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Sing ‘N Celebrate, January 6, 2013

We will begin our 17^th year of Sing ‘N Celebrate with an opportunity to look back, as Christians, at our personal relationships with our Lord in 2012 – hoping that a fresh focus on strengthening these relationships will be realized and maintained during the New Year.

Even if we feel determined to keep our relationships with the Lord fresh and thriving, ALL Christians can fall short of where we expected to be in our spiritual walks. Andy Murphy will return to our Pender Stage as he portrays this circumstance which can enter our lives. But at any given time, we can start afresh, empowered by grace to return to an even deeper, more memorable, eternal life.

Join us as we come together with the full realization that Jesus couldn’t care more about our relationships with Him!!

Learn more about Sing ‘N Celebrate at http://www.penderumc.org//pages/page.asp?page_id=72469

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Posted by MaryO on December 29, 2012 in Get Involved!, Pender UMC

Tags: Andy Murphy, Jesus, Pender, Sing 'n Celebrate

Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie)

21 Dec

Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial Cairn

On December 21 at 1:30PM the Pender UMC Choir traditionally sings for the Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie) Memorial Service at Arlington National Cemetery.

Last year was my first time experiencing this service and it was so touching. One of the songs we sang is traditionally sung at this service – “Under His Wings”, which was composed in memory of the victims. Last year was the 23rd anniversary of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. A C-Span video of last year’s event (video run time is 1 hr 3 min): http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Flight10

Last year’s speakers included:

Eric Holder, United States Attorney General
Robert Mueller, FBI Director
Frank Mulholland, Lord Advocate of Scotland
Ali Aujali, Libyan Ambassador to the Unites States
John O. Brennan, Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to the President
Brian Murtagh, Department of Justice Prosecutor for the Lockerbie case

For a full remarks about last year’s service, including speaker’s notes, please see http://www.victimsofpanamflight103.org/events/2011/arlington

Here’s a timeline of the event, December 21, 1988:

Extraordinary Response Pan Am 103

A summary of the Memorial Service from 2008, the 20th anniversary:

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Posted by MaryO on December 21, 2012 in Music, Posts of Interest, Videos

Tags: Ali Aujali, Arlington National Cemetery, Brian Murtagh, C-Span, choir, Department of Justice Prosecutor for the Lockerbie case, Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to the President, Eric Holder, FBI, Frank Mulholland, John O. Brennan, Libyan Ambassador, Lockerbie, Lord Advocate of Scotland, Pan Am Flight 103, Pender, Robert Mueller, Under His Wings, United States Attorney General

A Note from the Pastors of Pender

15 Dec

A Note from the Pender Pastors: Pender United Methodist Church

Dear Pender Faith Community,

In light of the events in Connecticut yesterday, we want to join together in this difficult time, to pray for the victims of that tragedy.

So many are questioning what they know to be true, yet it causes people to wonder where God is at a time such as this. While it does not lessen the pain or justify the results, we must believe that God will see us through, that He is and will always be by our side. Let us attempt to turn our disbelief into prayer and our hopes for healing into really making Jesus the center of this Christmas.

We are to worship and honor our God, we are called to pray for those who are hurting, so let us begin to do that. In lieu of watching news programs that repeat the same sad story over and again, make it a point to turn off the noise and turn to God. We will do far more in the healing process if we lift up those who were impacted in such a personal way, opposed to just getting caught up in the commentaries on how and why it happened.

We encourage you to hold the parents, the fellow students, the brothers and sisters, along with friends and family members in your heart. Again, there is no sense to be made of this, but we must ask God to lessen the hurt and enable us to be a source of comfort and authentic faith beginning today. In a season normally filled with children and joy, make your prayer count as a means of filling those empty hearts and let us do it ceaselessly. While we might have suffered a loss in our spirit, by lifting others up, we will renew and petition God on behalf of all who grieve.

The Pastors