The Daily Digest

Jerry Meadows
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Wednesday August 12, 2026

Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;

make known among the nations what he has done.

Sing to him, sing praise to him;

tell of all his wonderful acts.

Psalm 105:1-2

A Wesley Way of Living:

Get on fire for God and men will come and see you burn.

Quote of the Day:

"Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD"

Rick Warren

Hello Cross Lanes folks!

Happy Mid-Week Check In to you.

It has been a full couple of weeks these last two weeks. We’ve had flood recovery teams mucking out churches and homes all over the state. We’ve delivered a couple thousand flood buckets to Upshur and Lewis counties as well as other places. We’ve received 2500 newly packed flood buckets from the Scouts at the Jamboree. We had a team there as well and we helped pack 730 buckets in one day!

July was a fun month of outside worship which, after having the Dulcimers and Scouts lead us in two Sundays, wrapped up with a service Sunday where we worked on “Being the church!” We, together, packed 48 hospitality welcome packages for new visitors, 80 blessing bags for lobbies and waiting rooms, and built a 20 foot handicap ramp for a home in Dunbar (all in under an hour). MOST IMPRESSIVE!

Now here we are on the doorstep of fall and it’s time to ramp up our children’s and youth programming at church and I want to invite you to be a part of the fun! We need volunteers to help start and keep these programs running. Our dream is to have three age groups on Sunday and Wednesday so the children of our church will get age-appropriate instruction and be able to learn with kids of their own age.

This means we need you. And you. And you!

Call the church office to sign up and help bring this dream to life!

Finally I want to personally invite you to be a part of our membership classes next week. You can read about them more for times and dates in another article here in the Digest. We have been studying and worshipping on the Marks of a Methodist. If this has been hitting home for you, whether you are a long time member or are wanting to join for the first time, come and join me on one of the four days next week for 2 hours and let’s talk about growing this connection that is Cross Lanes United Methodist Church!

Many Blessings!

RevMoll

ERT Training - September 19th

Emergency Response Teams provide a valuable service to community and neighbors in the event of natural disasters. We look forward to opportunities to deploy those who are ERT trained to assist local churches and communities in the months to come to be better prepared and more aware of the resources in the community to care for one another.

The West Virginia Conference Disaster Ministries team is offering ERT (Early Response Team) Training Saturday, September 19th from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The training will be held at Christ Church UMC - Charleston (1221 Quarrier Street, Charleston) and is limited to 20 participants.

The cost for the training is $25 payable with check on the day of training or online (via this registration form) if paying in advance. This covers costs of meal and snacks, classroom materials and t-shirt.If you have questions, please contact Rev. Jim McCune.

Pasor Jim McCune

Disaster Response Ministries Coordinator

West Virginia Conference United Methodist Church

PO Box 2313

Charleston, WV 25328

304-813-1274

Join Our Membership Classes

CLUMC membership classes begin this month. Join us for fellowship and spiritual growth. Whether you are new, a transfer or simply want to refresh your Methodist knowledge, come join us.

Class Dates:

Aug 18 (Tues) @ 2p

Aug 19 (Wed) @ noon

Aug 20 (Thurs) @ 6p

Aug 22 (Sat) @ 10am

Each class is 2 hours.

To sign up, call the church office: (304) 776-3081

Pastor Brandon will be offering Membership Classes to prospective and current members on the dates listed above.

These classes will be 2 hours long and will cover the basics of United Methodist membership vows as well as discussion about what it means to be a Wesleyan Christian, baptism, communion and more!

If you are thinking about joining Cross Lanes United Methodist Church, then this is the class for you!

If you are thinking about transferring from another church, United Methodist or other denomination, this is the class for you!

If you have been a member of Cross Lanes UMC for a while and want to brush up on all things United Methodist, this is also the class for you.

I have done several of these classes over the years and they have always proven to be wonderful experiences in which all involved learned and grew closer to each other.

I hope you will consider joining me and others for this opportunity to learn and consider your membership here at Cross Lanes United Methodist Church!

Rev Moll

How May We Pray for You Today?

You may submit your Joys and Concerns online by clicking the button at the top.

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To add your request to the Church Prayer chain please contact one of the following:

The Church Office (304) 776-3081 Hours: Monday -Thursday: 9:30-3:00.

Lynette Shaw (304) 546-7047

Jerry Meadows (304) 415-6510 or by ema i l .jwmead@frontier.com

Growing in Love of God and Neighbor:

Care for our Homebound CLUMC Friends and Members is important to us. If you have a few moments, you're invited to make a call or send a card to our homebound members. Contact the Church office for information.

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Scripture for Study

1 Peter 5

Philippians 4