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Stephen’s Strands
August Alleluias
September begins the change of seasons and signals to us that life all around us is changing. In the midst of change, we need to trust God! God is our rock and our refuge in times of change.
On September 8th, we will begin a new message series titled Raise a Hallelujah that will explore how our trust in God brings a freedom to the way we live that allows us to “raise a hallelujah” in the middle of life’s storms. By remembering to raise a hallelujah and lift a prayer, we invoke the presence of God with us even in the most difficult circumstances. There is an inner peace in knowing and trusting that God is with us and that gives us courage to “raise a hallelujah” when the circumstances do not inspire a hallelujah.
We will explore how we learn to trust God in the small things in life in order that our trust can grow in confidence to trust God in the overwhelming moments of life. Trust grows through relationship. Developing trust in God is based on God’s promises like 1 Peter 5:7, “Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.” Ultimately, through following the steps of Jesus, we want to trust God with “everything inside of us.” As we move in that direction, we can Raise a Hallelujah more easily in times of challenge and times of celebration.
We will examine the voice of unbelief and how we can Raise a Hallelujah that is louder than the voice of our doubts and fears. Part of being human is to have questions and doubts but we can pray to
overcome our doubts. Learning to trust God is developing the voice of faith that becomes able to raise the volume above the noise of unbelief.
As September comes to a close, we will celebrate that “hope will arise” within our hearts and lives as we grow in our trust of God. We will Raise a Hallelujah that God is with us in the face of every challenge and obstacle in our lives. God is our hope for the future and our strength for today. Because God loves us, we can trust in God and Raise a Hallelujah!
We look forward to worshiping with you each Sunday in September at the 8:30, 9:45 (beginning September 8th), and 11:00 a.m. services.
God’s best be yours,
Stephen Cotten, Pastor
Prayer List
Please Note: Names added to the prayer list will remain on the list for 30 days if needed. They will be relisted by request.
If you would like to have a prayer request emailed out or would like to add someone to the prayer list, please email
the Church office at [email protected]
In Memory of Tom Shiels Ed & Marilyn Joyce In Memory of Dawn Parsons Ed & Marilyn Joyce In Memory of John Jennings Beth BolgerIn Memory of Russell Schneider Ed & Marilyn JoyceIn Memory of Carol Nugent Ellen LeslieIn Memory of Henry Leslie Ellen Leslie
Honors & Memorials
Members of First United Methodist Church
express our thanks to each of you who have recently given a special
financial gift in memory or in honor of loved ones.
Altar FlowersThe First Sunday of each month altar flowers are provided by Flowerland and given by the Charles Bruce Flower Fund.If you would like to provide altar flowers on any Sunday, in honor or in memory of, sign up at the info center. You may contact Flowerland (903-537-3755 or 903-588-4881), or you may bring an arrangement from another florist, or create an arrangement yourself on the special day you signed up for on the calendar.The office would like to recognize this special occasion and ask that you make arrangements 2 weeks prior to that special day.
Church EmailsIf you want to be on the church email list, please
contact us at [email protected] or
call 903-537-3616.
Sympathy to...
Jack AbbottWillie BaneDavid BergmanJenny BergmanDavid BrewerPatti BrewerJanie BynumCarolyn DaltonArdis DennisNorma Jean DraperKenny DuckBeulah DuweJoanna EarlBob FlandersVictoria FletcherJan Banman GraciaKathey Gutschlag
Tim GutschlagGinny HamrickRichard HaynieC.E. JonesChristi JonesMike JordanJudy LindleyPeggy LowryElexis LunsfordTodd LunsfordMargaret MannJean Ann MarshallLou Gene MaxtonDennis McBrideCharlotteWhitesides McFarlinKenneth McGee
Susan McGeeLanny MooreMarla NolleyBlaine NordinDorothy PriceJake Reeder Kip ReederBrian RuyleCarol Ann ScottNeil ScottPeggy StuttsNancy ThamesAshlan WindorskCharles WinfieldDorothy WinfieldSam Zarro
FELLOWSHIP GAMES
Wednesday afternoon Game Day will resume
September 4th at 3:30pm.Come and join the fun!
