Beverly United Methodist Church

10/18/2026

October 18th Sunday Worship service at Beverly UMC
Sermon: Chosen
Rev. Dr. Anna Thomas
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Bulletin: https://bit.ly/october18thworship

Thanksgiving for the church at Thessalonica
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you,
because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired from the Holy Spirit,
so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it.
For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

10/11/2026

October 11th Sunday Worship service at Beverly UMC
Sermon: Rejoice in the Lord
Rev. Dr. Anna Thomas
Scripture: Philippians 4:1-9
Bulletin: https://bit.ly/october11thworship
Philippians 3:4b-14

Therefore, my brothers and sisters,whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
Exhortations
I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

10/04/2026

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10/04/2026

October 4th World Communion Sunday at Beverly UMC
Sermon: The Heavenly Call
Rev. Dr. Anna Thomas
Scripture: Philippians 3:4b-14
Bulletin: https://bit.ly/october4thworldcommunion
Philippians 3:4b-14
To know Christ and his resurrection

If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:
circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.
More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ has laid hold of me.
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold of it, but one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal, toward the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

10/04/2026

Join us tomorrow, October 4, 2026
Come for 10 AM worship, then join us for coffee hour and the lecture. It's going to be a great Sunday!
Ben Ridings will lecture on the story of the 23rd NJ Infantry, a nine-month volunteer unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Recreated largely from towns across Burlington County, New Jersey, the regiment is famously known by its nickname, the "Jersey Yahoos". Lecture begins at 11:30 after Coffee Hour

09/27/2026

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09/20/2026

September 20th Worship Service at Beverly UMC
In-person worship and Online on Facebook and YouTube
Sermon: “Striving Side by Side”
Rev. Dr. Anna Thomas
Philippians 1:21-30
Matthew 20:1-16

Standing firm in the gospel

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me; yet I cannot say which I will choose.
I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better,
but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.
Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in faith,
so that, by my presence again with you, your boast might abound in Christ Jesus because of me.
Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel and in no way frightened by those opposing you. For them, this is evidence of their destruction, but of your salvation. And this is God's doing.
For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ but of suffering for him as well,
since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
Philippians 1:21-30

09/15/2026

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