <br />opened his first retail store in Kemmerer, <br />Wyoming. It was called the Golden Rule <br />Store.<br />• 1912 - The Atlantic passenger liner <br />Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an <br />iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people <br />lost their lives. More than 700 survived. <br />• 1988 - Representatives of the U.S.S.R., <br />Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United <br />States signed an agreement that called <br />for the withdrawal of Soviet forces from <br />Afghanistan starting on May 15. The last <br />Soviet troop left Afghanistan on <br />February 15, 1989. <br />• 2008 - Delta Air Lines and Northwest<br /> Airlines announced they would merge.<br />The two are known as Delta Airlines. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH —<br />Happy Birthday Kayla Kaufman!<br />———————————————————<br />DORCAS-RUTH CIRCLE AT 1:30 P.M.<br />Hostess: Pat Hough </b><br />
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ESTHER CIRCLE AT 7 P.M.<br />Hostess: Grace Mackrill<br />———————————————————<br />• 1850 - The city of San Francisco was <br />incorporated.<br />• 1861 - U.S. President Lincoln mobilized <br />the Federal army. <br />• 1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln <br />died from injuries inflicted by John <br />Wilkes Booth.<br />• 1871 - "Wild Bill" Hickok became the <br />marshal of Abilene, Kansas. <br />• 1923 - Insulin became generally <br />attainable for people with diabetes.<br />• 1945 - During World War II, British and <br />Canadian troops liberated the Nazi <br />concentration camp Bergen-Belsen.<br />• 1947 - Jackie Robinson played his first <br />major league baseball game for the <br />Brooklyn Dodgers.<br />• 1952 - U.S. President Harry Truman <br />signed an official Japanese peace treaty. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1065 - Robert Guiscard, a Norman, <br />took the province of Bari, in Italy. Five <br />centuries of Byzantine rule in southern <br />Italy ended. <br />• 1854 - San Salvador was destroyed by <br />an earthquake.<br />• 1862 - Confederate President Jefferson <br />Davis approved conscription act for <br />white males between 18 and 35.<br />• 1862 - In the U.S., slavery is abolished <br />by law in the District of Columbia.<br />• 1905 - Andrew Carnegie donated <br />$10,000,000 of personal money to set up <br />the Carnegie Foundation for the <br />Advancement of Teaching.<br />•1917 - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to <br />Russia to start the Bolshevik Revolution <br />after years in exile for sedition.<br />• 1945 - American troops entered <br />Nuremberg, Germany.<br />• 1978 - In Orissa, India, 180 people died <br />in a tornado. <br />• 1992 - The House ethics committee <br />listed 303 current and former lawmakers <br />who overdrew House bank accounts. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1492 - Christopher Columbus signed a <br />contract with Spain to find a passage to<br />Asia and the East Indies. When he did <br />arrive in the Americas, he thought he <br />had reached the Indies and called our <br />natives Indians.<br />• 1521 - Martin Luther was <br />excommunicated from the Roman <br />Catholic Church.<br />• 1629 - Horses were first imported into <br />the American colonies by the American <br />Massachusetts Bay Colony.<br />• 1758 - Frances Williams was the first <br />African-American to graduate from a <br />college in the western hemisphere.<br />• 1861 - Virginia became the eighth state <br />to secede from the Union.<br />• 1865 - Mary Surratt was arrested as a <br />conspirator in the Lincoln assassination.<br />She was convicted of taking part and <br />sentenced to death. She was hanged, <br />becoming the first white woman to be <br />executed by the United States federal <br />government.<br />• 1917 - A bill in Congress to establish <br />Daylight Saving Time was defeated. It <br />was passed a couple of months later. <br />• 1969 - Czechoslovakia's Communist <br />Party chairman Alexander Dubcek was <br />deposed. <br />• 1983 - In Warsaw, police routed 1,000 <br />Solidarity supporters.<br />• 1989 - In Poland, courts gave Solidarity <br />legal status. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH —<br />Happy Anniversary —<br />Lyle and Mary Ann Palmer!<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Craig and Joyce Lundy!</b><br />
<b><br />HCI AT CASEY U.M.C.–10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1521 - Martin Luther confronted the <br />emperor Charles V in the Diet of Worms <br />and refused to retract his views which <br />had led to his excommunication.<br />• 1775 - American revolutionaries Paul <br />Revere, William Dawes and Samuel <br />Prescott rode through the towns of <br />Massachusetts giving the warning that <br />the Regulars were coming out.<br />• 1847 - U.S. troops defeated almost <br />17,000 Mexican soldiers commanded by <br />Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo.<br /> (Mexican-American War) <br />• 1861 - Colonel Robert E. Lee turned <br />down an offer to command the Union <br />armies during the U.S. Civil War.<br />• 1906 - San Francisco, California, was <br />hit with an earthquake. The original <br />death toll was cited at about 700. Later <br />collected information indicated that the <br />death toll was probably 3 to 4 times the <br />original estimate.<br />• 1945 - American war correspondent <br />Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese <br />gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, <br />off Okinawa. He was 44 years old. <br />• 1978 - The U.S. Senate approved the <br />transfer of the Panama Canal to Panama <br />on December 31, 1999.<br />• 2002 - The legislature of Berlin decided <br />to make Marlene Dietrich an honorary <br />citizen. Dietrich had gone to the United <br />States in 1930. She refused to return to <br />Germany after Adolf Hitler was in power. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>Thank you for your stamina and steel </b><br />
<b>this week. In Acts IV we read:</b><br />
<b>32-33</b> <b>The whole congregation of </b><br />
<b>believers was united as one — one </b><br />
<b>heart, one mind! Its not easy to do is it?</b><br />
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<b>God Bless and Keep You,</b><br />
<b>Donna </b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-18760935565938445892015-03-29T16:15:00.002-07:002015-03-31T10:33:07.295-07:00OUR WEEK-APRIL 5TH TO APRIL 11TH —<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST —</b><br />
<b>HAPPY FIRST OF APRIL! </b><br />
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• ADAIR U.M.W. WILL MEET AT 9 A.M. </b><br />
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• AD COUNCIL MEETINGS AT CASEY </b><br />
<b>UMC — <br />Adair and Casey churches will each meet </b><br />
<b>at 7 P.M. <br />Combined AD COUNCIL will follow.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND —<br />MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE HELD IN </b><br />
<b>ADAIR U.M.C. AT 7 P.M.</b><br />
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<b>FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD —<br />This is Good Friday. </b><br />
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<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH —<br />This is First Day of Passover.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH —<br />Happy Birthday Melissa Rumple!<br />Happy Birthday Ashley Jacobsen!<br />Happy Birthday Sara Speck!</b><br />
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<b>THIS IS EASTER SUNDAY —</b><b> </b><br />
<b>COLOR: WHITE OR GOLD </b><br />
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<b>"Woman, why are you weeping?" </b><br />
<b>She said to them, "They have taken away </b><br />
<b>my Lord, and I do not know where they </b><br />
<b>have laid him." When she had said this, </b><br />
<b>she turned around and saw Jesus </b><br />
<b>standing there, but she did not know that</b><br />
<b>it was Jesus (John 20:13-14,NRSV). </b><br />
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<b> ———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ACTS 10:34-43 <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Peter proclaims to Cornelius and his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">household: We are witnesses that </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus Christ is raised and ascended, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Lord of all, and appointed by God as </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">judge of the living and the dead. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">
</span>34-36</b> Peter fairly exploded with his <br />
good news: “It’s God’s own truth, <br />
nothing could be plainer: God plays no <br />
favorites! It makes no difference who <br />
you are or where you’re from—if you <br />
want God and are ready to do as he <br />
says, the door is open. The Message he <br />
sent to the children of Israel—that <br />
through Jesus Christ everything is <br />
being put together again—well, he’s <br />
doing it everywhere, among everyone.<br />
<b>37-38</b> “You know the story of what <br />
happened in Judea. It began in Galilee <br />
after John preached a total life-change. <br />
Then Jesus arrived from Nazareth, <br />
anointed by God with the Holy Spirit, <br />
ready for action. He went through the <br />
country helping people and healing <br />
everyone who was beaten down by the <br />
Devil. He was able to do all this <br />
because God was with him.<br />
<b>39-43</b> “And we saw it, saw it all, every-<br />
thing he did in the land of the Jews and <br />
in Jerusalem where they killed him, <br />
hung him from a cross. But in three <br />
days God had him up, alive, and out <br />
where he could be seen. Not everyone <br />
saw him—he wasn’t put on public <br />
display. Witnesses had been carefully <br />
handpicked by God beforehand—us! We <br />
were the ones, there to eat and drink <br />
with him after he came back from the <br />
dead. He commissioned us to announce <br />
this in public, to bear solemn witness <br />
that he is in fact the One whom God <br />
destined as Judge of the living and <br />
dead. But we’re not alone in this. Our <br />
witness that he is the means to <br />
