Hello Church!
I know our kids haven’t returned to school yet, but everything else is starting to go back to normal. Thank you for your patience with last Sunday. Nothing of last Sunday went the way I wanted it too, but we all know what Winter in north Missouri can be like. I was glad to see so many of you online!! This coming Sunday we’ll share in communion since we weren’t able to yesterday.
I know you’ve been asking, Jack is doing much better. He’s back to normal (or as normal as he can be with his parents). He finishes his quarantine today (Monday) and everyone goes back to normal after that. We moved his baptism and birthday party to this coming Sunday (Jan 9th) at 1pm.
As far as church things go, January is a pretty quiet month. With that in mind, take some time to look at some new things. I’ve got info for you later in this email. We’ve also got a special prayer request in our prayer list this week.
I hope you’ve had a great new year! And we’ll see you on Sunday.
Peace,
Pastor John
PS: Don’t forget next Sunday we’ll be live streaming our in person worship service online at 10:10am.
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Going On This Week
Monday
3pm-5pm Food Pantry in the Fellowship Hall
Tuesday
4pm Centering Prayer on live on our Facebook Page
5pm Prayer Group meeting this Tuesday in the Elementary Sunday School Class
Sunday
9am Sunday School
10:10am Worship in person and online
Community Calendars
Marceline School Calendar
My Country 99.1 Community Calendar
Worship Links
Online Worship Posts
Youtube Services, Messages
Worship Music Lists: YouTube, Spotifiy
Prayers & Devotions
Below you can find the prayers and devotions that you normally see, but you can also find a link to some new resources that I think you should check out.
Prayers
The Hours
The Examen
Prayer Guide - PDF (book format), Online Format
Daily Devotions
Seedbed Devotions
YMI
The Upper Room
GPS Guide from Church of the Resurrection
Our Daily Bread
Daily Meditations from the Center for Action & Contemplation
Church Blog
Check our church blog for recent announcements and newsletters. That's where we try to put more information for things that are going on.
Other Resources
RightNow Media: Sign-Up if you haven't already
Bible Project: Videos that explain books of the Bible
Five Day Bible Reading - Read through the Bible in a year
YouVersion - Online Bible
Amplify Media
We’re trying out a new online video service like RightNow Media. Take a look and see what you think.
Just go to https://my.amplifymedia.com/amplify and up in the right corner click on the person to enter our church access code: DVCKRJ
Once you have done that it will let you create an account. Take a look and let me know what you think about what you see. I want to make a decision on which service we’ll use going forward by the end of the month.
Prayer List
Before we get to our regular prayer list, Bill & Bev Crager have asked for prayers for their grandson Chris. He has Crohn’s disease and is suffering from setbacks and blockages because of it. Please keep him and his family in your prayers, and if you’d like, you can send him a card of encouragement at:
Chris McGlothlin
7802 Colonial Club Ct. Apt 18
Riverview, FL. 33578-4376
Breakthrough Prayer: Come Holy Spirit, come show us how we can be the spiritual heart of this community, Amen
Goals: Grow in faith, Understand our role in the community, Listening for God's voice daily
Groups:
Church: Denomination, Conference, Area UMC's, Area Churches
Schools: Students, Teachers, Administrators, Employees
Government: Leaders, Local, County, State, National
Young Adults, Newcomers, Unchurched
Situations: Hurricane Relief, Wildfires, Covid-19 Pandemic, Racism, Economic Disparity
Individuals: Chris McGlothlin, Jake Jacobs, Donna’s Sister, Beth Ander’s Dad, Glenn Lindbloom, Vicki Gregg, Ron Klingsmith, Wayne Sisson, Anna Hanson, Mark Ewigman, Gary Faris, Erin, Nova, & Jenny, John Falkenstine, Meadow Lapinski, Sam Bush, David Munson, Goldie Cupp, Fay Leppin, Shirley Holt, Joni’s niece, Tony Tucker, Harold Meyers, Adam Litchtenberg, Blake Linebaugh, Bill Westfall, Pat Watkins, Kris & Wyatt Ard, Kristen Gibson, Pat Biswell, Bob Marriott, Gene Liebhart, Gary Carlson, Kyle Lake, Linda Ewigman, Kara Robinson, Angie Builder, Bob & Pat Magee, Zoe Tolliver, Joan Sportsman, Shane Cavanah, Dan Brooks, Wayne Heins, Ruth Farris, Lynn Fellmann, Thomas Wellman
Pioneer: Mabel Worley, Marilyn Mears
Life Care: Annie George
Lenoir Woods: Ed McLachlan
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