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July 6 • 2025
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
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A service of Scripture and song
■ The Lord’s Supper will be served. All are invited to the table.
■ This is “Bring a Friend Sunday.” We are always glad to have visitors with us.
■ To join “live stream” worship, go to Facebook — Swift Presbyterian Church.
■ Worship services are available for viewing in the afternoon on the church website and YouTube.
■ Bulletins for today and recent weeks. Click here.
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| Join us for refreshments and fellowship in the fellowship hall immediately after the worship service.
Please consider signing up to bring a treat for our fellowship time.
Treats can be store-bought or homemade; sweets, fruits, veggies or meats.
There is a sign-up sheet in the fellowship hall, and if you have questions, please contact, by voice or text, Barb Kelleher, (251) 269-9815.
Thank you so much for your consideration.
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God is good all the time.
■ Intercessory prayer group meets each Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the chapel.
“Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer.
“Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness. Take it to the Lord in prayer.”
— From the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
■ Our food pantry is open to serve the community on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m.
■ Preschool board — Tuesday, July 8, at 10 a.m. in annex room 2
■ Finance committee — Tuesday, July 8, at 1 p.m. in annex room 2
■ Worship committee — Tuesday, July 8, at 4:45 p.m. in annex room 2
■ Deacons meeting — Thursday, July 10, at 10 a.m. in the fellowship hall
■ Session meeting — Monday, July 21, at 4 p.m. in annex room 2
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Please check over the draft;
changes needed by July 13
Please take a look at the draft directories in the back of the sanctuary and make sure your information is correct. We are close to printing them and would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to make sure your listing is accurate. If there are changes, please write them on draft copy and they will be updated. The anniversaries are on a separate page, so please check there, too. If you are missing a picture and would like to provide one, please send it to Susan Pichoff at tabfanatic@gmail.com by July 13.
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Open Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m.
This week, the food pantry served 56 families, including 202 people.
If you are interested in helping or know of someone who might be interested, please consider getting involved or at least share the opportunity to volunteer with others.
If you have questions or want to volunteer, please contact Jan Taylor (251‑978‑6418).
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| ►‘Snacks with Susan and Daryl’ discussion class | |
Sundays from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in annex room 4
“Unoffendable” by Brant Hansen will be our next video study series to watch and discuss, starting July 13.
Having “righteous anger” is just a myth. While we all will get angry at times — after all, we are human — the Bible tells us we are not to hold onto it. In fact, Christians are supposed to forfeit their right to be offended — and give up their right to be angry. And as it turns out, when we do this we will find it to be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things that we can do.
Learn to live life with less stress and more care by:
• adjusting our expectations to fit human nature
• replacing perpetual anger with refreshing humility and gratitude
• and embracing forgiveness and beginning to love others in unexpected ways.
This study lifts religious burdens from our backs and allows us to experience the joy of gratitude every day of their lives — flourishing the way God intended.
Join us on Sunday mornings at 9 in annex room 4 for a bite to eat and some thought-provoking conversation
| ►Adult Bible study class, led by Bill and Catherine | |
Sundays from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in annex room 2
Today we will begin our study of the Book of Leviticus, the third book of the Pentateuch.
This book contains commandments given to Moses by God at the foot of Mount Sinai over about a one-month period just prior to the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land.
Leviticus contains instructions for worship and personal holiness. Although the New Testament (the New Covenant) abrogates Old Testament ceremonial law, the Levitical priesthood, and the sanctuary, the Book of Leviticus offers us greater insight into the nature of God and how He wants us to relate to Him.
If you are new to the class, don’t worry about missing previous lessons. As in the rest of the Bible, each verse is almost a lesson in itself. Visitors and new class members are always welcome. We have coffee brewed and take turns bringing pastries.
The class meets in annex room 2 on Sundays at 9 a.m. We look forward to seeing you.
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Thank you for your generous pledges and ongoing offerings. Your support and commitment to Swift Church is greatly appreciated.
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Prayers and concerns
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Please call the church or email to notify us of any joys or concerns; birthdays, anniversaries, health issues or family deaths so that we may put it in the weekly emailed announcements for your church family to pray with you or to praise God for your joy. (We don’t publish personal prayer concerns on the website.)
■ Congratulations to Brayden Boltz for winning the Father’s Day hula dance contest.
■ Pastor Sarah Cornell was ordained at Shady Grove Presbyterian in Memphis, Tennessee.
■ Thanks to everyone who prayed for Cheryl and me (Stephanie) on our journey to Illinois. Her 80th birthday party was a sweet surprise for her.
►Please remember our military friends
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Names are listed in the monthly newsletter.
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If you would like to place flowers on the chancel to honor or celebrate a loved one or a special occasion or “just because,” please contact Susie Alexander at 217-246-4051.
Are you willing to serve as a liturgist, acolyte or greeter/usher? Contact Marvin King or Eunice Ray, worship elders.
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