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This message was delivered to Bethel UMC – Seymour, Seymour TN, on June 14, 2020. CALL TO WORSHIP & INVOCATION On this new morning and in every moment of our lives, gracious God, from generation to generation, we praise your holy name. Like our ancestors …
This service was prepared for Bethel UMC – Seymour, Seymour TN, and premiered on YouTube at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, June 7, 2020. CALL TO WORSHIP & INVOCATION L: God asks us, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” P: Here am I; …
Prayer to the Holy Spirit Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in us the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and we shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, Who by …
This message was delivered to Bethel UMC – Seymour, Seymour TN, on August 11, 2020. In a devotional written for Holston Conference, Paige Wimberly of Newburn and Mountain View UMCs in Dublin, VA, wrote: “In Psalm 50, God’s people are on trial. God is the …
The following message was delivered to Bethel UMC – Seymour on August 4, 2019 (8th Sunday after Pentecost). Lectionary readings were: Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43 (UMH 830); Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21. Reading of the Word: Luke 12:13-21 (NIV) Lord, open our hearts and minds …
The following message was delivered to Bethel UMC – Seymour on July 28, 2019 (7th Sunday after Pentecost). Lectionary readings were: Hosea 1:2-10, Psalm 85 (UMH 806), Colossians 2:6-15 (16-19), Luke 11:1-13 Reading of the word: Luke 11:1-13 (NIV) 11:1 He was praying in a …
This message was delivered to Bethel UMC – Seymour on Sunday, July 21, 2019, 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Lectionary readings were Amos 8:1-12, Psalm 52, Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42. Reading of the word (Luke 10:38-42) Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of …
The following message was delivered to Bethel UMC – Seymour on July 14, 2019 (5th Sunday after Pentecost). Lectionary readings were: Amos 7:7-17, Psalm 82, Colossians 1:1-14, Luke 10:25-37 Reading of the word (Luke 10:25-37): Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of …
The following message was delivered to Bethel UMC – Seymour on July 7, 2019 (4th Sunday after Pentecost). Lectionary readings were: 2 Kings 5:1-14, Psalm 30, Isaiah 66:10-14, Psalm 66:1-9, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20, Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16 Lord, speak through me and, if necessary, in spite …
This message was delivered to Mountain View UMC (South Knoxville) on Sunday, June 23, 2019. Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may …
Show your pride in your ancestors and clan with this 100% cotton screen-printed t-shirt and our new Clan Home license plate! The shirts are matched to the “Borderer Blue” in the ancient tartan, and to the blue or red in the modern tartan and should …
Service for Vonore UMC, Sunday, October 21, 2018 Prelude Bringing in the Light of Christ Greetings & Announcements Introit Great is the Lord, TFWS 2022 Call to Worship Responsive Reading One: Praise God in the sanctuary! All: Bless the Lord, O my soul. One: Look …
We recently received a suggestion through our Facebook page that we change our category from “farm” to “urban farm.” While I respect and appreciate the suggestion, I would like to explain why we are going to reject it. First of all, we are not located …
Going through the process of certifying as a Candidate and then Local Pastor Licensing School took me out of my regular routine at my home church. Where I had once been fairly regular in attending worship services and active on various committees and teams, I …
Yesterday, I was sitting at home, nursing the tail end of a bout with the flu when I got an e-mail from Alana Levandoski via Patreon about a new song she’d released in honor of the day. It was the first thing I’d seen/heard/read that …
The sixth and final lesson in this series is to take what we’ve learned over the past five weeks, to put our faith, hope, and full trust into God, to give Him control, and to heed His call to “Rise Up”. Rise up, church. Rise …
The season of Lent begins in just two days. To quote the United Methodist Church: Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. Lent comes from the Anglo Saxon word lencten, which means …
Introduction God is speaking. He’s called us to rise up and we are rising. He’s called us to listen and we are beginning to hear. He’s called us to move and we are standing up to injustice and hate. He’s spoken answers to our prayers and …
You may have noticed the logo for Spirit Dog Farm has a new look that we feel is a better reflection of who we are and of our priorities. There’s a reason for that. Sometimes you have to take a few steps back, reassess your options, …
Introduction We know how to go to God with our prayers about our frustrations, our needs … O, Lord, hear my prayer. O, Lord, hear my prayer. When I call, answer me … we sang along to that just last week. We call on God …
One week ago after reading/participating in some intra-denominational discussions by clergy about whether worldly politics should be addressed from the pulpit, I was pretty sure I was seeing a pattern developing based on the comments. Rather than try to point it out in that forum …
Introduction God spoke to Jonah and told him to go to Nineveh and tell them that they had gone against God. Nineveh! The home of the enemies of his people! He couldn’t possibly do what God was asking. Why would God care about the very …
Introduction “Listen!”, second in the series from UMC Discipleship Ministries’ “Rise Up!”, takes us through listening even when God seems silent and the Word of the Lord is rare. The liturgy (worship service) starts out in quiet, somber tones, asking us to think about the roles …
Welcome to the first in my series of mini-messages based on UMC Discipleship Ministries’ Rise Up! worship series for the Season After Epiphany. I’m going to be adding in the hymns and some of the other parts of the liturgy for each Sunday in the …
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