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New Hope Wesleyan Church 32 Spencer St Frackville Pa 17931, 32 Spencer Street, Frackville, PA (2026)

06/13/2026

Good Evening Everyone!

We pray that God's blessings have been overflowing in your lives all week, even in the smallest yet profoundly meaningful ways! We are truly humbled to serve an awe-inspiring God, aren't we?

I wanted to take a moment to share with you that we will be closed tomorrow as we join the First United Methodist Church, located at 25 S Balliet St in Frackville, in celebrating their remarkable 146th founding anniversary. The service begins at 9am, with the beautiful music starting at 8:45am. We warmly invite you to join us in this joyous celebration!

May God's blessings continue to enrich your lives. Wishing you a week filled with love, peace, and joy!!

06/07/2026

From The Desk of Pastor Tina:

Nahum, The Prophet

(Nahum 1/ 2:1 2a/7 & 8a/ 3: 5, 18 & 19)

Well, we know a bit more about Nahum than we do about Obadiah. Vs. 1 tells us that Nahum was a Elkosh*te which means he came from Elkosh, which is believed to be the region of upper Galilee region of today’s Israel. Some scholars believe it was the region between today’s Jerusalem & Gaza. Others suggest he comes from Capernaum whose name means “Village of Nahum”. One thing they agree on is that he comes from West Asia which encompasses modern Israel & palestinian territories. Nahum is believed to be written between 663 BC & 612 BC. It references the Assyrian attack of Thebes in past tense so this is where the time frame comes from. Nineveh was the Assyrian capital. Now where have we heard that name Nineveh before? Yes, Jonah. God sent Jonah to Ninevah & he hid on a ship (Well, he thought he could hide from God.) & went in the opposite direction. Jonah did not feel like the Ninevites deserved forgiveness & he didn’t want to preach to them to repent & be forgiven. Nahum is said to be the sequel to Jonah! Once Jonah returned to his senses, he went to Ninevah & preached the need for repentance to the people of Nineveh. Jonah 3:5-10 tells us that the whole city fasted, put on sackcloth, believed & repented of their sin. Now, the Ninevites lived for a time (about 150 yrs) serving God but its people eventually went back to their old sinful ways. They went back to idol worshipping. They returned to being vile & vicious people, leaving God behind. God has now sent Nahum to warn them against their sinful ways (Again!). May I add one more thing about Jonah?! Nineveh as I said is the capital of Assyria which was a fierce enemy against Israel & loved to see Israel suffer. Jonah wasn’t bad. He was rebellious & couldn’t figure out why God would want to save these awful people. It didn’t make sense to Jonah. Don’t we go against God sometimes when things don’t make sense to us or seem wrong & out of place?! I also don’t want to make light of the sins of Nineveh. They did horrendous things when they captured the Israelites. They would cut people’s heads off, skin them, mutilate their bodies, cut their tongues out, etc. Many times the Israelites were made to live in cages, without food if they were captured by the Ninevites & made examples out of. Ok, I believe you get the picture. (You may not read all this in scripture but look in

your history books too. You will see the Assyrians were a FEARED & HATED people! Jonah preached the need to repent & they repented & God spared judgement & destruction on them. God wants that NONE should perish! As new kings came…evil returned & they were out to destroy & torture Israel & other nations. Israel was attacked & destroyed by them. As I shared with Obadiah, God had enough! He sent Nahum with a divine message for Assyria, a warning to them, a message of judgement to come if they did not turn back to God. Some things in regard to God’s judgement with Assyria:

