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Pastor's Paragraphs -- Joe Agne

This Sunday we focus in worship at 10 a.m. on the abundant life – what is it and why is it so elusive? The focus passage is Isaiah 55:1-9. The issue is appetite. Do we have appetites that can be satisfied and those that are never satisfied? Are there external forces that attempt to increase our appetites or even change them? The sermon title is “Abundant Life for All or No Abundance at All.” Can any of us claim abundance in our lives as long as there is anyone in the world without the basic necessities of life? Are the needs (as we understand them) of our lives such that everyone on earth could have the same needs and all of us could have these needs met and all of us could survive and thrive? These are some of the questions I am considering as I study a passage that begins:
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This Week at Memorial

March 9 :  TUESDAYS@DORRY'S :Rev. Joe Agne
see the detailed article below.
 
Wednesday, March 10
Noon: One hour Bible Study with Pastor Joe and Rev. David Parker -- Starts at noon and ends at 1pm, so folks, who need to, can get back to work.
6:30: Lenten Study on Hunger and Poverty. Message by Helen Andrews. Darlene DiDomineck is study leader. Soup and bread by Debbie DeMerritt. Jointly sponsored by the United Methodist Women and the Youth.
 
Thursday, March 11
6:30 PM - Fireside Room
United Methodist Women Monthly Unit meeting.  All women welcome to join the United Methodist Women for dinner and a program. - The United Methodist Women is a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.
 
Saturday, March 13
9:15 a.m.: Memorial joins Congregation Kol Ami (252 Soundview Avenue, White Plains – in the Chapel in the Woods behind the main building) and Rabbi Shira Milgrom, for a study of Nehemiah.
 

Carlton-Sunday Pictures

To see pictures from last Sunday where we celebrated Carlton's ministry click here. 
 

Support Memorial's "250" neighbors

Three organizations are based at Memorial, 250 Bryant Avenue:
  • The Early Childhood Center is receiving registrations for summer camp and next fall. Call 914-949-4187.
  • The LOFT, serving the LGBT community of the Lower Hudson area. Contact David Juehren, Executive Director, for information, 914-948-2932.
  • The The Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence. Contact Marie Laguerre-Lewis, Executive Director, for information on programs (914-949-6555 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
 

TUESDAYS@DORRY'S

Weekly Table Talk
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Food ordering starts at 5:30 p.m.
Dorry’s Diner • 468 Mamaroneck Avenue • White Plains • 914-682-0005
March 9 :  Rev. Joe Agne
Discussion will start at 5:45 this Tuesday, March 9, instead of 6:00, and will end by 6:45. Come early!
Pastor, Memorial United Methodist Church
Precious and The Blind Side: Indicators of Cultural Racism? Soon we will know if two movies, The Blind Side and Precious, will win any Oscars this year. Already we know they are controversial movies, both uncovering major differences between the Black and White communities’ understandings of racism. Pastor Joe Agne, using material from the Ecumenical Women's Center in Boston, will lead the weekly conversation partners in ascertaining these differences. Having viewed the movies will help the discussion, but summary materials will be distributed for those unable to see one or both. How can these movies be so deeply moving to some, so disturbing to others, and both moving and disturbing to still others? We will try to understand each other's perspectives and discover some new understandings of racism and why they elude so many of us. 
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SANCTUARY

Every third Thursday of the month, 6:30pm
Led by Rev. Sara Thompson Tweedy
Music led by Rev. Eric Jennings
Sanctuary is a spiritual gathering devoted to and expressly for the LGBTQ community and their supporters. Because this community struggles for inclusion, we have created a safe space for all persons to worship, question, and trust their own inner wisdom. In a contemplative atmosphere that draws on the teachings of many spiritual traditions, we learn to trust what we believe and give our innermost thoughts and feelings an opportunity to rise from within us. - Join us for an hour of reflection, worship, and fellowship where we can all be who God created us to be.
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Latest Sermons

Recommendations
The Interfaith Connection and Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence present
a discussion series
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM
THOSE WHO INFLUENCED
DR. KING? 
MONDAYS, 7:00 – 8:30 P.M.
APRIL 5, Mahatma Gandhi – Nonviolence and the Power of Love
APRIL 12, Thich Nhat Hanh – The World of Suffering
APRIL 19, Abraham Joshua Heschel – Prophetic Speech
APRIL 26, Malcolm X – Power, Tools and Weapons
Geoff Smith will moderate.  His anti-war activism and civil disobedience have been guided by the teachings of those we will study and discuss.
 
DR. KING FIRESIDE LIBRARY
MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
250 BRYANT AVE., WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605
 
For information or to confirm attendance, call Martin Luther King Institute (914) 949-6555
For directions, see www.memorial4all.org
 
“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism.”      Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 


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