Relay for Life The Relay for Life Event will be a virtual event.

There is still time to join the team! For more info speak with team leader

Melanie Moden her number is 918-316-8179

Connect with our Church Digitally

https://linktr.ee/tahlequahumc

New Zoom Adult Sunday School class led by Shana Dry Starting August 16th, we will offer a Zoom Sunday School class. You can register for the class by going to our website and clicking on the Adult Sunday School class.

Today!!!! Come and Receive Holy Communion

Aug. 2nd from 11-12p.m.

Come and Receive a Back To School Blessing on August 16th from 11-12 p.m.

This week’s Discipleship Opportunities Schedule Sunday 10 a.m. Worship Online at www.facebook.com/tahlequahumc then the service is uploaded online to our YouTube Channel by 5 p.m. 11-12 p.m. Come and Receive Holy Communion 1 p.m. Church Board Meeting Wednesday 12 p.m. Pastor’s Facebook Live Study 2:30 p.m. Youth Zoom Gathering Email Abigail at youth@tahlequahumc.org for zoom links Thursday 12:00 p.m. Zoom Prayer Time: Now you can register for prayer time on our website www.tahlequahumc.org The Church Board will meet on Aug. 2nd at 1p.m. via Zoom. If you are not on the board and want a link to the meeting please email Pastor Matt at matt.franks@tahlequahumc.org

The Adult Zoom Bible study will be taking a break but will start back on August 17th 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

We will be looking at the The Wesley Challenge by Chris Folmsbee Renew your passion and discover deeper commitment to God in just 21 days. The Wesley Challenge not only offers an introduction to our denomination’s founder in a practical and accessible way, the series engages small groups and churches to work through twenty-one questions studied over three weeks to help renew passion and discover a deeper commitment to God and others—one that is more authentic, vulnerable, and soul-shaping. Buy the Book here: https://amzn.to/2CCv1HI

Sign up for the Zoom Meeting On our Website: www.tahlequahumc.org

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:13-21 Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it,

you’ve got to start young. —Theodore Roosevelt

ourists go to California for many reasons. One is to see the majestic coastal redwoods. Four things stand out about these redwoods: They are old, tall, nurturing and interconnecting.

They are old! California redwoods are among the oldest living things on the planet. Some live to be more than 2,000 years old! That’s old! They are tall! Redwoods routinely soar to a height of more than 300 feet — the length of a football field! Sometimes, the tops are out of sight. The tallest redwood is “Hyperion” at 380 feet tall. Because people can be so mean, the location of the tallest trees like Hyperion is a closely guarded secret.

They are nurturing. Here’s what one source says: “Incredibly, mats of soil on the upper branches of the canopy support other plants and whole communities of worms, insects, salamanders and mammals. Plants that grow on other plants are called epiphytes; some of the redwoods’ epiphytes are trees themselves. Trees that have been documented growing on the coastal redwoods include cascara, Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, western hemlock and California bay laurel — some reaching astonishing heights of 40 feet.”

Their roots intertwine. The root system is rather shallow — only going down 6 to 12 feet deep. But the roots flare out horizontally, intertwining with the roots of other trees thereby finding support in the root systems of others. This interconnectedness greatly increases their stability.

We are like redwoods. We’re old. But we’re tall. We’re wise. We have gained some wisdom. We nurture others, helping them to grow and develop into mature “trees” themselves. And our roots intertwine. We depend on others. We in turn are strengthened by them, while

providing support for them as well. So this week, let’s be a tree — like the redwood tree!

—Timothy Merrill

Prayer: O God, you are the Grand Tree of all other trees! You are the greatest! You have fed and protected me. Help me to grow old gracefully, to help others and find strength in the “roots” and presence of others. Amen.

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Week of August 2, 2020

Daily Bible Readings Sunday: James 1-2 Monday: Jeremiah 9-12 Tuesday: Jeremiah 13-16 Wednesday: Jeremiah 17-20 Thursday: Jeremiah 21-23 Friday: Jeremiah 24-26 Saturday: Psalms 85-87

DIRECTIONS: At each step down, subtract one letter to form a new word. Each step has a clue.

SWEAT SPINET

__ __ __ __ chair __ __ __ __ __ backbone

__ __ __ consume __ __ __ __ twirl

__ __ location __ __ __ brooch

__ indefinite article __ __ not out

__ first person pronoun

ANSWERS: SWEAT— seat, eat, at, a; SPINET� spine, spin, pin, in, I.

Verse to Remember This week’s Verse to Remember is presented as a

cryptogram. See if you can decode the message before looking up the verse in the Bible.

Clues: Y=T, D=I

Y K T P Y D X Y J Z V Q K R F D Y J O V V C Q T K J Z O K Y , O X R R Q

X Q Y K Z V C Q X C Q T K Q F X D X P D L J Y . — Proverbs 3:5 (NRSV)