Our marks in the sand - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Our steps on the earth
what will we leave behind
our marks in the sand
the fleeting sands of time

Our choice to live
by the world or for God
to treasure our possessions
or to be his feet and hands

To love our neighbor
or the things that rust
to live for his glory
or to stumble in the dust

September 22, 2010
Luke 16:19-31 (Common English Bible)
1 Timothy 6:17-19
Psalm 146:1-6 (Call to Worship) (The Message)
Worship Theme: “Where do we place our trust?”
and sermon, “Whom Shall I Trust”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pastorruthfoss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
September 26, 2010
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
&
earlier poem, posted to www.christianpoetry.org today
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Our Footprints on the Earth

We, humankind
footprints on the earth
global consequences to our choices
whether divinely made
of cosmic dust
coalesced into our shape
footprints, in the ground,
the water, the air
rippling down through time
ending we know not where

November 23, 2009
Christ the King Sunday
Call to Worship
(taken from United Methodist Book of Worship, page 76)
Luke 6:37-38
Psalm 92:1-4
Hymn: “Come, Ye Thankful People Come”,
by Henry Aford,
United Methodist Hymnal, # 694,
based on Mark 4:26-29 (Parable of the Growing Seeds)
and Matthew 13:36-43 (Parable of the Weeds)
& sermon “Defined by Generosity”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 22, 2009
His sermon is the final of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)
&
Luke 12:15-21
and Psalm 16
and “The Prayer of St. Francis”,
United Methodist Hymnal #481;
and sermon, “I Want It All . . .”,
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss,
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
November 15, 2009
Her sermon is the third of a four-part series based in part on
Reverend Adam Hamilton (http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/)’s book,
“Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity” (http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426702334)

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