Lenten Devotional: April 1, 2021

Aaron Farnham

The Desert Evil
by Aaron Farnham

It is August of 2004, I am just arriving at Asbury College after about 6 months with UMVIM in Honduras. As a transfer student from a public community college in Upstate New York being in Kentucky at a Wesleyan Holiness school is a shock, culturally and to my faith. 

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March 14 Online Service

Oconee Street UMC Online Service
March 14, 2021 • Fourth Sunday of Lent

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Welcome

Pastor Laura Patterson

Prelude: “Lost”

Maxine Easom (piano) and Natalie Smith (flute)

Discussing “Mercy”

Mrs. Janet and the Upper Elementary Sunday School Class

Call to Confession

Sarah Sumners, Amber Kugle and Jack

Opening Hymn: “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy”

Sovereign Grace Music
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Lenten Devotional: March 11, 2021

Feeling Like Habakkuk
by Emily Beckwith

Habakkuk 1:2-4 and 3:17-19:
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
    and you will not listen?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
    and you will not save?
Why do you make me see wrongdoing
    and look at trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me;
    strife and contention arise.
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Lenten Devotional: March 2

“Being a Better Sower”
by Adrienne Bumpers

Mark 4: 3-9 (Parable of the Sower)
“Listen! a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly, since it had … Read the rest

Feb. 28 Online Service

Oconee Street UMC Online Service
February 28, 2021 • Second Sunday of Lent

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Welcome

Pastor Laura Patterson

Prelude: “Uncertainty”

Maxine Easom (piano) and Natalie Smith (flute)

Defining Righteousness

Mrs. Janet and the upper elementary Sunday school class

Call to Confession

JoBeth Allen

Opening Hymn: “The God of Abraham Praise”

Grace Community Church (Sun Valley, California)
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Lenten Devotional: Feb. 25, 2021

Things 2020 taught me
by Amber and Sarah Sumners

Isaiah 54:13 
All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the prosperity of your children.

Things 2020 taught me:

  1. Don’t underestimate the power of well-intentioned women.
  2. Wear your darn mask! 
  3. Always, always, always pay attention and listen to your child. They are wise, they are resilient
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Feb. 7 Online Service

Oconee Street UMC Online Service
February 7, 2021

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Welcome

Pastor Laura Patterson

Prelude: “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”

Maxine Easom

Invocation

Tommy Valentine

Opening Hymn: “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”

The Master’s Seminary Chorus, Grace Community Church (Sun Valley, California)

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Tommy Valentine

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