Church Briefs

EAST TALLASSEE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

ETUMC’s Rivers Edge Flea Market is now closed. The church will start a new project called Rivers Edge Food Pantry. ETUMC will provide canned food, water, dry beans and rice, blankets, and jackets. If you want to donate or help with the cause, call Joan Wood at 334312-4913.

Episcopal Church Of The Epiphany

Please join us for Sunday services at 10:30 a.m. when the Rev. Lee Lowery will celebrate the Holy Eucharist. We are asking everyone please to wear a mask. The service will be live streamed on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ EpiphanyTallassee/ For more informa- great contribution for the temple, he confessed, “All things come from you, and of your own we have given you... All this abundance we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own” (1 Chronicles 29:14,16). The gifts we bring to God are expressions of love and worship. We need to give them. But God doesn’t need them.

What Joseph really wanted was the relationship with his family, not their little gift basket. When his brothers came back with the paltry gift, he told them who he was and brought the whole family to Egypt to ride out the famine. Just so, God longs for a loving relationship with us. He wants us, not the gifts we bring. God’s greatest gift to us is his Son, Jesus. He was born in human flesh to die for the sins that destroyed our relationship with him. God raised him to give us assurance that we can live with him forever.

I published an article similar to this one in a recent edition of our tion, visit the church website at http:// epiphanytallassee.org/

First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church, located at 514 Central Blvd. will host a Veteran’s Day Celebration on Nov. 11 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. for all veterans and first responders and their family members.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

“We are OPEN and everyone is WELCOME! Come worship with us in person Sunday mornings at 8:50 a.m. (contemporary) or 11 a.m. (traditional). Sunday School for all ages is offered Sunday mornings at 10 a.m., and a nursery is available for infants. CHILDREN & YOUTH: meet

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. – John 3:17 weekly church bulletin. When I write the article, I also write a title and a subtitle to go with it. The subtitle appears just above my name in the byline. That particular byline made an unintentional, sobering point. It read: “God doesn’t need Mike McElroy.” I didn’t mean it that way. I don’t like the sound of it. But it is true. He doesn’t need me, my sermons or my writing. But he does love me. He gave his Son for me. By his grace he has given me gifts and abilities to use for his glory and purpose. But I can’t add anything to God by giving to him. Neither can you. We give to God for our benefit, not his.

It’s fine to exchange gifts among people who don’t actually need the gift. They’re good expressions of your love. And give your gifts to God to express your love for him. But remember the gifts are only tokens. What the God who has everything really wants is you. He wants a close, eternal relationship with you.

Sunday evenings from 5-6:30 p.m. and Wednesday evenings from 6-7:15 p.m.; supper is included both days! For more information about our church or the programs we offer, visit our website: fumctallassee. com or call us: 334-283-2195. FUMC Tallassee - 1 Jordan Avenue.”

OUR LIFE’S JOURNEY

Airs every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on 580 WACQ, FM 98.5 & 101.1, on your smart speaker, your TuneIn app, or on our website www.wacqradio.com. Please share on social media. This set of programs features Msgr. Charles Troncale, Fr. Mateusz Rudzik, Fr. James Dean, Fr. David Carucci, Fr. Patrick Driscoll, and Deacon Jim Labadie.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. – Proverbs 10:12