our bodies, our cracks
like a reverse stained glass
window
our bodies, darkness
our cracks, light
opaque glass, shining lead
the Spirit inside us
burning brightly
shining through our cracks
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August 8, 2018
like a reverse stained glass window
edited August 8, 2018
mortal bodies of flesh – v2
August 8, 2018
mortal bodies of flesh
August 8, 2018
made of earth and clay
August 8, 2018
cracked and chipped
August 8, 2018
cracked pots - 2
August 8, 2018
may we shine light
August 8, 2018
The God who spoke light
August 7, 2018
beautiful treasure
August 7, 2018
Your light bursting
August 7, 2018
Your light aglow
August 7, 2018
vessels of light
August 7, 2018
holding light
August 7, 2018
spoken light
August 7, 2018
cracked pots
August 6, 2018
a light from God
August 6, 2018
holding light in our cracked pots
August 6, 2018
we are sent to save
August 6, 2018
we are sent to free the captives
August 6, 2018
in those desert places
August 6, 2018
in those desert places
August 6, 2018
to everyone
August 5, 2018
giving what we have to God
August 5, 2018
putting fuel in the tank
August 5, 2018
Sermon Series - “A Sprout in the Desert”
Week 4
Streams will flow in the desert
A sprout will rise
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 51:1-12
1 Corinthians 4:6-11
and sermon: “Reigniting the Heart-Light…”
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
August
5, 2018
&
August 5, 2018
we fail our Savior
edited August 5, 2018
help us to give you our best – v2
August 5, 2018
help us to give you our best
8AM Live
8/5/18
by Pastor Ruth Foss
&
August 5, 2018
we must not be timid
edited August 4, 2018
we are sent to share Jesus – v2
edited August 4, 2018
walking our prayers – v2
August 4, 2018
walking our prayers
August 4, 2018
going outside our doors
edited August 4, 2018
saving more souls for Jesus
August 4, 2018
bringing others to Jesus
August 4, 2018
what is God calling us to do
edited August 4, 2018
a garden planted – v2
August 4, 2018
behind locked doors - 2
(formerly behind closed doors)
August 4, 2018
share the New Creation
August 4, 2018
a desolate and arid land
&
edited August 4, 2018
Receive the Holy Spirit – v3
edited August 4, 2018
Receive the Holy Spirit – v2
November 5, 2009 and November 6, 2009
Receive the Holy Spirit
Annual Church Conference
moderated by Reverend John Blackadar
& John 20:19-22
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 5, 2009
&
August 4, 2018
as the Father sent me - 2
edited August 4, 2018
so I am sending you – v2
August 4, 2018
so I am sending you
August 4, 2018
the bearers of Good News
&
edited August 4, 2018
God crying
edited August 4, 2018
Satan laughing
edited August 4, 2018
our Enemy laughing
August 4, 2018
the Enemy laughing
August 4, 2018
attacks coming
&
August 4, 2018
sprouts of redemption
August 4, 2018
sprouts of acceptance
August 4, 2018
a garden planted
&
edited August 4, 2018
Is it God or Money – v2
edited August 4, 2018
Is it God or Man – v2
edited August 4, 2018
Is it God or Money
August 4, 2018
is it God or Man
Matthew 6:24
Matthew 6:19-21, 24
&
edited August 4, 2018
we are to share – v3
edited August 4, 2018
we are to share –
v2
(version posted without labels to Twitter)
August 4, 2018
we are to share
edited August 4, 2018
Breathe on me Jesus – v2
edited August 3, 2018
breathe on me Jesus
edited August 3, 2018
breathe on us Jesus – v2
August 3, 2018
breathe on us Jesus
August 3, 2018
if the Spirit was within us
edited August 3, 2018
if we had that peace – v2
edited August 3, 2018
the oppression of fear – v2
edited August 3, 2018
share the Healing Rain – v2
August 3, 2018
share the Healing Rain
edited August 3, 2018
the smoke screens, the lies
August 3, 2018
the truth gets distorted
August 3, 2018
when we show up
August 3, 2018
a world in need of good news
August 3, 2018
go out into the world
edited August 2, 2018
crying in the wilderness – v3
August 2, 2018
the oppression of fear
edited August 2, 2018
because of fear – v2
August 2, 2018
because of fear
August 2, 2018
if we had that peace
August 2, 2018
behind closed doors
August 2, 2018
we don’t want to approach them
August 2, 2018
we miss those needing a word of acceptance
August 2, 2018
It’s a waste of time
August 2, 2018
we make excuses
August 2, 2018
we fear the unknown - 2
edited August 1, 2018
missing those around us – v2
edited August 1, 2018
our mission field closer – v2
August 1, 2018
we must shout our witness – v2
edited August 1, 2018
crying in the wilderness – v2
August 1, 2018
crying in the wilderness
August 1, 2018
our mission field closer
edited August 1, 2018
Have you accepted Jesus Christ – v2
August 1, 2018
Have you accepted Jesus Christ
edited August 1, 2018
who are we missing – v2
August 1, 2018
who are we missing
edited August 1, 2018
seeking a word of acceptance – v2
August 1, 2018
seeking a word of acceptance
August 1, 2018
missing those around us
July 31, 2018
we must shout our witness
July 31, 2018
we are sent to share Jesus
edited July 30, 2018
we are given the Holy Spirit – v2
edited July 30, 2018
we are to free the captives – v2
July 30, 2018
we are to free the captives
July 30, 2018
we are given the Holy Spirit
July 30, 2018
God’s light bearers
July 30, 2018
sprouts of hope
