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Monday, February 25, 2019

2/24/19 sermon, text, Making A U-Turn, by Pastor Ruth Foss, Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church, Patten, Maine

February 24, 2019
SMUMC
Known By: Called To
Psalm 37:1-11, 38-40
2 Chronicles 7:14 AMP
Various other Scriptures
Within the sermon…

“Making A U-Turn”

Let us pray…pray for the spirits leading and for God to be heard through or in spite of me...

This morning’s scripture comes from the Old Testament… A short but impactful…powerful…rich piece of scripture that, even though it is from the old Testament, it very relevant in the times in which we live now… It is found in 2 Chronicles chapter 7 verse 14…listen to the warning, hope, instruction that is found there in…

2 Chronicles 7:14 King James Version (KJV)

Good Morning. Last week I talked about something very near and dear to my heart. Short version…we need to be the hem of Jesus’ Robe to those who are lost and hurting. We need to be the garment of Christ in the world that brings healing and wholeness. We are to be the aroma of Christ so that the world gets a whiff of us and wants to smell the same way too. But why do we need to do this? Why can’t people just get a grip and change their ways?




John 3:19 Living Bible (TLB)
19 Their sentence is based on this fact: that the Light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the Light, for their deeds were evil.


Furthermore…why does it seem that God’s not listening to the pleas of the His people.

Well…my take on this…is quite simple. It comes from talking to people about the world... and where they see…or not see…God in the world. This is my theory…you can agree or disagree. Like I said this is my opinion. I believe it has very much to do with the scripture from this morning.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

We…as God’s people…have let the world in and we have allowed far too much of the go along to get along attitude delegate how we worship and view God. We have allowed God to be taken out of our schools. We have decided that it is too inconvenient to get and go to be with fellow believers and do God on our own time…watching those who we agree with on TV. I praise God that Jesus didn’t think it too inconvenient to go the cross for me…




©Mark 7:21-22 Living Bible (TLB)
21 For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts of lust, theft, murder, adultery, 22 wanting what belongs to others, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, pride, and all other folly.

© James 3:6-8 Living Bible (TLB)
And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is full of wickedness, and poisons every part of the body. And the tongue is set on fire by hell itself and can turn our whole lives into a blazing flame of destruction and disaster.
Men have trained, or can train, every kind of animal or bird that lives and every kind of reptile and fish, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is always ready to pour out its deadly poison.

We are told:
© 1 Corinthians 15:33 Living Bible (TLB)
33 Don’t be fooled by those who say such things. If you listen to them, you will start acting like them.

1 John 1:9 Tells us:
But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. And it is perfectly proper for God to do this for us because Christ died to wash away our sins. Back to the first scripture I read this morning…


Believe it or not…there are Christians that lack faith and don't really believe in the enemy...and until they change their ways...have faith and believe...the enemy is winning...the enemy will continue to use their disbelief and continue to infiltrate our churches...

We are told:
©Ephesians 6:12-13 Living Bible (TLB)
12 For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against persons without bodies—the evil rulers of the unseen world, those mighty satanic beings and great evil princes of darkness who rule this world; and against huge numbers of wicked spirits in the spirit world.
13 So use every piece of God’s armor to resist the enemy whenever he attacks, and when it is all over, you will still be standing up.

We pray…but
©Matthew 6:13 Living Bible (TLB)
13 Don’t bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One.[a] Amen.’

Sum up the sermon…

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.


Amen… 





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February 25, 2019

February 24, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Known and Called
Known to by: Called To
2 Chronicles 7:14 (AMP)
Psalm 37:1-11
Psalm 37:38-40
John 3:19 (TLB)
Mark 7:21-22 (TLB)
James 3:6-8 (TLB)
1 Corinthians 14:33 (TLB)
1 John 1:9
Ephesians 5:12-13 (TLB)
Matthew 6:11 (TLB)
and sermon, “Making A U-Turn”
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

