LeRoy Harvest Festival 2010

September 25, 2010
Parade – 11:30 AM

Kids Games –
following parade
(Behind the church)

Music – 12:30 PM

Auction – 2 PM
Quilt drawing following auction

Supper – 5 PM
(Free Will Offering)

Snack Shack will be open all day.

LeRoy Presbyterian Church, LeRoy, Iowa.
For more information please call the church office at 641-877-4641.

Nikki says.....1M2L......

Nikki says…
A good self-esteem is great, a huge ego full of pride...well, that will lead you nowhere very quickly. If we develop soooo much pride and a "me" mentality, we end up not paying attention to anything around us, including our amazing Father. Word of Wisdom: Proverbs 16:18," Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." (air1.com)

Tim says…
love deeply..and forgive quickly, take chances..give everything.. and have no regrets (1M2L.com the tongue of the wise brings healing.")

Nikki says....1M2L.....

Nikki says…
There's a moment (or moments) where the sun isn't shining that nicely, & it's so easy to go the negative route and stay there. But it is a CHOICE to always think negatively, see the glass half-empty! Are you going to focus on the positive instead? Word of Wisdom: Proverbs 12:18, "Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” (air1.com)

Tim says…
It is all about being a part of something big by doing something small. (1M2L.com)

# 100 - Family Prayer

Oh how we take our family for granted. Pray for your family, all of your family – brothers, sisters, parents, children, cousins, aunts and uncles. Pray for the immediate family, also the in-laws, out-laws, and ex-laws. Like a child at bedtime pray for each one by name, “God bless …. and … and … and etc” List them all by name, even if it should take an hour or more. They are worth it. They are family, kin to you and precious to God. Perhaps Sunday is the “most family day” of your week, or the most relaxed. If so, gather your family together and offer your Family Prayer every Sunday. You don’t have to bow your heads or close your eyes. Just mention different ones in the family, talk briefly about them, tell how maybe Jesus could help them out or maybe how he has helped them out. When you are all done, end by singing “Blest Be the Tie that Binds.” Establish this practice and watch your family life improve. Don’t be surprised if the children quickly take the lead in this.

# 99 - Prayer Boots

Loretta Ross (http://theprayinglife.wordpress.com) is truly a spiritual leader. Her denomination has endorsed her and her spiritual retreat ministry as being truly called of God. She tells of the early years of trying to discern her call, knowing that she had to be with God, alone with God, in that piece of God’s holy creation that would one day become her retreat center. One day per week, all day, she would walk the land and talk with God. On muddy days she would wear a pair of old rubber “farmer boots.” In time, those boots became her Prayer Boots which she wore regardless of the weather. Well worn now and set aside in an honored place those Prayer Boots remind her of the wonderful intimacy and intense distress that, way back when, shaped her ministry today. Prayer Boots. Would a pair of your own help get you outdoors and in closer communion with God?

# 98 - The Pittsburgh Experiment

Built on the writings and ministry of Dr. Sam Shoemaker in the 1950’s and 1960’s this prayer experiment is a 30-day covenant between you and God. In it you promise to talk to God straight out about your deep thoughts and deeper feelings, knowing full well that he knows what’s in your heart and mind. Most of us cannot handle that kind of honesty for a day, let alone a month. In return you expect absolutely God’s answer to your prayer within the 30 days. This prayer form is a strenuous self-challenge of continual asking, listening, and arguing with God for an entire month, changing and changing again the wording of your prayer until your struggle-shaped prayer and re-shaped self finally conform to the true and answerable need of your soul. You must allow 30 days for this to happen, and it will. And when it does, God’s answer will be so immediate, perfect, and obvious.

# 97 - Jesus Prayer

Developed in the Russian Orthodox tradition the Jesus Prayer is a prayer that can be practiced not only in a monastic cell, but in the busyness of a lay person’s active, demanding life. The prayer consists of the following words: “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me.” To pray this prayer speak it aloud and repeatedly, aware of the resonance of the sounds in your throat. Engage the lips, the mind, and the heart, while imagining the face of Jesus and opening yourself totally to the constant flow of his abundant grace. It is a passive prayer whereby our faith is stirred, our sin is forgiven, our needs are provided for by God’s mercy, and without our specific asking. (from Doug Rumford’s book, SoulShaping, pp 176-7.)