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HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU?<br />
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Please do not publish my prayer request.<br />
I HAVE A PRAISE THIS WEEK! IT IS:<br />
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WE ARE ASKED TO PRAY FOR:<br />
The Perry family, Martha, Rick <strong>and</strong> Patti, Toni, Lauren, Dena, Mir<strong>and</strong>a,<br />
Steve, Linda <strong>and</strong> Logan, David <strong>and</strong> Jody, Ernie, First Church, Eaton, Mike,<br />
Julie, Donnie, Elaine, Russel, Tim, the Smith family, Karen, Debbie, Jimmy,<br />
Linda, Tommy Jr., Debbie, Isaac, Charles, military, Sharon’s family, Lyn,<br />
Wes, Jim, Bobby, Jo <strong>and</strong> Jack, schools, Rosealina, Willie, the Daughtery<br />
family, those addicted, Mike, Jeff, Thomas, Marlene, Dave, Matt, Jerry,<br />
Tyler <strong>and</strong> Olivia, Will, W<strong>and</strong>a, Leila <strong>and</strong> Dan, Tom, Vern, Shirley, Deb, Mike,<br />
Leanne, Fay, Lori B, David, the US, Cristy, Steve, Bonnie, Dan <strong>and</strong> Mary,<br />
Eric <strong>and</strong> Becky, Terry, the Sassone family, Marlee, Margie, Valerie, Zak, the<br />
Fulmer family, Jen, CR, Aria, Dan, Joyce, Dan, Marie, Walter, Carolyn, Tom,<br />
shut-ins, FC Gathering, Alex, Jeff, Joyce, Norene, Karen, Joyce <strong>and</strong> Butch,<br />
Kara, Lauren, Christopher, Tony, the homeless, Helena, Bebe, Matt, Dale,<br />
Dianna, Julie, Bill <strong>and</strong> Diana, Stephanie, Sam, Becky B., Glenn, Michael,<br />
Elizabeth, Toni, Jim, Jayde, Jane’s sister <strong>and</strong> niece, Janice, the Spithaler<br />
family, Kay <strong>and</strong> Judy, Sue, Josh, Michael, Joe, Pat <strong>and</strong> Kathy, JS, Carl,<br />
Linda, Renee, Sheri, S<strong>and</strong>y T., Kevin, Toni, missions, the sick, small groups,<br />
Wes, Devyn, Mary, John <strong>and</strong> Janice, Mike, Jackee, the Nauman family,<br />
Barb, Steve, Jeff, Jeremy, Craig, Lent<br />
The flowers on the altar of the Downtown Campus were given by:<br />
• Kathy, Kay, Alice <strong>and</strong> Casper Ball in memory of Marion <strong>and</strong> Kathryn<br />
Nicholas; <strong>and</strong> Kathleen <strong>and</strong> Casper Ball<br />
• Dave <strong>and</strong> Lill Griffith in memory of their parents<br />
WHO DO I TALK TO ABOUT...<br />
Children’s Ministry/Nursery...................................Suzie Asa, sasa@butlerfumc.com<br />
Youth <strong>and</strong> Young Adults........ Willie Washington, wwashington@butlerfumc.com<br />
Downtown altar flowers..............Carole Goldinger, cgoldinger@butlerfumc.com<br />
Small Groups or serving..........................Alex Evanoff, aevanoff@butlerfumc.com<br />
Joining the church................................................................ djanz@butlerfumc.com<br />
Donations/Tithing.................................Brenda Monfre, bmonfre@butlerfumc.com<br />
Communications............................................. Cindy Ford, cford@butlerfumc.com<br />
Community Meal/Second Grace.......... Monica Perry, mperry@butlerfumc.com<br />
God’s Country..................... Von McCommons, vmccommons@butlerfumc.com<br />
Crossfire............................................Paula Baptiste Floyd, pfloyd@butlerfumc.com<br />
www.facebook.com/GodsCountryButler<br />
www.facebook.com/CrossfireButler<br />
www.facebook.com/FirstChurchButler<br />
www.instagram.com/firstchurchbutler<br />
www.butlerfumc.com/give<br />
hello@butlerfumc.com<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>11</strong> AND <strong>12</strong>, 2023<br />
Welcome!<br />
SATURDAY SERVICES<br />
6 pm, Downtown Campus, 200 E. North St.<br />
7 pm, God’s Country, Rt. 8 Campus, 1802 N Main St. Ext.<br />
SUNDAY SERVICES<br />
9:15 am, Downtown Campus<br />
9:15 am, Downtown Children’s Ministry<br />
10:30 am, Downtown Adult Sunday School<br />
10:30 am, Crossfire, Rt. 8 Campus<br />
10:30 am, Crossfire Children’s Ministry<br />
CHURCH OFFICE<br />
200 E. North St, Butler, PA 16001<br />
Office hours are Monday - Friday, 8 am - 3:30 pm<br />
724.283.6160 : www.butlerfumc.com<br />
David Janz, Sr. Pastor .......................... djanz@butlerfumc.com<br />
Tom Holman, Pastor ....................... tholman@butlerfumc.com
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR TURKEY AND SYRIA<br />
Turkey <strong>and</strong> Syria have sustained major damage <strong>and</strong> loss of life due to an<br />
earthquake on Monday, Feb. 6. We have designated First Church UMCOR<br />
funds to go toward the earthquake relief through UMCOR, the United<br />
Methodist Committee on Relief. 100% of UMCOR proceeds go toward relief<br />
efforts. Choose UMCOR-Relief for Turkey when making a donation online at<br />
www.butlerfumc.com/donate or notate UMCOR - Turkey on the memo line if<br />
donating by check in the offering.<br />
CPR/AED TRAINING<br />
• SUNDAY, MARCH 5, <strong>12</strong>:30 - 3 PM, light lunch served at noon<br />
• THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 6 - 8:30 PM, snacks provided at 5:30, nursery <strong>and</strong><br />
childcare available on Thursday only<br />
You only need to attend one of these trainings. Both trainings will be held at<br />
the Rt. 8 Campus in Rooms 1&2 of the kids wing. Participants will receive a<br />