forgiveness of sins is backed up by the <br />
witness of all the prophets.”<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 118:(1-2), 14-24 (UMH 839)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br />1-4</b> Thank God because he’s good,<br />
because his love never quits.<br />
Tell the world, Israel,<br />
“His love never quits.”<br />
And you, clan of Aaron, tell the <br />
world, “His love never quits.”<br />
And you who fear God, join in,<br />
“His love never quits.”<br />
Pushed to the wall, I called to <br />
God; from the wide open spaces, <br />
he answered.<br />
God’s now at my side and I’m not <br />
afraid; who would dare lay a hand <br />
on me?<br />
God’s my strong champion;<br />
I flick off my enemies like flies.<br />
Far better to take refuge in God<br />
than trust in people;<br />
Far better to take refuge in God<br />
than trust in celebrities.<br />
Hemmed in by barbarians,<br />
in God’s name I rubbed their <br />
faces in the dirt;<br />
Hemmed in and with no way out,<br />
in God’s name I rubbed their <br />
faces in the dirt;<br />
Like swarming bees, like wild <br />
prairie fire, they hemmed me in;<br />
in God’s name I rubbed their <br />
faces in the dirt.<br />
I was right on the cliff-edge, ready <br />
to fall,<br />
when God grabbed and held me.<br />
God’s my strength, he’s also my <br />
song, and now he’s my salvation.<br />
Hear the shouts, hear the triumph <br />
songs in the camp of the saved?<br />
“The hand of God has turned <br />
the tide! The hand of God is <br />
raised in victory! The hand of God <br />
has turned the tide!”<br />
<b>17-20</b> I didn’t die. I lived!<br />
And now I’m telling the world <br />
what God did.<br />
God tested me, he pushed me hard,<br />
but he didn’t hand me over to Death.<br />
Swing wide the city gates—<br />
the righteous gates!<br />
I’ll walk right through and thank God!<br />
This Temple Gate belongs to God,<br />
so the victors can enter and praise.<b> </b><br />
<b>21-25</b> Thank you for responding to me;<br />
you’ve truly become my salvation!<br />
The stone the masons discarded as <br />
flawed<br />
is now the capstone!<br />
This is God’s work.<br />
We rub our eyes—we can hardly <br />
believe it!<br />
This is the very day God acted—<br />
let’s celebrate and be festive!<br />
Salvation now, God. Salvation now!<br />
Oh yes, God—a free and full life!<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />I CORINTHIANS 15:1-11<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Paul declares the things that are of first </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">importance: the death, burial, and </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">resurrection of Jesus Christ.</span></b><br />
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<b>RESURRECTION<br />1-2</b> Friends, let me go over the Message <br />
with you one final time— this Message <br />
that I proclaimed and that you made <br />
your own; this Message on which you <br />
took your stand and by which your life <br />
has been saved. (I’m assuming, now, <br />
that your belief was the real thing and <br />
not a passing fancy, that you’re in this <br />
for good and holding fast.)<br />
<b>3-9</b> The first thing I did was place before <br />
you what was placed so emphatically <br />
before me: that the Messiah died for <br />
our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it; <br />
that he was buried; that he was raised <br />
from death on the third day, again <br />
exactly as Scripture says; that he <br />
presented himself alive to Peter, then to <br />
his closest followers, and later to more <br />
than five hundred of his followers all at <br />
the same time, most of them still around <br />
(although a few have since died); that he <br />
then spent time with James and the rest <br />
of those he commissioned to represent <br />
him; and that he finally presented<br />
himself alive to me. It was fitting that I <br />
bring up the rear. I don’t deserve to be <br />
included in that inner circle, as you well <br />
know, having spent all those early years <br />
trying my best to stamp God’s church <br />
right out of existence.<br />
<b>10-11</b> But because God was so gracious <br />
so very generous, here I am. And I’m <br />
not about to let his grace go to waste. <br />
Haven’t I worked hard trying to do more <br />
than any of the others? Even then, my <br />
work didn’t amount to all that much. It <br />
was God giving me the work to do, God <br />
giving me the energy to do it. So <br />
whether you heard it from me or from <br />
those others, it’s all the same: We spoke <br />
God’s truth and you entrusted your lives.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JOHN 20:1-18<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Peter and the beloved disciple verify </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Mary Magdalene's story that the tomb </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of Jesus is empty. Mary Magdalene, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">weeping by the tomb, hears angels tell </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">her Jesus is raised from the dead, but </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">does not believe it. Jesus calls her by </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">name and sends her to announce his </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">coming ascension to other disciples.</span></b> <br />
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<b>RESURRECTION!<br />1-2</b> Early in the morning on the first day <br />
of the week, while it was still dark, Mary <br />
Magdalene came to the tomb and saw <br />
that the stone was moved away from <br />
the entrance. She ran at once to Simon <br />
Peter and the other disciple, the one <br />
Jesus loved, breathlessly panting, <br />
“They took the Master from the tomb. <br />
We don’t know where they’ve put him.”<br />
<b>3-10</b> Peter and the other disciple left <br />
immediately for the tomb. They ran, <br />
neck and neck. The other disciple got <br />
to the tomb first, outrunning Peter. <br />
Stooping to look in, he saw the pieces <br />
of linen cloth lying there, but he didn’t <br />
go in. Simon Peter arrived after him, <br />
entered the tomb, observed the linen <br />
cloths lying there, and the kerchief used <br />
to cover his head not lying with the <br />
linen cloths but separate, neatly folded <br />
by itself. Then the other disciple, the <br />
one who had gotten there first, went <br />
into the tomb, took one look at the <br />
evidence, and believed. No one yet <br />
knew from the Scripture that he had to <br />
rise from the dead. The disciples then <br />
went back home.<br />
<b>11-13</b> But Mary stood outside the tomb <br />
weeping. As she wept, she knelt to look <br />
into the tomb and saw two angels <br />
sitting there, dressed in white, one at <br />
the head, the other at the foot of where <br />
Jesus’ body had been laid. They said to <br />
her, “Woman, why do you weep?”<br />
<b>13-14</b> “They took my Master,” she said, <br />
“and I don’t know where they put him.” <br />
After she said this, she turned away and <br />
saw Jesus standing there. But she <br />
didn’t recognize him.<br />
<b>15</b> Jesus spoke to her, “Woman, why do <br />
you weep? Who are you looking for?”<br />
She, thinking that he was the gardener,<br />
said, “Mister, if you took him, tell me <br />
where you put him so I can care for <br />
him.”<br />
<b>16</b> Jesus said, “Mary.”<br />
Turning to face him, she said in Hebrew,<br />
“Rabboni!” meaning “Teacher!”<br />
<b>17 </b>Jesus said, “Don’t cling to me, for I <br />
have not yet ascended to the Father. Go <br />
to my brothers and tell them, ‘I ascend <br />
to my Father and your Father, my God <br />
and your God.’”<br />
18 Mary Magdalene went, telling the <br />
news to the disciples: “I saw the <br />
Master!” And she told them everything <br />
he said to her.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1614 - Pocahontas married John Rolfe.<br />• 1792 - George Washington cast the <br />first presidential veto.<br />• 1887 - Anne Sullivan makes a break-<br />through to Helen Keller by spelling the <br />word "water" in the manual alphabet.<br />• 1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as <br />prime minister of Britain.<br />• 1830 - Relations between the Texas <br />and Mexico reached a new low when <br />Mexico would not allow any further <br />emigration into Texas by settlers from <br />the U.S.<br />• 1862 - The American Civil War Battle <br />of Shiloh began in Tennessee.<br />• 1865 - At the Battle of Sayler's Creek, <br />a third of General Lee's army was cut <br />off by Union troops pursuing him to <br />Appomattox.<br />• 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games <br />began in Athens, Greece. <br />• 1917 - The U.S. Congress approved a <br />declaration of war against Germany and <br />entered World War I on the Allied side. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, APRIL 6TH —<br />THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1789 - The first U.S. Congress began <br />regular sessions at the Federal Hall in <br />New York City.<br />• 1814 - Granted sovereignty on the <br />island of Elba and a pension from the <br />French government, Napoleon abdicates <br />at Fountainebleau.<br />• 1941 - German forces invaded Greece <br />and Yugoslavia. <br />• 1965 - U.S. President Johnson <br />authorized the use of ground troops in <br />combat operations in Vietnam.<br /> 1983 - The U.S. Veteran's Administration <br />announced it would give free medical <br />care for conditions traceable to radiation <br />exposure to more than 220,000 veterans <br />from 1945 to 1962. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH —<br />Happy Birthday Jim Snyder!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1712 - A slave revolt broke out in New <br />York City. <br />• 1798 - The territory of Mississippi was <br />organized.<br />• 1862 - Union General Ulysses S. Grant <br />defeated Confederates at the Battle of <br />Shiloh, Tennessee.<br />• 1864 - The first camel race in America <br />was held in Sacramento, California.<br />• The first steel columns were set for the <br />Empire State Building. <br />• 1940 - Booker T. Washington became <br />the first black person to be pictured on <br />a U.S. postage stamp.<br />• 1948 - The United Nations' World Health <br />Organization began operations.<br />• 1953 - IBM unveiled IBM 701 Electronic <br />Data Processing Machine. It was IBM's <br />first commercially available scientific <br />computer. <br />• 1983 - The Chinese government <br />canceled all remaining sports and <br />cultural exchanges with the U.S. for <br />1983.<br />• 1988 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev <br />agreed to Soviet withdrawal from <br />Afghanistan. Soviet troops began <br />leaving on May 16, 1988. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH —<br />Happy Birthday Tom Cline!<br />Happy Birthday April Taylor!<br />• GOD SQUAD AT CASEY U.M.C. — <br />4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. </b><br />