February 24, 2019
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February 24, 2019
speak Holy Spirit - 2
February 24, 2019
a taste of the living water
February 24, 2019
poured onto their lives
February 24, 2019
a well of living water
February 23, 2019
drenched with living water
February 23, 2019
8AM Live
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&
February 23, 2019
be the robe of Christ – v2
February 23, 2019
be the robe of Christ
February 23, 2019
let Christ wear you
February 23, 2019
to be effective
February 23, 2019
wearing Christ
February 23, 2019
stealing His power
February 23, 2019
we are called to heal them
February 23, 2019
Freed from her affliction
edited February 23, 2019
Do we reach out to touch us – alt 1 – v2
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do we touch them – v3
merging version 2 and alt 1 of other poem
edited February 23, 2019
do we touch them – v2
edited February 23, 2019
do they reach out to touch us – alt 1
changing from we to they,
so we become the thing they
reach out to touch…
February 23, 2019
do they reach out to touch us
February 23, 2019
do we touch them
February 23, 2019
able to worship
February 23, 2019
She was clean
February 23, 2019
she was healed
February 23, 2019
she touched Jesus’ robe
February 23, 2019
denied entry to God
February 23, 2019
wanting Christ’s healing
&
February 23, 2019
an Esther spirit
February 23, 2019
step up
February 23, 2019
Father-filtered
February 23, 2019
our lives have purpose
February 23, 2019
what would we see
February 23, 2019
God has a purpose for us
February 23, 2019
how can God use me
February 23, 2019
for a time such as this - 2
February 22, 2019
8AM Live
Esther 4:14b – “For a time such as this”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&
February 23, 2019
there is nowhere
February 23, 2019
lessons from the Word
February 23, 2019
blessings surround us
February 23, 2019
blessed when we are empty
February 23, 2019
light shining - 2
extract February 23, 2019
holding water
extract February 23, 2019
water pouring
February 23, 2019
through the cracks
February 23, 2019
for your grace
February 23, 2019
when we believe - 2
February 23, 2019
epic failures
February 23, 2019
we are forgiven
February 23, 2019
rescued from the pit
February 23, 2019
hungry for the word - 2
February 23, 2019
a thirsting for God
edited February 23, 2019
not touched by Christ – v2
February 21, 2019
8AM Live
Colossians 1:13-14
2 Corinthians 5:17
Matthew 5:3; etc.
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&
February 22, 2019
filled with the Word
February 22, 2019
go to God’s Word
February 22, 2019
go to the well
February 22, 2019
pick up the word
February 22, 2019
hold up the word
February 22, 2019
in between the lines
February 22, 2019
redeem us, recreate us
February 22, 2019
hope in the word - 2
February 22, 2019
share the word
February 22, 2019
drink in the word
February 21, 2019
hearing God’s instruction
February 21, 2019
read His Word
February 21, 2019
dipping our cups
February 21, 2019
the well of God’s Word
February 21, 2019
water flowing from us
February 21, 2019
springs of water - 3
February 21, 2019
add more rocks
February 21, 2019
rocks of the temple
February 21, 2019
trust, hit the rock
February 21, 2019
listen to God - 2
February 20, 2019
8AM Live
Moses hitting the rock
and living water flowed
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&
February 20, 2019
share the living water
February 20, 2019
Christ redeems us
February 20, 2019
living water from the well
February 20, 2019
a broken woman
February 19, 2019
8AM Live
the woman at the well
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&
February 20, 2019
God restores us
February 20, 2019
Jesus restored Peter
February 20, 2019
upon this repentant heart
February 20, 2019
we are the stones of the temple - 2
February 20, 2019
the first stone
February 19, 2019
upon the person of Peter
February 19, 2019
upon Peter
February 19, 2019
upon the foundation of Christ
February 19, 2019
humble stones
February 19, 2019
misshapen rocks
&
2/19/19
Church Sign –
“Love everyone, I’ll sort them out later” – God
&
February 19, 2019
upon this rock – 2
February 19, 2019
stones of the temple - 2
February 18, 2019
8AM Live
on Peter, this rock, I will build my church
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
8AM Live
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
&
February 18, 2019
not touched by Christ
February 18, 2019
reach out for Jesus
edited/ new name February 18, 2019
but the fringe of his robe
changing the order of the lines
February 18, 2019
she reached out for Jesus
February 18, 2019
the touch of God incarnate
February 18, 2019
His touch
February 18, 2019
the demons knew Jesus
February 18, 2019
touch them - 2
February 17, 2019
people followed Christ everywhere – v2
February 17, 2019
people followed Christ everywhere
February 17, 2019
Christ was known for his touch
merged February 17, 2019
they were healed by Christ’s touch – v2
they were healed by Christ’s touch
February 17, 2019
Christ touched the sick
February 17, 2019
