Spring Small Group Campaign – “Crazy Love”
Each spring and fall we encourage each person to jump into a small group and delve into a particular study. So far, we’ve done Life’s Healing Choices, 40 Days of Community, Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts the Network Way, and Treasures of the Transformed Life.
Our new Spring small group campaign will begin on April 22nd, where we will focus on a study of Francis Chan’s “Crazy Love.” We’ll be diving into the love of God-unconditional, unexplainable, unsearchable, and just plain crazy! The second piece is how we respond to this love of God as we turn outward to a hurting world. If you’ve never been in a small group before, this is the one to jump into!
C.C.A.K.E. Joint Lenten Study & Fellowship
Plan NOW to attend our C.C.A.K.E. (Centennial/Cheswold Charge/Asbury/Kenton/Ewell’s-St. Paul) Joint Lenten Study & Fellowship. All sessions will be held here at Ewell’s-St. Paul United Methodist Church on the following Sundays: Feb. 26th, Mar. 4, 11, 18 & 25th, and Apr. 1st. Teaching will begin at 4:00 p.m., followed by a 5:00 p.m. Dinner & Fellowship.
The Adult session will take place in the Main Sanctuary; the High School session will take place in the Fellowship Hall; the Middle School youth will meet in the youth room; and the K – 4th grade youth will be meeting downstairs in our Sunday School rooms. Children younger than the Kindergarten age group will be upstairs in our nursery. The book we are using for the study will be available for $10 through Ewell’s-St. Paul UMC. Book purchase is optional.
FREE MOVIE NIGHT
On Friday January 20th we are hosting a FREE MOVIE NIGHT. We’ll be showing Facing the Giants – a wonderful movie about the values of faith and scripture in the midst of life’s challenges.
Come and enjoy free popcorn and drinks, experience an inspirational movie, and hang out with your friends. Be sure to invite someone to come along!
Answers to Life’s Toughest Questions
Why am I here?
What does God want from me?
What is success?
How can I find true happiness?
Is there absolute truth?
Why is there suffering?
Have you ever thought about these questions and wondered what God had to say about them? Come to a new sermon series beginning Sunday Jan 15 – either 8:30 for contemporary worship or 11am for traditional worship.
A Blue Christmas
Not everyone is up and cheery for the Christmas holidays. Dealing with the death of a loved one, facing life after divorce or separation, coping with the loss of a job, living with cancer or some other dis-ease that puts a question mark over the future, and a number of other human situations make parties and joviality painful for many people in our congregations and communities. If you or a loved one is hurting this Christmas season, come to a Service of Solace – a Blue Christmas Service. The service will be held on the longest night of the year – December 21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Ewell’s-St. Paul. This service gives us the space to grieve, while still holding onto the hope that we find through Jesus Christ.
Upcoming Daniel Fast
Beginning January 2 at sunrise and ending on January 22 at sundown, we will be having a church-wide Daniel Fast. Fasting is a way to consecrate our lives to God through prayer and denial of the flesh. By fasting the first 3 weeks of the year, we are asking for God’s blessing on the new year and praying for His guidance for our church.
During a Daniel Fast, we abstain from all animal products (both meat & dairy), from breads, from all sweets (whether natural or artificial), from fried foods, and from all foods that are processed or contain chemicals. In addition, we drink only water. Susan Gregory’s book, The Daniel Fast, is a wonderful resource and includes all the guideslines, a cookbook, and a devotional. I pray that you take this amazing jourey with us and see where God will take you!