Scripture lessons for August 23

We will continue the summer worship series next Sunday with “It Is Well with My Soul,” #377, chosen by Sid Troutner.

Our scripture lessons will come to us from John 14:1-14 and John 14:15-27.

Today at Glenville UMC

 
Joys

+ Thanks be to God for the gift of laughter. (And thanks, Sid, for the joke you told!)

+ Praise God for our visitors, Jared and Jed P.

+ Thankful for the church family’s participation in yesterday’s Glenville Days’ parade.

+ The church family is thankful that Sandy D. is helping with Dale’s cats while he is away.

+ Praise God for people who helped orchestrated the “Veterans Stand Down” yesterday at the Armory in Albert Lea.

+ Praise God for the gift of Nancy B. whose birthday was last week.

+ Praise God for the faithful service of our beloved pianist, Renae H., and for Kraig S. who served as usher today.

Concerns

+ Praying for traveling mercies for those apart from us.

+ Praying for Dale S. who just moved to Owatonna. (He loves the prayer shawl that Shelley made for him.)

+ Praying for all who are dealing with medical challenges.

+ Praying that God gives the strength and courage caregivers need while caring for their loved ones.

+ Praying for all impacted by extreme weather conditions.

+ Praying for all who are impacted directly and indirectly by conflict in the world.

+ Praying for peace.

Bulletin for August 16

Grand Teton National Park

“All the nations that You’ve made will come and bow down before You, Lord; they will glorify Your name!”   – Psalm 68:35 (CEB)

Prelude Music

Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship (by Joanna Harader on Spacious Faith)

Holy One, as we gather this morning to worship you, may we speak truth, so that our words may give grace to those who hear. May we pray in faith, so that our words may give grace to those who hear. May we sing with joy, so that our words may give grace to those who hear. May we listen with open minds and receptive hearts, so that Your words may give grace to us who hear. Amen.

*Hymn: “My Faith Looks Up to Thee," #452

Prayer: O God our Father, we thank You that today You have called us to worship You and learn of You. You alone know our needs. Satisfy them with Your unchanging love. In Your presence may we find comfort in sorrow, guidance in perplexity, strength to meet temptation, grace to overcome the fascination of disobedience, and courage to face up to the hostility of this rebellious world. Above all, may we meet Jesus and go out from our worship indwelt by His spirit. This prayer we ask to Your glory and in His name. Amen.

*Gloria Patri:  #70    

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer                                               

Invitation to the Offering

*Doxology: #95       

*Offertory Prayer

Gospel Lesson: John 3:16-21

Hymn: “Amazing Grace,” #378 (Chosen by Donna Delger)

Epistle Lesson: Ephesians 2:1-9

Sermon: “What’s so amazing about grace?”

*Hymn: “Victory in Jesus," #370

*Benediction

*Choral Amen

Postlude Music

 

“The worship is ended; let the service begin.”

*Please rise in body or in spirit.

Glenville Days Parade

 

Korla & Kraig lead the way

All aboard!

Gloria, Pastor Charles, & Korla are ready

Kellen, Dawn, & Tim enjoy the parade

The annual Glenville Days Parade took place this morning and our church was one of the entries in this wonderful event.

Thanks to Bob & Korla S., Kraig & Korla S., Linda B., Pastor Charles, Harper R., Tammy T. (Gloria's sister), and Connie T. (friend of Bob & Gloria) for being part of our efforts.

Happy birthday, Freeborn Garretson!

"'Do you know what a saint is? A saint is one who is wholly given up to God.' The voice is so real as if someone is talking to me face to face. The question stirs my heart."

~ Freeborn Garretson

(Learn more here)

Wednesday with the Wesleys

Rev. Samuel Annesley

Daniel Defoe, the writer best known for Robinson Crusoe, was a parishioner and friend of the well-known and respected Puritan minister Samuel Annesley (Susanna Wesley's father). Upon Annesley’s death, he penned these lovely words—

The sacred bow he so divinely drew,

That every shot both hit and overthrew;

His native candour and familiar style,

Which do so often his hearers' hours beguile,

Charmed us with godliness, and while he spake,

We loved the doctrine for the speaker's sake.