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———————————————————<br />• 1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon <br />claimed Florida for Spain. <br />• 1789 - U.S. House of Representatives <br />held its first meeting. <br />• 1832 - About 300 American troops of <br />the 6th Infantry left Jefferson Barracks, <br />in St. Louis, to confront the Sauk Indians <br />in the Black Hawk War. <br />• 1864 - The U.S. Senate passed the 13th<br /> Amendment by a vote of 38 to 6. This <br />abolished slavery and involuntary <br />servitude.<br />• 1913 - The Seventeenth amendment <br />was ratified, requiring direct election of <br />U.S. senators. <br />• 1994 - Smoking was banned in the <br />Pentagon and on all U.S. military bases.<br />• 2002 - Suzan-Lori Parks became the <br />first African-American woman to win a <br />Pulitzer Prize for drama with her play <br />"Topdog/Underdog." <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 0715 - Constantine ended his reign as <br />Catholic Pope.<br />• 1454 - The city states of Venice, Milan <br />and Florence signed a peace agreement <br />at Lodi, Italy. It put an end to the long <br />struggles between expansive Milan, and <br />Venice, which had produced one single <br />decisive Venetian victory, at the battle <br />of Maclodio in 1427, in which the <br />Venetian ally was Florence, but resulted <br />in no lasting peace. <br />• 1682 - Robert La Salle claimed lower <br />Mississippi River and all lands touching <br />sit for France.<br />• 1770 - Captain James Cook discovered <br />Botany Bay on the Australian continent.<br />• 1833 - Peterborough, New Hampshire, <br />opened the first municipally supported <br />public library in the United States.<br />• 1865 - At Appomattox Court House, <br />Virginia, General Robert E. Lee <br />surrendered his Confederate Army to <br />Union General Ulysses S. Grant in the <br />parlor of Wilmer McClean's home. Grant <br />allowed Rebel officers to keep their <br />sidearms and permitted soldiers to keep <br />their horses and mules. Though there <br />were still Confederate armies in the field, <br />the war was officially over. Four years of <br />fighting had killed 360,000 Union troops <br />and 260,000 Confederate troops. <br />• 1866 - The Civil Rights Bill passed over <br />U.S. President Andrew Johnson's veto. <br />• 1867 - The U.S. Senate ratified a treaty <br />with Russia that purchased the territory <br />of Alaska by one vote.<br />• 1869 - Hudson Bay Company ceded its <br />territory to Canada. <br />• 1940 - Germany invaded Norway and <br />Denmark.<br />• 1947 - 169 people were killed and 1,300 <br />were injured by a series of tornadoes in <br />Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. <br />• 1998 - The National Prisoner of War <br />Museum opened on the site of the <br />dreadful Civil War camp located in <br />Andersonville, Georgia. As of the 2010 <br />census, town has 255 people. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH —<br />Happy Birthday Louise Arter!<br />Happy Birthday Geoffrey Avey!<br />Happy Birthday Tiffany Sheeder!<br />PASTOR MELODEE ATTENDS COURSE <br />OF STUDY<br />———————————————————<br />• 1790 - The United States patent system <br />was established. <br />• 1814 - Napoleon of France was <br />defeated at the Battle of Toulouse by the <br />British and the Spanish. This defeat led <br />to his abdication and exile to Elba.<br />• 1865 - During the American Civil War, <br />at Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee <br />issued his last order on this day. <br />• 1912 - Today the Titanic set sail from <br />Southampton, England.<br />• 1916 - Professional Golfers Association <br />(PGA) held its first championship <br />tournament. <br />• 1932 - Paul von Hindenburg is elected <br />president of Germany with 19 million <br />votes. Adolf Hitler came in second with <br />13 million votes.<br />• 1938 - Germany annexed Austria after <br />Austrians had voted in a referundum to <br />merge with Germany.<br />• 1941 - In World War II, U.S. troops <br />occupied Greenland to prevent Nazi <br />infiltration. <br />• 1960 - The United States Senate passed <br />the Civil Rights Bill. <br />• 1972 - An earthquake in southern Iran <br />killed more than 5,000 people.<br />• 2002 - Former Israeli Prime Minister <br />Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the <br />U.S. Senate as a representative of the <br />Israeli government. He warned that Israel <br />must be allowed to finish its military <br />offensive in the West Bank. Netanyaho <br />also cited the goal of expelling Arafat <br />from the region. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH —<br />Happy Anniversary — <br />Charl!ie and Vickie Carney!<br />Casey U.M.C. Fellowship Hall reserved<br />———————————————————<br />• 1783 - After receiving a copy of the <br />provisional treaty on March 13, the U.S. <br />Congress proclaimed a formal end to all <br />hostilities with Great Britain.<br />• 1814 - Napoleon was forced to abdicate <br />his throne. Allied European nations had <br />marched into Paris on March 30, 1814. <br />He was banished to the island of Elba. <br />• 1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish–<br />American War was declared in effect.<br />• 1921 - Iowa became the first state to <br />impose a cigarette tax.<br />• 1941 - German bombers blitzed the city <br />of Coventry, England. Coventry is 95 <br />miles northwest of London and began in <br />the bronze age - about 1,000 years B.C.<br />• 1945 - During World War II, American <br />soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration <br />camp of Buchenwald in Germany<br />• 1947 - Jackie Robinson became the <br />first black baseball player in major <br />league history.<br />• 1968 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson <br />signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act. This <br />landmark legislation in the United States <br />provided for equal housing opportunities <br />regardless of race, creed, or national <br />origin and made it a federal crime to <br />“by force or by threat of force, injure, <br />intimidate, or interfere with anyone … <br />for reason of their race, color, religion, <br />or national origin.”<br />• 1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan <br />returned to the White House from the <br />hospital after recovering from an <br />assassination attempt on March 30. <br />• 2007 - Apple announced that iTunes <br />Store had sold over two million movies. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>Thank you for your assistance and </b><br />
<b>service this week. You keep us going.</b><br />
<b>God Bless and Keep You, </b><br />
<b>Donna</b><br />
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<b>• HCI AT CASEY U.M.C. <br />FROM 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, MARCH 29TH —<br /><span style="color: #38761d;">THIS IS PALM SUNDAY </span></b><br />
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<b>THE BEGINNING OF HOLY WEEK<br />Let the same mind be in you that was in <br />Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the <br />form of God, did not regard equality with <br />God as something to be exploited, but <br />emptied himself, taking the form of a <br />slave, being born in human likeness. <br />And being found in human form, he <br />humbled himself and became obedient <br />to the point of death-- even death on a <br />cross (Philippians 2:5-8, NRSV).<br />———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />ISAIAH 50:4-9 <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The Servant of the Lord will teach </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">faithfully despite opposition and acts of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">physical rejection and violence that </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">come his way.</span><br />4-9</b> The Master, God, has given me<br />
a well-taught tongue,<br />
So I know how to encourage tired <br />
people.<br />
He wakes me up in the morning,<br />
Wakes me up, opens my ears<br />
to listen as one ready to take orders.<br />
The Master, God, opened my ears,<br />
and I didn’t go back to sleep,<br />
didn’t pull the covers back over my <br />
head.<br />
I followed orders,<br />
stood there and took it while they beat <br />
me,<br />
held steady while they pulled out my <br />
beard,<br />
Didn’t dodge their insults,<br />
faced them as they spit in my face.<br />
And the Master, God, stays right there <br />
and helps me,<br />
so I’m not disgraced.<br />
Therefore I set my face like flint,<br />
confident that I’ll never regret this.<br />
My champion is right here.<br />
Let’s take our stand together!<br />
Who dares bring suit against me?<br />
Let him try!<br />
Look! the Master, God, is right here.<br />
Who would dare call me guilty?<br />
Look! My accusers are a clothes bin of <br />
threadbare<br />
socks and shirts, fodder for moths!<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 31:9-16 (UMH 764) <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The psalm expresses the personal pain </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">of one whose suffering at the hands of </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">others takes its toll.</span><br />6-13</b> I hate all this silly religion,<br />
but you, God, I trust.<br />
I’m leaping and singing in the circle of <br />
your love;<br />
you saw my pain,<br />
you disarmed my tormentors,<br />
