Weekly news & updates 8/14/20
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Sunday Worship ONLINE ONLY - 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. on our Facebook Page
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A Note from Pastor David - The Thing with Feathers
This week I listened to a podcast about hope featuring the brilliant Yale theologian, Miroslav Volf. Not surprisingly he referenced Paul’s words in Romans 5:4-5 and in Romans 8:20-25. But to my surprise, he also quoted Emily Dickinson’s words from more than 150 years ago:
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“Hope is the thing with feathers.
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,”
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Volf reminds us that what makes this singing hope and not expectation is that we do not know the words but we sing the tune anyway. How true this is of our current time, when we do not know exactly where things are going in our turbulent world and we are not exactly sure what God, working with us, may yet make of our situation. Nevertheless, we hope. We continue to hum the tune without the words. Remember that according to Hebrews 11:1, faith involves hope in what we do not see. I had always thought that this meant that we have a specific vision of a preferred future, but though we do not see it yet we have confidence in that vision. Now I wonder if what this really means is that we have confidence even though we do not have a specific vision of how things ought to turn out. If I am right, then our confidence is placed in the character of God and not in our calculations and extrapolations. In my experience my disappointments in life have mostly come from my unmet expectations of God and others. Now I realize that I need to approach God and others with an openness to allow them to shape a future that may not be according to my calculations. Likely, as Paul said in Ephesians 3:20, this future from God will be “far more than we can ask or imagine.”
So I approach God with open hands, releasing the death grip of my own expectations of the future. I hope. And I sing the tune of God’s constant love and faithfulness.
~David
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Community Drive-Through Food Pantry
Saturdays, 9-11 a.m., West side parking lot
Please continue to spread the word about our drive-through food pantry! We are helping many thankful people in our community and hope to help many more.
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WE NOW HAVE 2 DONATION DROP-OFF DAYS! Saturdays - east parking lot at the choir room door from 9-11 a.m. and Wednesdays - east parking lot at the main double doors (wooden crates). Shopping lists are available outside the east double doors. The list is also on our website. Checks and HEB gift cards are always welcome - mail to: Manchaca UMC, PO Box 460, Manchaca, TX 78652. Please write "Food Pantry" on the memo line of your check. |
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New Book Group for Tweens/Teens (Grades 4-8)
Beginning Monday, September 14, 7-8 pm
The book, "The Lifters" by David Eggers is a fictional story about two children who work together behind the scenes to save their town from despair and destruction. The story brings adventure, mystery, and a little magic as they maneuver to discover how important empathy can be in a community.
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We hope your tween or teen will join us on Monday evenings, from 7:00-8:00 pm, via zoom to discuss this book and how it can impact our lives today. We'll have book discussion questions as well as references to the Bible over the course of 7 weeks. Beginning Monday, September 14, grades 4-8. Questions? Contact Leslie Piggott. Sign up HERE!
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- Sunday, Aug. 23 - Slip-N-Slide Kickball
- Fall 2020 Youth Ministry Plans
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Sunday Worship - join us from home on Facebook (church campus closed)
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Sunday, August 16, 2020
11th Sunday after Pentecost
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Micah 6:1-8
“What God Wants”
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8:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship Service
Pastor David McNitzky
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9:30 a.m.
Children's Time
Kim Carroll
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11:00 a.m.
Praise Worship Service
Pastor David McNitzky
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Upper Room, 9:00 a.m.
You're invited to join the Upper Room Class on Sundays for music, a devotional, discussion and prayer.
David's Exodus Sunday School Class, 9:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Or login with - Meeting ID: 513 661 475, Password: 054834
Seeker's Class, 10:00 a.m.
Links to our previous class study materials may be found on our website.
Or login with - Meeting ID: 847 5627 4738, Password: SEEKERS
GriefShare, 1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
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Nourishment at Noon, Monday - Friday, 12:00 p.m.
David's Colossians Class, Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.
Or login with: Meeting ID: 601 349 309, Password: 010816
Men's Group (UMM), Wednesdays, noon
The Men's group would like to welcome all men that would like to join their online Bible study to email Emmett Thomason and he will send out the link to join the zoom meeting. Currently, David Linkletter is leading the group through the book of Acts.
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New Online Classes for Fall - Coming Soon!
Please click on the class names below for more information and to register!
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Tues 9:30 am or 7 pm
8-week Online Study
Begins September 1
led by Pastor David
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Thurs 10-11:30 am
12-week Study
Begins September 3
led by Julia Walker
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Women’s Bible Study
Wed 10-11:30 am
Begins September 9
led by Kim Carroll
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6-week Adam Hamilton Study
Sun 2-3:30 pm
Begins September 13
led by Kim Carroll
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Women’s Bible Study
Sun 4-6 pm
Begins September 13
led by Ellen Carpenter
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August Altar Rail Offering
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Thank you for your gifts!
Thank you all for your continued offerings! Reminder - our mailing address is: Manchaca UMC, PO Box 460, Manchaca, TX 78652.
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