Sunday, September 3, 2023

Sunday, September 3, 2023

 Blessings

 

Hello September, it's nice to see you again.

"By all these lovely tokens, September days are here.  With summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer." ~Helen Hunt Jackson

 

Be present

Let the day flow with grace

Expect joy.  Be positive

Serve with compassion

Speak only kindness

Impart only love

Never forget you're not alone

Give thanks for everything

See goodness in others.

         ~Mary Davis

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 Good Morning

 

Today's Sermon:  "Joseph...Christ"

Today's Hymns:

A Mighty Fortress

God Will Take Care of You

Responsive Reading Genesis 41:41-57

Special Music:  "The God Who Stays" by Matthew West

 "The God Who Stays" Lyrics

 If I were You I would've given up on me by now

 I would've labeled me a lost cause

 'Cause I feel just like a lost cause

 If I were You I would've turned around and walked away

 I would've labeled me beyond repair

 'Cause I feel like I'm beyond repair

 Oh, but somehow You don't see me like I do

 Somehow You're still here

 Chorus: 

You’re the God who stays, You're the God who stays

 You're the one who runs in my direction

 When the whole world walks away, You're the God who stands

 With wide open arms

 And You tell me nothing I have ever done can separate my heart

 From the God who stays

 I used to hide every time I thought I let You down

 I always thought I had to earn my way

 But I'm learning You don't work that way, no

 'Cause somehow You don't see me like I do

 Somehow You're still here

 Chorus

 My shame can't separate, my guilt can't separate

 My past can't separate, I'm Yours forever 

My sin can't separate, my scars can't separate

 My failures can't separate, I'm Yours forever

 No enemy can separate, no power of hell can take away

 Your love for me will never change, I'm Yours forever

 Chorus 2x

My Hope is Built

Benediction:  Lamentations 3:21-25

 

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 Praise and Prayer Requests:

 Roger and Pat Polsley, Betty and Sandy Booker, Jenny and Shannon Bruce, Jim and Donna Glenn, Goldie Hill, Mary Woltemath, Mary Sherwood, Pastor Donna, Don Baker, mission in Uganda, Ellie Warren, Stacey, Special prayers for Amy and family, for the family of Steve Chaney, Mike’s procedure, Cindy’s heart procedure, rescheduling Mary Zach’s surgery, Ellie Warren’s potassium levels, Phyllis’s health, all our knees.

 Betty B’s slow but continuous recovery from knee operation, Amy and Patric’s daughter’s engagement, the beautiful Welch/Daffer wedding, Birkby’s company all day, Jan’s work painting the church foundation, Ethan’s remarkable shoulder surgery, rain for the crops, Stacey celebrating Penny’s birthday, Donna’s revelations. 

Wednesday Bible Study, 2 pm. 

 Sept. Birthday: 17th Larry Moyer,

 Sept. Anniversary: 23rd Don & Wava Shipley

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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown

 

 

 Today's Sunday Church Share..

 

 

Picture via Pinterest

 

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Percy's Tidbit


 "Allow yourself to rest.  Your soul speaks to you in the quiet moments in between your thoughts."  ~Anonymous

 

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I love pictures!  Pictures have a way of placing you back in "remembered moments."  Sights, smells, sounds, nature, animals, all the feels.  Pictures allow us to recall life and all that it entails.

Thought it would be fun to close each week with little "snippets" of life that will perhaps spark a memory or at the very least bring a smile.

*I do not own the pictures. 

 





 

 

Have a great week!

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