Nothing Last Forever
December 9, 2010
This week Urban Meyer the University of Florida head football coach resigned at the age of 46-years-old. It came unexpected but not necessarily surprising as he contemplated retiring after last season. He has talked about wanting to spend more time with his family and has some personal health concerns.
This is a great opportunity to talk about sustainability. Obviously you can reach a point where it is not possible to keep moving forward at the same speed you are going. Whether it’s in football, education, or ministry we have to keep in mind the race (see Hebrews 12:1) set out before us.
We have to decide what direction and speed is best to manage. We have to
makesure we don’t set the cruise control to high or we will be prone to accidents like forgetting to call a family member back or miss an opportunity to impact someone outside of your “work life”. We can’t go to slow because we only have 1 shot at this life and don’t want to waste it playing video games. We have to find our speed and set it.
Also this week Keith Fitzhugh an undrafted professional rookie football player who is not on a team and is working as a train conductor turned down a chance to play football again. The New York Jets, a team some think may make the Super Bowl, offered him a chance to be on the practice squad. Fitzhugh turned them down. When I first heard this I thought it was crazy. I figured he had probably seem that Denzel Washington movie about trains (Denzel does make everything look cool) and wanted to do that. It turns out Fitzhugh loves his job and said this according to the New York Post, “I wanted job security,” he said. “There was the chance to get a Super Bowl ring, but I just didn’t want to go up there and be a body. I’m thinking long term.”
Sounds to me like he was going for something more sustainable.
Youth Info December
November 29, 2010
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Here’s a look at some of the information that went out over the Thanksgiving break in case you missed it. I’m so excited about our December schedule and the upcoming Holiday season. We have so much going on and we know that you do to. To make things easier we are doing our weekly service during Sunday School. We will have worship, games, and a great message in our Sunday Morning Surge Series – Christmas Stories. We will be taking a look at what it means to celebrate Christmas.
Also we will be having different activities on Sunday Night. Check out our calender and weekly mail out card.
Prayer Request
October 4, 2010
Hey ya’ll,
In case you haven’t heard, our Sr. Pastor, Jimmy Cason, is having bypass surgery in the morning. He is a great guy and I have faith that everything will go great and we will become stronger as church. I want to ask you to say a prayer for him and our church when you read this. We will be having a prayer vigil on Tuesday, October 5. So if you read this in time please swing by. Here is the official announcement:
The SFUMC Sanctuary will be open from 7am to 12pm tomorrow (Tuesday) morning for a prayer vigil for Pastor Jimmy during the time of his surgery. (Just in case you haven’t heard– Jimmy will undergo bypass surgery in the morning) The south side — Trellis Garden side — red door to the Sanctuary will be open, please enter and exit through this door. Please come as you are able to lift up our pastor. Let’s surround Pastor Jimmy and all those involved in his surgery with prayer. Feel free to forward this email to all who might be interested. Thank you!!
Feel free to send Jimmy an encouraging message on his facebook, or emailing him jsacason@aol.com You can also send cards to the church.
P.O. Box 2048 Statesboro, GA 30459
David Donnan 