tactile
February 17, 2019
Called to Heal
February 17, 2019
Known by Touch
February 17, 2019
not touching Jesus
February 17, 2019
the fringe of his garment
February 17, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Known and Called
Known to by Touch: Called to Heal
Psalm 1
Mark 1:29-39
Mark 5:24-34
Healing the Woman with Hemorrhages
and sermon, “The Hem of the Robe”
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
February 17, 2019
&
February 17, 2019
put on the garment of Christ
February 17, 2019
put on the robe of righteousness
February 17, 2019
Jesus, our kinsman redeemer
February 17, 2019
pray to the breath
February 17, 2019
speak to the dead
February 17, 2019
fill my dry bones Lord
February 17, 2019
dead bodies resurrected
February 17, 2019
from the desert of dry bones
February 16, 2019
brought back to life
February 16, 2019
we will be added to the family
February 16, 2019
God’s breath quickened the bones
February 16, 2019
prophesy to the dead, to the bones
February 16, 2019
the bones alive, redeemed
February 16, 2019
breathe the resurrected life
February 16, 2019
God has his purpose for their lives
February 16, 2019
gathering the gleanings
February 16, 2019
in the field of the kinsman
February 16, 2019
8AM Live – part 2
Jesus is our Kinsman Redeemer
February 16, 2019
8AM Live
Ezekiel 37:1-14 – dry bones
Romans 9
book of Ruth - Naomi, Ruth and Boaz
a purpose for their lives
by Pastor Ruth Foss
&
extract February 16, 2019
to be shared, poured out
extract February 16, 2019
earthen jars
edited February 16, 2019
vessels meant to be broken – v2
February 16, 2019
vessels meant to be broken
February 16, 2019
jars of alabaster
February 15, 2019
let us break open our lives
&
February 15, 2019
all are beloved of God
February 15, 2019
we are not our labels
February 15, 2019
8AM Live
by Pastor Ruth Foss
&
edited/ new name February 15, 2019
we speak through our silence
February 15, 2019
we speak through our inaction
February 15, 2019
Christ spoke through his actions
February 15, 2019
we must be their voice
&
February 15, 2019
reach out for Christ’s healing
February 14, 2019
8AM Live – part 2 – reading the Mark version of the healing
of the woman with bleeding
8AM Live – part 1
the healing of the woman with bleeding
by Pastor Ruth Foss
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edited  February 14, 2019
we must keep our eyes on Jesus – v2
edited February 14, 2019
we grow within the storm – v2
edited February 14, 2019
rest in the eye of the storm – v2
February 14, 2019
calm our storms Lord
February 14, 2019
we grow within the storm
February 14, 2019
we must walk by faith not by our own wits
edited February 14, 2019
as we are going through the storm with Him – v2
shortened to fit on Twitter
February 14, 2019
as we are going through the storm with him
February 14, 2019
we must keep our eyes on Jesus
February 14, 2019
we can have peace within the storm
February 14, 2019
rest in the eye of the storm
February 13, 2019
8AM Live
by Pastor Ruth Foss
&
February 13, 2019
Jesus could not remain silent
February 13, 2019
we must stand in the gap
edited February 13, 2019
We must speak out for justice – v2
edited February 13, 2019
We must not remain silent – v2
February 12, 2019
We must speak out for justice
February 12, 2019
we must not remain silent
February 12,2019
unable to be silent
February 12, 2019
extorting the others
edited/ new name February 12, 2019
They were denied entry
February 12, 2019
They were barred entry
February 12, 2019
They could enter in
February 12, 2019
Christ healed the sick
February 11, 2019
overturning their tables – 2 – v2
edited February 11, 2019
Before you judge someone – v2
edited/merged February 11, 2019
the coins and the tables – v2
three poems merged
overturning the tables - 2
the coins and the tables
shock on their faces – v2
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shock on their faces – v2
February 11, 2019
the coins and tables
February 11, 2019
shock on their faces
February 11, 2019
overturning their tables - 2
edited February 11, 2019
angry in his humanness – v2
change the to God’s
changing order of stanzas
February 11, 2019
angry in his humanness
February 11, 2019
are we widening the gap
February 11, 2019
standing in the gap
edited February 10, 2019
Speak to Us, Lord – v2
adding stanza 3
February 10, 2019
Speak to Us, Lord – v1
opening prayer
February 10, 2019
take, drink
Great Thanksgiving
Communion prayer
February 10, 2019
a crisis of faith - 2
prayer concern for those with a crisis of faith
February 10, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Scouting Sunday
Known and Called
Known to Stand: Called to Justice
Psalm 138
Matthew 21:12-13
(Jesus Cleansed the Temple)
Matthew 28:19-20
(Great Commission)
Mark 1:21-28
(Jesus heals one possessed)
Pledge of Allegiance, Scout Code
and sermon, “Justice League ”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
February 10, 2019
&
February 10, 2019
Before you judge someone
&
February 10, 2019
bring them to Christ - 3
February 10, 2019
usher them in
February 10, 2019
Are we Nan or Mackenzie
