Today our church prayed over Amber Myer, who will be spending her junior year as an exchange student in Italy. Amber will leave the US on the 4th of September. We pray for Amber, for her family here at home and for her host family in Italy, and that she may be blessed on this new journey.
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Lifted from the facebook group, of the same name.
You might be a United Methodist if…
1. “Coffee hour” literally takes an hour…and lots of times more.
2. No one has to say that there will be food at a church function—it’s just a given.
3. No one has to discuss who’s bringing what dish to that function—it’s been figured out for years.
4. People are thrown into a panic if the coffee and donuts aren’t out by the time church lets out.
5. You, your brother(s), your sister(s), your significant other, your parents, and your children (if you’re a parent) are all on different committees in the church and none of you remember how you got there.
6. Joys and Concerns are a focal point of the service.
7. The Charge Conference is brought up during Joys and Concerns and no one is confused (except maybe the two-year-olds, but they’ll soon know).
8. You think God’s presence is strongest in the back 3 pews (borrowed from http://onlyimagine.blogspot.com/2005/03/you-might-be-methodist-if.html cuz I liked it so much).
9. The word “fellowship” immediately has you running into your kitchen to make your famous potluck dish.
10. You accept the fact that the hymn, “O For a thousand tongues to sing” has almost as many stanzas as tongues.
11. You forgive trespasses, not debts.
12. You think you have to have a potluck dish to get into heaven. (This is from http://www.jimlane.org/redneck.htm.)
13. You have never sung the third verse from any hymn. (this is so not true in Milford!)
14. You think someone who says “amen” while the pastor is preaching might be a charismatic. (same as #12)
15. There’s at least one person in every church meeting who say, “But we’ve never done it that way before”. (hmmm how about, “in my old church, we did…”
16. You hold friendly competitions to see which table goes first at the church meal.
17. You walk into church on Sunday morning and someone is sitting in your pew and you feel uncomfortable sitting somewhere else.
18. Instead of indigestion, your heart is strangely warmed.
19. You need a committee to start a committee.
20. When the pastor hits the 61 minute mark the congregation begins to look at their watches and cough.
21. if “street cred” is measured by what percentage of their apportionments your church pays each year.
22. If you’re watching Star Wars and someone says “May the force be with you” and you automatically respond “and also with you”.
23. You know what the Cross and Flame means
24. You have more than three items in your possession with the Cross and Flame on them
25. You dress to coordinate with the liturgical colors
26. You think John Wesley was a snappy dresser
27. You are dismayed that NRSV Bibles are hard to find in run-of-the-mill Christian bookstores
28. You read excerpts from the Book of Discipline before going to sleep
29. Someone raises their hand in praise during church and the pastor asks if they have a question
30. You know where the word “Cokesbury” came from
31. Your favorite online shopping spot is Cokesbury.com
32. You understand more of what happens “behind the scenes” than you do in the service
33. You look at anyone who doesn’t know exactly when to sit down or stand up with suspicion.
34. Your pastor actually HAS a sense of humor.
35. You wonder if your pastor has ever written more than one Christmas Eve sermon
36. You know what to reply to: “This is the word of God for the people of God…” (Thanks be to God)
37. You have more Tshirts with work camp logos than sports teams.
38. you know why, after communion, all the small kids run to the kitchen (and some adults too).
39. You sit while singing “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus”.
40. you’d rather be branded with a hot iron than serve on the Nominating Committee. (or PPR, Trustees, Finance, etc)
41. You’ve ever sipped Welch’s grape juice out of a plastic shot glass during Communion.
42. You realize that sprinkling, pouring and immersing are not ways of seasoning food.
43. You’re asked to donate money to a “special offering” every other Sunday.
44. Youpour over the Conference Journal with the same intensity you would read a John Grisham novel.
45.You have to fight through a cadre of “designated greeters” to get into the sanctuary.
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Doug received this message today from Rev. Maloba.
Dear Brothers and sisters
I am so sorry for not writing to you since I came back from the US.
I was out of Lubumbashi in the villages where there is no internet café and electricity.
Despite this, I can not forget your love and hospitality shown to us while in the US.
May your church and family receive warm greetings in Jesus Christ.
Blessings
Rev.Maloba
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