July 30, 2018
may we be ready
July 30, 2018
may the rain fall upon us
edited July 30, 2018
we have asked for rain – v2
July 30, 2018
we have asked for rain
July 29, 2018
we too are sent as He was
edited July 29, 2018
defeating the lies – v3
edited July 29, 2018
the battle raging – v3
edited July 29, 2018
pray in the Spirit – 2 – v2
July 29, 2018
Sermon Series - “A Sprout in the Desert”
Week 3
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 145:10-18
John 20:19-23
and sermon: “Share and Share Alike…”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
VBS Sunday - Children’s Message
Part 1 – video
Part 2 – stills – You Are My King
Part 3 – stills – I Will Worship
Part 4 – stills – The Everlasting God
Part 5 - video
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
July
29, 2018
&
July 29, 2018
May we see a sprout
July 29, 2018
Testimonies of Power
July 29, 2018
the enemy will fail
July 29, 2018
we will see new life
July 29, 2018
May a sprout grow in the desert
July 29, 2018
May we sow, may we plant seeds
July 29, 2018
May we be victorious
July 29, 2018
we are now ready
July 29, 2018
Armed and Dangerous
July 29, 2018
we need them all
July 29, 2018
the full armor of God
July 29, 2018
without prayer
July 28, 2018
We cannot neglect prayer
July 28, 2018
pray in the Spirit - 2
edited July 28, 2018
the battle raging – v2
July 28, 2018
the battle raging
edited July 28, 2018
for the attack – v2
July 28, 2018
for the attack
July 28, 2018
It Is Written
July 28, 2018
Use God’s Sword
July 28, 2018
The Word of God - 2
July 28, 2018
The Sword of the Spirit - 2
July 28, 2018
we won’t believe the lies
edited July 28, 2018
unmasked, authentic – v2
July 28, 2018
take off your mask, put on the armor
edited July 28, 2018
not wearing a mask – v3
edited July 28, 2018
not wearing a mask – v2
July 28, 2018
not wearing a mask
edited July 28, 2018
flawed, weak, broken – v2
July 28, 2018
flawed, weak, broken
July 28, 2018
unmasked, authentic
Pastor Ruth Foss
8AM Live
July 28, 2018
&
July 28, 2018
wearing the gospel
July 27, 2018
a helmet of salvation
July 27, 2018
a shield of faith
July 27, 2018
there will be traps
July 27, 2018
guarding our hearts
edited July 26, 2018
defeating the lies – v2
July 26, 2018
righteousness received by faith
July 26, 2018
the righteousness of Christ
July 26, 2018
the breastplate of righteousness
July 26, 2018
the belt of truth
July 26, 2018
walk in truth
July 26, 2018
defeating the lies
July 26, 2018
put on truth
July 25, 2018
Lacking so much
July 25, 2018
sapping our own hope
July 25, 2018
sapping our strength
July 25, 2018
This place lacks Peace
July 25, 2018
Because it is so dry
July 25, 2018
This place lacks Love
July 25, 2018
This place lacks Joy
July 25, 2018
This place lacks Hope
edited July 25, 2018
we battle with the forces of darkness – v2
July 24, 2018
we are in a battle with evil
edited July 24, 2018
we battle with evil – v2
edited July 24, 2018
we bring the rain – v2
edited July 24, 2018
we battle darkness – v2
edited July 23, 2018
we bring the good news – v2
edited July 23, 2018
a war with their demons – v2
July 23, 2018
a war with their demons
edited July 23, 2018
our battle is not with mortals – v2
edited July 23, 2018
we bring the good news
July 23, 2018
we bring the rain
July 23, 2018
they don’t live
July 23, 2018
a place of desolation - 2
July 23, 2018
a war-torn desert
edited July 23, 2018
fill us with water – v2
July 23, 2018
fill us with the water
July 22, 2018
we walk into the desert
July 22, 2018
our battle is not with mortals
July 22, 2018
we battle with the forces of darkness
July 22, 2018
we battle darkness
July 22, 2018
we battle with evil
July 22, 2018
held in the grip of Satan
July 22, 2018
a wasteland, a desert
edited July 22, 2018
Stalked by Mercy – v2
July 22, 2018
Stalked by Mercy
July 22, 2018
Sermon Series - “A Sprout in the Desert”
Week 2
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Hymn – Here I Am Lord
Psalm 23
Ephesians 6:10-20
and sermon: “Armed and Dangerous…”
video
text
(in the
bulletin the scripture was Hebrews 4:1011
and the sermon
title had been “Light Shine Bright”
Pastor Ruth
was called to change it all late Saturday afternoon)
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
(a rainbow
whoopee pie in the mystery box)
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
July
22, 2018
&
edited July 20, 2018
Come and Drink – v2
(adding all)
edited July 20, 2018
a waste land, a desert – v2
edited July 20, 2018
a sprout in the desert – v2
edited July 19, 2018
a new creation in the world – v2
July 19, 2018
a new creation in the world
July 19, 2018
a sprout in the desert
July 19, 2018
a waste land, a desert
July 19, 2018
Come and Drink
July 15, 2018
Tears of Heaven
July 15, 2018
last of current sermon series and intro to next series –
“A Sprout in the Desert”
Week 1
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Psalm 85:8-13
John 7:37-39
Isaiah 41:17-18
Isaiah 43:19-21
Psalm 107:35
Psalm 97:1-6
Isaiah 55:10-11
Leviticus 26:3-5
and sermon: “Healing Rain In the Desert…”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Children’s Message
by Julie Hill
Stites
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten,
ME
July
15, 2018
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