if we walk away

if we walk away

if we leave the vine

if we turn from Christ

toward the world

we dry up

we become parched

we need the living water

we need the bread of life

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October 5, 2014

if we walk away

World Communion Sunday

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-table-set-for-world-communion.html

http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/world-communion-sunday

http://www.umcmission.org/explore-our-work/Scholarships

http://www.umcgiving.org/ministry-articles/world-communion-sunday

Fall Sermon Series: The I Am Statements of Jesus

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/pb.174161846023512.-2207520000.1412452306./582635178509508/

Sermon 2 of Series: “I Am the Bread of Life”

John 6:35

John 6:26-51

The Name Game by Shirley Ellis

Exodus 16:15

&

children’s time – mystery box – a throat drop and a candy mint

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/childrens-message-by-pastor-ruth-foss.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/518827750178971650

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905.31513.174161846023512/585805334859159/

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sermon, “Bread of Heaven”

by Pastor Ruth Foss

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“God’s Whisper” blog

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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October 5, 2014

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Fall Sermon Series: The I Am Statements of Jesus

Sermon 1 of Series: “I Am”

Revelation 22:13 CEB

Matthew 16:13-16 CEB

Exodus 3:12-15 CEB

The Name Game by Shirley Ellis

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Children’s message – mystery box

-          green maple leaf and a colored maple leaf

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-          the green color is not the true color

-          we are fed and nurtured in the spring and summer with the word;

-          we shine our true colors in autumn

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sermon, “The Name Game”

http://pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-name-game.html

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http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/09/sermon-name-game-by-pastor-ruth-foss.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/516298208105218049

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

September 28, 2014

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