Weekly Reminders

This will be a very exciting Sunday at Elberton First Methodist! There is a combined worship service at 10 a.m. in the Sanctuary, with a special song from the First Kids Choir! The message will be a dramatic reading of Luke’s interview with Zacchaeus.  (Luke 19:1-10). Following the worship service, we will move to the Crossroads Center to pack meals for Rise Against Hunger. The goal is 10,000 meals! Open to all ages. Pizza lunch provided. Please plan to take part in this meaningful Sunday!  

Blessings,  Pastor John

Praises!
Let’s celebrate together! If you have a praise report and would like to share the good news, email it to the church office at office@elbertonfmc.com.

Sunday Evening Service
The evening chapel service is now at 5 p.m. in the Chapel. (Note new time.) Along with singing and praying, we are enjoying the Faith Lessons video series – lessons are on how the actual geography of the holy land adds to the meaning of a passage. All are welcome!

Soul Sisters Bible Study
The Soul Sisters are continuing their study of "Everyday Evangelism" by Preston Perry. Two times are offered: Sundays at 6 p.m. and Wednesdays at 6 p.m., both in the Bozeman Building.

The Gospel of John
The Thursday Night Bible Study is just beginning a study on Gospel of John. The class is at 6 p.m., and you can participate both in person in the conference room or you can join us online via Zoom. All are welcome!

Thank you for participating in packing shoeboxes. All boxes should be returned next Sunday. During both services, we will pray over the boxes and for the children who will get to open them!. Remember to place $10 for shipping inside the box. Please make sure the money is on top of the packed items.

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In 1959 Bill Gaither graduated from Anderson College, Indiana, with a bachelor's degree in English and a minor in Music. He went to work as an English teacher, pursuing music on the side. In 1963 he was asked to play the piano for a revival meeting in the area that featured the preaching of Dr. Dale Oldham. The meeting went well and afterwards Dr. Oldham asked Bill to write a song that included the words, “He touched me.” Gaither, who would later say that “songs are like whispered answers to questions of the heart”, took the words from Oldham as the theme of his first hit song, “He Touched Me.” This song would later be recorded by the Imperials, Elvis Presley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and, more recently, Steven Curtis Chapman. Bill Gaither might have been writing about the woman that Jesus made whole in Luke 13:10-17.

We are looking at the Luke passage this week and the spiritual wholeness that Jesus wants to bring to us all.

Blessings,
Pastor John