Weekly Reminders

I am a child of God. I am loved and cherished by God. I am forgiven and redeemed through Christ. I am a new creation in Christ. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. God's grace is sufficient for me. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. These are just a few positive affirmations from the scriptures. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves of what we believe. What biblical truth do you most need to be reminded of? Join us this Sunday as we look at Psalm 42 and biblical self-talk!

Blessings,
Pastor John

Church Survey Update
Thank you for your responses to the Church Survey. We had over 60 responses and have begun the enormous task of reviewing and organizing the literally hundreds of pages of information! This has to be done by hand and will take time as you can imagine. Our goal is to organize and effectively share the wide-ranging responses and heartfelt feedback that was provided with staff and the responsible committees and leadership in order to accurately express the ideas, concerns, and recommendations received. From this effort, the goal is to increase the quality and opportunity for fellowship, worship, and spiritual growth for our congregation and community. Once we get further down the path on this task, we will provide feedback to the congregation as well.

-Dave Heydinger

The Screwtape Letters
The Standing Stones Sunday School Class is beginning a study on CS Lewis’ book, The Screwtape Letters. This 1942 novel, which Lewis dedicated to his friend J. R. R. Tolkien, is a satirical look at Christianity through letters of advice from a senior devil, Screwtape, to a junior tempter named Wormwood. This has been a tremendously popular book, now printed in 41 editions and has sold over half a million copies. This is both a humorous and deeply profound look at our ongoing spiritual battle that is very impactful and will make you think! Please join us – books will be available for free and the reading is short and easy.

Join or Die
The Elbert County Chamber of Commerce has invited the community to a screening and discussion of the movie “Join or Die” on Sunday, June 22 at 2pm at the Elbert Theatre. The film is a documentary about the health value of participating in local gathering – clubs, churches, etc. Following the film there will be a time of community discussion. Tickets may be purchased at the chamber website: https://www.elbertchamber.com/event, and are $5 for Chamber members and $7 for non-members.

From the Finance Committee
We thank the congregation for your loyal support of the church. Please prayerfully consider your regular giving to Elberton First Methodist Church. The last few Sundays, we have fallen well short of contributions relative to the budget. We understand that families have various conflicts during the summer months, but please remember that the needs of our church do not stop, and prayerfully consider your support of the costs of our facility, staff, and ministries.

2 Peter
Is that the truth? Are you sure about that? Truth is an alien concept to many people nowadays. Truth is only comfortable when it's not inconvenient. Truth is whatever I want it to be. I can change what is true to meet the changing needs of society, and I can even change the truth to meet the changing needs of the church.
Uhh... Peter begs to differ.

Grace & Peace,
Pastor Ron

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