at the edge of the lake – v5

Rising to Sunrise, no alarm needed,
Ready, Morning bursts in light;
Day awakens, stirring,
Night banished from sight.
 
At the edge of the lake, silent, a mirror,
a golden surface, alive, ablaze;
Woken from Night's slumber;
Ready, a start, a new day.
 
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Edited February 9, 2023

at the edge of the lake – v5

 

&

Edited February 8, 2023

onto the water – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/onto-water-v2.html

&

Edited February 7, 2023

Nightfall – v7

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/nightfall-v7.html

&

edited February 9, 2022

Her Lady Slipper – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/her-lady-slipper-v3.html

edited after reading “May”,

by Mary Oliver

&

edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v4.html

edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v3.html

edited February 9, 2022

at the edge of the lake – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake-v2.html

edited February 9, 2022

onto the water – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water-v2.html

February 8, 2022

onto the water

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/onto-water.html

about summer 2000,

written after reading "Blossom"

by Mary Oliver

&

February 8, 2022

at the edge of the lake

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/at-edge-of-lake.html

about summer 2000,

written after reading "Morning on Great Pond"

by Mary Oliver

&

edited February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v3.html

edited February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered-v2.html

February 8, 2022

in the woods I wandered

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-woods-i-wandered.html

written after reading “Spring”

by Mary Oliver

&

edited February 8, 2022

The bramble enticing – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing-v2.html

February 8, 2022

the bramble enticing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-bramble-enticing.html

Written after reading "Skunk Cabbage"

by Mary Oliver

&

February 6, 2022

Diatomaceous earth

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html

Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",

By Mary Oliver

&

February 6, 2022

The raptors, their carrion

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-raptors-their-carrion.html

Written after reading "Vultures" by Mary Oliver.

&

January 3, 2022

A squadron of geese

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html

written after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver

&

January 3, 2022

The bear cub

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html

About drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

after 2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event. 

Drafted after reading first part of poem "Clapp's Brook" by Mary Oliver.

 

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poetry, nature, pool, memories,

 

#poetry #nature #pool #memories

 

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poetry, Florida, nature, raptors, birds, carrion,

 

#poetry #Florida #nature #raptors #birds #carrion

 

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poetry, blackberry, blackberries, nature, harvest, bramble,

 

#poetry #Blackberry #blackberries #nature #harvest #bramble

 

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poetry, walk, woods, explore, exploration,

 

#poetry #walk #woods #explore #exploration

 

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poetry, dawn, God, promise, lake, night,

 

#poetry #dawn #God #promise #lake #night

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

A #squadron of #geese – v3

A flotilla, a squadron, of geese
descending from Canada
crossing the lake, by air, by sea,
crashing, storming my beach
like Normandy this morning
an allied invasion, a crescendo.

Honking, bleating like sheep,
shouting commands, Reveille;
No gun emplacements
to stop their progress,
no mines, razor wire.
 
I was still sleeping,
before my first cup of coffee
sunlight filling
My one-room cabin,
Watching their forward progress
From a safe distance.
 
------------ 

edited January 4, 2022

A squadron of geese – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese-v3.html

edited January 4, 2022

A squadron of geese – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese-v2.html

January 3, 2022

A squadron of geese

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html

written after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver

January 3, 2022

The bear cub

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html

About drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

after 2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event. 

Drafted after reading first part of poem "Clapp's Brook" by Mary Oliver.

&

edited January 7, 2016

June Morning – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/june-morning-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited May 25, 2013

June Morning – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-morning-v2.html

posted 2/17/04

written June 8, 2000 9:53pm

June Morning

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/june-morning.html

about morning in the summer of 2000

Swains Lake

Barrington, NH

&

edited March 21, 2021

Nightfall - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/nightfall-v6.html

edited September 28, 2017

Nightfall – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/nightfall-v5.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Nightfall – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v4.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v3.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v2.html

July 20, 2000

“Nightfall”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/nightfall.html

Written Thursday 7/20/00 at 9:50. It is about my two hour canoe ride

on Swains Lake from 7:15 to 9:20pm.