Judgement for one could bring comfort to another. The name Nahum means “comfort”. God used Nahum to bring hope & comfort to the Israelites. Also, to remind the people that God has the final say. He is in control. God has the final word. We should keep that in mind when we see things are unfair & it seems like evil is prevailing. God is still God & he makes final judgement & he is fair & just.
The warning sent by Nahum was directed to Assyria & the NInivites! Nahum’s message was in the form of an oracle. (An oracle means to be in the form of a medium of God, a vessel through which higher wisdom/power is delivered. Nahum was used by God to bridge the gap between humanity & divinity. It also meant that by God using someone in the form of an oracle, the one being used could not misinterpret God’s truth for the people. Nahum shared God’s truth; Nineveh will be destroyed. Here are 4 things from scripture that tell us Assyria/Nineveh will be destroyed: Nahum 2:13, their chariots will be burn away. You will devour your young. I will cut off your prey. ( He will cut you off financially. He will take away your power & leave you with nothing.) The voices of your messengers will be silenced, you will no longer be heard! God was making Assyria accountable!
The God of love is also the God of judgement. It is hard to wrap my mind around the fact that the God who loves us sooooo much & gave his Son as a sacrifice for our sins, is also a God who will not let your sin be unpunished. It is hard for us to understand that God will judge all people. Though God allows the devil to be on earth now, there will come a day when he is destroyed & ALL sin shall no longer be (read Revelation 20:10 & 1 John 3:8). God will punish those who chose evil against God’s goodness. Those who purposely mislead people from God will be
punished. Those who continue to sin with no regard to following God & having a relationship with him will not go unpunished. I believe God’s judgement on the evil one is an expression of His goodness on behalf of the victims of evil! You know God executes his judgement out of love for his people. We want judgement because of our anger & hate.

The God of salvation is the God of judgement. God continually sends the Holy Spirit to draw his people close to him & away from sin & the pulling of satan. He warns against sin & the enemy! He redirects us & guides us to righteousness but many people still choose to follow satan. You can say you don’t follow satan but if you're not following God, who are you following?! John 3:16, “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” God wants us all to be with him in heaven one day! We must choose God. Nineveh/Assyria went back to choosing satan. They lived as they wanted. No longer giving any regard to God! Think about something: Do you really want God to ignore the sinful things you do? Do you never want to be accountable to God? Do you want to live as you please & never be Godly directed?
Someone said we can’t be grandfathered into our faith. It is something we come to (or should) on our own. We are all given the opportunity to come to Jesus. Jesus took on the sins of the world on the cross. He paid the price for all sin! But the day will come when we stand before Jesus, when he has had enough of satan & sin & we will stand before him! We, like Nineveh, can be destroyed if we do not turn to God. It sounds like God is being harsh but instead he is being just! He gave Nineveh ample warning or destruction was coming. Nahum 3:5, God tells Nahum to tell the Ninevites He is against them. Destruction is coming! In Nahum 2:2 tells of the restoration of Israel who has clung to God. Hold fast, cling tight, restoration is coming!!

06/01/2026

From The Desk of Pastor Tina:

Obadiah, The Prophet

(Obadiah 1-4)

I want to start this message by asking a few questions. Do you know who Obadiah is? We know he is a prophet as prophets were given “a message from the Lord” in Biblical days! That’s really all we know about Obadiah! Do you know it is the shortest book in the Old Testament with only 1 chapter? We know that the Bible is God written, so we know God has spoken these words directly to Obadaih to be written. Do you know scholars don’t really know when the book of Obediah was written? Some 500 B.C. Others say 800 B.C. It is debatable. So far I didn’t share too much information because I don’t have too much to share.

Here’s what we do know: Vs.1 tells us this book is written about Edom. Edom is on the southern border of Israel. Today it would be a part of Israel & Jordan. It is nowhere near the Big Schuylkill River! Edom was not a country that honored God. Edom had mistreated Israel. Edomites (descendants of Esau) & the Israelites (descendants of Jacob) were to be brother nations but instead centuries of intense rivalry & conflict occurred between them. Edomites enslaved & severely mistreated Israel for a very long time! ***NOTE: Esua & Jacob were twin brothers. They were the sons of Isaac & Rebekah. At one point Esau, the first born, was entitled to a double portion of his family inheritance & traded his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of soup. Years later, their father blind & feeble was ready to give his blessings to Esau (the 1st born) & his wife & Jacob tricked Isaac into giving it to Jacob. Esau vowed to kill Jacob. This mistreatment went on for years & years. So can you understand where all this indifference comes from?! Back to Vs. 1. God is telling Obadiah to warn Edom. He is sending other nations to destroy them. God is bringing his judgement on them. Vs. 2, Edom thought they were pretty invisible. Though they were strong as an army they were evil & deceptive. God sends Obadiah to warn them. Obadiah is telling them to “Stop! Look! Listen!” because God will bring them down. They need to be careful because destruction is knocking at their door. Vs. 3 & 4, Edom is very prideful & declares “Who will bring us down to the ground?” Obadiah warns them that God will; God has had enough of their pride & their taking advantage of the vulnerable Israel. God is saying “ENOUGH”! God is going to humble the Edomites! We are

