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PASTOR DAVE'S THOUGHTS
Greetings in the name of Jesus
Our church is also going through changes as we transition from the United Methodist Church to the Global Methodist Church. Today is the day of new things. I am so excited for our church as we are going to "worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly." Please be in prayer about our October 1 disaffiliation church meeting at 2:00 p.m.
Don't forget to maintain a daily quiet time with the Lord during the fall. It is easy to drift away from our source of strength. Psalm 1 says, "...but his delight is in the Law of the Lord and in His law he meditates day and night." We always need God's strength each day as we encounter daily life with the trials it brings. I have found that there is a gnawing in my soul if I don't have my quiet time. The Apostle Paul said, "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves as to think anything is from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God." We need the Lord's guidance, comfort, encouragement, and strength each and every day.
You all will be in my prayers, both those who attend our services and those on-line. Take care and God bless!
Love in Christ. Pastor Dave
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF INTERLACHEN
200 East Boylston Street
Interlachen, Florida 32148
(386) 684-6511
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 126
Interlachen, Florida 32148
Pastor's Office Hours
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday
Home/Hospital visits will be scheduled
Please contact the office if you know of someone who is sick or in the hospital.
Reverend David K. Miller, Pastor
NEXT REGULAR IN-PERSON CHURCH SERVICE
OCTOBER 1, 2023
OUR SERVICE BEGINS AT 10:00 A.M.
Our Adult Sunday School begins at
8:30 a.m. in the Education Building
THE SUNDAY MESSAGES ARE ALSO ON THIS WEBSITE UNDER THE SERMONS TAB.
We will be sharing a Communion Service during our October 1 message on our website. If you would like to participate, please have your bread and juice ready.
MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WORSHIP SERVICE TAB
If you attend our service in person and wish to continue to wear masks, that is fine. We encourage everyone to continue to practice handwashing and other actions we have all become accustomed to. Our church will follow all of the cleaning practices that will keep our family safe.
We will continue to have Pastor Dave's messages on our website on the Worship Services tab. We hope those who have viewed the messages on the website have been blessed. Some of you prefer to stay away from crowds, others are homebound. We want to meet the needs of those, for whatever reason, who prefer to watch the message on-line. Some attend in person and also want to watch again on-line, which is wonderful. We are grateful for the technology that provides this opportunity.
We thank those who have sent us your kind words and encouragement.
From Chris Folmsbee's The Wesley Prayer Challenge "The church does not have a mission; the mission has a Church."
We continue to respect and desire to follow John Wesley's three guiding principles ) Do No Harm, 2) Do Good, and 3) Attending upon all the ordinances of God simply put “Stay in Love with God."
Wesley's Covenant Prayer: I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.
WELCOMING YOU HOME
2 Chronicles 20:12 "For we have not power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you."
2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
HELP US TO SPREAD OUR
LOVE AND FAITH
Invite your family, friends, and neighbors to come love, learn, and worship with us.