The eager #Father
watching the horizon
longing for each of us
to come, to follow,
to come back home.
The #loving Father
loving each #Prodigal
calling to each of us
to come, to follow,
to come back home.
#Luke15:20 @PastorRuthFoss #FathersDay #sermon #church #God #poem #poetry
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Showing posts with label Father's Day. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 21, 2020
Monday, June 18, 2018
The Perfect Father - v2
not like our mortal fathers,
damaged like us, broken,
perfect, eternal
the perfect father
is our Father God
seated in heaven above
loving us into existence
protecting us on the journey
with us in our joys and
struggles
loving enough to sacrifice
giving His Son to redeem us
to give us eternal life
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edited July 5, 2018
searching for us – 2 – v2
edited July 5, 2018
God will search – v2
July 4, 2018
Shut Up; Don’t Say That
edited/expanded July 4,2018
Because they aren’t Christian
July 4, 2018
Reach out to them
Facebook post of video by Graham Allen
https://www.facebook.com/GrahamAllenOfficial/
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover”
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover”
Rant Nation
&
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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blood, choice,
Christ, Faith, Family, God, grace, love, Mark 3, Pastor Ruth Foss, Psalm 138,
sacrifice, Spirit, Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church, prayer, hope,
#blood #Jesus
#Christ #Spirit #Faith #Family #God #grace #love #Mark3 #PastorRuthFoss
#Psalm138 #sacrifice #prayer #hope #vine #choice #fire #water #flame #bonds
#kinship #children #baptism #adoption #resurrection #Father #Son #life #child
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blood, choice,
Christ, Faith, Family, Father, God, grace, love, Luke 15, Pastor Ruth Foss,
Psalm 20, sacrifice, Spirit, Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church, prayer,
hope, Father’s Day,
#blood #Jesus
#Christ #Spirit #Faith #Family #God #grace #love #Luke15 #Psalm20 #sacrifice
#prayer #hope #vine #choice #fire #water #bonds #kinship #children #baptism
#adoption #resurrection #Father #Son #life #child #FathersDay #seeking
#ChildrensMessage #sermon #ThomasJefferson #nickel #coin
#America #USA #InGodWeTrust http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/06/61718-childrens-message-nickel-in.html
#Christ #Spirit #Faith #Family #God #grace #love #prayer #hope #vine
#choice #water #bonds #kinship #children #baptism #adoption #Father #Son #life
#child #FathersDay
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blood, choice,
Christ, Faith, Family, Father, God, grace, love, 2 Corinthians 6, Pastor Ruth
Foss, Psalm 133, sacrifice, Spirit, Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church,
prayer, hope,
#blood #Jesus
#Christ #Spirit #Faith #Family #God #grace #love #2Corinthians6 #Psalm133
#sacrifice #prayer #hope #vine #choice #fire #water #bonds #kinship #children
#baptism #adoption #resurrection #Father #Son #life #child #seeking
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Christ, Faith,
Family, Father, God, grace, love, Pastor Ruth Foss, Spirit, prayer, hope,
marriage, wedding, 1 Corinthians 13, Ruth 1, Romans 12, Jarrod Cunningham,
Chrissy McCarthy,
#Jesus #Christ #Spirit #Faith #Family #God #grace #love
#sacrifice #prayer #hope #vine #choice #bonds #kinship #children #baptism #Father
#Son #life #wedding #marriage #Ruth1 #1Corinthians13 #Romans12 #husband #wife
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Christ, Faith, Family, Father, Son, Advocate, healer, God,
grace, love, Mark 5, Pastor Ruth Foss, Psalm 130, sacrifice, Spirit, Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church, prayer, hope, physician, healing,
#God #Spirit #Father #Son #prayer #pray #petitions #faith
#love #grace #offering #witness #testify #Jesus #Family #Mark5 #Psalm130
#sacrifice #hope #children #child #touch #mercy #healing #heal #Christ
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Teach Them
No degree, no special schooling did they have
an apprenticeship, of sorts, perhaps
sitting at the master’s feet
watching him, learning from his life
A charge to keep, to the ends of the earth
to make disciples, to teach them,
to bear witness and to set an example
to mentor and to guide
Simple words, living in our faith
as He told the first disciples,
as they lived and as we have been taught
to share these lessons
to all nations, teaching them
the commandments of the Lord
the way to life eternal
June 21, 2009
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon, “Teaching is Not Just For Teachers”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
June 21, 2009
Father’s Day
an apprenticeship, of sorts, perhaps
sitting at the master’s feet
watching him, learning from his life
A charge to keep, to the ends of the earth
to make disciples, to teach them,
to bear witness and to set an example
to mentor and to guide
Simple words, living in our faith
as He told the first disciples,
as they lived and as we have been taught
to share these lessons
to all nations, teaching them
the commandments of the Lord
the way to life eternal
June 21, 2009
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon, “Teaching is Not Just For Teachers”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
June 21, 2009
Father’s Day
His Last Lecture
The commissioning, few words
His last lecture on earth
claiming His authority
Imparting us with power
a mission to the world
Words that have grown the church
from one believer to the heart of another
empowering us to witness, to teach
to guide and to mentor others
into a closer walk with thee
June 21, 2009
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon, “Teaching is Not Just For Teachers”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
June 21, 2009
Father’s Day
His last lecture on earth
claiming His authority
Imparting us with power
a mission to the world
Words that have grown the church
from one believer to the heart of another
empowering us to witness, to teach
to guide and to mentor others
into a closer walk with thee
June 21, 2009
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon, “Teaching is Not Just For Teachers”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
June 21, 2009
Father’s Day
Joining the Circle of Your Love
Not joining our church, our congregation;
joining the circle of Your love
so were the words of welcome
new members entering in
becoming part of the body of Christ
into His circle of love, sharing with us
His work, His ministry carried on
as He was sent, so we go, in His name
sharing His love, as we are able, to all nations
June 21, 2009
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon, “Teaching is Not Just For Teachers”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
June 21, 2009
Father’s Day
joining the circle of Your love
so were the words of welcome
new members entering in
becoming part of the body of Christ
into His circle of love, sharing with us
His work, His ministry carried on
as He was sent, so we go, in His name
sharing His love, as we are able, to all nations
June 21, 2009
Matthew 28:16-20
Sermon, “Teaching is Not Just For Teachers”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
June 21, 2009
Father’s Day
Monday, April 13, 2009
THE STORY OF EDITH BURNS... received via email Easter 2009
received from a dear friend Easter Sunday. I don't know if it is a true story or not; but I liked the simple message. We are commissioned to share the good news of our salvation through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I hope you enjoy this story.
Happy Easter!
Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns.
One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her.
Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved.
Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?"
Beverly said, "Why yes I do."
Edith said, "Well, what do you believe about Easter?"
Beverly said, "Well, it's all about egg hunts, going to church, and dressing up." Edith kept pressing her about the real meaning of Easter, and finally led her to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Phillips said, " Beverly , don't call Edith into the office quite yet. I believe there is another delivery taking place in the waiting room.
After being called back in the doctor's office, Edith sat down and when she took a look at the doctor she said, "Dr. Will, why are you so sad? Are you reading your Bible? Are you praying?"
Dr. Phillips said gently, "Edith, I'm the doctor and you're the patient" With a heavy heart he said, "Your lab report came back and it says you have cancer, and Edith, you're not going to live very long."
Edith said, "Why Will Phillips, shame on you. Why are you so sad? Do you think God makes mistakes? You have just told me I'm going to see my precious Lord Jesus, my husband, and my friends. You have just told me that I am going to celebrate Easter forever, and here you are having difficulty giving me my ticket!"
Dr. Phillips thought to himself, "What a magnificent woman this Edith Burns is!"
