Running for their lives – v2

Running for their lives,

no, these are not migrants

they are not seeking employment

but running for their lives

from war, from poison gases

from sectarian violence

they are running for their lives

at all cost.

====

edited January 13, 2016

to all – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/to-all-v6.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/to-all-v6_13.html

(editing version 4)

====

edited January 4, 2016

we must offer our love – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/we-must-offer-our-love-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/we-must-offer-our-love-v2_4.html

edited January 2, 2016

He wants us to reach out – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/he-wants-us-to-reach-out-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/he-wants-us-to-reach-out-v2_2.html

edited December 31, 2015

may we offer grace – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/may-we-offer-grace-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/may-we-offer-grace-v2_31.html

edited December 30, 2015

those people need us – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/those-people-need-us-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/those-people-need-us-v2_30.html

edited December 18, 2015

leaving – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/leaving-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/leaving-v2_18.html

edited December 15, 2015

what can we offer – 2 – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/what-can-we-offer-2-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/what-can-we-offer-2-v2_15.html

edited November 10, 2015

seeking only to be safe – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/seeking-only-to-be-safe-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/seeking-only-to-be-safe-v2_10.html

edited November 10, 2015

to all – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/to-all-v5.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/to-all-v5_10.html

(editing version 2)

edited November 2, 2015

The Boy in the Surf – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-boy-in-surf-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-boy-in-surf-v3_2.html

(editing original)

edited October 31, 2015

to all – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v4_31.html

(editing original, drafted 10/26)

edited October 27, 2015

starting with Abraham – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/starting-with-abraham-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/starting-with-abraham-v2_27.html

edited October 22, 2015

Running for their lives – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/running-for-their-lives-v7.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/running-for-their-lives-v7_22.html

(editing original)

October 22, 2015

we must follow Jesus

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-follow-jesus.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-follow-jesus_22.html

October 22, 2015

find your way to help

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/find-your-way-to-help.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/find-your-way-to-help_22.html

October 22, 2015

those people need us

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/those-people-need-us.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/those-people-need-us_22.html

October 22, 2015

displaced in place

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/displaced-in-place.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/displaced-in-place_22.html

October 22, 2015

they want to work

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-want-to-work.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-want-to-work_22.html

October 21, 2015

do something – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-something-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-something-v2_21.html

October 21, 2015

do something – v1

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-something-v1.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-something-v1_21.html

October 21, 2015

our hope is in Jesus

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-hope-is-in-jesus.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-hope-is-in-jesus_21.html

October 20, 2015

what can we offer - 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/what-can-we-offer-2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/what-can-we-offer-2_20.html

edited/ name change October 20, 2015

He loves us without condition

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-loves-us-without-condition-there-is.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-loves-us-without-condition.html

October 20, 2015

He loved without condition

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-loved-us-without-condition.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-loved-us-without-condition_20.html

October 20, 2015

after Christ washed their feet

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/after-christ-washed-their-feet.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/after-christ-washed-their-feet_20.html

edited October 19, 2015

to all – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v3_19.html

(editing version 2)

October 18, 2015

Love’s strainer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-strainer.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-strainer_18.html

October 18, 2015

Love’s Filter

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-filter-seeing-our-world-through.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-filter.html

edited October 17, 2015

to all – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v2_17.html

October 17, 2015

to all

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all_17.html

October 17, 2015

He wants us to reach out

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-wants-us-to-reach-out.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-wants-us-to-reach-out_17.html

October 17, 2015

He gave us grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-gave-us-grace.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-gave-us-grace_17.html

October 17, 2015

may we offer grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/may-we-offer-grace.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/may-we-offer-grace_17.html

October 17, 2015

God loves us first

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-us-first.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-us-first_17.html

October 17, 2015

God loves them the same

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-them-same.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-them-same_17.html

October 17, 2015

seeking only to be safe

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/seeking-only-to-be-safe.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/seeking-only-to-be-safe_17.html

