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Dear Church Family:In this time of uncertainty in our world, the one certain thing we have is God. We should not focus on the situation but rather look through this and see Christ Himself in the middle of the storm with us. This is a beautiful time to carry out the fruits of the Spirit the Apostle Paul describes in Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control“
When we live these fruits we are being Christ like. Let us remember what James wrote, “Consider it our joy my brothers and sisters when you face trials of many kinds, because you know the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance do its work so you may be mature and complete not lacking in anything." James 1:2-4 We're gonna get through this and be stronger for it. Pastor Marty 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Notice: We will now be sending the devotionals out early in the mornings for those of you that usually look at their e-mails in the mornings. We will send a separate e-mail out at 2:00 PM with any updates from the church. So be sure to check your e-mails twice a day. Be sure to check back at 2:00 PM today to get the latest updates from WWCN If any of you have stories of how God has supplied your need, blessed you, or how you have ministered to those around you, please send them to the church's email and I will forward them on to Traci and Pastor Michael. We want to hear your God Stories! As we continue to live in these challenging days we still have the Hope that lies in knowing Jesus Christ as our personal Savior. Continue to use every opportunity to share this Hope which can only be found in Jesus Christ with those who may not know Him! If you are experiencing a spiritual need, or just need someone to talk to, our pastoral staff is here to help. You can contact any of our pastoral staff or you can also call the church office at 273-2248. It is being answered 24/7.
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 Here's a lovely poem written by our own Joyce Terrill:
He Is Near God as I see your glory coming to life now The flowers peeking their heads out to grow. The trees with buds about to sprout, I want to praise You and shout. But then I hear the news And I want, but can’t to run to the pews And You remind me that You are near And I should not fear. Sweet peace comes over me then And assurance victory over this invisible enemy we will win. Use the hands and minds of doctors and scientists Give wisdom to our leaders in the midst. Lord, in the meantime, please place a hedge of protection Over our world and families and give us direction. Amen Dear Church Family:if you missed the devotional by Jared this morning, check your email. His devotional was sent out at 6:30 AM. We will be sending the devotional separately from the updates for now. Devotionals will be in your inbox early in the mornings and the updates will be around 2:00 PM.
Thanks! Pastor Fran Update From WWCN: Send all your prayer requests to either Doris or Fran. We really do want to be praying for you and any need you may have. Don’t forget to connect with one of our services Tomorrow. YouTube at 9:00 a/m. WIBW at 10:30 and YouTube and Facebook at 11:00 To access our live stream on YouTube:
To access our live stream @ 11:00 on Facebook:
All small group leaders have received information on how to have a “virtual” small group meeting utilizing “Zoom”. Contact your group leader for information on time and how to connect. We are learning new ways to connect and minister to everyone. If you have some ideas we have not explored or thought of, please contact one of our pastors. We really do want to hear from you! For all administrative Board Members, we will have a “virtual” board meeting Tuesday night using “Zoom” I will be sending each of you a “sign on” number. Stay connected, stay safe and stay in The Faith Your pastoral staff Dear Church Family:In his book The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis said: “Satan’s cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do God’s will, looks round him on a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.” As we all adjust to this new way of life, you may feel abandoned or forgotten by God. Remember that God still loves you and has promised to “never leave you or forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5b). When everything seems to be crumbling around you, continue to trust and obey.
-Pastor Jared Notice: We will now be sending the devotionals out early in the mornings for those of you that usually look at their e-mails in the mornings. We will send a separate e-mail out at 2:00 PM with any updates from the church. So be sure to check your e-mails twice a day. Be sure to check back at 2:00 PM today to get the latest updates from WWCN If any of you have stories of how God has supplied your need, blessed you, or how you have ministered to those around you, please send them to the church's email and I will forward them on to Traci and Pastor Michael. We want to hear your God Stories! As we continue to live in these challenging days we still have the Hope that lies in knowing Jesus Christ as our personal Savior. Continue to use every opportunity to share this Hope which can only be found in Jesus Christ with those who may not know Him! If you are experiencing a spiritual need, or just need someone to talk to, our pastoral staff is here to help. You can contact any of our pastoral staff or you can also call the church office at 273-2248. It is being answered 24/7. Dear Church Family:If you missed the devotional by Holly this morning, check your email. Her devotional was sent out at 6:30 AM. We will be sending the devotional separately from the updates for now. Devotionals will be in your inbox early in the mornings and the updates will be around 2:00 PM.
Thanks! Pastor Fran YouTube link for Holly’s devotions: https://youtu.be/lAtnUv__A0A Update From WWCN: For those of you that are a part of a Life Group or Sunday school class, instructions have been sent to your life group leaders and Sunday school teachers on how to use Zoom as a tool to keep in touch with each other. If you don’t hear from your life group leaders or Sunday school teachers soon please feel free to call them and ask about Zoom and how to go about signing up for that. Thank you for all of you that have continued to give on Give Plus and for those who have faithfully sent in their tithes or dropped them off at the church. Thank you for your faithfulness and for your stewardship that helps build the Kingdon of God! We know many had troubles with our live stream this past Sunday. As we attempt to navigate the world live streaming, we are working hard to find the best solution so we can gather together online. This Sunday, at 9:00, we will stream to our YouTube Channel. At 11:00 we will stream to our YouTube Channel as well as our Facebook Page. As always, we will have our broadcast with WIBW at 10:30. Channel 13.2 Additionally, if there are technical difficulties, you can tune into our YouTube channel and we will have the whole service posted by 5:00 PM. To access our live stream on YouTube:
To access our live stream @ 11:00 on Facebook:
Thank you for your patience and for your grace! We’re all in this together! -Pastor Michael If any of you have stories of how God has supplied your need, blessed you, or how you have ministered to those around you, please send them to the church's email and I will forward them on to Traci and Pastor Michael. We want to hear your God Stories! As we continue to live in these challenging days we still have the Hope that lies in knowing Jesus Christ as our personal Savior. Continue to use every opportunity to share this Hope which can only be found in Jesus Christ with those who may not know Him! If you are experiencing a spiritual need, or just need someone to talk to, our pastoral staff is here to help. You can contact any of our pastoral staff or you can also call the church office at 273-2248. It is being answered 24/7. Dear Church Family:AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD STAYED HOME
Read: Ephesians 4 Consider: And the people of God stayed home. And read the Word, and listened, and rested, and moved, and made art like their Creator. They played games together and laughed and danced together. They learned new ways of being and remembered old truths. Some meditated and prayed. Many learned to listen more deeply. Some took a long look at where life had brought them to. And the people of God began to think differently. And their hearts began to heal. And, in the absence of people living in mindless, ignorant, selfish ways, they began to hope. And even though separated by walls and streets and disease, a longing began. A growing longing for unity, for forgiveness for togetherness, for worship. And when the danger had passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and worship, ways of the Kingdom, ways of their KING that would heal their community as they had been healed. -Holly Woodbridge This has been freely and perhaps excessively paraphrased by Holly Woodbridge from a Positively Irish post recently passed around Facebook. Update From WWCN: We will now be sending the devotional out early in the mornings for those of you that usually look at their e-mails in the mornings. We will send a separate e-mail out at 2:00 PM with any updates from the church. So be sure to check your e-mails twice a day. We are continuing to look at new and innovative ways to help you stay connected with your Wanamaker Woods Church Family. If any of you have stories of how God has supplied your need, blessed you, or how you have ministered to those around you, please send them to the church's email and I will forward them on to Traci and Pastor Michael. We want to hear your God Stories! As we continue to live in these challenging days we still have the Hope that lies in knowing Jesus Christ as our personal Savior. Continue to use every opportunity to share this Hope which can only be found in Jesus Christ with those who may not know Him! If you are experiencing a spiritual need, or just need someone to talk to, our pastoral staff is here to help. You can contact any of our pastoral staff or you can also call the church office at 273-2248. It is being answered 24/7. Dear Church Family:James, the brother of Jesus, puts it like this:
“When all kinds of trials and temptations crowd into your life, don’t resent them as intruders. Welcome them as friends. Realize they serve to produce in you the quality of endurance.” Adversity. Sickness. Hardship. Disruption. These words appear to be the daily diet of most headlines these days. We cry, Yuck! The writers of scripture seem to view these things through a whole new set of rose-colored spectacles. The Greek word James uses for trial is peirasmois. It literally means a struggle that will reveal one’s true character. It’s like how a stress test reveals the state of your physical heart. This revealing is actually a form of God’s mercy. God knows that there is an actual joy that comes from discovering the truth about ourselves. As we face these challenging days ahead may we consider these questions with joy. God, where do You want to be at work in surprising ways? God, how could I partner together with You in these trials right where I am? Pastor Donny Update From WWCN: We know many had troubles with our live stream this past Sunday. As we attempt to navigate the world live streaming, we are working hard to find the best solution so we can gather together online. This Sunday, we will attempt to stream our services to both Facebook and YouTube. At 9:00, we will stream to our YouTube Channel. At 11:00 we will stream to our YouTube Channel as well as our Facebook Page. As aways, we will have our broadcast with WIBW at 10:30. Additionally, if there are technical difficulties, you can tune into our YouTube channel and we will have the whole service posted by 5:00 PM. Thank you for your patience and for your grace! We’re all in this together! -Pastor Michael To access our live stream @ 11:00 on Facebook:
If any of you have stories of how God has supplied your need, blessed you, or how you have ministered to those around you, please send them to the church's email and I will forward them on to Traci and Pastor Michael. We want to hear your God Stories! These are indeed challenging days, but also days of great opportunity to spread the message of hope which can only be found in Jesus Christ. If you are experiencing a spiritual need, or just need someone to talk to, our pastoral staff is here to help. You can contact any of our pastoral staff or you can also call the church office at 273-2248. It is being answered 24/7. Dear Church Family:Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; (Psalm 23:4) There are times when we all need a new beginning, a renewed relationship with God. Times when we fail, rebel, or we hide in our inner personal cave of fear from circumstances. In Jesus, we can find forgiveness, illumination to our path and eternal hope. God’s morals do not change with the changing world. His Word is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. So, therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. God has a new beginning for you and it begins at the cross, today. Step through. Pastor Jerry Update From WWCN:
We know many had troubles with our live stream this past Sunday. As we attempt to navigate the world live streaming, we are working hard to find the best solution so we can gather together online. This Sunday, we will attempt to stream our services to both Facebook and YouTube. At 9:00, we will stream to our YouTube Channel. At 11:00 we will stream to our YouTube Channel as well as our Facebook Page. As aways, we will have our broadcast with WIBW at 10:30. Additionally, if there are technical difficulties, you can tune into our YouTube channel and we will have the whole service posted by 5:00 PM. Thank you for your patience and for your grace! We’re all in this together! -Pastor Michael To access our live stream @ 11:00 on Facebook:
If you are experiencing a spiritual need, or just need someone to talk to, our pastoral staff is here to help. You can contact any of our pastoral staff or you can also call the church office at 273-2248. It is being answered 24/7. Dear Church Family:When all this craziness concerning the Coronavirus pandemic began, I felt a real uneasiness in my spirit. I wasn’t afraid necessarily, but it could have very easily turned to fear if I didn’t have Jesus in my life and if I didn’t know without a doubt that I could stand on His promises to never leave me or forsake me. When I went to the stores and found the shelves had been swept clean of supplies, once again I felt this uneasiness in my spirit. Not because I was fearful of not having the food or supplies that I might need but I couldn’t help but think about the panic and fear that was driving the people of this world. I knew that I didn’t have to give into the fear that was so prevalent around me. I could trust in God for my every need, but what about those that didn’t have Jesus and the promises of His Word. I immediately began to pray as I went up and down the empty isles for the people that were living in panic and fear.
I have several devotional that I follow each day and the next morning my devotional read like this: “When the Coronavirus pandemic began, I knew my husband, who is an infectious disease physician, could possibly be involved in caring for some of the infected. One night last week, a colleague texted him saying he had received word from a friend in New York saying infectious disease doctors are dying there. The next morning the word "Do not fear what they fear" came to me so frequently that I realized it was a word from God. I found it in Isaiah 8:12, 13: "...do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread." God spoke these words to Isaiah when Judah was threatened by an enemy invasion and the people were terrified. Scripture says, "the hearts of Ahaz [the king] and his people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind" (Isaiah 7:2). Because of their fear, the king was ready to form an alliance with other nations rather than depend on God for protection. Isaiah warned King Ahaz to reject fear and to look to God. To refuse to do so was to become more and more fearful. They would ultimately be leaving their lives in the hands of an unknown power. Their failure to trust God, would make Him appear helpless, indifferent, even insignificant rather than the Lord Almighty. Trusting God for protection during the Coronavirus crisis, of course does not exclude doing what is reasonable to avoid the virus. "A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions" (Proverbs 22:3 NLT). But I've discovered we can do so without fear.” By Althea Hinthorn So do not fear what they fear...Trust God! Blessings to all of you, Pastor Fran Update From WWCN: Because of the difficulty many had in connecting to our live feed this past Sunday we will be moving to a different and more secure service. We will be e-mailing information and instructions to you about this new service and how our people can connect. We will be working with all of our small group leaders this week with ideas they can use to engage our small groups in a weekly virtual small group experience. Look for more information on our daily E-Mail devotions and updates. We are continuing to look at new and innovative ways to help you stay connected with your Wanamaker Woods Church Family. These are indeed challenging days, but also days of great opportunity to spread the message of hope which can only be found in Jesus Christ. If you are experiencing a spiritual need, or just need someone to talk to, our pastoral staff is here to help. Listed below is the contact number for each of our pastoral staff. (You can also call the church office at 273-2248. It is being answered 24/7) L D Holmes: 221-5845 or ldholmes2604@msn.com Pastor Michael: 414-0464 or dehaan.michael@gmail.com Pastor Fran: 554-6799 or francenna@hotmail.com Pastor Delinda: 845-2290 or delindasue@hotmail.com Pastor Donny/Holly: 508-345-7044 or thewoodbridges6@comcast.net Pastor Dick: 633-7900 or richardguilfoil@aol.com Pastor Jerry: 640-3792 or jerryschmid@cox.net Pastor Bill: 817-2802 or ritcheywilliam1950@gmail.com Pastor Jared: 806-6339 or ritcheyjared@gmail.com Pastor Marty: 207-0479 or martydevader@yahoo.com Dear Church Family:THE STORMS OF LIFE “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 In this world we will face all kinds of obstacles, trials and tribulations and we should be wary of any doctrines or teachings that say we shouldn’t have to face these things. Why? Because the Lord said we will have tribulations. So, the encouragement He is giving is simply this: You’re going to face trials, but GOD is greater than any problem you will face in this world! Here are some things you can know about the storms of life: God knows exactly where you are emotionally and mentally when trouble hits. He understands your frustration and need to ask why a certain event has taken place. He never condemns your feelings. Instead, He provides wisdom for all you face. He will not leave you comfortless. Jesus does not leave us on our own to deal with heartache and trials. He has given us the Holy Spirit to comfort us when we are too weak to continue. Think on His goodness and how He never fails you. A promise you can claim: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 Pastor Dick Guilfoil Update from WWCN
We apologize for the difficulty some of you experienced yesterday when attempting to access our live streaming worship service. We are working on the problem and think we have found a good alternative. If all else fails, go to our YouTube channel. Simply type in Wanamaker Woods Nazarene and the current worship service will come up. In fact, if indeed you did miss yesterday, you can still watch yesterday’s service on YouTube. Just follow the above directions. We are all attempting to be compliant and practice “social distancing”. That said, if you have a need or emergency that we can help with, call the Church office number (785-273-2248) It is monitored 24/7 Please continue to pray for our Local, State, National and World leaders. We will continue to send daily e-mail devotions, with any current updates. Never forget, you are a child of The King; loved, blessed and protected by Him whose Grace is sufficient. |
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