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Written by Pastor Jim
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Saturday, 14 January 2012 00:00 |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIEW FROM THE PULPIT by Rev. R. James Weiss A NEW BEGINNING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR REMINDS US OF THE IMPORTANCE OF NEW BEGINNINGS. THE WORLD EXPERIENCED A NEW BEGINNING WITH THE BIRTH OF THE CHRIST CHILD. FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS PEOPLE HAD BEEN TOLD THE COMING OF GOD'S PROMISE WAS TO HAPPEN. CIVILIZATION HAD GIVEN UP ON ANYTHING OR ANYONE SHOWING UP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT IN HIS FOOD TIME GOD ACTED UPON THE STAGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD OF THAT DAY. YOU ARE AWARE OF THE NEW BEGINNING THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE FACT THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE FORM OF AN ANGEL, CAME TO A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS CHOSEN TO HAVE GOD'S SON. EVERYONE WHO READS THIS MESSAGE IS ABLE TO RECALL THE FACTS, STEP BY STEP OF WHAT HAPPENED. JANUARY 1,2012, IS A NEW BEGINNING FOR FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AVON PARK, FLORIDA. PLEASE, PLEASE LET US REMEMBER THE WORDS OF ST. PAUL IN HEBREWS12:1 'LET US RUN WITH PATIENCE THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE AND LET US LOOK TO JESUS WHO IS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH:. REMEMBER, WE ARE CALLED OF GOD TO BE 'HIS PEOPLE' IN HIS C GOD BLESS PASTOR JIM |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 January 2012 18:40 )
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 27 December 2011 08:27 |
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We have a number of people in our Circle of Concern currently who are in need of prayer. Martha Ann Pendrak is home from the Hosp., continuing chemo and in need of prayer Her father Sol is now at home with the Pendrak"s and also under Hospice care. Keep their family in your constant prayers. Lorna Burke"s son Walter is recovering in a nursing home and hopes to go home soon.. Also Bev Fulwider, Marie Renfro . Leslie Le Brunch, Lois Krick, and Kay Alexander are in need of prayers. . Prayers are requested for home bound patients Rev Ed Wilson, , , Marge De Rose, Barbara Winsman, ,Luther Dick and Adel Lehman, Also continue to pray for our members and firends residing at Fairway Pines, Crown Pointe, Kenilworth, The Oaks, Sunny Hills, Deland: Fred & Mary Anne Reddick. ALSO : Our Church and Our Community Storm victims and family members all across America. Missionaries serving here and abroad. Christians who are being persecuted for their faith Our President and all elected officials . All Military Personnel and their Families and areas of war If you have a prayer request you would like to have placed on our Prayer Chain, call the church offices during the week at 453-3759. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 December 2011 12:30 )
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 28 November 2011 00:00 |
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED include Fundraisers, Library help, Choir and Bell Choir members & Ushers. E-MAIL ADDRESSES; If you have an email address, please let us know, just drop a line through the "contacts" page on our web site. We will be sending out our newsletter via email to help save on pap PRAYER CHAIN; If you would like to participate in our prayer chain, contact Lucy Derkman. Call the church office weekdays from 9 am to noon, or by phoning 873-6252. VISITATION; call the Church Office if you are (or know somebody who is) in the hospital or in need of a visiit. Due to the state's privacy laws, we cannot find out who needs our prayers. STAFF PARISH RELATIONS by KAREN LAMB--------PASTOR JIM HAS BROUGHT ENERGY TO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. AS A RESULT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED GROWTH IN MANY AREAS THROUGH HIS ENCOURAGEMENT. HOWEVER,IT IS TIME TO RETIRE FROM THE OFFICIAL MINISTRY AND BEGIN A LIFE WHERE HE CAN SHARE HIS FAITH THROUGH HIS DAILY WALK. THANKFULLY,PASTOR JIM WEISS WILL BE WITH US UNTIL JUNE 30 2012. THE SEARCH FOR A NEW PASTOR WILL BEGIN THIS NEW YEAR. MEMBERS OF THE STAFF PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEE[SPRC] HAVE BEEN MEETING TO DISCUSS AND TO FULFILL THE DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PAPER WORK SO THE PROCESS CAN BEGIN. EVEN THOUGH THE SPRC HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FINDING A PASTOR, OUR JOB IS SIMPLY TO LET THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDANT KNOW OUR NEEDS AND ALLOW HIM TO SEARCH OUT OUR NEW PASTOR. PLEASE JOIN THE SPRC IN PRAYING FOR THIS PROCESS AND FOR OUR NEW MINISTER. PRAYERS,WHY PRAY by BOB CLOGSTON---------THE LORD HAS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR OF HOW AND WHY WE ARE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM, MATTHEW 21:22 or MARK 11:22-24 A young boy had told his parents that he wanted a Lego set, the one with a pirate ship and pirates and an island and a parrot. This is a big set. He had cut the picture out of the paper and even put it under his pillow.His parents had figured it would be quite easy to find, just a trip to the store and back, and that would be it. Well, after traveling to every store in town the question had to be asked if the clerk could tell them where they could find one. They were informed it had been discontinued for mos. They informed their son what they had found out and he did not seem upset. Later they sat him down and explained to him what discontinued meant. The boy said he was not worried because he had prayed to God and asked him to somehow get him the set, so you do not have to worry anymore. You do not understand son, they sai, no one has the set you want, they do not make it anymore. I'm not even sure God can get it for you, and thinking about his fragile health, they added about the reality of prayer and what kind of prayers God answers .A few days before Christmas, while mother was in the next town, she went into a small store and low and behold on the bottom shelf covered with dust and other thins stood the discontinued pirate set. their son got his set for Christmas and the parents recieved a valuable lesson in prayer. Their son had asked God for something very important, he believed, and he received, never doubting. Even after the two most important people in his life tried to talk him out of it. he asked, he believed , and he received. Faith is simple when we look at thru the eyes of a child. It is so real. Why wouldn't God give HIS CHILDREN the things they need and ask for? We need to be quicker in asking for the things we need. It is the same with this, HIS CHURCH. We all need to ask God in our prayers for his help in supplying a pastor for the next church year and where he wants this HIS CHURCH, to be, and what part it will play in Avon Park. All of our faith has to be strong and we need to believe in his answer. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. THEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, WHAT THINGS YOU SOEVER DESIRE, WHEN WE PRAY, BELIEVE THAT YE RECEIVE THEM AND YE SHALL HAVE THEM..PRAISE GOD. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 January 2012 00:03 )
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 26 September 2011 00:00 |
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Our Church library has undergone some changes. The Childrens' Books are now located in their study area making them more r accessible. , With the generous help of the NOMAD Project, the library is now handicapped accessible due to the installation of a new ramp and hand rails. We maintain a nice selection of fiction and non-fiction as well as self-help and research materials. Please feel free to stop by and browse the next time you visit . One of our goals is to become able to list new arrivals on a monthly basis. Of course donations are solicited and welcomed and may be dropped off Sunday at Church or at the office during regular hours as well as at our Second Blessings Church Store when it is open. The Library is currently under the management of our Lay Leader Harold Brown on an interim appointment. Anyone interested in heading our Library or assisting should contact Rev. Jim Weiss. "The offerings of our library is truly a blessing", says our Pastor Jim. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 26 September 2011 12:37 )
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