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Rev. Missy Turbeville *From the June 2026 FUMC of Bartow Newsletter
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. … 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body ... there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. -1 Corinthians 12: 7, 12, 13a 25b, 26, & 27
So it has begun! Our new life together sharing the love of Christ empowered by the Holy Spirit and Bartow and beyond. Already last month we worshipped together, supported missions to East Angola, studied the Bible, met to talk about congregational care, fellowshipped, discussed leadership, and broke bread together. This month we will be in outreach to the children of our community with our Jerusalem VBS: Palm Sunday to Pentecost. We will continue to deepen our understanding of who Jesus is as we worship and discuss Jesus as our Hope and Joy and what it means that Jesus called himself the True Vine , Bread of Life, and Living Water. And at the end of the month we will send our Mission team to Argentina.
As the summer progresses, we will make plans for the Fall and the upcoming year full of ideas and enthusiasm. In fact, Sylvia has already mentioned in this newsletter about Christmas caroling on Friday, December 18! Oh yes, the planning has already begun!
There are so many gifts and abilities in our church family! We want to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit as we seek to share the love of Christ using our Spiritual Gifts and other skills and abilities. In the Fall, as we talk about and study what it means to be the body of Christ (what we call the Church), we will take time to review our Spiritual Gifts and what those Gifts are telling us about God’s desires for our church and its ministries.
The beautiful thing is that we will do this together. Just as we blessed a family who was moving away and welcomed our newest, youngest
worshiper, we all voted unanimously to merge. This is what God does when we are open to the work of the Holy Spirit!
In Christ, we are given the opportunity to grow, produce fruit, find sustenance, be refreshed, support others, and share in the reconciling work of Jesus. In July and August, watch for opportunities to help plan as we prepare to do new things, restart old ideas, and together in Christ share and be a living example of the love of God in Bartow and beyond!
With love in Christ,
Pastor Missy
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. … 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body ... there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. -1 Corinthians 12: 7, 12, 13a 25b, 26, & 27
So it has begun! Our new life together sharing the love of Christ empowered by the Holy Spirit and Bartow and beyond. Already last month we worshipped together, supported missions to East Angola, studied the Bible, met to talk about congregational care, fellowshipped, discussed leadership, and broke bread together. This month we will be in outreach to the children of our community with our Jerusalem VBS: Palm Sunday to Pentecost. We will continue to deepen our understanding of who Jesus is as we worship and discuss Jesus as our Hope and Joy and what it means that Jesus called himself the True Vine , Bread of Life, and Living Water. And at the end of the month we will send our Mission team to Argentina.
As the summer progresses, we will make plans for the Fall and the upcoming year full of ideas and enthusiasm. In fact, Sylvia has already mentioned in this newsletter about Christmas caroling on Friday, December 18! Oh yes, the planning has already begun!
There are so many gifts and abilities in our church family! We want to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit as we seek to share the love of Christ using our Spiritual Gifts and other skills and abilities. In the Fall, as we talk about and study what it means to be the body of Christ (what we call the Church), we will take time to review our Spiritual Gifts and what those Gifts are telling us about God’s desires for our church and its ministries.
The beautiful thing is that we will do this together. Just as we blessed a family who was moving away and welcomed our newest, youngest
worshiper, we all voted unanimously to merge. This is what God does when we are open to the work of the Holy Spirit!
In Christ, we are given the opportunity to grow, produce fruit, find sustenance, be refreshed, support others, and share in the reconciling work of Jesus. In July and August, watch for opportunities to help plan as we prepare to do new things, restart old ideas, and together in Christ share and be a living example of the love of God in Bartow and beyond!
With love in Christ,
Pastor Missy
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