Bi-Weekly XLXVI No. 3, January 29, 2014

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In Isaiah 55:10-11 God says,

“For as the rain and the snow

come down from heaven and

do not return there but water

the earth, making it bring forth

and sprout, giving seed to the

sower and bread to the eater,

so shall my word be that goes

out from my mouth; it shall

not return to me empty, but it

shall accomplish that which I

purpose, and shall succeed in

the thing for which I sent it.”

This beautiful passage of

Scripture reminds us of the

power of God’s WORD. You

have probably heard some-

one say, “A person’s word is

their bond.” When God

speaks, He is true to His

word. He is trustworthy. He

is faithful. Just as rain and

snow refresh the earth so

God’s word refreshes and

accomplishes its purpose.

Isn’t that wonderful?

When God commands us to

love He provides the power

and grace to love. When God

says “I will be with you al-

ways,” you can count on it!

When God reminds us to be

quick to forgive, it is for every-

one’s good and for God’s

glory. Jesus is called “the

word made flesh” and He is

faithful and true. The Holy

Spirit lives in each believer

and He reminds us of all Je-

sus has said and He guides

us into all truth.

We are not passive in this. God

wants us to receive the truth and

live in the truth. Seeds of faith are

nurtured in our lives by God. He

wants us to learn to live by faith.

Many of us live by what we see.

But living by faith is trusting what

we don’t yet see.

There will be a day when faith

becomes sight. Some have al-

ready experienced seeing things

come into reality that they first

embraced in faith. Like the per-

son who prays for a miracle and

then receives it or the individual

who believes God could change

their life and then sees it hap-

pening.

Seeds of faith planted in fertile

hearts will eventually bear fruit!

God’s fruit.

So don’t give up if you don’t see

immediate results. Keep pray-

ing, trusting and holding onto

faith. Let God’s word work its

way deep in your life. It will

“succeed in the thing for which it

was sent.”

This is active faith. Our mission

and purpose is “to lead people to

an active faith in Jesus Christ.”

So as winter fades (let’s hope

sooner than later) and spring

comes let’s get ready for new

seeds to be planted in our lives.

Hope to see you this weekend in

worship! ~jimd.

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WORDWORD

We talk often about God's grace. What exactly is grace? How does it effect our lives? Join us for three weeks in February as we experience the beauty and the power of grace.

LLIGHTSIGHTS AREARE O ONN!! Thank you for your prayers for the Strong Tower Mission Team! By God’s grace, they accom-plished their mission and more! The home is now equipped with lights and ceiling fans, the girls have a swing set to play on, and more fruit trees are growing on the prop-erty. For pictures, visit www.strongtowerorphanage.com

Tickets are available from the church office for the Change a Life Tour Concert. Audio Adrenaline, Kutless, Finding Favour, & Shine Bright Baby will be performing at the Mathewson (Missouri State Fair-grounds) on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 7 p.m. Advance Tickets are $20. Tickets at the door are $25. VIP Tickets are $45. Please make checks payable to “Sedalia Christian Concerts.”

NNEWEW B BIBLEIBLE S STUDYTUDY

First United Methodist Church in-vites you to Sunday Morning Bible Study at our downtown location on all Sundays in February (2,9,16 & 23) led by Charlie Price. It will be held from 9:50 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall (basement). The topics are “Gifts,” (grace, intelli-gence, freedom & trust.) Childcare will be provided. Call Ann Richard-son at 826-1461 if you have ques-tions.

SSUMMERUMMER C CAMPSAMPS Go to www.mocamps.org to find out information about available summer camps. Register online by April 30th and receive a $25 early bird discount. Camps are filled on a first-come, first served basis. Contact the church office (827-2993) to re- ceive a Camp Scholarship Voucher offered to all members of the church who are attending camps.

HEARTBEATS

Older Adult Ministry Special Boy Scout Chili Supper Change a Life Tour—Concert

Masterpiece Older Adult Ministries invites you to come enjoy each other’s company around a beautiful Valentine’s Day dinner! Friday February 14th @ 12 noon in the Friendship Hall, Celebration Cen-ter. Cost is $7/person. Bring your friends (all ages)! Following dinner we’ll be showing “Casablanca” in the eYESee Theater. Please sign up on this weekend’s Blue Card (bulletin insert). Make checks pay-able to “First UMC” (memo Valen-tine’s Dinner).

