Reminders
Feb 5 Grace Chili and Soup Day -- 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Cost $4.00 for soup, pie and drink
Feb 8 Arma Boy Scout Pancake Feed
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Feb 8 Lee Domann -- Ministry of Word & Music
Wesley UMC, 500 Leawood, Parsons, 2:00 pm
Feb 11 Arma Administrative Council -- 7:00 pm
Feb 22 Transfiguration Sunday
Feb 25 Ash Wednesday
Youth group meets every Sunday at the parsonage. All junior high and senior high youth are welcome to join us for fellowship and Bible study.
February Birthdays
5 Troy Graham 27 Joshua Stephenson
10 Flora Scherff 27 Helen Seeley
14 James Cowan 27 Tim Burnick
20 Wilrose Bough 28 Brett Garrett
23 Mark Price 29 Gerald Wayman
25 Katie Banks 29 LaMoine Kabonic
Arma February Greeters
Feb 1 Jim & Nadine Jones
Feb 8 Erma Nemmers & Vi Schmidt
Feb 15 Youth
Feb 22 Lawrence & Judy Smerchek
Feb 29 Betty & Harry Brunk
Baptisms: On January 14, 2004, two persons from the Arma
congregation came forward to be baptized. We would like to congratulate Clarence Ryder and Zachary Yarnell.
What Is U.M.W.
The Book of Discipline (1992 par 264.6) reads, “In every local church there shall be an organized unit of United Methodist Women.”
So what is U.M.W.? It is not a social organization. United Methodist Women seek to be:
--Followers of Jesus Christ who live their faith in acts of justice and mercy.
--Catalysts for needed change.
--Mobilizers of human and material resources
--Creators of new arenas of participation throughout the church and the world.
U.M.W. participate in God’s mission in all areas of life. Our local unit defines mission as reaching out to share our love and faith with all of our neighbors. All women of our local congregation are invited and encouraged to participate and join our local unit. We currently meet on the second Tuesday of each month. However, we realize that many are at work at this time. Discussions are being held to consider moving the meetings to evenings to encourage more members to participate. We ask that you take the time to pray for our local unit as we minister to others.
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Grace -- is excited to welcome their new choir member, Pat Cummings. Thanks to Pat and all choir members for sharing their talents in our Sunday worship service. Also a big thank you to Kathryn George for her dedicated work as Choir Director.
Grace U.M.W. -- On February 16th, we will be traveling to
Stella Mosler’s home in
Grace -- Chili and Soup Day is February 5th. Hours are 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. Cost is $4.00 for soup, pie and drink. Funds are being raised for a new church sign.
United Methodist Church
Arma/Pittsburg Grace
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(Q) What is the shortest chapter is the Bible? (A) Psalms 117
(Q) What is the longest chapter in the Bible? (A) Psalms 119
(Q) Which chapter is the center of the Bible? (A) Psalms 118
Fact: There are 594 chapters before Psalms 118.
Fact: There are 594 chapters after Psalms 118.
Add these numbers and you get 1188
(Q) What is the center verse in the Bible? (A) Psalms 118:8
(Q) Does this verse say something significant about God’s perfect will for our lives? The next time someone says they would like to find God’s perfect will for their lives and that they want to be in the center of His will, just send them to the center of His Word!
Psalms 118:8 (NKJV) “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” Now isn’t that odd how this worked out, (or was God in the center of it)?
ARMA/MULBERRY/PITTSBURG GRACE
FEBRUARY 2004 NEWSLETTER
Notes from Pastor Jolene Stephenson
A
very dear spiritual prayer partner of mine sent me this email and I would like
to share it with all of you.
Directions
to Our Father’s House
Make
a Right onto Believeth Blvd. Keep
straight and go through the Green Light, which is Jesus Christ.
There,
you must turn onto the
When
you get off the bridge, make a Right turn and Keep Straight.
You
are on the King’s Highway-Heaven bound.
Keep
going for three miles: One for the
Father, One for the Son, and One for the Holy Spirit.
Then
exit off onto
There,
make a Right turn on
Keep
straight and then make another Right on
As
you go on your way, Yield Not to the traffic on
Also,
avoid
Pass
up
Also,
pass
However,
you have to go down
But
that is alright, because
Well,
these are all pretty simple directions. Exactly what we will go through to get to our Father’s House. I would just like to say to all of you, if
anyone should get lost as we sometimes do, don’t be afraid to stop by and ask
for directions.
In
Christ Love
Pastor
Jolene