10-25-2020 Final Bulletin

October 25, 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 justice to roll down like waters and for righteousness to flow like a stream. All: Lord, let your power flow! Let your justice flow! Let your grace and mercy flow! One: May your righteousness flow into and change all the situations that are not right in your eyes. May your justice balance the scales – today and always. All: Use us – your church – to do what is right in your eyes. Inspire us, to act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with you. Amen. Praise & Worship First Report Prayer

The Spoken Word “Let It Flow!” Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 and Jeremiah 29:4-7 Pastor Eleanor Colvin Sermon Notes Key Scriptures:   Amos 5:4-5 (NIV) - This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live;do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.” Amos 5:14 (NIV) - Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Amos 5:23-24 (NIV) - Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a ever-failing stream! Jeremiah 29:7 (NIV) - Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Sermon Notes Key Questions: 1. God condemned the Israelites worship because it was not impacting their dayto-day lifestyle. Are you clear on the difference between worshipping and living a life of worship? 2. How do you help God’s justice and righteousness to flow? Is there any way that you slow down the flow? 3. Through Amos, God commands us to seek him and live. How are you seeking God and God’s righteousness with your heart and soul, hands and feet? 4. Can you think of one thing you could do this week to live an Amos 5:24 lifestyle? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

Prayer Concerns Hannah Bethea and Family Students, Teachers, and all School Ms. Kym Rucker Personnel Mr. Kayden Holmes Mrs. Annie Williams Census Workers Mrs. Evelyn Dorsey and Family The New Jerusalem Church Mrs. Hester Whitaker Family The Jackson Family Mr. Lonnie Carey Mr. Lewis Fowler Mrs. Vivian Aslaha The Carter Family Mr. Alvin Campbell Mrs. Tammy Bass Mr. Maurice Williams Mrs. Katherine Boyd Evangelist Valesta Collins Mrs. Sandra Ellis Mr. & Mrs. James and Lonnie Mrs. Corey Flowers Alexander Jacoby Washington and Family Mrs. Linda Hunter The Family of Alice Cebrun Mr. Charles Stubblefield Mr. Reginald Davis Mr. Luther Fowler Ms. Donna Pittman Healthcare Workers & Essential Carl and Angela Sullivan Employees Mr. Waylan Watson Verna and Ry Rose All College Students Gerald and Connie Taylor Ms. Cheletia Johnson Mrs. Geneva Johnson Ms. Anita Whitley The Caldwell Family Ms. Kayla Cook Willie & Ollie Taylor The Colvin Family Mrs. Jessycah Carroll Mrs. Flora Banks

Here’s What’s Happening at 1st Church -Oct. 27: The church charge conference will be held Tuesday, at 7 p.m. via ZOOM. If you would like to participate in this church business meeting hosted by the district, please contact the pastor for the link. -Oct. 28: All are welcome to participate in Bible Study on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. For the next few weeks we will focus on Gratitude, as we enter the Season of Thanksgiving. Meeting ID: 935 5981 7536 -Oct. 31: All children are invited to the First UMC drive- thru Trunk-or-Treat on Saturday at 5 p.m. Sunday School teachers and other adult leaders will share treats from their cars. Costumes are optional. Masks will be mandatory. Come enjoy a safe alternative to neighborhood trick-or-treating. -Nov. 1: First Sunday Worship and Communion in the parking lot at 11 a.m. and streamed to the ZOOM room. Let’s keep the in-person fellowship going. Bring chairs and masks and a spirit of praise! -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)