Bus drivers and adult riders are needed to provide transportation for children on Wednesdays for Ignite Kids activities. Driving the bus does not require a special license. Currently the route involves stops at two locations in town so it does not require a great time commitment. If you would like to be part of this outreach ministry, contact the church office @ 903-537-3616.It does not require a CDL License.
BUS DRIVERS NEEDED!
Do You Need a Miracle?
The Miracles of Jesus: Finding God in Desperate Moments by Jessica LaGrone is a six-session study exploring many of the miracles of Jesus brought about by human
desperation. Our desperate need for Jesus opens us up to the dramatic power of God in the form of miracles.
“Believers in Grace” Women’s Bible Study will meet for this study at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 10 in the Crossroads area outside the sanctuary.Author Jessica LaGrone will lead us in exploring these miracles of Jesus, helping us to see that our weakness is an invitation for God to work powerfully in our lives and reminding us that we need God on our best days just as much as we do on our worst! Study guides will be available for $15 at the first meeting. For more information, please call Jill Lowry at 972-742-6581 or Betsy Gekiere at 972-955-2026.
Pastor’s Bible Study Starts Sept. 4th @ 9:30 am Room 101 in the Church
FEED returns September 9, 2019Taking orders Sept. 3 - 6
$9.00 A PLATEEmail order to [email protected] with total meals ordering and if for dine-in, pick-up or delivery.
All proceeds will benefit the Children’s and Youth Ministries
of First United Methodist Church.
Back to School BackpacksThank you to everyone who bought school supplies or donated money to buy them. The students are always so excited and eager to receive their backpacks. So many big smiles
because of your generosity!
Rainbow ConneCtion
Retreat and Re-new: People are precious, and when they hurt or suffer, they de-
serve the best care and support we can offer. That’s why our
community has Stephen Ministers. Their training, commit-
ment, and service make them the best at providing care for people who need it.
Stephen Ministers also have a support system, which includes you. In addition to our twice a
month support meetings, we have an annual retreat, where we re-commit ourselves to prayer and
care of our hurting community. On September 17th, we will have our day of retreat and re-com-
mitment. We thank you for your prayers and support as we ready ourselves for continued commu-
nity support.
Summer is over and we began our new school year August 19th. At this time all of our classes with the exception of our PreK class are FULL and we have a wait list!!Our PreK and threes classes are now using The Creative Curriculum for Preschool a comprehensive curriculum that features exploration and discovery as a way of learning. Through seven studies, which are hands on, project based investigations, we are able to build children’s confidence, creativity, critical thinking skills and help to set the foundations for lifelong learning. Fall is already off to a great start!
February 146:15 pmFirst United Methodist Church
***See Maaike for food choices and needs for the meals. We will order what we can through Ben E. Keith.
Week 1
Maaike Plantinga 903-438-6253Cook's ChoiceJean Ann Marshall 903-537-4569Lamanda Griffith Joanna Earl 903-860-3306 Joy Stone 940-765-7206
Week 2Round TableHamburgers, Hotdogs, Baked Potatoes
Week 3Sandy Sariego 903-960-0248LasagnaLiz Etheridge 903-466-1749Peggy Silva 903-270-2075Kris Sears 903-573-0547Mickie Hunter (Clean Up)
903-316-0081
Week 4Jean Duck 903-588-2772Cook's ChoiceJudy Kirby 903-343-1169Joetta Buck 903-860-3580Brenda Davis 903-933-9237
Wednesday Night Meal Teams, 2019-20
We are ready to jump into the Deep End with Ignite Kids! Regular sessions of our Wednesday Night Live children’s program start on September 4th at 6:00 pm. We are planning lots of fun with biblical learning, challenging games, mission work and a production in the spring. We will have a bus running each Wednesday night so let us know if your students need a ride. Encourage your students to bring a friend and join the fun. We are also looking forward to the start of our Stand Service on September 8th. The children’s department will be attending the 9:45 service and we will have our Bible Training Time (aka Sunday School) at 11:00. Parents are, of course, welcome to attend the Stand with their children, then bring them across to the Ignite Kids Area at 11:00 or, let your kids attend the contemporary service at 9:45 with Ms. Pam and have them brought across after. Please be in prayer about what works best for your family.Looking forward to seeing the sweet faces I have missed all summer and the new ones God is preparing to send to be loved and taught about His love for them!With great expectations of God’s coming blessings,Ms. Pam
