October 5, 2015 - Grace and peace from our brother, Jesus. Sunday was the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Sunday was also World Communion Sunday. It is a good feeling knowing that you and 1.5 billion Christians around the world were partaking of Holy Communion.
Our Gathering Words was the Litany for World Communion Sunday. Our Affirmation of Faith was The Apostles’ Creed and our responds to the affirmation was the Gloria Patri. The Psalter Lesson was Psalm 25: 1-5. The Gospel Lesson was Mark 10: 13
-16 and Jesus’ words centered on children. Because we know so little of Jesus’ life we often have to read between the lines. But I feel safe in saying that Jesus love children and that they loved him. My sermon tried to imagine how Jesus would interact with children as well as those who followed him to hear his wisdom. As I said we celebrated Holy Communion. John Wesley believed that Communion could be a means of grace and so the table is open to all. This month we are collecting peanut butter and jelly for Christian Services. Next Sunday we will a Gideon come and give us an update on their work. Paxton UMC has had several
members who were Gideons and I know that Fannie is still active with this group. Our church also contributes each year to the Gideons.
We were in double digits this morning. Lillie, Liz, and Mike were up from Houston this weekend and joined us for church. It is always so great to see them. Larry came this morning to worship with us. Paxton is so small that we get really excited when folks
we haven’t seen in awhile come and join us. Joe was back this morning and led us in our singing. Ms. Hilda is so faithful to come to Paxton and play the piano for us.
“Whoever you are, in whatever faith you were born, whatever creed you profess; if you come to this house to find God you are welcome here.” Paxton United Methodist Church is an inviting church that takes to heart the idea of “Open Doors, Open Hearts,
Open Minds.” Sunday School starts at 9:15 and Worship begins at 10:00. Our email address is paxtonumc@yahoo.com. If you would like the weekly email newsletter about Paxton Methodist you can send me your email address to the Paxton email
address and I will add you to the list. God’s Speed!
