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September 3 - 9 , 2020
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Quote of the Week
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“O Lord that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.” - - William Shakespeare.
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My Bible is literally falling apart.
Circles, highlighters, and notes are scribbled on nearly every page. I have been using this Bible since I moved to Florida twenty-five years ago. It is 'soon time' for a new Bible. In fact, I already have it but I just have not had the heart to make the transition.
I know the old one will go to one of my children. They have gone through so much over the last two and a half decades that I am sure the notes will jog their memories. I plan to give this old Bible to one of them and then the new one I start with now will go to the other, as a legacy. I plan to give my children the Word of God.
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I have had the honor and privilege of being able to speak the word to my kids over these years. Until I moved to Tampa, I was the only pastoral voice they ever heard. It was a great responsibility. I have always loved talking about my family even when they really did not like it so much as teenagers. I am attaching a picture of my son’s family.
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Matthew, his wife Tracy, the oldest boy Elijah and Isaac. All of them still text me or email me questions about the Bible. I consider that is one of the greatest honors of my life. I pray that some of the hunger they have for God’s word they got from me. Such a yearning lasts a lifetime. When we get to a certain place in life, we start to wonder what we might be able to hand off to our children. Brenda and I have learned a few things from moving to Tampa. Our kids do not want our stuff. But they do want the spiritual legacy we have modeled for them.
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It is never too late to model Jesus to your family.
Read the Bible with them, speak with them about how God is working in your life, tell them the great new things you are learning from God. Inspire them to be a servant to others by serving others and let them know God called you to do it. Each of us is the most important model our spouses or children or friends might ever know. What a joy!
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Bridges Preschool is back in session and is currently accepting new and returning preschool aged children to learn new and interesting educational subjects.
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And for assistance and information contact the school at:
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Jennifer Foster, Director
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Church Communications
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The Principles of Stewardship
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Bill Peel .... recently wrote an excellent essay entitled Leadership Is Stewardship. His essay can help us build a framework to begin unpacking this biblical idea of stewardship.
Peel suggests that there are four important principles about biblical stewardship we must understand:
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1. The principle of ownership.
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2. The principle of responsibility
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3. The principle of accountability
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4. The principle of reward
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You can also learn more about online giving by clicking on 'Give' which is located in the church website. When you're there, take the opportunity to read about our church's philosophy on the discipline of stewardship. God will bless you!
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Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
September 6, 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 Music:....................'Lights Shine Bright'...........................Students.....................
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Welcome and Announcements......................................................Larry & Nadia Wood...
Video....................................'Did.You.Know'...................................Garrion Hubbard........
Skit by Students...................'The.Last.Supper'.........................Narrator.Marilyn.Preston..
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Hymn of Praise.....................'Turn.Your.Eyes.Upon.Jesus'.............Music Team...............
Pastoral Prayer and Lord's Prayer..................................................Rev.Ernie.Post...........
Scripture & Message.......................................................................Rev.Ernie.Post...........
Holy.Communion.............................................................................Rev.Ernie.Post...........
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Invitation to Tithes & Offerings..........Video of Testimonials.............Students....................
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Prayer of Dedication..........................................................................Rev.Ernie.Post.........
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Doxology...........................................................................................Music Team..............
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Closing.Hymn::............'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus'....................Music.Team..............
Benediction and Blessing..................................................................Rev.Ernie.Post.........
Exit Song:...........................'We.Shall.Overcome'..............................Student.Band..........
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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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On Wednesday, September 9, 2020, the 12 Step Christian Living Class will restart a study of John MacArthur’s book ,Twelve Ordinary Men. We will go back to the beginning of this book so new folks will fit right in. We will meet in the church library from 6-8:30 pm (with social distancing and masks).
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We are a discussion oriented group and everyone is welcome.
For further information contact Mary Hamrick at [email protected] or 813-884-8345.
Contact: Mary K. Hamrick
Phone: 813-884-8345
Email: [email protected]
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If you have any questions about the CBS WayMaker bible study that started September 2, 2020, contact Celia Petters at 813 263 6521 or email her at [email protected]
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Wesley Teams Up with International Volleyball Club
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Click on the following link to watch a short video of the IVC in action at Wesley's gym -https://youtu.be/3DX10wMB4Ug (if it doesn't open, you can copy and paste it on the URL address field).
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Good News!
Wesley has teamed up with International Volleyball Club (IVC) to provide training and camps for young women in our community. The timing of this partnership could not have been better. We have undergone significant losses in rental income during the pandemic, and IVC with its camps and training sessions will greatly fill that void.
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You may have noticed a few more lines on the floor of the gym as we expanded from being able to host one volleyball game to two. IVC made a substantial investment in high-quality nets and poles, which we will be allowed to use for other volleyball groups. George Mummert of Wesley did a fabulous job of drilling the holes needed, installing the sleeves to hold the net poles and the floor plates, and laying out the lines, which we provided.
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We praise God for His provision!
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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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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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