St. Paul Annual Easter Egg Hunt!

Easter Egg Hunt

It’s the time of year to think of pastel colored eggs, grass filled baskets, and joyous faces!! Yes, it’s time to think about St. Paul’s annual Easter Egg Hunt! 🐣

Join us on Thursday, April the 14th, at 2200 Oak Avenue, at 5:15 p.m. Following the hunt join us for our Maundy Thursday Dinner and Worship Service. 🙏 Please help us with the Easter Egg Hunt by donating pre-filled eggs. Donations may be dropped off at the church office. We promise to try to keep Rev. Dr. Shane Green from eating the candy-filled eggs! 🍬🍬🍬.

February 20, 2022 — “Be the Difference: The Freedom to Be the Difference”

Worship (SPUMCColumbus)
Worship (SPUMCColumbus)
February 20, 2022 -- "Be the Difference: The Freedom to Be the Difference"
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“The Freedom to Be the Difference” is a continuation of Rev. Dr. Shane Green’s Sermon Series. This series, “Be the Difference,” explores a new theme each week, with a concentration on small things we can do that add up to bigger and better things. This is the last sermon of the series, although the episodes can be listened to individually and in no specific order.

Be the Difference Sermon Series: The Freedom to Be the Difference [WORSHIP]

This Week’s Service:
Sunday, February 20, 2022
11:00 AM Traditional Worship

The Chiming of the Hour
The Welcome & Announcements by Mrs. Mary Lou Jarrell
The Choral Call to Worship: “Stand Up and Bless the Lord”
The Prelude: “Fugue in C” by A. van der Kerckhoven
The Cross and Flame Come to the Altar
The Hymn of Celebration: “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
The Affirmation of Faith
The Gloria Patri
The Pastoral Prayer with The Lord’s Prayer by Mrs. Mary Lou Jarrell
The Hymn of Preparation: “Here I Am, Lord” No. 593
The Leader: “Let Us Worship God with His Tithes and Our Offerings”
The Offertory Prayer
The Offertory: “Presto” by G. F. Handel
The Doxology
The Scripture Lesson: Matthew 5:13-16
The Passing of the Peace
The Registration of Attendance
The Welcome to St. Paul and Recognition of our Guests
The Children’s Moment by Rev. Dr. Shane Green
The Anthem: “Deep Waters” arr. by P. Choplin / Soloist, Mrs. Jennifer Akin
The Sermon: “Be the Difference Series: The Freedom to Be the Difference” by Rev. Dr. Shane Green
The Hymn of Consecration: “Lead On, O King Eternal”
The Flame Goes Before Us into the World
The Benediction and Choral Response: “Three-fold Amen”
The Postlude: “Grand Choeur” Cesar Franck

First Steps – February 21, 2022

 
For many, their greatest motivation in life is to avoid conflict and experience some type of inner peace, yet the road to peace is filled with conflict, disharmony, and even pain.  One cannot find peace by avoiding life.  Therefore, many oscillate between two sides of a dichotomy:  playing the peacemaker (avoidance) or playing the perfectionist (control).  

As the peacemaker, one loses their voice and acquiesces to whatever the situation is at the present time.  As the perfectionist, one overly criticizes, judges, and micromanages. Both approaches carry a heavy dose of anger if things aren’t controllable. The rub is that life isn’t controllable, and when one’s focus is on the external, other people, normally it ends poorly.  Therefore, the hard but fruitful work is an inward journey where the work of the Holy Spirit is most efficacious.

If you are reading this devotional and things seem chaotic, don’t focus on all that is going on around you.  Focus on your own heart, your own motivations, your own desires.  Ask God to form a heart anchored in his grace, covered in his mercy, and formed by the heart of Christ.  Seek a place where one is content, fulfilled, on the inside even if nothing around you changes.  Be filled with the joy of salvation and the hope that God is redeeming all things.  Trust that you rest in God’s hand even if tumultuous waves crash around.  Listen for the voice of God that says, “one can’t find peace by avoiding life but I can give you peace in the midst of life.”

 
 



This Week’s Readings:
* Monday – Acts 22
* Tuesday – Acts 23
* Wednesday- Acts 24
* Thursday – Acts 25
* Friday- Acts 26

Prayer Requests:
* Continued Growth Inside and Outside the Walls of St. Paul UMC.
* Strengthen our Country and Leaders, here and abroad.
* Heal those who are sick and protect those who are not.
* Comfort those who are grieving and in distress.
* Give our leaders extra wisdom as they navigate this pandemic and economic uncertainty.
* Help those seeking to find their way.
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done.” – Philippians 4:6


Announcements This Week, with Mary Lou!

Here’s some important information to accompany Mary Lou’s video:

Online Pledge Card:

Pledge Support for 2022

REAL visits LaGrange Biblical History Center
Contact grace@stpaulunitedmethodist.com

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CHILDREN’S CHOIRS SING THIS WEDNESDAY AT FAMILY NIGHT SUPPER!

Pray for Safety & Snow for our Youth Ski Trip. They are returning tomorrow!

John’s Bible Study on Wednesdays (The Book of Acts) will not happen this week, but continues next week.

Ash Wednesday is March 2!

St. Paul’s 1980 Eric Hertz Harpsichord will be played at the River Center on FEBRUARY 22, at 7:30 P.M.
Tickets at rivercenter.org

St. Paul Serve Spotlight — Ways You Can Be the Difference!

Serve Spotlight

Hope Harbour needs:
Covid tests
New pillows
Twin Sheets/Blankets
Cold medicine and Ibuprofen
New towels
Toiletries
Laundry pods
Clorox wipes

Thank you and enjoy your long weekend!

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