The Great Wager

Holy Week, 2014

Dear St. Paul’s Family,

The Great Wager

How is it proved?

It isn’t proved, you fool; it can’t be proved.

How can you prove a victory before

It’s won?  How can you prove a man who leads

To be a leader worth the following,

Unless you follow to the death, and out

Beyond mere death, which is not anything

But Satan’s lie upon eternal life?

Well – God’s my leader, and I hold that he

Is good, and strong enough to work his plan

And purpose out to its appointed end.

I walk in crowded streets, where men

And women, mad with lust, loose-lipped, and lewd,

Go promenading down to hell’s wide gates;

Yet have I looked into my mother’s eyes

And seen the light that never was on sea

Or land, the light of love, pure love and true,

And on that love I bet my life ….

…. I bet my life on beauty, truth,

And love!  Not abstract, but incarnate truth;

Not beauty’s passing shadow, but its self,

Its very self made flesh – love realized.

I bet my life on Christ, Christ crucified.

(By G.A. Studdert-Kennedy (1883-1929)

Anglican priest, poet, World War I military chaplain, and pacifist)

On behalf of the staff and lay leadership of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, I wish you and yours a blessed Holy Week and a Happy Easter.

Grace and Peace,

Magrey

The Rev. Magrey R. deVega

St. Paul's United Methodist Church

531 W. Main St.

Cherokee, IA  51012

Ph:  712-225-3955

Email:  mdevega@sp-umc.org

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SCHEDULE

Maundy Thursday, 7:00pm.  Service of Holy Communion

Good Friday, 7:00pm.  Service of Tenebrae

Easter Morning:  Identical Services at 7:00am and 10:10am

Fellowship in the new kitchen and dining hall between services

CHURCH CLEAN-UP DAY SATURDAY

To prepare for the debut of our new kitchen and dining hall, and in anticipation of our many visitors on Easter morning, we are having a church-wide clean up day this Saturday, from 9:00am to 12noon. 

OFFICE CLOSED MONDAY

In observance of Easter, the office will be closed next Monday, April 21.