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August 13 - 19, 2020
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Quote of the Week
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Little drops of water, Little grains of sand,
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Make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
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So the little moments, humble though they be,
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Make the mighty ages, of eternity. - - Julia Fletcher Carney
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A few years ago now, a friend at Wesley was helping me with my technology ineptness and created a new password for me, Hebrews 103536, which says, “So 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.” Many times since then, this verse has come to mind as I labor for God here at Wesley. It has now found a place on my wall of verses that have impacted me recently.
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Initially, my friend's verse was for her and not for me, but she had it ready and available. Her readiness with God’s word has become a light for me. It guides me and shines in my life when there is darkness. God commands me not to throw away my confidence. There was a time in my life when I was very self-confident. Now my confidence is in the Lord. Those two worlds are far, far apart. It is humbling to realize that I am able to throw away confidence. In fact, I have probably done it a dozen times only to pick it up again.
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When I was in high school, playing basketball, I initially lacked confidence. I never played a real game until 11th grade. But as I practiced, I got better and better until I had a lot of confidence. I have often thought confidence in God is like that. We have to practice with Him at the helm.
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And that practice requires perseverance. If every free throw goes through the net, you never really think you have to persevere. It is only when the shot is not falling that you hear the coach shout, “keep shooting.” Without the coach and my teammates encouraging me, I would like have lost confidence. Same thing is true of God. Here God is the coach, telling us to keep shooting. God has confidence in us, and that is very comforting.
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Church Communications
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Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
August 16, 2020 at 11:15 AM EDT
Livestream Sunday Worship Service
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Traditional and Contemporary Combined Worship Service
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Opening Song:......................'Sing Wherever I Go'...............................Music.Team..........
...'God's Great Dance Floor' - 'Unstoppable God' - 'Wake' ..................Music Team..........
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Introducing .............'Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'...............................Tom Kersey,.Cellist
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Welcome and Announcements............................................................Rev. Ernie Post....
Call To Worship:...................'Psalm 121'..............................................Rev. Ernie Post....
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Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer......................................................Rev. Ernie Post....
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Ministry Moment:...with Arnel Senson Music Team...............................Rev. ErniePost.....
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Invitation to Tithes & Offering:............................................................................................
....Offertory Music.......................'Hallelujah'..'....................................Tom Kersey,.Cellist.
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Prayer of Dedication..............................................................................Rev. Ernie Post....
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The Apostles’ Creed..........................................................................................................
......Gloria Be To The Father'......................................................................Pg..71.............
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Scripture & Message...'He is Coming in the Clouds..Luke 22:1-6'........Rev. Ernie Post....
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Call to Action:........................................................................................Rev. Ernie Post....
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Closing Song:.......................'Amazing Grace'............Tom Kersey, cellist.&...Music.Team
Benediction and Blessing......................................................................Rev. Ernie Post....
Exit Song:...........................'Every Praise'.............................................Music Team..........
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Mark Your Calendars for A Special Guest!
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Tom Kersey, Cellist
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Tom Kersey, cellist, accepted our invitation to join us again as our guest musical artist on Sunday, August 16th during the 11:15 Live Streaming Worship Service. Please mark your calendars!
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Click here to read Tom Kersey's bio and become acquainted with him.
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Prayers Needed
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NOTE: When viewing the Worship Service, please be ready to share/type in your prayer requests in the Comment Field. Your prayer requests will be recorded and added to the Prayer Wall in the church's website so that prayer warriors who visit the Prayer Wall can include your requests in their prayer lists.
NOTE 2: Prayer requests from the previous services have been posted to the Prayer Wall. Please take time to visit it and pray for these requests. Many Thanks!
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If you have any questions about the CBS WayMaker bible study, contact Celia Petters at 813 263 6521 or email her at [email protected]
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FREE BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!
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It's HUGE! We are giving away all of the books in Wesley's church library!