Barrington, NH

edited December 28, 2015

Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html 

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

&

edited March 21, 2021

Apricot and Periwinkle - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/apricot-and-periwinkle-v6.html

edited May 5, 2018

Apricot and Periwinkle – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html

(editing version 4, adding 1^st stanza)

edited September 28, 2017

Apricot and Periwinkle – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html

edited January 18, 2016

Apricot and Periwinkle – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html

(merging edits to version 2 and original)

edited June 21, 2014

Apricot and Periwinkle – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night

Apricot and Periwinkle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html

Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night 

Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH

 

 

Barrington, NH, nature, sunrise, lake, geese, God, creator, creation, Mary Oliver,

 

#nature #sunrise #lake #geese #MaryOliver #creation #creator #NH

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

A squadron of geese – v2

A flotilla, a squadron, of geese
descending from Canada
crossing the lake
crashing, storming my beach
like Normandy this morning
an allied invasion.

Honking, bleating like sheep,
No gun emplacements
to stop their progress,
no razor wire.
 
I was still sleeping,
before my first cup of coffee
sunlight illuminating
My room, the cabin,
Watching their forward progress
From a safe distance.
 
------------ 

edited January 4, 2022

A squadron of geese – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese-v2.html

January 3, 2022

A squadron of geese

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html

written after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver

January 3, 2022

The bear cub

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html

About drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

after 2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event. 

Drafted after reading first part of poem "Clapp's Brook" by Mary Oliver.

&

edited January 7, 2016

June Morning – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/june-morning-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited May 25, 2013

June Morning – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-morning-v2.html

posted 2/17/04

written June 8, 2000 9:53pm

June Morning

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/june-morning.html

about morning in the summer of 2000

Swains Lake

Barrington, NH

&

edited March 21, 2021

Nightfall - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/nightfall-v6.html

edited September 28, 2017

Nightfall – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/nightfall-v5.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Nightfall – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v4.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v3.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v2.html

July 20, 2000

“Nightfall”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/nightfall.html

Written Thursday 7/20/00 at 9:50. It is about my two hour canoe ride

on Swains Lake from 7:15 to 9:20pm.

Barrington, NH

edited December 28, 2015

Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html 

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

&

edited March 21, 2021

Apricot and Periwinkle - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/apricot-and-periwinkle-v6.html

edited May 5, 2018

Apricot and Periwinkle – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html

(editing version 4, adding 1^st stanza)

edited September 28, 2017

Apricot and Periwinkle – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html

edited January 18, 2016

Apricot and Periwinkle – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html

(merging edits to version 2 and original)

edited June 21, 2014

Apricot and Periwinkle – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night

Apricot and Periwinkle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html

Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night 

Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH

 

 

 

Barrington, NH, nature, sunrise, lake, geese, God, creator, creation, Mary Oliver,

 

#nature #sunrise #lake #geese #MaryOliver #creation #creator #NH

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

 

A squadron of geese

A flotilla, a squadron, of geese
crossing the lake
crashing, storming my beach
like Normandy this morning
Honking, bleating like sheep,
No gun emplacements to stop their progress;
I was still sleeping,
before my first cup of coffee
sunlight illuminating
My room, the cabin,
Watching their forward motion
From a safe distance. 

------------ 

January 3, 2022

A squadron of geese

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-squadron-of-geese.html

written after reading Clapp’s Brook by Mary Oliver

January 3, 2022

The bear cub

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-bear-cub.html

About drive out of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

after 2019 Stars Over Katahdin dark skies event. 

Drafted after reading first part of poem "Clapp's Brook" by Mary Oliver.

&

edited January 7, 2016

June Morning – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/june-morning-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited May 25, 2013

June Morning – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-morning-v2.html

posted 2/17/04

written June 8, 2000 9:53pm

June Morning

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/june-morning.html

about morning in the summer of 2000

Swains Lake

Barrington, NH

&

edited March 21, 2021

Nightfall - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/nightfall-v6.html

edited September 28, 2017

Nightfall – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/nightfall-v5.html

Edited July 18, 2013

“Nightfall – v4”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v4.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v3”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v3.html

Edited July 15, 2013

“Nightfall – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/nightfall-v2.html

July 20, 2000

“Nightfall”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/nightfall.html

Written Thursday 7/20/00 at 9:50. It is about my two hour canoe ride

on Swains Lake from 7:15 to 9:20pm.

Barrington, NH

edited December 28, 2015

Alone in the Rain – revised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/alone-in-rain-revised-v2.html

posted February 13, 2004

written August 13, 2000 1:53am

Alone in the Rain – revised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/alone-in-rain.html 

Written 6/18/2000

Alone in the Rain

same day as “Dew in the Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/dew-in-morning-first-try.html

and

“Ten Feet Overhead”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/one-morning-on-swains-lake.html

&

edited March 21, 2021

Apricot and Periwinkle - v6

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/apricot-and-periwinkle-v6.html

edited May 5, 2018

Apricot and Periwinkle – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/05/apricot-and-periwinkle-v5.html

(editing version 4, adding 1^st stanza)

edited September 28, 2017

Apricot and Periwinkle – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/09/apricot-and-periwinkle-v4.html

edited January 18, 2016

Apricot and Periwinkle – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/apricot-and-periwinkle-v3.html

(merging edits to version 2 and original)

edited June 21, 2014

Apricot and Periwinkle – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/apricot-and-periwinkle-v2.html
Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night

Apricot and Periwinkle

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sunset-seeing-colors.html

Written 8/28/00 at 10:20 at night 

Swain’s Lake, Barrington, NH

Barrington, NH, nature, sunrise, lake, geese, God, creator, creation, Mary Oliver,

 

#nature #sunrise #lake #geese #MaryOliver #creation #creator #NH

 

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

June Morning – v3

Dawn on the lake

My world is still.

Water like a mirror.

Land and water blur.

Bold bright colors in the

Morning light.

Steam rises from the still surface

In wisps and swirls, like gossamer,

Soon to evaporate

In the warming air.

Birds and I stir

Ready to face a new day.

Above me a chorus

Joins my world.

A flock of Canadian geese

A squadron of at least

Twenty-five land off the point.

A splash, a great commotion,

Squawking and trumpeting

Their arrival near shore.

Tea on the porch

Soaking it all in,

The wonder of God’s creation;

Oops, time for work.

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

edited January 7, 2016

June Morning – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/june-morning-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

Edited May 25, 2013

“June Morning – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-morning-v2.html

posted 2/17/04

written June 8, 2000 9:53pm

“June Morning”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/june-morning.html

about morning in the summer of 2000

Swains Lake

Barrington, NH

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 40,660+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

we stand on God’s grace

not by the law, our righteousness

not by our deeds, our acts in this life;

we stand on God’s grace,

on His unmerited love,

on the sacrifice, the blessing,

the hope in our resurrection

because Christ came down,

taking on our sin

the stain of the judgment

the hope we have in Him

in grace when the winds blow

the challenges, the struggles

temptations in life

only by God’s grace

may we see Paradise

=====

edited July 22, 2015

the curtain is open – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-curtain-is-open-v2.html

July 21, 2015

the curtain is open

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-curtain-is-open.html 

(and planning on summer sermon series)

July 21, 2015

that little piece of You

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/that-little-piece-of-you.html

(from opening prayer)

July 20, 2015

not just a girl’s name

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/not-just-girls-name.html

July 20, 2015

a gift we give

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-gift-we-give.html

July 20, 2015

imparted by grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/imparted-by-grace.html

July 20, 2015

use your gift

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/use-your-gift.html

July 20, 2015

approach the throne of grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/approach-throne-of-grace.html

