GIVE TO UMW The United Methodist Women are leading up the celebration of their 150th anniversary with the building of its Legacy Fund. A Legacy Luncheon will be held for all those who wish to learn more on Wednesday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those who attend will learn more about how...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week | March 6, 2016
Esther 4:12-17, When they told Mordecai what Esther had said, Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, ‘Do not think that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week | February 28, 2016
Scripture Lesson of the Week Joshua 4:19-24 19 On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said to the...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week | February 21, 2016
Exodus 6:5-8 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them,...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week | February 14, 2016
Scripture Lesson of the Week John 18:33-38 Then Pilate entered the headquarters* again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?’ Pilate replied, ‘I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week | February 7, 2016
SCRIPTURE LESSON…..Joshua 3:1-5 Early in the morning Joshua rose and set out from Shittim with all the Israelites, and they came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing over. At the end of three days the officers went through the camp and commanded the people, ‘When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried...
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Open Your Umbrellas to Intercept Human Trafficking
#UMWumbrellas The Gethsemane United Methodist Women are opening their umbrellas to intercept human trafficking.
Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world. Like any big sporting event, the Super Bowl can lead to increased demand for trafficking in persons for labor and sexual exploitation. This Super Bowl Sunday, help us stop modern-day slavery. Let’s intercept the traffickers and reverse the momentum.
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Scripture Lesson of the Week | January 24, 2016
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream 2 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. 2 So the king summoned the magicians,enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers[a] to tell him what he had dreamed.When they came in and stood before the king, 3 he said to them, “I have had a dream that...
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Scripture Lesson of the Week | January 17, 2016
SCRIPTURE LESSON…..Acts 15:1-11, NT Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, ‘Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.’ And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go...
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Human Trafficking Awareness Day 2016
January 11 is #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay. Help stop human trafficking with the Interfaith Toolkit on Human Trafficking compiled by the The Washington Inter-Religious Staff Community Working Group on Human Trafficking.