Poetry Where You Live

sermon blog

meditation blog

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

“God’s Whisper” blog

Children’s Message – “”

- Mystery box –

video:

text:

centering hymn, “Surely the Presence”

praise hymn, “Step By Step”

praise hymn, “Lord, I Lift Your Name On High”

praise hymn, “Jesus, Messiah”

praise hymn, “I Stand Amazed”

offertory hymn, “May Jesus Christ Be Praised”

Communion hymn, “There Is A River”

closing hymn, “Shout To the Lord”

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

2nd Sunday in Lent

March 8, 2015

Luke 23:32, 39-43

sermon, “So This Is Paradise”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648706221902403&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/sermon-video-so-this-is-paradise-by.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/572771375716417536

text:

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message – “Thirsting for God”

- Mystery box – bottle of grape juice

video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648705431902482&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/childrens-sermon-video-thirst-for-god.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/572770373047091200

text:

centering hymn, “Surely the Presence”, Greeting and Announcements, Opening Prayer

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648705855235773&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

praise hymn, “Forever”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648697538569938&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

praise hymn, “Everlasting”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648704988569193&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

praise hymn, “To God Be the Glory”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648697848569907&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

praise hymn, “I Worship You Almighty God”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648697378569954&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

offertory hymn, “The Love Of God Goes On”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648699171903108&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

Communion hymn, “10,000 Reasons”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648700495236309&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

closing hymn, “Better Is One Day”
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=648698805236478&set=vb.174161846023512&type=2&theater

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

2nd Sunday in Lent

March 1, 2015

Luke 23:23, 33-34

sermon, “You Are Forgiven”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645802732192752

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/sermon-video-you-are-forgiven-by-pastor.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/569930044379938816

text:

http://pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/02/you-are-forgiven.html
https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/you-are-forgiven/

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=646601188779573&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/sermon-you-are-forgiven-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/570296794476888064

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Children’s Message – “Jesus is our superhero”

- Mystery box – Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Scooby Doo

- and a candy cane

video:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645802482192777

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/childrens-sermon-video-jesus-is-our.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/569931635745034241

image:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/photos/a.176724582433905.31513.174161846023512/645801592192866

text:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=646506582122367&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/children-sermon-jesus-is-our-superhero.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/570211254243102720

centering, “Surely the Presence”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645801915526167

praise hymn, “I Sing the Mighty Power of God”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645801985526160

offertory hymn, “Make My Life A Prayer to You”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645802255526133

Communion hymn, “Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens, Adore Him”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645802898859402

closing hymn, “Our God Reigns”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=645803175526041

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

1^st Sunday in Lent

February 22, 2015

Thy will be done – 2 – v3

“Thy will be done,”

these words of Jesus

choosing to become

the lamb, the sacrifice

submitting His will

to the plan of the Father

to the will of God.

Giving His life over

kneeling at that altar

the stone in the garden

holding nothing back

become the Lamb

drinking of the cup.

Christ, the Messiah,

emptying himself

becoming the vessel

drinking of the cup

the sacrifice, atoning,

healing the breach for

His people, sheep of His flock.

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Thy will be done – 2 – v3

(editing version 2)

edited March 6, 2015

Thy will be done – 2 – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/thy-will-be-done-2-v2.html

merged/edited March 6, 2015

remove this cup from me, but not my will but thy will be done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/remove-this-cup-from-me-but-not-my-will.html

March 6, 2015

Thy will be done - 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/thy-will-be-done-2.html

March 6, 2015

remove this cup from me

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/remove-this-cup-from-me.html

Mark 14:36b

Mark 14:34

Mark 14:32a

Lenten book study:

page 42

Chapter 2. “Garden of Gethsemane”

March 6, 2015

deeply grieved

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/deeply-grieved.html

Mark 14:34

Mark 14:32a

Lenten book study:

page 41

Chapter 2. “Garden of Gethsemane”

24 Hours That Changed the World

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=833652

http://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9780687465552#.VOzkaHzF9gg

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827

http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton

https://twitter.com/RevAdamHamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

