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Oct. 23, 2023 - Oct.29,2023
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Hello Wesley,
I would guess most of us are familiar with the movie Three Weddings and a Funeral. Not being a movie buff, I never saw it but can surmise it is about younger people, perhaps in their thirties, going through life. It came to me this week that I am at a different season in life because I have three funerals and a wedding. And so, for our thought this week, I offer you words from Solomon.
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We are all familiar with the opening of Ecclesiastes 3, there is a season for everything. Listen to the words that follow: “I have seen the burden God has laid on men. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is a gift of God. I know
that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.” Ecclesiastes 3: 9-14
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I just want to encourage everyone to keep doing what God wants us to do. Serve the outcast, bring a smile to children through a shoebox, help a neighbor with their yard: Go into the world and shine the light. There is great joy in service and remember, only the things we do that are what God wants done last eternally. God has set eternity in our hearts and we are privileged to catch a glimpse of it when we serve others.
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FRIDAY NIGHT SONG & PRAYER GATHERING
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Friday, October 27 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm
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We hope that you will join us this Friday!
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There is great power in coming together as a church to sing and pray!
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Please make every effort to join us this Friday night!
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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO ASSIST!
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If you are able to help this Saturday, please reply to this email.
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Please remember to bring a finger food dish to share with others as we spend time packing shoeboxes for Samaritan's Purse Christmas Child Shoeboxes. These shoeboxes are sent all over the world to share the love of Christ. Please help us cover the cost to ship each shoebox which is $10. You can place in a marked envelop and drop in the worship offering or give directly to Shaun Black.
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SERVICE OF RENEWAL BY WATER
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During the 10am service on Sunday, Oct. 29th, we will have a service of renewal by water. Anyone is invited to participate. Bring a bathing suit, towel and change of clothing the day of service.
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There are brochures at the info desk.
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Please make sure and share with your neighbors and friends!
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If you are available to help monitor activities on
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the first event scheduled Nov. 11 & 12,
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please contact the church office or reply to this email.
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We will meet and eat in the Sanctuary overflow area.
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Come help us decorate the church for the season
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as we fellowship and spend a short time in prayer!
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CHRISTMAS CAROLING IN BAYCREST
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AT THE BAYCREST BOAT RAMP
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Dec. 3rd at 5:30pm
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Please join us in song as we present Christmas Caroling to the Baycrest Community at the Baycrest Boat Ramp on Dec. 3 at 5:30pm! Mark your calendars!
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CRAFT FAIR | FALL FESTIVAL
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Last weekend was a big weekend here at Wesley. The annual Craft Fair was in the FLC. The entire Fellowship Hall was brimming with wonderful handmade items by the Women of Wesley. All proceeds from the Craft Fair go to ministries supported by the Women of Wesley.
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Some of the ministries that WOW supports includes: World Team whose mission is to disciple and make disciples; Wycliffe Bible Translators, making the Bible accessible in various languages; Kairos Prison Ministry, sharing Jesus’ love to impact the hearts and lives of incarcerated men, women and youth; Bridging Freedom whose mission is restoration and prevention of minor sex trafficking; Methodists United in Prayer providing support for sister churches in Cuba; FUM Children’s Home; Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes: Pack a Sack, providing food for chronically hungry children in the school system; and short mission trips of the Wesley Youth and other members.
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Bridges Preschool had games and other fun activities in the play yard.
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Soul Painting was set up in the courtyard and the overflow area. Renee and Terri helped participants select a finished painting and write a scripture devotional for the Advent Booklet.
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For more pics of the afternoon, click button below!
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HOPE 35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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We had a wonderful night at the Convention! Sue Korsberg, Connie Pruitt, Terri Davis, Norm Coffman, Tracey Shadday, Charlie and Carol Dittmar represented Wesley and were blessed with a great night of fellowship and excitement. It was inspiring to join with 300 other Network Members from 26 diverse congregations in seeking justice for our community. We welcomed new congregations, installed leadership, received updates on our current issues and the ongoing listening process, and planned for building our power for justice at the 2024 Nehemiah Action. We heard moving testimonies from individuals experiencing the very problems we are trying so hard to resolve. We saw video clips of our community leaders demonstrating why we need to keep pressing for relief for some of our most vulnerable and forgotten citizens.
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TRUNK 'R TREAT
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Thank you to everyone who helped make this an incredible event!
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For more photos of the evening click button for Facebook album.
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SOUL PAINTING
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If you would like to be part of the Advent Booklet, there are still some paintings and scripture that can be claimed on the front high top table in the sanctuary overflow. Choose a painting and scripture that speaks to you. Please write your name on the back of the painting. There are also scripture devotional forms and instructions. You can leave yours on the table or submit later no later than Nov. 5. We would like more people in the congregation to contribute. If you wish, scripture devotionals can be submitted on line. Click button below.
