Thank you to the United Methodist Women

Dear Methodist Women,
God Bless You for your generous offering to the food pantry. We have been seeing about 600-700 families a month - the need is great right now. God has been meeting every need through the faithful people in Madison County. We are truly seeing the hand of God in a mighty way. Thank you all so much and God Bless & keep you.
Love,
Nancy & Rick Dignan

**Thanks to everyone's generosity at the UMW fundraisers, a gift of $500 was recently given to the Open Arms Food Pantry.**

From the Open Arms Food Pantry...

Dear Church,

Thank you so much for the food donation. That helped so greatly and it was perfect timing in God. We were so low...our community has so many needs and together we will see God move in it.

God Bless You and keep you.

Sincerely,

Nancy Dignan

Open Arms Food Pantry

Sunday Bulletin

Huntsville United Methodist Church

"A Passionate Church for Jesus Christ"

But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

- Jesus (Luke 15:20)

August 24, 2008

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

This week's sermon, "Our Father", by Heath Bradley.

Sermon Notes:
The Lord's Prayer: "Our Father"

Jesus gave his followers a model for how they are to pray, known as "The Lord's Prayer", which can be found in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:1-4.

Our image of God is the most important thing about us. We can pick up many distorted images of God throughout our life. As Christians, we are called to let Jesus show us what God is really like, and to let go of any images that do not line up with the revelation of God in Jesus Christ.

Jesus teaches us to pray to God as "Our Father". What is this Father like? Like no earthly father, no matter how loving he is! Jesus tells us about our Father in Luke 15:11-32. This story that Jesus told is actually a creative commentary on a passage of Scripture from Hosea 11:1-11. Hosea, a prophet, describes God as like a loving parent whose compassion drowns out his anger at his children's wrongdoing.

For more reflections: www.mondaymorningpreacher.blogspot.com

Schedule of Events

Sunday, August 24th
*Fellowship Breakfast 9:30 a.m.
*Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
*Worship & Praise 11:00 a.m.
*Bible Study 5:30 p.m.

Monday, August 25th
*Asset Development Meeting 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, August 27th
*Choir Practice 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, August 30th
*Fair Parade 10:00 a.m.

Thank you to everyone who donated items for the UMW Rummage Sale.

The Asset Development Course orientation meeting will be Monday evening at 6:00 p.m. Those of you who signed up to bring food...don't forget!! It's not too late to sign up to volunteer to bring food or provide childcare. After this meeting, we will have a better idea of how many people we will be feeding and how many children there will be.

HUMC will be handing out free cold drinks on Saturday during the Madison County Fair Parade. We will set up at 9:00 a.m. and serve until after the parade. Volunteers are needed!

Happy Birthday to Erma Owen on the 24th and Candice Horton on the 29th.

Attendance last Sunday was 65.
General Offering was $734.31.
Parsonage Fund Offering was $100.00.

UMW Rummage Sale Update

The people started coming at 7 a.m. and we locked the door behind someone at 5 p.m. Lots and lots of bags of treasures were sold for $3.00 per bag...over $400.oo worth of treasures!! Thank you to everyone who brought stuff for the sale.

UMW Rummage Sale

The United Methodist Women will be having a Rummage Sale on Friday, August 22nd and Saturday, August 23rd in the church Fellowship Hall. Clean out your attics, basements and garages...Donations of items for the sale are needed! Donations can be dropped off at the church anytime between now and the 21st. For more information about the Rummage Sale, call the church office at 738-6890.