October 17, 2015

we must offer our love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-offer-our-love.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-offer-our-love_17.html

October 17, 2015

they are just like us

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-are-just-like-us_17.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-are-just-like-us.html

October 17, 2015

we are so lucky

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-are-so-lucky.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-are-so-lucky_17.html

October 17, 2015

we have so much

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-have-so-much.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-have-so-much_17.html

October 17, 2015

leaving

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/leaving.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/leaving_17.html

October 17, 2015

these are the least of these

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/these-are-least-of-these.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/these-are-least-of-these_17.html

October 17, 2015

unable to return

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/unable-to-return.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/unable-to-return_17.html

October 17, 2015

our nation has a responsibility

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-nation-has-responsibility.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-nation-has-responsibility_17.html

October 17, 2015

Asylum Seekers

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/asylum-seekers.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/asylum-seekers_17.html

October 17, 2015

today far worse

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/today-far-worse.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/today-far-worse_17.html

October 17, 2015

a canary in the mine

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-canary-in-mine.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-canary-in-mine_17.html

edited October 12, 2015

The Boy in the Surf – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf-v2_12.html

October 6, 2015

The Boy in the Surf

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf_6.html

September 27, 2015

not people picking blueberries

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/not-people-picking-blueberries.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/not-people-picking-blueberries_27.html

September 27, 2015

refugees not migrants

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/refugees-not-migrants_27.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/refugees-not-migrants.html

Matthew 25:31-46

John 13:34-35

and sermonette, thoughts

about the international refugee crisis

and our calling as Christians

Part 1 of 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vk0S7Qs29E

Part 2 of 2 (with 4 minute gap in between)

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/729754077130950/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbdP8gKY3t0

by Sally Drew

https://www.facebook.com/sally.drew.35

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905.31513.174161846023512/729658460473845/

(Sally has the real-world experience of running

a refugee camp in Singapore.)

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

September 27, 2015

&

edited September 15, 2015

Running for their lives – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

edited September 13, 2015

Running for their lives – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives-v2.html

September 13, 2015

Running for their lives

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives.html

refugees not migrants

fleeing the war in Syria

prayer concern lifted and

drafted at the Aroostook Cluster Meeting

Mars Hill United Methodist Church

September 12, 2015

&

NPR Ombudsman article

“'Refugee' Or 'Migrant': How To Refer To Those Fleeing Home”

http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2015/08/21/433493813/refugee-or-migrant-how-to-refer-to-those-fleeing-home

by Elizabeth Jensen

http://www.npr.org/people/384352444/elizabeth-jensen

https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.jensen.102

August 21, 2015

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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,640+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Running for their lives

Running for their lives

not migrants

not seeking employment

but running for their lives

from war, from poison gases

running for their lives

at all cost.

====

edited January 13, 2016

to all – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/to-all-v6.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/to-all-v6_13.html

(editing version 4)

====

edited January 4, 2016

we must offer our love – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/we-must-offer-our-love-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/we-must-offer-our-love-v2_4.html

edited January 2, 2016

He wants us to reach out – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/he-wants-us-to-reach-out-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/he-wants-us-to-reach-out-v2_2.html

edited December 31, 2015

may we offer grace – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/may-we-offer-grace-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/may-we-offer-grace-v2_31.html

edited December 30, 2015

those people need us – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/those-people-need-us-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/those-people-need-us-v2_30.html

edited December 18, 2015

leaving – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/leaving-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/leaving-v2_18.html

edited December 15, 2015

what can we offer – 2 – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/what-can-we-offer-2-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/what-can-we-offer-2-v2_15.html

edited November 10, 2015

seeking only to be safe – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/seeking-only-to-be-safe-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/seeking-only-to-be-safe-v2_10.html

edited November 10, 2015

to all – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/to-all-v5.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/to-all-v5_10.html

(editing version 2)

edited November 2, 2015

The Boy in the Surf – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-boy-in-surf-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-boy-in-surf-v3_2.html

