Good morning,
Praise the Lord for this Friday. It is a great blessing to live under the gracious care of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is so sweet to trust Him. It is a such great blessing to worship Him and serve Him. Those who live in the area, please join us for our Friday night Television out reach this evenin at 7 PM. on Time Warner Cable channel 4. We will gather for Grace Cafe at Wesley United Methodist Church, 1000 Day Hollow Road, for our Monthly Gathering for food and Fellowship on Saturday at 5 PM. Then we will gather for Saturday Evening Worship at 6:30 PM at First United Methodist Church, Endicott. Rev. Earle Cowden will be preaching. Aric Phinney and the team will be ministering in music. We will gather for Sunday mornings Worship at 8:30 and 11:00 at Unoion Center UMC (Sunday School at 9:50 AM) and at 9:30 AM at the Wesley UMC. Pray with us for the Lord to pour upon us His fresh anointing. May the Lord bless us with His great power and grace wherever we gather in His presence in worship and fellowship.
One of the great dreamers of our time is John Nash, who spent some of his formative years in Blue Field, West Virginia, a beautiful area that we visited a few summers ago, when Laureen spent time in that area for her summer job with Youth Works. The movie A Beautiful Mind portrays the wonderful and compelling story of Nash, a 1994 Nobel Prize winner. His thinking and mathematical formulae have had tremendous impact on business and international relations in recent years.
The movie traces the life of John Nash through his early years at Princeton, starting in 1947. After a distinguished decade of productivity, Nash suffered a breakdown. He imagined he was involved in deciphering coded messages from foreign enemies. His life fell apart. The beautiful mind became the most tortured of minds, plagued by schizophrenia.
Nash's loving wife Alisha stood by, fiercely holding things together as John suffered through a mental hospital stay and his struggle to rid his mind of persons who torturd him emotionally. These people only existed within his mind…they were not real. In the end, the schizophrenia that haunted John Nash was not sent away, but dealt-with. He chose to ignore the voices of his tortured mind, and love his wife. At the awards ceremony Nash’s acceptance speech contained the following statement, "That search for reason and logic has taken me a lifetime, through the theoretical, the metaphysical and the delusional - and back. And it is only in the mystical realm of love I have found any reason and logic."
Love is the final, lasting, overcoming dream. God is love. 1 John 4.8.
"But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 (NLT)
Newspaper columnist George Crane told once of a woman who was full of hatred toward her husband. Someone counseled the woman to act as if she really loved her husband, to tell him how much he meant to her, to praise him for every decent trait, to be kind, considerate, and generous whenever possible. Then, when she had fully convinced him of her undying love, she would make her move and file for divorce. With revenge in her eyes she said, "That’s perfect, I’ll do it." So she did, but guess what happened. The more she demonstrated sacrificial love toward her husband, the more she began to actually love him, and at the end of a few months divorce was the furthest thing from her mind.
It must be remembered that when it comes to the practicalities of learning to live in love, it is a lifelong process. You never arrive at the place where you can say, “I love everyone perfectly now! I’m ready to move on!”
In Christ,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M98sTXVvftY
Saturday Evening worship services
at : First United Methodist Church,
53 McKinley Ave., Endicott.
Sponsored by Union Center United Methodist Church.
Schedule for the remainder of October:
October 23, 2010
Music by Aric Phinney and team
Preacher: Rev Earle Cowden
October 30, 2010
Music by Laureen Naik and team
Preacher: Jeff Vansyckle
November 6, 2010 - ( Saturday) There will be a Thanksgiving banquet. At 5 PM a traditional Thanksgiving menu will be served, including home made rolls and pies. Chef: Lou Pasquale and team. (Reservations: Call the Church office (607)-748-6329 or email at umcgospel@aol.com
The banquet will be followed by 6:30 PM Worship
Music: Aric Phinney and the team
Speaker: Kelly Johnson from Nashville, TN.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Brown's Daily Word 10-21-10
Good morning,
We often marvel some of the man-made wonders of the world, such as the Taj Mahal of India and the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
I have been reading some of historical facts and figures regarding the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was built for the 1889 World Fair which also coincided with the centenary of the French Revolution. Erection of the Eiffel Tower began on January 26, 1887. It was completed on March 31, 1889. The erection of the Eiffel Tower took 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days from start to finish. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was the main architect, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier were the main engineers, Stephen Sauvestre was the main architect, and Jean Compagnon handled the construction of the Eiffel Tower. It was Alexandre Gustave Eiffel who created the internal frame of the Statue of Liberty in the year 1885. The Eiffel Tower was to be dismantled and the metal sold as scrap 20 years after it was constructed, but this never happened.
