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| Worship Service at the Gladstone church | 8:30 AM |
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| Worship Service at the Biggsville church | 9:45 AM |
| Worship Service at the Oquawka church | 11:00 AM |
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| Bible Study @ Biggsville | 6:30 PM |
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Welcome to the United Methodist Churches of Henderson County Illinois! |
Pastor Howard Ross and the congregations of the Biggsville, Gladstone and Oquawka United Methodist Churches invite you to one of our churches this Sunday!
The United Methodist Church has many doors through which people share in serving God and others. Whether you visit in person or via the internet, we hope you discover something here to encourage you in your spiritual journey.
FIND US ON FACEBOOK AT BGO - Biggsville, Gladstone and Oquawka UMC's
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Biggsville United Methodist Church 203 S. Church Street Biggsville, IL 61418 Worship service at 9:45am Children's church during the worship service Communion is served on the First Sunday of the Month. |
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Gladstone United Methodist Church Walnut & Liberty Streets Gladstone, IL Worship service at 8:30am Children's church during the worship service Communion is served on the First Sunday of the Month. |
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Oquawka United Methodist Church Children's Sunday School during the worship service. |
Isaiah 57:16 (KJV)
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
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He told another story. “God’s kingdom is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. That night, while his hired men were asleep, his enemy sowed thistles all through the wheat and slipped away before dawn. When the first green shoots appeared and the grain began to form, the thistles showed up, too.
“The farmhands came to the farmer and said, ‘Master, that was clean seed you planted, wasn’t it? Where did these thistles come from?’
“He answered, ‘Some enemy did this.’
“The farmhands asked, ‘Should we weed out the thistles?’
“He said, ‘No, if you weed the thistles, you’ll pull up the wheat, too. Let them grow together until harvest time. Then I’ll instruct the harvesters to pull up the thistles and tie them in bundles for the fire, then gather the wheat and put it in the barn.’”
“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
Isaiah 57:16 (KJV)
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
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