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First UMCL eRevelations Weekly October 12, 2018

424 Main Street office@fumcl.org

Laurel, MD 20707 www.fumcl.org

301-725-3093

Bring Build Send

8:30 am First Worship Service

9:45 am Sunday School for the Whole Family 11:00 am Second Worship Service

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First United Methodist Church Purpose: As believers in Christ as the Son of God, and the Bible as the inspired word of God, we:

Glorify God through worship,

Build strong relationships in the church family,

Grow in the knowledge of the truth as revealed through Jesus Christ,

Serve people as a reflection of the love of Jesus Christ, and

Spread the Good News of the Gospel so that others may come to salvation through grace.

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Sermon Corner

This Week’s Message: Worldly vs. Spiritual

Satan is busy trying to blind us to a spiritual

worldview and striving to get us to accept the

worldview that is opposed to God’s will. Let’s

examine our worldview vs. the worlds view.

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-13

Next Week’s Message: Brokeness-Kim Carr, District Lay Leader

Who is your healer?We will talk about the brokeness in our

lives, whether physical, emotionally, spirityally. How do we handle

it? How do we recover from it? How do we fix it? I will be

emphasizing that the value of our brokeness can be a blessing.

That Jesus is our ultimate healer and how through that healing we

can draw closer to God.

Scripture: Isaiah 41:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Rev. Ray writes a devotional thought Monday through

-Friday each week. You can sign

up to receive his posts by e-mail

by going to his blog page at

www.raymcdonald.wordpress.com

Follow Rev. Ray:

Twitter twitter.com/RayMcDonald (@RayMcDonald)

Facebook facebook.com/ramonmcdonald

Blog Page raymcdonald.wordpress.com

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Saturday

9AM Players

Practice

Sunday

8:30AM 1st

Worship

Service

9:30AM

Fellowship &

Refreshment

Time

9:45PM

Sunday

School for All

Ages & Youth

Group

10AM Lay

Leadership

Meeting

11AM 2nd

Worship

Service

Monday

No Events

Scheduled

Tuesday

eRev. &

Bulletin

Deadline

10:30AM Co-

Ed Study .

7PM Co-Ed

Study

Wendesday

7PM N/A

7:30PM

Choir

Rehearsal

Thursday

7PM Finance

Meeting

Friday

7PM Movie

Night

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Burke or Carol Fisher- Creek if you

Together we are stronger. There is so much we can accomplish when we come together in Christ’s name. So, consider ways in which you would like to get connected with your church family and with our community. Watch this section for ways to get connected! Hope everyone enjoyed our Worship Together last Sunday!

Can you?

Decorate your ‘trunk’ and join us on the church parking lot as we greet our community and hand out treats at Laurel’s Halloween Parade? Supply bags of candy to hand out? Thursday, October 25 6-8pm.

Join the planning team to honor Mr. Miles (from Miles Meat Market) for his decades of support to our church and our community? Contribute toward our gift to Mr. Miles (a weekend away – well-deserved after 38 years on Main Street!)

Invite a friend, family member, co-worker to join you as we live-stream Joyce Meyer October 25-27?

Mark your calendar for the Ham Luncheon Saturday, November 3rd !

Bring canned soup (chunky, progresso), canned meats, canned vegetables (no green beans), canned fruits, canned beans for the Day Resource Center? You can put them in the bin near the fountain.

Nobody can do everything,

but everyone can do something!

Interested? For more information on these and other possible ways to get connected at First Church, please see Debbi Schneider or email ( com@fumcl.org or deborahjschneider@yahoo.com).

Together, through Christ,

we can accomplish amazing things!

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FUMCL Youth will be participating in ROCK this year! Please let Russ Wilson know if you

are able to attend ASAP! The dates are February 8-10th in Ocean City MD.

Upcoming Events and Opportunities to Serve-

October 20th- Youth will be serving breakfast to the Kairos Prison Ministry Team. Please be at church by 6:30 am to begin cooking, parents welcome to help also.

October 25th- Trunk or Treat 6-8pm- The youth will decorate vehicles and hand out candy.

December 9th- Youth will prepare dinner for the men’s homeless shelter. Be at church by

5:30pm, parents are invited to help.

February 8-10th ROCK Youth Retreat Ocean City MD

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Save the Date!

You are invited to attend the celebration of Mr. Miles and staff of the Laurel Meat Market on Sunday, October 21st from 2-4 pm. As you may already know they have sadly

closed their doors. Join us in celebrating their years of

service on Main Street!

Saturday, December 1, 2018

9 am – 2 pm

Vendor Applications can be found in the Narthex on the information

table!

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Moving on Ministries is a resource for anyone who has lost a loved

one and has questions about their mourning. This grief ministry takes 2

forms. One is the Care Notes for kids, teens and adults that are on the table

in the Narthex for anyone to take to read. You can return them or pass them

on to someone you believe would benefit from reading them. I try to put out

subjects that our world is struggling with.

The second part is a series of books called “Journey through Grief” that I mail out

to anyone who is mourning the loss of a loved one. The 4 books are sent out within a

year after the death and can be reread as many times as needed. There is no time table

for grief or a to-do list of what should be done.

It’s a journey, not a race, and everyone grieves differently.

I also put fliers out in the Narthex about a support group offered during the year for

the loss of a spouse—The Patuxent Widowed Persons Service. I can recommend

them highly as a group that helped me immensely.

If you have any questions about the Moving On Ministries, or its resources, please

call me. Thank you. Lois Hamilton

November 4, 2018

Please let the Church Office know of any loved ones who have passed away

since November 1st of 2017 so that we may honor them. You can contact the

office via email at office@fumcl.org, or by phone 301-725-3093 with your

name and the first and last name of your loved one to be remembered no later

then Tuesday, October 30th.

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