honest talk painful
the truth a harsh mirror
judging words condemning
when we don’t know
the facts, the true situation
we haven’t walked in their shoes
none of us immune
to the caustic language
casual comments like acid
burned in our flesh
blinded by the planks in our vision
focused on the speck in their eye
not seeing how words we might speak
could leave lasting scars
wounds yet still open
papered over by time
sticks and stones may hurt us
but words too often permanent
painful wounds remaining
written in the dust, the sands of time
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August
15, 2014
the
truth too often painful
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Worship
in the Park
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Psalm
133
Psalm
84:5
Revelations
4:11
Revelations
5
Deuteronomy
5:16
Leviticus
19
John
4
1
Peter 3:15
Jeremiah
29:11
Hebrews
Romans
15:13
praise
music led by
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church Praise Team
Director,
Chuck Loucka
&
opening
prayer, prayer over offering, benediction
by Pastor
Ruth Foss
sermon
blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
&
Prayers
of the People and Pastoral Prayer
and
songs of praise over the offering
by
Pastor Franklin Randall, Jr.
Patten
Pentecostal Church
&
message by Pastor Rodney
Lord
Pastor,
Freedom Gate Church
Pastor,
Valley Harvest Church
August
10, 2014
Patten
Academy Park
Patten,
ME
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“A Night to Shine”
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- 6:30 Community Praise & Worship, featuring Chuck Loucka on piano and
special performances by special people to benefit Resting Arms Ministry.
- A Love Offering was taken.
the 5th Annual Prayer Chain for the Addicted on the West side of Main St.
-
The church bells rang for a half hour and
-
John Birmingham played and sang on the Historical Society Porch.
-
We ended with The Lord's Prayer TOGETHER!
-
a night to Stand with your neighbor and pray for healing.
- LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!
sponsored
by Jeremiah’s Corner
Jeremiah
29:11
led
by Ellen Alward Dickinson
&
Music
by Praise Team
led
by Chuck Loucka
&
opening
prayer by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
August 7, 2014
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Worship in the Park, 2013
======
Worship
Service in the Park – 8/11/2013
Habakkuk
3:17-19 (NIV)
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Habakkuk+3%3A17-19&version=NIV
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
19 The
Sovereign Lord is my
strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.”
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.”
and
sermon “There Is Hope In Community”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
&
Habakkuk
3:17-19 (rewritten by me, one version)
17
Though the mills may be shuttered
and the forests are empty,
though the fields do not provide
their bounty, their harvest,
though the young are departing
for greener pastures,
18
yet I rejoice in my God
I will be joyful in Christ my Savior.
19
The Creator of the universe is my rock
I am like the deer, its hooves
steady on the Mountain.
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
August 11, 2013
&
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Jeremiah’s Corner
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Jeremiah
29:11
led
by Ellen Alward Dickinson
presentation:
“The
Power of Making Good Choices”
by
Lois Flewelling
from
Empowering Life Ministries
&
opening
prayer by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
August 5, 2013
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