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The library has been here 40 years and over this span of time we have accumulated a diverse collections of books consisting of different topics and interesting subjects. They just might interest you or someone in your family or other people who don't have access to the internet. Possibly, one of those books could make a difference in someone's lives as they did to past borrowers. If you would like to come and go thru the books and see if there are any you might like, you may do so during Monday-Thursday, 9 am – 3 pm at Wesley Memorial UMC, 6100 Memorial Highway, Tampa, Florida 33615.
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Call the Admindesk for more information at 813 769 9157.
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On Sunday morning August 16th, we will begin our Virtual Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Our prayer is that Children and Families will attend the Sunday school and then click over to the Wesley service Link! We are continuing the Railroad theme as we learn about the MIRACLES OF CHRIST!
VBS was such a success and we had so much fun we’re going to “KEEP THAT TRAIN GOING!” We will be sending the links out to those who have already signed up for VBS and we’re asking for kids that did not sign up for VBS to sign up on the link in the flyer.
Again, if they signed up for VBS no additional sign up is required.
The links do not work in the 'Sunday Morning' graphic. Please visit our new website at: https://sites.google.com/view/wmumcpromiseland/home (Copy and Paste)
The sets in the Promiseland room will remain up (may have to move them around a bit) but we’ll also be doing some on and off campus filming – we’ve all been inside a good amount of time, so we’d like to give some fun ideas on how to have safe fun outside!
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Love you all, see you in SUNNNNNDAY SCHOOL!!!!
Team Promiseland!
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Operation Christmas Child
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Every year we have as a church participated fully in this ministry! And nothing is going to stop our continued participation in this world wide discipleship effort!!! Franklin Graham echos our own thoughts, that the world needs this effort NOW more than ever! Shaun and her team have been collecting items and we already have shoe boxes to fill!!! But we need your help, with school supplies in the stores abound and this weekend being tax free weekend scoop up some extra goodies to do one, two or a few boxes to share!
If we can’t meet and do our normal box filling with the children, we’re planning an alternative! We’ll have a drive through drop off! So take some time, make it a family effort – you will be AMAZED at how much our wonderful children want to help other kids worldwide. KIDS HELPING KIDS!! Please let us know if you need any boxes and remember there are specifics on what CANNOT be sent. We’ve attached the below link with helpful information for your convenience. We will need to have all boxes ready by November 13th, so that’s plenty of time, right?
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Rochelle L. MockChildren’s Director
813-215-6433
Wesley Memorial UMC
6100 Memorial HighwayTampa, FL 33615
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You can Text To Tithe your offerings for Wesley Memorial UMC at this contact number - 813-699-4304. Within a few minutes, you’ll be sent a text with a link to register. Click on the link and enter your cardholder name and credit or debit information. Once your registration is complete, you will receive a text verification and a receipt of your donation via email. You can even text “repeat” to make it a recurring donation. Give + Text is one of the fastest and easiest ways to give.
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NOTE: If you prefer not to Text to tithe, you can send your tithes and offerings to Wesley with a paper check and mail it to: Wesley Memorial UMC, 6100 Memorial Highway, Tampa, Florida 33615. Thanks!
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Livestream Options to View the Online Services
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Option 1 - - Website and Youtube
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An alternate way to view the Livestream Sunday Worship Service is now available.
Starting immediately, you can visit the church's website at 'https://wesleymemorial.net/' and on the Menu bar, look for and click on 'Livestream' in the website. Then, follow the instructions provided on the following page to view the online services.
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NOTE: The website links will direct you to the church's YouTube channel as displayed above. If you enjoy the online or recorded services, remember to press the 'Subscribe' button in YouTube.
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If you have or want to open a Facebook page to navigate to the Sunday Worship Service, please click here. You should see the following Logo displayed in Facebook.
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If your small group or ministry has news to share, let the rest of the church know!
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We now have TV monitors located in the church for everyone to use to get the good news out about what we are doing in our church as well as in our community.
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