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September 16, 2012

9/19/2012

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Congratulations go to Elizabeth Young on being honored at the Dublin High School Home Coming pep rally last week. Elizabeth was a Dublin High School Cheerleader in 1941 and a real cutie! Her family was in attendance for the event. Elizabeth’s daughter, Laura Jones, was a Dublin Cheerleader and a cutie also. Elizabeth’s son, Dale Young, was there with her for the fun afternoon.

The Outreach Committee is having a Coat Drive during the month of October. They hope to collect coats for area school children who need them. Please help collect new or good condition, clean used coats for this cause.

Pastor Ken and Judy Lunsford attended a covered dish dinner on Monday night, 9-17, at Eastland First United Methodist Church. It was the annual get together for the clergy and spouses in the West District of the Central Texas Conference.

We have another work night scheduled for 9-26 at 6:00 p.m. Mark your calendar and be there to help.

Kaitlyn Gordon and Norma Sharp shared the same birthday on 9-18.

The sanctuary flowers were placed there in honor of Norma Sharp in celebration of her birthday by her children; Donna and Charles Starkey, Frank and Louise Sharp, and Leta and James Sage. They are a wonderful honor the entire congregation can enjoy.

Our congregation sends their profound sympathy to the family and friends of 13 year old Pablo Marquez. Remember to contribute to a fund established to defray his funeral costs. Let’s be good neighbors and pull together for this family.

During the offertory Pat Beaty sang “Seek Ye First” and accompanied herself on the piano and we all benefitted from her talents.

“The Tongue Is a Fire!” was the title of Rev. Ken Lunsford’s sermon and he again went to the book of James for inspiration.

The lesson from James talks about the power the human tongue has. It says the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! The tongue is called a fire in the book of James, humans have tamed every species of beast and bird, but no one can tame the tongue. With our tongue we can bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. James says “My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.”

Pastor Ken said most everyone here today has been bombarded by political ads every day. They are debates, debacles and declarations in deafening decibels all over the airwaves. Free speech is one of the hallmarks of our political system, but vicious verbal attacks leave our souls with a black eye and our communal bodies with a bruised heart.

The body of Christ should be telling tales all over town. We should be telling the Gospel. We should be proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ.

When was the last time you “told on” someone who offered a gracious act on your behalf? What if just wailing about the rude driver you witnessed about someone who held the door open for an older person?

If our tongue is set ablaze by hell, heaven help us. If our tongue is set on fire by the Holy Spirit, the gates of hell will tremble.


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September 9, 2012

9/19/2012

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Debbie Hammonds says her sister, Jeanette Curry, is better but we need to continue to pray for her health.

Prayers were asked for Rev. Howard and Carolyn Martin; their son Bryan passed away suddenly last week. Rev. Martin is pastor of Stephenville First United Methodist Church.

Our friend Monita Cebell of Fort Worth has experienced a tragedy, her daughter Tiffany, miscarried her child. We pray for Monita, her daughter and family.

The congregation extends sympathy to the family of Joy Traweek. Joy was a lovely lady and will be missed in the Dublin community.

It was great to see Butch Belew back in church and getting around so much better. Butch and Carolyn wanted the congregation to know how much they appreciated the flowers Butch was sent in the hospital. They also thanked Pastor Ken for his visits, thanked Neva Smith for the snack basket and Leta Sage for visiting every day.

We have beautiful fall flower arrangements at the altar rail and we can thank Leta Sage for them.

“Love Your Neighbor as Yourself” was the title of Rev. Ken Lunsford’s sermon and he drew on the book of James; second chapter for the message.

The lesson from James starts like this, “My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord, Jesus Christ, must not show favoritism.” James says you must not treat a rich, finely dressed man in your meeting better than a poor man in ragged filthy clothes. If you do, you have discriminated among yourselves and become judges.

“Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?”

We might ask about someone about another person this question: “How much do you think he or she is worth?” We mean how much money you think they have. But we say “How much are they WORTH?” Well everyone is worth the crucified body of Christ if they have accepted Him as their Savior.

People seem to value a wealthy person more than one without wealth. Maybe we aspire to be wealthy ourselves. We want finer things so we admire the people who have them. The poor don’t have nice possessions and can’t help us get ahead at our careers, so we devalue them.

But Jesus said in His first major public sermon, “Blessed are the poor. Blessed are you when you’re hungry. Blessed are you who morn. Blessed are you when people hate you.” Remember Jesus said “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

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September 2, 2012

9/6/2012

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Oh my goodness, we had fun at the pool party and hot dog supper last Wednesday! Several members of all ages swam in the cool water and a few brave souls slid down the water slide. 
 

We had great desserts after eating chili dogs. There were three kinds of homemade ice cream along with peach cobbler, brownies and cookies. Everyone kept going back for more.

 Many thanks to Tammy and Gene Cowan, Melani and Ronnie Belew, Lee Leatherwood and everyone who made this a success.


Thursday, 8-30, Pastor Ken traveled to Brownwood to participate in an Emmaus gathering at Brownwood Cowboy Church. He enjoyed making new friends and playing his guitar with his brothers and sisters in Christ.


Pastor Ken spent 8-31 and 9-1 in Plano studying and taking a test to become a Licensed Local Pastor. 
 

Mrs. Eddie Raley served as Worship Leader and did a great job. Our acolytes were Carrie and Carley Belew and David Cleveland and Alford Havens were our ushers. 
 

Prayers were asked for Jeanette Curry who has been in the hospital; Jeanette is the sister of Debbie Hammonds.


“Human Tradition or God’s Commandments” was the title of Rev. Ken Lunsford’s sermon. The basis of this lesson comes from the book of Mark.


Pastor started with a joke; “How many Methodists does it take to change a light bulb?” “No way! My grandfather donated that light bulb to the church.”


Methodists are not the only ones who have trouble with change. Most institutions resist change, especially the church.


The Pharisees and some teachers of the law from Jerusalem saw that some of the disciples were eating without washing their hands first. So they asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”Jesus’ answer to the Pharisees was, you have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.


Tradition is a powerful force in our lives. Traditions give us our identity and, to a certain extent, set borders on our behaviors. We have traditions according to our cultural heritage. Even the region of the country affects our traditions. In many ways traditions are good things; however they can get out of hand. To the Pharisees
and teachers of the law, eating with unwashed hands was worse than mistreating one’s neighbor. The tradition had taken over the religion. 
 

Traditions may serve as a substitute for God. Certain things may have been appropriate for our ancestors, but they may not be reliable indicators for how we should live today. Far more
important is the living Spirit of God moving in our midst now, guiding us in our present situation.


The Pharisees and the teachers were deeply religious people, but they had begun substituting their traditions for God. They were resistant to change, God came to them in the person of Jesus of Nazareth and they would not listen. Let us open our hearts to
the movement of the living God
today!


If you have a prayer request call the
office at 254-445-2157 or email us at
fumcdublin@embarqmail.com


 
 
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