From the Pastor
Dear friends,
Welcome to worship at First United Methodist Church of Naples! I pray that you and your loved ones have been safe and healthy this past week and I look forward to being together with you in worship this morning, even if it is virtually.
Our Scriptures, today, will be read by Vanessa Fletcher, and our beautiful prelude and postlude will be by Arthea Brimmer. Christine Grimshaw, longtime member and talented soloist, will sing “Sweet, Sweet Spirit” accompanied by Arthea Brimmer. Crystal Gibbs will serve as our acolyte and John Mayeux will handle all audio visuals and recording. I pray that my sermon on friendship will help you better appreciate your earthly friends and your friendship with Jesus.
I wanted to thank you all for your kind notes of condolence by email, text and phone today, after the passing of my father, John Rains. He is in a great place, and I know loved ones were joyfully waiting for him, but I am still really going to miss him.
Today, I learned of another special person who crossed over to her heavenly home. Many of you have prayed for Heather Pratt Mohler over the last 7 years as she battled cancer. Yesterday, Heather’s battle ended, and she is now at peace with no suffering. She is Bea Mohler’s daughter-in-law and leaves behind two young children. Please pray for the entire family.
See you soon in worship! As always, you can tune-in to this service any time that is convenient for you or you can join the majority of us who will be watching together, remotely, on Sunday morning at 10:15am.
Love and blessings,
Pastor Nancy
