Our lesson was a little different this week! Have you read about the year of the Jubilee? This was a celebration of wrongs and debts. We can all understand that there are people in our community who are having a hard time getting what they need, including basic needs for living, while there are other people that have more than enough. This Bible story tells us to create equality for all people. This is to be celebrated because God created all of us as equals. At the end of seven years, you were to release every creditor that owed you; you were not to collect this from his family, and you were just to release the debt. This was to be celebrated because God created each of us equal and we deserve to be forgiven and free. Jubilee was an act of justice, where at the end of seven years, your debts would be forgiven! This doesn’t work today, but we can still bless others with our acts of kindness and generosity.

Our kids were thankful for the “back-to-school” gift cards that were given to them for school supplies and for the kindness of the people that made our back-to-school party possible. Thanks for the hot dogs, movie, and popcorn that our kids got to enjoy. Even Mom and Dad appreciate your generosity of the gift cards! Getting the kids ready for school is expensive and these cards were blessings!

See you in church Sunday for a new lesson! Blessings

Join as Eastside Ministries presents the East Fort Worth Community Jazz Band for an evening of food and entertainment. Details included below:

Saturday August 12, 2023, 5:30 PM -8:00 PM
Fellowship Hall of Meadowbrook-Poly United Methodist Church
3900 Meadowbrook Dr., Fort Worth, 76103

FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 6
COMMUNION AGAIN!
Sermon: “Two Words to Live By”
Scripture: Matthew 6:34

NOTES

Special service last week. Mary had a fine sermon and Shannon’s dad, and two uncles, lifted us up.

If you missed it—just don’t do it again.

Did you get to breakfast?

You must have.

All the donuts were gone by the time I got there.

Every week before worship. Don’t forget it! Good food and a bit of fellowship.

I wrote about the Shroud in Friday’s Word because there are too many people who run from reality. All the evidence is on the side of Jesus.

And in the sermon this Sunday, we will meet the God Jesus told us about—the God who knows what we are going through and who seeks to lift our burdens and assure us that things will be OK.

(Yes, we will open with a song our trio sang last week— “Blessed Assurance.”)

I love the story I will share with you this Sunday.

It has lifted me.

I think Blake is still traveling in Europe.

Shannon will be back, I believe.

What about you?

Come to worship.

If you haven’t been for a while—surprise me!

I look forward to seeing you.

Dearest Church and friends,

I do not know how we have been so very blessed to hear the kind of music we have heard from the Davidson family and from Blake Glass! I could listen for hours, and I have been humming “Blessed Assurance” since Sunday. These performances have been pure joy for me. I am looking forward to more experiences in the future. For example, we have finally settled on a name for these concerts, “Second Saturday Concerts.”

Our next Second Saturday is August 19th. I will be talking to Blake and Shannon about a plan for this one. Max will perform at our September event and the October and November events are yet to be finalized.

Please tell your friends. These concerts started out as fundraising events, but I have enjoyed them so much that I have completely forgotten everything except the overwhelming happiness I am feeling afterward. I know you feel the same way. Thank you to our performers and to Blake and Shannon for all the hard work it took to become this talented.

Remember this week that God has known your name for all of eternity. There isn’t a time when you have not been known and loved by God. Blessings to you all.

STAY INSIDE UNLESS YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. IF YOU NEED WATER, GROCERIES OR ANYTHING AT ALL, PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH!
Mary
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Sunday when we told the kids we were going to talk about Daniel, the kids got very excited and Remi told us about Daniel before Miss Vickie could start the story! The Hebrews were living in a foreign land, surrounded by people who worshiped different gods. These circumstances made remaining faithful to the Living God a challenge.

Some of the king’s advisors were jealous of Daniel and went to King Darius and tricked him into making a law that people should worship him and nobody else. King Darius agreed to their suggestion that anyone that broke the law should be fed to the lions. So, the trap was set! Daniel makes a courageous choice to continue praying to God three times a day in front of an open window just like he had always done. Daniel is reported to the king by his advisors, and even though he tries to find a way out, the king must order Daniel to be thrown into the lion’s den. However, Daniel’s faithfulness is rewarded when God sends an angel to close the mouths of the lions and Daniel escapes harm. The king is so impressed by this demonstration of God’s power that he begins to worship God also and sends out a decree that everyone in the kingdom should worship God. By choosing to be faithful to God and not hide his faith, Daniel set an example for the king and others in the kingdom.

Our Back-to-School Bash is this Friday. We will have a movie and dinner for all our kids starting at 6:00. This includes all our kids—grade school, high school, or college!! Come see us for dinner, movie, and a prize! See you on Friday and again on Sunday for church!

Blessings, Mrs. Sur, and Mrs. Vickie