• Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? – Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983)
• Do not pray for easy lives, Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your task. – Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)
• A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized that prayer is listening. – Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
• A man without prayer is like a tree without roots. – Pope Pius XII (1876-1958)
• He who does not pray when the sun shines will not know how to pray when the clouds roll in.
• Although posture is not important, I find that I am able to express my dependence better on my knees, a sign of our helplessness apart from the divine enablement. – Erwin W. Lutzer (1941- )
• God is perfect love and perfect wisdom. We do not pray in order to change his will, but to bring our wills into harmony with his. – Sir William Temple (1628-1699)
• In prayer it is better to have a heart without words, than words without a heart. – John Bunyan (1628-1688)

MORNING OF PRAYER this Sat. 2/16, 9:00am-12:00noon. ALL are invited to a concentrated time of prayer, praise, practice & devotion on prayer with refreshment & fellowship breaks. The Morning of Prayer will be an opportunity to practice the holy habit of prayer individually and as a community. It will be friendly both to first timers and those experienced in prayer. ALL ages are welcome! COME JOIN IN PRAYER!!!

Plan ahead and join us on the Sundays in Lent at 5:00pm for a potluck dinner. Following the dinner, we will have a time of singing praises/Hymns and two program options to choose from:

• VIDEO STUDY "So That the World May Know" - a series of Faith Lessons focused on the death and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah.
  *Topic for Sun. Feb. 17th: Piercing the Darkness: Jesus' display of power over authority of Satan can encourage and strengthen us.
  *Topic for Sun. Feb. 24th: Gates of Hell: Jesus brought His disciples to the pagan Decpolis to teach them a profound lesson. Following Him means facing the greatest evils in our world. It means we must use His strength of loving self sacrifice to meet the needs of others.
• BOOK STUDY on Forgiveness – "How Can I Forgive?" This study will look at forgiveness: what the Bible has to say on the subject, what stops us from forgiving others and how we can work to offer forgiveness, both as individuals and as a world.

P.U.S.H. 40-Day Lenten Prayer Commitment for Lent this year, let us focus on "lifting up" in prayer our family, our church, our youth, our mission and our world as a daily discipline and draw near to God. Prayer Guides and devotional materials are available & provided for our use. (Let's PUSH - Pray Until Something Happens!)

DISTRICT TRAINING EVENT ON PASSIONATE SPIRITUALITY: March 1st at 8:30am-3:00pm at the Dix Hills Bible Korean UMC. EVERYONE (adults, youth, young adults, ministry leaders & volunteers, committee chairs/members, choirs, teachers and parents) is urged to attend this key event! Rev. Ann Pearson will be the leader of the day. Please call the Church Office to register.

HEY KIDS: We are having a children's worship service on Sunday, March 2nd. We will be making pretzels with Mr. Garry and Mrs. Doerbecker. Hope you can join us!

SECOND ANNUAL JC CAFÉ- HOME EDITION: CHURCH TALENT NIGHT is scheduled for Sat., March 8th, 7:00pm. All ages are welcome to participate through music, art, poetry, multimedia, drama, etc. Come & share your talents! Sign up sheet in the Fellowship Hall near the stage. Any questions please contact Pat DiMassi 516-796-1894. Join in, celebrate and enjoy our church's talents!

UPCOMING UMM EVENT: Join Bishop Jeremiah Park on Sat. March 15th 12:00-2:30pm for the 11th Annual United Methodist Men's Bishop's Luncheon at Memorial UMC, 252 Bryant Ave., White Plains. Theme for the day is "Men Challenged for Leadership Rolls, Within and Outside the Church". Registration fee: $30.00. RSVP: Sam Philips 914-592-6835.

2007 ANNUAL REPORTS: All committees and ministries are asked to submit an annual report by February 18th. If you have already done so for the Charge Conference, please submit your most updated report. Thank you.

IN NEED OF PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Ruth Burkhardt, Myrna Loudon, Praveen Misra, Evelyn Occena, Charles Selock, Kyli Abbinanti, Emily Brown, Charles Ghose, Mabel Greenidge, Peggy Lopez, Ruth Mace, Carolyn Minn, Vera Schefer, and our troops.
*If you know of someone in the hospital, or someone who wishes a pastoral visit, please call the Church Office.