Posts with the tag “love”

Labor of Love 9-26-21Sermon Notes“Labor of Love”We will celebrate our 175th Anniversary this Sunday!  Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett will be preaching, and we will have a combined service at 10:00, spot...  Read More

Labor of Love 9-26-21Sermon Notes“Labor of Love”We will celebrate our 175th Anniversary this Sunday!  Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett will be preaching, and we will have a combined service at 10:00, spot...  Read More

Labor Union 9-12-21                        Sermon Notes             “Labor Union”We just celebrated Labor Day – a day when we pause to remember…work and workers! “Labor” is our theme for September.  “...  Read More

Back to School Bash 8.15.21 Sermon Notes 8/15/21- Back to School Bash SundayEphesians 4:25-5:2New Revised Standard VersionRules for the New Life25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak ...  Read More

Weird is the New Normal:  A Lenten Walk Through 40 Questions in Genesis Weird – “of strange or extraordinary character.”Normal – “conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern”- Merriam Webster D...  Read More

Weird is the New Normal:  A Lenten Walk Through 40 Questions in Genesis Weird – “of strange or extraordinary character.”Normal – “conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern”Merriam WebsterDay ...  Read More

2-2-20            Sermon Notes        “Love Lifted Me (and put me back in the boat)                   #Connect2020Several years back, John Ortberg wrote a book entitled, If You Want to Walk on Water, ...  Read More

Sermon Notes: Sunday, October 20, 2019This Sunday during both Worship Services, we are celebrating Children's Sabbath, which will highlight ALL the amazing ministries GFUMC does with and for children ...  Read More

9-29-19          Sermon Notes                       “The Ten Commandments: Part 2I read recently that in 1631, King Charles I ordered 1,000 Bibles from an English printer named Robert Barker.  Well – ...  Read More

3D Devotional: September 6, 2019Philemon 1-21 NRSVPaul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker, 2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow s...  Read More

Sermon Notes for Thursday, September 5 and Sunday, September 8BE BOLD IN MISSIONS & SERVICEMissions and service is without doubt one of the greatest strengths of our congregation here at Gadsden First...  Read More

Colossians 2:6-19 NRSV6As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abou...  Read More

Micah 6:6-8 New King James Version (NKJV)6 With what shall I come before the Lord,And bow myself before the High God?Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,With calves a year old?7  Will the Lor...  Read More

7-28-19               Sermon Notes                  “All You Need Is Love”                               Gadsden FUMCPreaching is something I love to do – it’s my calling. I always try to do my best, ...  Read More

Tuesday, July 23, 2019      1 Corinthians 1:1-24 New King James Version (NKJV)1 Paul,  called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ  through the will of God, and  Sosthenes our brother,2 To the church of G...  Read More

7-21-19                                 Sermon Notes                   “Eleanor Rigby”                                Gadsden FUMCA car manufacturer once asked a map company to find the most remote pl...  Read More

Scripture Reading Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. — 1 Corinthians 12:27The human body is very complex. And although we may label an illness or health problem to be...  Read More

7-14-19      Sermon Notes                             “Ticket to Ride”Recently my mom told me about something that she would do when she was a little girl.  She grew up on a farm during the Great Depr...  Read More

Romans 8:28-39 NRSV28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed t...  Read More

Next Sunday, June 16 is Father Day.  I lost my Dad in 2009.  I think about him every day.  Normally, Father’s Day is a difficult for me. Is Father’s Day difficult for you?   If so, take comfort from t...  Read More