February 9, 2023 College United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce 1123 Main Street * PO Box 670 * Philomath OR 97370 541 - 929 - 2412 · email: collegeumc@gmail.com www.collegeumc.com To add or remove someone from the prayer list Please leave a message in the church office Or send an email to collegeumc@gmail.com Patrick Leathrum, Ezekiel Mitchell, Elsie Miskowiec, Chris Ashley Flo Extrom, Don Harris Hailey Collins, Bane Ashley Lori Sleeman, Lois Best Lois Palermo, family of Pat Wescott We will worship in the sanctuary This Sunday You can watch a livestream of the service here Women ’ s Coffee Time Will take place in the Fireside Room Tuesdays at 9am. Click on the calendar picture above to see what ’ s happening at CUMC! Liturgist Schedule: Keyboard: Karen Jean Canan Projection: Tom Plant Video: Lisa Pierce Click on the logo above to find the church and pictorial directory as well as a list of officers and our church brochure. 2/5/2023 Matt Hyde 2/12/2023 Dana Keese 2/19/2023 Lori Sleeman 2/25/2023 Dale Doig 3/5/2023 Peter Finn 3/12/2023 Bill Keese 3/19/2023 Dave Hackleman 3/26/2023 Tom Plant This small ring, which appears to have been crafted out of a dime, was left in the ladies ’ restroom on Sunday. It is now in the lost - and - found box in the office. If you would like to participate by giving through the church, you may do so through the church website here: Our mission focus for the month of January is the Philomath Community Services Food Bank and Gleaner Programs. Let us know if there is a February birthday We don ’ t have on our list! Hunger is a silent epidemic that affects everyone in our community. One out of every six families in Linn and Benton Counties must depend on food from an emergency food pantry at least once each year. As you would expect, seniors, disabled persons, single parents and the unemployed are all represented as those who are having a hard time feeding themselves and their families. But in Oregon, the majority of people who live in poverty are working. The Oregon Center for Public Policy states that at least one parent works part - time or more in 64 percent of families with children living in poverty. PCS Food Bank is open Tues. and Thurs. Philomath Community Gleaners help to feed the hungry by harvesting local food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it back to our gleaner members. In 2021, 571,168 pounds of food were distributed through this successful program. Hennessey Ruth Rose 04 Palermo Lois 08 Finn Peter 13 Doran Renee 17 Miskowiec Elsie 17 Page Kathy 20 In Person and Online Order of Worship Sixth Sunday After The Epiphany February 12th, 2023 10:30am Prelude Open the Eyes of My Heart, Look Up,Child Worship Team Welcome/Announcements Dr Jim Opening Hymn* Freely, Freely UMH 389 Group Reading * The Prayer of Saint Francis UMH 481 Doxology* Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow UMH 95 First Scripture Leviticus 24: 13 - 23 Dana Keese Hymn of Grace Sweet, Sweet Spirit UMH 334 Morning Prayer Dr Jim Lord ’ s Prayer Hymn of Preparation There ’ s within My Heart a Melody (vs. 1,2 & 5) UMH 380 Second Scripture Matthew 5: 38 - 48 Message How to Love your Enemies Dr Jim Closing Song* Because He Lives UMH 364 Benediction* Dr Jim Postlude *you may stand if you wish. Don’t forget to like our video on Facebook or Youtube and to share worship with anyone you think might like to worship with us! There is a place for offerings in the rear of the Sanctuary. To receive the love of God is to accept our bankruptcy. We have nothing good to our name, only sin. We deserve one thing, and by the love of Christ are spared. So when it comes to our relationships, we must slay our thoughts of entitlement. I deserve better has no place in the mind of a Christian. It's far too easy to focus on what we think others should do for us, especially those we're closest to. When they fail to meet our expectations, we are tempted to punish. But in the hour we were most undeserving, Christ died for us. So when those we love let us down, therein we find our invitation to share in Christ's death. Not a physical death of course, but a death to our preferences, our selfish ambitions, our desires and wants. And just like Christ's death, ours also has the ability to bring about new life. Love is sacrifice. Love is self - forgetting. Love is not about you. So let us be reminded of who we are. The sinners with a Savior, the orphans with a Father, the beggars with abundance. Entitled to nothing, possessors of everything. Freed from our selfishness to love sacrificially. As such, we can reject the cultural lies about love and about what we deserve. We can believe in our God who is enough. In Christ alone true love is found, and through Him alone true love is given. May He get all the glory.