United Trinity Parish – LeRoy and Humeston, Iowa
"Through the Seasons"
Sunday December 8
LeRoy Worship at 9:00am
(Sunday School follows worship.)
Humeston Worship at 10:30am
(Children's Christmas Pageant)
Online Worship December 8
at approximately 10:30am
Bulletins for December 8 Services
This Week's Message
"Reviving Isaiah"/"The True Meaning of Christmas"
Malachi 3: 1-4 & Luke 3: 1-6
Malachi 3: 1-2
"I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the LORD Almighty.
But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears?
For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.
Prophets shared God's message to prepare for the coming of the Lord.
When the snow gets deep,
show me your path of HOPE.
When the path is steep,
give me strength to climb your path of HOPE.
When the path is dark,
light the way for me and for other believers
on your path of HOPE.
Lord, let us rejoice with all
as we prepare to celebrate your birth.
CALL TO WORSHIP FROM TODAY’S SERVICE:
One: Children of God, pay attention!
All: The days are coming when God’s peace will reign.
One: Children of God, prepare your hearts!
All: The days are coming when God will be near.
One: Children of God, be alert and listen!
All: The days are surely coming and are, in fact, already here.
1 Thessalonians 3: 12
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone…”
WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME.
BUT, UNITED (FOLLOWING JESUS),
WE ARE THE POWER OF GOD.
Sunday Worship at LeRoy 9:00AM followed by Sunday school for all ages Worship at Humeston 10:30 AM Children's church during worship Please join us at either location May 1 Message by Rev. Diane Olson-Schroeder
Message by Pastor Leroy Perkins
"The First Day of the Week"
April 27, 2025
John 11: 6-16 & John 14: 1-7
John 14: 3-6
". . . . And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going."
Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me . . . . ."
Jesus was leaving and inviting the disciples to come.
Thomas asked questions.
"Lord, we don't know where you are going,
so how can we know the way?"
It is okay to ask questions.
The Lord answered Thomas.
The Lord will answer you.
Search. Study. Follow.
Jesus will walk with you in sunshine and in rain—
in days when faith is strong and in days of doubt.
(evening of the first Easter)
John 20: 18
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews (the religious leaders), Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."
BELIEVE!!
JESUS IS ALIVE!!
Walk with Jesus.
SHOW OTHERS THE WAY TO HIS PEACE!!
Call to Worship April 27
One: Though darkness seems to envelop us,
All: Jesus breaks through with a word of peace.
One: Fears are banished!
All: Hope is restored!
One: Rejoice! The Lord is with us!
All: We rejoice in his peace and blessings as we worship.
WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME.
BUT, UNITED (FOLLOWING JESUS),
WE ARE THE POWER OF GOD.
Affirmation of Faith: (A Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church, #884 United Methodist Hymnal)
We believe in one God, creator and sustainer of all things, Father of all nations, the source of all goodness and beauty, all truth and love.
We believe in Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, our teacher, example, and Redeemer, the Savior of the world.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, God present with us for guidance, for comfort, and for strength.
We believe in the forgiveness of sin, in the life of love and prayer, and in grace equal to every need.
We believe in the Word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments as sufficient rule both of faith and of practice.
We believe in the church, those who are united in the Living Lord for the purpose of worship and service.
We believe in the reign of God as the divine will, realized in human society, and in the family of God, where we are all brothers and sisters.
We believe in the final triumph of reghteousness and in the life everlasting. Amen.