Edith continued coming to Dr. Phillips. Christmas came and the office was closed through January 3rd. On the day the office opened, Edith did not show up. Later that afternoon, Edith called Dr. Phillips and said she would have to be moving her story to the hospital and said, "Will, I'm very near home, so would you make sure that they put women in here next to me in my room who need to know about Easter."
Well, they did just that and women began to come in and share that room with Edith. Many women were saved. Everybody on that floor from staff to patients were so excited about Edith, that they started calling her Edith Easter; that is everyone except Phyllis Cross, the head nurse.
Phyllis made it plain that she wanted nothing to do with Edith because she was a "religious nut". She had been a nurse in an army hospital. She had seen it all and heard it all. She was the original G.I. Jane. She had been married three times, she was hard, cold, and did everything by the book.
One morning the two nurses who were to attend to Edith were sick.
Edith had the flu and Phyllis Cross had to go in and give her a shot. When she walked in, Edith had a big smile on her face and said, "Phyllis, God loves you and I love you, and I have been praying for you."
Phyllis Cross said, "Well, you can quit praying for me, it won't work.. I'm not interested."
Edith said, "Well, I will pray and I have asked God not to let me go home until you come into the family."
Phyllis Cross said, "Then you will never die because that will never happen," and curtly walked out of the room.
Every day Phyllis Cross would walk into the room and Edith would say, "God loves you Phyllis and I love you, and I'm praying for you."
One day Phyllis Cross said she was literally drawn to Edith's room like a magnet would draw iron. She sat down on the bed and Edith said, "I'm so glad you have come, because God told me that today is your special day"
Phyllis Cross said, "Edith, you have asked everybody here the question, "Do you believe in Easter but you have never asked me."
Edith said, "Phyllis, I wanted to many times, but God told me to wait until you asked, and now that you have asked." Edith Burns took her Bible and shared with Phyllis Cross the Easter Story of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Edith said, "Phyllis, do you believe in Easter? Do you believe that Jesus Christ is alive and that He wants to live in your heart?"
Phyllis Cross said, "Oh I want to believe that with all of my heart, and I do want Jesus in my life "Right there, Phyllis Cross prayed and invited Jesus Christ into her heart. For the first time Phyllis Cross did not walk out of a hospital room, she was carried out on the wings of angels.
Two days later, Phyllis Cross came in and Edith said, "Do you know what day it is?" Phyllis Cross said, "Why Edith, it's Good Friday."
Edith said, "Oh, no, for you every day is Easter. Happy Easter Phyllis!"
Two days later, on Easter Sunday, Phyllis Cross came into work, did some of her duties and then went down to the flower shop and got some Easter lilies because she wanted to go up to see Edith and give her some Easter lilies and wish her a Happy Easter.
When she walked into Edith's room, Edith was in bed. That big black Bible was on her lap. Her hands were in that Bible. There was a sweet smile on her face. When Phyllis Cross went to pick
up Edith's hand, she realized Edith was dead. Her left hand was on John 14: "In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also." Her right hand was on Revelation 21:4, "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more death nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
Phyllis Cross took one look at that dead body, and then lifted her face toward heaven, and with tears streaming down here cheeks, said, "Happy Easter, Edith - Happy Easter!"
Phyllis Cross left Edith's body, walked out of the room, and over to a table where two student nurses were sitting. She said, "My name is Phyllis Cross. Do you believe in Easter?"
Happy Easter!
Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns.
One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her.
Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved.
Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?"
Beverly said, "Why yes I do."
Edith said, "Well, what do you believe about Easter?"
Beverly said, "Well, it's all about egg hunts, going to church, and dressing up." Edith kept pressing her about the real meaning of Easter, and finally led her to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Phillips said, " Beverly , don't call Edith into the office quite yet. I believe there is another delivery taking place in the waiting room.
After being called back in the doctor's office, Edith sat down and when she took a look at the doctor she said, "Dr. Will, why are you so sad? Are you reading your Bible? Are you praying?"
