Sunday, June 29, 2025

Blessings 

 

A soft wave goodbye to June ~

 

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 Good Morning!

 

 

 Sunday, June 29th, 2025

Call to Worship and Prayer: Matthew 5:1-12

Hymn #601, “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us ”

Offering and Doxology

Hymn 588, “In the Garden”

Praise and Prayers

Responsive Scripture: Luke 15:25-32

 25 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near
the house, he heard music and dancing.

26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.

27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the
fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

28 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his
father went out and pleaded with him.

29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving
for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property
with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything
I have is yours.

32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours
was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

Hymn #594, “Anywhere With Jesus”

Special Music: “If I Got Jesus” by Ben Fuller

Sermon: “Found - Part 2”

Hymn #18, “The Love of God”

Benediction

 

 

 Prayers

Mary Sherwood, Wava, Don and Mike Shipley, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren - cancer, back, Dr. Woltemath - cancer, Harley Niles, kidney disease, Penny Warren - shoulders, hairline fracture, Lynn Handy - really hard week, Barb Handy - caregiver, Phyllis Layman - pneumonia, Bob Geiger - LightHouse rehabilitation, Bev Powles - very bad back, Rich Hobbfast - Jan’s friend, not well, Lucy Roth - lymphatic leukemia (Beth’s friend), Carolyn Maher - Madonna, Lincoln, Dustin Sheldon - bucked off horse in KC, Unspoken prayers, personal prayers, Family of Randy Snapp

 

 Praises

Phyllis Greedy celebrates her 100th birthday on July 12th!
Please join her at an Open House that day at the United Faith Church, just north of Sidney on rt.275. Or send her a card at P.O. Box 90, Sidney IA  51652

Rain! Nancy’s yellow lilies are thriving!

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 Donations are needed to help pay for new basement door and
upcoming propane contract. Please support our church! Thank you!

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A little share this morning...

Can you guess what this little cast iron piece is? Give it some thought before you find out below.

 

 

 I happened to come upon this piece while out shopping.  I immediately fell in love with it, not knowing what it was and decided to take it home with me. After some researching, I discovered it was a vintage cast iron note holder that was typically mounted on the back of church pews.  I love it even more now!  Today, it stands as a beautiful reminder of reverence, tradition, and the sacred stillness of simpler times. A cherished piece of the past, carrying with it the silent stories of faith and fellowship. 💗 ~Mindy

 

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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

 

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Have a great week!