told of God's warnings to the prideful throughout scripture. Vs. 5-7, In verse 1-4 Obadiah spoke of what God would do but it seems in vs. 5-7 seem to suggest that God has begun his work with Edom. He gets detailed; They will be ransacked, destroyed, overpowered, etc. Vs. 8-9, God will destroy their wisemen & warriors. Vs. 10-14, God is getting specific. Because of the violence done to Jacob, because of gloating over your brothers misfortunes, because you rejoiced over the losses of Judah…Obadiah tells Edom to look around & see what they have done & do no more to Israel. They are standing displeasing before God. Let me take a minute to point out that God allowed these things to happen to Israel because of their disobedience to God. That does not excuse Edom for the things they have done. Edom was violently wicked & God was holding them accountable. God is a just God & we will all be held accountable & stand before God one day! We are warned, as Edom is warned. Vs. 15-18, reminds us that God is in control & when he has had enough, he has had enough. Hope is given to Israel that they will be restored (vs. 17 &18). Edom is warned that he will be stubble & Jacob the fire. Did you ever watch the dry grass of something your burning light quickly & disintegrate rapidly?! Obadiah states that Jacob will be the steady hot fire that burns until all is burned up but Esau (& Edom) will be the grass that burns up quickly & disintegrates quickly; destroyed rapidly with nothing left of it. Vs. 18b says “The Lord has spoken”. That is all that needs to be said. The Lord said It & it will come to pass without hesitation!

Vs. 19-21 are the Hope given to Israel by the Lord! Punishment for Edom has begun. Yes, the Lord allowed Israel to be taken by nations for their disobedience but these verses tell us that God is not done yet! Some day in the future, Israel will be restored! The very last verse says, “And the kingdom will be the Lord’s”. God’s people will turn back to him! Many times God gave warning to Israel. Here he adds hope. This may reference the time at hand & God’s journey to set Israel free but remember we are part of God’s journey & being set free. God warns us today & leaves us the hope for a future. John 3:16, “For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son, Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Jer. 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope & a future.” God is just & he will deal with our sin. Our never changing God will judge everyone. There is nothing he can’t see. There is nothing we can hide

from him. There is no sin he will excuse & he will find justified. Be warned that

God is fair but he is just & all sin will be unpunished. There is only one way to escape sin & death & that is through Jesus Christ himself. He is the way. The only way! Don’t live as Edom did, like God doesn’t exist & you have your life time to do selfish & self righteous things & it will never go unnoticed. Yes, sometimes God lets us live in our sin but we are offered a way out & we have to choose. Come to Jesus without pride, humbly wanting to please him. Romans 8:38 says nothing can separate us from the love of God. He loves us even in our sin & mess but he wants new life for us. As Obadiah shared, “The day of the Lord is near for all nations.”

05/14/2026

Look at our Tiff Maley Ina vacuuming our church! She is an amazing soul with a beautiful voice. You need to come one Sunday to hear her!! Thank you so much for being you!

04/26/2026

Here is our incredible team of volunteers who have stepped up to help distribute food for the month. Volunteers day is till the 25th. We are truly humbled to have made it just in time. We are deeply grateful for all these Volunteers. Each and every one of you plays a vital role in caring for our people!!! Also we have a crazy one that is by himself and that would be Robert! ☺️ We want to express our heartfelt thanks to all of you for being a blessing in our lives! If you want to join us for church it starts at 10:00am. We would be honored to have you!

04/02/2026

This Sunday is Easter, April 5th. We extend a warm invitation to join us for worship this Sunday if you do not have a home church. As a welcoming congregation, we pride ourselves on being a small yet vibrant community. We look forward to your visit. Service begins at 10:15am.

03/29/2026

From The Desk Of Pastor Tina:

Here He Comes!

