FMC Newsletter March 4, 2024

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March 4, 2024

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Sunday at 10 am

Children's Church during the Sermon

THE METHODIST MESSENGER

Making disciples of Jesus Christ who worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly.

Here we are just a few weeks away from Easter. Our Ash Wednesday service introduced us to the season of Lent and our Wednesday lunch series is going well. Plans are underway for the Passover Seder. Seating for this is limited so don’t wait to make your reservations. Call the church office to reserve your ticket.

And now for something completely new since covid, EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE! We have been invited to have a sunrise service at the home of Steve and Mary Lynn Tinkle. Just 3 miles out of town on lower Arcadia Road. Their property offers easy access and a beautiful, pastoral vista to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. The service will be at 7 am. We will also offer a 10 am service on Easter morning as well.

As a member church of the Global Methodist Church, our calling at First Methodist is to worship passionately, love extravagantly and to witness boldly. All this begins and ends with Loving First. First, we love our Lord and Savior, next we love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Not to make too much of a point on this, but our church finances could use some extra loving from our members. We are blessed to have funds that have been donated and invested as endowment gifts to the church. We use these funds from time to time as needed. Please help us to not use these funds by faithfully and regularly supporting First Methodist through your giving. We do so much in the name of the Lord, lets all make sure our giving shows our support for the ministry of Jesus in and through First Methodist. I truly believe that we are blessed to be a blessing. See ya Sunday!

Blessings, Pastor Malcolm

SEDER MEAL

Thursday, March 28th

6 pm

Tickets on Sale Now

and Open to the Public

(only 60 tickets will be available)

Reserve Your Tickets by March 21st

$10 per person

Underwritten by Missions & Outreach

Candy Donations Now Being Accepted

If you would like to donate candy for our Children's Egg Hunt,

please drop off your donation

at the Church Office by March 19th

*We do not need any plastic eggs.

Thank you for your generous donation.

Click Here to Reserve Your Time

March Food Challenge

This month Shelby County Outreach has asked our help in collecting

Pasta (no sauce)

& Vienna Sausage

Consecration of Food

Sunday, March 31st @ 10 am

Jay Teske

Steve & Mary Lynn Tinkle

Billy & Tresa Pearce

McNeil Moore

Steve & Mary Lynn Tinkle

Yvonne Permenter

Steve & Mary Lynn Tinkle

Suzanne Ihlo

Steve & Mary Lynn Tinkle

Spend meaningful time with

Jesus this Lenten Season.

Join Us Wednesdays at 12 noon

for our

Brown Bag Luncheon Series

Bring your lunch

12 - 12:45 pm

Thank you for the beautiful flowers in honor of our new addition. We especially want to thank you for your prayers and support. This church and the congregation have been such a blessing to us since we joined, and we are lucky to have found you all. What a great place to raise a family.

Love, Jenny, John, Nora Jo, & Jack

Our Daily Bread

March/April/May Edition

Now Available

at the Church Office or in the Sanctuary

"And now abideth faith, hope, and love, these three, but the greatest of these is love."

1 Corinthians 13:13

Our Bible school teacher had us memorize the whole 13th Chapter of Corinthians when I was just

ten years old. I have believed in it and tried to live by it ever since. It tells us that, no matter how talented we are, no matter what our accomplishments might be, or how successful we might become in the eyes of the world, if we don't have love in our hearts, we are nothing. Doing good works because it is expected of you, or because someone will admire you for it does not measure up. You must seek to have a compassionate heart - a heart of love. Dear Lord, help us to do away with hatred and evil in our world. Help us to love one another as you have first loved us. Thank you for all the wonderful people we have had the opportunity to love. Please always be with us, and help us to share Your love with as many people we can during our lives here on earth. Amen.

This week's Ponder was written by Joyce Hurt, taken from the 2008 Lenten Devotions

You may send your prayer requests and praises to Terri Lacher at

[email protected] or (936) 598-3484 or (936) 488-8701.

Most Recent & Acute Needs

Lacey Rachal, Bre'Asha Brown, Tim Patterson, Evelyn Sherman, Beau Adams, Steve Tinkle Jr.,

Martha Scocozzo, Dave Popham, Trudie Willis, Jonathan Charlton, Mercedes Locke, Karl Dean,

Carl Baggett, Shirley Morgan Spurlock, Chris & Rhonda Dover, Rex Tucker, Byron Parnell, Pam Mahan,

Charlie Chandler, Linda McArver, Garrison McIver, Tommy Dean, Presley Turner, Brent Barr, Vince Lusco,

June Jensen, Dina Scarber, Autumn Guzman, Sterling Crelia, Parker Payne, Judy Matthews, Rose Schoefer,

Susan Hughes, James Crelia, Bridget Pawlak, Jeremy Hammers, Angie Burton, Cameron Armes, Lisa Thomas, Ann Krueger, Megan Holt, Pam Alward, Camille Bobbitt, Jonathan McDonald, Bill Ferren, Michelle Yates,

Angie Gillis, Brooklyn Oliver, Austin Patterson, Joe Tom Schillings, Vicki Lee, Felisha Ragsdale, Callie Ragsdale, Nicole Faulkner, Ginny Blount, Benita Collard, Glenn Lavender, Carlos & Karen Gray, Michelle Deaton,

Jim D'Agati, Augie Hatfield

Long Term Need for Healing

Zac Day, Evelyn Green, Connie Mettauer, Rev. Robert Ortigo, Mandy Estes, Jennifer Paddie, Silver Motley,

Kathy Watlington, Winnie Preston, David & Maelinda Swanzy, Kenneth Hardy, Sheriff Kevin Windham,

Adam Merritt, Ann Harmon, Kennedi Rhose Towns, Bill Holt, Yondi Watson

At Home & Nursing Home

Margaret Henry, Joy Miller, Charlene Monroe, JW Braden, Rita Danner, Jane Morrison, John Griffin,

Margaret Ihlo, Mike Krembs, Hilda Hahn, Cindy A. Griffin, Pat Hall, Steve Tinkle Sr.

Serving Our Country & Communities

Armed Services, Law Enforcement & First Responders

Our prayer requests are continually changing.

Please help us maintain our prayer list by notifying the church office of any additions or deletions.