Fall River UMC

01/06/2018

Signing Off

It is with tremendous pain I am announcing my withdrawal from my participation in church activities with both the congregations of Pleasant Ridge and Fall River UMC. The constant daily deterioration of my relationship with Sue has brought me to the conclusion that I need to exit and end my participation in the deception that has been brought before you. I am deeply sorry and cannot undo the mistakes I’ve made in both my marriage and my attempts to serve the Lord though my service with you. Several people in church leadership have advised me that this would be the best course of action. The issues we have been trying to resolve have dated back for over a year now and were not a byproduct of discovery of my having electronic communications with someone outside our union. What I feel has been deceptive actions on our part date back to the very day we came for the interview held at Fall River.
However, let me be clear, I have not by any means violated the Physical Bonds of our Marriage. My actions, as faulted and flawed as they were, were a misguided response to several issues that had presented themselves to me.
I will not in this forum discuss any further the issues, but I will avail myself to share details along with the verification of all items.
May God’s blessing and Grace be granted to all of us in these matters.

Yours truly

Tim

12/31/2017

Readings for Sunday December 31, 17
Luke 2: 30-32 NIV
30 “For my eyes have seen your salvation,
31 which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.”

12/19/2017

Reading for Sunday, December 24,2017 Luke 1:26-31 (NRSV)

The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”[a] 29 But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. 30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.

12/06/2017

2 Peter 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

12/05/2017

2 Peter 3:8-9
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

11/21/2017

Today we’re Praying for Harley Hughes. God bless and we love you Audra Daniel Hughes

11/21/2017

Psalm 65 :5
5 You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,
God our Savior,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas,
God bless, Sue Townsend

11/15/2017

Readings for Sunday, November 19, 2017
Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

New International Version (NIV)

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

First fruits and Tithes

26 When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 2 take some of the first fruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name 3 and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.”4 The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. 5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. 6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. 7 Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. 8 So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. 9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; 10 and now I bring the first fruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. 11 Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

The Day of the Lord

5 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety, ”destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

11/07/2017