From Bobbie Walton

Dear Christian friends, We have been asked to forward this email and pray for Pastor Youcef.  URGENT PRAYER NEEDED for cancellation of execution for Pastor Youcef in IRAN This prayer chain is calling ALL Christians into action NOW on behalf of this Iranian pastor, who faces execution! Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani never practiced the Muslim faith and converted to Christianity at age 19, becoming a pastor later. But the courts say that since his mother and father were practicing Muslims, he must recant his Christian faith or die. So far, in three court appearances, he has refused to do so - RISKING EXECUTION AT ANY MOMENT. The Iranian Supreme Court often acts quickly in administering the death penalty. According to a report, when asked by judges to "repent," Youcef replied: "Repent, What should I return to? To the blasphemy that I had before my faith in Christ?" The judges replied: "To the religion of your ancestors - Islam." To which Yousef replied: "I cannot." It's time for the body of Christ to act, to pray, to plead for the life of our brother before Christ so that His servant may be spared. This is what you are asked/called to do. As soon as you receive this email, PRAY IMMEDIATELY. Forward to your church so that its members may all pray too. Then forward this PRAYER REQUEST to every CHRISTIAN you know so that they may pray also.   The Bible states, "If God is with us, who can stand against us."

P & S Happenings

Short, sweet, and to the point!

• Ann McDonald has broken ankle with surgery - keep her in your prayers. If I remember correctly she was leader this coming Tuesday for the Casserole Kitchen at First Pres; she may need additional help with this mission.
  
• New classroom this Sunday (11th) - Previously known as the 'Hand bell Room', third floor, east side of building.
• We will be studying II Corinthians, last half of chapter 1 and into chapter 2.
  
• Sunday School party - December 17th at John and Katie's.

Pairs and Spares- Are we moving on up?

Pairs and Spares has been offered a chance to move to the hand bell choir room on the 3rd floor of the sanctuary. Should we decide to move, our room will become the gathering area for children's Sunday School. They currently gather in the sanctuary.

What we know-

• The elevator works 'most of the time'.
• The hand bell choir would continue to use the room for practice during the week.
  
• The choir rehearsal room is down the hall from this classroom.
• The room is carpeted, has central heat and air, two ceiling fans, stained glass windows on the east side, frosted windows on the north side. Same style chairs we currently use with purple upholstery.
• Currently no dry erase/blackboard in this room but one can be added.
  
• Wi-fi should be available in this room.
  

Please look at this room if you get a chance before Sunday School this week. We will need to vote on this soon.

New Material for Pairs and Spares

SUNDAY SCHOOL material to begin July 3rd - The Way Back to Mayberry: Lessons from a Simpler Time by Joey Fann. After several studies from the Bible we voted to go with something lighter for a change. I know this book is available from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. I was able to order a used book listed as 'very good condition' for $3.95 from Amazon. A new book from Barnes and Noble lists for approximately $11. You can actually look inside the book at Amazon and click on the book cover. Also available on Kindle (isn't technology wonderful?).
I don't work for Amazon but maybe I should!

GATHERING PLACE has been assigned to Pairs and Spares for July. I know for sure that we are short on volunteers for the 31st July. If you can help with this in any way please let me know.

MAYBERRY DINNER THEATER - August 6th at FUMC. Check with the office for tickets. Also, Anne McDonald is looking for help with serving the meal. Please contact her if you can help annesnell@gmail.com.

FUMC YARD SALE - August 26th and 27th - now accepting donations. Everything except shoes and clothing. Call the church office for details on dropping off items.




See you Sunday!

Williamson celebration June 18

Bobbie Walton johnny_walton@bellsouth.net needs volunteer servers for Cecil's celebration next Saturday morning. If you can help please contact her
Thank you

Feb 6, 2011 SS Class Notes

Prayer Requests
Charlotte Harding - recovering from car wreck last week.
Lou Toler - broken ankle
Family of Leroy Shook - Leroy died earlier today
Julie & Cecil Williamson - Mission Trip Nigeria & Ghana
Lisa Vaughn, Starkville Academy teacher, diagnosed with brain tumor
Betty McPhail - triple bypass surgery on Tuesday

Sunday, Feb 20 - Spaghetti lunch to raise funds to build a church pavilion in Africa (cost $1500)
Fellowship Hall beginning at 10:30; dine in or take out available.
$6 for adults, $3 for children under six.
Menu- Spaghetti, salad, green beans, bread, and homemade desserts.
Ticket available from Church office, Circle Sarah, and Sunday School class members.


Scripture for Feb 13

I Corinthians Chapter 6 (we finished Chapter 5 today)

Lawsuits Among Believers
¹ If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? ² Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? ³ Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! ⁴ Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? ⁵ I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? ⁶ But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers! ⁷ The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? ⁸ Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. ⁹ Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men ¹⁰ nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Sexual Immorality

¹² “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. ¹³ You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. ¹⁵ Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶ Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷ But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. ¹⁸ Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. ¹⁹ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Jan 30 2011 SS Class Notes

Next week - I Corinthians chapters 5 & 61 Corinthians 5

I Corinthians 5

Dealing With a Case of Incest

¹ It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife. ² And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this? ³ For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this. ⁴ So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, ⁵ hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. ⁶ Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? ⁷ Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. ⁸ Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. ⁹ I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— ¹⁰ not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. ¹¹ But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people. ¹² What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? ¹³ God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”

1 Corinthians 6

Lawsuits Among Believers

¹ If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? ² Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? ³ Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! ⁴ Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? ⁵ I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? ⁶ But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers! ⁷ The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? ⁸ Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. ⁹ Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men ¹⁰ nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Sexual Immorality

¹² “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. ¹³ You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. ¹⁵ Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶ Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ¹⁷ But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. ¹⁸ Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. ¹⁹ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.