BRIDGES PRESCHOOL GRADUATION AND SALUTE
BRIDGES PRESCHOOL GRADUATION & SALUTE
GOD ROCK STORE
GOD ROCK STORE
Kids from 4 years old thru 6th grade
The kids in Promiseland receive “God Rocks”
for attending, bring their Bibles, attention/participation
and bringing a friend.
On the last Sunday of the month
they can use their “God Rocks” to purchase
items in the God Rock Store!
NERF WARS IN PROMISELAND
NERF WARS IN PROMISELAND
Sponsored by Promiseland
kids 4 years thru 6th grade.
Meet in Promiseland and then we will
go to FLC Gymnasium.
Bring your Nerf guns
and be prepared to play a fun game.
There will be glow in the dark wrist/necklaces
and the gym will be set up for you to
capture your opponents base!
MOTHER’S DAY AT WESLEY
MOTHER’S DAY AT WESLEY
SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023
Come celebrate Mother’s Day at Wesley!
We will have a photo booth set up
in the overflow area at the back of the sanctuary,
taking photos between services from 10am – 11am.
The kids in Promiseland will be making and serving
breakfast for their Moms in Promiseland!
END OF YEAR SCHOOL BASH
END OF YEAR SCHOOL BASH
This event is open to the community
For Kids 4 years old thru fifth grade.
Come celebrate the end of the school year!
We will have water slides, sprinklers, water ballons
and more!
Please wear beach gear & shoes and bring a towel.
Be ready for lots of fun as we kick off the summer!
For more info, contact Rochelle Mock 813-215-6433.
CORNERSTONE WONDER WALK
| Please sign up with a Wesley Team to walk and/or donate for the Cornerstone Wonderwalk! You can choose to walk as a team starting at the Hyde Park UMC or host your own individual walk. Last year Wesley raised $10,000.00! Sign up sheets available at church after services. |
| Every year Wesley participates in the Wonder Walk raising funds for scholarships for economically disadvantaged students 0-5 years old to attend one of the three Rosa Valdez Early Learning Centers which provides quality early childcare education and nutricious food. |
| For more info, contact Leslie Berlin at [email protected] |
HOLY WEEK at DURONA CHURCH
HOLY WEEK @ DURAÑONA CHURCH- Our Sister Chrch in Cuba
1- Church members walk the streets with Luis Felipe carrying the cross.
Pastora says he fainted after “crucifixion” scene.
This street religious expression can only be done in Cuba in remote places,
like Durañona. It is banned in cities. Everyone followed them:
friends, unbelievers, drunks, prostitutes, street vendors.
Someone who had heard of the procession was allowed to leave a shelter
3 miles away and come to the church to ask for Christian tracks and medicines
for his illness. They were able to give him some tracks
and medicines.
He’d been away from the Lord for 7 years
and he asked for prayer. Pastora’s husband prayed over him for salvation.
2- The procession representing the “Via Dolorosa”
had the different times Jesus fell on the way.
3- Crucifixion
4- Special dance
5- Pastora preached “Jesus’ 7 last words” sermon with her new eyeglasses….
NOW she can see the words in her Bible clearly.
She expresses many, many thanks to Wesley for this “miracle”.
VISIT FROM LYNN BORDELON,
ministry Coordinator, to Durañona, bearing gifts from Wesley to Pastora and the church. HALLELUJAH! What better way to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection
than to share the fellowship of their suffering and joys!!!
1- Lynn and friend visit with Pastora, husband and Sara.
2- As Pastora and her family unpacked what was sent with Lynn,
tears rolled down their cheeks. Her email message is full of thanks
and gratitude for the love they feel has been poured out on them by Wesley’s pastor
and brothers and sisters.
3- She looks so pretty with her new eyeglasses
4- As a celebration of the 25 th anniversary of the Cuba ministry,
a “Renewal of Covenant” statement, was signed, as a commitment of
our sister church relationship, by both Pastor Ernie and Pastora,
representing our churches.
Our Durañona’s brothers and sisters are praying for
us @ Wesley and for a great revival!
HAPPY RESURRECTION SUNDAY!!!
WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT
I do not sit still very well, never have. My mom tells me I used to eat meals walking around the table. I still eat most meals that way. As I sit with Brenda, I get antsy. Ezekiel noticed and pulled me aside. I told him I need something to do. He said, “you are doing something.” “How about you just sit here and relax?”
I am unsure I know how to do that so I could use some prayers.
The Psalmist speaks to me today, “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10. I begin now disciplining myself to rejoice in being still. This is a new world for me and requires great trust. All these years I always just ran to the next thing I needed to do. Now being still is all there is. Here is what I have learned so far, in just a few days.
1. Brenda wants me to be still. That alone is reason enough to learn how to do it.
2. TV, as ludicrous as I see it, can be part of being still.
3. I can be still in shifts now. Maybe in a while I will last a little longer.
4. The most important part of being still is trust. The deeper I trust in God, the more valuable is my being still. Trust leads to a deeper relationship. Stillness with God keeps the light on. In years past whenever I tried to be still with God, we got into an argument. Trust has replaced arguing. I am learning my place at the table. Perhaps as we share communion this week and light candles on Friday, we can begin by simply being still, trusting.
~Grace and Peace ~
Pastor Ernie
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
| We are engaged in an epic battle for the hearts and minds of our youth. Every day, they’re bombarded with lies about who they are, who their Creator is, and where their salvation comes from. Thankfully, God has given his children armor to wear in this battle between truth and lies, light and darkness, good and evil! |
| With this VBS, your kids will learn how they can be part of God’s kingdom through salvation in his Son and will be equipped with the armor of God to become Keepers of the Kingdom who stand strong in today’s battle for truth. |
WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT
Most know by not that Brenda is home from the hospital and hospice has been taking care of her. It is difficult and we appreciate your prayers. I thought I would share with you a way God speaks to me. Anyone who has known me for a long time knows that physical ailments have troubled me family for 40 plus years. Most of the time we have navigated our way through and we will again. Friends have offered words of encouragement many, many times. There have been times when a simple word has struck me. When that happens, I write it down, underline the verses in the scripture, sometimes even putting the date in the margin. Years later as I enter another phase of trouble, what was shared earlier in my life comes back in a flood. This has happened over and over again and it happened again this
week.
When I first moved to Wesley, we were working on rebranding the church with a new logo and website. A friend shared Hebrews 10:35-36 really for herself not knowing it hit me. I underlined it in my Bible and highlighted it a few years later. Earlier this week it was the key verse for one of my morning devotions. “Do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. For, ‘in just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.’” Now there is a promise I am counting on, something to look forward to.
It is a good discipline to create a way God can speak clearly to you tomorrow. My discipline and language has always been through the Bible. Over time it becomes so very clear.
~ Grace and Peace ~
Pastor Ernie