The following items were left at the Geneva First United Methodist Church after the Men’s Walk in April: pair of men’s slip on shoes and a tan baseball hat that says “San Diego” on it. If you left them, please call the church office at 315-789-6550 or email me at genevafumc@fltg.net. Nancy Smith
Nancy Smith
Office Manager and Christian Education Director
First United Methodist Church
340 Main Street
Geneva, New York 14456
315-789-6550
First of all-Happy Holy Week! may you all have a blessed Easter weekend!!
I have some things I want to share with the general community, so please read on….
Second- a big thank you to everyone who supported the first Closer Walk men’s weekend! It was amazing and went very well. I was very pleased to see the number of people who showed up to support Serenade, Las Mananitas and the closing. We still have a few things to do as part of the complete transition, but the weekend went very smoothly!!
Third- we have selected our leaders for the next 2 weekends. We are trying to move the process a little further ahead so the teaming process is not so frantic. We will be selecting leaders for the spring weekends this summer. The leaders will still be formally “prayed in” at the close of the weekend before theirs. Leading Walk #94 in Elmira at PAUMC will be Gordon Jetty and Judy Burry, and leading Walk #95 will be Sue Dunlap and Eric Amberg.
We have had a lot of people turn in new team applications. Please remember however that turning in a team application DOES NOT guarantee that you will be called to be on a team. The weekend leaders are given the lists of the entire community along with team apps and pray over who they will call to be on team. It is not appropriate to “ask” to be on team. The weekend leaders will compile lists and will assemble their teams from those lists. If your name is placed upon their hearts, then they may call you. Please do not call them and ask to be team.
There was some discussion at the last secretariat meeting about the need for medical support at weekends(both Closer Walk and Koinonia weekends). Marie Morley has provided a lot of our support at recent weekends, but she obviously cannot do them all. We would like to know who has a medical background out in our community and who would be willing to be available to assist with dispensing of meds, etc. for a weekend. What we would like is to have a list available for future weekend leaders just so they know who they might be able to contact. If you have a medical background, work in the medical field and would help support a weekend, please let me know- just send an email to k429@aol.com with your contact info. Thanks!
Lastly-just a big thanks to the support of this community in general. We started a new contemporary service at our church (Amplify service on Sunday nights at 6:30 pm at Seneca Castle UMC), and out of the 60 or so people who attended the kick-off service, at least 40 were from this community…and some of them drove many miles to be there. It always amazes me how supportive you all are of not only the weekends, but of each other. Thanks again for all you do.
God Bless, Kevin Farnsworth, Lay Director Closer Walk of UNY
“The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace”
Num 6:26
Vine Life Ultreya
Sat. April 23rd
Time: 5:30
Dish to pass at 6:00
Paul Winkleman will be our guest speaker. He did the Peace talk at the Young adult Koinonia and has graciously agreed to honor us with this talk.
Join us for music, praise, Easter celebration and good fellowship.
Bring your dish to pass, name tag, and love of the Lord.
We had great support from our Ultreya at the Men’s walk, many thanks.
We need your support for the Women’s week end, May 12-15th, at the Geneva United Methodist Church
We will be serving the team dinner on Thursday, May 12th.
Helping set up the Saturday evening dinning room. and all the other places community is needed to help out. If you have time please consider helping out. Bonnie McDougal is from our Ultreya, let’s bless her with our support.
At the Secretariat we voted on new leaders for the summer and fall week ends. Eric Amberg from our Ultreya has prayerfully accepted the position as leader for the fall Men’s Closer Walk. Congratulations Eric.
Blessings to you
Charlotte and George Stanton
New Light Ultreya will be gathering at the Philadelphia United Methodist
Church this Friday evening at 6:00. We will begin with a Dish To Pass
supper followed by singing and a program presented by Bob Boschock.
Please bring your songbooks and love of our Lord as we sing praises to
His name. Communion will be offered.
Hope to see you there.
In His Service,
Bethj
Good Day Everyone,
I am so excited to see what God really has planned for our Ultreya meeting this Friday 8 April. at the Philadelphia United Methodist Church in Philadelphia, NY right on Route 11. Some of you know the mission to give this talk was “assigned to me” by The Spirit during our Ultreya’s November meeting at the Oswegatchie Coffee House. Most of you do not know and I was only assured of the next day was a physical healing of tissue that had occurred during our prayer that night. It has become another lesson in my walk.
Having been “prepared” to speak in February before the snow shut us down has only caused this talk to be further refined in the fire of finding the self worth to present the message he has laid upon my heart.
Our Abandoned Inheritance – HE PAID FOR IT ALL AT THE CROSS: Salvation, Healing and Deliverance.
I will be addressing specifically the gift of healing. My notes say I will be covering the Biblical basis that guarantees this gift TO EVERY BELIEVER. Why some are not healed. Why sickness comes upon the believer. Plus/Minus? We will be having Communion led by Pastor Dave, followed by a period of worship and healing.
All please come and share in the message I have been both honored and humbled to put to paper. Come with the anxious hopeful anticipation of seeing God do works that are beyond the natural. Our God does SUPERNATURAL works. That IS His job description.
Showers of his Blessings :):):)
Bob
PS
Please share this invitation with any who are interested in making their God just a little bit bigger