You are a gift to the world
Preparation are getting under way for the Great American Cleanup sponsored by Keep Mississippi Beautiful in the Steele Community. The Cleanup is scheduled for March 10-12. If you would like to donate snacks, water, gloves or food please contact me at 601-507-9567. We are also selling raffle tickets to help raise money to get the supplies needed for the cleanup. We will be raffling off a basket full of household supplies — the basket is worth $55. The raffles tickets are $1 each. If you would like to purchase one, please contact me.
Sylvester UMC will be hosting its Spring Revival starting March 4 thru March 6. The speaker for the 1:00 p.m. service will be Pastor Timothy Croft of Lone Pilgrim M.B. Church. On Monday night Pastor Gary Moore of Corinth M.B. Church will speak and Tuesday night, Pastor Elder Fred Durr of Evangelist Temple Mission Church of God in Christ of Pulaski will speak.
Union Grove UMC will be hosting its Spring Revival starting March 11 thru 13. Pastor Willie Robinson of Christian Triumph M.B. Church of Morton will be delivering the Sunday afternoon message. Monday night, Pastor James Patrick of Rising Chapel M.B. Church in Lena will be the speaker and Tuesday’s speaker will be Pastor J.J. Thompson of New Hope Church of God-Lone Pilgrim.
Union Grove/Sylvester UMC will be hosting a Financial Literacy Class on March 17 at Sylvester UMC. The class will include a financial need analysis, creating generational wealth and building your financial house. The class will be from 8 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. If you are interested in attending the class please RSVP Felicia McTiller at 305-746-8926 or 769-241-1177.
Union Grove UMC will host its Annual Men’s Day Program on March 25. The speaker for the evening service will be Pastor Sheldon Thomas of Little Rock Church.
Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church will host its Spring Revival starting Wednesday March 7 thru Friday March 9th. Services will begin at 7:00 p.m. each night. Speakers for the week will include Rev. John Smith of Little Zion UMC in Pelahatchie, Rev. Gary Glazier of Morton UMC and Rev. Anthony Riley of Greenwood UMC of Carthage.
If you are 18 years or older, please register to vote if you haven’t already.
An encouraging word from Pastor Marcus Mann — I think so often we get so busy in the hustle and bustle of life or maybe broken from the hard seasons we’ve encountered that we don’t ever stop and reflect on just how awesome we are. We get so focused on how far we have to go that we don’t even see how far we’ve come.
I mean, how cool is it that the same God that created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you too. There is nobody like you. The world needs tou.
God created you with a special gift, a special uniqueness and you my friend are a gift to the world. God validated you long before you were ever a thought in your mom’s womb. He created you on purpose, for a purpose. I don’t know what you may be facing today, but I can tell you that it is going to be alright.
When we serve God, everything always works out in the end, if it hasn’t worked out…it’s not the end! Don’t be in such a rush to figure everything out. Embrace the unknown and let God surprise you. I dare you to just surrender your worries, and fear of the unknown, to God today. You stressing isn’t helping a thing anyways. It’s just stealing your joy. Usually that thing that is stealing our peace, doesn’t even happen anyways. I’m telling you, if you saw the size of the blessing coming, you would understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting. Just surrender and Trust God.