From the moment it’s architect first conceived it, he took pride in it and loyally defended it from those who wished to destroy it. He knew it was destined for greatness. Today it is one of the architectural wonders of the world and stands as the primary landmark of Paris.
In the same way we are struck by Jesus’ loyalty to another structure—the church, His bride, which He entrusted to an unlikely band of disciples, whom He defended, prayed for, and prepared for the job of spreading the gospel. To outsiders they (and we) must seem like incapable blunderers. Yet, Jesus, the architect of the church, knows this structure is destined for greatness. The Church is under the same management for over two thousand years. Jesus said, “…I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
William Barclay gives us an excellent insight into the nature of the true church, writing, “Suppose a great doctor discovers a cure for cancer. Once that cure is found, it is there. But before it can become available for everyone, it must be taken out to the world. Doctors and surgeons must know about it and be trained to use it. The cure is there, but one person cannot take it out to all the world; a corps of doctors must be the agents whereby it arrives at all the world’s sufferers. That precisely is what the church is to Jesus Christ. It is in Jesus that all people and all nations can be reconciled to God. But before that can happen, they must know about Jesus Christ, and it is the task of the church to bring that about. Christ is the head; the church is the body. The head must have a body through which it can work. The church is quite literally hands to do Christ’s work, feet to run upon His errands, and a voice to speak His words.”
That’s what our mission is.
Shouldn’t we give our best, our all? Shouldn’t we finish with half-hearted commitment? Shouldn’t we fall on our faces before Him in full surrender? May the Holy Spirit provoke us to love the Lord and His church and remain loyal to Him and finish race well, that is set before us .
In Christ, the Lord of the church
Brown
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXiL4TVGAy4
Saturday Evening worship services
at : First United Methodist Church,
53 McKinley Ave., Endicott.
Sponsored by Union Center United Methodist Church.
Schedule for the remainder of October:
October 23, 2010
Music by Aric Phinney and team
Preacher: Rev Earle Cowden
October 30, 2010
Music by Laureen Naik and team
Preacher: Jeff Vansyckle
November 6, 2010 - ( Saturday) There will be a Thanksgiving banquet. At 5 PM a traditional Thanksgiving menu will be served, including home made rolls and pies. Chef: Lou Pasquale and team. (Reservations: Call the Church office (607)-748-6329 or email at umcgospel@aol.com
The banquet will be followed by 6:30 PM Worship
Music: Aric Phinney and the team
Speaker: Kelly Johnson from Nashville, TN.
We often marvel some of the man-made wonders of the world, such as the Taj Mahal of India and the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
I have been reading some of historical facts and figures regarding the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was built for the 1889 World Fair which also coincided with the centenary of the French Revolution. Erection of the Eiffel Tower began on January 26, 1887. It was completed on March 31, 1889. The erection of the Eiffel Tower took 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days from start to finish. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was the main architect, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier were the main engineers, Stephen Sauvestre was the main architect, and Jean Compagnon handled the construction of the Eiffel Tower. It was Alexandre Gustave Eiffel who created the internal frame of the Statue of Liberty in the year 1885. The Eiffel Tower was to be dismantled and the metal sold as scrap 20 years after it was constructed, but this never happened.
From the moment it’s architect first conceived it, he took pride in it and loyally defended it from those who wished to destroy it. He knew it was destined for greatness. Today it is one of the architectural wonders of the world and stands as the primary landmark of Paris.
In the same way we are struck by Jesus’ loyalty to another structure—the church, His bride, which He entrusted to an unlikely band of disciples, whom He defended, prayed for, and prepared for the job of spreading the gospel. To outsiders they (and we) must seem like incapable blunderers. Yet, Jesus, the architect of the church, knows this structure is destined for greatness. The Church is under the same management for over two thousand years. Jesus said, “…I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
William Barclay gives us an excellent insight into the nature of the true church, writing, “Suppose a great doctor discovers a cure for cancer. Once that cure is found, it is there. But before it can become available for everyone, it must be taken out to the world. Doctors and surgeons must know about it and be trained to use it. The cure is there, but one person cannot take it out to all the world; a corps of doctors must be the agents whereby it arrives at all the world’s sufferers. That precisely is what the church is to Jesus Christ. It is in Jesus that all people and all nations can be reconciled to God. But before that can happen, they must know about Jesus Christ, and it is the task of the church to bring that about. Christ is the head; the church is the body. The head must have a body through which it can work. The church is quite literally hands to do Christ’s work, feet to run upon His errands, and a voice to speak His words.”
