Last Sunday we talked about our words and how they can build people up or bring them down. In Ephesians Paul says:

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.           
                                                       Ephesians 4:29, NRSV

  Have you ever stopped to think that your words might be an avenue through which God’s grace may come to someone? God seems to work that way a lot.
  Oh, occasionally a person hears God speak to them in an audible voice. This certainly happened in the Bible, and it happens today as well; but more often than that God speaks to us through the words of others.
  I heard about a preacher who gave an altar call and a young man came forward to seek Christ in a new way in his life. After the service the preacher asked what words he had spoken which made the difference. To the preacher’s surprise, the man said it was when he heard, “And now my second point is…”
  The preacher was shocked. That was just a transition between thoughts in the sermon. How could that have had such an impact?
  The young man explained, “I came here looking for help. My life has taken several wrong turns. Things have gotten pretty bad and I even had thoughts of ending it all.  Then, when I heard the words, ‘My second point is,’ it struck me that my life could have a second point as well. It doesn’t have to end this way. With God’s help I can see things turn around.”
  Isn’t God great? He can take our words and work miracles.  Give God your words.
                                                                                                                          God bless,  David

Wednesday, May 27
    5:45-7:00 p.m.      New women’s Bible Study
            6:00 p.m.      Youth Esh-Qodesh
            7:00 p.m.      Chancel Choir Practice   
Friday, May 29:
            7:00 p.m.      Prayer Center Worship Service
            8:30 p.m.      Friday Night Flick
Saturday, May 30:
            8:00 a.m.      UMM Breakfast                         
Sunday, May 31:   
            8:30 a.m.     Contemporary Service
            9:30 a.m.     Sunday School
          10:45 a.m.      Traditional Service
          12:00 noon     Jr. High 1-leaving for camp                                                                             
Monday, June 1:
           5:15 p.m.      Sarah Smith Circle leaves for
                               Patti’s  Restaurant                                      
Tuesday, June 2:
            6:00 p.m.     Prayer Meeting in Sanctuary
  6:00 - 9:00 p.m      Prayer Center Open

Sympathy is extended to Linda Overfield and family in the passing of her mother. Teresa Boice.

Visition will be Wednesday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Pearson Funeral Home on Breckinridge Lane.

Funeral will be Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church.

  
Please keep this family in your prayers.

The Young Adult Sunday School class is extending an invitation for an exciting new study that begins this Sunday, May 31 at 9:30 a.m.
Scripture teaches us not to be ignorant of the Spiritual Gifts (1 Cor. 12:1). If we are not to be ignorant, then we must become educated and equipped about the Gifts. This will be an in-depth study of only three of the Gifts: Prophecy, Word of Knowledge, and Word of Wisdom. These particular Gifts are given to enable the believer to see, understand and know a fragment of the Lord’s heart and perspective.
We will start at a basic level and progressively move to more involved levels of hearing the voice of God. At the very least, these classes will help one learn how to hear God’s voice and how to discern prophetic words they receive. Others may discover they actually possess the gift of Prophecy, Knowledge, or Wisdom.
This class meets on the third floor and is taught by Kathy Hershman. Participants are asked to bring a 3-ring binder to hold their notes.

 Youth is over for the summer, but on Wednesday nights at 6:00 p.m., we will be having Esh-Quodesh which in Hebrew means “sacred or holy fire dedicated to the Lord.”
    Our focus will be on worship and prayer.  All youth are invited to come.