You didn’t leave me in their clutches<br />
but gave me room to breathe.<br />
Be kind to me, God—<br />
I’m in deep, deep trouble again.<br />
I’ve cried my eyes out;<br />
I feel hollow inside.<br />
My life leaks away, groan by groan;<br />
my years fade out in sighs.<br />
My troubles have worn me out,<br />
turned my bones to powder.<br />
To my enemies I’m a monster;<br />
I’m ridiculed by the neighbors.<br />
My friends are horrified;<br />
they cross the street to avoid me.<br />
They want to blot me from memory,<br />
forget me like a corpse in a grave,<br />
discard me like a broken dish in the <br />
trash.<br />
The street-talk gossip has me<br />
“criminally insane”!<br />
Behind locked doors they plot<br />
how to ruin me for good.<b> </b><br />
<b>14-18</b> Desperate, I throw myself on you:<br />
you are my God!<br />
Hour by hour I place my days in your <br />
hand,<br />
safe from the hands out to get me.<br />
Warm me, your servant, with a smile;<br />
save me because you love me.<br />
Don’t embarrass me by not showing up;<br />
I’ve given you plenty of notice.<br />
Embarrass the wicked, stand them up,<br />
leave them stupidly shaking their <br />
heads<br />
as they drift down to hell.<br />
Gag those loudmouthed liars<br />
who heckle me, your follower,<br />
with jeers and catcalls.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11 <br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The way of Jesus Christ — emptying </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">himself, taking the form of a servant, </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">accepting death on a Roman crucifix — </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">is to be the way of life for the people </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">who bear his name.</span><br />5-8</b> Think of yourselves the way Christ <br />
Jesus thought of himself. He had equal <br />
status with God but didn’t think so much <br />
of himself that he had to cling to the <br />
advantages of that status no matter what. <br />
Not at all. When the time came, he set <br />
aside the privileges of deity and took on <br />
the status of a slave, became human! <br />
Having become human, he stayed <br />
human. <br />
It was an incredibly humbling process. <br />
He didn’t claim special privileges.<br />
Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life<br />
and then died a selfless, obedient death<br />
—and the worst kind of death at that—a<br />
crucifixion. <br />
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<b>9-11</b> Because of that obedience, God <br />
lifted him high and honored him far <br />
beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that <br />
all created beings in heaven and on <br />
earth—even those long ago dead and <br />
buried—will bow in worship before this <br />
Jesus Christ, and call out in praise that <br />
he is the Master of all, to the glorious <br />
honor of God the Father.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />MARK 14:1-15:47<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">The entire Passion narrative on Passion </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Sunday</span><br />ANOINTING HIS HEAD<br />1-2</b> In only two days the eight-day <br />
Festival of Passover and the Feast of <br />
Unleavened Bread would begin. The <br />
high priests and religion scholars were <br />
looking for a way they could seize Jesus <br />
by stealth and kill him. They agreed that <br />
it should not be done during Passover <br />
Week. “We don’t want the crowds up in <br />
arms,” they said.<br />
<b>3-5</b> Jesus was at Bethany, a guest of <br />
Simon the Leper. While he was eating <br />
dinner, a woman came up carrying a <br />
bottle of very expensive perfume. <br />
Opening the bottle, she poured it on his <br />
head. Some of the guests became <br />
furious among themselves. “That’s <br />
criminal! A sheer waste! This perfume <br />
could have been sold for well over a <br />
year’s wages and handed out to the <br />
poor.” They swelled up in anger, nearly <br />
bursting with indignation over her.<br />
<b>6-9</b> But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why <br />
are you giving her a hard time? She has <br />
just done something wonderfully <br />
significant for me. You will have the poor <br />
with you every day for the rest of your <br />
lives. Whenever you feel like it, you can <br />
do something for them. Not so with me. <br />
She did what she could when she could<br />
— she pre-anointed my body for burial. <br />
And you can be sure that wherever in the <br />
whole world the Message is preached, <br />
what she just did is going to be talked <br />
about admiringly.”<br />
<b>10-11</b> Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, <br />
went to the cabal of high priests, <br />
determined to betray him. They couldn’t <br />
believe their ears, and promised to pay <br />
him well. He started looking for just the <br />
right moment to hand him over.<br />
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<b>TRAITOR TO THE SON OF MAN</b><br />
<b>12</b> On the first of the Days of Unleavened <br />
Bread, the day they prepare the Passover <br />
sacrifice, his disciples asked him, <br />
“Where do you want us to go and make <br />
preparations so you can eat the <br />
Passover meal?”<br />
<b>13-15</b> He directed two of his disciples, <br />
“Go into the city. A man carrying a water <br />
jug will meet you. Follow him. Ask the <br />
owner of whichever house he enters, <br />
‘The Teacher wants to know, Where is <br />
my guest room where I can eat the <br />
Passover meal with my disciples?’ He <br />
will show you a spacious second-story <br />
room, swept and ready. Prepare for us <br />
there.”<br />
<b>16</b> The disciples left, came to the city, <br />
found everything just as he had told <br />
them, and prepared the Passover meal.<br />
<b>17-18</b> After sunset he came with the <br />
Twelve. As they were at the supper table <br />
eating, Jesus said, “I have something <br />
hard but important to say to you: One of <br />
you is going to hand me over to the <br />
conspirators, one who at this moment is <br />
eating with me.” <br />
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<b>19</b> Stunned, they started asking, one <br />
after another, “It isn’t me, is it?”<br />
<b>20-21</b> He said, “It’s one of the Twelve, <br />
one who eats with me out of the same <br />
bowl. In one sense, it turns out that the <br />
Son of Man is entering into a way of <br />
treachery well-marked by the Scriptures<br />
—no surprises here. In another sense, <br />
the man who turns him in, turns traitor <br />
to the Son of Man—better never to have <br />
been born than do this!”<br />
“This Is My Body”<br />
<b>22</b> In the course of their meal, having <br />
taken and blessed the bread, he broke it <br />
and gave it to them. Then he said,<br />
<br />
Take, this is my body.<br />
<br />
<b>23-24</b> Taking the chalice, he gave it to <br />
them, thanking God, and they all drank <br />
from it. He said,<br />
<br />
This is my blood,<br />
God’s new covenant,<br />
Poured out for many people.<br />
<br />
<b>25</b> “I’ll not be drinking wine again until <br />
the new day when I drink it in the <br />
kingdom of God.”<br />
<b>26</b> They sang a hymn and then went <br />
directly to Mount Olives.<br />
<b>27-28</b> Jesus told them, “You’re all going <br />
to feel that your world is falling apart <br />
and that it’s my fault. There’s a Scripture <br />
that says,<br />
<br />
I will strike the shepherd;<br />
The sheep will go helter-skelter.<br />
<br />
“But after I am raised up, I will go ahead <br />
of you, leading the way to Galilee.”<br />
<br />
<b>29</b> Peter blurted out, “Even if everyone <br />
else is ashamed of you when things fall <br />
to pieces, I won’t be.”<br />
<b>30</b> Jesus said, “Don’t be so sure. Today, <br />
this very night in fact, before the rooster <br />
crows twice, you will deny me three <br />
times.”<br />
<b>31</b> He blustered in protest, “Even if I<br />
have to die with you, I will never deny <br />
you.” All the others said the same <br />
thing.<br />
<b>GETHSEMANE<br />32-34</b> They came to an area called <br />
Gethsemane. Jesus told his disciples, <br />
“Sit here while I pray.” He took Peter, <br />
James, and John with him. He plunged <br />
into a sinkhole of dreadful agony. He <br />
told them, “I feel bad enough right now <br />
to die. Stay here and keep vigil with me.”<br />
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<b>35-36</b> Going a little ahead, he fell to the <br />
ground and prayed for a way out: “Papa, <br />
Father, you can—can’t you?—get me <br />
out of this. Take this cup away from me. <br />
But please, not what I want—what do <br />
you want?”<br />
<b>37-38</b> He came back and found them <br />
sound asleep. He said to Peter, “Simon, <br />
you went to sleep on me? Can’t you <br />
stick it out with me a single hour? Stay <br />
alert, be in prayer, so you don’t enter the <br />
danger zone without even knowing it. <br />
Don’t be naive. Part of you is eager, <br />
ready for anything in God; but another <br />
part is as lazy as an old dog sleeping by <br />
the fire.”<br />
<b>39-40</b> He then went back and prayed the <br />
same prayer. Returning, he again found <br />
them sound asleep. They simply <br />
couldn’t keep their eyes open, and they <br />
didn’t have a plausible excuse.<br />
<b>41-42</b> He came back a third time and <br />
said, “Are you going to sleep all night? <br />
No—you’ve slept long enough. Time’s <br />
up. The Son of Man is about to be <br />
betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get <br />
up. Let’s get going. My betrayer has <br />
arrived.”<br />
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<b>A GANG OF RUFFIANS<br />43-47</b> No sooner were the words out of <br />
his mouth when Judas, the one out of <br />
the Twelve, showed up, and with him a <br />
gang of ruffians, sent by the high <br />
priests, religion scholars, and leaders, <br />
brandishing swords and clubs. The <br />
betrayer had worked out a signal with <br />
them: “The one I kiss, that’s the one—<br />
seize him. Make sure he doesn’t get <br />
away.” He went straight to Jesus and <br />
said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him. <br />
