Text Box: A Word From The Pastor Text Box: Terrace Talk Text Box: Light of the world! And as people of faith, we are to… “Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights (Italics, mine) in the world.” (Philippians 2:14-15) It happened one cold winter’s night in February. Two clowns popped in to a Portland, Oregon, soup kitchen which feeds the poor and the homeless. (A ministry sponsored by the churches of Portland) ‘Doolotz,’ a tramp clown, played by the Rev. Bud Frimoth, was (Continued on Page 2) Text Box: “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing!” -Psalms 100:1-2 (KJV) Brothers and sisters, welcome to a brand new year! I love the 100th Psalm. Those 1st two verses, with words and phrases like ‘joyful noise,’ ’gladness,’ and ’singing,’ seem to bring a smile to my face every time! And that’s how you and I ought to greet the new year…with a SMILE! Did you know that a smile… *increases your face value *is a little curve that can straighten out a lot of things *is the shortest distance between two people With that in mind, I’ve got a new year’s Text Box: exhortation for you: “It’s time to shine in 2009!” With all the turmoil in our world today - economic woes, job layoffs, war and terrorism, etc. - God’s people need to ‘shine’ like never before. Our faith is not in the government, the corporation, the retirement…no, our faith is in Jesus Christ, the Text Box: Inside this issue: Text Box: Old River Terrace UMC Text Box: January 2009 Text Box: Volume 3, Issue 1

Through the Bible in One Year!

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Say a Prayer of Thanks!

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Calendar of events

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Kids Page

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Training Schedule for 2009 ORT committees

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Confirmation Class To Begin

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