Scripture lessons for August 16

Cornfield west of Glenville

We will continue the summer worship series next Sunday with “Amazing Grace,” #378, chosen by Donna Delger.

Our scripture lessons come to us from John 3:16-21 and Ephesians 2:1-9.

Rainy Sunday in Glenville

The Lord is present in our worship

Mike, Bob, and Sid keep the meeting moving along

We were actually having a lot of fun this morning!

Joys:
+Rita W. was blessed to see Karnella S. with her family at the fair this week.
+Shelley G. shares that her granddaughter is safely in her new dwelling in Colorado.
+Sid T. gives thanks for the fun time he had volunteering at the Haunted House at the fair.
+Kraig S. feels blessed to having woken up seven days in a row!
+Bob & Gloria S. are happy have had time to spend with family this week at Gull Lake.
+Pastor Charles is happy to share that he received two blue and one white ribbon at the fair in the Fine Arts department.
+Pastor Charles gives thanks to the veterans who volunteered at the Veteran's Building at the county fair. A special shout-out to Sid T. and Bob & Gloria S.!

+We give thanks for Renea H. offering beautiful music, for Kraig S. as usher, for Korla S. providing Ad Board refreshments, and Shelley G. being today's scripture reader.

Concerns:
+Continued prayers for Dale S.
+Pastor Charles asked for prayers for Belinda A. who is under the weather.
+Belinda A. asks for prayers for the family of Judy C. during this tender time.

Bulletin for August 9

"Give praise to God’s Holy name! 

Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the Lord!”   

 – Psalm 105:3 (CEB)

Prelude Music

Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship

Sisters and brothers, let us rejoice in the vision of John: I saw a new heaven and a new earth! The old heaven and the old earth and the sea had disappeared. Then I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, beautiful as a bride adorned for her husband. A great voice thundered from heaven: “See, God is making God’s home with mortals! God will live with them. They will be God’s people. God will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain. All of this – gone forever.

*Hymn: “How Firm a Foundation," #529

*Prayer (by Dan Schifeling and posted on the WorshipCalls blog)

“Everything was created through Him and for Him. He existed before anything else, and He holds all creation together.” Colossians 1:16b-17

This is Your garden, Creator God a thing of beauty beyond understanding, a poem that is being written not in words, but in colors, wind’s whisper, soaring bird, snowdrop’s petal, gentle rain, sunlight’s warmth. This is Your garden, Creator God, a thing of beauty beyond understanding. Amen.

*Gloria Patri:  #70    

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer                                              

*Doxology: #95                                             

*Offering Prayer

First Lesson: Genesis 2:4b-15  

This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

 Hymn: “I Come to the Garden Alone," #314 (chosen by Karnella Schwierjohann)

Second Lesson: Isaiah 61:1-11                                            

This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

Sermon: “What grows in your garden?"

*Hymn: “Only Trust Him," #337

*Benediction

*Choral Amen

Postlude Music

 

“The worship is ended; let the service begin.”

*Please rise in body or in spirit.

Wednesday with the Wesleys

John Wesley leaning on his mother's grave

Do not condemn or think harshly of those who cannot see just as you see, or who judge it their duty to contradict you, whether in a great thing or a small. I fear some of us have thought harshly of others merely because they contradicted what we affirmed. All this tends to division; and by everything of this kind we are teaching them an evil lesson against ourselves.

- John Wesley (A Longing for Holiness)

Scripture lessons for August 9

We will continue the summer worship series next Sunday with “I Come to the Garden Alone,” #314, chosen by Karnella Schwierjohann.

Our scripture lessons will come from Genesis 2:1-15 and Isaiah 6:1-11.