(John 12: 1 -19)

Let’s begin by talking about what was going on in Jerusalem in the years that Jesus walked the earth. Palestine was considered a pressure cooker. Why? Herod was king of Judea & all of Israel was under Roman governing. He served as a puppet for Caesar Augustus. What significance does Augustus have here? He was the 1st Roman emperor mentioned in the Bible. He ordered a census to be taken which triggered the trip for Mary & Joseph to go to Bethlehem. The Romans saw Augustus as their “savior” or “son of god” in the Roman world (the political world). This allowed some things we probably don’t think about in regards to Jesus. Because of the census people were free to travel without restriction from Rome. It brought Mary, Joseph & the birth of Jesus to Bethlehem & opened the doors to fulfilling prophecy (Micah 5:2/Luke 2:1 & 2). Though to Caesar, he was making a beneficial political move. The census brought about property taxes, it helped Augustus to see how many men were available to serve in his army. It helped him to secure resources effectively & (many feared the leadership of Rome) knowing you were being counted brought on fear & loyalty. In truth, God was using the unbeliever to help bring prophecy into play. There became a build up of a power struggle. Herod is the Jewish ruler. Pilate is governor. Among them were many corrupt priests & oppressive (cruel & unjust) religious leaders. The religious leaders were head knowledgeable in regards to scripture but clueless to who Jesus really was & they began to let their own conclusions lead them to destruction of Jesus. However, the religious leaders were considered beneficial & essential to the government & were considered to be part of the local government, following Roman law.

The Jews were free to travel & it was time to celebrate Passover. The Jews came from all around. The chief priests had already begun to make plans to kill Jesus (Luke 11:45 - 57). Do we think that Jesus didn’t know all this?! He surely did ( vs. 54) but it did not stop Him from coming to do what his Father sent him to do. “The next day the great crowd that had

I heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches & went out to meet him, shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel.” Now, I want to mention the palm branches: about 200 centuries before they became the symbol of hope that a messianic liberator was coming to free the Jews from Rome. Is that them seeing Jesus as the Messiah coming to save their souls from hell? It is not. The Jews were so bound up by Rome.They were captured many years ago living under their laws. Many rulers of Rome did harsh & mean things to the Jews. They often desecrated their temples, tried to make them eat “unclean meat”, punished them or killed them when they tried to get them to stray away from Jewish law & they refused. There were many evil things done to the Jewish people so let’s not judge them so quickly as we see them go from the people here in scripture shouting “Hosanna” to the people crying “crucify him!”

As we move along in this scripture we come to vs. 14, “Jesus found a donkey and sat on it”. Why a donkey? Soldiers rode on horses (sign of power with an army) & so did political leaders (governors, high priests, etc.). Again, as a sign of power. They would’ve never been seen riding on a donkey. That would’ve been embarrassing & humbling. Donkeys were ridden as a sign of traveling in peace, not looking for trouble. People were looking for a Messiah who would clean house so to speak, to get rid of the people creating problems & causing turmoil & destroy all government & reigning power. That is not why Jesus came. He came to save souls, to save us from sin & give us new life. He came to save us from hell & that we may live with him when we leave this earth. He came to die for all of us. Yes, even Rome. We are all sinners (Romans 3:23). Ask yourself, if Jesus came today in the same way, would you expect what the people of Jerusalem did? Unfortunately, I think we would. We would want him to heal, stop wars, take away our financial stress, etc. Jesus' purpose was to offer us a relationship with him, to give us the option to choose to live to please & serve him! Through his death, through the resurrection we can have that relationship with him! If we choose Jesus, we can change: a spiritual transformation begins. We change how we see people, We change our attitudes. We change our hearts & become more Christ-like.

We will recognize Jesus as our Messiah, as the one who came to save us from our sin! We will want to offer him to family, friends, enemies, our community, etc. We will shout “hosanna” & recognize him as “King” & not be influenced by the outside world as the Israelites were during this time. We will be able to stand against false teaching, preaching & ungodly laws! We will recognize that our “King” could ride on a donkey, horse, goat, train, snowmobile ... .you name it & in all his humility, you would recognize your God & not turn away from him but run to him!

Ask yourself a few questions: Do you recognize your Jesus? Are you grounded enough in him to not be easily influenced by the world & our enemies? Do we know the difference between truth & deceit? Will you recognize him when he comes?

03/16/2026

From The Desk Of Pastor Tina:

Jesus Sends Them Out!