(editing original)

edited October 31, 2015

to all – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v4_31.html

(editing original, drafted 10/26)

edited October 27, 2015

starting with Abraham – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/starting-with-abraham-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/starting-with-abraham-v2_27.html

edited October 22, 2015

Running for their lives – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/running-for-their-lives-v7.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/running-for-their-lives-v7_22.html

(editing original)

October 22, 2015

we must follow Jesus

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-follow-jesus.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-follow-jesus_22.html

October 22, 2015

find your way to help

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/find-your-way-to-help.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/find-your-way-to-help_22.html

October 22, 2015

those people need us

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/those-people-need-us.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/those-people-need-us_22.html

October 22, 2015

displaced in place

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/displaced-in-place.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/displaced-in-place_22.html

October 22, 2015

they want to work

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-want-to-work.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-want-to-work_22.html

October 21, 2015

do something – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-something-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-something-v2_21.html

October 21, 2015

do something – v1

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-something-v1.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/do-something-v1_21.html

October 21, 2015

our hope is in Jesus

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-hope-is-in-jesus.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-hope-is-in-jesus_21.html

October 20, 2015

what can we offer - 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/what-can-we-offer-2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/what-can-we-offer-2_20.html

edited/ name change October 20, 2015

He loves us without condition

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-loves-us-without-condition-there-is.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-loves-us-without-condition.html

October 20, 2015

He loved without condition

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-loved-us-without-condition.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-loved-us-without-condition_20.html

October 20, 2015

after Christ washed their feet

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/after-christ-washed-their-feet.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/after-christ-washed-their-feet_20.html

edited October 19, 2015

to all – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v3.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v3_19.html

(editing version 2)

October 18, 2015

Love’s strainer

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-strainer.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-strainer_18.html

October 18, 2015

Love’s Filter

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-filter-seeing-our-world-through.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/loves-filter.html

edited October 17, 2015

to all – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all-v2_17.html

October 17, 2015

to all

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/to-all_17.html

October 17, 2015

He wants us to reach out

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-wants-us-to-reach-out.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-wants-us-to-reach-out_17.html

October 17, 2015

He gave us grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-gave-us-grace.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/he-gave-us-grace_17.html

October 17, 2015

may we offer grace

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/may-we-offer-grace.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/may-we-offer-grace_17.html

October 17, 2015

God loves us first

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-us-first.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-us-first_17.html

October 17, 2015

God loves them the same

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-them-same.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/god-loves-them-same_17.html

October 17, 2015

seeking only to be safe

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/seeking-only-to-be-safe.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/seeking-only-to-be-safe_17.html

October 17, 2015

we must offer our love

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-offer-our-love.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-must-offer-our-love_17.html

October 17, 2015

they are just like us

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-are-just-like-us_17.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/they-are-just-like-us.html

October 17, 2015

we are so lucky

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-are-so-lucky.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-are-so-lucky_17.html

October 17, 2015

we have so much

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-have-so-much.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/we-have-so-much_17.html

October 17, 2015

leaving

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/leaving.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/leaving_17.html

October 17, 2015

these are the least of these

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/these-are-least-of-these.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/these-are-least-of-these_17.html

October 17, 2015

unable to return

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/unable-to-return.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/unable-to-return_17.html

October 17, 2015

our nation has a responsibility

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-nation-has-responsibility.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/our-nation-has-responsibility_17.html

October 17, 2015

Asylum Seekers

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/asylum-seekers.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/asylum-seekers_17.html

October 17, 2015

today far worse

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/today-far-worse.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/today-far-worse_17.html

October 17, 2015

a canary in the mine

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-canary-in-mine.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-canary-in-mine_17.html

edited October 12, 2015

The Boy in the Surf – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf-v2.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf-v2_12.html

October 6, 2015

The Boy in the Surf

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-boy-in-surf_6.html

September 27, 2015

not people picking blueberries

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/not-people-picking-blueberries.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/not-people-picking-blueberries_27.html

September 27, 2015

refugees not migrants

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/refugees-not-migrants_27.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/refugees-not-migrants.html

Matthew 25:31-46

John 13:34-35

and sermonette, thoughts

about the international refugee crisis

and our calling as Christians

Part 1 of 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vk0S7Qs29E

Part 2 of 2 (with 4 minute gap in between)

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/729754077130950/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbdP8gKY3t0

by Sally Drew

https://www.facebook.com/sally.drew.35

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905.31513.174161846023512/729658460473845/

(Sally has the real-world experience of running

a refugee camp in Singapore.)