LLUNCHOLOGYUNCHOLOGY 2 2 Everyone is invited to a lunch-hour Bible Study at First Church Down-town (4th & Osage) from 12 to 1 p.m. There will be a free lunch fol-lowed by teaching and discussion. Please join us on Monday, March 3, 10, 17 & 24 as we share daily bread with Jesus.

KKIDID’’SS SS & STO SS & STO

We are so excited to come along-side our children and youth on Feb-ruary 16th to learn more about or-phans and how God calls us to love the Fatherless. Kindergarten-12th grade are invited to join us during the Sunday School hour (9:40-10:40) in the Friendship Hall. 0-Pre-School will be learning about the same thing, but will remain in their regular classrooms. During the weeks of February 23, March 2, 9 and 16th, we are encouraging our kids to bring money to “feed the fish” during the Sunday School hour to purchase books for the girls at Strong Tower Orphanage.

We will be installing a new ADA ramp downtown on the north east side of the facility. If you would like to contribute toward this improvement, please mark your check “ramp.” If you are dealing with a conflict right now in your lives, let one of our trained Stephen Ministers help provide emotional and spiri-tual care. Call Don Brandes, 827-6455, or the church office, 827-2993. Meals for Moms is a ministry at First UMC to help with meals the first few weeks once mom and the baby come home from the hospi-tal. Please contact Jennifer Cordia at 826-1574 with contact informa-tion or questions. Carpenter Kid’s Preschool for 4 year old’s is now having open enrollment. Call Sheri Webb at 221-7898 or the church office to enroll. We are hosting a linen shower for the church. Please feel free to donate washcloths and dish towels to help restock our kitchens. Items can be left in the youth kitchen before or after any service.

The Annual Boy Scout Chili Sup-per will be held on Fri., Feb. 7th from 11—7:30 p.m. Downtown. The cost for tickets is $5 and in-cludes a bowl of chili or soup or hot dog or chili dog, plus a slice of pie and a drink. We will recog-nize our Scouts during the down-town 10:50 a.m. worship service on Sun., Feb. 9th. Support our Scouts by attending these events.

If you have an interest in becoming a 4th Grade Sunday School Teacher please contact the Church Office, 827-2993.

Feb. 2 Mary Louise Waldrep, Brian Leiss, Scott Ragan, Melinda McAloose, Stephanie Kilby Feb. 3 Destiny Matz, James Sutton, Joseph Sipala, Jacob Creighton Feb. 4 Cheryl Homan, April Snelling, Gary Hayden, Michael Doogs, Stephanie Bales, Draven Bock Feb. 5 Neal Charles, Glen Davis, Daniel Ver-scha, Dorothy Hunt, Amanda Balke Feb. 6 Alexandra Mayes, Darren Wil-liams, Cynthia McMullen, Evan Meloy, Sheila Ream, Dawn Compton, Madi-son Harding, Sean Smith Feb. 7 Dorothy Hofstetter, Julie Dill, Rebecca Man-kin, Eleesha Meyer, Skyla Pfremmer, Marquez Scroggins Feb. 8 Gene Smith, Donald Ragar, Jr., Nick Mateja, Levi Anderson Feb. 9 Mike Ingram, Erin Holt, Rena Vanderpool, Melody Parris Feb. 10 Barbara Green, Chris Buchanan, Zachary Ward, Brett Martin, Burt Ives, Madison Martin, H. H. Luetjen Feb. 11 Stan York, James Duzan, Terri Bartol Feb. 12 Bob Salmon, Jacob Gerken, Anna Houser, Kilee Ball Feb. 13 Logan Gleason, Carson Price, Lella Hackler, John Parkhurst, Deven Pogue-Clark, Bobi Farrar Feb. 14 Jordyn Kemp, Opal Zimmerschied, Becca Younce, Jacob Riley, Barbara Parkhurst, Philip Mon-sees, Dr. Doug Kiburz, Ashley Pollard Feb. 15 Tom Ragan, Linda Kahrs, Glenda Avery, Annie Siegel, Judy Weller, Patty Smith, Jane Woolery, Stephanie Gilgour

Leading people to an active faith in Jesus Christ.

FIRST STEPS

Jan. 18-19, 2014 Sunday School 143 Worship 891 Amt. Rec’d for Ministry $ 10616.41 Building 894.00 Special 435.36

Jan. 25-26, 2014 Sunday School 118 Worship 924 Amt. Rec’d for Ministry $ 11113.78 Building 1414.00 Special 650.47

If you would like additional

information about the church

attendance or finances, please call

the church office (827-2993).

Our Family Our Prayers for: Betty Rose Thompson, Norma Tullis, Steve Emory, Louise Lentz, Rosalee Burgess, Darlene & Virgil Burgess, Sue Coleman, Frances Goldsmith, Jacob Gerken, Clifford Smith, Charles & Jennie Cheffey, Brittany Blake, Norma Jean Knowles, Kathy Gardner, Reggie Waldo (Stacey Shaw’s Uncle) Clayton Fidler (Soldier in Afghanistan), Strong Tower Haiti Orphan-age, and Our Military Families

Our hearts go out in Christian love and sympathy to . . . ~the family of Ruby Brummet due to her death on January 16, 2014.

Congratulations Brandy & Michael Arnett are the proud new parents of a daughter. Emily Alayne Arnett was born January 15, 2014.

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OOLDERLDER A ADULTDULT M MINISTRYINISTRY B BRANSONRANSON T TRIPRIP Masterpiece will be taking an exciting day trip to Branson on April 10th. We will meet at the church at 7:45 a.m. and depart by 8:00 a.m. Snacks will be provided during travel. Tickets will be $149 per per-son; this includes 2 meals and all events. Please contact Gina Johnson if you have any questions at 660-827-2993 or 757-775-0074; email mrstravisj@gmail.com. Space is limited to 84, so RSVP by April. 4th.

HHAITIAITI VBS 2014 T VBS 2014 TEAMEAM HAITI VBS 2014~August 1-9!! If you are interested in being a part of a team of 16 traveling to Caracol, Haiti, to provide VBS to 400 children this summer, please pick up an application at our Welcome Center, visit www.strongtowerorphanage.com, or contact Krista Corbett at either tatacor-bett@gmail.com or by phone at 660-287-3702. The minimum age requirement is 16, and those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult relative. The deadline to submit an application, background check and a deposit of $150 is April 1, 2014. Spots will be filled on a “first come, first serve” basis, so pray about this opportunity and see if God is leading you to serve in Haiti!

If your birthday is not listed, please let us know so it can be added!

Kyle & Devon Gilmore Cole & Jackson 2208 W. 3rd Street Sedalia, MO 65301 816-686-1286

WWELCOMEELCOME N NEWEW M MEMBERSEMBERS

Warren & Mary Trivett 810 S. Carr Sedalia, MO 65301 473-6341

Not Pictured: Debbie Callaway 503 E. 10th St. Sedalia, MO 65301 660-422-2312

TTHANKHANK Y YOUOU:: (On display at Welcome Center Bulletin Board)

We received a thank you from : Fritz Harrell

Downtown, 4th & Osage

//Worship Sunday 10:50am

Celebration Center, 1701 W. 32nd St

// Worship Saturday 5:30pm // Sunday 8:35

9:45am & 12:30 pm

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SSPRINGPRING W.O.W. W.O.W. (Wonderful on Wednesdays)

WE HAVE WOW CLASSES FOR ALL AGES! WOW meets every Wednesday at the Celebration Center Feb. 5 through April 9 from 6:15—7:15 p.m. Sign up on the blue card (bulletin insert) this weekend.

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“S“SOUPEROUPER” B” BOWLOWL!! Sunday, February 2nd, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.

Celebration Center Wanna watch the “big game” together? Please bring food to share and come on February 2nd anytime after 5 p.m. for our Super Bowl Party! We will have the game on in the Theater and The Gathering Place.

All throughout the weekend services we will collect cans of soup to be taken to Open Door Ministries.

The Youth Super Bowl Party will meet in the youth room at 6 p.m. Girls bring snacks, and guys bring drinks.