Worship at 10:30 Sunday Morning

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Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I give thanks to our gracious God for putting you all in our lives. Your faithfulness and your enthusiasm fill my heart with joy and helps complete my hope in Christ. Every day I look forward to serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ alongside each of you and growing in our discipleship journey together.

I am a dog person. I truly have nothing against cats but have never been drawn to have a cat as a pet. Anyhow, we have always had at least one dog. Dogs remind me of God’s unconditional love. They always are glad when you are with them. You could step out of their sight for 5 minutes and they act like it has been weeks since they saw you last. Their tail wags, sometimes they are even bouncy.

They want your attention (all the time) and will do what they can to get up in your business. There is no “personal space” with most dogs. They love you no matter what. You can chastise them, correct them, and even yell at them, and 2 minutes later, they forget you are angry with them, and they are wanting their bellies rubbed, their ears scratched or some lovin’.

Why? I believe Dogs can truly sense the character of a person. They can tell who and who is not a dog person. I was once told that dogs wouldn’t like me because of my voice, yet, I have never had any issues with a dog shying away from me. You can hide your character from a person, but you can’t hide your character from a dog.

I believe a dog can sense if a person is loving, caring, and considerate. I also believe that a dog can tell when a person is mean spirited. Since I believe this to be true, then I have a challenge before me. My dog thinks that I am the greatest person that ever lived. My dog thinks that I am a compassionate, caring, loving person. If a dog can sense someone’s true character, and that is what my dog sees in me, then I am challenged to be the person my dog thinks I am. I don’t want to disappoint my puppies.

Now, the truth is I don’t know if anyone of this is true -- but what I do know is that God can sense that. I do know that God can see into my heart. God knows my motives. God knows my intentions. And if God created me to love Him and to love others, then I should be the person my God knows I am and has created me to be.

We have all been created in the image of a loving, powerful, brilliant, and creative God. God breathed into us the breath of life so that you and I can reflect Christ in this world. Christ, of course, is the persona of mercy and grace; love and hope; peace and forgiveness. Characteristics that you and I should be reflecting as we move through the pilgrimage we call life.

I can only imagine what my dog thinks of me; but I know with certainty who God has created me to be. Therefore, I pray that I can be the person my dog thinks I am, while being the person God created me to be!

Have a blessed week and a joyful holiday on Monday!

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Blessings to you! 

Pastor Frank

We are so very blessed to have received several generous gifts of both music and choir robes this summer!

Pam Bresler of our congregation is friends with a Kerrville woman whose cousins were trying to find a “home” for their deceased mother’s library of music. Betty Greene passed away in 2022 and had served for 48 years as the choir director at a church in Durand, Illinois. Due to a number of circumstances, the church decided that they were going to toss out the library of music. But Betty’s daughters, Lisa Walsh of Davis, IL and Laurie Clark of Aurora, CO, could not bear the thought of their mother’s legacy being thrown away. They began working to find a church that would be willing to take ownership of the music.

Pam told me about their quest to find someone who could take the music and I said that we at Kerrville Global Methodist Church would be glad to receive the music. So, at the beginning of summer, Lisa traveled to Kerrville to visit her cousin and she FILLED her SUV to the max with boxes and boxes of music! Pam and I gladly drove over to pick up this wonderful gift.

But the story does not end there. It turns out that Laurie’s church in Colorado suffered a flood in their basement this past January and many of their choir robes were damaged, but some did survive. They sent them to the cleaners and they wanted to give them away to a church that might want them. They also had a big box of sheet music to give away. So, Laurie and her choir director called me and asked if we would be interested. I told them YES!

What a blessing! Not only do we have a LOT of music but we also have choir robes as well as stoles! Thanks be to God!

I want to thank Lisa Walsh, Laurie Clark as well as Cathie Detwiler (choir director at the church in Colorado) for gifting us with these items.

So come join the choir! We need to lift our voices to God in praise!Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I give thanks to our gracious God for putting you all in our lives. Your faithfulness and your enthusiasm fill my heart with joy and helps complete my hope in Christ. Every day I look forward to serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ alongside each of you and growing in our discipleship journey together.

Have a bessed week,

Barbara Cox

Anew 2024 Women’s Ministry event will include time for worship and connecting with women from your local church and women from across the conference. 

There will be teaching and preaching from nationally known speaker and author Lisa Harper, Dr. Leah Hidde-Gregory, and Rev. Tynna Dixon, the first Elder ordained in our new Global Methodist Church.  

Anew 2024 will conclude with an opportunity for prayer and communion together. It will include a lunch break where women can enjoy lunch at a Waco area restaurant.

For some GMC women the cost of this event is prohibitive. If you would like to provide a scholarship, please contact Jim Noble, Conference Treasurer, for instructions at jimnoble@midtexasgmc.org.

If you are a member of First Waco, please contact Joann Dominguez at joann@firstwaco.com to complete your registration through her.

By registering for this event you give permission for your photo in event pictures to be used for promotional materials and also for your name to be added to the Mid-Texas GMC’s Women’s Ministry mailing list to receive email regarding GMC women’s news in the future.

For women registering before September 1, the price will be $40. If tickets are still available after September 1, the price will be $50.