Annual Christmas Program is Dec. 8
There will be no bible study today but come out and study with us when we resume on November 29. Just a reminder that we have service at Union Grove every 2nd and 4th Sunday and at Sylvester every 1st and 3rd Sunday. Sunday School at each church every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Bible Study will be at Union Grove UMC for the month of November. We have Health and Wellness Class on Mondays and Thursdays at 6. This month will also be at Union Grove.
I would like to take this time out to invite you and your family to come worship and study with us, especially the youth of our community. Our churches offer a variety of areas that youth can participate in such as choir, usher, praise dance, volunteering and our youth also participate in activities at other churches and go on educational trips. So, if you know of any child or family that needs a good, I mean, great church family, please contact me for more information.
Thanks to all who came out for Pastor Shepard and Sis Shepard’s Appreciation. We will also host our Annual Christmas Program on December 8, 2018. More details to come. Sylvester will host 5th Sunday Worship Service on December 30, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.
A word from Pastor Mann: There are times when we all find ourselves in a “struggle.” We struggle when faced with a decision as to what is the right thing to do or which direction we should take. The Bible does tell us that it is not within us to direct our own steps. We don’t have that ability. We don’t know which way is the right way without the help of God. There is a way that seems right to us but it often leads to destruction. We can’t see into the future so we don’t know the outcome ahead of time to help us make a wise choice.
Having said all that, I really feel impressed by the Lord to give a word to someone today. You are struggling with a decision. You don’t know what to do. It looks good, it seems like the right thing to do, but you aren’t sure.
The peace you need seems to escape you. Each time you think you have the answer settled, something else comes up to make you doubt or wonder if it truly is the right thing. At that point you start trying to lean to your own understanding.
The Lord wants to speak to you from the verse above. This is His word to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled. Don’t let it be anxious and burdened. He has promised to guide you as you acknowledge Him in all your ways. You are His sheep, you do hear the voice of your Good Shepherd. Let Him give you His peace. Let His peace settle it for you. Let His peace give you the faith to know, that you know, that you know this is the right decision. And once you make it enclosed in and directed by His peace, then just stand in it. Stand at rest in His peace even when confusion tries to come and steal it from you later and make doubt this is the right thing