characters in The Shack
February 10, 2019
Are we doing whatever is necessary
February 9, 2019
Are we going and doing likewise
edited/ new name February 9, 2019
Are we going out deeper
reordering the stanza
edited February 8, 2019
are we walking on water – v2
February 9, 2019
make room for all
February 9, 2019
pushing, open 24 X 7
February 9, 2019
time to come away from the crowds
February 9, 2019
are we walking on the water
February 9, 2019
all those in need
February 8, 2019
are we casting our nets wider
February 8, 2019
outside in the open
February 8, 2019
a huge gathering
February 8, 2019
his life not his own
February 7, 2019
garbed in Jesus
February 7, 2019
wearing the colors
they are known by sight
February 6, 2019
all of them came to Jesus
February 5, 2019
the tormented, the afflicted
February 5, 2019
Christ had become famous
edited February 5,2019
as we gather – 2 – v2
February 5, 2019
they came from everywhere
February 4, 2019
How are we known
February 4, 2019
he begged for mercy
February 4, 2019
outing Jesus
February 4, 2019
Christ was moved by compassion
February 4, 2019
he was healed - 2
edited/new name February 4, 2019
Christ touched the leper
February 4, 2019
Christ touched him
February 4, 2019
the disease left him
February 4, 2019
Jesus reached out his hand
February 3, 2019
Christ’s heart was touched
February 3, 2019
Be made clean
February 3, 2019
I am willing - 2
February 3, 2019
Oh Lord, if you are willing
February 3, 2019
God will increase our catch
February 3, 2019
Christ died for sinners
February 3, 2019
Christ must have known
edited February 3, 2019
wet feet, wet sandals – v2
February 3, 2019
wet feet, wet sandals
February 3, 2019
as we gather - 2
February 3, 2019
outing our Savior
edited February 3, 2019
embracing the leper – v2
edited February 2, 2019
they descended on Jesus – v2
February 2, 2019
they descended on Jesus
February 2, 2019
the healing power of Jesus
edited/ new name February 2, 2019
embracing the leper
edited February 2, 2019
The Gathering – v2
February 2, 2019
The Gathering
February 2, 2019
thank you Jesus
February 2, 2019
May we follow Christ boldly
February 2, 2019
Christ calls to us - 2
bulletin cover arts
edited February 2, 2019
touch the leper – 2 – v2
edited/ new name February 2, 2019
touch the leper - 2
February 2, 2019
touching the leper
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February 2, 2019
church sign
February 2, 2019
“No Perfect People Allowed”
No #Perfect #People #Allowed #church #hospital #opendoors #openminds
#openhearts @UMChurch #Patten #Maine #UMC #welcome #invitation
#inclusive #hope #community #Mark1 #TheGathering @PastorRuthFoss
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February 2, 2019
bulletin cover art
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February 3, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Known and Called
Known by the Crowds: Called to Gather
Mark 1:40-45 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Psalm 84
and sermon, “The Gathering ”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
February 3, 2019
&
February 2, 2019
We are each called by Christ
second stanza of We are called by Jesus – v2
February 2, 2019
We are found by the seashore
first stanza of We are called by Jesus – v2
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We are called by Jesus – v2
February 2, 2019
We are called by Jesus
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lay down your nets – v2
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The Calling of Jesus, of Christ – v2
(capitalized title)
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the calling of Jesus, of Christ
February 2, 2019
lay down your nets
edited/new name February 2, 2019
the calling of Christ
February 2, 2019
Listen to Jesus
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go into deeper waters – v2
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Get up, come – v2
February 1, 2019
Get up, come
January 31, 2019
trust more fully
January 31, 2019
let down your nets
January 31, 2019
go into deeper waters
edited January 31, 2019
Let’s go fishing – v2
edited January 31, 2019
cast your nets – v2
January 31, 2019
cast your nets
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cast your nets wide – v2
January 31, 2019
cast your nets wide
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they dropped what they were doing – v2
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getting out of the boat – v2
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a whole different catch – v2
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I can’t do anything different – v2
January 30, 2019
I can’t do anything different
January 30, 2019
let’s go fishing
January 30, 2019
they dropped what they were doing
January 30, 2019
a whole different catch
new name January 29, 2019
never looking back
(adding stanza 3)
merged January 29, 2019
to walk on water with Jesus
January 29, 2019
called out of the boat
January 29, 2019
getting out of the boat
January 28, 2019
leaving the water
January 28, 2019
