Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church2501
Heyward Street (corner of Heyward and Queen) Columbia, SC 29205
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Office hours are: Mon. 9am-2pm; Tues. 9am-1pm;
Wed. 9am-1pm; Fri. 9am-12noon
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Sunday, May 23, 2013 @
4:00 p.m. - Church Meeting, "Future Plans
for Wesley Memorial" All person interested in the future of our
church are invited.
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a word from our pastor… Recently I have hungered to feed my soul in a
way I believe the ancient spiritual discipline of fasting will do. I was
reminded in the book that I am reading, The Daniel Fast, by Susan
Gregory that almost every leader in the bible fasted: Moses--Exodus
34:28, Elijah--1 Kings 19:8, Ezra--Ezra 10:6, Daniel--10:3,
Esther--Esther 4:16, Anna--Luke 2:37, Jesus--Luke 4:1-2, Paul--2 Cor.
11:27, Cornelius--Acts 10:30. Their fasts were connected to a spiritual
issue; they restricted food for a spiritual purpose, not as a way to
diet. There is a difference in dieting and fasting; fasting is, as
Gregory points out, "is to draw closer to God...it is an intentional
choice to 'turn down the noise of the world' and focus on your
relationship with your Father." The Daniel Fast is a partial fast. I
won't just be drinking water and eating bread. Rather Daniel's Fast is
based on Daniel 1 and 10 when Daniel--in the face of an oppressive king
when Daniel was determined to remain faithful to God--"ate no pleasant
food, no meat or wine came into [his] mouth, nor did [he] anoint
[himself] at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled." It is a
biblically-based fast that is entirely plant based with only water to
drink. I think my morning cup of Joe is going to be one of the hardest
to give up, but I am determined during this time of fasting to stick
with the Daniel fast plan to help me grow in God, or rather the best way
to say it is to allow God to grow in me as I pray about how to lead our
church in this day and age, so that like Daniel, I can live faithfully
even when all those around me seem to be abandoning God for other
man-made gods.
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your thoughts with Jeri Katherine on her blog:
provocativepreacher.blogspot.com* Up Coming Events
THRIVE! Mind, Body & Spirit
Pastor Jeri Katherine Sipes - “Miracles”
Monday, June
17, 2013
"The Story" Reading for June 12 - "Birth of the King", pages 291-
319
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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