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Joshua 5:9-12 (New Revised Standard Version)
9 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.” And so that place is called Gilgal[a to this day.
10 While the Israelites were camped in Gilgal they kept the passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho. 11 On the day after the passover, on that very day, they ate the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. 12 The manna ceased on the day they ate the produce of the land, and the Israelites no longer had manna; they ate the crops of the land of Canaan that year.
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 (New Revised Standard Version)
16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,[c not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. 20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Summary:
We continue the Season of Lent with celebration of United Methodist Women’s Sunday! We celebrate 150 years of ministry with special guests, the Inglewood Senior Inspirational Choir and Jane Stewart, Secretary for the California- Pacific Conference of United Methodist Women! Our theme is, “Legacy of United Methodist Women 150 Years of Service with Faith, Hope, and Love” . Let us be made new in Christ!
Guest Speaker: Jane Stewart
Jane Stewart, daughter of a Methodist pastor, is currently serving as the Conference United Methodist Women Secretary and the Chairperson for the Legacy Endowment Fund Committee. She has held several offices within the Conference, District, and local level throughout her over 50 year membership in this organization. She is a Certified Lay Servant, is a member of Lakewood First UMC and currently serves as a Core Leader for Community Bible Study, an interdenominational, world-wide Bible study organization that brings people together as they fellowship around the study of the Word of God.
She has a passion for serving the Lord as mandated in Colossians 3:23, “Whatever you do, work at it with al your heart, as working for the Lord.” Jane loves composing poems, skits and meditations. Has written articles
in the 2002 UMW National Assembly Reflection Book, the response magazine, and a prayer program in the 2005 Spanish issue of the UMW Program Book. She wrote and performed a song in memory of her mother on Talent night at the 2006 UMW National Assembly in Anaheim, and also wrote and performed a song for Imagine No Malaria at UMW Mission U 2014.
Outside of the church realm, she loves to keep busy [busier] with a variety of different pleasures, but some of her favorite are: karaoke, leading women’s retreats and workshops, spending time with grown kids, grandkids, sibling gatherings, and ironing… yes ironing!
Her life drastically changed with the loss of her husband in 2008 but adds that the Lord has given her a new direction and a deeper relationship with Him and finds new strength and commitment each and every day as she
serves the Lord.