North Texas Annual Conference Connections - October 2009 Edition

Tyler Street Pulpit: September 27, 2009

Here is part four of Rev. Ed Lantz series on the book of James. This message is entitled "Getting on God's Good Side" and is based on James 4:4-10.

To God be the glory!



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Tyler Street Almanac- September 28- Cotober 4, 2009

Daily Lectionary- September 21-27, 2009

Monday:
Psalms 89:1-18 (Morning)
Psalms 89:19-52 (Evening)
2 Kings 17:24-41
1 Corinthians 7:25-31
Matthew 6:25-34

Tuesday:
Psalms 97, 99 (Morning)
Psalms 94 (Evening)
2 Chronicles 29:1-3,30:1(2-9)10-27
1 Corinthians 7:32-40
Matthew 7:1-12

Wednesday:
Psalms 101, 109:1-30 (Morning)
Psalms 119:121-144 (Evening)
2 Kings 18:9-25
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Matthew 7:13-21

Thursday:
Psalms 105:1-22 (Morning)
Psalms 105:23-45 (Evening)
2 Kings 18:28-37
1 Corinthians 9:1-15
Matthew 7:22-29

Friday:
Psalms 102 (Morning)
Psalms 107:1-32 (Evening)
2 Kings 19:1-20
1 Corinthians 9:16-27
Matthew 8:1-17

Saturday:
Psalms 107:33-43 (Morning)
Psalms 33 (Evening)
2 Kings 19:21-36
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Matt:8:18-27

Sunday:
Psalms 118 (Morning)
Psalms 145 (Evening)
2 Kings 20:1-21
Acts 12:1-17
Luke 7:11-17

Worship Preparation: Sunday, September 27, 2009

October 4, 2009 [Green]
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 22, Year B
James 5:7-12 “Be Patient”

Prayer:

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemporary Collect for Proper 22
From the Book of Common Prayer, ECUSA, 1979 edition.

Food for thought:

“The goal of salvation in the New Testament and the early Fathers is the remaking of the good, God-given created universe, and the resurrection of the body of those who have died, so that they care share in the world that has been put to rights.”

Scholar and Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright,
from Judas and the Gospel of Jesus, p. 102. (Baker Books.)

Spiritual Formation Link of the Week:

"Walking With God" by George Whitefield

Music Fridays- "Hallowed" by Jennifer Knapp

Tyler Street Pulpit: September 20, 2009

Here is part three of Rev. Ed Lantz series on the book of James. This message is entitled "Taming the Tongue" and is based on James 3:1-12.

To God be the glory!



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Tyler Street Almanac- September 21-27, 2009

Daily Lectionary- September 21-27, 2009

Monday:
Psalms 80 (Morning)
Psalms 77 (Evening)
2 Kings 5:1-19
1 Corinthians 4:8-21
Matthew 5:21-26

Tuesday:
Psalms 78:1-39 (Morning)
Psalms 78:40-72 (Evening)
2 Kings 5:19-27
1 Corinthians 5:1-8
Matthew 5:27-37

Wednesday:
Psalms 119:97-120 (Morning)
Psalms 81, 82 (Evening)
2 Kings 6:1-23
1 Corinthians 5:9-6:8
Matthew 5:38-48

Thursday:
Psalms 146, 147 (Morning)
Psalms 85, 86 (Evening)
2 Kings 9:1-16
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Matthew 6:1-6,16-18

Friday:
Psalms 88 (Morning)
Psalms 91, 92 (Evening)
2 Kings 9:17-37
1 Corinthians 7:1-9
Matthew 6:7-15

Saturday:
Psalms 87, 90 (Morning)
Psalms 136 (Evening)
2 Kings 11:1-20a
1 Corinthians 7:10-24
Matthew 6:19-24

Sunday:
Psalms 66, 67 (Morning)
Psalms 19, 46 (Evening)
2 Kings 17:1-18
Acts 9:36-43
Luke 5:1-11

Worship Preparation: Sunday, September 27, 2009

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20, Year B)
James 4:4-10 "Getting on God's Good Side"

Prayer:

O God,
you declare your almighty power
chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
Grant us the fullness of your grace,
that we, running to obtain your promises,
may become partakers of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

Contemporary Collect for Proper 21
From the Book of Common Prayer, ECUSA, 1979 edition.