Dr. Phillips said gently, "Edith, I'm the doctor and you're the patient" With a heavy heart he said, "Your lab report came back and it says you have cancer, and Edith, you're not going to live very long."
Edith said, "Why Will Phillips, shame on you. Why are you so sad? Do you think God makes mistakes? You have just told me I'm going to see my precious Lord Jesus, my husband, and my friends. You have just told me that I am going to celebrate Easter forever, and here you are having difficulty giving me my ticket!"
Dr. Phillips thought to himself, "What a magnificent woman this Edith Burns is!"
Edith continued coming to Dr. Phillips. Christmas came and the office was closed through January 3rd. On the day the office opened, Edith did not show up. Later that afternoon, Edith called Dr. Phillips and said she would have to be moving her story to the hospital and said, "Will, I'm very near home, so would you make sure that they put women in here next to me in my room who need to know about Easter."
Well, they did just that and women began to come in and share that room with Edith. Many women were saved. Everybody on that floor from staff to patients were so excited about Edith, that they started calling her Edith Easter; that is everyone except Phyllis Cross, the head nurse.
Phyllis made it plain that she wanted nothing to do with Edith because she was a "religious nut". She had been a nurse in an army hospital. She had seen it all and heard it all. She was the original G.I. Jane. She had been married three times, she was hard, cold, and did everything by the book.
One morning the two nurses who were to attend to Edith were sick.
Edith had the flu and Phyllis Cross had to go in and give her a shot. When she walked in, Edith had a big smile on her face and said, "Phyllis, God loves you and I love you, and I have been praying for you."
Phyllis Cross said, "Well, you can quit praying for me, it won't work.. I'm not interested."
Edith said, "Well, I will pray and I have asked God not to let me go home until you come into the family."
Phyllis Cross said, "Then you will never die because that will never happen," and curtly walked out of the room.
Every day Phyllis Cross would walk into the room and Edith would say, "God loves you Phyllis and I love you, and I'm praying for you."
One day Phyllis Cross said she was literally drawn to Edith's room like a magnet would draw iron. She sat down on the bed and Edith said, "I'm so glad you have come, because God told me that today is your special day"
Phyllis Cross said, "Edith, you have asked everybody here the question, "Do you believe in Easter but you have never asked me."
Edith said, "Phyllis, I wanted to many times, but God told me to wait until you asked, and now that you have asked." Edith Burns took her Bible and shared with Phyllis Cross the Easter Story of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Edith said, "Phyllis, do you believe in Easter? Do you believe that Jesus Christ is alive and that He wants to live in your heart?"
Phyllis Cross said, "Oh I want to believe that with all of my heart, and I do want Jesus in my life "Right there, Phyllis Cross prayed and invited Jesus Christ into her heart. For the first time Phyllis Cross did not walk out of a hospital room, she was carried out on the wings of angels.
Two days later, Phyllis Cross came in and Edith said, "Do you know what day it is?" Phyllis Cross said, "Why Edith, it's Good Friday."
Edith said, "Oh, no, for you every day is Easter. Happy Easter Phyllis!"
Two days later, on Easter Sunday, Phyllis Cross came into work, did some of her duties and then went down to the flower shop and got some Easter lilies because she wanted to go up to see Edith and give her some Easter lilies and wish her a Happy Easter.
When she walked into Edith's room, Edith was in bed. That big black Bible was on her lap. Her hands were in that Bible. There was a sweet smile on her face. When Phyllis Cross went to pick
up Edith's hand, she realized Edith was dead. Her left hand was on John 14: "In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also." Her right hand was on Revelation 21:4, "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more death nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
Phyllis Cross took one look at that dead body, and then lifted her face toward heaven, and with tears streaming down here cheeks, said, "Happy Easter, Edith - Happy Easter!"
Phyllis Cross left Edith's body, walked out of the room, and over to a table where two student nurses were sitting. She said, "My name is Phyllis Cross. Do you believe in Easter?"
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