Saturday, October 15, 2016

making friends


making friends
outside our walls
ignoring the barriers
coming beside our neighbors
offering them comfort,
offering them a hand
sharing the living waters
to love of Christ with them
all that we meet

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October 15, 2016
making friends

October 15, 2016
tied through Christ
October 15, 2016
at the well
October 15, 2016
Acts 10:9-35
Peter’s Vision
John 4:4-42
the Samaritan Woman at the Well
sermon “United Through Christ”
Rev. Jaquelyn (Jackie) Brannen
District Superintendent Installation Service
for
Northern Maine District Superintendent
Rev. Jaquelyn (Jackie) Brannen
United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
Old Town United Methodist Church
October 15, 2016

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 42,020+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, John 4, Acts 10,  Spirit, prayer, Poetry Where You Live, UMC, Christ, gospel, Jackie Brannen, Sudarshana Devadhar, NME, witness,

tied through Christ


by the cord of faith
woven into the body
tied through Christ
our Savior and Lord

washed in their waters
in the pool, the well
drinking so deeply
of God’s living word

dipping our cups
eating beside them
coming into connection
with all of our neighbors

by the thread of the covenant
stitched into the body
tied through Christ
our Savior and Lord


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October 15, 2016
tied through Christ

October 15, 2016
at the well
October 15, 2016
Acts 10:9-35
Peter’s Vision
John 4:4-42
the Samaritan Woman at the Well
sermon “United Through Christ”
United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
District Superintendent Installation Service
for
Northern Maine District Superintendent
Rev. Jaquelyn (Jackie) Brannen
Old Town United Methodist Church
October 15, 2016

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 42,020+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, John 4, Acts 10,  Spirit, prayer, Poetry Where You Live, UMC, Christ, gospel, Jackie Brannen, Sudarshana Devadhar, NME, witness,

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at the well



at the well, washed
transformed, healed
given divine insight
speaking directly to God
alive with her
touching living water
changed forever within


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October 15, 2016
at the well
October 15, 2016
Acts 10:9-35
Peter’s Vision
John 4:4-42
the Samaritan Woman at the Well
sermon “United Through Christ”
United Methodist Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar
District Superintendent Installation Service
for
Northern Maine District Superintendent
Rev. Jaquelyn (Jackie) Brannen
Old Town United Methodist Church
October 15, 2016

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 42,020+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, provision, praise, peace, presence, salvation, John 4, Acts 10,  Spirit, prayer, Poetry Where You Live, UMC, Christ, gospel, Jackie Brannen, Sudarshana Devadhar, NME, witness,

#provision #praise #peace #salvation #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #Acts10 #gospel #John4 #UMC

Friday, October 14, 2016

We repair the breach – v2


Our witness, our lives
walking with our neighbors,
loving our brothers
even the strangers
with the love of Christ

The choices we make
how we live daily,
we repair the breach
between God and man
as we mirror Christ

Yes there is grace,
oh how we need this,
God’s unending love
lifting us up
with the love of Jesus

Christ came to fulfill
the Law and the Prophets
not to tear down
but to lift us up
as only He can

We are to shine
to be light in the darkness
humble in our walk
as the salt of the earth
the hope of the nations

Shining our light
up on the lampstand
witnesses to God’s grace
yoked with the Christ
our Lord and our Savior

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edited October 14, 2016
We repair the breach – v2

February 9, 2011
We repair the breach
Matthew 5:13-20 (NRSV)
(and Matthew 5:1-12, Beatitudes)
John 6:51 (Call to Worship)
Isaiah 58.6-12 (NRSV)
John 13:34-35 and Ephesians 4:4-6
(“They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love”, The Faith We Sing #2223)
Micah 6:8
(“We Are Called”, The Faith We Sing #2172)
Call to Worship (John 6:51)
Prayer of Confession
Prayer of Dedication
Worship Theme: “A Meal for All People”
and sermon, “Salty Christians”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 6, 2011
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Scout Sunday

All of my poems, photographs, and videos 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 42,040+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.


Faith, God, Christ, love, grace, Poetry Where You Live, Raymond A. Foss, United Methodist, God’s purpose, Matthew  5, Isaiah  58, calling, disciple

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