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, March 30
Worship at LeRoy at 9:00am
Sunday school follows worship.
Worship at Humeston at 10:30am
(UM UMCOR Special Offering)
Guest, Rev. Tom Carver
There will be no online video at this time.
Bulletins for March 30 Services
This Week's Message
"Already Home"
by Rev. Tom Carver
March 30, 2025
Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32
Luke 15: 31
"My son," the father said, "you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found."
ALREADY HOME
Whether you stay home or drift away,
God loves you.
Accept His forgiveness after making a wrong turn.
He will welcome you home.
Celebrate!
Then, be like the father,
develop relationships that bring others home.
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(Tying Together This Month's Messages)
THERE IS NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT!
Make the best of every day.
RELATIONSHIPS ARE EVERYTHING!
Build relationships on light, truth, and love.
A VIEW FROM THE BALCONY—
See things from God's perspective.
Apply what you discover to daily living.
ARE WE THERE YET?
When hearing the rumble strip
as you travel through life, don't give up.
Turn a new direction.
Put God and others before yourself.
Remember. You are
ALREADY HOME!!
God loves you.
Call to Worship March 30
One: When we struggle to live as you teach us and we fail,
All: God, your steadfast love surrounds us.
One: When we open our hearts and let the truth of our sorrows, sin, joys, and doubts flow freely,
All: God, your steadfast love surrounds us.
One: When our stubborn hearts encounter the grace that teaches and guides us into a life of trust and joyful obedience,
All: God, your steadfast love surrounds us. Thanks be to God!
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 United Church of Canada)
We are not alone, we live in God's world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God.
We are called to be the church: to celebrate God's presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen.