On Saturday, October 14th, a Bicentennial Celebration Dinner will be held from 5 pm to 9 pm in a special room at Northlandz on Route 202. If you wish to attend, please RSVP by October 2nd by calling the church office or emailing Gretchen at flemingtonumc@yahoo.com. The meal will cost $20 per person, and we …
Rejoice Always! Rejoice Always? Really?
“Rejoice always.” 1st Thessalonians 5:16 Today’s devotional has been prepared by Rev. Mark D. Roberts and can be found at https://depree.org/rejoice-always-rejoice-always-really/ If you were to ask the average Christian, “What’s the shortest verse in the Bible?” it’s likely that you get this answer: “Jesus wept.” That’s the King James Version’s translation of John 11:35. That sentence has …
A Special Baptism this Sunday
“People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone …
The Greatest Teacher of All
The Messenger September 27 2022 “Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. . .” 1st Thessalonians 4:9 (NRSV) This week’s devotional has been prepared by Rev. Mark Roberts and can be found …
Yes, You Can Please God!
P Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (NRSV) Today’s devotional has been prepared by Rev. Mark Roberts and …
Finding Help to Wait on God
“Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.” Isaiah 26:7 Today’s devotional has been prepared by Rev. Mark Roberts and can be found at https://depree.org/finding-help-to-wait-on-god/ Do you know what it’s like to wait for God? I expect you to if you’ve …
God Has Gathered You
“In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, Israel, will be gathered up one by one.” Isaiah 27:12 (NIV) This week’s devotional can be found at https://depree.org/god-has-gathered-you/, and has been prepared by the Rev. Mark Roberts. Isaiah 27 foresees the exile of Israel and, beyond that, …
Unexpected and Ironic Gifts for God
“At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD Almighty from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers — the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD Almighty.” …
God is There for You
“In that day people will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles and the incense altars their fingers have made.” Isaiah 17:7-8 Today’s devotional has been …
The Priorities of Jesus
“On a Sabbath, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put …