When there is a fifth Sunday in a month, such as August 2010, the Springield Wesleyan will host a Singspiration at 6pm.  The local Wesleyan Churches from Ellington and  Hartord, Ct along with Springfield Wesleyan Hispanna. Call the Springfield Wesleyan Church for more information. In August we will be at the Hartford Wesleyan Church.

All are welcome, come and enjoy a refreshing evening of fellowship and refreshments.

Come Back in January 2010

Larry C. Fair, the pastor of the Springfield Wesleyan Church in Springfield, MA since March 2000, was ordained into the Wesleyan Church on June 23, 2005.

Rev. Fair, retired from Connecticut Light and Power with almost 32 years of service. He served four years in the US Air force as a crew chief on the F4 fighter bomber and is a Vietnam Vet. He and his wife Leona have been married for 44 years and have three grown children, Kim, Stephen and Karen and five grandchildren.

 National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week is September 14-20, 2009. Nearly 1 in 2 people have a chronic illness. If it's not you, it's someone you love. Visit http://www.invisibleillness.com for ways to encourage those you care about.

For information on a local group of Hopekeepers e-mail maishere3@aol.com

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39 NIV)

There is a saying out there that if you are handed lemons, then make lemonade.

We with disabilities have been handed lemons and it all depends on what we do with them.

The children of Israel, when they left Egypt wandered for forty years on a journey that would normally take them a week.

Why? They were handed lemons and did not know what to do with them.

You see I believe God gave us our disabilities, as a way of saying that he trusts us. He knows that we will still praise him, even in the hard times and by doing so we will teach others that he is with us even in times that we do not feel like praising him.

So take what you have and move forward, forward to the great things God has for you.

Joni Erickson Tada, is a prime example of someone who has continued with her disabilities and kept on going forward for God. Sure she struggled, but she learned to use the tools God gave her and to move forward for him.

Father give us the strength today, to face all of the trials we have and the courage to take them and use them for you. Show us how to use our disabilities, to move forward to greater works for you.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Pastor Pat Dittert lives in a berm home in Central Iowa with his lovely wife Nancy and 5 fur babies.Pat lives with Chronic Pain from a number of surgeries and injuries. Brain Tumor surgery left him disabled and unable to do most physical activities. He is also a survivor of Cancer and now has 4 stints in his heart. Pat has several Internet Ministries, and is a freelance writer with Christian newspapers, books, Internet, etc. His Devotional page is... http://fibromyalgia help.homestead.com/RevPatsDevotion al.html   Contact him at: rivpat77@msn.com