The UMC response to gun violence

“Prayers of mercy and comfort for those in Roseburg, Oregon.” But is that all we can do?

As United Methodist Christians, we mourn with the families of the teachers and students of Umpqua Community College who will never return home. We grieve with those who were wounded physically and emotionally. We pray for the family of the gunman who will wonder if there is anything they could have done to avert these heinous acts. But should we do more? Can we do more?

While we may not agree on a solution, many of us agree there is a problem. What can we do?

Read more at this link.

A Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

October 4 is the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi.

The Praises of God 

Lord God:
you alone are holy,
you who work wonders!
You are strong, you are great,
you are the Most High,
you are the almighty King,
you, holy Father, King of heaven and earth.

Lord God: You are Three and you are One,
You are goodness, all goodness,
You are the highest and true.

You are love and charity, you are wisdom,
you are humility, you are patience,
you are beauty, you are sweetness,
you are safety, you are rest, you are joy,
you are our hope
and our delight,
you are justice, you are moderation
you are all our wealth
and riches overflowing.

You are beauty, you are gentleness,
you are our shelter, our guard
and our defender,
you are strength, you are refreshment,
you are our hope.
you are our faith.
you are our love,
you are our complete consolation,
you are our life everlasting,
great and wonderful Lord,
all powerful God, merciful Savior!

 Amen.

A Prayer for Word Communion Sunday

O God, You have built Your Church
upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone.

Save the community of Your people
from cowardly surrender to the world,
from rendering unto Caesar what belongs to You,
and from forgetting the eternal gospel
amid the temporal pressures of our troubled days.

For the unity of the Church we pray,
and for fellowship across the embittered lines of race and nation;
to growth in grace, building in love, enlargement in service,
increase in wisdom, faith, charity, and power, 
we dedicate our lives; through Jesus Christ our Savior. 
Amen.

The Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick,

#506, The United Methodist Church Book of Worship

Make your contribution to the World Communion offering here.

YAC UMW Gathering

Belinda Alkula represented the Stevensville UMC's UMW unit at the Yellowstone Conference (YAC) United Methodist Women's annual meeting today at Lewistown UMC.

World Communion Sunday primer

World Communion Sunday is THIS Sunday. Not sure what World Communion Sunday exactly is? Let Chuck Knows Church tell you what he knows about ‪WCS!

Festival-ready

We're ready!

Dean, joey, Lisa, Sheila & Mickey at work

joey & Lisa put the finishing touches on our entry

"The Lord is good to me..."

Appleseed-ing the Valley...

 Be sure to vote for us, we're entry #1

Johnny Appleseed on the go!

Lisa focuses on the next task

joey tends to the sewing tasks

We have an apple tree!

On the way to the festival

Thanks to everyone - Belinda Alkula, Mickey Boykin, Kathy Clark, Dean & joey Diers, Sheila Hammitt, Lisa Menery, Dusty & Ava Schrock - who came together to get our entry for the Stevensville Scarecrow Festival ready and to install it on the path leading into town.