August is underway in Glenville

Flowers (on left) from Judy Carroll's service

Korla is today's reader

Joys

+Belinda is back in worship after last week's wonderful Mission u experience.

+Nancy & Roy B. had a wonderful family gathering for Roy's birthday!

+Sandy D. is proud of Jaxon, her grandson, who is off on a mission trip in Denver, Colorado.

+Bob S. told the morning's joke in Sid's absence.

+Pastor Charles is thankful for the assistance provided by Kraig & Korla S. in getting a portable ac installed for Dale's cats.

Concerns

+Continued prayers for Dale S. 

+Nancy B. asks for prayers for her sister who is in the hospital in Iowa.

+Pastor Charles had some health issues following the Chamber of Commerce golf outing

Bulletin for August 2

“But me? I will see Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be filled by seeing Your image.” – Psalm 17:15 (CEB)

*Call to Worship:

Come and worship, all you who love and serve the Lord— outsiders and insiders, old-timers and newcomers, the young, old and the in-between. Come as you are, for this is God’s house—a house of prayer for all people, and God welcomes each one who comes.

*Hymn: “Break Thou the Bread of Life," #599

*Prayer: (Rev. Richard J. Fairchild’s Kir-shalom website)

Hear the Good News: Paul writes to Timothy: "Do not be ashamed of testifying to God, who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of God's own purpose and the grace God gave us in Christ Jesus years ago. By that grace we are saved. Let us believe the good news of the gospel! In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. If you would have the fullness of joy that God has stored up for you, be you likewise gracious and forgiving. Amen."

*Gloria Patri:  #70   

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer

Offering

*Doxology: #95 

*Offering Prayer

Epistle Lesson: Romans 8:35-39

Hymn: “Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine” #369 (Chosen by Judy Luksik)

Epistle Lesson: Hebrews 11:1-3

Sermon: “The assurance of faith”

Communion: UMH, p. 13-14

The Lord’s Prayer

*Hymn: "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," #672

*Benediction

*Choral Amen

Postlude Music

“The worship is ended; let the service begin.”

*Please rise in body or in spirit.

Remembering Judy Carroll

A smiling Judy Carroll

Pastor Randy shares the reflection

Pastor Galen shares a reading

Linda B. shares a poem about Judy C.

The community gathered today at Bayview Funeral Home to remember Judy Carroll, a member of Glenville UMC. Pastor Charles led the service with Pastor Randy Cirksena offering the reflection and Pastor Galen Spinler sharing a reading.

Pastor Charles conducted the internment at Greenwood Cemetery in Glenville.

The service can be viewed at this link.

Wednesday with the Wesleys

Wesley found Mary Bosanquet Fletcher to be a class leader and preacher who possessed both gifts and grace. He did not tell her to go home.

Sat. 10th - I had the pleasure of an hour’s conversation with Mrs. Fletcher. She appears to be swiftly growing in grace and ripening for a better world. I encouraged her to do all the good she could during her short stay in Bristol. Accordingly, she met, in the following week, as many of the classes as her time and strength would permit; and her words were as fire, conveying both light and heat to the hearts of all that heard her. - John Wesley (journal, March 10, 1787)

Sun. 18th - In the evening we had a love feast, at which Mrs. Fletcher simply declared her present experience. I know no one that is so changed for the better in a few years, even in her manner of speaking. It is now smooth, easy, and natural, even when the sense is deep and strong. - John Wesley (journal, March 18, 1787)

Scripture lessons for August 2

We will continue the summer worship series next Sunday with “Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine,” #369, chosen by Judy Luksik.

Our scripture lessons will come from Romans 8:35-39 and Hebrews 11:1-3.

Today at Glenville UMC

Faithful attendance

Flowers from Judy C. room at Good Samaritan - AL

Summer flowers

We have a portable AC in the sanctuary!

Joys:

+Bob & Gloria S. celebrate the visit of Mary & Dave and the school reunion they attended this weekend.

