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W orld Church Sunday

3 February 2013

Monday 4 February 2013 at 8.00 pm

Open to all women

Speaker:Rev Ken Lindsay

President of the Methodist Church in Ireland

‘Guatemalan Project’

Saturday 16th February, Craigavon - booking forms in church

Global VisionThe Methodist World Mission

Conference for all the family

Keynote speakers:David and Rhoda Nixon (returned

mission partners)

Choose from 13 seminarsPeace Between Faiths - SyriaHunger - The Gambia - Justice

Church in the CaribbeanWomen in Development

Debates - Ireland - Serving as SendersMission in Eastern Europe – China

AND MUCH MORE

koinoniaSunday 24 February 2013

Ferguson Hall5.30 – 7.30 pm

BOOK CLUBsydenham methodist church

Monday 11 March 20138.00 pm in the Manse

Abiding: The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent

Book 2013 by Ben Quash.

Remember the Lord in everything you

do,

and he will show you the right

way.

Proverbs 3:6

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water

and asked,

"How heavy is this glass of water?"

Answers called out ranged from 2 to 5

pounds.

The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter.

It depends on how long you try to hold

it."

He continued, "If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right

arm.

If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an

ambulance.

In each case, it's the same weight.

But the longer I hold it, the heavier

it becomes. "

"And that's the way it is with worries and problems.

If we carry our burdens all

the time, sooner or later, as the

burden becomes increasingly heavy,

we won't be able to carry

on.

As with the glass of water, you have to put it

down."

Then Jesus said,

Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you

will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

Matthew 11:28-30

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

“Prayers Are Precious Jewels”

The Lord sees the good people and listens to their prayers.

1 Peter 3:12

We live in a loud world. To get someone’s attention is not an easy

task.He must be willing to turn down the

radio, turn away from the monitor,

close the book.

When someone is willing to silence everything else so that he can hear

us clearly, it is a privilege.

A rare privilege, indeed.

Our prayers are honoured in heaven as precious jewels.

Purified and empowered, the words rise in a

delightful fragrance to our Lord.

Our words do not stop until they reach the very throne of God.

Our prayer on earth activates God’s power in heaven, and “God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven”.

But this much is clear: actions in heaven begin when someone prays on

earth.

Our prayers move God to change the world.

We may not understand the mystery of prayer. We don’t need to.