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Don’t Forget to Change Your Clocks Tonight!

Daylight Savings time begins again!

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 2:00:00 AM (or earlier!) clocks are turned forward 1 hour to become Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 3:00:00 AM

Daylight Savings TIme is not just a way to annoy us when we want to sleep in on Sundays. The modern idea of daylight saving was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson and it was first implemented during the First World War.

Although most of the United States used DST throughout the 1950s and 1960s, DST use expanded following the 1970s energy crisis and has generally remained in use in North America and Europe since that time.

Everybody sing along…

Image above from http://www.gbod.org/planning-calendar/daylight-savings-time

Daylight Saving Time (techlearning.com)
Daylight Saving Time kicks in this weekend (fox4kc.com)
Daylight Saving Time 2013 date, (wptv.com)
The Time Has Come To Spring Forward (miami.cbslocal.com)

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Posted by MaryO on March 9, 2013 in Pender UMC, Posts of Interest

Tags: church, Clock, Daylight saving time, DST, GBOD, George Vernon Hudson, Methodist, sleep, Sunday, United States

The Bible is on the History Channel Tonight at 8:00PM ET

03 Mar

The Bible is a powerful telling of stories from the Scriptures mixing live action with state-of-the-art CGI. The Bible App was recently named the official app of The Bible series, a production of husband-and-wife team Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) and Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Voice).

See the premiere tonight – and then continue to watch each week until the finale on Easter Sunday, March 31.

Interview: From Survivor and Touched by an Angel to the Bible (christianitytoday.com)
Roma Downey and Mark Burnett: Making The Bible a Daunting, Deep Experience (huffingtonpost.com)
The Bible Miniseries Premiering on The History Channel March 3, 2013 (reellifewithjane.com)
Just inTime for Lent and Easter, the iMissal Catholic Bible App is Now Available in iTunes for iPhone and iPad (prweb.com)
The Bible, is a five week long, ten hour mini-series starting on March 3 and ending on Easter Sunday, March 31 (iamacitizen.wordpress.com)
The Bible Miniseries – Pastors, Great Outreach Opportunity! (clflemings.com)

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Posted by MaryO on March 3, 2013 in Posts of Interest, Videos

Tags: Bible, Computer-generated imagery, Easter, History Channel, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, Sunday, Survivor, Touched by an Angel, TV, video

What Are the Different Kinds of Psalms?

26 Feb

From my email, adapted from the NIV Quest Study Bible by Zondervan.

This unique Bible addresses the common, uncommon, and perplexing questions people ask about Scripture.

There are many ways to categorize the psalms. Some focus on content (trouble or trust, praise or prayer, joy or repentance). Others emphasize the use of the psalms (public ceremonies, private prayers and so on). Still others analyze style and technique (such as parallelism and acrostics). Here are some general categories:

(1) Hymns of praise. Many psalms were used in temple worship and some even include directions for the song leader. Many are still used as the basis for hymns and praise choruses.

(2) Complaints. Life is tough and many of the psalms reflect that fact. People turn to the psalms in times of distress because the psalms dare to be honest and meet them right where they are.

(3) Royal or Messianic. Many psalms revolved around the king and were intended to be used for public occasions in the life of the nation of Israel. Early Christian teachers, however, recognized that these psalms contained prophetic allusions to Jesus Christ, the King of kings.

(4) Occasional. Referred to as songs of ascent (Ps 120–134), these psalms were so named because they were sung by Israelite pilgrims as they went up to Jerusalem for the annual feasts. Other special occasions often had their own psalms as well.

(5) Wisdom. A few psalms illustrate the difference between human folly and godly wisdom, between sinful and righteous behavior.

Other categories could also be listed: historical, repentance, curse and creation.

Psalm 137 (Photo credit: Mouse)

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Posted by MaryO on February 26, 2013 in Bible Study, Books of The Bible, Posts of Interest, The Holy Bible

Tags: Bible, Christian, Christianity, complaint, creation, curse, God, historical, hymn, Israelite, Jerusalem, Jesus, king, messianic, New International Version, Psalms, quest study bible, religion, repentance, royal, teacher, theology, wisdom, Zondervan

Sermon February 24, 2013: Are issues black and white or only gray?

23 Feb

Feb. 24th Sermon: Are issues black and white or only gray?

Is there an answer to the issues we face in the world today? If you look at our congress and society it seems each charts out its answer and that’s it. Or we simply say there isn’t an answer but it’s a gray area and its up to each to decide.

Does the Bible teach an objective truth and, if so, what difference does it make?

Let’s look at that this Sunday and the issues we as a society face.

This sermon will be on the Pender Podcast later this week. Find the podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pender-podcast/id570777662

Lent and Easter Sermons at Pender UMC (pendernews.org)

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Posted by MaryO on February 23, 2013 in Lent, Pender UMC

Tags: Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Lent, podcast, religion, sermon, Sunday

23 Feb

Great images, inspirational Bible verses –

Darrell Creswell - A Study of Christian Grace

I enjoy writing my blog and sharing of God’s goodness, grace and mercy. I also enjoy creating the pictures that go along with the blog. I have listed over 50 inspirational Bible verses here in these pictures. I pray they are a blessing.