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“ It’s all about the church, bout the church, no treble”..... fun morning.....but missed our snack.

🌿🌸💐🌷🌼🌹🌻🌺💐🌸🌿 For those who asked for info for cards and memorials for Cora Beth Johnson Evans: Jim Bob Evans 1175 CR 105 Devers Texas 77538. Nancy Evans Scholarship Fund Liberty High School Devers First United Methodists Church Box 286 Devers Texas 77538 American Cancer Society or the charity of their choice.

Services for our beautiful Cora Beth Johnson Evans: Graveside at Cook’s Cemetery in Liberty, Friday 4:00 Under direction of Allison Funeral Service Liberty, Tx. Prayers appreciated for her family, the Devers community and the many who have been blessed by knowing her.

Thanks for helping sponsor this great community event.

Children are into miracles

🌲Christmas Eve Communion Service will begin with Consecration of Elements at 6:00 p m and will be offered as congregants come until 7:00🌲 Pause for a moment and join us🌲

Verse for Sunday, Dec 23, 2018

🌲Merry Christmas History🌲 There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me. What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember. -The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ. -Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments. -Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.- -The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John. -The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament. -The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation. -Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit--Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy. -The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes. -Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit--Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control. -The ten lord’s a-leaping were the Ten Commandments. -The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples. -The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles’ Creed. So there is your history for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol...so pass it on if you wish.' Merry Christmas Everyone

Children’s verse for Dec 16, 2018

Join us in celebrating this Christmas Season as we worship, study His word and enjoy great Christmas presentations.

A friend posted these words...so true

"Islamists slaughter Christians in the Central African Republic - Mainstream (media is silent to avoid damaging Islam's image) Nov 24, 2018 - At least 48 people died including women and children during an Islamic attack on a Catholic cathedral in the Central African Republic last weekend. Christians are the world’s most persecuted religious group, according to studies. The Islamic persecution of Christians throughout the Middle East, Asia and Africa has become genocide.” Pray for our brothers and sisters around the world

Posted by Bonnie Shaw DeHart- “I love it when I have a reason to buy something from this lady in Santa Elena Market. She and her husband are Christians and they are always happy to help us and to give us a great deal. Today we were buying backpacks for more than 40 students in the village of El Limón. She had some really nice ones that cost less than $8.00 each. Today we purchased 24 and will return in January to buy the rest of what we need for the students. It cost approximately $17.00 for school supplies and a backpack for each student. If you would like to sponsor a student or two just go to CTEN.org/jimdehart and click the donate button. It will be a huge blessing and encouragement for the students in El Limón.”

Mission update: 27 Operation Christmas Child boxes have been delivered to Old River Baptist Church to begin their journey. This Sunday, Nov 18th, we will be gathering staple goods for local distribution.

Take a few minutes and visit DeHart Ministry Focus right here on fb and see what our neighbor, Bonnie Shaw DeHart, and husband Jim are doing in Guatemala. What a great opportunity this could be for us to serve!

Last week, a young Amish man named Steven Yoder was killed in a mill accident here in New Wilmington, Pa . Steven left behind a wife named Mary, and five children under the age of 13, and one on the way. I asked my Amish friend Teena what would happen to the family. "How will they financially make it, since the Amish do not carry insurance?" Teena answered, "The church will take care of them." The church, in an Old World Order Amish group, is the entire community. "We are the church! We will all pitch in and help her until her sons are grown and can financially support her. If every body gives a little, she will have a lot " Today, I stopped by Teena's and she asked me what the weather is supposed to be like on Saturday. I said it was going to be cool, but dry. Teena said, "Good, because at least ten teams of men are going to Mary's house to plow her fields, winterize her home and barn, get her a winters supply of coal (to heat her home) and wood (for her to cook with) . The women are all going to cook and bake to help feed the men, who are taking care of Mary's farm, and bring food for Mary to have enough all winter. I'm glad it will be nice for them." This is community. This is church. When there is a need, it is taken care of. Not by a few, but by all. Lord help us to be a better community and a better church. Let our eyes see the needs. Let our ears hear the cries. Let our hands pitch in to do the dirty work. Many hands make light work. We all need each other. <3

First Sunday of Advent