Weekday Email to Members and Friends – 2020-11-09
Monday November 9th, 2020
A weekday e-mailer from
Matt Matthews
To Members and Friends of
First Presbyterian Church
Champaign, Illinois
Dear Friends,
Who will you serve this week?
What choices will you make?
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true friends;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
HOLY GOD, help us choose wisely,
and hear our thanks and praise that You have chosen us
by Your grace through your Son and the power of Your
Holy Spirit.
Amen.
And amen.
News
SAVE THE DATE: Join me for a PCUSA Poetry Slam! Sunday, November 15th.
https://www.presbyterianmission.org/story/presbyterian-writers-guild-sponsors-free-poetry-slam-jazz-concert-on-november-15/
Check out our NEW website…firstpres.church. Same address…new look.
A weekday e-mailer from
Matt Matthews
To Members and Friends of
First Presbyterian Church
Champaign, Illinois
Dear Friends,
Who will you serve this week?
What choices will you make?
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true friends;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
HOLY GOD, help us choose wisely,
and hear our thanks and praise that You have chosen us
by Your grace through your Son and the power of Your
Holy Spirit.
Amen.
And amen.
News
SAVE THE DATE: Join me for a PCUSA Poetry Slam! Sunday, November 15th.
https://www.
Check out our NEW website…firstpres.church. Same address…new look.
Men’s Bible Study Tuesdays 8 am
Email zoom@firstpres.church for the link.
Grab a cup of coffee and your favorite sweet treat and stop in for a
Virtual Dessert Tuesday, November 10, 7 pm
Email zoom@firstpres.church for the link.
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Join us for Pickleball at 1:00 on Wednesdays. No experience necessary. Call Matt, Gary Peterson, Dave McNattin (Dave One), Dave Whitford (Dave Two), or Bill Stout for details.
Humor (Hard times really need godly laughter):
A pastor asked a little boy if he said his prayers every night. ‘Yes, sir.’ the boy replied.
‘And, do you always say them in the morning, too?’ the pastor asked.
‘No sir,’ the boy replied. ‘I ain’t scared in the daytime.’
Good Word:
I Corinthians 12:13
“For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.”
LET US PRAY: (THIS ONE IS WORTH HEARING AGAIN IN THESE DAYS.)
Lord God,
in this world where goodness and evil
continue to clash with each other,
instill in us, and in all your people,
discernment to see what is right,
faith to believe what is right,
and courage to do what is right.
Keep us aware of the subtlety of sin,
and preserve us, body, mind, and soul,
through the power of your Holy Spirit.
Forgive us our sins as you also
empower us to serve in your name. AMEN.
Join us for Pickleball at 1:00 on Wednesdays. No experience necessary. Call Matt, Gary Peterson, Dave McNattin (Dave One), Dave Whitford (Dave Two), or Bill Stout for details.
Humor (Hard times really need godly laughter):
A pastor asked a little boy if he said his prayers every night. ‘Yes, sir.’ the boy replied.
‘And, do you always say them in the morning, too?’ the pastor asked.
‘No sir,’ the boy replied. ‘I ain’t scared in the daytime.’
Good Word:
I Corinthians 12:13
“For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.”
LET US PRAY: (THIS ONE IS WORTH HEARING AGAIN IN THESE DAYS.)
Lord God,
in this world where goodness and evil
continue to clash with each other,
instill in us, and in all your people,
discernment to see what is right,
faith to believe what is right,
and courage to do what is right.
Keep us aware of the subtlety of sin,
and preserve us, body, mind, and soul,
through the power of your Holy Spirit.
Forgive us our sins as you also
empower us to serve in your name. AMEN.
(From Stages on the Way/Wild Goose Publishing Worship Group)
Much, much love to you all.
Matt Matthews
Cell: 864.386.9138
Matt@FirstPres.Church
