Sebastopol United Methodist Church

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01/10/2023

Join us in celebrating Mississippi's new episcopal leader Bishop Sharma D. Lewis

12/25/2022

Luke 2: 6-7
𝟲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻, 𝟳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻, 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

Stained glass window was donated in Loving Memory of Gilbert Lavelle and Mollie Phillips Hamil.

12/14/2022

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Matthew 1:23, “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us)

12/08/2022

The special offering for Methodist Children’s Homes, MCH, supports their daily operations. With the support of your church, MCH would is able to care for the hundreds of children that pass through its doors each year. The Special Sunday offering for Methodist Children’s Homes is December 11.
https://www.mchms.org/ways-to-give/little-light-of-mine/

12/06/2022

Thank you to Mrs. Margaret Mayes for providing the beautiful poinsettias for our poinsettia tree each Christmas. The shape of the poinsettia flowers and leaves are sometimes thought as a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem which led the Wise Men to Jesus.

12/05/2022

The sermon for the second Sunday of Advent came from Mark 1:2-8 "Trailblazers".
𝗔𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁:

“𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂,
𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆”
𝟯 “𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀,
‘𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱,
𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺.’”

𝟰 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀. 𝟱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝟲 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆. 𝟳 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲: “𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗜, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲. 𝟴 𝗜 𝗯𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁.”

11/22/2022

In honor of Veteran's Day, flags and photos of family that sacrificed time and service with the military. Today's scripture came from 2nd Timothy 2:1-4. Paul is a veteran of the Lord’s army, nearing the end of his life so he writes advice…𝟏 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬. 𝟐 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝟑 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬. 𝟒 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫.

SOLDIER (military or Christian)
S-strong
O-obedient/oath
L-loyalty, faithful
D-defensive
I-indivisible, attend to our duty
E-enduring-keep going
R-ready