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Rethink Church: Economy (UMC)

This Sunday – Services on the Parsonage Lawn Bring a chair or blanket

• Adult Bible Study 8:00 am
• Sunday Service is 9:00 am

Those assisting with the service:

Nursery Care @ 9 am: N/A
Greeters @ 9 am: Open to friendly faces
Ushers  @ 9 am: Dave & Kim  B
Acolytes @9 am:  N/A
Liturgists @ 9 am: Alice  H
Tellers:  Kevin & Ann S
Coffee Hosts: Check the sign-up poster in Rauner Hall

TAKE NOTE:

• Amy Thomas has returned from Haiti!
• Spaghetti Dinner will begin again on September 4th (Saturday before Labor Day)
• United Methodist Mens Breakfast/Meeting September 18th 7:15  – 9:00 am.  Guest Speak will be Pat Llordra, First Selectman of Newtown
• Fall Craft Fair is October 16thif you would like to help out please give Debbie Stakel a call and see what you can do to lend a helping hand
  
• Have you sent in your  2010/2011 Pledge?
• The church office will be open from 10-noon Tuesday – Friday,  for Summer hours. If you need to get information into the bulletins or the e-newsletter please email the office or call (203) 426-9998 between the hours above (you can also post most of them on the web site).

Live the Word to Sunday, a Lectionary Discussion

Preparing the way for the Lord to let God’s Word work in your life during the week to make your worship experience more meaningful. Sermons during Worship services are often based upon the Revised Common Lectionary. You are invited to log onto this site and Leave Comment on the readings presented with your questions and/or thoughts.  If you have not already done so,you may register here.

September 4, 2010 [Green] Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Jeremiah 18:1-11 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD…

• This is the word of God coming to us through the ages from the prophet Jeremiah. True to his role Jeremiah relays tough words. As a potter would destroy a weak vessel and start over, so would God with a nation. How do these words speak to you, do they sound fearful, or do you see hope in them?

Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 – O LORD you have searched me and known me…

• Who is the writer of Psalms? Many are said to come from King David, or else may be from close followers of King David’s way of thinking about God and approaching God in Prayer. Here we have the psalmist telling us what he does not know. This God of Abraham, Moses and the prophets knows every one of our thoughts, what is on our hearts and yet God is unknowable. Such are the largeness of his thoughts.

Philemon 1-21 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus…

• Paul writes to his co-league, student or partner, Philemon about Philemon’s slave Onesimus. Do you think Paul is appealing to Philemon or directing him? At the least Paul is confident Philemon will “do even more” than Paul requests. Such is the way of Paul, so involved with Jesus that he is captive for him or with him. When faced with ethical or humanistic questions, Paul shows confidence that any one who turns her or his life to Christ can only respond positively. Notice, also, the role of women in the early church.

Luke 14:25-33 Now large crowds were traveling with him and he turned and said to them…

• And so how do you respond to Jesus when he demands so much? How was it that Paul considered himself captive in Christ? What is it that Paul understood about Jesus? Is it that the price we pay is dwarfed by the price Jesus paid? Is it that Paul caught a glimpse of heaven beyond and the glory that waits us? Or is it that in all Paul’s sufferings, beaten, imprisoned, almost martyred several times, he enjoyed heavens blessings that saw him though and in joy throughout?

Consider further, more words that bring life:

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 See I have set before you today, life and prosperity, death and adversity…

Psalm 1 Happy are those who…

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The Newtown United Methodist Church and its parishioners are very aware that hunger, unfortunately, is a growing issue in our community and take many actions to help ease it.

With your help, last year, Faith Food Pantry gave out 3,800 meals to only Newtown residents. As of July, they have given out 3,400 meals to only people from Newtown.

In the first 7 months, they have given out 90% of last year’s total!

We are asking everyone who goes to the Labor Day Parade to

1. bring 1 can of food in a plastic bag.
2. Put it on the curb along the parade route.
3. 1 CAN is a float in the parade. As we move through the parade route, we collect the food.
4. After the parade, we bring it to the Faith Food Pantry.

Thank you so much!

Linda L

Summer is a great time to get a head start on making crafts for our craft booth and creating $25 theme baskets.

Baking this summer, why not freeze some for the bake sale booth and cookie booth.

If you have any baskets that are in good shape or any NEW odd and end items that can be incorporated into the theme baskets, please give them to Susan James, Pam Powers or leave the items in the church office labeled for theme basket booth.

Craft booth donations can be left in the office as well.

Please sign up to visit a local business for a donation to the silent auction booth.  Sign up sheets will be displayed before and after church.

Any questions, call Ronalee T.

Many hands make light work!

In the coming weeks committees will be hearing more about Stephen Ministry and how it is being implemented at the Newtown United Methodist Church (NUMC).

The PBS “Religion and Ethics” news show recently aired an eight-minute feature that vividly describes how Stephen Ministry is changing lives in thousands of congregations.

You can watch the video online on the PBS Web site:

Direct Link

Or go to: www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics and then click on the “Stephen Ministry” feature.