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The others then grabbed him and<br />
roughed him up. One of the men<br />
standing there unsheathed his sword,<br />
swung, and came down on the Chief<br />
Priest’s servant, lopping off the man’s<br />
ear.<br />
<b>48-50</b> Jesus said to them, “What is this, <br />
coming after me with swords and clubs <br />
as if I were a dangerous criminal? Day <br />
after day I’ve been sitting in the Temple <br />
teaching, and you never so much as <br />
lifted a hand against me. What you in <br />
fact have done is confirm the prophetic <br />
writings.” All the disciples cut and ran.<br />
<b>51-52</b> A young man was following along. <br />
All he had on was a bedsheet. Some of <br />
the men grabbed him but he got away, <br />
running off naked, leaving them holding <br />
the sheet.<br />
<b>CONDEMNED TO DEATH<br />53-54</b> They led Jesus to the Chief Priest, <br />
where the high priests, religious leaders, <br />
and scholars had gathered together. <br />
Peter followed at a safe distance until <br />
hey got to the Chief Priest’s courtyard, <br />
where he mingled with the servants and <br />
warmed himself at the fire.<br />
<b>55-59</b> The high priests conspiring with <br />
the Jewish Council looked high and low <br />
for evidence against Jesus by which <br />
they could sentence him to death. They <br />
found nothing. Plenty of people were <br />
willing to bring in false charges, but <br />
nothing added up, and they ended up <br />
canceling each other out. Then a few of <br />
them stood up and lied: “We heard him <br />
say, ‘I am going to tear down this Temple, <br />
built by hard labor, and in three days <br />
build another without lifting a hand.’” <br />
But even they couldn’t agree exactly.<br />
<b>60-61</b> In the middle of this, the Chief <br />
Priest stood up and asked Jesus, “What <br />
do you have to say to the accusation?” <br />
Jesus was silent. He said nothing.<br />
The Chief Priest tried again, this time <br />
asking, “Are you the Messiah, the Son <br />
of the Blessed?”<br />
<b>62</b> Jesus said, “Yes, I am, and you’ll see <br />
it yourself:<br />
<br />
<b>THE SON OF MAN SEATED</b><br />
At the right hand of the Mighty One,<br />
Arriving on the clouds of heaven.”<br />
<b>63-64</b> The Chief Priest lost his temper. <br />
Ripping his clothes, he yelled, “Did you <br />
hear that? After that do we need <br />
witnesses? You heard the blasphemy. <br />
Are you going to stand for it?”<br />
<br />
They condemned him, one and all. The <br />
sentence: death.<br />
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<b>65</b> Some of them started spitting at him. <br />
They blindfolded his eyes, then hit him, <br />
saying, “Who hit you? Prophesy!” The <br />
guards, punching and slapping, took <br />
him away.<br />
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<b>THE ROOSTER CROWED<br />66-67</b> While all this was going on, Peter <br />
was down in the courtyard. One of the <br />
Chief Priest’s servant girls came in and, <br />
seeing Peter warming himself there, <br />
looked hard at him and said, “You were <br />
with the Nazarene, Jesus.”<br />
<b>68</b> He denied it: “I don’t know what <br />
you’re talking about.” He went out on <br />
the porch. A rooster crowed.<br />
<b>69-70</b> The girl spotted him and began <br />
telling the people standing around, <br />
“He’s one of them.” He denied it again.<br />
<br />
After a little while, the bystanders <br />
brought it up again. “You’ve got to be <br />
one of them. You’ve got ‘Galilean’ written <br />
all over you.” <br />
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<b>71-72</b> Now Peter got really nervous and <br />
swore, “I never laid eyes on this man <br />
you’re talking about.” Just then the <br />
rooster crowed a second time. <br />
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Peter remembered how Jesus had said, <br />
“Before a rooster crows twice, you’ll <br />
deny me three times.” He collapsed in <br />
tears.<br />
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<b>STANDING BEFORE PILATE<br />15</b> At dawn’s first light, the high priests, <br />
with the religious leaders and scholars, <br />
arranged a conference with the entire <br />
Jewish Council. After tying Jesus <br />
securely, they took him out and <br />
presented him to Pilate.<br />
<b>2-3</b> Pilate asked him, “Are you the ‘King <br />
of the Jews’?”<br />
<br />
He answered, “If you say so.” The high <br />
priests let loose a barrage of <br />
accusations.<br />
<br />
<b>4-5</b> Pilate asked again, “Aren’t you going <br />
to answer anything? That’s quite a list of <br />
accusations.” Still, he said nothing. <br />
Pilate was impressed, really impressed.<br />
<b>6-10</b> It was a custom at the Feast to <br />
release a prisoner, anyone the people <br />
asked for. There was one prisoner called <br />
Barabbas, locked up with the <br />
insurrectionists who had committed <br />
murder during the uprising against Rome. <br />
As the crowd came up and began to <br />
present its petition for him to release a <br />
prisoner, Pilate anticipated them: “Do you <br />
want me to release the King of the Jews <br />
to you?” Pilate knew by this time that it <br />
was through sheer spite that the high <br />
priests had turned Jesus over to him.<br />
<b>11-12</b> But the high priests by then had <br />
worked up the crowd to ask for the <br />
release of Barabbas. Pilate came back, <br />
“So what do I do with this man you call <br />
King of the Jews?”<br />
<b>13</b> They yelled, “Nail him to a cross!”<br />
<b>14</b> Pilate objected, “But for what <br />
crime?”<br />
<br />
But they yelled all the louder, “Nail him <br />
to a cross!”<br />
<b><br />15</b> Pilate gave the crowd what it wanted, <br />
set Barabbas free and turned Jesus <br />
over for whipping and crucifixion.<br />
<b>16-20</b> The soldiers took Jesus into the <br />
palace (called Praetorium) and called <br />
together the entire brigade. They <br />
dressed him up in purple and put a <br />
crown plaited from a thornbush on his <br />
head. Then they began their mockery: <br />
“Bravo, King of the Jews!” They <br />
banged on his head with a club, spit <br />
on him, and knelt down in mock worship. <br />
After they had had their fun, they took off <br />
the purple cape and put his own clothes <br />
back on him. Then they marched out to <br />
nail him to the cross.<br />
<br />
<b>THE CRUCIFIXION<br />21</b> There was a man walking by, coming <br />
from work, Simon from Cyrene, the <br />
father of Alexander and Rufus. They <br />
made him carry Jesus’ cross.<br />
<b>22-24</b> The soldiers brought Jesus to <br />
Golgotha, meaning “Skull Hill.” They <br />
offered him a mild painkiller (wine mixed <br />
with myrrh), but he wouldn’t take it. And <br />
they nailed him to the cross. They <br />
divided up his clothes and threw dice to <br />
see who would get them.<br />
<b>25-30</b> They nailed him up at nine o’clock <br />
in the morning. The charge against him<br />
—the king of the jews—was printed on a <br />
poster. Along with him, they crucified two <br />
criminals, one to his right, the other to <br />
his left. People passing along the road <br />
jeered, shaking their heads in mock <br />
lament: “You bragged that you could tear <br />
down the Temple and then rebuild it in <br />
three days—so show us your stuff! Save <br />
yourself! If you’re really God’s Son, come <br />
down from that cross!”<br />
<b>31-32</b> The high priests, along with the <br />
religion scholars, were right there <br />
mixing it up with the rest of them, having <br />
a great time poking fun at him: “He <br />
saved others—but he can’t save himself! <br />
Messiah, is he? King of Israel? Then let <br />
him climb down from that cross. We’ll all <br />
become believers then!” Even the men <br />
crucified alongside him joined in the <br />
mockery.<br />
<b>33-34</b> At noon the sky became extremely <br />
dark. The darkness lasted three hours. At <br />
three o’clock, Jesus groaned out of the <br />
depths, crying loudly, “Eloi, Eloi, lama <br />
sabachthani?” which means, “My God, <br />
my God, why have you abandoned me?”<br />
<b>35-36</b> Some of the bystanders who heard <br />
him said, “Listen, he’s calling for Elijah.” <br />
Someone ran off, soaked a sponge in <br />
sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to <br />
him to drink, saying, “Let’s see if Elijah <br />
comes to take him down.”<br />
<b>37-39</b> But Jesus, with a loud cry, gave <br />
his last breath. At that moment the <br />
Temple curtain ripped right down the <br />
middle. When the Roman captain <br />
standing guard in front of him saw that <br />
he had quit breathing, he said, “This has <br />
to be the Son of God!”<br />
<b>TAKEN TO A TOMB<br />40-41</b> There were women watching from <br />
a distance, among them Mary Magdalene, <br />
Mary the mother of the younger James <br />
and Joses, and Salome. When Jesus <br />
was in Galilee, these women followed <br />
and served him, and had come up with <br />
him to Jerusalem.<br />
<b>42-45</b> Late in the afternoon, since it was <br />
the Day of Preparation (that is, Sabbath <br />
eve), Joseph of Arimathea, a highly <br />
respected member of the Jewish Council, <br />
came. He was one who lived expectantly, <br />
on the lookout for the kingdom of God. <br />
Working up his courage, he went to Pilate <br />
and asked for Jesus’ body. Pilate <br />
questioned whether he could be dead that <br />
soon and called for the captain to verify <br />
that he was really dead. Assured by the <br />
captain, he gave Joseph the corpse. <br />
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<b>46-47</b> Having already purchased a linen <br />
shroud, Joseph took him down, wrapped <br />
him in the shroud, placed him in a tomb <br />
that had been cut into the rock, and rolled <br />
a large stone across the opening. Mary <br />
Magdalene and Mary, mother of Joses, <br />
