LaGrange First UMC

Thank you for joining us for digital worship today! We are celebrating a baptism during worship today, we hope you will participate at home. Preschool Amazon wish list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1VC4FX2MZT8GG/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist opportunities to give online:Website Platformhttps://bit.ly/FirstUMCgives Give+ mobile apphttps://giveplushelp.vancopayments.com/

As United Methodists, we believe war is incompatible with the teachings and example of Jesus. As his disciples, we are called to love our enemies, seek justice, and serve as reconcilers of conflict. Yet most of the time, we do not take Jesus or the Scriptures seriously on this issue. We’ll dig deeply again into the Gospel of Matthew, looking below the surface at why we justify war in our world today. We’ll learn more about the creative nonviolent resistance of Jesus. We’ll seek the truths of God as we help ourselves, our families, and our communities embark on the path of the Prince of Peace.

Welcome to Digital Worship at LaGrange First United Methodist Church! Please like and share this video; we want to spread the Good News. Order of Worship: 0:00 Welcome and announcements 4:50 Opening Hymn – God of Grace and God of Glory 7:43 Prayer 11:50 Invitation to Give 13:37 Praise Song – Shout to the Lord…read more.

0:00 Welcome and announcements 5:22 Opening Hymn – Great is Thy Faithfulness 8:50 Prayer 10:55 Drama 14:17 Invitation to Give 14:50 Praise Song – Our God is Greater 19:37 Scripture Acts 10:34-43 21:18 Praise Song – Open Our Eyes, Lord 23:04 Sermon – Pastor Andrea “Living Wesley’s Rules Today: Do Good” 34:41 Closing Hymn –…read more.

When John Wesley started the United Societies in 1739, he felt it was vital to help these new
groups of people called Methodists live their lives (individually and collectively) as faithfully and
methodically (they were Methodists, after all!) as possible. So, Wesley developed what became
the “General Rules of the United Societies.” Today, we often refer to them as John Wesley’s
“Three Simple Rules.” For the next three weeks, with Bishop Reuben Job’s book Three Simple
Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living as our guide, we will explore how these rules are as important
to us as United Methodists today in this time of pandemic and turmoil as they were in 1739.

As we continue with digital worship in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most
important issues surrounding our faith and the time we live in is “what does it mean to love our
neighbors?” This is a vitally important question to ask as masks and social distancing are now
seen more as a political statement than an act of care and love for our neighbors. Over the next
4 weeks, we will explore what Jesus meant by commanding us to be good neighbors and how we
can love our neighbors in creative, faithful ways.