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🌍📚 World Teacher’s Day Post Today we celebrate the incredible teachers who guide, partner, and empower others to grow in wisdom and courage! In Luke 10:1–11, Jesus sends out His followers two by two — reminding us that learning and leading are never meant to happen alone. Teachers live this truth daily, walking beside their students, taking risks to inspire hearts and minds, and planting seeds of faith, curiosity, and love. 💛 Thank you, teachers, for being faithful partners in shaping the future — one lesson, one life, and one act of courage at a time. #WorldTeachersDay #FaithInAction #PartnershipInChrist #Luke10 #RiskTakers #ThankYouTeachers
Hi Church Family, We all long to be part of a story that matters. The first followers of Jesus discovered they carried a power to change the world, and their ordinary lives became part of an extraordinary movement. This World Communion Sunday, we’ll gather around a table that stretches across centuries and continents to ask: Who’s missing, and how can we welcome them? You’ll hear a compelling story that invites you to see your life and your community with fresh eyes and deeper purpose. Bring your family and friends to find out how together we can make a difference right here and now. See you Sunday at 11 am. You are loved, Pastor Randall
🍂🎃 It’s time for Fall fun at St. Stephen UMC! Join us on Saturday, October 25 from 1–3 PM for our FREE Fall Festival. 🍁 Vendors 🍭 Trunk-or-Treat 🎲 Games & More! Bring your family, invite your friends, and come celebrate the season with us—it’s going to be a pumpkin good time! 🎃✨ #FallFestival #FamilyFun #StStephenUMC #mesquitetx
Midweek Check-In: Contentment grows when we slow down, give thanks, and share what we have. 1 Timothy 6:6–19 teaches us that real riches aren’t in money or things, but in generosity and living faithfully. How are you showing contentment and kindness this week? ✝️ #MidweekCheckIn #Contentment #Generosity
☕ Happy International Coffee Day! As we enjoy our favorite cup, let’s pause to remember Paul’s words in 1 Timothy 6: true richness isn’t found in what we own, but in living with contentment and sharing generously. Just like coffee warms us, God’s love fills us—and it’s even better when shared with others. Who could you “pour into” with kindness this week?
Being content means being thankful for what God has already given us. We don’t need “more and more” to be happy—God gives us what we need, and He wants us to share with others. Just like Paul says in 1 Timothy 6, the most important treasures are love, kindness, and helping one another.#allarewelcome #FaithInAction #loveoneanother #GetInvolved #BeLikeJesus #BeWelcoming #MesquiteTX #ServeOthers #ChooseKindness #InclusiveChurch #BeAKindNeighbor #LoveBoldly #PrayForAll #UMC #FaithAndFreedom #GodsLoveForAll #JusticeForAll #UMC4All #SSUMCStories #YoungDisciples
Hi Church family, We live in a world that tells us to keep up, buy more, and never slow down. The constant chase for ‘more’ can leave us restless and weary. But what if God offers a different way of seeing life, one that brings peace instead of pressure? This Sunday we’ll hear good news that invites us to step off the treadmill of ‘not enough.’ Join us at 10:50am for worship and discover a life that is deeper, richer, and more free. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday!!! Please invite your friends and family! You are loved, Pastor Randall
🌎 Today we join in observing American Indian Heritage Day, a time set aside each year to recognize the deep historic, cultural, and social contributions of Native communities and leaders here in Texas and beyond. As 1 Timothy 2:1–7 reminds us, God calls us to pray for all people. Today we lift prayers of gratitude for Indigenous peoples, prayers for healing where there has been harm, and prayers for a future shaped by justice and peace. Being “saved” is more than a personal assurance—it is a calling to live out God’s love through service, prayer, and working toward a world where all communities are valued and able to flourish. ✨ #PrayForAll #AmericanIndianHeritageDay #FaithInAction
💡 As we continue the week, let’s remember: faith isn’t only about the words we speak—it’s about the way we live. When Paul writes in 1 Timothy 2:1–7 that we should pray for all people, he reminds us that God’s love is meant to flow through us into the world. Being followers of Christ means we are called to do more than talk about God’s goodness—we are invited to show it by serving, loving, and lifting up others in prayer. 💜 👉 Who can you serve or pray for today, so that God’s justice and peace grow in our world? #TogetherInFaith #LiveTheWord #FaithInAction #PrayForAll #FaithInAction #UMC #SalvationInLiving #FaithAndFreedom #allarewelcome #InclusiveChurch #GodsLoveForAll #JusticeForAll #ServeOthers #MesquiteTX #BeAKindNeighbor #LoveBoldly #BeWelcoming #UMC4All #1Timothy2 #loveoneanother #ChooseKindness #BeLikeJesus
🌿 Midweek Check-In: Who have you lifted up in prayer this week that you don’t usually think of? Keep practicing the call from 1 Timothy 2 to pray for all people. God’s love has no boundaries. 💭🙏 #MidweekCheckIn #1Timothy2 #PrayForAll #LoveBoldly #BeAKindNeighbor #UMC #MesquiteTX #UMC4All #BeWelcoming #FaithInAction #allarewelcome #InclusiveChurch #GodsLoveForAll #JusticeForAll #loveoneanother #ChooseKindness #BeLikeJesus #FaithAndFreedom #SalvationInLiving #ServeOthers #LetYourLightShine