Music Fridays - "How Firm a Foundation" The Hong Kong Singing Churchmen

This hymn was written by John Rippon and originally published in 1787. For more info or to read all five stanzas, click here. 

Dave Ramsey Live in Oak Cliff- Don't Miss Out!

Dave Ramsey will be presenting a Total Money Makeover seminar on Saturday, March 13 at The Potter's House from noon until five pm.

Tickets for Dave Ramsey Live start at $43 if you purchase them on-line. However, they are only $25 if purchased through the church office. (The church does not get a commission on the tickets- but we are willing to make time to process discount ticket orders so that our members can benefit from Dave's ministry.)

Tyler Street UMC is committed to the Biblical financial principles which Dave teaches. We have offered Financial Peace University for four years running and our finance committee believes that FPU has helped our members survive the recession and support the work of the church through giving.

We believe that this live event will be a blessing for FPU grads as well as those who have never heard Dave Ramsey's teaching before. There are no gimmicks and no empty "name-it-and-claim-it" promises. Dave delivers simple, Biblical principles aimed to help you get real, get ready, and get out of debt. It will be an entertaining, challenging, and encouraging few hours that can transform the way you live and deepen our faith.

Dave's staff in Nashville informed us on Tuesday that the event is almost sold out. So if you want tickets at the discounted rate, please e-mail John Wilks or call 214-946-8106 to reserve your tickets ASAP!

Tyler Street Pulpit - January 17, 2010

"Jonah, part 2" by Rev. Ed Lantz

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Music Fridays- "Glory To God Forever" by Steven Fee

Tyler Street Pulpit: January 10, 2010

"Jonah, part 1" by Rev. Ed Lantz

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January News Letter

Tyler Street News Jan 2010

Tyler Street Almanac - January 18-24

Daily Bible Readings

Monday:
In the morning, Psalms 25
In the evening, Psalms 9, 15
Genesis 8:6-22
Hebrews 4:14-5:6
John 2:23-3:15

Tuesday:
In the morning, Psalms 26, 28
In the evening, Psalms 36, 39
Genesis 9:1-17
Hebrews 5:7-14
John 3:16-21

Wednesday:
In the morning, Psalms 38
In the evening, Psalms 119:25-48
Genesis 9:18-29
Hebrews 6:1-12
John 3:22-36

Thursday:
In the morning, Psalms 37:1-18
In the evening, Psalms 37:19-42
Genesis 11:1-9
Hebrews 6:13-20
John 4:1-15

Friday:
In the morning, Psalms 31
In the evening, Psalms 35
Genesis 11:27-12:8
Hebrews 7:1-17
John 4:16-26

Saturday:
In the morning, Psalms 30, 32
In the evening, Psalms 42, 43
Genesis 12:9-13:1
Hebrews 7:18-28
John 4:27-42

Sunday:
In the morning, Psalms 63,98
In the evening, Psalms 103
Genesis 13:2-18
Galatians 2:1-10
Mark 7:31-37

Worship Preparation, January 24, 2010

Rev. Ed Lantz preaching

Jonah 1:17-2:10 – “You’re Never Too Far Down”

Prayer:

Give us grace, O Lord, to answer readily the call of our Savior Jesus Christ
and proclaim to all people the Good News of his salvation,
that we and the whole world may perceive the glory of his marvelous works;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Collect for the 3rd Sunday After Epiphany (BCP, 1979 ed.)

Food for thought:

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that"

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Spiritual Formation Link of the Week:

"Loving Your Enemies" - Sermon of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, preached at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 November 1957.

Call To Serve: Haiti

Dear Tyler Streeters,

Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe has declared the next two Sundays, January 17th and 24th, as Special Offering Days for Haiti through donations to the United Methodist Committee on Relief Haiti Emergency Response Fund.  

Because our apportionment giving already covers the overhead for the United Methodist Committee on Relief, 100% of the funds collected during these special offerings will go directly to Haiti- not one penny will be used on administrative costs. Giving through the church is the most efficient way to get help where it is needed.

This Sunday, you can make out checks to Tyler Street and simply write Haiti on the memo line.

If you are out this Sunday, you can either mail a check to the church office (927 W 10th Street Dallas, TX 75208) or you can even donate on-line through UMCOR. 

Please prayerfully consider how God wants to respond to this crisis. 

For the latest news on the situation in Haiti and for more ways you can help, visit http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/emergencies/ongoing/haitiearthquake/. 

Tyler Street Loves Oak Cliff

Dear Tyler Streeters,

No doubt, most of you can recite John 3:16 by heart. We know that God sent Jesus into the world because of His love for all of us.

But how often do we realize that God sends the Church, which His Son founded, into the world for the exact same reason?

Our God loves Oak Cliff. He loves every person in who lives, works, shops, dines, or plays in Oak Cliff. And God wants us to love them too!

That is why we are asking every small group at Tyler Street (Sunday School Classes, youth and children’s ministry, the Choir, the staff, off-campus groups- etc.) to get out there and show Oak Cliff the love of God through our service and our fellowship!

We want each group to select a ministry or charity other than the CSO, the Manor, or the Academy, and do a service project for them sometime between now and February 14.

You could fold clothes for Goodwill or the Salvation Army, or do a diaper drive in front of Wal Mart for a crisis pregnancy center or serve a meal at a soup kitchen or put on an evening of entertainment at a nursing home or collect toiletries for a homeless shelter and so on- any project where your class or group gets together, gets out into the community, and makes a difference for the sake of Jesus Christ.