they followed, they went
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leave your nets – v2
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Come, Follow – v2
dropping last stanza
edited/ new name January 28, 2019
Come, Follow
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leave your nets – v2
adding capitalization and punctuation
edited/ new name January 28, 2019
leave your life
January 28, 2019
leave your nets
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cast your nets widely – v2
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A Fishing Expeditions – v2
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drop you net deeply – v2
edited/ rename January 27, 2019
cast your nets widely
January 27, 2019
drop your net deeply
January 27, 2019
A Fishing Expedition
edited January 27, 2019
water connecting the people- v2
edited January 27, 2019
from the dust of the earth – v3
January 26, 2019
water connecting the people
January 26, 2019
fishing for friends
January 27, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Known and Called
Known as Fishers: Called to Cast a Wide Net
Mark 1:14-20
Psalm 84
Psalm 36:5-10
and sermon, “A Fishing Expedition”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 27, 2019
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edited January 26, 2019
A Water Mark – v4
merging edits to original and version 3
edited January 24, 2019
from the dust of the earth – v2
January 24, 2019
from the dust of the earth
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we are fully known – v2
edited January 24, 2019
you know my thoughts – 2 – v2
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Your Spirit blows- v2
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Come upon these waters – v2
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you are there – 2 – v2
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We need to come and see – v2
January 22, 2019
We need to come and see
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searching the horizon – 2 – v2
edited January 21, 2019
Come and See – 5 – v2
January 21, 2019
Come and See - 5
January 21, 2019
God created us
January 21, 2019
we are fully known
edited January 21, 2019
you know when I sit down – v2
January 21, 2019
plans for us to prosper
January 21, 2019
wherever we are - 2
January 21, 2019
searching the horizon - 2
January 21, 2019
when I turned
edited January 21, 2019
we want to be known – v2
edited/merged January 21, 2019
off in the distance – v2
merging “off in the distance” and a “a glimpse enough”
edited/ name change January 21, 2019
off in the distance
January 21, 2019
a silhouette on the horizon
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the saints and the sinners – v2
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we want to belong somewhere – v2
edited January 21, 2019
like the prodigal returning – v2
edited January 21, 2019
the waters of the Jordan – v2
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I was formed in the depths – v2
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we are loved completely – v2
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we are known by God – v2
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we are shattered, we are broken – v2
adding third stanza from “a bag of broken pieces”
edited January 21, 2019
a bag of broken pieces – v2
adding the third stanza
edited/ new name January 21, 2019
a bag of broken pieces
editing “we are shattered, we are broken”
edited January 21, 2019
we long to be known – v2
January 21, 2019
we want to belong somewhere
January 21, 2019
we are shattered, we are broken
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the saints and the sinners
edited January 21, 2019
praying for the saints and the sinners – v2
January 21, 2019
praying for the saints and the sinners
edited January 21, 2019
pray for the older brothers – v2
adding second stanza
January 21, 2019
pray for the older brothers
January 21, 2019
like the prodigal returning
edited/ new name January 21, 2019
God’s love is so much greater
January 21, 2019
God’s love so much greater
January 21, 2019
a glimpse enough
Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
January 20, 2019
we are accepted
January 20, 2019
we want to be known
January 20, 2019
you know where I sit down
January 20, 2019
before I was born - 2
January 20, 2019
I was formed in the depths
January 20, 2019
you are there is Sheol
January 20, 2019
I cannot escape you
January 20, 2019
you are there - 2
January 20, 2019
I was made in secret
January 20, 2019
you have searched me and known me
January 20, 2019
before a word is on my tongue
January 20, 2019
you know my thoughts – 2
January 20, 2019
we are loved completely
edited / new name January 20, 2019
we are known by God
January 20, 2019
we long to be known
edited January 20, 2019
All-Knowing – v3
edited January 20, 2019
All-Knowing – v2
January 20, 2019
All-Knowing
January 20, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
We are Beloved
We are Known On Sight:
Called to Be…
