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Our monthly newsletter, the Breadbasket, contains upcoming events, a note from the pastor, financial report, Church council minutes, birthdays and anniversaries, and miscellaneous news and information. If you would like to receive a free copy in the mail (it is often 8 pages or more long) or by email in PDF format, please email the church office at harrisvilleumc@zoominternet.net or phone us at 724-735-4671 and we will gladly add your name to our snail mail/email list! In the meantime, enjoy a few articles from our newsletter!
The Care Team invites you to pray for those we try to visit each month, to send a card or make a phone call to brighten someone's day!
Orchard Manor, Grove City: Mary Whetzel, Kathryn Hockenberry, Paul Moore, Katherine Taggart
Grove Manor, Grove City: Sara Riddle, Mary Sutton
Fellowship Manor, Grove City: Blanche Tennies, Margaret Fryman
Trinity Living Center, Grove City: Velma Jamison
Home: George Buchanan
Greetings and Happy New Year! During the fall of 2010 I had made some great progress in being very loyal to my daily spiritual disciplines. I did really well for a period of about 4 months and then things got busy and I made the mistake of reprioritizing and somehow “daily” spiritual disciplines became anything but daily once again. I am looking to the New Year to help my lack of will power become strengthened once again and make this be an even better year than last year in being committed to daily spiritual growth. How about you? How is your daily journey with Christ right now? I know many of you are balancing out even more and greater responsibilities than I am, but the question is, are you still making time for Christ? I have to laugh a little bit as I am typing right now because I almost wrote in the sentence before, “are you still finding time for Christ?” Do you see the difference in these two statements? Part of the problem that I ran into as the end of this year came to a close is I was trying to “find” time for Christ instead of “making” time for Christ. This all goes back to us setting our priorities as to what is truly important in our lives. As we go through our lives we are constantly being barraged with images and ideas as to what our priorities should be. Many advertisers spend millions of dollars each year to convince you and I where and when we should spend our time and money. It is not very often that you see or hear a commercial on television which reminds you of the need to read scripture. It is not a daily occurrence that someone reminds you that sitting in a quiet space listening for God is a good use of your time. Every now and then you will see a toy company or grocery store advertising for you to spend time with the family, but even then the motivation is not always pure. As Christians we have to push ourselves to set proper priorities which place our relationship with Christ into the forefront of our lives. Last fall when I was being diligent in my pursuit of daily devotions I learned many things that helped me in my walk with Christ. Almost as importantly, I also learned many things that helped me make better decisions with my walk in the world. So that is my request of you for this coming New Year: Let us make 2011 a year in which we commit to “making” time for the one and only Savior and Creator of the world. Let us make time for Christ.
Looking forward to hearing about your journey, Pastor Bill
S.L.I.M. Brothers From Sandy Lake, PA Harrisville United Methodist Church HUMC 2000 and 11 CONCERT Harrisville United Methodist Church February 20, 2011 7:00 PM Held at HUMC 301 S. Main St., Harrisville, PA Everyone Welcome! We are a handicap accessible facility. For more information contact us at 724-735-4671 or harrisvilleumc@zoominternet.net; check us out on the web at harrisvilleumc.org
Nursery coordinator needed The Worship Committee is looking for someone willing to coordinate the nursery; please see Pastor Bill for more information or if you are willing to accept this ministry opportunity.
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