That’s what our mission is.
Shouldn’t we give our best, our all? Shouldn’t we finish with half-hearted commitment? Shouldn’t we fall on our faces before Him in full surrender? May the Holy Spirit provoke us to love the Lord and His church and remain loyal to Him and finish race well, that is set before us .
In Christ, the Lord of the church
Brown
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXiL4TVGAy4
Saturday Evening worship services
at : First United Methodist Church,
53 McKinley Ave., Endicott.
Sponsored by Union Center United Methodist Church.
Schedule for the remainder of October:
October 23, 2010
Music by Aric Phinney and team
Preacher: Rev Earle Cowden
October 30, 2010
Music by Laureen Naik and team
Preacher: Jeff Vansyckle
November 6, 2010 - ( Saturday) There will be a Thanksgiving banquet. At 5 PM a traditional Thanksgiving menu will be served, including home made rolls and pies. Chef: Lou Pasquale and team. (Reservations: Call the Church office (607)-748-6329 or email at umcgospel@aol.com
The banquet will be followed by 6:30 PM Worship
Music: Aric Phinney and the team
Speaker: Kelly Johnson from Nashville, TN.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Brown's Daily Word 10-20-10
Praise the Lord for this new day. We will gather this evening for our mid-week gathering at 6 PM for food and fellowship, and for the Bible Study at 6:30PM and the Choir practice at 7:30PM. We will looking at Mathew 17.
Praise the Lord that He is the Living and loving Lord, who hears our prayers, who feels our pain, who receives our praise and thanksgiving, and who answers our prayer. One of the readings for last Sunday was taken from Luke 18:1 ff. In the parable, the widow didn't sit at home wringing her hands about her problem. Instead of worrying, she got up and approached the only person who could help her–the judge. In verse one Jesus said we ought always to pray and not to give up. The NASB says, “Pray and do not lose heart.” The Greek word translated “give up” is enkenkao. It literally means to “be filled with bad thoughts.” Worry is filling our mind with bad thoughts of the worst that could happen. Worry is like water in that it begins as a trickle of doubt that creeps into our mind. If it isn't stopped, it soon becomes a stream of fear which creates a pond of paranoia, overflowing into a river of distress which develops into a raging torrent of tension. Before we know it, the flood of worry has carved a Grand Canyon of anxiety in our mind!
William Ward wrote this about worry, “Worry is faith in the negative, trust in the unpleasant, assurance of disaster, and belief in defeat...Worry is a magnet that attracts negative circumstances...Worry is wasting today’s time to clutter up tomorrow’s opportunities with yesterday’s troubles.” Worry, to sum it up, is like rocking in a rocking chair–it gives you something to do, but you never go anywhere with it.
The Apostle Paul was stuck in a Roman dungeon, facing the possibility of having his head chopped off. Instead of worrying about dying, he prayed, and in addition to praying he wrote some letters to encourage Christans to pray instead of worrying. Look at his word found in Philippians 4:6-7. (Remember that these words were penned by a man sitting in a damp, dark, depressing dungeon), “Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worry into prayers. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down.” (The Message)
The most effective prayers in the Bible are those that were prayed persistently. In Psalm 55:16-17, David wrote, “I call to God, and the Lord saves me. Evening, morning, and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.” David wasn't one of those one-a-day vitamin prayers. He was an day in, day out, man of prayer!
In the Old Testament, Hannah desperately wanted a child. For many years she prayed and prayed to have a child. After her prayer went unanswered for several years she didn't say, “Well, it must not be God’s will for me to have a child.” She kept on praying and eventually God gave her a son – Samuel, the mighty prophet.
In the parable in the book of Luke 18, we are represented by the widow. She didn't worry and she was persistent in her requests. But is God like that crooked judge, who must be pestered and coerced before He will answer our prayers? He is not like that at all. Parables not only contain comparisons, but contrasts as well. Jesus used the mean judge as the antithesis of our loving Heavenly Father. He said, “And will not God bring justice to His chosen? Will He not answer their prayers quickly?”
C.S. Lewis wrote, “Prayer is request. The essence of a request, as distinct from a demand, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant them and sometimes refuse them... If God had granted all the silly prayers I’ve made in my life, where should I be now?"
In Jesus our Lord,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X43XXpItGk0
Saturday Evening worship services
at : First United Methodist Church,
53 McKinley Ave., Endicott.
Sponsored by Union Center United Methodist Church.
