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Gooding United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Churches of Gooding, Shoshone, and Richfield Idaho.

About Me

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The United Methodist Churches of Gooding, Shoshone, and Richfield Idaho are currently a "three-point charge", which simply means that they share a pastor. The Senior Pastor of these three churches is Rev. Dave Buechler.
The Sunday schedule is:
Richfield UMC: worship begins at 8:30 am
3rd and Latah, Richfield
Shoshone UMC: worship begins at 10:00 am
2nd and "C" Street, Shoshone
Gooding UMC: worship begins at 11:15 am
8th and Main Street, Gooding
At the Gooding Church there are two Adult Sunday school classes that begin at 10:00 am, right before the Sunday service. One is specifically a Bible study, the other looks at current events with a Christian perspective. Sunday school for children has begun, also at 10:00 am.
At the Richfield Church, Sunday school for all ages begins at 9:30 am, immediately following the Sunday service.
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My Interests

“Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.” (john wesley) “I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out.” (john wesley)
Sharing the Love of Jesus Christ with others, through the Mission statement of the Oregon-Idaho Conference of the United Methodist Church:
Boldly Making Disciples of Jesus Christ;
Giving God our Absolute Best;
Reaching Out to Our Communities in Love.

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I'd like to meet:

Anyone in the area looking for a church home.
Anyone who wants to befriend us.

Music:

We've got a pretty good (although it's also pretty small) choir in the Gooding church. We are always looking for new guitar players to help us with our more "contemporary" music at all three (it needs a little help).

Movies:

Going to try to use a few more of them as worship illustrations. There's some good stuff out there.

Television:

By contrast, there's not too much good stuff there.

Books:

Like, about fifty different versions of the Bible between the three churches. Lots of Christian reading in our libraries. The pastor has some theology books that are ideal for curing insomnia.

Heroes:

Jesus, of course. John Wesley, Francis Asbury, Richard Allen, Peter Cartwright (not from Bonanza). These guys are all from Methodist history.

My Blog

National Treasure

Romans 13:1-5; Matthew 22:15-22 National Treasure           That group of renegade pastors I mentioned last week made more of a splash than I thought they...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:21:00 PST

Elevating the Ordinary

1 Samuel 17:38-40, 48-50; Acts 17:22-25 Elevating the Ordinary           Like most of you I'm sure, I have been following the news very carefully this wee...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:16:00 PST

A Voice of Praise

Numbers 22:21-31, Matthew 15:10-14 A Voice of Praise           When I was a kid, one of my favorite television shows was "Mister Ed". How many of you reme...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:29:00 PST

Wonder Working Power

Exodus 12:31-34, Luke 5:17-26 Wonder Working Power Over the course of the past few years I have come to a conclusion. I have had an epiphany of sorts, one of those "a-ha" moments. I have learned, wit...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:47:00 PST

Ordinary People

Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:15-20 Ordinary People   Back in 1980 a very highly acclaimed movie came out called "Ordinary People." It was about a family dealing with death. A mother was mourning th...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:39:00 PST

Standing on the Promises

This was my part of the sermon given at the All-City Service in Gooding yesterday.   Jonah 2 Standing on the Promises When Andy and I first started talking about the All-City Service, we felt th...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:36:00 PST

Dont Tell Anyone

Romans 12:1-8, Matthew 16:13-20 Don't Tell Anyone Maybe you noticed that this weeks readings don't seem to be all that closely related. Quite often I will try to find readings that say much the same ...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:50:00 PST

God signs...

Let's meet at my house Sunday before the game. -GodC'mon over and bring the kids. -GodWhat part of "Thou Shalt Not..." didn't you understand? -GodWe need to talk. -GodKeep using my name in vain, I'll ...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:55:00 PST

Hypocrites Anonymous

Galatians 2:11-14, Acts 15:7-11 Hypocrites Anonymous I thought about starting the message this week as if I were in a "Twelve Step" group. "Hello, everyone. My name is Dave, and I'm a hypocrite." The...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:39:00 PST

Impossible Odds?

Judges 7:19-25, Acts 12:6-11 Impossible Odds? Right before I left I was asked to spend some time talking about David and Goliath. That's one of the best-known stories in the entire Bible, and it's on...
Posted by Gooding United Methodist Church on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:48:00 PST