First United Methodist Church Purpose: Bring Build Send

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www.fumcl.org | 424 Main Street, Laurel, MD 20707 | Tel: 301-725-3093 | [email protected] Date: August 20, 2021

Worship with Us on Sunday Mornings!

We would like to invite you to come and join us for our Sunday morning service.

Sunday Worship Time 10:00AM – Facebook Live Posted on

http://facebook.com/FirstChurchOfLaurel

YouTube Live – Posted on http://bit.ly/3pVmj9V

Church Office Hours: Monday thru Friday: 9:15 am – 2:15 pm

First United Methodist Church Purpose:

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Bring

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Send

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As believers in Christ as the Son of God, and the Bible as the inspired word of God, we:

▪ Glorify God through worship

▪ Build strong relationships in the church family

▪ Grow in the knowledge of the truth as revealed through Jesus Christ

▪ Serve people as a reflection of the love of Jesus Christ, and

▪ Spread the Good News of the Gospel so that others may come to salvation though grace

First Church | FUMCL | eRevelations

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www.fumcl.org | 424 Main Street, Laurel, MD 20707 | Tel: 301-725-3093 | [email protected]

SERMON CORNER

This Week’s Message:^-

Next week join us as we continue our August series - FUEL: When the Church P.R.A.Y.s.

The message is "Yield — How to Hear God" based on Romans 8 and Luke 22.

Next Week’s Message: -

Next week join us as we finish up our four part series on FUEL - When the church

P.R.A.Y.s. If you are just joining us, you can catch up by listening to our messages on

our church Facebook page.

Follow Pastor Stan:

Facebook facebook.com/stan.cardwell Blog Page golast.net

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Worship Series

I have prayed by fits and starts, sometimes deeply, sometimes with struggle throughout my thirty years of ministry. I have always valued prayers, but, to be honest, I have not always acted like it. Sometimes I get busy, get thrown for a loop, get distracted. Bill Hybels wrote a book, Too Busy Not to Pray, but sometimes, to my own detriment, I push prayer to the back burner. You too?

In the past five years, in one of the toughest ministry settings I have ever been in, God, through this crucible, taught me to pray. I was led to 24-7 Prayer International (www.24-7prayer.com) and the Lectio 365 Prayer App. I'm just scratching the surface, and I still have a lot to learn, but throughout this season, I vowed that my next church (that's you!) would bathe everything in prayer. Intercession and healing, praying for events, prayer vigils, fasting. Prayer is the fuel of the Church, the key to revival. It fueled what we read about in Acts, and it's been the catalyst for all the movements and revivals of the church throughout history. Those of you in Kairos and Emmaus have witnessed this.

So I would like to lay the foundation for the vow I made. I've discovered some great prayer tools. Maybe you have discovered others. We need to share what works and encourage one another to experiment to find what fits each one of us. Some of you have the gift of

intercessory prayer. I know this is a praying church. If we want God to do what He did in Acts, then we pray. Do it again, God!

So today is week three of our four part series on prayer called FUEL: When the Church

P.R.A.Y.s. (previous messages in the series can be found on our Facebook page). Prayer is the gasoline we pour on the fire of revival. We are using Pete Grieg's book, How to Pray - A Simple Guide for Normal People as our primary resource (THIS book is worth reading!), and this Fall, on Tuesdays, in response to the series, you're invited to join us for an eight week prayer immersion exploring the Lord's Prayer with the 24-7 Prayer Course

(https://prayercourse.org/home/). I am truly excited to see what God will do with our praying church

Here's the messages . . .

August 8 - Why Pray? Keeping It Simple, Keeping It Real, and Keeping It Up August 15 - Pause and Rejoice: How to Be Still and Worship God

August 22 - Ask: How to Petition God August 29 - Yield: How to Hear God

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SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9AM – 12:00 PM Back to School

Community Blessing

8:30 AM 2^nd Cup Sunday School 10:00 AM Worship

7:00 PM Bible Study w/Pastor

Trevor

eRev & Bulletin Deadline 10:00 AM Dolores Tyler

Memorial Service 7:00 PM Bible Study w/Pastor

Stan

7:00 PM First Church Prayer

Time

7:00 PM First Church Gathering

Website: Please check out our new and improved website at fumcl.org. If you see any mistakes or think something should be on the site that is not, please let the office know at [email protected]. We will try to perfect the site as we develop it. Thanks!

Building access by appointment only, and we can only occupy the Office, Narthex, Sanctuary, and bathrooms. Church Office Hours: Monday thru Friday: 9:15 am – 2:15 pm

Upcoming Events

Follow First UMC:

Twitter twitter.com/FUMC_Laurel (@FUMC_Laurel)

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FirstUMCLaurelMD/

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port and services.

Join us Sunday at 10:00 am live on Facebook at

http://www.facebook.com/FirstChurchOfLaurel

YouTube Live at

http://bit.ly/3pVmj9V

Hope to see you there!

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Cup Sunday School – 8:30 am live on Zoom

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Multiple Topics – The Bible

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Breakfast Club SS Class – 11:30 am on Zoom

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Monday night Bible Study – 7 pm live on Zoom

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What Time Is It?

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Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

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The wise person stewards time, realizing God controls all things.

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Tuesday night Bible Study – 7 pm live on Zoom

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1 Peter 4:3-19

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Class info is on our website - www.fumcl.org

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7 PM First Church's Fellowship

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Weekly on Friday

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Please help us help our community!

