Beginning this coming Sunday (July 4, 2021), we’ll no longer be printing the lyrics to hymns in the bulletin. If you worship from home, we would be more than happy to bring you a copy of The United Methodist Hymnal, The Faith We Sing, and Worship and Song. Please call 785-263-2623 or drop an email to office@abilenefirstumc.org.
Online Worship — June 27, 2021
If you’re having trouble streaming our worship videos, you may want to simply download the entire video to your device and then play it. You can do so with this link.
Our Vimeo page is: vimeo.com/abilenefirstumc.
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You can make a contribution online via tithe.ly. Other options can be found here.
Previous worship services can be found at vimeo.com/abilenefirstumc.
Farewell Celebration for Dee Williamston
There will be a farewell celebration for District Superintendent Dee Williamston on Sunday, June 27, 2021 at Church of the Cross United Methodist Church (1600 Rush, Salina, Kansas) from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This will be a drive thru event.
Livestreaming on Vimeo.com Tomorrow
We’ve tried everything to get the livestreaming to work on Facebook: different microphones, different devices, different internet service providers. Unfortunately, none of these have worked, so tomorrow (Sunday, June 27, 2021), we’ll be livestreaming the 8:15 service on the church’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/abilenefirstumc.
2021 Vacation Bible School Today
We’re all ready for Vacation Bible School (VBS) to start at 9:00 this morning (Saturday, June 26, 2021). Extra prayers from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. would be very much appreciated.
Baptism This Coming Sunday
This coming Sunday we’ll be celebrating the Baptism of Kylar Grace Larson at the 8:15 worship service. At 10:30 we’ll have live special music with Maren Meneley singing “Come Alive Dry Bones.” At both services, I’ll be preaching on God’s low bars and lofty expectations based on Matthew 11:28-30 and 16:24-26.
Online Worship — Sunday, June 20, 2021
If you’re having trouble streaming our worship videos, you may want to simply download the entire video to your device and then play it. You can do so with this link.
Our Vimeo page is: vimeo.com/abilenefirstumc.
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You can make a contribution online via tithe.ly. Other options can be found here.
Previous worship services can be found at vimeo.com/abilenefirstumc.
Peggy Riley Preaching Tomorrow
Peggy Riley will be preaching tomorrow. Her sermon title is “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night. Wendy Robinson is going to try and get the Facebook livestream to work at 8:15, a video recording of the service should be available Monday. You can download the bulletin at: https://abilenefirstumc.org/bulletin/.
Online Worship — June 13, 2021
If you’re having trouble streaming our worship videos, you may want to simply download the entire video to your device and then play it. You can do so with this link.
Our Vimeo page is: vimeo.com/abilenefirstumc.
If you want to follow along with bulletin you can follow this link or the link in the menu above.
You can make a contribution online via tithe.ly. Other options can be found here.
Previous worship services can be found at vimeo.com/abilenefirstumc.
Service for Rocky Welton
There will be a service of Death and Resurrection for Rocky Welton tomorrow (Saturday, June 12, 2021) at 1:30. The plan is to livestream the service on Phyllis’ facebook page.
I don’t know why I had never thought of posting these before, but below is the slideshow we’ll be using for his service.
Voices: A Prayer for the Day
A prayer for the day From Thomas Merton
My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road,
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though
I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. [1]
Amen. We all have to face perils, we do not have to face them alone.
[1] “The Merton Prayer,” Reflections, accessed June 11, 2021, https://reflections.yale.edu/article/seize-day-vocation-calling-work/merton-prayer.
Voices: Christ’s Justice
“Peter cut off the ear of a soldier because he feared his enemies were derailing his plans for justice. Jesus healed the ear of the soldier because he knew his plan for justice included the healing of his enemies.” — Dan White Jr. [1]
As always, the way of Jesus Christ is better than the way of Peter.
[1] Dan White Jr., Twitter post, April 14, 2020, twitter.com/danwhitejr.