Patten Sunshine Weekly: Easter Continues!!

  

 
 

 



 

Easter Continues!! 

 We had a wonderful time celebrating our April Family Worship and Coffee Hour last Sunday. It was so good to be together!

Celebrating Our Church Family:

  • Happy Birthday to Inara, Madi, Ted, Roberta, Chrissy, Leslie, Sue, and Debbie!

  • Happy Anniversary to Penny and Ross (49th) and Bob and Jean (48th)!

May your special days be filled with blessings!








Dickie is Back!

Since last November, his health has kept him away from the pews, so we have been praying for him. God answered our prayers in a big way last Sunday! Not only did Dickie make it to church, but he pulled a total "pro move" and drove himself here. I wasn't sure he could pull it off, but there he was—shining brighter than the altar candles—reading his beautiful testimony for all of us to hear.

 


 

Welcome our New Pastor: We are excited to welcome Pastor Craig Taylor, Megan, Reilley (8), and Ezra (6) from Kentucky, starting July 1st. God has prepared the right pastor who understands cooperative ministry in a rural area. He will be serving four churches.

 




Nursing Home ministry

     A huge thank you to Denise, Penny, and Sue from Hodgdon UMC for stepping into the nursing home ministry alongside Kirsty, Jiang, and Hong from Houlton UMC!

We meet every Friday at 10:00 AM at Gardiner for Bible study, and every third Sunday at 2:00 PM, we hold a nursing home service filled with music! May God bless all those who bring such passion and compassion to our residents.



 

Thank you for welcoming me as your sister, both here in America and in heaven! You are always so thoughtful and generous.

Here is my story about it: Swron-in 

 


   UPCOMING EVENTS:

·       Apr. 12 -  Family Worship & Coffee Hour

·                       Community Handbell Choir Concert (At 3:00 pm

                Houlton UMC)

Apr. 16  Prayer Meeting at 11:30 am at Sanctuary

Apr. 17 Fabulous Friday with Cooking Class

             & Acolyte Class at 3:15-4:45

Apr. 24  Due date to collect Faith Story (Here is the faithbook from all four churches) 

              The due date was changed due to the date for publishing the book 

·       May  3  -  Cluster Service with the Bishop  Grant Memorial UMC 

           Presque Isle.  (Hybrid)

·       May 31 -  Combined Service of Farewell (10 am Houlton UMC)

 

   Weekly Program:

           Every Sunday – Sunday School

           1st & 3rd Friday:  Afternoon School Program (3:15-4:45 pm)

           2nd & 4th Friday:  Family Karaoke (5:30-7:30 pm)

          

Thursday:  BTS (Thursday Bible Study)  9:30 – 11:00

            Sunday:  SBS (Sunday Bible Study)  9:00 – 10:00

            Nursing Home:  Bible Study (Friday 10 a.m. at Gardiner)

                                     Service (3rd Sunday 2:00 p.m.)

Prayer Requests:

  • Please pray for Trina Pulkkinen, a former teacher now at the Madigan nursing home.

  • Pray for Penny and Ross as they deal with car problems.

  • Pray for our country and for world peace.

  • Pray for a smooth transition for our church as we welcome our new leadership. 

 

Prayers for Bodily Healing:

Donnie Adams, William Barton, Little Beckham, Gary Blake,

Rev. Dan Blevins, Robin Bosse, Dana Carver, Mike Casey,

Kempton Coolong, Gordon & Roseanne Daughinee, Ron Dennis, Raymond Deshaies, Kathy Duffy Family, Patsy Dyer, Ross Gowen, Zachary Gowen, Emily Harris Family, Chris Heath, Dicki Heath,

Hope Heath, Justin Karcher, Coty Kelso, Matt Lane, Ricky Lyons,

Judi MacArthur, Dean McFarland, Pam McGary, Amy Milo,

Danette Moddy, Roberta Moore, Rick Murray,  Ed Noyes,

Robin Pettengill, Barbara Porter, the Richards Family, Dennis Sanborn, Kari Sanborn, the Alfred Savage Family, Cora Savage,  Keith Sheilds, Rena Shorey, Butch Smallwood, Dicki Somers, Steve Trembly, Jr.,    Jolene Webber, Zach Weeks, Linda Zalieka 


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