The Liberty Bell
8
July/August 2009
Summer Series
on Fruits
You too can have the personal-
ity of Jesus. St. Paul called it the
fruits of the spirit and described
them in Galatians 5: 22,23. We know them as
Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Good-
ness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-
Control. Wouldn’t it be great if we had those
going for us in our personality?
To help you grow as a follower of Jesus
and to benefit from the work and fruit of the
Holy Spirit, we are sharing each fruit, one
week at a time. We will grow as we learn how
to apply each one, and they work better going
backwards through the list. By the time you
have learned self-control and gentleness, you
will be better at faithfulness and consistency,
which will help your goodness and kindness to
others. As you recognize what giving to others
does for them, you will grow in patience.
When you find you can handle
those challenges you will feel the
peace. A peaceful person will just
ooze joy and that will increase your
ability to love. Viola, you are a new
person!
Each Sunday this summer and in the sum-
mer connection class on the fruits, we will ex-
plore how we can grow in that attribute. Come
and join us on this spiritual pilgrimage with
the Holy Spirit as our guide.
There are some variables in this list due to
the pastor’s surgery and recovery. July 5th will
be on Joy. Aug. 16th will be lead by the youth
who report on their summer trip to Connecti-
cut. You will learn patience even as you learn
to experience all the rest of the fruit.
See the prayer from Max Lucado on deal-
ing with the fruit, on the next page - 9
Pastor Jeff
WORSHIP
and
LITURGY
Guest Speakers Galore!
Our summer series on the fruits of the
spirit is being handled by guest speakers this
year. We want to thank our tremendous core of
certified lay speakers for being willing to help
out Pastor Jeff while he is out of commission.
July 5th Rev. Richard Hogue will deliver the
message and lead in Holy Communion.
Aug. 2nd Rev. Kenneth Jones, Pastor Jeff’s
father, will deliver the message and lead in
Holy Communion.
The rest of the Sun-
days will be led by one
of our Lay Speakers.
Special thanks to each
of them for being willing and flexible during
all of this.
We thank, Phil Kaylor, Phillip Browne,
Richard Bontz, Russ Snyder, Karen
Walker, M’Liss Dematatis, and Nancy
Smith for coming to our rescue. Pray for them
as they inspire us to grow in our fruits of the
Spirit.
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