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Worship Attendance April 27-May 3, 2020

Sunday Worship

9:30 a.m. On-line 115

11:00 a.m. On-line 36

Total On-Line 151

9:30 a.m. Drive-In 110

Offering May 3, 2020 $10,989.00

Weekly Calendar

Sunday, May 3, 2020 9:30 a.m. Contemporary Drive-In/Online

11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Online Sunday, May 10, 2020 9:30 a.m. Contemporary Drive-In/Online

11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Online

Online Giving to Alliance United Methodist Church: 1. Is easy and safe. 2. Allows you to set up recurring and consistent contributions

through your checking account or credit card. 3. Demonstrates your love for Christ and his Church 4. Supports Alliance UMC and its’ mission to make and sustain disciples of Jesus Christ. Two ways to give online… 1. Click “Give Online” on the Alliance UMC website: www.alliancemethodist.org and fol-

low the instructions. 2. Download the “Give+” app (Vanco Services, LLC) on your smart device, search “Alliance

United Methodist Church” or “76137”, create your profile and follow the instructions. Thank you for your generous gifts, donations, service, and witness for Jesus Christ! Any questions? Call Kelly Slean at 817-581-1688.

7904 Park Vista Boulevard Ft Worth, TX 76137

817-581-1688 www.alliancemethodist.org

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Note from your Pastor

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

-Psalm 51:1-3

We Christians are losers. Let me explain… Once a man was asked, “What did you gain by regularly praying to God?” The man replied, “Nothing…but let me tell you what I lost: Anger, greed, insecurity, jealousy, fits of rage, envy, hatred, selfishness and fear.” Sometimes, the answer to our prayers and the key to our discipleship is losing things. For example, “Lord, wash away my sins; blot out my fear and hatred; take away my selfishness and greed; more of you, Lord, less of me. Amen.” I think that is why Paul tells the Galatians, “The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, etc. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Following Jesus means letting go those acts of the flesh and desiring the acts of the Spirit. So let us lose these “acts of the flesh” and encourage each other to be losers too, in order to be gainers of Christ. God bless the losers of Alliance!

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