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We made cards out of the scraps from our soul painting roll of paper. Please select one or more (also on high top table) and write your focus scripture on the bottom. At the top please write "Love in Jesus Christ" and then sign your name with Wesley Church underneath. Some of the cards will be given to the residents of Habana Health Care Center and our sister church in Cuba. Others will be available for the congregation to give to a random person during Advent season. We will have cards ready to sign all through November.
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Habana Health Care Center
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We are collecting the following items for Habana Health Care Center.
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If you are able to help, please leave on marked shelf in the copy room.
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Immediate need : 1.5 - 3pt reading classes
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Goodie Bags : 2024 Wall/Purse Calendars
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Chapstick / Lip Moisturizers
Life Saver mints/ breath mints
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Pack of markers/paint pens
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(All of the above available at Dollar Stores)
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Homemade Cookies (will keep in freezer until Christmas)
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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE ALREADY DROPPED OFF ITEMS!
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Help us keep the shelves stocked!
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We are now serving three schools!
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| If you are able and want to help, we are always in need of the following: |
- Tuna/Chicken salad snack (Bumble or Dollar Tree Brand)
- Nutrigrain bars
- Small boxes of raisins
- Juice boxes or pouches
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DRIVERS NEEDED: Pack a Sack is in need of more drivers who can deliver food packets on Fridays from 10:30am to noon. If you are able to help please contact Shaun Black at 813-399-0220 or [email protected]
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Thank you again for all the love and support!
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UNITED METHODIST WOMEN OF FAITH
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NURSERY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
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We need four volunteers, each available one Sunday a month during the worship service, to provide back up when the nursery has both infants and toddlers. Contact the church office if you are able to help. [email protected]
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CHURCH DIRECTORY
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If you have not yet had your picture taken for the Church Directory, please come by the multi-purpose room (across from Ernie's office) after the Sunday service this week. If you prefer, you can send in your own photo to use for Directory. Please help us wrap up the directory so we can get it printed! We do not want anyone left out, whether you are a member or a regular attendee.
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Wesley, you are such a faithful church! We thank you for your generous and giving hearts! 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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Or by standard mail by sending cash or check to
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6100 Memorial Hwy, Tampa FL 33615
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Office hours are Monday - Thursday 9am-3pm.
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We are here to help you with any of your needs.
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Church Contact Information:
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This week Pastor Ernie is in Pennsylvania with family celebrating the life of his father who recently went to be with the Lord. Coffee with Ernie will resume next Tues. on Facebook at 7:30am. Click link below for the most recent episode.
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Post your prayers and praise requests here and pray and comment for others!
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Please make visiting the prayer wall a daily practice!
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A Prayer for Israel
Loving Lord, We ask You to deliver us from the Spirit of Apathy and Luke-
warmness that has crept into our lives, almost unseen and unexpected, as we
drift away from closeness to You, only preoccupied with the worldly things that
concern us.
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We come to You today with a heavy heart, confessing that we have been
apathetic and indifferent towards the things of this world that matter most to You.
Your chosen people are under attack and in jeopardy from all fronts. The eyes of
so many here and abroad have been turned against Israel and darkness has
enveloped the world with evil words and deeds.
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We pray that You would remove this Spirit of Apathy from our minds and hearts
and replace it with a sense of urgency to pursue Your will. Help us to see the
world through Your eyes and to be moved by the things that move you.
Give us the resolute determination and courage to take wise action, in deed and
words, and to know when to wait in deep prayer of surrender and trust. May
You, Lord, place Your hand of protection and peace upon all the innocent people
living in the Middle East, who, by no fault of their own, are being hurt and killed
by terrorists in this horrible conflict.
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We are praying the words of Psalm 83:
O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their
heads. They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against
your treasured ones. They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!” …………… Let Your enemies be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace, that they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
Above all, help us to trust in Your goodness and Your faithfulness, answering our
supplication for healing of this broken world.
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In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen
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Please note that we are transitioning to a new You Tube Channel. During this time livestreams will be posted on both channels. This button goes to the new You Tube Channel. Please be sure to subcribe! Also, please note, on both channels you must go to the Live button on the top menu button to see livestream of recent sermons.
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10:00 am SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE
Oct. 22, 2023
"Paul's Third Journey"
Acts 9:16
Pastor Ernie Post
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Please help the church save money on paper and printing by checking in virtually on Sunday Service and receiving a bulletin. The QR code will be posted on the outside and inside of sanctuary entries, in the pews, and at the coffee station. Give it a try and see if it works for you. Paper bulletins will still be available if preferred.
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*Please note: When registering for check in, it is only required to input one contact - cell phone OR email (although both are preferred.) All other requests are optional and can be bypassed by simply pressing the done button.
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