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These graduates will be honored this morning at worship. Congratulations to each and everyone of you!

A special thanks to all the ladies who assisted Ronda's Closet this prom season especially Julia Black. Ronda's Closet is officially closed for this prom season. We dressed almost 100 girls this year. Until next year..........

Mark your calendar - June 22! The Johnny Staats Project is coming to town!!!!

Thanks to all the vendors who made our Mother's Day Extravaganza a huge success! Everyone had a great day shopping and supporting Project Graduation for Sissonville High School with hot dogs and all the sweets.

Project Graduation Hot Dog and Baked Goods Sale Too! At the Mother Day's Extravaganza!!

Mother's Day Extravagaza is open for business come out and shop!

Set your alarm - the Mother's Day Extravaganza sale begins at 10:00 in the morning. Remember your Mother and come buy her something special!!!

Thanks Pulse - for the Great Advertising!! We appreciate it!!! Don't forget Saturday 10:00-4:00pm.

Mother's Day Extravaganza!! Come and shop May 4 - 10-4:00! And here is a card you can send her on her special day!!!!

Got it on your calendar - - - - Mother's Day Extravaganza!! May 4th 10-4

Vendors are growing up to 21!!! Share with family and friends come shop for Mom or that special someone born in May I know you can find something for everyone with the great variety of vendors,. Mother's Day Extravaganza!! May 4th 10-4

Come and join us this morning at 10:00 am to Celebrate the Risen Lord. Truly He's Alive!!!

April 20, 2019 Holy Saturday JOB’S FAITH Job 19:21-27a Job 19:25 “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth.” (NRSV) Many people are surprised to find that Job uttered these words. Job—who had an undeserved reputation forpatience, who had undergone tragic losses that make us cringe when we read them, and who had well-intentioned friends around him trying to make him feel better when they couldn’t possibly know what he was feeling—Job made this ringing statement of faith in his Redeemer." Sometimes we don’t know what to do with Holy Saturday. The excitement and drama of Palm Sunday are behind us; so is the solemnity of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. We know that joy is coming in the morning, but we aren’t quite there yet. Jesus is in the tomb. Even though we know that in the morning we will be celebrating the Resurrection, the sobering events of the preceding week are hanging over us as we try to empathize with those early disciples who did not yet know of the Resurrection. All of us have times like this in our lives. We may have been through a period that was particularly good, or particularly bad—and we find ourselves in something of a spiritual quiet zone, wondering what will come next. We trust that God will guide us around the next bend, but we can’t yet see what’s there. When Job said the words quoted above, he was sitting in a heap of ashes, scratching his sores with a pottery fragment, surrounded by friends whom he must have wished would go away. Job answered each friend’s pious speech, but we have to wonder if they listened. If they did, this was Job’s response: he stated his unshaking belief that his Redeemer would stand on the earth and that he would see this Redeemer with his own eyes. Today in the life of the church, we seem to be pausing for breath, taking stock of where we are and where we are headed. Wherever we may find ourselves, let us--like Job—keep the faith that we will see our Redeemer! Prayer: Dear Lord, we pray for guidance and strength as sometimes we struggle to keep our faith strong, we lose the conviction that we will see our Redeemer. Renew our belief and help us fulfill Your mission in the world to make disciples, Amen.

April 19, 2019 Good Friday SACRIFICES FOR JESUS THE CHRIST John 19:38-42 Traditionally, we give up something for Lent, as an observance of sacrifice for Christ. Joseph of Arimathea, an "in secret disciple of Christ," feared the Jews. He asked Pilate if he could take the body of Christ and prepare it for burial. Permission was granted. Joseph took the body. Then Nicodemus came with about a hundred pounds of Myrrh and Aloes. They wrapped Jesus' body with strips of Linen and spices, as was the custom of the Jews. Then they laid the body of Christ in the Tomb Joseph had secured for himself. No man had been buried in the Tomb, which Joseph "lent" Jesus. What these two men did, was indeed a sacrifice. If the Jews discovered what these men did, it would cost their lives. Joseph sacrificed his new, never used Tomb. He had no idea Jesus would only be there for three days. Nicodemus quietly paid for the burial materials. Was this an expensive sacrifice? No. The expensive sacrifice would have been what happened if the Jews discovered what Nicodemus and Joseph did. We "give up" something for Lent. When Lent is past, we resume eating Chocolate, or the sirloin Steak we "gave up" for Lent. If the Jews had learned what Joseph and Nicodemus did, these men would likely have been stoned to death. That is a true sacrifice. They knew, if discovered, they would be killed for doing what they did. Yet in true sacrifice, they did it. They accepted Jesus, The Son of God. Prayer: Dear Lord, what have I given up for Your sake? As I consider the sacrifice You made for me guide my thoughts to realize the plan You have for my life and give me the courage to follow these leadings. Praise Your name, Amen.

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Maundy Thursday Service this evening at 7:00 pm Come and Celebrate the Lord's Supper

Rain or Shine Easter Egg Hunt 2:00!!

Mother's Day Extravaganza!! May 4th growing by leaps and bounds up to 19 vendors!!

April 5, 2019 GOD’S SUSTAINING LOVE Isaiah 50:4-9 “The Lord has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that ‘I may know how to sustain with a word ‘him who is weary.” Isaiah 50:4 On December 8, 1997, my husband’s wife (Deb) was killed in a traffic accident. I met Deb’s husband (Rick) in August 1997. I worked as a Nurse/Patient Advocate at a local hospital. He was Chaplain there. My responsibilities and the Chaplain’s responsibilities often crossed over as we offered support for patients and families, working in collaboration to provide spiritual and emotional support. In January Rick was back at the hospital visiting members of his congregation, His grief was evident as he went about his responsibilities. We would see each other from time to time and I expressed sympathy for his wife’s death. I was thankful for the Bereavement Certification I received in 1997. God began using my understanding right away as I offered support and a safe place for Rick to share his emotions. God had given me a “tongue of those who are taught”. Fast forward, four-hundred-eight days after Deb’s death and I became the “other woman” in my husband’s life. I was not prepared for how his grief would affect me. Rick’s grief became our grief. There was no sorting the yours and mine of it. The grief was ours. My heart broke as he slumped to his knees and let out guttural anguish over the sadness in his heart. Knowing that he had to process through his grief was no less traumatic. His emotions erupted, he slumped over exhausted, as I prayed for God to give him strength to empty his heart of the hurt and pain and use me to bring healing. I could see God’s sustaining attention and strengthening presence in this grief process. I have had an “open-ear to God” since I was a teen and His language of strength and encouragement flooded my own heart and poured as balm into the wounds of Rick’s grief. Days evolved into weeks and weeks into months. The deep sadness began to wane and waver. Today, we do grief seminars to offer the same hope of God’s sustaining attention and strengthening presence to those in the dark days of grief. Prayer: “Lord, help me to have an open-ear to your voice. Use me to bring a small patchwork of healing into the world through your word. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

These graduates will be honored this morning at worship. Congratulations to each and everyone of you!

Sissonville Middle School Wyldlife Christmas rally at the fellowship hall.

Aldersgate United Methodist Church annual gingerbread house making...

Join us this Sunday!! AUMC kids Sunday!!! You will be entertained and spiritually blessed!!!