WELCOME TO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WINNSBORO!
All are welcome at Winnsboro’s First Church so dive on in! We are a warm and welcoming congregation where you can meet people, celebrate life, grow deeper, stronger in your faith and turn energy into action that transforms the world. EVERYONE is invited and if you’d like us to meet you at the door, email us HERE and we’ll be there!
Sunday Morning Worship
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10:50 a.m.
Worship on FACEBOOK LIVE or In-Person
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4-16-20 FUMC Update
FLASH “MOB” PRAYERS in WINNSBORO
We’re ALL in this period of isolation together, so let’s PRAY together! Every Sunday after worship, we’ll get in our cars and drive to a specific place, TOGETHER, to pray! We will honor the social distancing rules and not get out of our cars! Please share this on your social media accounts!
Sunday, April 19: Christus Mother Frances Hospital
Sunday, April 26: WISD Elementary School
Sunday, May 3: Brookshires
Sunday, May 10: High School/Middle School
Sunday, May 17: Main Street
Sunday, May 24: City Hall/Police
CDC COVID 19 Symptoms andTesting: CLICK HERE
Debbie Lyons, Pastor
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4-15-20 FUMC Update
Hidden Blessings, Part 2
It’s hard to believe that I could find so many beautiful messages in the scripture in Matthew 14:22-33, Jesus Walking on Water … I have read it a thousand times before and yet there is so much to glean from it! I hope you enjoy the messages. Part 3 will come on Friday morning!
DON’T FORGET:
– Bible study this morning (Wed. 4/15) at 10 am … details HERE
– Make an appointment HERE to give blood this Saturday, 4/18!
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Debbie
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4-14-20 FUMC Update
ATTACHED IS THE FACEBOOK DEVOTIONAL AUDIO ~ I posted this message this morning and I’ll complete it tomorrow morning. I’m trying to keep the devotional to 7-8 minutes and it’s not easy!
Join Our Online Bible Study TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, 10am
Here is the invitation, so if you haven’t downloaded the APP,
(click here) try it!
OR CALL IN AND LISTEN:
+1 253 215 8782 US or +1 301 715 8592 US
Meeting ID: 451 285 222
+1 253 215 8782 US or +1 301 715 8592 US
Meeting ID: 451 285 222
What can you do to help? GIVE BLOOD! THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 10 am – 3 pm ~ I have already scheduled my appointment at 10, so I’ll see you there, 6 feet away! Carter BloodCare recognizes there are concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak and that you may have questions about what this means for giving blood, your blood drive, and the safety of the blood supply. To honor social distancing:
* Donors should make an appointment and complete their questionnaire before arriving using Carter BloodCare’s Quickscreen.* Carter BloodCare staff will greet you and escort you thoroughly and promptly through the donation process, so that you may return to your newly revised daily routines.CLICK HERE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
WHO HAVE YOU CALLED FROM CHURCH THIS WEEK? I want to thank JOYZELLE DAVIS for all her loving calls to so many people!
CDC COVID 19 Symptoms andTesting: CLICK HERE
First United Methodist Church Winnsboro
301 Church Street, Winnsboro, TX. 75494
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4-10-20 FUMC Update
HOLY WEEK … the last days of Jesus’ life teach us so many lessons, and I hope you have watched some of the daily devotionals on Facebook, or listened to the ones I’ve sent you in these emails. (The one I just posted is a little longer so you’ll have to listen on our website.) I hope you felt God’s presence as I did last night in our Holy Thursday service. I realize that such emotional services “online” will never be the same as being together, but I’m grateful for the technology that allows God to be “visible” through our worship. It was also great to have Clint with us last night. I soooooo look forward to getting back to a more NORMAL worship … and we WILL! This, by the way, is a close-up picture of the “broken” chalices I used last night … VERY special!
I can’t thank Ken and Elaina Ragsdale and Kade Martin enough for faithfully working in the balcony to bring our LIVE worship services to you all! A droplet of grace I see as a result of their hard work is that MANY people are seeing our services and devotionals who may not have known the love of Christ – some may not have a church home, some may have drifted away and are reconnecting! Please pray, pray, pray that God is changing hearts and making people feel a sense of belonging so when our doors DO open, we’ll welcome new friends into our church family. AND PLEASE, invite your friends to join us for Easter services and share our posts on your Facebook pages!
Tillman went to heaven on Wednesday but because of this VERY unusual time, normal sharing of grief and mourning with family and friends has been curtailed because of restrictions on group gatherings.
HOWEVER, you can still send cards, make memorial donations, and of course, as good Methodists we are, YOU CAN BRING FOOD!
Please call Monique Turner, Virginia and Tillman’s daughter if you will be dropping something off: 903-399-3226. They have five people in their home now, and on Sunday other family members will be arriving.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFUL GIVING ~ I am so inspired to see many of you continue your faithful giving even though our buildings are closed and our “public” activities are canceled. Our attitude towards money and how we manage it is the foundation that sets the stage for every other aspect of our spiritual lives, and I know God smiles seeing your tangible demonstrations of faith and trust EVEN in these uncertain times! I pray you see the blessings poured out upon you as PROMISED by God!
