First United Methodist Church

PASTOR'S PERSPECTIVE:

Greetings in the name of the Resurrected Jesus Christ who lives and reigns forever and forever. I hope and pray that you experienced the power of the resurrected Lord during the Easter celebrations at our church gatherings over the past weeks. I give thanks to God every time I think of the ways you helped to make God's love real during the Easter season. God is truly blessing us with so many talented people who are willing to share their gifts with our church family.

I believe prayer is at the heart of the Christian life. I also believe one of the greatest strengths of our church is prayer. We have seen God's love made real in such a powerful way through the gift of prayer. I want to continue to build on this gift God has given us. One of the ways we can continue to strengthen our community prayer life is through praying as a church family on Sunday evenings.

I want to spend a moment telling you about some of the changes we have made in our Sunday evening worship service. We are changing the service to allow more time for prayer. The format will be to come together and sing hymns to God and then have a brief sermon, followed by an extended time of prayer. We will be praying for people who have shared with us a desire for our church to pray for them. We also will be praying for the different ministry areas of our church and for each member of our church family by name. Those who come will be given the opportunity to pray. You will be given a written prayer guide to assist you in praying for a fellow church family member by name if you chose to pray. You don't have to pray if you attend.

On the first Sunday night of each month, we will have a service of prayer for healing, accompanied by the anointing with oil at the altar rail. We will be using the order of service found in the United Methodist Book of Worship. If you have a friend or family member that desires the prayers of the church for healing of the body, mind or soul this would be a wonderful time to invite them to come for special prayer.

If you have any suggestions, please feel free to discuss them with me. Again, thank you for your prayers and I'll see you at the church on the hill where God's love is made real.

Jerry May, Pastor, First UMC of Chipley

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at: First UMC - 1285 Jackson Ave. - Chipley, FL 32428. You may also call us at 850-638-0010. You may email our pastor, Rev. Jerry May, at jerrymay11@bellsouth.net .

Jerry May, Pastor, First UMC of Chipley

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