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Food and Clothing Giveaway

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Saturday, Aug. 21, 9 A.M. to Noon

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Here at the church!

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Ways you can help:

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✓ Please donate your gently used, CLEAN adult and children’s clothing.

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✓ Consider purchasing $15-$25 gift cards to stores like Target,

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Walmart, and Old Navy to help families get Back to School needs like

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uniform shirts and pants and school supplies.

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✓ Make a donation to First United Methodist Church and label it for

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“The Good Samaritan Fund” and mail or drop it off at church.

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***For more info, please see the display in the Narthex!

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The Care Team

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Hello all, it's come to my attention that several imposter emails have gone out to members 102

of the church likely to solicit gift cards. Please disregard. Know that I would not approach you 103

in such a manner and that if I were to contact you, I would use the email address with the fumcl.org domain. 104

If you received such an email, you can let me know. The more concerning news is that this person has 105

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Disciple Fast Track Bible Study: Gauging Interest for Fall 2021

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First UMC is attempting to gauge interest in offering a virtual version of Disciple Fast Track Bible Study beginning 112

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Disciple Fast Track, an adaptation of the original Disciple Bible Study, provides a viable option

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for busy people seeking comprehensive engagement over time with the entire biblical text. Fast Track

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groups meet for a total of 24 weeks, devoting 12 weeks each to the Old Testament and the New

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Testament. Participants read a manageable 3-5 chapters of the Bible daily in preparation for

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the weekly online meetings, which last approximately 90 minutes. A brief, illustrated review video

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enables participants to recall important facts and ideas; lively and engaging video presenters then offer

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insights into the current week’s session.

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All Disciple sessions are led by one or more experienced laypersons. Resources needed to

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participate include a Bible (a study Bible is most helpful), the Disciple Study Manual (available through

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First UMC) and an Internet or other connection capable of receiving audio and video. If

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you participate in First UMC’s Zoom prayer or Sunday school session, you likely have the connectivity

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needed to participate.

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This year we are offering Disciple II, which focuses on Genesis, Exodus, Luke, and Acts. The sessions

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will likely be held on Tuesday evenings over Zoom.

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Interested? If so, provide Dave Meixner with your contact information (Name, email address and

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preferred phone number) by email ([email protected], cc [email protected]) and the

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study in which you are interested.

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If you have questions, contact Dave Meixner, at cell 240-278-4950 or [email protected].

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St. Mark’s UMC Emancipation Day

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Rev. Eugene Matthews, Pastor

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Annual In-Person & Virtual Diabetes

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5K Run/Walk/Fun Walk

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Saturday, September 4, 2021

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8:00 AM Rain or Shine

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Alice B. McCullough Field

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Montgomery & Eighth Street, Laurel, MD

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USATF Certified Course Professionally Timed by

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Blue Cheetah Sports Timing, LLC

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For Online Registration/Additional Information go to

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Runsignup.com/Race/MD/Laurel/EmancipationDay5K

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Note: All registered participants will be notified if there are modifications due

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to COVID-19.

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“Shouting John”

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Words of Praise, Lamentation, and Prophecy

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From the Banks of the River Jordan

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Praise and Thanksgiving! Family is not just a

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matter of genetics, bloodlines, or DNA

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(Mark 3:31-34)

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My last visit with “Miss Dolores” was only a few days before her passing. I

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find great comfort in the knowledge that we finished so well. I happened to

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show up at her door as she and Mr. Dolores (Oliver) were getting ready

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to enjoy their dinner. Instead of asking me to come back later, they invited

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me in to sit at their table and offered me dinner. That’s really being Family,

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and I petition the Lord to fill the void Miss Dolores has left with another

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good, Godly woman of her caliber. First church will be the Host church of

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Miss Dolores's funeral celebration.

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With that behind me, I will be able to return to my “Voice in the wilderness”

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writings. Next week, I will begin with a teaching moment on “The Gift of

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Tears,” as promised several weeks ago. Unlike my tears of sorrow in the

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past 2 weeks, which were emotional. The Gift of Tears is a joyful personal

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manifestation of the Holy Spirit.

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I share this gift with Odile Martin of the choir, who joyfully has allowed me

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to include her in this teaching moment. There are 2 of us in First Church

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with this blessing. Until I return, read Isaiah 30:8-11 with a focus on verses

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9-10. God's words, as true for our American society as they were for Israel.

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Also Rev. 3:22

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Maranatha!

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Members of Katheryn Eye and Martha Circle met

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on May 22, 2021. It was decided to combine both

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circles at this time and to meet the third Saturday

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of each month beginning September 18th, 2021.

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New members will be welcomed to join us.

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B i b l e T r i v i a Q u e s t i o n s

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1. What did God command Moses to tell the Israelites to make?

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a) Food

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b) Wine

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c) Sanctuary

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e) None

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2. Of what were the vessels of the altar to be made.

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a) Shittim wood

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b) Gold

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c) Silver

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d) Brass

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e) Oak

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3. What did God's glory do to the tabernacle and the altar?

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a) Blessed them

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b) Claimed them

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c) Sanctified them

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d) Burned them

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e) None

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4. What was Aaron to burn in the tabernacle lamps every morning and night?

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d) Wine

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and olive oil to make what?

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Last week answers: 1) a 2) a 3) a 4) a 5) b

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