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May 22, 2018 - VBS Bible Heroes June 18th-June 21st 6pm – 8pm.
“My hero doesn’t hide behind a mask He doesn’t need a cape to fly He’s stronger than the ocean And bigger than the sky…Jesus Christ: The Only Superhero”
Center First United Methodist Church is located at 211 Porter Street, Center, Texas 75935.
May 22, 2018 - VBS 2018 at Tenaha First Baptist Church 200 S. George Bowers Drive, (Hwy 59), Tenaha, Texas.
Friday, June 1st at 6:30pm for Parents & Kids Saturday, June 2nd 9am to 3:30pm for Kids Pre-K 4 through 6th grade.
You are God’s Masterpiece!
May 21, 2018 - Mount Calvary Full Gospel Church is hosting Every Last Saturday Gospel Singing beginning Saturday, May 26, 2018. A Gospel Singing will be held every last Saturday of the month from 6pm until 10pm. All Musicians and vocalist are invited. Musicians setup time is 5:30pm. Gospel music only please. Food and refreshments will be after the singing. For more information, call 903-678-1447. Mount Calvary Full Gospel Church is located on 417 East, Shelbyville, Texas 75973.
May 21, 2018 - New Harmony Missionary Baptist Church is hosting its revival on May 28 through June 1, 2018. Services will begin nightly at 7:00pm. Bro Cliff Durham from Rosevine Missionary Baptist Church will be the evangelist. Bro. Billy Windham, pastor, and the congregation invite everyone to come enjoy a Holy Ghost revival.
"I am with you always….." Matthew 28:20
May 21, 2018 - As I was growing up, we lived near the railroad tracks in Center, Texas. They were dangerous and illegal to walk, but my brothers and I always got to our fishing holes at Mill Creek and Weaver's Pond by walking on these rails. In time we became quite good at balancing on them for long distances.
My brother Joe and I were recently bragging to each other on how good we were at it when he asked how far I thought we could have gotten if they'd been ten feet off the ground. "Then we couldn't have walked them", I replied.
When I was fourteen, I attended a tent revival in Center, Texas and got on the high rails to heaven. Many times since that night, I almost lost my balance and would have most surely fallen off….
…had Jesus not walked them with me.
May 21, 2018 - Sunday was the Day of Pentecost, which is seen as the birth of the church. This Sunday we celebrate wind and fire and the excitement of something new. But Pentecost is not really a new celebration. It was the Festival of Weeks in the Jewish faith that commemorated the harvest and later the Torah. But for us Followers of the Way, it is when the Spirit of God infused the Jesus Community, giving birth to a new way of seeing.
Last week was warm for May and gave us just a taste of what a hot, humid, summer day is like in East Texas. All this month we have been collecting cans of fruit to take to Community Christian Services. Friday night was graduation in Joaquin. Joaquin had a big graduating class this year, and I know there are many proud parents and grandparents. One of my students who then taught in Joaquin is retiring this year. Mark Lawrence is retiring but his son Chad is coming home to Joaquin to teach and coach. Congratulations, Mark, on your many years of service to your school.
Our Sunday school lesson focused on the old idea of a Jubilee Year. The scripture from Leviticus told how they came up with the timing for the special year every fifty years. The idea was to set things right—or to return to the way they were when God gave the Israelites their land. Much of the lesson spoke of the importance of cleaning the slate and starting anew, which is certainly a theme found in both Old and New Testaments.
Last week was our program at Holiday Nursing Home. They were readying for a fifties-themed celebration right afterward, so we stopped a little short of 3PM. But we had a good time while we were there. Mrs. Hilda was lively on the piano, and we sang mostly spirited hymns to keep up with her. Mrs. Fannie read about God making mothers—sweet and sometimes bittersweet. It was wonderful to have Pastor Matt back among us; he talked of his upcoming graduation from Perkins at SMU—not really looking forward to the ceremony, but certainly pleased about being finished. Nora sang a couple of her beautiful songs, inviting us to accompany her. (I always hum or sing quietly so I can still hear her.) It was Jo’s birthday and also another of her and Nora’s sisters; they were headed after the program for a sisters’ day out. Because it was a shorter program, Sue didn’t read to the folks, but she kept us moving along as emcee. I closed us out with prayer and our usual hymn, “God Be with You ‘Til We Meet Again.”
“Whoever you are, in whatever faith you were born, whatever creed you profess; if you come to this house to find God you are welcome here.” Paxton United Methodist Church is an inviting church that takes to heart the idea of “Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds.” Sunday School starts at 9:30 and Worship begins at 10:00. Our email address is paxtonumc@yahoo.com. If you would like the weekly email newsletter about Paxton Methodist you can send me your email address to the Paxton email address and I will add you to the list. Godspeed.
May 18, 2018 - St. John Baptist Church 2308 County Road 2050, Center, Texas Pastor & Wife's 11th Appreciation Service.
Rev. Winston and 1st Lady Terri Kibbles, Sunday, June 3, 2018, 2:30pm.
Special guest Rev. Shan Gilder, Pastor of Holy Temple C.O.G.I.C. Silsbee, Texas.
May 17, 2018 - Ramah Cemetery in Tenaha, Tx will hold its annual meeting and dinner on the ground on Saturday, June 2, 2018. All friends and relatives of those buried at Ramah are invited to attend and bring a covered dish dinner for after wards. Time is at 11am for the meeting and dinner will follow in the Ramah Baptist Church gym.
May 17, 2018 - For those of you that don’t know, Trent Sims started Project Cemetery almost a year ago after losing his best friend Victor.
While visiting the cemetery one day he began to ask why so many graves had empty vases. That day he repurposed some of the discarded flowers from the cemetery trash bins and spread them out as far as he could. He left the cemetery that day but the thought of those empty vases didn’t leave his heart.
He soon began asking family and friends for small donations. He would use the money he collected to purchase small $1 flower bundles and would take them back to the cemetery and fill as many vases as he could. He continued to ask for donations as his goal was to cover the entire cemetery in flowers. Now most people would not have taken on such a huge task but as a lot of you know, Trent is not most people. He never stopped for a moment to think that it wasn’t possible. He just continued to work until it was. Trent along with over one hundred supporters (some of whom had never met Trent) showed up to that first event and had that huge cemetery completely covered in under 30 minutes!! Trent was so thankful for all of the help. But he didn’t stop there.
Since that first project last year, he’s managed to fill 3 additional cemeteries with flowers! Although we haven’t taken an official count, thanks to Trent and his followers, we estimate that he’s placed over TWO THOUSAND flowers! We have met so many amazing people along on this journey.
Our next event is coming up soon! We will be at Rather Cemetery in Shelbyville on May 19th at 6:30 pm. Please help us spread the word. If you would like to donate please get in touch with me. There are many ways to donate and there is still time. (Facebook Page: Project Cemetery) No donation is too small. $5 covers 5 graves! We are also selling Project Cemetery T-shirts and all proceeds go to the purchase of new flowers. We would love to see you all on the 19th!! Come out and grab a bag and help Trent spread flowers. We will have coolers filled with cold water.
We hope to see you all this Saturday, May 19th at 6:30pm at Rather Cemetery in Shelbyville.
May 15, 2018 - The Pastor and Members of Carroll Chapel CME Church in Shelbyville, would like to invite you to our Annual Building Fund Program, Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 3pm.
Guest Speaker will be; Elder Archie Thompson of Shelbyville. Everyone is invited.
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