+Kraig & Korla S. are happy to have been able to tend to grandchildren and make it back home after driving through "The Cities."

+Nancy & Roy B. are thankful for the help from family at this weekend's sale at their home in Gordonsville. It was the first time in two years everyone was together.

+Belinda A. is blessed this weekend to be attending Mission u at Camp Koronis in Paynesville.

+We were blessed to have Savanah and Reece, grandchildren of Renea & Jim H. with us today.

+We give thanks that Bob S. was able to get the portable AC installed this morning in the sanctuary! Next week will be much nicer for everyone!!!

Concerns:

+Pastor Charles asks for prayers for Judy C. following her death on Friday and for her family. The funeral will be at Bayview Funeral Home on Friday (time to be announced).

+Pastor Charles asks for prayers for Dale S. as he receives medical care. Prayers are also asked for Dale's cats who remain in the home in Glenville.

+Bob S. asks for prayer for a friend who is recovering from heart surgery.

Bulletin for July 26

 

Prelude Music

Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship (Written by Bruce Prewer)

Let us start this service well, by reminding ourselves: That it is not we who chose Christ, but Christ who chose us. That we are not here because of our goodness, but because of Christ’s grace. That we are not here to enlighten ourselves, but to allow Christ to enlighten us. That we have not come to be entertained, but to worship God with heart, soul, mind, and strength.

*Hymn: “Seek Ye First," #405 

Prayer: (based on Romans 6:12-23)

God of grace, You have brought us from slavery to freedom, from despair to hope, from death to life! Holy is Your name! We gather together in Your presence with gratitude and praise for all that You have done for us. May the presence of Your Holy Spirit inspire our worship. May our words and music, our thoughts and prayers, even our very lives, bring honor and glory to You. This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, whose death and resurrection have brought us everlasting life. Amen.

*Gloria Patri:  #70   

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer                                                   

Invitation to the Offering

*Doxology: #95 

*Offertory Prayer

Epistle Lesson: Romans 8:26-34

Hymn: “Precious Lord, Take My Hand," #474 (chosen by Kraig S.) 

Gospel Lesson: Matthew 14:22-32 

Sermon: “Hold on!" 

*Hymn: “Here I Am, Lord," #593

*Benediction

*Choral Amen

Postlude Music

"The worship is ended; let the service begin.”

*Please rise in body or in spirit.

The Mission of the United Women in Faith

We seek to connect and nurture women through Christian spiritual formation, leadership development, creative fellowship and education so that they can inspire, influence and impact local and global communities.

Our Vision

We are a powerful, fearless force driven by God’s love and united in sisterhood. With a focus on women, children and youth, we act for justice and transform communities.

We face the realities we see in the world, even when they are not the ones we would like to see. However, our goal is not to bear witness simply to harms but also to God’s love by acting boldly to change those harms.

Our Action

Bold action, like faith, takes courage. Our bravery is inspired by God’s love and our powerful commitment to improve the lives of women, children and youth. United Women in Faith works for justice through compassionate service and advocacy to change unfair policies and systems that harm women, children and youth—from racial and gender injustice to economic inequality, climate issues and more.

Today in Methodist History

'Tis, perhaps, one of the most difficult things in the world to preserve a devout and serious temper of mind in the midst of much worldly business, and therefore I would advise that no person voluntarily involve themselves in or take upon them the management of more business than they can throw into such a method as may not distract their thoughts or take up too much their time which was given us to work out our salvation. But where a numerous family and a narrow fortune oblige to it, it is not be declined, lest we break the order of providence, and therefore in such a case we must do as a wise workman that takes a piece of work by the great upon hard terms; we must work so much harder, we must be careful to redeem time from sleep, eating, dressing, unnecessary visits, and trifling conversation, that we not be forced to contract our private devotions into such a little space as may deprive us of the benefit and comforts of them.

- Susanna Wesley (page 208 in Susanna Wesley: The Complete Writings, edited by Charles Wallace)