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

“God’s Whisper” blog

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Patten, ME

Matthew 26:28

Exodus 24:8

Jeremiah 31:31-34

John 15:15

John 13:3-5

Mark 14:12, 22-25

Lenten book study:

Chapter 1. “The Last Supper”

24 Hours That Changed the World

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Patten, ME

other books by Rev. Hamilton studied in Spirit Study groups -

Not A Silent Night

http://www.adamhamilton.org/store/9781426771842#.VGp1BTTF9gg

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/DynamicContent.aspx?id=276&pageid=1808

The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=1104578

“Final Words from the Cross”

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426746802

to touch that rock

looking at the present

at the garden, Gethsemane

taken back to that night

to enter the Garden of Gethsemane

to touch that rock He leaned on

the altar where He kneeled

when Christ prayed to God

I am sure that in that moment

in kneeling in the garden

in touching that rock that He leaned on

that I would feel Christ with me

and the weight that He carried

his sweat falling like blood

into the thirsty ground

feeling this place crying

the garden, Gethsemane,

the power in that moment

in the choice that Christ made

submitting His will, His life

to the Father, to God, accepting

the cup, the cross, the grave.

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edited March 7, 2015

to touch that rock

March 7, 2015

Three Gardens – 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/three-gardens-2.html

edited March 7, 2015

Three Gardens – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/three-gardens-v3.html

March 7, 2015

a third garden

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-third-garden.html

- garden on Easter morning

March 7, 2015

which decision will we make

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/which-decision-will-we-make.html

March 7, 2015

which garden path will we follow

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/which-garden-path-will-we-follow.html

March 7, 2015

your will

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/your-will.html

March 7, 2015

our will

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/our-will.html

March 7, 2015

two gardens

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/two-gardens.html

March 7, 2015

poison apples

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/poison-apples.html

- Eden

- Gethsemane

Spirit Study

March 3, 2015

Mark 14:26, 32-42

Mark 14:32a

Lenten book study:

Chapter 2. “Garden of Gethsemane”

24 Hours That Changed the World

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=833652

http://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9780687465552#.VOzkaHzF9gg

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827

http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton

https://twitter.com/RevAdamHamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog

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

“God’s Whisper” blog

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Patten, ME

Matthew 26:28

Exodus 24:8

Jeremiah 31:31-34

John 15:15

John 13:3-5

Mark 14:12, 22-25

Lenten book study:

Chapter 1. “The Last Supper”

24 Hours That Changed the World

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Patten, ME

other books by Rev. Hamilton studied in Spirit Study groups -

Not A Silent Night

http://www.adamhamilton.org/store/9781426771842#.VGp1BTTF9gg

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/DynamicContent.aspx?id=276&pageid=1808

The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=1104578

“Final Words from the Cross”

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426746802

Three Gardens – 2

the first garden, Eden

where God walked with them

Man making a fateful choice

following their own will.

the second garden, Gethsemane

where Christ prayed, kneeling

submitting His will to God

that God’s will be done.

the third garden, on Easter

when Christ walked with Mary

the choice that Jesus made

healing the breach with Man.

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March 7, 2015

Three Gardens – 2

edited March 7, 2015

Three Gardens – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/three-gardens-v3.html

March 7, 2015

a third garden

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-third-garden.html

- garden on Easter morning

March 7, 2015

which decision will we make

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/which-decision-will-we-make.html

March 7, 2015

which garden path will we follow

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/which-garden-path-will-we-follow.html

March 7, 2015

your will

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/your-will.html

March 7, 2015

our will

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/our-will.html

March 7, 2015

two gardens

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/two-gardens.html

March 7, 2015

poison apples

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/poison-apples.html

- Eden

- Gethsemane

Spirit Study

March 3, 2015

Mark 14:26, 32-42

Mark 14:32a

Lenten book study:

Chapter 2. “Garden of Gethsemane”

24 Hours That Changed the World

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=833652

http://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9780687465552#.VOzkaHzF9gg

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827

http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton

https://twitter.com/RevAdamHamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

sermon blog

meditation blog