Scripture lessons for July 23

Join us Sunday at 10:30 as Pastor Charles shares "Waiting for the Ambulance"(Matthew 24:1-8 & 24:45-50).

This week at Stevi UMC

Monday: 

7:00 pm, Living Clean 

Wednesday:
8:00 am, WIC
10:00 am, Disciples Study

Thursday:
5:00 pm, Wesley House/SUMC interviews (Missoula)

Friday-Saturday
Mission u @ Aldersgate UMC - Butte

Friday:                                                   

10:00 am, Drop-in Bible Study, #8

Sunday:

9:00 am, Lectionary study

10:15 am, Praise singing                                                   
10:30 am, Worship

11:30 am, Fellowship time

Thank you, Ben!

Ben Longbottom was recognized by the Stevensville UMC community this morning in recognition of his many years of service to God in our midst. John Soper, chair of the Trustees, presented Ben with a beautiful framed picture of the church.

The morning after the storm

Clearing after the rain of Saturday night

Paul leading the praise singing

Savoring the postlude (Julie Ludington, piano)

Marilyn Murphy serves up the hospitality

A happy assembly

Last night's storm was certainly something to take in! As the sun broke over the Bitterroot Valley this morning we were reminded that like the morning after the storm, our God is creating anew each day.
 

In the worship service, Marcia Prather shared from the Belmont (NY) Methodist Cookbook (shared with Marcia by Bill Lyon) for our summer offering. Pastor Charles continued the summer sermon series with "The Whole Armor" (pt. 1 & pt.2) with the scripture lesson, Ephesians 6:10-18.

Thanks this morning to: Paul Ludington (praise music), Julie Ludington (piano), Tom Bishop (video), Lois Hansen (liturgist),  Carol Gragg (children's message), Marcia Prather (poetry reading), Paul Goddard & Don Nelson (offering counters), and Marilyn Murphy, John Soper, & Ellyn Jones (hospitality).

After three hours...

 

 

 

Three hours later and the backyard was looking worlds better!

The before...

 

Beating the summer heat this morning, Belinda and Pastor Charles were at the Wesley House parsonage to tackle part of the back yard.  With the arrival of the new Wesley House/Stevi UMC staff person due in mid-August, getting the parsonage ready after sitting empty for much of the past year is a big job!

One Bishop's Reflection on the First Anniversary of Her Election

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not rely on your own insight. (Proverbs 3:5)

One year ago today, I was elected a bishop in The United Methodist Church in the midst of what was the closest experience of Pentecost I have ever had. Delegates and episcopal nominees of the Western Jurisdiction entered into a time of deep discernment and prayer. Truly, there was a profound sense of the presence of the Holy Spirit.

There are some who have said we in the West were drunk with new wine. But as Scripture and history show, that is often the case when those who weren’t present try to dismiss the movement of the Holy Spirit, which seeks to make all things new.

We were simply trusting in God with all our hearts.

Read more at this link.