making friends

making friends

outside our walls

ignoring the barriers

coming beside our neighbors

offering them comfort,

offering them a hand

sharing the living waters

to love of Christ with them

all that we meet

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October 15, 2016

making friends

October 15, 2016

tied through Christ

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/10/tied-through-christ.html

October 15, 2016

at the well

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/10/at-well.html

October 15, 2016

Acts 10:9-35

Peter’s Vision

John 4:4-42

the Samaritan Woman at the Well

sermon “United Through Christ”

Rev. Jaquelyn (Jackie) Brannen

https://www.facebook.com/REVJackie

District Superintendent Installation Service

http://www.neumc.org/eventdetail/nme-installation-service-for-rev-jacquelyn-brannen-5663705

for

Northern Maine District Superintendent

https://www.facebook.com/NME.UMC

http://www.neumc.org/nme/

Rev. Jaquelyn (Jackie) Brannen

https://www.facebook.com/REVJackie

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/jacquelyn-brannen-named-northern-maine-superintendent-3762716

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/new-ds-eager-to-get-to-know-northern-maine-3766510

United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://www.umc.org/bishops/sudarshana-devadhar

http://www.neumc.org/meetbishopsudarshanadevadhar

Old Town United Methodist Church

October 15, 2016

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 42,020+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

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tied through Christ

by the cord of faith

woven into the body

tied through Christ

our Savior and Lord

washed in their waters

in the pool, the well

drinking so deeply

of God’s living word

dipping our cups

eating beside them

coming into connection

with all of our neighbors

by the thread of the covenant

stitched into the body

tied through Christ

our Savior and Lord

============

October 15, 2016

tied through Christ

October 15, 2016

at the well

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/10/at-well.html

October 15, 2016

Acts 10:9-35

Peter’s Vision

John 4:4-42

the Samaritan Woman at the Well

sermon “United Through Christ”

United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://www.umc.org/bishops/sudarshana-devadhar

http://www.neumc.org/meetbishopsudarshanadevadhar

District Superintendent Installation Service

http://www.neumc.org/eventdetail/nme-installation-service-for-rev-jacquelyn-brannen-5663705

for

Northern Maine District Superintendent

https://www.facebook.com/NME.UMC

http://www.neumc.org/nme/

Rev. Jaquelyn (Jackie) Brannen

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/jacquelyn-brannen-named-northern-maine-superintendent-3762716

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/new-ds-eager-to-get-to-know-northern-maine-3766510

Old Town United Methodist Church

October 15, 2016

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 42,020+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, John 4, Acts 10,  Spirit, prayer, Poetry Where You Live, UMC, Christ, gospel, Jackie Brannen, Sudarshana Devadhar, NME, witness,

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at the well

at the well, washed

transformed, healed

given divine insight

speaking directly to God

alive with her

touching living water

changed forever within

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October 15, 2016

at the well

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/10/at-well.html

October 15, 2016

Acts 10:9-35

Peter’s Vision

John 4:4-42

the Samaritan Woman at the Well

sermon “United Through Christ”

United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar

http://www.umc.org/bishops/sudarshana-devadhar

http://www.neumc.org/meetbishopsudarshanadevadhar

District Superintendent Installation Service

http://www.neumc.org/eventdetail/nme-installation-service-for-rev-jacquelyn-brannen-5663705

for

Northern Maine District Superintendent

https://www.facebook.com/NME.UMC

http://www.neumc.org/nme/

Rev. Jaquelyn (Jackie) Brannen

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/jacquelyn-brannen-named-northern-maine-superintendent-3762716

http://www.neumc.org/newsdetail/new-ds-eager-to-get-to-know-northern-maine-3766510

Old Town United Methodist Church

October 15, 2016

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 42,020+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, John 4, Acts 10,  Spirit, prayer, Poetry Where You Live, UMC, Christ, gospel, Jackie Brannen, Sudarshana Devadhar, NME, witness,

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We repair the breach – v2

Our witness, our lives

walking with our neighbors,

loving our brothers

even the strangers

with the love of Christ

The choices we make

how we live daily,

we repair the breach

between God and man

as we mirror Christ

Yes there is grace,

oh how we need this,

God’s unending love

lifting us up

with the love of Jesus

Christ came to fulfill

the Law and the Prophets

not to tear down

but to lift us up

as only He can

We are to shine

to be light in the darkness

humble in our walk

as the salt of the earth

the hope of the nations

Shining our light

up on the lampstand

witnesses to God’s grace

yoked with the Christ

our Lord and our Savior

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edited October 14, 2016

We repair the breach – v2

February 9, 2011

We repair the breach

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/02/we-repair-breach.html

Matthew 5:13-20 (NRSV)

(and Matthew 5:1-12, Beatitudes)

John 6:51 (Call to Worship)

Isaiah 58.6-12 (NRSV)

John 13:34-35 and Ephesians 4:4-6

(“They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love”, The Faith We Sing #2223)

Micah 6:8

(“We Are Called”, The Faith We Sing #2172)

Call to Worship (John 6:51)

Prayer of Confession

Prayer of Dedication

Worship Theme: “A Meal for All People”

and sermon, “Salty Christians”

by Reverend Huntley Halvorson

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

February 6, 2011

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

http://www.umcgiving.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=qwL6KkNWLrH&b=6505209&ct=9039781&notoc=1

Scout Sunday

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