15th August 2022

A prayer from Desmond Tutus: African prayer book:

I Abandon Myself to You

My God I abandoned myself to you. Do with me as you will whatever you may do with me, I thank you.

I am prepared for anything, I accept everything. Provided your will is fulfilled in me and in all creatures I asked for nothing more, my God.

I placed my soul in your hands. I give it to you, my God, with all the love of my heart because I love you.

And for me it is necessity of love, the gift of myself, this placing of myself in your hands without reserve in boundless confidence because you are my God.

Charles De Foucauld: who was French by birth found his vocation as a Christian in the deserts of North Africa. He sought to incarnate the gospel by living among the Bedouin without seeking to convert them by preaching. His spirituality gave birth to the fraternities of little sisters and brothers of Jesus.

In Christ

Rev. Janice

Rev. Janice Bowker

Senior Pastor | God's Acre MCC

Sunday's Service

14th August 2022

You can also view the Closed Captions [CC] by clicking that options when viewing.

If you have a SMART TV, you can also view our services directly on your TV via our:

God's Acre MCC YouTube Channel

August Sabbatical

Just to reminder you that Rev. Janice is taking a well earned sabbatical, during August.

Letty Cortez (Vice Moderator) & Maureen Perry (Board Treasurer) will be your first points of contact, in an emergency, during August.

All services have been pre-recorded & are available online each week, via our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel, so you won't miss out on regular worship.

PLEASE continue to tithe during August, whilst Rev. Janice is on sabbatical; we have made it very easy for you to either mail a check, or use our online PayPal button.

If you are a regular giver & have some extra capacity, to give to your church this week, we ask you to dig deep & help us keep our doors open.

God requests the first fruits of our labors & will always bless the giver. God has promised to supply ALL of our needs, if we just follow God's commandments.

You can donate online, by clicking on the button below

Or, you can also mail in a check, payable to God's Acre MCC, to our PO Box mailing address.

God's Acre MCC

PO Box 770240

Ocala

Fl 34477-0240

Please give as you are able.

THANK YOU for supporting your church

We are now worshipping

in-person & online; we do still ask that you wear a mask, when inside the church building.

August 2022

All August Services are Online Only, as Pastor is on Sabbatical

21st - 28th: Online Only

Available on our YouTube Channel

September 2022

4th - In-Person & Online Worship

4th - Special Congregational  

     Meeting, after service

11th - In-Person & Online Worship

18th - In-Person & Online Worship

25th - In-Person & Online Worship

All services are at 11am, unless otherwise stated and are available via YouTube, Facebook & our Website

*Prayers for Rev. Janice as she takes her sabbatical

*Continued healing prayers for Sandy M, Joy, Ruthie, Trevin, Deb - after more surgery, Tammy - after her shoulder surgery, Val & her parents Delores & Herb, Jon McB, Frank, Liz, Caroline & her family, Anthony, Mary-Jane & Pat, Bert & Sylvia, David S, Fred, Martin

*Prayers for God's Acre & its members

*We continue to pray for peace, for all in the Ukraine; we pray for invasions to stop & for peace to be restored

*For the prayers that we don't know, but only God knows

Song After Sermon

Colors of Day, Dawn into the Mind

August Birthdays

4th - Charlotte K

12th - Alan R

15th - Lou B

September Birthdays

6th - Stacy S

8th - Rebecca M

17th - Donald McB

September Anniversaries

20th - Rev. Janice Ordination



If you have a birthday or anniversary, and it is not listed, please let us know, so that we can add you to the list

If anyone is interested in attending, or volunteering for PFLAG, which provides peer support, education & advocacy in the LGBTQIA+ community, the Ocala chapter is now up & running.

You can find out more information, including about volunteering, from their Facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/PFLAGocala/

BUILDING WORK NEXT TO CHURCH

No further updates this week. If you have any questions, please let Rev. Janice know.