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May 31 service

5/31/2020

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Pastor Kelly's message is entitled "Bonding and Boundaries for Living Your Best Life Now". Cathy King follows, playing "It Is Well with My Soul". See below the video for a copy of the discussion questions featured in the sermon.
  BONDING
  1.  Reflect on your household growing up.  Did you bond in healthy ways with your parents, siblings, or others?   Whom did you bond with in unhealthy ways?
  2.  Look at your life today.   Which relationships feel the healthiest?   Which ones feel unhealthy?        
  3.  Be honest with yourself.   Do you have difficulty finding and deepening healthy relationships?    And have you tolerated relationships that are not good or healthy for you?  Why are you doing that?
  4. Think about how you can shift so you spend more time with the healthy people in your life.
  5.  Consider what you can start doing that will make you closer to God, some practice that will make that relationship more meaningful.  
BOUNDARIES
We must identify which boundaries we most need to work on.  
  1.  Do you need to work on boundaries in your body?  God calls it our vessel (I Thessalonians 4:4).   Do you set limits so you do not overeat?   Sleep away too much of your days?  Work far too much?   Can you set boundaries so no one abuses you physically or sexually?   Is your body wholly yours – and are you in charge of it right now in healthy ways?  
  2. Can you set boundaries so your feelings are yours and you own your choices?   We are each responsible for making decisions about what is right or best in our lives, with God’s help.  Do you lose your voice?   Waffle on your decisions?  Are you allowing others to shame you, or manipulate you?   Are you prepared to take back control and freely express your feelings?  Will you make known your choices, even if others push back against you?
  3. Can you set boundaries on your attitude?   People in our lives have expectations of us, these can be realistic and motivating.   But if we don’t agree with others’ ideas and expectations, there can be pressure and even conflict.  Can you set a firm boundary and maintain your sense of inner peace despite others feeling disappointed or disapproving?   Can you avoid being a victim – someone who says, “THEY are making me feel anxious, upset or sad?”   Instead can you be fully in charge of your attitude, staying separate or apart from their feelings or moods?          
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Pentecost Sunday

5/31/2020

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This is Pentecost Sunday! Cathy King plays a medley of "Breathe on Me, Breath of God" and "Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart"; Pastor Kelly shares chapter 2 of the book of Acts.
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Ministry Matters & May 24 message

5/26/2020

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To view this week's Ministry Matters, click here.
To view the text of Pastor Kelly's May 24 sermon, click here.
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May 24 service

5/24/2020

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This week's service begins with Cathy King playing "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" -- with lyrics so you can sing along -- followed by Pastor Kelly's message, "Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No". The service concludes with "Love Lifted Me".
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Greeting our community

5/20/2020

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A little late in the week, but many thanks to the Jenkins family for joining in the Sunday morning greeting time this week! Let us know if you want to be a part of this small but visible ministry.
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May 17 service

5/17/2020

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Our music director, Cathy King, is back! She begins the service playing "Come and Find the Quiet Center", and closes it with "We Shall Overcome". Pastor Kelly's message is called "Our New Normal".
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The Food Pantry

5/16/2020

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Our church continues its ministry to the community. Volunteers prepare the packages on Tuesday mornings and then distribute them on Wednesdays from 9:30-noon.
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This week's Ministry Matters

5/16/2020

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You can find this week's Ministry Matters here.
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A song of peace

5/12/2020

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Here's a reminder that we can always depend on God.
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Wednesday Prayer with Bishop Webb

5/12/2020

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Laity invitation to a time of prayer with Bishop Webb
Bishop Webb is offering a time of prayer on Zoom Wednesday, May 13, at 7 p.m. as we continue social distancing and online worshiping through the COVID-19 pandemic. All are invited to attend.
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Conference Lay Leader Susan Hardy, Brenda Shelmidine from the Northern Flow District, and Mark Adsit from Mohawk District will also be leading prayers in this webinar.
You can join by telephone by dialing (646)-558 8656 (ID: 970 9560 0505) or on your computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone using this link: https://unyumc.zoom.us/j/97095600505?status=success
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