Food for thought:

“When you get a chance to be saved, you gotta grab it.”

T.V. personality and survival expert Bear Grylls, from a commercial for the Alpha Course.

Spiritual Formation Link of the Week:

"Let your light shine" by Rev. Ken Collins

UM news: Our Jurisdiction Is Re-aligning

Every four years, the leadership of the United Methodist Church gathers for what is know as General Conference. At that two week meeting, decisions are made about any number of issues from our stance on key theological, moral, and social concerns to "mechanical" matters of how we are organized as a denomination.

In keeping with the current economic state of the connection and in response to changes in membership patterns (i.e. our continued decline in the United States,) the decision was made for the South Central Jurisdiction (which runs from New Mexico over to Louisiana and up to Nebraska) to consolidate episcopal offices, thus reducing the number of Bishops in our conference from eleven to ten.

To make that happen, the College of Bishops voted to let the Nebraska Annual Conference share a Bishop with the Kansas East and Kansas West Annual Conferences.

While this decision will not have much if any impact on those of us at Tyler Street, it is good for us to stay informed about what is happening in the United Methodist Church at large.

And as a people of prayer, this presents us a fine opportunity to lift up our brothers and sisters in Nebraska and Kansas as they prepare for this transition. Let's pray that in the midst of this re-alignment, a renewed passion for the Gospel and a new desire to introduce people to Jesus Christ as savior and lord will invigorate United Methodist churches in those three annual conferences.

For more information, click here.

Music Fridays- September 19, 2009

Please enjoy Chris Tomlin's wonderful arrangement of Take My Life and Let It Be.

Tyler Street Almanac- September 13-20, 2009

Daily Lectionary- September 14-20, 2009

Monday:
Monday:
Psalms 64, 65
1 Kings 21:1-16
1 Corinthians 1:1-19
Matthew 4:1-11

Tuesday:
Psalms 68
1 Kings 21:17-29
1 Corinthians 1:20-31
Matthew 4:12-17

Wednesday:
Psalms 119:73-96
1 Kings 22:1-28
1 Corinthians 2:1-13
Matthew 4:18-25

Thursday:
Psalms 74
1 Kings 22:29-45
1 Corinthians 2:14-3:15
Matthew 5:1-10

Friday:
Psalms 73
2 Kings 1:2-17
1 Corinthians 3:16-23
Matthew 5:11-16

Saturday:
Psalms 23, 27
2 Kings 2:1-18
1 Corinthians 4:1-7
Matthew 5:17-20

Sunday:
Psalms 34
2 Kings 4:8-37
Acts 9:10-31
Luke 3:7-18

Worship Preparation: Sunday, September 20, 2009

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20, Year B)
James 3:1-12 "Taming the Tongue"

Prayer:

Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love heavenly things; and even now, whole we are placed among the things that are passing away, to hold fast to those things that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.

Contemporary Collect for Proper 20
From the Book of Common Prayer, ECUSA, 1979 edition.

Food for thought:

“Let him show his wisdom as well as his faith by his works; not by words only.”

John Wesley, commenting on James 3:13

Spiritual Formation Link of the Week:

John Wesley's Notes on the 3rd Chapter of James

Tyler Street Pulpit: September 6, 2009

Here is part two of Rev. Ed Lantz series on the book of James. To God be the glory!



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Tyler Street Pulpit- August 30, 2009

Here is Rev. Ed Lantz preaching "Who Wants to be Blessed?" part one of a five-part series on the book of James entitled "Practical Faith." To God be the Glory!



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