In this issue:
Prayer Walk today at 6:30 pm
Sept. 5 - Communion Sunday
Sept. 12 - New Sermon Series begins
Sept. 8 Kidmin, Youth Bible Studies, Confirmation Class
Youth and Children's Calendars
Sept. 8 thru Oct. 27 - Heartisans is offering Grief Share
Oct. 9 Alzheimer's Walk
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Sunday Worship Service at 9:30 am |
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September 5
Sermon title: "The End of the Beginning"
Worship with Celebration of the Lord's
Supper
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New Sermon Series Begins September 12
"It's Complicated: Faithfulness in a Fallen World"
When it comes to living in faithfulness to God, turns out we are all giraffes on roller skates. Even the best of us: Abraham, Moses, Mary, John the Baptist. All are complex people living in a complex world who find themselves one day gliding and the next stumbling. They sincerely followed God, that’s what made them the faithful, effective leaders they were. Yet at times they are overtaken by fear, anger, lust, or mistrust and they sin. And sin always has consequences. Faithfulness: it’s complicated.
Nowhere is this more clearly seen then in the narratives in 1 Samuel. The nation requires a humble leader who will follow the LORD faithfully and get Israel out of the cycles of self-sabotage in which she is caught. Will one be found? Will a humble, confident king emerge from the rubble and rescue God’s people so they can fulfill their calling to bless all the nations of the world? Is there a humble, confident king that we can follow to empower us to fulfill our calling in the world? Someone who can help giraffes roller skate? Let’s find out.
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Please Pray for: J.D. Fuhrman, Robert Metzler, Marge Smith, Becky Birdsong, Kathy Diamond, Raymond & Jeanneen Jewell, William McCluskey, Jan Kelly, Barbara Steinbach, Aaron Leath
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At Home - Jean Pollock , Louise Brelsford,
Celeste Boyd, Opal Glaze
Arabella: Joann Peterson
Buckner- Martha Ellis,
Dorothy Chandler, Elaine Beckett,
Jim Yancey
Summer Meadows - Marge Smith,
Joanne Stephens
Lindale- Dotty Rawlins
Carthage - Naomi McPeek
Henderson- Bob Bement
Oklahoma - Jean Knight
Wisconsin - Ellie Bessey
Mansfield - John Williamson
Gilmer - Joe Poole
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9/2: Jerry Richardson
9/3: Ella Elia
9/5: William McCluskey, Thomas Salmon
9/6: Delia Fourie
9/7: Joshua Taylor
9/9: Elizabeth Hale, Lauren Hunt
9/10: Devin Tucker, Kristin Yost
9/12: Ginia Northcutt, Dorothy Rawlins
9/13: Sophie Bunn
9/15: Briana Munoz, Natalie White
9/17: Madelyn Creel, Lois Knouse
9/18: Lauren Gipner, Karen Yost
9/19: Kurt Langseth, Jacqueline Mitchell
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Heartisans is offering Grief Share this fall for grief support for our community. This class will be offered Wednesday afternoons Sept 8-Oct 27 from 12:00-1:30 in the Heartisans conference room. The class is part video, part discussion, part workbook and will be facilitated by Rev. David Reeder with Heart to Heart Hospice and Julie Lynn Ashley, MS Thanatology and Volunteer Coordinator at Heartisans. The final class on Oct. 27 is called "Surviving the Holidays," specialized for those going into Thanksgiving or Christmas without a loved one. To register for either the whole series or just the "Surviving the Holidays" class : e-mail julielynn@heartisans.org
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Community-Wide Hospital Prayer Walk |
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Community-Wide Hospital Prayer Walk - Thursday, September 2nd at 6:30PM. Join others as we surrounding Longview Regional Hospital in prayer. The current crisis has been extremely difficult for the hospital community for those fighting sickness and providing care. Prayer walk participants will seek the Lord on behalf of caregivers, patients, first-responders, and administrators. To join in this prayer walk please park in the Longview First Assembly parking lot across from Longview Regional Hospital. The prayer walk will start and end at this location. Please do not park at the hospital. Longview Police will be assisting with safety and traffic control. For your information, another prayer walk is being planned for Christus Good Shepherd Hospital on September 9th.
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Opportunity to Help our Friends |
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We are bringing this opportunity in support of any in our Faith Family faced with Alzheimer's or dementia. Please let us know if you have set up a team for a loved one and we will share that link here too. |
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Walk to End Alzheimer's
Sat. Oct. 9
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Calendar and Upcoming Events: |
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Thursday, September 2
5:30 p.m. Praise Team
Sunday, September 5
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
with Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Monday, September 6
Labor Day, Office Closed
Wednesday, September 8
5:45 p.m. Confirmation Class Begins
6:00 p.m. KidMin!
6:30 p.m. Choir
Youth Bible Studies
Thursday, September 9
5:30 Praise Team
Sunday, September 12
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
10:45 a.m. Sunday School
Tuesday, September 14
5:30 p.m. Finance Meeting
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Wednesday, September 15
12:00 p.m. Prayer Team
5:45 p.m. Confirmation Class
6:00 p.m. KidMin!
6:30 p.m. Choir
Youth Bible Studies
Thursday, September 16
5:00 p.m. Session Meeting
5:30 p.m. Praise Team
Saturday, September 18
6:30 a.m. Newgate
9:00 a.m. Life Together Women's Gathering
Sunday, September 26
Congregational Meeting
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"Coming together to know Christ and make him known"
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The next semi-monthly church newsletter will be published on September 16.
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PLEASE NOTE: SHREDDING BOXES AVAILABLE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE FROM SHRED-IT LOCATED IN TRINITY HALL FOYER AND IN THE CHURCH OFFICE |
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