You are special
Union Grove UMC will be hosting our Annual Fall Revival beginning September 23 through September 26. Sunday Revival Service will start at 1:00 p.m. and the speaker will be Pastor Hopkins of New Bethel MBC. Nightly service will start at 7 p.m. each night with a different speaker Pastor Angelo Riley of Ebenezer MBC, Pastor Shirley Wilder of Lynch Chapel UMC, Pastor Marcus Thompson of Mountain Ridge UMC and Pastor James of Truevine MBC respectively. Our Pastor, EJ Shepard will be speaking at Middlebrook UMC in Jackson on August 25 on the beginning of their revival.
Congratulations to Briana Hunt for receiving the Butler Scholarship from Iris Williams. Good luck on your new journey Briana.
Trinity Mission is accepting donations for families impacted by the ICE Raids. Items needed are rice, dried black and pinto beans, sugar, pine sol, laundry detergent, vegetable oil, salt, toilet paper, and napkins. They will be accepting donations from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Prayers go out to all the families impacted by this.
I enjoyed this short story and wanted to share: A popular speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $20 bill. A crowd of 200 had gathered to hear him speak. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” 200 hands went up.
He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He crumpled the bill up. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” All 200 hands were still raised.
“Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” Then he dropped the bill on the ground and stomped on it with his shoes. He picked it up, and showed it to the crowd. The bill was all crumpled and dirty. “Now who still wants it?” All the hands still went up.
“My friends, I have just showed you a very important lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.
Many times in our lives, life crumples us and grinds us into the dirt. We make bad decisions or deal with poor circumstances. We feel worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. You are special – Don’t ever forget it!
