July 1, 2018
Stetson Memorial UMC
Day
1 of year 6
Psalm
130:1-3; 30:2
Mark
5:21-34
“Healing In His Touch…”
The Lord be with
you…
And also with
you…
Let us pray…
(Pray for the
Spirits leading, and that God would be heard through me or in-spite of me…)
Please stand for
the reading of the Gospel according to Mark, chapter five, verses twenty-one
thru thirty-four. Listen to and for a Word from God to His healing balm…the
church.
I
know I am not supposed to be here, she thought to herself, but that Miracle Worker,
that Jesus person is due to come by here soon. I hope no one sees me because if
they do it could be the end of my life. But then again, I would rather be dead
than to suffer anymore from this condition I have.
Nothing
has worked, and I have no more money. I can’t even go home to see my children
and family. I wonder how big they must be by now. They are 12 years older. I
wonder if they even remember me? This has got to work. I know He has healed so
many people.
I
know what I will do…I will sneak in the back and work my way forward. I only
need to bush His cloak and I will be healed. Maybe no one will see me and I can
just sneak away. I have to try. This being an outcast is killing me. I only
want to be healed and go home where I belong. Oh God, please let this work. I
have nothing else to lose.
Ok,
here He comes. Now let me just reach through and just touch His robe. Just a
little further…a little further…there! Wait…it has stopped. I don’t feel the
hemorrhaging anymore. I haven’t felt this good in years. This Man must be from
God…I am healed.
Oh
no! He noticed. What am I going to do? He doesn’t know it was me, so I am ok.
Or am I? He is looking right at me. I have to tell Him the truth. I just hope
He doesn’t take away my healing…
Good Morning! Happy day 1 for year 6. Hoot…hoot! I am so glad to be here with
you. We have so much to do for the Kingdom together and I know we will be ready
to take on anything God has for us to do. If we are willing…
So, the past few seeks we have been hearing
about how God wants us to be with each other and with the world. We have talked
about how we have a Good, Good Father who loves us with an unquenchable
love…matter what we do. It has nothing to do with us but everything to do with
His grace. WE can’t earn it…it just is. We have also talked about how there are
times that we, unfortunately don’t get along with our brothers and sisters. How it must break Dad’s heart when we decide
to be divided instead of one body…
My challenge question this week is this,
can Jesus heal and if He can, are we sharing that healing with others? Do we
believe He is here to heal all the broken or just a select few? Are we making
it a select few and Jesus is telling us to open our hearts and lives to the
others on the fringe of society?
The woman in the Mark scripture she was
willing to pay the price just to touch the hem of Jesus’ robe. Now this woman
was called “unclean” because of her “medical condition” …she had no business
being around other people because of this. Now she had this condition for
twelve years…she probably had no contact with others…she probably could have
been even stoned for touching someone where as she was unclean. But she
knew…she knew that if she could just touch that robe…just the edge…she would be
healed, and it was worth it to her even though the encounter could have gone
really bad for her.
The scripture tells us:
Disciples: Jesus, the
crowd is so thick that everyone is touching You. Why do You ask, “Who touched
Me?”
32 But Jesus waited. His gaze swept across the crowd
to see who had done it. 33 At last, the
woman—knowing He was talking about her—pushed forward and dropped to her knees.
She was shaking with fear and
amazement.
Woman: I touched You.
Then
she told Him the reason why. 34 Jesus listened to her story.
Jesus: Daughter, you
are well because you dared to believe.
Go in peace, and stay well
She had faith…she believed. She was healed!
There are many “unclean” souls out there
that are needing the healing balm of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We need to be the
“hem” of Jesus’ robe…to be the tassel that leads others to the One who gives
Life…the tangible for the intangible…
Tangible:
©easily
seen or recognized
©able
to be touched or felt
When we are radically loving others…Jesus
us easily recognized in us…We become the hands, feet and voice of Jesus in the
world. We are the tangible touch that heals…sort of like the woman last week
who just touched Jesus’ robe…just the hem and was healed…we too can be that hem
of Jesus robe…
So
my question to you and I is this…How much does Jesus really matter…what does He
mean to you and me…is Jesus worth the price? If He is worth more than anything,
are you and I keeping Him to ourselves or are we sharing the wealth we have in
Jesus? Are we keeping those who need healing away from the Master Physician or
are we making a doctor’s appointment for them?
