Hello Church,
Have things started to settle down and feel normal again? Its starting to around our house. What few Christmas decorations we put up this year we’ve taken down, and now we’re settling into this long winter season.
That’s about the same place we are as a church right now, but we do have a few things to take note of. Back in the back of the Sanctuary we have a few sign-ups. One is for communion servers for each month through the end of the year. Sign-up there if you would like to help serve communion some time throughout the year.
We also have a sign-up if you are interested in being a liturgist, giving a children’s sermon, or helping in the nursery. If you are already doing that, you don’t need to sign-up again, but do talk to me if you want to make a change for this year. These are excellent places to get involved, and they’re open for all ages. So give it a thought, pray about it, and see where you would like to sign-up.
Also, watch for new opportunities this year for how we can come together as a church and share that with others around us. I’m looking forward to what God is doing.
Parting Shot
What goes up, must come down. But it comes down better with lots of help. See what we mean at the end of this email.
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Have a great week!
Peace,
Pastor John
Important Announcements
Orpha will be meeting this Wednesday, January 11th at 1:30.Â
Inez Johnson has the devotion, Beverly Cupp is Hostess.
Margaret Epperson has the program which will be on her travels to Africa. Ladies if you can make it, come on out. It will be a good afternoon.
Going On This Week
Choir & Band practice this week!!!!! (and yes we’ve got new music)
Community Calendars
Marceline School Calendar
My Country 99.1 Community Calendar
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Youtube Services, Messages
Worship Music Lists: YouTube, Spotifiy
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Get caught up!
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Prayer & Devotions
The Hours
Prayer Guide - PDF (book format), Online Format
Morning | Evening | Night Prayers
Daily Devotions
Seedbed Devotions, YMI
The Upper Room, Our Daily Bread
GPS Guide from Church of the Resurrection
Daily Meditations from the Center for Action & Contemplation
Other Resources
Bible Project great Bible Study resource for really engaging the Bible
Five Day Bible Reading - Read through the Bible in a year
YouVersion Online Bible
Prayer List
Groups: Church: Denomination, Conference, Area UMC's, Area Churches
Schools: Students, Teachers, Administrators, Employees, Parents
Community: Food Pantry, Ministries in Linn County, Ministerial Alliance
Government: Leaders, Local, County, State, National
Situations: Pandemic, Racism, Economic Disparity, Mental Health, Natural Disasters
College Students: Raven Goodpaster, Colby Sims, Emma Sheerman, Brook Teeter, Brianna Teeter, Carter Vandeloecht, Jayden Newman, Enzo Anthony, Sam Gillman, Will Heller
Individuals: Leland Dorrell, Maddie Switzer, Vickie Gragg, Rod Versulys, Rose Ayers Wright, Rollie Smith, Cecil Mott, Ruth Terrell, Francis Mordecai, Greg and Norma Prange, Estella Cupp, Junior Logue, Crystal’s friend Hannah, Gene Taylor, Richard Terrell, Marla Stubbs, Kyle & Carol Lake, Erica Pamplin, Pat Watkins, Vivian Dunn, Kim Corbin, Shirley Oliver, Jeff Linebaugh, Dorothy Downing, Jake Jacobs, Ron Klingsmith, Wayne Sisson, Mark & Linda Ewigman, Goldie Cupp, Tony Tucker, Angie Builder, Bob & Pat Magee, Zoe Tolliver, Dan Brooks, Ruth Farris  Â
Pioneer: Mabel Worley, Marylin Mears
Military Service: Patric Munson, Nick Cain, LTC John Casey Welch, Tyler Nanneman, Jeffrey Tucker, Kelly Tucker, Brandon Wellman, Heath Floray, Steve Graves, Michael Pyrtle, William Leukenotte, Kerry Lowrey
Parting Shot
We had a lot of folks stay after Sunday to help take down the decorations. It went very quickly, and thank you to everyone that helped!! Now our sanctuary is reset for the next part of our year.