"Jesus Loves the Little Children"
Pastor Frank Oakman
Scriptures:
Call to worship: Psalm 23
Old Testament: Nehemiah 1:1-11
Gospel: John 10:11-18
Sermon: 1 John 3:16-24
Hymns:
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
I Am Thine, O Lord
Live stream:
Martha, Mary and Us
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I give thanks to our gracious God for putting you all in our lives. Your faithfulness and your enthusiasm fill my heart with joy and helps complete my hope in Christ. Every day I look forward to serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ alongside each of you and growing in our discipleship journey together.
As you know Carrie and I have purchased a new home here in Kerrville. Our address is 311 Erin Dr., Kerrville, Tx 78028. We are excited to finalize our move to Texas by making a statement that we are where we need to be, want to be and are called to be. We want our KGMC family and the Mid-Texas GMC to know that we are in this for as long as we can be. We want to thank you all for blessing us while we stumbled through our first year. And we invite you to journey alongside us for many years to come.
As we began the moving process, we began packing (with the help of Carrie’s mom and dad). We thought when we moved to Texas, we decluttered. However, it is amazing how much one can accumulate in just a year. So, although our new home is about the same square footage, we knew it was time to get rid of some stuff that hadn’t been used, including clothes.
A number of trips will be made to the Salvation Army, Goodwill, St. Vincent de Paul and Hill Country Youth Ranch Thrift Shop. We want to spread the love. And while we are arranging and organizing our new home, we have come to realize that we still have a few trips left to drop off some stuff.
Our lives can become cluttered with “stuff” just like our spiritual lives can become cluttered with “stuff.” We fill our hearts and our minds with things that really don’t matter, nor are they beneficial to our discipleship growth. Sometimes emotions, attitudes and preferences cause us to clutter our hearts and minds that we miss the opportunities to hear God speak to us, to see the Holy Spirit leading us and to experience Christ loving us.
Psalm 46:10 reminds us “to be still and know that I am God.” Sometimes with the busyness of life, and the clutter it brings, it is hard for us to be still. But being still helps us to experiencing the unmerited favor of God and the peace that comes with it.
The Psalmist also wrote in Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, oh God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way of everlasting.” The Psalmist knew then and reminds us today that we can clutter our lives with things that are offensive to God, that cause anxious thoughts. God wants us to declutter our lives so that we can experience Him in ways we never thought possible.
So, as Carrie and I are declutterring our home, we are also taking the time to declutter our lives from things apart from God. We invite you to join us in this process of declutterring so that we can be the disciples that Christ calls us to be, and we can be the instrument of Christ’s true reflection in our community. We should never be too busy for God!
Have a blessed week!
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Blessings to you!
Pastor Frank
Dr. Gregory offers a three-part series of talks on where we are and where we are going as Global Methodists in this part of Texas.
Note: YouTube and BoxCast recordings may have commercials.
Pastor Frank will conclude his study of Revelation:
Pastor Frank will begin a Discovery Bible Study class on Sunday April 21 in the conference room at 9:00 a.m.
The statement of our beliefs as Global Methodists from Holy Scripture, the Nicene Creed, the Articles of Religion and the Confession of Faith, and the Wesleyan Way of Salvation.
A catechism class and baptism are required to join the Global Methodist Church.
Tuesday May 7th at 6:00 p.m. in the conference room.
Please read and review the Catechism booklet from the Global Methodist Church prior to the class.
Please contact Jim Needham.
We are an orthodox and traditional Global Methodist Church in Kerrville, TX.
We believe in the authority of the Bible as the inspired Word of God.
We believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior and the Way.
I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Our Mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly.
Our vision is to be known for growing deep in worship and prayer, growing up as disciples, growing together in love and growing out in evangelism and outreach.
Kerrville Global Methodist Church
301 Junction Highway at Five Points
Suite 230, 2nd floor
Kerrville TX
John Wesley:
"My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small. I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field."
Kerrville Global Methodist Church
301 Junction Highway at Five Points
Kerrville TX 78028
Sanctuary: Suite 230
Executive offices: Suite 233
Conference room: Second floor
Mailing address:
Kerrville Global Methodist Church
P.O. Box 293787
Kerrville TX 78029
Minister: Rev. Frank C. Oakman
830-293-7800
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