8-16-2020 Bulletin

August 16, 2020 First United Methodist Church 1125 Wellborn Road, College Station, TX 77840 Rev. Eleanor Colvin, Pastor (979) 690-8415 Website: 1stCollegeStation.org

Call to Worship One: This is the day the Lord has made! All: We will rejoice! We are glad! One: This is the day the Lord has made – a perfect day for miracles! All: Some of us are spiritually starving. Some of us are ready to feast on crumbs from the Father’s table. We all come trusting God to meet every need. One: This is the day the Lord has made – a day not so different from the day Christ commended the Canaanite woman’s faith. All: We bring our mustard seed faith to worship today – trusting the God of miracles to increase our faith, increase our fruit as we walk by faith and not by sight. May it be so! Amen. Praise & Worship First Report Prayer

The Spoken Word \"Crumby Faith\" Matthew 15:21-28 Pastor Eleanor Colvin Sermon Notes Key Scriptures:   Matthew 15:22-23 (NIV) - A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demonpossessed and suffering terribly.” Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” Matthew 15:25-27 (NIV) - The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said. He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Matthew 15:28 (NIV) - Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)- Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Sermon Notes Key Scriptures: Romans 8:26-27 (NIV) - In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. Key Questions: 1. Are you persistent (and consistent) in your prayer life? 2. Do you assume that God’s delay is a denial? 3. When the Lord tests your faith – do you pass like the Canaanite woman? 4. What do you do when you don’t know how to pray? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Prayer Concerns Mr. Moses Green Children’s Safety Charles and Derrick Walton Mrs. Linda Cooper Ms. Kayla Cook Evangelist Valesta Collins Mrs. Annie Williams Mr. & Mrs. James and Lonnie The Fifer Family The Freeman Family Alexander The Family of Byron Cleggett Mrs. Linda Hunter Students, Teachers, and all School Mr. Charles Stubblefield Personnel Ms. Donna Pittman Census Workers Mr. Luther Fowler Miss Jada Thomas and Family Healthcare Workers & Essential Mrs. Lucille Young Employees The New Jerusalem Church Family Verna and Ry Rose Mr. Lonnie Carey Gerald and Connie Taylor Ms. Kizzie Penson and Family Mrs. Geneva Johnson Mrs. Vivian Aslaha The Caldwell Family Mr. Alvin Campbell Willie & Ollie Taylor Mr. Maurice Williams The Colvin Family Mrs. Jessycah Carroll

Here’s What’s Happening at 1st Church -THANK YOU to everyone who made the Drive-Thru Back-toSchool event a success! We appreciate our leaders, parents and children for making the day special. - Bible Study: Everyone is invited to participate in Bible study on Wednesday at 6:30p.m.. Topic: \"Coming Out of Quarantine Like ...\" Join us as we learn from Biblical characters who also experienced quarantine or isolation -- whether in jail or the belly of a whale. Let's learn together! -Aug. 30: Our summer installment of \" Bring It On Sunday\" is coming soon. Our theme for the day is \"At the Cross, At the Cross,\" from the day's scripture: Matthew 16:21-28. Please contact the Pastor or Mrs. Rose Jones if you'd like to share your gifts on this day. Music and other offerings can be shared live or prerecorded. -Book Study: The monthly book study is off to a great start! The next conversation will be Saturday, September 19, at 10 a.m. The book is The Armor of God, by Priscilla Shirer. It's not too late to join the conversation!

First UMC Worship will continue on Zoom this week. Toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099 Meeting ID Number: 930 900 59401 *No password is needed. Visit the church website at http://1stcollegestation.org/ for worship links to the podcast and YouTube channel. TO GIVE : Text 979-399-8303 or visit www.1stcollegestation.org and click the Giving tab or SCAN THE CODE Sunday School - 9:45 am Youth Fellowship - Bible Study - 2nd Sunday Wednesday 6:30 pm College Ministry - Choir Rehearsals - TBA 1st & 3rd Sunday C-School - 1st & 3rd Sunday Brotherhood - 3rd Saturday (PK-2nd Grade) 8 am (Golden Corral)