Then, on Sunday, February 14, after the 10:50 service, you are all invited to a potluck lunch in Anderson Hall to celebrate our efforts.

It is our hope that this experience of service will deepen our faith, help provide a powerful bonding moment for every class and group, and (most importantly) give us a chance to share the Gospel with the people of Oak Cliff.

When your class or group has picked a project, please call me at 214-946-8106 or e-mail johnwilks@tsumc.org and let me know when and where your group will be doing your project.

If your class needs suggestions or if you don’t belong to a class yet and want to find a group to serve with, contact me and I will point you in the right direction.

So let’s all work together and give Oak Cliff a Valentine straight from the heart of God!

Grace and peace,

John Wilks
Associate Pastor

Tyler Street Almanac - January 11-17, 2010

Daily Bible Readings

Monday:
In the morning, Psalms 1, 2, 3
In the evening, Psalms 4, 7
Genesis 2:4-9(10-15)16-25
Hebrews 1:1-14
John 1:1-18

Tuesday:
In the morning, Psalms 5, 6
In the evening, Psalms 10, 11
Genesis 3:1-24
Hebrews 2:1-10
John 1:19-28

Wednesday:
In the morning, Psalms 119:1-24
In the evening, Psalms 12, 13, 14
Genesis 4:1-16
Hebrews 2:11-18
John 1:(29-34)35-42

Thursday:
In the morning, Psalms 18:1-20
In the evening, Psalms 18:21-50
Genesis 4:17-26
Hebrews 3:1-11
John 1:43-51

Friday:
In the morning, Psalms 16, 17
In the evening, Psalms 22
Genesis 6:1-8
Hebrews 3:12-19
John 2:1-12

Saturday:
In the morning, Psalms 20, 21
In the evening, Psalms 116, 117
Genesis 6:9-22
Hebrews 4:1-13
John 2:13-22

Sunday:
In the morning, Psalms 148, 149, 150
In the evening, Psalms 114, 115
Genesis 7:1-10,17-23
Ephesians 4:1-16
Mark 3:7-19

Worship Preparation, January 17, 2010

(Green)

Rev. Ed Lantz preaching

Jonah 1:3-16 – “You Can Run But You Cannot Hide” 

Prayer:

We ask you, Lord and Master, to be our help and succor. Save those who are in tribulation; have mercy on the lonely; lift up the fallen; show yourself to the needy; heal the ungodly; convert the wanderers of your people; feed the hungry; raise up the weak; comfort the faint-hearted. Let all the peoples know that you are God alone, and Jesus Christ is your Son, and we are your people and the sheep of your pasture; for the sake of Christ Jesus. Amen.

A Prayer of Clement of Rome (A first century bishop and student of Peter.)

Food for thought:

“Most Christians love a testimony- when it is over.
Hardly anyone is willing to walk through the dark places as a friend."

from a commenter names Jen on Christianity Today's Her-menutics blog

Spiritual Formation Link of the Week:

Roots of Methodism

Tyler Street Pulpit - 12/27 & 1/3

December 27, 2009
"His First Words" by Rev. Ed Lantz

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January 3, 2010
"It Must Be Good News" by Rev. John Wilks

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Tyler Street Almanac: January 4-10, 2010

Daily Bible Readings

Monday:
In the morning, Psalms 85, 87
In the evening, Psalm 89:1-29
Joshua 3:14-4:7
Ephesians 5:1-20
John 9:1-12, 35-38

Tuesday:
In the morning, Psalms 2, 110:1-5(6-7);
Jonah 2:2-9
Ephesians 6:10-20
John 11:17-27, 38-44
In the evening, Psalms 29, 98
Isaiah 66: 18-23
Romans 15:7-13

Wednesday (Epiphany:)
In the morning, Psalms 46, 97
In the evening, Psalms 96,100
Isaiah 49:1-7
Revelation 21:22-27
Matthew 12:14-21

Thursday:
In the morning, Psalms 103
In the evening, Psalms 114, 115
Deuteronomy 8:1-3
Colossians 1:1-14
John 6:30-33,48-51

Friday:
In the morning, Psalms 117, 118
In the evening, Psalms 112, 113
Exodus 17:1-7
Colossians 1:15-23
John 7:37-52

Saturday:
In the morning, Psalms 121, 122, 123
In the evening, Psalms 131, 132
Isaiah 45:14-19
Colossians 1:24-2:7
John 8:12-19

Sunday:
In the morning, Psalms 146, 147
In the evening, Psalms 111, 112, 113
Genesis 1:1-2:3
Ephesians 1:3-14
John 1:29-34

Worship Preparation, January 10. 2010

Baptism of the Lord/First Sunday after the Epiphany(White)
Rev. Ed Lantz preaching

Lectionary Passages:

Isaiah 43:1-7;
Psalm 29 (United Methodist Hymnal 761)
Acts 8:14-17;
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Prayer:

Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Collect for the Baptism of the Lord Sunday
from The Book of Common Prayer 1979 edition.

Food for thought:

“New birth into life in Christ, which is signified by baptism, is the beginning of that process of growth in grace and holiness through which God brings us into closer relationship with Jesus Christ, and shapes our lives increasingly into conformity with the divine will”

from By Water and the Spirit: A United Methodist Understanding of Baptism

Spiritual Formation Link of the Week:

By Water and the Spirit: A United Methodist Understanding of Baptism from the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship