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Bible Study Resumes
July 16 – 22, 2022

The next part of the journey through ‘Making Sense of the Bible’ by Adam Hamilton will begin on January 26 and 27.  The Wednesday evening gathering will be in person in the Church Library and the Thursday group will be via Google Meet online.  Times will be determined and announced as we go forward. 

In the Fall we built the foundation of understanding the Old and New Testaments and what is in them.  Now we will turn to some of the difficult questions that are part of studying the Bible. 

• How is the Bible inspired?
• Is the Bible the Word of God?
• Science and the Bible
• Violence and Suffering in the Bible.

It is through these conversations that we are working to help each other ground more deeply in Scripture and appreciate all the riches and depth of the Bible as a resource for our faith and lives. 

Red Bird Mission 2022
July 16 – 22, 2022

Red Bird Mission is a week of intense and intentional Christian Community in the service of the people of Southeastern Kentucky.  Butler UMC is one of several churches from the NJ and PA and it is a group that includes Adults and Youth. 

Participants are asked to be 14 years old or have completed 8th grade.  The trip leaves from Butler early in the morning of Saturday, July 16th.  We spend a night in Abingdon, VA and then arrive at Red Bird on Sunday, July 17th.  We work in the community Monday thru Thursday and then travel home on Friday, July 22nd. 

Participants are asked to contribute $350 toward the cost of their trip – one half at the time you sign up and one half by June 1st.  There will be meetings to orient people for the trip and plan fund raisers. 

Click here for the 2022 registration form.

Your sign up and deposit (please send a check made out to ‘Butler UMC’ and note ‘Red Bird Trip’ in the memo line) need to be in by March 15th 2022. 

Worship & Preaching for Jan. 2022

In January Pastor Mike will begin a 6 part series of sermons entitled: ‘Surprising Ways Jesus Changed the World’.  In it, you are invited to reflect on the values that Jesus brought to the world which changed things in a lasting way – that continue even today.
 
January 9th :  Galatians 5:1-6; 13-26  ‘Freedom’
January 16th:  Rev. Dan Gephardt (retired) will be preaching for Pastor Mike
January 23rd:  Mr. Scott Lowe will be preaching for Pastor Mike.
January 30th:  Mark 10:13-16 and Luke 2:41-52  ‘Children & Education’
The series will continue through the month of February.