July 20, 2015

grace is power

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/grace-is-power.html

July 20, 2015

grace is trust

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/grace-is-trust.html

July 20, 2015

grace is a choice

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/grace-is-choice.html

July 20, 2015

grace is an action

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/grace-is-action.html

July 20, 2015

grace is not a feeling

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/grace-is-not-feeling.html

July 20, 2015

grace is our foundation

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/grace-is-our-foundation.html

July 20, 2015

hold onto grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/hold-onto-grace.html

July 20, 2015

we stand on God’s grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/we-stand-on-gods-grace.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/we-stand-on-gods-grace_20.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/we-stand-on-gods-grace_32.html

edited July 7, 2015

The Trees Stripped Bare – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-trees-stripped-bare-v2.html

November 5, 2010

The Trees Stripped Bare

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/11/trees-stripped-bare.html

Pembroke, NH

November 5, 2010

&

edited June 30, 2015

Turned from the wind – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/06/turned-from-wind-v2.html

February 11, 2010

Turned from the wind

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/turned-from-wind.html  

hiking in New England, up through the tree line

and the quote from Thomas More,

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tmore.htm

from “A Man for All Season”,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU-ZNDDbfYA

talking of why he puts his faith in the law and in God,

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/amanforallseasons/quotes.html#explanation4

see comment number 4.

“I would give the Devil the benefit of the Law” (for my own safety's sake)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUqytjlHNIM

&

July 20, 2015

we stand by grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/we-stand-by-grace.html

July 20, 2015

grace is our bedrock

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/grace-is-our-bedrock.html

July 20, 2015

truly a gift

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/truly-gift.html

edited July 20, 2015

we don’t deserve it – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/we-dont-deserve-it-v2.html

July 20, 2015

we don’t deserve it

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/we-dont-deserve-it.html

July 20, 2015

at the corners of grace and mercy

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/at-corners-of-grace-and-mercy.html

July 19, 2015

and sermon, “Grace… It’s not Just A Girls Name”

video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_nkalyo3jk

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/702124173227274/  

text:

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Children’s Message

-          mystery box – lip balm, sun, book mark, toddler sandals

video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo_OlI9PJhY

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/702124049893953/?type=2&theater

text:

by Pastor Ruth Foss

opening video “God of Wonders”

“Hear Our Praises”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANIpCHlaDCA

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/702123656560659/?type=2&theater

“Blessed Assurance”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaIQ-d0gR0k

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/702123763227315/?type=2&theater

transition and “All Heavens Declare” and “Break Every Chain”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaIQ-d0gR0k

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/702123833227308/?type=2&theater

offering – transition and “Hallowed Be Thy Name”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyVP7CCtzfA

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/702123923227299/?type=2&theater

closing song – “Holy, Holy, Holy”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqI0drVawsI

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/702124266560598/?type=2&theater

song after blessing, “Hear Our Praises”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcX2-TBL3CA

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/702124436560581/?type=2&theater

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

July 19, 2015

&

July 12, 2015

We are chosen and equipped by God

to do His work in the world.

(All Scripture Is From the NIV Bible)

Acts 6:1-7

2 Thessalonians 2:13

John 15:15-16

1 Peter 2:9-10

2 Timothy 3:14-17

Exodus 3-4

Acts 22:14-16

and sermon, “I Have Chosen You…”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/699855156787509/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzccIu8AfmM

text:

https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/i-have-chosen-you/

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/07/i-have-chosen-you.html

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=700685400037818&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/sermon-i-have-chosen-you-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/621320052185427968

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

July 12, 2015

&

July 5, 2015

Seventh Sunday of Pentecost

4^th of July

Declaration of Independence

and sermon, “Just Say Jesus” and Communion liturgy

video:

https://youtu.be/YLjlLA5bia0

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/697685963671095/  

text:

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/07/just-say-jeusu.html

https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/just-say-jesus/

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=700685400037818&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/sermon-just-say-jesus-by-pastor-ruth.html 

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/621312065521733632

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

July 5, 2015

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