Renowned Scottish theologian D. M. Baillie, drawing on St. Paul’s teaching, wrote that every good thing we do, every good thing in us, we owe to God’s grace. Dr. Baillie’s inspiration is of a piece with King David’s prayer of thanksgiving for the staggering supply of the topmost construction materials and adornments, for the forthcoming Jerusalem temple, that poured in without arm-twisting. With a fervent heart David prayed.
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Celebrating the Harvest: Reaping, Releasing, and Rejoicing!
Join Gethsemane United Methodist Church in Celebrating the Harvest: Reaping, Releasing, and Rejoicing! October 1 – November 20 Gethsemane United Methodist Church kicks off its 2016 revival by Celebrating the Harvest: Reaping, Releasing, and Rejoicing! This year’s revival encourages people of all walks of life to rejoice in the bounty of God’s spiritual and physical...
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Welcome Rev. Ronald Triplett
Help Gethsemane UMC welcome it’s new pastor Rev. Ronald F. Triplett. Join us on Sunday’s at 10am!
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From the Baltimore Washington Conference
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.