watched the burial.<b></b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1638 - The first permanent European <br />settlement in Delaware was established. <br />• 1848 - Niagara Falls stopped flowing <br />for one day due to an ice jam.<br />• 1867 - The British Parliament passed <br />the North America Act to create the <br />Dominion of Canada.<br />• 1901 - The first federal elections were <br />held in Australia.<br />• 1943 - In the United States rationing of <br />meat, butter and cheese began during <br />World War II.<br />• 1951 - In the United States, Julius and <br />Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of <br />conspiracy to commit espionage. They <br />were executed in June 19, 1953.<br />• 1961 - The 23rd amendment to the U.S. <br />Constitution was ratified. An amendment <br />that allowed residents of Washington, <br />DC, to vote for president.<br />• 1973 - The last U.S. troops left South <br />Vietnam.<br />• 1974 - Mariner 10, the U.S. space probe <br />became the first spacecraft to reach the <br />planet Mercury. It had been launched on <br />November 3, 1973.<br />• 1999 - At least 87 people died in an <br />earthquake in India's Himalayan <br />foothills.<br />• 2004 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, <br />Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and <br />Slovenia became members of NATO. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, MARCH 30TH —<br />Happy Birthday Donna Sheeder!<br />Happy Birthday Larry Sheeder!<br />Happy Birthday Chad Wood!<br />Happy Birthday Shawn Morgan!<br />THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1822 - Florida became a U.S. territory. <br />• 1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long performed <br />the first operation on a patient who was <br />anesthetized by ether. <br />• 1855 - About 5,000 "Border Ruffians" <br />from western Missouri invaded the <br />territory of Kansas and forced the <br />election of a pro-slavery legislature. It <br />was the first election in Kansas. <br />• 1867 - The U.S. purchased Alaska from <br />Russia for $7.2 million dollars.<br />• 1870 - The 15th amendment, that <br />guaranteed the right to vote regardless <br />of race, was passed by the United States <br />Congress. <br />• 1870 - Texas was readmitted to the <br />Union.<br />• 1909 - The Queensboro bridge in New <br />York opened linking Manhattan and <br />Queens. It was the first double decker <br />bridge.<br />• 1909 - In Oklahoma, Seminole Indians <br />revolted against very meager pay for <br />government jobs. <br />• 1945 - The U.S.S.R. invaded Austria <br />during World War II.<br />• 1946 - The Allies seized 1,000 Nazis <br />attempting to revive the Nazi party in <br />Frankfurt, Germany. <br />• 1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan <br />was shot and wounded in Washington, <br />DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police <br />officers and Press Secretary James <br />Brady were also wounded. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, MARCH 31ST —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1492 - Queen Isabella and King <br />Ferdinand of Spain expelled Jews who <br />would not accept Christianity.<br />• 1889 - The Eiffel Tower in Paris was <br />officially opened.<br />• 1918 - Daylight Saving Time went into <br />effect in the United States.<br />• 1959 - The Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese <br />repression of an uprising in Tibet, came <br />to the Indian border and was granted <br />political asylum.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST — </b><br />
<b>Today is the first day of April —</b><br />
<b>We can see warm weather coming. </b><br />
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<b> — — — — — — — — — — </b><br />
<b> </b><b>• ADAIR U.M.W. WILL MEET AT 9 A.M. </b><br />
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<b> </b><b>• AD COUNCIL MEETING • CASEY UMC - <br />Casey will meet at 7:00; <br />Adair will meet at 7:45; <br />and combined Ad Council will follow.</b><b> </b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 1578 - William Harvey of England first <br />discovered blood circulation. <br />• 1621 - The Plymouth, Massachusetts, <br />colonists created the first treaty with <br />Native Americans.<br />• 1748 - The ruins of the city of Pompeii <br />were found.<br />• 1789 - U.S. House of Representatives <br />held its first meeting in New York City. <br />Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania <br />was elected the first House Speaker.<br />• 1793 - In Japan, the volcano Unsen <br />erupted killing about 53,000 people. <br />• 1826 - Samuel Mory patented the <br />internal combustion engine.<br />• 1853 - Cincinnati became the first U.S. <br />city to pay fire fighters a salary.<br />• 1873 - British White Star steamship <br />“Atlantic” sank off of Nova Scotia killing <br />547.<br />• 1889 - The first dishwashing machine <br />was marketed. <br />• 1946 - A tidal wave (tsunami) struck the <br />Hawaiian Islands killing more than 170 <br />people. <br />• 1954 - The U.S. Air Force Academy was <br />established in Colorado.<br />• 1976 - Apple Computer began <br />operations.<br />• 1982 - The U.S. transferred the Canal <br />Zone to Panama.<br />• 1987 - U.S. President Reagan told <br />doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared <br />AIDS public health enemy No. 1."<br />• 1991 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled <br />that jurors could not be barred from <br />serving due to their race. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1792 - The U.S. Congress passed the <br />Coinage Act to regulate the coins of the <br />United States. The act authorized $10 <br />Eagles, $5 Half Eagles, $2.50 Quarter <br />Eagle gold coins, silver dollars, dollars, <br />quarters, dimes and half-dimes to be <br />minted.<br />• 1963 - Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King <br />began the first non-violent campaign in <br />Birmingham, Alabama. <br />• 1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein <br />threatened to incinerate half of Israel <br />with chemical weapons if Israel joined a <br />conspiracy against Iraq.<br />• 1996 - Lech Walesa resumed his old job <br />as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard. <br />He was the former Solidarity union leader <br />who became Poland's first post-war <br />democratic president. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD —<br />Happy Birthday Maya Richter!<br />Happy Birthday Alex Umbaugh!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de <br />Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted <br />that land the day before.<br />• 1776 - George Washington received an <br />honorary Doctor of Laws degree from <br />Harvard College . <br />• 1860 - The first Pony Express riders left <br />St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, <br />California. The trip across country took <br />about 10 days. The Pony Express only <br />lasted about a year and a half. <br />• 1865 - Union forces now occupied the <br />Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia.<br />• 1882 - The American outlaw Jesse <br />James was shot in the back and killed <br />by a member of his own gang, Robert <br />Ford for a $5,000 reward.<br />• 1910 - Alaska's Mt. McKinley, the <br />highest mountain in North America was <br />climbed.<br />• 1948 - U.S. President Harry Truman <br />signed the Marshall Plan to revive war-<br />torn Europe. It consisted of $5 billion in<br /> aid for 16 countries.<br />• 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivered <br />his "mountaintop" speech just 24 hours <br />before he was assassinated.<br />• 1986 - The U.S. national debt hit <br />$2 trillion. <br />• 2010 - First Apple iPad was released. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH —<br />Happy Birthday Craig Lundy!<br />Happy Birthday Allen Lehman!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1581 - Francis Drake completed the <br />first circumnavigation of the world. <br />• 1812 - The territory of Orleans became <br />the 18th U.S. state and is to become <br />known as Louisiana.<br />• 1818 - The U.S. flag was declared to <br />have 13 red and white stripes and 20 <br />stars and that a new star be added for <br />each new state.<br />• 1841 - U.S. President William Henry <br />Harrison, at the age of 68, became the <br />first president to die in office. He had <br />been sworn in only a month before he <br />died of pneumonia.<br />• 1850 - The city of Los Angeles was <br />incorporated.<br />• 1862 - In the United States, the Battle <br />of Yorktown began as Union General <br />George B. McClellan's men closed in on <br />Richmond, Virginia.<br />• 1887 - Susanna Salter became mayor <br />of Argonia, Kansas, making her the first <br />woman mayor in the United States.<br />• 1902 - British Financier Cecil Rhodes <br />left $10 million in his will that would <br />provide scholarships for Americans to <br />Oxford University in England.<br />• 1905 - In Kangra, India, an earthquake <br />killed 370,000 people.<br />• 1917 - The U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to <br />enter World War I on the Allied side.<br />• 1945 - In World War II, U.S. forces <br />liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf <br />in Germany.<br />• 1953 - Fifteen doctors were released <br />by Soviet leaders. The doctors had been <br />arrested before the death of Stalin and <br />were accused of plotting against him.<br />• 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was <br />assassinated at the age of 39. <br />• 1974 - Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's <br />major league baseball home-run record <br />with 714.<br />• 1994 - Netscape Communications <br />(Mosaic Communications) was founded. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />• FUTURE FOCUS —————<br />Easter is only one week away. </b><br />
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<b>Thank you all for your contributions to </b><br />
<b>our church life this week. It's your push </b><br />
<b>that makes the wheels turn.</b><br />
<br />
<b>God Bless and Keep You,</b><br />
<b>Donna </b><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902946337128511792.post-11532600095162610882015-03-15T14:47:00.003-07:002015-03-17T11:11:55.957-07:00OUR WEEK - MARCH 22ND TO MARCH 28TH<b>R E M I N D E R S —<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH </b><br />
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<b>In this country a woman is free to do any </b><br />
<b>job she is capable of. In some other </b><br />
<b>countries a woman is still held to a </b><br />
