FMC Newsletter March 11, 2024

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March 11, 2024

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THE METHODIST MESSENGER

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

"Value Added,” means that once a base line value is assigned to an item, any and all improvements add value or worth. So, if you start off with a basic model of anything and change it for the better it is worth more. The more positive the change, i.e., the more “value added” and the more an item is worth.

People are not items. We are created in the image of God, in the Latin, “imago dei.” This makes us incredibly special in the sight of God. Sin has damaged us and the world around us. Even though we are scarred and less than perfect, our value in relationship to God is not changed at all. We are still created in His image, but now we need restoration, or to be revived. Maturing in our faith is part of the restoration process. Jesus was invested into us that we might believe in him and be fully restored. Our ultimate value never changes but as we are changed bit by bit, as part of the living body of Christ, we add value to the world around us. This is our witness for Christ.

We are called to live boldly for Christ. What we say and do adds value, importance and meaning to all our relationships whether they are personal, educational, or business related. We add value to the world simply by living for Jesus. We have not been asked to do the impossible, rather we have been transformed that the impossible might done through us. We are part of something much bigger than just ourselves. We are part of the Body of Christ. The Church, our church, is of eternal value and significance in the Kingdom of God. What we say and do reflects God’s love in us and through us. This changes the lives of those around us and thusly the world. We are not the same. We are redeemed, restored and ready to serve our Lord. May our community, the world and all eternally be changed for the better because we boldly lived out our faith today! I’m so glad to be a part of the body of Christ, to be a part of the Church called, First Methodist Church of Center, Texas! See ya Sunday Saints!

Blessings,

Pastor Malcolm

MEN'S BREAKFAST - THIS SUNDAY

March 17th - 9am

Enjoy a delicious breakfast & support our Methodist Men and the Methodist Children's Home

Click Here to Reserve Your Time

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

PALM SUNDAY - March 24th CHILDREN'S PARADE of PALMS

Children & parents are asked to gather in the chapel

(at the back of the church) at 9:50 am

Questions: Contact the Church Office

Candy Donations Now Being Accepted

at the Church Office through March 19th

*Plastic Eggs are not needed.

Thank you for your generous donation.

Egg Hunt & Church Picnic

Palm Sunday, March 24th

following worship

Lunch will be provided.

Bring a Dessert to Share.

Volunteers Needed. If you would like to help, please call the church office

Jay Teske

Mr. & Mrs. Neilson Davis

Billie Sue Payne

Our sincerest thanks for the beautiful olive wood cross. It stayed with us the entire hospital stay. Your prayers were a great source of strength and hope. The surgeon was able to remove all of the cancer and we have a surgical cure. Praise the Lord!

Thank you, Bill and Gina Ferren

"Therefore I tell you do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air, they do not reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Matthew 6:25-27

When I am assailed by my worries, clutching them to my heart like old but troubled friends, allowing them to become uppermost in my heart, obliterating joy and peace of mind, I turn in my Bible to read the above words of Jesus for the comfort and relief that they provide, for the reminder that my worries are exercises in futility, accomplishing exactly nothing other than causing me to concentrate on the negatives in my life, making my thoughts selfish, and my days grim and hopeless. Furthermore, reading these words reminds me that my worrying is a lack of faith that causes me to lose sight of my value in the eyes of God and His love for me. Dear God, thank You for the reassurance of Your love and willingness to bear our burdens that is given through the words of Jesus. Grant me peace of mind, guide me through the troubled times when my worries threaten to overwhelm the good in my life and the love You have for us all. Amen.

This week's Ponder is provided by Portia Gaines and Connie Mettauer 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.

March Food Challenge

Pasta & Vienna Sausage

Consecration of Food

Sunday, March 31st @ 10 am

Most Recent & Acute Needs

Lacey Rachal, Tim Patterson, Evelyn Sherman, Beau Adams, Steve Tinkle Jr., Martha Scocozzo,

Dave Popham, 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,

Bridget Pawlak, Jeremy Hammers, Angie Burton, Cameron Armes, Lisa Thomas, Ann Krueger,

Megan Holt, Pam Alward, Camille Bobbitt, Jonathan McDonald, 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, Michelle Deaton, Augie Hatfield,

Kayla Vaughn, Susan Edgekin, Roger Blackman, Jeff Everitt

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.

Weekly Attendance

March 10, 2024

Church - 73 /Online - 40

Total - 113

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2024 Giving Summary

Needed YTD

$72,045.80

Received YTD

$42,021.80

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