Messenger 04/24/25

Holy Humor

Richard Drath will be serving as our Worship Leader this week, leading us through the Opening Prayer and the Call To Worship.

This week’s scripture reading will be John 20:19-31

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So, the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

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Coming up next week we have:

Wednesday (04/30)

Men’s Breakfast - 7:00 am at Avenue Bread on James Street

UWIF Meeting - 12:00pm in Rooms 11 & 12, featuring Rev. A.C. Churchill

Wesley Club - 5:00pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.

Sunday (05/04)

Christian Book Club - 10:30 am via zoom - Email office@gardenstreetumc.org to join

Handbells - 11:15 am at 2401 Cornwall Ave.

Choir - 1:00 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.

Sunday Worship - 2:30 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.

Prayers

Please Pray for:

• For Jenny who recently got accepted into grad school. Prayers of excitement, gratitude, and strength for the upcoming changes.
  
  and for all the federal workers, demonstrators, and protectors. For our beautiful Mother Earth and all her activists. For those affected overseas.

Can’t make it in person? View the live on YouTube!