<b>certain ritual - no leaving the house - no </b><br />
<b>education permitted - subjected to the </b><br />
<b>will of only male family members. We </b><br />
<b>have come a long way in the last </b><br />
<b>century and we are grateful to those </b><br />
<b>who have built the road for us.<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈</b><br />
<b>TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH —</b><br />
<b>This is St. Patrick's Day. </b><br />
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<b>FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH —<br />THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING </b><br />
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<b>≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND —<br />FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT<br /><span style="color: #351c75;">COLOR: PURPLE</span><br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus answered them, "The hour has </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #990000;">come for the Son of Man to be glorified. </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #990000;">Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #990000;">wheat falls into the earth and dies, it </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #990000;">remains just a single grain; but if it dies, </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #990000;">it bears much fruit. Those who love their </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #990000;">life lose it, and those who hate their life </span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: #990000;">in this world will keep it for eternal life"</span> </b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />SCRIPTURE READINGS —<br />———————————————————<br />JEREMIAH 31:31-34<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">God's new covenant requires no stone </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">tablets. It will be a covenant written in </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">people's hearts, informing everything in </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">their whole lives.</span><br />31-32</b> “That’s right. The time is coming <br />
when I will make a brand-new covenant <br />
with Israel and Judah. It won’t be a <br />
repeat of the covenant I made with their <br />
ancestors when I took their hand to lead <br />
them out of the land of Egypt. They broke <br />
that covenant even though I did my part <br />
as their Master.” God’s Decree.<br />
<b><span style="color: black;">33-34</span></b> “This is the brand-new covenant <br />
that I will make with Israel when the time <br />
comes. I will put my law within them—<br />
write it on their hearts!—and be their <br />
God. And they will be my people. They <br />
will no longer go around setting up <br />
schools to teach each other about God. <br />
They’ll know me firsthand, the dull and <br />
the bright, the smart and the slow. I’ll <br />
wipe the slate clean for each of them. I’ll <br />
forget they ever sinned!” God’s Decree.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />PSALM 51:1-12 (UMH 785)<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">A reprise of the confession of sin. Today </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">the focus is verse 6 — "therefore, teach </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">me wisdom in my secret heart." </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>A PSALM OF DAVID <br />AFTER HE WAS CONFRONTED BY <br />NATHAN ABOUT AN AFFAIR WITH <br />BATHSHEBA<br />1-3</b> Generous in love—God, give grace!<br />
Huge in mercy, wipe out my bad record.<br />
Scrub away my guilt,<br />
soak out my sins in your laundry.<br />
I know how bad I’ve been;<br />
my sins are staring me down.<br />
<b>4-6</b> You’re the One I’ve violated, and <br />
you’ve seen<br />
it all, seen the full extent of my evil.<br />
You have all the facts before you;<br />
whatever you decide about me is fair.<br />
I’ve been out of step with you for a long <br />
time,<br />
in the wrong since before I was born.<br />
What you’re after is truth from the inside <br />
out.<br />
Enter me, then; conceive a new, true <br />
life.<br />
<b>7-15</b> Soak me in your laundry and I’ll <br />
come out clean,<br />
scrub me and I’ll have a snow-white <br />
life.<br />
Tune me in to foot-tapping songs,<br />
set these once-broken bones to <br />
dancing.<br />
Don’t look too close for blemishes,<br />
give me a clean bill of health.<br />
God, make a fresh start in me,<br />
shape a Genesis week from the chaos <br />
of my life.<br />
Don’t throw me out with the trash,<br />
or fail to breathe holiness in me.<br />
Bring me back from gray exile,<br />
put a fresh wind in my sails!<br />
Give me a job teaching rebels your ways<br />
so the lost can find their way home.<br />
Commute my death sentence, God, my <br />
salvation God,<br />
and I’ll sing anthems to your life-giving <br />
ways.<br />
Unbutton my lips, dear God;<br />
I’ll let loose with your praise. <br />
<b>———————————————————<br />HEBREWS 5:5-10<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus is our great high priest by God's </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">appointment and made perfect through </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">his obedience and suffering.</span><br />4-6</b> No one elects himself to this <br />
honored position. He’s called to it by <br />
God, as Aaron was. Neither did Christ <br />
presume to set himself up as high priest, <br />
but was set apart by the One who said to <br />
him, “You’re my Son; today I celebrate <br />
you!” In another place God declares, <br />
“You are a priest forever in the royal <br />
order of Melchizedek.”<br />
<b>7-10</b> While he lived on earth, anticipating <br />
death, Jesus cried out in pain and wept <br />
in sorrow as he offered up priestly <br />
prayers to God. Because he honored <br />
God, God answered him. Though he was <br />
God’s Son, he learned trusting —<br />
obedience by what he suffered, just as <br />
we do. Then, having arrived at the full <br />
stature of his maturity and having been <br />
announced by God as high priest in the <br />
order of Melchizedek, he became the <br />
source of eternal salvation to all who <br />
believingly obey him.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />JOHN 12:20-33<br />THE MESSAGE (MSG)<br /><span style="color: #990000;">Jesus tells Phillip and Andrew that the </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">time for his glorification — his execution </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">— is drawing near, and that those who </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">serve him will be with him wherever he </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">leads or goes. God ratifies the message </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">with a sound from heaven, which Jesus </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">interprets as a sign that present spiritual </span><br style="color: #990000;" /><span style="color: #990000;">regime's days are coming to an end.</span><br /><br />A GRAIN OF WHEAT MUST DIE<br />20-21</b> There were some Greeks in town <br />
who had come up to worship at the <br />
Feast. They approached Philip, who was <br />
from Bethsaida in Galilee: “Sir, we want <br />
to see Jesus. Can you help us?” <br />
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<b>22-23</b> Philip went and told Andrew. <br />
Andrew and Philip together told Jesus. <br />
Jesus answered, “Time’s up. The time <br />
has come for the Son of Man to be <br />
glorified.<br />
<b>24-25</b> “Listen carefully: Unless a grain of <br />
wheat is buried in the ground, dead to <br />
the world, it is never any more than a <br />
grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it <br />
sprouts and reproduces itself many <br />
times over. In the same way, anyone who <br />
holds on to life just as it is destroys that <br />
life. But if you let it go, reckless in your <br />
love, you’ll have it forever, real and <br />
eternal.<br />
<b>26</b> “If any of you wants to serve me, then <br />
follow me. Then you’ll be where I am, <br />
ready to serve at a moment’s notice. The <br />
Father will honor and reward anyone <br />
who serves me.<br />
<b>27-28</b> “Right now I am storm-tossed. <br />
And what am I going to say? ‘Father, get <br />
me out of this’? No, this is why I came in <br />
the first place. I’ll say, ‘Father, put your <br />
glory on display.’”<br />
<br />
A voice came out of the sky: “I have <br />
glorified it, and I’ll glorify it again.”<br />
<br />
<b>29</b> The listening crowd said, “Thunder!”<br />
Others said, “An angel spoke to him!”<br />
<b>30-33</b> Jesus said, “The voice didn’t <br />
come for me but for you. At this moment <br />
the world is in crisis. Now Satan, the <br />
ruler of this world, will be thrown out. <br />
And I, as I am lifted up from the earth, <br />
will attract everyone to me and gather <br />
them around me.” He put it this way to <br />
show how he was going to be put to <br />