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

September 27, 2015

&

edited September 15, 2015

Running for their lives – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives-v3.html

(merging edits to original and version 2)

edited September 13, 2015

Running for their lives – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives-v2.html

September 13, 2015

Running for their lives

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/running-for-their-lives.html

refugees not migrants

fleeing the war in Syria

prayer concern lifted and

drafted at the Aroostook Cluster Meeting

Mars Hill United Methodist Church

September 12, 2015

&

NPR Ombudsman article

“'Refugee' Or 'Migrant': How To Refer To Those Fleeing Home”

http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2015/08/21/433493813/refugee-or-migrant-how-to-refer-to-those-fleeing-home

by Elizabeth Jensen

http://www.npr.org/people/384352444/elizabeth-jensen

https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.jensen.102

August 21, 2015

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. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,640+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

yielding to God – v2

yielding to God

to fulfill His purpose

our joy emanating, pouring,

from an empty heart

love rising, filling

the empty space within us

our joy arising from

yielding to God’s will

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edited September 13, 2015

yielding to God – v2

August 21, 2015

yielding to God

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/yielding-to-god.html

August 2, 2015

The Joy of the God!

Psalm 51:12

Psalm 98:4

Psalm 27:6

Isaiah 35:10

John 15:5-11

Jude 24-25

(All scripture is from the NIV Bible)

and sermon, “Joyful, Joyful. . . ”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707451822694509/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryjeX7WxUyo

text:

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/08/joyfuljoyful.html

https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/joyful-joyful/

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=711363065636718&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/sermon-joyful-joyful-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/631538016310439936

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 – empty box

-          “Help Fill Their Empty Box”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707450209361337/  

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

by Pastor Ruth Foss

“Come, Christians, Join to Sing”

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707406716032353/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHCscG-8Sis

“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707407136032311/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Foa37MtFs

“All Creatures of Our God and King”

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707410319365326/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSWLPzXdsm4

music during communion (small portion)

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707407872698904/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0zmaAu2bE8

prayer after communion

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707408029365555/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZh7I9mSGmc

closing song – “O How I Love Jesus”

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707408146032210/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KS7GZUq9gs

departing blessing

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/707408459365512/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1LXIe9PPG4

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

August 2, 2015

&

July 26, 2015

What do we hope in?

All scripture is from the NIV Bible

Psalm 9:18; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 31:24

Psalm 33:18; Psalm 33:22; Psalm 38:15

Psalm 39:7; Psalm 43:5

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hope

and sermon, “Hope… ”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/704972696275755/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCpIH6kQa3g

text:

https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/hope/

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/07/hope.html

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=705941236178901&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/sermon-hope-by-pastor-ruth-foss-stetson.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/626481343237591040

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message

-          mystery box – empty wrapper for peanut butter crackers

video:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/704945979611760/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ku-VL8TzGU  

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

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

Patten, ME

July 26, 2015

&

July 19, 2015

(All Scripture Is From the NIV Bible)

Ephesians 2:4-5, 8-9

John 1:14-17

Hebrews 4:16

1 Peter 4:10

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/?type=2&theater

text:

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/07/graceits-not-just-girls-name.html

https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/graceits-not-just-a-girls-name/

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=703385686434456&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/07/sermon-grace-its-not-just-girls-name-by.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/623829550930259969

by Pastor Ruth Foss

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

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 39,250+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.