Amen…
edited July 1, 2018
we must push through our struggles – v2
July 1, 2018
He spoke new words
communion
Great Thanksgiving and prayer before communion
prayer after communion
July 1, 2018
Sunday before July 4th, Independence Day
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 130:1-3
Psalm 30:2
Mark 5:21-34
Jarius and woman bleeding
and sermon: “Healing In His Touch…”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
July
1, 2018
&
edited July 1, 2018
we must work together – v2
July 1, 2018
we must work together
June 30, 2018
the wedding of Jarrod Cunningham and Chrissy McCarthy
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Ruth 1
1 Corinthians 13
Romans 12:1-3, 9-19
and wedding message
video
part 1 – https://youtu.be/Tj5GKGVX1cM
part 2 – https://youtu.be/w5tEk2sChcY
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
June
24, 2018
&
edited June 30, 2018
we must push through our struggles
edited June 29, 2018
pushing through his struggles – v2
edited June 29, 2018
how blessed we are – v3
edited June 29, 2018
how blessed we are – v2
edited June 29, 2018
how blessed it is – v2
edited June 29, 2018
all the flawed pieces – v3
edited June 28, 2018
I have hope – v2
June 28, 2018
I have hope
edited June 27, 2018
all the flawed pieces – v2
June 27, 2018
all the flawed pieces
edited June 27, 2018
how blessed it is
edited June 27, 2018
how blessed it would be – v2
edited June 26, 2018
how blessed we are
edited June 26, 2018
how blessed we would be – v2
edited June 26, 2018
how blessed we would be
June 26, 2018
how blessed it would be
June 26, 2018
pushing through his struggles
June 24, 2018
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 133
2 Corinthians 6:1-13
and sermon: “Can We Just Get Along Here…”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
June
24, 2018
&
June 24, 2018
God cannot do harm
June 24, 2018
God will search
June 24, 2018
searching for us - 2
edited June 24, 2018
This is our perfect Father – v2
edited June 23, 2018
stitched into the family – v2
edited/resorted June 23, 2018
This is our perfect Father
edited June 23, 2018
a more excellent Father – v2
edited June 23, 2018
never too lost – v2
June 23, 2018
searching for us – v2
edited June 21, 2018
our Father runs to each wayward child – v2
June 21, 2018
our Father runs to each wayward child
June 21, 2018
searching for us
June 21, 2018
never too lost
edited June 19, 2018
God runs to us – v3
edited June 19, 2018
the Good Father – v2
June 19, 2018
a more excellent Father
edited June 18, 2018
God runs to us – v2
June 18, 2018
God runs to us
June 18, 2018
the Good Father
edited June 18, 2018
The Perfect Father – v2
June 18, 2018
the perfect father
June 18, 2018
stitched into the family
June 17, 2018
Father’s Day
(and John Wesley’s 315th birthday)
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 20
Luke 15:11-27
the Prodigal Son
and lots of other scripture
on references to God as Father
and sermon: “Good, Good Father”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
(a nickel in
the mystery box – In God We Trust)
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson Memorial
United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
June
17, 2018
Father’s
Day
&
June 16, 2018
All who do the will of God
June 16, 2018
These are the ones
edited June 16, 2018
the blood of the vine – v2
June 13, 2018
kinship by choice
June 13, 2018
the blood of the vine
June 13, 2018
blood of the vine
June 13, 2018
not by blood
June 13, 2018
not by blood but by choice
June 13, 2018
not of blood but of Spirit
June 10, 2018
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 138
Mark 3:20, 31-35
“The True Family of Jesus” (New
Living Translation)
and sermon: “Family Ties”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
June
10, 2018
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