death.<br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• 1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the <br />very first printed book.<br />• 1622 - Indians attacked a group of <br />colonists in the James River area of <br />Virginia. 347 residents were killed. <br />• 1630 - The first legislation to prohibit <br />gambling was enacted. It was in Boston, <br />Massachusetts.<br />• 1638 - Anne Hutchinsoon, a religious <br />objector, was expelled from the <br />Massachusetts Bay Colony.<br />• 1719 - Frederick William abolished <br />serfdom (agricultural laborers bound <br />under the feudal system (Slavery) to <br />work on the lord's estate.) on crown <br />property in Prussia. <br />• 1765 - The Stamp Act was passed. It <br />was the first direct British tax on the <br />American colonists. It was declared null <br />and void on March 17, 1766. <br />• 1790 - Thomas Jefferson became the <br />first United States Secretary of State. <br />• 1794 - The United States Congress <br />banned U.S. vessels from supplying any <br />slaves to other countries.<br />• 1872 - Illinois became the first state to <br />require sexual equality in employment.<br />• 1903 - Niagara Falls ran out of water <br />due to a drought.<br />• 1935 - Persia was renamed Iran. <br />• 1987 - A barge loaded with 32,000 tons <br />of refuse left Islip, NY, to find a place to <br />unload. After being refused by several <br />states and three countries the barge <br />went back in Islip.<br />• 1989 - U.S. House Ways and Means <br />Committee reported that the American <br />class gap was widening. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />MONDAY, MARCH 23RD —<br />Happy Birthday Ashley Noland!<br />Happy Birthday John Clarke!<br />THE OFFICE IS CLOSED TODAY.<br />———————————————————<br />• 1775 - American revolutionary Patrick <br />Henry declared, "give me liberty, or give <br />me death!" <br />• 1806 - Explorers Lewis and Clark, had <br />reached the Pacific coast, and began the <br />return journey back east.<br />• 1808 - Napoleon's brother Joseph took<br />over the throne of Spain. <br />• 1840 - The first discernible, perceptible <br />photo of the Moon was taken. <br />• 1902 - In Italy, minimum legal working <br />age was raised from 9 to 12 for boys and<br /> from 11 to 15 for girls.<br />• 1903 - The Wright brothers obtained an <br />airplane patent.<br />• 1917 - In the Midwest United States, <br />four tornadoes killed 211 people over a <br />four day period.<br />• 1933 - The German Reichstag adopted <br />the Enabling Act. The act granted Adolf <br />Hitler dictatorial legislative powers.<br />• 1957 - The U.S. Army sold the last of its <br />homing pigeons. <br />• 1998 - Germany's largest bank pledged <br />$3.1 million to Jewish foundations as <br />restitution for Nazi looting. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH —<br />———————————————————<br />• 1664 - A charter to colonize Rhode <br />Island was granted to Roger Williams in <br />London. <br />• 1765 - Britain passed the Quartering <br />Act that required the American colonies <br />to house 10,000 British troops in public <br />buildings and private homes.<br />• 1792 - Benjamin West became the first <br />American artist to be selected president <br />of the Royal Academy of London.<br />• 1837 - Canada gave blacks the right to <br />vote.<br />• 1900 - Mayor Van Wyck of New York <br />broke the ground for the New York <br />subway tunnel which would link <br />Manhattan and Brooklyn.<br />• 1906 - In Mexico, the Tehuantepec <br />Istmian Railroad opened as a rival to the <br />Panama Canal. <br />• 1906 - "Census of the British Empire" <br />revealed England ruled 1/5 of the world.<br />• 1938 - The U.S. asked that all powers <br />help refugees fleeing from the Nazis.<br />• 2002 - Thieves stole five 17th century <br />paintings from the Frans Hals Museum <br />in the Dutch city of Haarlem. The <br />paintings were worth about $2.6 million. <br />The paintings were works by Jan Steen, <br />Cornelis Bega, Adriaan van Ostade and <br />Cornelis Dusart. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH —<br />GOD SQUAD MEETS AT CASEY U.M.C.,<br />4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M.</b><b><br />
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<b>———————————————————<br />• 0421 - The city of Venice, Italy was <br />• 1634 - Lord Baltimore founded the <br />Catholic colony of Maryland. <br />• 1655 - Puritans jailed Governor Stone <br />after a military victory over Catholic <br />forces in the colony of Maryland. <br />• 1669 - Mount Etna in Sicily erupted <br />destroying Nicolosi. 20,000 people were <br />killed.<br />• 1776 - The U.S. Continental Congress <br />authorized a medal for General George <br />Washington.<br />• 1807 - British Parliament abolished <br />slave trade.<br />• 1901 - 55 people died when a Rock <br />Island train derailed at Marshalltown, IA. <br />• 1902 - In Russia, 567 students were <br />found guilty of "political disaffection." <br />95 students were exiled to Siberia. <br />• 1911 - In New York City, 146 women <br />were killed in fire at the Triangle <br />Shirtwaist Company in New York City. <br />Owners of the company were indicted <br />on manslaughter charges because some <br />of the employees had been working <br />behind locked doors in the factory.<br />• 1947 - John D. Rockefeller III presented <br />a check for $8.5 million to the United <br />Nations for the purchase of land used <br />for the site of the United Nations center.<br />• 1954 - RCA began mass production of <br />its first color TV set.<br />• 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 <br />people to the state capital in <br />Montgomery, Alabama.<br />• 1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was <br />shot to death by a nephew. The nephew, <br />with a history of mental illness, was then <br />beheaded.<br />• 1983 - The U.S. Congress passed <br />legislation to rescue the U.S. social <br />security system from bankruptcy.<br />• 1990 - Estonia voted for independence <br />from the Soviet Union. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH —<br />Happy Birthday Larry Johnson!<br />———————————————————<br />• 1804 - The Louisiana Purchase was <br />divided into the District of Louisiana <br />and the Territory of Orleans. <br />• 1910 - The U.S. Congress passed an <br />amendment to the 1907 Immigration Act <br />that barred criminals, paupers, <br />anarchists and carriers of disease from <br />settling in the U.S.<br />• 1937 - Spinach growers in Crystal City, <br />Texas, erected a statue of Popeye.<br />• 1942 - The Germans began sending <br />Jewish people to Auschwitz in Poland. <br />• 1945 - In the Aleutian Islands, the battle <br />of Komandorski began when Japanese <br />tried to reinforce a garrison at Kiska and <br />were intercepted by a U.S. naval force.<br />• 1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new <br />vaccine that would prevent polio. <br />• 1979 - The Camp David treaty was <br />signed by Israel and Egypt and ended <br />the 31-year war between the countries.<br />• 2007 - The design for the "Forever <br />Stamp" was unveiled by the U.S. Postal <br />Service. <br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH —<br />———————————————————</b><br />
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<b>• 1794 - The U.S. Congress authorized <br />the creation of the U.S. Navy. <br />• 1836 - In Goliad, TX, about 350 Texan<br />prisoners, including their commander <br />James Fannin, were executed under <br />orders from General Antonio López de <br />Santa Anna. Only an estimated 30 <br />Texans escaped execution. <br />• 1866 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson <br />vetoed the civil rights bill, which later <br />became the 14th amendment. <br />• 1912 - The first cherry blossom trees <br />were planted in Washington, DC. The <br />trees were a gift from Japan.<br />• 1933 - About 55,000 people staged a <br />protest against Hitler in New York City.<br />• 1941 - Tokeo Yoshikawa arrived in <br />Oahu, Hawaii, and began spying for <br />Japan on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor.<br />• 1976 - Washington, DC, opened its <br />subway system.<br />• 1997 - Russian workers, nearly 2 <br />million, held a nationwide strike to <br />protest unpaid wages.<br />• 2004 - NASA successfully launched an <br />unpiloted X-43A jet that hit Mach 7 <br />(about 5,000 mph).<br />≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH —<br />A-C FOOD PANTRY IN CASEY U.M.C.<br />FROM 9 A.M. TO 11 A.M.</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsG92SxTYdOh5K8XNRkUIK9Jfj_OHODpUHXhq97C0SlVEe2pkjBw41AWd81h_QAuU4LdVXc8DOTlLa_ATReRq40Gbpt8SDTpA4KpoUPn1UCyT88AbRnggLqmEath21j2Uq01Nn4AsbSNY/s1600/++___***___AC%2BFOOD%2BPANTRY%2BITEMS%2BTEXT-11X8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsG92SxTYdOh5K8XNRkUIK9Jfj_OHODpUHXhq97C0SlVEe2pkjBw41AWd81h_QAuU4LdVXc8DOTlLa_ATReRq40Gbpt8SDTpA4KpoUPn1UCyT88AbRnggLqmEath21j2Uq01Nn4AsbSNY/s1600/++___***___AC%2BFOOD%2BPANTRY%2BITEMS%2BTEXT-11X8.JPG" height="301" width="400" /></a><br />
<b>• HCI WILL MEET IN CASEY U.M.C. </b><br />
<b>FROM 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.</b><br />
<b>———————————————————<br />• • 1834 - U.S. Senate voted to censure <br />President Jackson for the removal of <br />federal deposits from the Bank of the <br />United States.<br />• 1854 - The Crimean War began with <br />Britain and France declaring war on <br />Russia. <br />• 1864 - A faction of vocal politicians <br />called Copperheads attacked Federal <br />soldiers in Charleston, Illinois. Five men <br />were killed and twenty were wounded.<br />• 1885 - The Salvation Army was <br />officially organized in the United States.<br />• 1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled <br />that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese <br />immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This <br />meant that they could not be deported <br />under the Chinese Exclusion Act.<br />• 1908 - Automobile owners lobbied the <br />U.S. Congress, supporting a bill that <br />called for vehicle licensing and federal <br />registration.<br />• 1917 - During World War I the Women’s <br />Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was first <br />founded.<br />• 1921 - U.S. President Warren Harding <br />named William Howard Taft as Chief <br />Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court.<br />• 1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered <br />a ban on all Jews in businesses, <br />professions and schools.<br />• 1945 - Germany launched the last of <br />the V-2 rockets against England.<br />• 1990 - Athlete Jesse Owens received <br />the Congressional Gold Medal from <br />U.S. President George H.W. Bush. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈<br />• FUTURE FOCUS —————</b><br />
<b>HOLY WEEK begins March 29th with <br />PALM SUNDAY.</b><br />
<b>• APRIL 1ST IS AN AD COUNCIL </b><br />
<b>MEETING AT CASEY UMC — <br />† Casey will meet at 7:00; <br />† Adair will meet at 7:45; <br />and combined Ad Council will follow.<br />EASTER IS ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY. </b><br />
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<b>Thank you for your attention to the </b><br />
<b>Chicken Dinner. It went well all because </b><br />
<b>of you. </b><br />
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<b>God Bless and Keep You,</b><br />
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