Welcome
Welcome, and thank you for visiting Sardis Methodist Church online. We hope that our website highlights the wide variety of worship, fellowship and service opportunities available. Please feel free to read more about our church on this site, or come in for a visit. We would love to greet you and share with you our love for Jesus Christ and for you, our neighbor.
Our Mission
We believe that the door to salvation is always open and so are the doors to our church. Our mission is to be fully devoted to Jesus by opening our arms to those in search of the truth. We show God’s love and concern for our fellow man at every opportunity. Through works of charity and opening our doors to listen and love, we feel that we are walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.
CHURCH CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3
5:30 P. M.- Called PPRC meeting in fellowship hall
THURSDAY, JULY 4 - INDEPENDENCE DAY
SUNDAY, JULY 7
7:30 A. M.- Men’s Breakfast
9:00 A. M.- Early Service - Holy Communion
9:45 A. M.- Sunday School
11:00 A. M.- Morning Worship - Holy Communion
6:00 P. M.- Vesper Service
MONDAY, JULY 8
10:00 A. M.- Women’s Study on Whole Armor of God
TUESDAY, JULY 9
5:30 P. M.- Season 4 - Episode 2 of The Chosen
THURSDAY, JULY 11
12:00 Noon- Sardis Rotary Club
SUNDAY, JULY 14
9:00 A. M.- Early Service
9:45 A. M.- Sunday School
11:00 A. M.- Morning Worship
12:00 Noon- Trustees
6:00 P. M.- Vesper Service
INVITATION FROM REV. JOHN GARROTT
I wanted to extend an invitation to everyone and give my highest endorsement to an upcoming opportunity. A Friday night/Saturday seminar will be held at Hernando 1st GMC, July 12th & 13th featuring Jennifer Barnett, best-selling author of “Freedom Tools.” She and her team present transformational, Biblical, balanced, and professional-level information & training. Prayer, human destiny as freedom, hindrances, chemical addiction, the occult, mental health, among other topics, are addressed. For more information contact Rev. John Garrott at jgarrott.gleneagleresources@gmail.com
GLOBAL METHODIST NEWSLETTER
If you would like to subscribe to the weekly MS-West Tennessee Global Church newsletter, go to the website www.ms-wtngmc.org scroll down to “stay connected” and send your e-mail address. A post on the history of the Global Methodist Church taken from a recent copy of this newsletter is attached to today’s Spotlight and in tab more above.
General Announcements
ATTIC SALE
People can start bringing their items for the SMW Attic Sale. Call either Paula Lundgren (662-710-0549) or Willa Floyd (662-560- 3304) The sale will start in August every Friday from 9 to 12.
WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY
The Women’s Bible Study got off to a good start at 10:00 A. M. on Monday, July 1st, for the introduction to the 6-week study on The Whole Armor of God. There were 11 women in attendance, and
it’s not too late for more to join the group next week. No study book is required. Each week the group watches a stimulating video lecture presented byPatricia Shirer and answers questions during the lecture. It’s a great way to start your week!!!!
THE CHOSEN
On Tuesday, July 2nd, at 5:30 P. M. those who have been
attending the Pastor’s Bible Study and anyone else who would like to attend will be watching the 1st Episode of Season 4 ofThe Chosen. This popular Christian Series, created by Dallas Jenkins,
is set in Judaea and Galilee in the 1st century and follows the life and ministry of Jesus and the people who met and interacted with him.
PASTOR-PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Members of the PPRC are reminded that on Wednesday, July 3rd, at 5:30 P. M. there will be a called meeting of the PPRC. The meeting will be held in the fellowship hall.
MEN’S BREAKFAST
Don’t forget the monthly Men’s Breakfast on Sunday, July 7th, at 7:30 A. M. in the fellowship hall.
CHILDREN & YOUTH
We are excited to announce beginning in August, during the 11 o’clock service there will be two Sunday school classes
available-K-4th and 5th-8th, with nursery available for those under age 5 (those not enrolled in K5 or higher). From 10-11, shoebox packing will be available for all ages in the 5th-8th grade classroom.
Each year our church presents Bibles to our students who will be entering 4th Grade in the fall. Please text Makesha Rainey
662-292-2376 with the correct spelling (1st and last name) of any child who will be entering 4th grade this school year.
CHURCH CLEANING
In an effort to clean out items in the church that are no longer needed or used, the Trustees are asking for everyone to check on items in the choir room, hallway. storage area, etc, including the back room in the metal building to determine if these items need to be kept. This will enable us to move forward with the work to be completed in the Fellowship Hall. Any item not claimed or that appears to have no current use, may be discarded. Contact a trustee member for comments or clarification.
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A Message from the Pastor
Our Help and Salvation is in The Lord
I believe that the one thing that God wants the most from His children, the disciples of Christ, is our attention. He wants our main focus to be Him. He wants us to call on Him when we are in need, and He wants us to join in on His work which is focused on saving people from destruction, the destruction brought on by the work of Satan. So, we are to join in the work of negating or reversing Satan’s destructive work in the lives of God’s beloved creatures that He created for the purpose of receiving His love and in return loving Him.
How do we fight against Satan’s destructive work? It is by helping others get their focus on the love and goodness of God. Every Christian who loves God has learned to call on Him when the enemies of God attack His children because we know that when we call on God those enemies are in trouble, they’re ineffective and their attacks are impotent. To those who haven’t learned that lesson definitively, Satan whispers in their ears the discouraging words that say don’t call, don’t ask, don’t depend on
God to do amazing things in your life. The devil tells them that they will do fine relying on their own cleverness, their own energy, their own power. Satan whispers those discouraging words meant to keep us from calling on the Lord because the devil is not afraid of our human efforts, but Satan knows that his evil intentions will suffer defeat if we lift our
eyes, our hearts, and our voices to God. Satan knows God’s word and
God’s character that says He sets apart Godly people for Himself and that He hears them when they call on Him. (Psalm 4:3) Satan may not fear us without God, but he knows the fear of God when we ignore his discouraging whispers and call on God to empower us.
So, “The people who call on the Lord” is a divine definition of “Godly people”. Likewise, “The people who do not call on the Lord”, is the divine definition of “ungodly people”. This may seem odd, but trouble, while on this earth, does us a service in motivating us to become Godly people because it reminds us that we need the Lord and to call on Him. God’s word reminds us to call on Him in our times of trouble. Spiritual revivals always begin with the inward and desperate groanings of men whose eyes and hearts have been lifted up to initiate their call on the Lord for salvation.
Rev. Stan Lobin