Schedule for the remainder of October:
October 23, 2010
Music by Aric Phinney and team
Preacher: Rev Earle Cowden
October 30, 2010
Music by Laureen Naik and team
Preacher: Jeff Vansyckle
November 6, 2010 - ( Saturday) There will be a Thanksgiving banquet. At 5 PM a traditional Thanksgiving menu will be served, including home made rolls and pies. Chef: Lou Pasquel and team. (Reservations: Call the Church office (607)-748-6329 or email at umcgospel@aol.com
The banquet will be followed by 6:30 PM Worship
Music: Aric Phinney and the team
Speaker: Kelly Johnson from Nashville, TN.
Praise the Lord that He is the Living and loving Lord, who hears our prayers, who feels our pain, who receives our praise and thanksgiving, and who answers our prayer. One of the readings for last Sunday was taken from Luke 18:1 ff. In the parable, the widow didn't sit at home wringing her hands about her problem. Instead of worrying, she got up and approached the only person who could help her–the judge. In verse one Jesus said we ought always to pray and not to give up. The NASB says, “Pray and do not lose heart.” The Greek word translated “give up” is enkenkao. It literally means to “be filled with bad thoughts.” Worry is filling our mind with bad thoughts of the worst that could happen. Worry is like water in that it begins as a trickle of doubt that creeps into our mind. If it isn't stopped, it soon becomes a stream of fear which creates a pond of paranoia, overflowing into a river of distress which develops into a raging torrent of tension. Before we know it, the flood of worry has carved a Grand Canyon of anxiety in our mind!
William Ward wrote this about worry, “Worry is faith in the negative, trust in the unpleasant, assurance of disaster, and belief in defeat...Worry is a magnet that attracts negative circumstances...Worry is wasting today’s time to clutter up tomorrow’s opportunities with yesterday’s troubles.” Worry, to sum it up, is like rocking in a rocking chair–it gives you something to do, but you never go anywhere with it.
The Apostle Paul was stuck in a Roman dungeon, facing the possibility of having his head chopped off. Instead of worrying about dying, he prayed, and in addition to praying he wrote some letters to encourage Christans to pray instead of worrying. Look at his word found in Philippians 4:6-7. (Remember that these words were penned by a man sitting in a damp, dark, depressing dungeon), “Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worry into prayers. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down.” (The Message)
The most effective prayers in the Bible are those that were prayed persistently. In Psalm 55:16-17, David wrote, “I call to God, and the Lord saves me. Evening, morning, and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.” David wasn't one of those one-a-day vitamin prayers. He was an day in, day out, man of prayer!
In the Old Testament, Hannah desperately wanted a child. For many years she prayed and prayed to have a child. After her prayer went unanswered for several years she didn't say, “Well, it must not be God’s will for me to have a child.” She kept on praying and eventually God gave her a son – Samuel, the mighty prophet.
In the parable in the book of Luke 18, we are represented by the widow. She didn't worry and she was persistent in her requests. But is God like that crooked judge, who must be pestered and coerced before He will answer our prayers? He is not like that at all. Parables not only contain comparisons, but contrasts as well. Jesus used the mean judge as the antithesis of our loving Heavenly Father. He said, “And will not God bring justice to His chosen? Will He not answer their prayers quickly?”
C.S. Lewis wrote, “Prayer is request. The essence of a request, as distinct from a demand, is that it may or may not be granted. And if an infinitely wise Being listens to the requests of finite and foolish creatures, of course He will sometimes grant them and sometimes refuse them... If God had granted all the silly prayers I’ve made in my life, where should I be now?"
In Jesus our Lord,
Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X43XXpItGk0
Saturday Evening worship services
at : First United Methodist Church,
53 McKinley Ave., Endicott.
Sponsored by Union Center United Methodist Church.
Schedule for the remainder of October:
October 23, 2010
Music by Aric Phinney and team
Preacher: Rev Earle Cowden
October 30, 2010
Music by Laureen Naik and team
Preacher: Jeff Vansyckle
November 6, 2010 - ( Saturday) There will be a Thanksgiving banquet. At 5 PM a traditional Thanksgiving menu will be served, including home made rolls and pies. Chef: Lou Pasquel and team. (Reservations: Call the Church office (607)-748-6329 or email at umcgospel@aol.com
The banquet will be followed by 6:30 PM Worship
Music: Aric Phinney and the team
Speaker: Kelly Johnson from Nashville, TN.
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