HASTE MAKES WASTE ~ This was one of my mother’s constant reminders to me as I have ALWAYS moved a little faster than I should because my “to do” list always seems longer than there are enough hours in the day! I apologize for some of the mistakes I’ve made in these last few days in switching videos and posting the wrong days … ***SIGH*** … I promise I will slow down next week, in fact, this will be the last email until next WEDNESDAY so please read through this all so you don’t miss anything.
GOOD FRIDAY IS TODAY, April 10 ~ While there is no worship today, I just posted the daily devotional on Facebook today. It is the story of Good Friday told from a Centurion’s standpoint. And if you do not have Facebook, you can listen on the website HERE. It was between NOON and 3 p.m. in Jerusalem that Jesus may have hung on the cross, so I encourage you to watch it if you can but I have included the audio if you do not have Facebook.
EASTER! Sunday, April 12, 10:50 a.m. LIVE on Facebook ~ I walked into the sanctuary yesterday as Mary White was playing CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY on the organ, and I am emotionally overcome by the coming JOY of Sunday! It has been such a difficult season of Lent with more fasting than any of us ever planned, and we NEED Easter! Please get Facebook if you don’t have it. If you can read this email, you CAN be part of the Easter service (AND go back and watch past services too!) We’ll start the LIVE broadcast at 10:45 and when you start watching on Sunday, please COMMENT you’re there so everyone KNOWS we are together! Also, at the bottom of the video is a purple box that says WATCH TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS & FAMILY. Click that purple box and you can invite people to be part of the JOY!
DRIVE BY AND SEE ME IN PERSON ~ Mondays, 1-3 p.m. on Church Street. This face-to-face contact is so special and while it may only be a few minutes, your smiles and your prayer requests are AMAZING!
What can you do to help? GIVE BLOOD! SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. ~ I have already scheduled my appointment at 10 so I’ll see you there! Carter BloodCare recognizes there are concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak and that you may have questions about what this means for giving blood, your blood drive, and the safety of the blood supply.
To honor social distancing:
* Donors should make an appointment and complete their questionnaire before arriving using Carter BloodCare’s Quickscreen.
* Carter BloodCare staff will greet you and escort you thoroughly and promptly through the donation process, so that you may return to your newly revised daily routines.
CLICK HERE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
MARK YOUR CALENDAR ~ Zoom Bible Study starting WEDNESDAY, April 15, at 10 a.m. ~ I have changed this study from Thursdays because of a commitment to the Wood County Corona Leadership Team, but we’ll start out on April 15 with looking at HUMOR IN THE BIBLE. Yes, we’ll be ready for a little humor! Here is the invitation so if you haven’t downloaded the APP, try it!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/451285222
Meeting ID: 451 285 222
OR CALL IN AND LISTEN:
+1 253 215 8782 US
+1 301 715 8592 US
Meeting ID: 451 285 222
“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests
and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles,
who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.” ~ Mark 10:33-34
Grace and peace.
Pastor Debbie
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4-8-20 FUMC Update
Whew, it’s been a crazy few weeks and I hope you’re all protecting yourself and protecting others by staying in! I’ve LOVED seeing so many of you through the Monday Afternoon Drive Through, and I WILL be there this Monday, the day after Easter so please come by and say hello!
Attached is the audio from my Facebook post yesterday and today. I see more and more of you are getting Facebook; and I’m so very glad because tomorrow night HOLY THURSDAY, we will have a very beautiful and solemn worship planned for the LAST SUPPER. If you have not set up your sacred space, please do (the pictures you have been sending me have been AMAZING!) and have a small serving of bread/crackers/wafers and juice ready.
HOLY THURSDAY SERVICE ~ Thursday, April 8, 6:30 p.m. ~ LIVE on Facebook ~ Please post a COMMENT and let us know you’re with us! And start a watch party with your friends! A lot of people may not KNOW why Holy Thursday is so important!
EASTER SUNDAY ~ LIVE on Facebook at 10:50 a.m. ~ I’ll be posting an invitation video on Facebook today. Please share it with your friends, and check-in and post comments on Sunday! Mary White is going to play the organ for us, Danny will sing HE LIVES with Lola accompanying him. It will be a beautiful morning!
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY TO GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE ~ Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at THE ROCK (across from 1st Baptist) ~ First Baptist and First Methodist Churches of Winnsboro are excited to team up to help save lives during the COVID-19 crisis. There is a desperate need for blood in ALL of our blood banks so CARTER BLOODCARE is coming! It is SAFE, and by APPOINTMENT ONLY. Find more details and the link to sign up here: https://www.fumcwinnsboro.com/get- involved/this-week-at-fumc/
WE HAVE DELIVERED MORE THAN 175 MASKS ~ Thanks to so many people working so hard, we have masks all over the place! If YOU want a personal mask, please let me know. We just ask for a generous love offering so we can keep the supplies coming!
Until I see you again ~ wash your hands, don’t touch your face, stay 6′ apart from each other ~ pray honestly and trust in God!
Grace and peace,
Pastor Debbie
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