Psalm 36:5-10
Psalm 139:1-16
Jeremiah 29:11
John 1:46
Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
and sermon, “A Sighting”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 20, 2019
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edited January 20, 2019
we cannot stop you – v2
January 19, 2019
the watermark of God
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
We are God’s Beloved - 3
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You are God’s Beloved - 2
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You are Beloved
(making the poem more universal)
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
You are the Beloved
January 19, 2019
You are My Son, Beloved
January 19, 2019
proof of Christ’s identity
edited/ merged January 19, 2019
the stain of the world – v2
January 19, 2019
our mark is revealed
January 19, 2019
the stain of the world
January 19, 2019
a voice from heaven - 2
edited/ new name January 19, 2019
our water mark
edited January 19,2019
God’s breath prayer – v2
edited/new name January 19, 2019
God’s breath prayer
edited January 19, 2019
God breathed a prayer – v2
January 19, 2019
God breathed a prayer
January 18, 2019
breathing a word upon us
January 18, 2019
speaking a mark upon us
edited January 18, 2019
Life through these Waters
January 18, 2019
Life through the Waters
January 18, 2019
you birthed new life
January 18, 2019
we cannot stop you
January 18, 2019
Your Spirit blows
January 18, 2019
we dry ourselves out
January 18, 2019
we forget its power
January 18, 2019
we get in the way
January 18, 2019
the waters of the Jordan
January 17, 2019
we too are marked
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph of
 Pastor Ruth’s sermon 1/13/19)
“Let these waters be to us drops of your mercy,
Let these waters remind us of your righteousness
and justice. Let these waters renew in us  the
resurrection power of Jesus. Let these waters make us
long for your coming reign.”
edited/merged January 17, 2019
(merging 4 poems from 1 paragraph/sentence
of Pastor Ruth’s sermon)
“We are dry and thirsty, O God, Come, refresh us!
Come upon us, Holy Spirit! Come upon these waters.”
January 17, 2019
we are dry, thirsty
January 17, 2019
Come, refresh us - 2
January 17, 2019
Come upon us
January 17, 2019
impart your love to us
January 17, 2019
Come upon these waters
January 17, 2019
Let these waters be for us
January 17, 2019
Let these waters make us
edited January 17, 2019
Let these waters remind us – 2 – v2
edited January 17, 2019
Let these water renew us – v2
January 17, 2019
an invisible mark
January 16, 2019
Let these waters remind us - 2
January 16, 2019
Let these waters renew us
edited January 16, 2019
a mark embedded – v2
edited January 16, 2019
a mark hidden – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are marked by God’s love – v2
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
we are sealed with that mark – v2
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v3
(shortened to fit on Twitter)
edited January 16, 2019
the baptism of Jesus – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptism – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Baptismal Waters – v2
edited January 15, 2019
Holy Water – v2
(edited after contact by a composer who wanted to
use the poem for a choir composition
January 11, 2006 23:25
Holy Water
Mark 1:9-13, 15
&
January 11, 2006 23:45, revised 1/12/06 6:16
Baptismal Waters
Matthew 27:24-26
&
January 11, 2006 23:30
Baptism
(about Dad’t baptism, November 1990)
&
edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus – v2
new name / edited January 15, 2019
the name of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark embedded
January 15, 2019
the baptism of Jesus
January 15, 2019
a mark hidden
edited January 14, 2019
Christ knows your pain – v2
edited January 14, 2019
drenched in the water – v2
edited January 14, 2019
at the Jordan River – v2
January 14, 2019
we are marked by God’s love
January 14, 2019
we are sealed with that mark
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v3
edited January 14, 2019
A Water Mark – v2
edited January 14, 2019
life changed forever – v2
edited January 14, 2019
the sky split open – 2 – v2
edited January 14, 2019
here in the river – v2
edited January 14, 2019
out flesh changed – v2
January 13, 2019
our flesh changed
January 13, 2019
here in the river
January 13, 2019
the sky split open - 2
January 13, 2019
at the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
life changed forever
January 13, 2019
standing in the Jordan River
January 13, 2019
marked by my love - 3
January 13, 2019
A Water Mark
January 13, 2019
drenched in the water
January 13, 2019
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Baptism of the Lord Sunday
We are Known by the Water:
Called To Life Anew
Psalm 29
Mark 1:4-11 (The Message)
and sermon, “A Water Mark”
video
text
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Children’s Message
by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 13, 2019

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