(Luke 9:1-17/Matthew 10:7)

For the months the disciple, chosen by Jesus (Luke 6:12-13), traveled ith Jesus. They helped where Jesus directed them. They witnessed MANY miracles & healings. They heard Jesus preach on love, mercy, kindness, goodness, etc. They heard him warn the people against sin & disobedience. They saw things that only Jesus could have done. Jesus brought them to a closer relationship with God. The disciples had a desire to please Jesus, follow him & be obedient. However, until now he had not given them the power or authority to cast out demons or heal or proclaim the good news! He called them together & sent them out with his full power & authority. He gave them detailed instructions: Take nothing on the journey - no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra clothing…just you & go. They were not to move from house to house but use 1 home for your lodging in each community. If, or rather when rejection comes (when they don’t want to hear what you're teaching or they don’t want any part of your miracles), shake it off & move on! He was pretty clear on what he wanted them to do. The training wheels are off! They must venture out on their own. He sends them with vision & strength.

He is not sending them powerless but with his power & authority. (Luke 9:1) They are not going out on their own strength. He has given them power & authority over unclean spirits. He has given them power & authority to heal disease. He has empowered them to proclaim the good news. We can not go on our own to do the things that God has called us to do. We are weak without him! We give no glory to God. We will fail.
Jesus made instructions simple. (Vs. 3-5) They are to rely fully on God. God also is telling them they have to rely on the resources of others. We, as people, are not usually very hospitable unless God directs us to be; unless he enables us. In other words, God will instruct those who will house you & care for you too. We must obey & trust God to supply as the disciples did.
He told them to give people the truth. (Matthew 10:7) Tell people “The kingdom of heaven has come near. The kingdom is not only a place but itis God himself in his glory & power & authority. There is no truth without God, just man & his theories.

Jesus warns them of the rejection of mankind. (Luke 9:5) Jesus tells them not everyone will listen. Not everyone will believe you & what you have to say about me (Jesus). Jesus says, “Dust yourself off.” In other words, move on. You are called to share the gospel but it is up to people to respond. How they respond is their choice. You should not get discouraged though but keep on going; keep on sharing!

After the disciples returned they reported to him what they had done. (Do you think they realized Jesus already knew?) Jesus gathered them with him & they were going to get away by themselves for a while. However, crowds & crowds of people followed them! Jesus shared with the people the kingdom of God & healed those who needed healing. It had been a long day & the disciples were tired & hungry & so were the people. They were very isolated from any towns & a journey back would take time. The disciples suggested that Jesus send them off to the nearest town to be fed & to find lodging. Jesus tells them to give them something to eat. They had 5 loaves of bread & 2 fish. The disciples knew there were about 5000 people & they could not figure out how Jesus expected them to feed all these people. Jesus says to the disciples to have the people sit down in groups of 50. Remember that the disciples just came back from being given the power to heal, cast out demons, share the gospel, etc. & yet they were puzzled by how Jesus would feed all these people. They knew they had no power of their own but when things don’t make rational sense to us, we tend to put all that we know about God & all that he’s shown us & hesitate & question his ability. Philip said it would take half a year's wages to feed these people a bite (John 6:7) & Andrew looked at the 5 loaves & 2 fish and said, “No way!”. I don’t think the disciples were intentionally disrespecting God. I don’t think we intentionally disrespect God. I think we tend to forget the power that God has to change ANY situation & with all authority he can make anything make sense! The disciples may have been puzzled but they obeyed God. Trust was established but doubt sneaks in sometimes. It’s important that we trust who we know God is! The disciples sat everyone down in groups of 50. Jesus looked to the heavens & gave thanks to God. In the end, there were 12 baskets of broken pieces that were left over. Everyone's hunger was satisfied.

Jesus not only met the needs of the people but he lavished them with being full! He reminded the disciples that it is by his authority & power the impossible becomes possible. It should remind us of the same. At times we are quick to judge those who don’t know Jesus but as believers we get sidetracked ourselves. We need to stay focused. Wait on his power & authority & instruction. Live by the truth & share the truth. Be careful not to reject what we know as truth, even when it seems impossible. Be the example & encouragement for others. When you mess up, when people turn away from you, “Dust yourself off”. Cling to the truth & Go forward!

02/22/2026

Due to the inclement weather, New Hope Wesleyan Church on 32 S Spencer St will be closed today. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Soon it will be Spring!!!⁰ God bless and stay safe and warm.

01/25/2026

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