22nd August 2022

A prayer from Desmond Tutu's African prayer book:

One Family

We offer all thanks to thee for sending your only son to die for us all. In a world divided by color bars, how sweet a thing it is to know that in you we all belong to one family.

There are times when we, underprivileged people, weep tears that are not loud but deep, when we think of the suffering we experience. We come to thee, our hope and refuge.

Help us, oh God, to refuse to be embittered against those who handle us with harshness. We are grateful to thee for the gifts of laughter at all times.

Save us from hatred of those who oppress us. May we follow the spirit of thy son Jesus Christ. Bantu

In Christ

Rev. Janice

Rev. Janice Bowker

Senior Pastor | God's Acre MCC

Sunday's Service

21st 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

Song After Sermon

Spirit Song

Marantha Singers

Tithes To Your Church

For the continued life of our church, it is so important that you continue to send in your tithe during.

We have made it very easy 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, 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

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 on her sabbatical

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

*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

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.

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 the board know.