Newsletter – Page 5 – Ark City United Methodist Church

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” sang Andy Williams more than a half century ago. It is one of those timeless Christmas songs, always a staple of the season.

The artist, Vincent van Gogh, said of the fall season, “As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas, and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.”

Hello, Friends. During the month of October, we will undertake a new stewardship initiative for the upcoming year. The theme is, “Use Your Gifts!”

One of my favorite principles when it comes to thinking about the Christian life is leadership author Stephen Covey’s, statement: “Begin with the end in mind.”

If you are like me, you are weary of the ads about the upcoming constitutional amendment vote, known as “Value Them Both.”

The great Methodist missionary, E. Stanley Jones, wrote, “If [church membership] is all we have to offer this empty-hearted, confused generation then we are irrelevant. It isn’t big enough, demanding enough.”

How do I wrap up this final newsletter after 11 years? I have decided I can only share what’s on my heart…

“May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”

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