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From the Desk of Pastor Steve

Greetings,

Happy Wednesday!

This coming Sunday I am continuing my stewardship sermon series "To Know God is to Thank God" and my sermon is entitled "Make Good Your Vows" based on Luke 16: 1-15. When we join the church we make a vow to the church "will you be loyal to the United Methodist Church and uphold it with your prayers, your presence, your gifts and your service." We will be talking about these during the service this Sunday.

Friendsgiving is coming up in a couple of Sundays and we will be fellowshipping after worship with a church dinner. Make plans to join us after worship on the 22nd.

Remember if you plan on participating in the Samaritan Purse "Operation Christmas Child" boxes need to be returned by the 19th of November.

I would really like to see us put together food boxes for those in need in our own community. I have put together a list of items that would go in these boxes so those in need can have a good Christmas dinner. Each box would be around 50.00 and would be made up of the necessities for a good dinner. If you would like to help out with this let me know.

Sharla has Salvation Army angels so if you would like one, let Sharla know.

Have a great week!

Pastor Steve

Our Scripture Focus

Luke 16: 1-15(NIV)

The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

1 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’

3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’

5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

6 “‘Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied.

“The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’

7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’

“‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied.

“He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’

8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. 9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?

13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

Advent Workshop is coming up November 29th

Advent workshop is coming up later this month! details are coming. To help out ask Samantha Ehrlich or Rayghan Herndon.