two-year AHA Heart Saver card. First Church staff, children/youth volunteers,<br />
interested guardians <strong>and</strong> students 5th grade <strong>and</strong> older are encouraged to<br />
take advantage of this life saving training for no fee. All must pre-register by<br />
<strong>February</strong> 26 for training <strong>and</strong> childcare at www.butlerfumc.com/cpr. Contact<br />
Suzie at sasa@butlerfumc.com for more information.<br />
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE<br />
An Ash Wednesday Service will be held on Wednesday, <strong>February</strong> 22, at 6:30<br />
pm, Downtown Campus sanctuary. We will enjoy a meal together at 5:30 in<br />
the Lower Fellowship Hall for FC Gathering, <strong>and</strong> then make our way to the<br />
sanctuary for the service.<br />
MERRY METHODISTS MEET (3M’S)<br />
The 3M’s will meet on Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 16 at noon in the Lower Fellowship<br />
Hall of the Downtown Campus. Trooper Long will speak to the group. A catered<br />
lunch is available by calling Erma Summerville at 724.996.4348.<br />
BUTLER DISTRICT SCHOOL OF LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES<br />
Advance registrations for the Butler District School of Lay Servant Ministries are<br />
being accepted through <strong>February</strong> 15. There is a brochure at the welcome<br />
center/hub with all of the information that you would need to participate.<br />
RSVP at www.butlerfumc.com/pizza.<br />
2023 COMMUNITY MEAL GALA<br />
Help support the Butler community dinners <strong>and</strong> color your world with art, appetizers<br />
<strong>and</strong> music on Saturday evening, March <strong>11</strong> from 6-9 at St. Michaels<br />
Social Hall on Center Avenue. Three marvelous, local artists (Jon Puglese, Mark<br />
Hall, <strong>and</strong> Paul Means) will be displaying a wide variety of fabulous art, all of<br />
which is available for purchase. There will also be live music, appetizers, a<br />
huge cookie table, a large number of Chinese auction items, <strong>and</strong> a special<br />
raffle of a quilt. Tickets for this fun evening are $25 each, <strong>and</strong> includes admission,<br />
food, soft drinks, music, <strong>and</strong> lots of socialization. If you’d prefer to just see<br />
the art <strong>and</strong> the baskets, you can stop in at St. Mike’s Social Hall on Sunday,<br />
March <strong>12</strong> between <strong>12</strong> <strong>and</strong> 3 pm with no ticket charge. Basket winners will be<br />
pulled beginning at 2:30 pm. Tickets will be available at the First Church office<br />
beginning Friday, <strong>February</strong> 17. Contact Monica with any questions.<br />
WORSHIP THIS WEEKEND<br />
THIS WEEKEND’S MESSAGE: THE CHAINS CAME LOSE<br />
THIS WEEKEND’S SCRIPTURE: ACTS 16:16-34<br />
Do we underst<strong>and</strong> worship this way – as a profoundly powerful tool for prison<br />
breaks? We practice it as a weekly ritual, but it is intended to be much more<br />
in our journey with Jesus. It is a gift for us for every moment of our lives – the<br />
mountaintops <strong>and</strong> the bondage moments. Worship unleashes power for us. It<br />
brings the Holy Spirit to where we are, wherever we happen to be. The heart<br />
of worship is acknowledging God as sovereign <strong>and</strong> at work even when we<br />
cannot see, <strong>and</strong> trusting his heart no matter what. That fills whatever prison we<br />
happen to be in at the moment with hope, <strong>and</strong> it reminds us of the way God<br />
has broken chains in our lives in the past, so we can trust him to break whatever<br />
chains might be around us now as well.<br />
TAKING IT HOME SCRIPTURES<br />
Our B<strong>and</strong>ing Together journal readings for the week ahead are:<br />
MONDAY, <strong>February</strong> 13 ....................................... Acts 19; Ps. 18:20-50<br />
TUESDAY, <strong>February</strong> 14....................................... Acts 20; Ps. 19<br />
WEDNESDAY, <strong>February</strong> 15................................. Acts 21<br />
THURSDAY, <strong>February</strong> 16..................................... Acts 22; Ps. 20<br />
FRIDAY, <strong>February</strong> 17.......................................... Acts 23; Ps. 21<br />
SATURDAY, <strong>February</strong> 18.................................... Acts 24; Ps. 22:1-18<br />
SUNDAY, <strong>February</strong> 19........................................ Acts 25; Ps. 22:19-31<br />
BAPTISM THIS WEEKEND @ CROSSFIRE<br />
Parents/Guardians.................................................................Mike <strong>and</strong> Kristin Vollmer<br />
Child:........................................................................................ Grant Jerome Vollmer<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong>parents........................................................................Ray <strong>and</strong> Phyllis McCune<br />
Scripture: Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong <strong>and</strong> courageous. Do not be afraid, for<br />
the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you for forsake you”<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>11</strong> AND <strong>12</strong>, 2023<br />
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