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Newsletter — January 21, 2014

First United Methodist Church Russellville, AL 35653 Community for Christ

1/26/2014 Developing Contentment Philippians 4:11-13

2/2/2014 Surviving Storms and Setbacks Philippians 4:6-7

2/16/2014 Living the Word Matthew 4:4

2/28/2014 The Gold Standard for Life Matthew 7:12

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10

Sermon Series

Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happyness

Meal—5:30—6:15 pm Reservaons are required!

$4.00 Adults $2.00 Children (10 and under)

Classes available

United Methodist Church Beliefs with Bo Lloyd is in the Ministry Center

TBA with Pat & Teresa Seal in the old Fellowship Hall

Children’s Acvies

Jusce League study with Steven in the Youth Room



Encounter Worship & Word

Sunday nights 6:00 pm

Wednesday nights 6:00 pm

Join Steven each Wednesday night for the next 5 months

As he discusses the “Jusce League”

Contact Steven with any quesons!!

256.443.7932

January 26

8:45 Kurt & Shannon Rogers

11:00 Chester & Jeanelle Nix

Greeters Schedule

Best Breakfast In Town!!!

Sunday, January 26th @ 8:00 am

$5.00

The UMW will meet in the Ministry Center Conference Room at 8:30am aer the Church-wide breakfast on January

26th.

The United Methodist Women will have their Annual Super Bowl Sunday Bake Sale on February 2nd.

Please make plans to bake something for the sale and also to purchase items that day.

All proceeds go to mission projects.

A Huge Thanks to all who serve the Shepherd's Table Ministry.

What amazing people God has chosen to serve those whom He

draws to Him.

No one area is more important than the other. It takes a team.

God's presence was never felt more than today. We thank God

for allowing us to be a part of this blessing.

If you would like to serve this Ministry, please call Judi Mahews

to discuss areas of need . (256)332-7899 or the Church oce

(256)332-2955



General Fund Update for 2013

December Jan - Dec

Contribuons: $36,441.00 $348,979.00

Expenditures: $28,772.00 $364.152.00

January

26th Melissa Mitchell

February

2nd Jason Hartsell

9th Jessica Wood

16th Bo Lloyd

23rd Kristy Blackburn

March

2nd Pat Seal

9th Samantha Hartsell

16th Scarlee Studdard

23rd Melissa Mitchell

30th Jason Hartsell

Do you have a story to tell? We want to hear it at FUMC!

Starng February 16th

We will have Sunday night service with lay speakers on two Sundays and preachers

on two Sundays. Would you like to tell us your story? Contact Teresa Seal

256.810.2289 or the church oce 256.332.2955.

We need three items for our church kitchen!

6 to 8 quart Dutch Oven

Iron Skillet (about 9 inches)

Food Processor



The psalmist gives us a simple paern to follow

It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning

and Your faithfulness by night, with the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, with resounding music upon the lyre. For You, O LORD,

have made me glad by what You have done. I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands. – Psalm 92:1-4

The psalmist begins by saying it is good to praise the LORD, the Most High God (the Sovereign) because of the great and praise-

worthy things He has done. He doesn’t simply say give thanks. He carries it a step further and says to sing praises. I wonder if he

understands the power of song and that singing drives these things deep into the singer’s heart?

Frame your vision

Train your eyes to see God’s goodness. Expect to see God at work! <-- Tweet this. You see what you look for! The real point be-

hind His miraculous works in our lives is to reveal His heart for us. The more we get to know His heart and character, the more

we’ll live life ancipang His goodness!

Focus on His lovingkindness in the morning

Begin each day by worshipping God and acknowledging His love for you.

Recognizing that:

1. God does love you and has your highest good and His purpose in mind.

2. Everything you encounter each day has been ltered through His ngers of love, both good and bad!

Fixing your eyes on God’s love removes the distracon of self and lets you see the One who's big enough to handle the day's

circumstances! <-- Tweet this.

Respond by oering thanks

At night as you sele in consider God’s faithfulness to you throughout the day. Because of God’s love for us and our love for Him,

we respond to all He has done with an atude of gratude.

Gratude puts everything into perspecve; it enables us to see God’s many blessings all around us. <-- Tweet this. We begin to

see as God sees.

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds – Psalm 9:1

Life may be so hard that you don’t feel grateful. Even when you don’t feel like it give thanks because it is the right thing to do!

Eventually your heart will catch up to what your head knows is true. Giving thanks takes pracce, and we get beer at it over me.

Praccing giving thanks isn’t simply a thing to do once a year on Thanksgiving. For believers it is to be a lifestyle! <-- Tweet this.

Wrapping it up Remember, a lifestyle of thanksgiving doesn't just happen! It must be culvated. Just like with a small child you have to start

somewhere even if you don’t understand fully.

Determine to start today and then do it!

Each morning acknowledge God’s goodness and His love. Expect to see Him work during the day – then watch for it!

At the end of the day take me to pray and thank Him for all He did that day. (I suggest you begin a notebook and begin to write those

things down so you can go back and be reminded of all God’s done for you in the future.)

Gratude grows with pracce. When you thank God, regardless of your feelings, it primes the pump of your heart unl gratude

begins to ow freely.

A lifestyle of thanksgiving will posion you to experience fullness of life. A life of contentment in which nothing is needed and

nothing is wanted. A lifestyle where Jesus is enough!

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