We want to welcome David Thames to the choir. David is the son of Wayne & Nancy Thames. We are glad to add David’s bass voice to the choir. If you would like to add your voice, please let me know. We would love to have you as we “Make a Joyful Noise unto God.” Marilyn, Music Director
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Thank you Jesus with your help, we finally made it. The children’s library is now complete. I personally want to thank Rev. Cotten, for keep-ing peace during all the challenges that we encoun-tered, Randall Byrd for keeping everything up to code and all the many hours he put in for making the library what it is today. I would also like to thank
Harry Earl, his family, and of course Stan Silva for the beautiful shelves built to fit all the children’s books we have accumulated through dona-tions over the years. I especially want to thank The Board of Trustees for allowing the library to grow and share the additional wall space in the adjoining room. Thank you Debbie Wooden for all your help when things got pretty dusty and to Johnny Newsome for your contribution of all of these lovely children’s books. Last but not least, Thanks to my children for their books and financial contributions. My gratitude also goes to Jackie for the lovely cornice boards, your window treatment is the frosting on the cake. As you can tell it took a village to complete this proj-ect. Once again, Thank you all for your help over these past months!Sincerely, Lena Mae Reeder Church Librarian
Thank you from the family of Lena Mae Reeder
WNL Dinner Sept. 4, 2019
Cook’s choice
Meal prepared, served & cleaned by Maaike Plantinga’s
Team
Jean Ann MarshallLamanda Griffith
Joanna EarlJoy Stone
3:30pm Fellowship Games 5:00pm WNL Dinner 5:30pm Ignite Voices 5:30pm Nursery 5:30pm Chancel Choir 6:00pm Youth 6:00pm Ignite Kids
Wednesday Nite Live
Finance CountersSeptember
01 Mike Fisk Willie Bane 08 Lindsey Hunnicutt Tom Sample 15 Nancy Craig Steve Wright 22 Gail Reed Mike Fisk 29 Linda Barnhart Lindsey Hunnicutt
Administrative Meetings
Trustees MeetingMonday, Sept. 9 @ 6:00 pm
Rainbow Board MeetingMonday, Sept. 16 @ 5:15 pm
Finance MeetingMonday, Sept. 16 @ 6:30 pm
Our office will be
ClosedTO OBSERVE
Labor DaySeptember 2, 2019
Virginia Stotts Sept. 01Chloe Copeland Sept. 01Jackson Floyd Sept. 04Dennis Venteicher Sept. 04Joe Andrews Sept. 05Shannara Easley Sept. 06Cissy Parrish Sept. 08Steve Wafford Sept. 09Zach Hedges Sept. 10Steven Byrd Sept. 11Madeline Goodman Sept. 14Charles McAfee Sept. 16Patrick Barron Sept. 16Grant Hammonds Sept. 16Jerald Mowery Sept. 17John Ross Sept. 20Andrew Solomon Sept. 20Marcia Hogue Sept. 21Tima Deal Sept. 22Gerald Hubbell Sept. 22Joanna Earl Sept. 23Chuck Armstrong Sept. 23Bailey Floyd Sept. 23Knox Law Sept. 23Shirley McAfee Sept. 26Jill Lowry Sept. 26Callie Key Sept. 27Earl Davis II Sept. 29Charles Rutherford Sept. 29Caroline Rutledge Sept. 29
THREE SERVICES (starting September 8, 2019) 8:30am Traditional Service in the Sanctuary 9:45am The Stand Praise & Worship in the Family Life Center, Rosemary Jennings Hall11:00am Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
This past weekend we had our end of summer – back to school bash and we had a blast. It was only a 24 hour party, so we crammed in a lot of lake time, pool time, eating (lots of eating), & fellowship with one another. One of the highlights was 4 of our confirmation girls attended. Garrett Greenberg shared our devotion on Sunday morning and it was done in excellence! Our youth are full with the love of Christ and I can only hope that when they are at school or any public place, they can share His love so others may see and know Him. They all have crazy busy schedules with work, athletics, cheer, hobbies and of course homework. We are blessed that they find the time for FUMC! My prayer is for leadership in the church so they will be leaders in the future. Please continue to pray for our youth program. Prayer is vital concerning the real battles they face every day!
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Mt. Vernon, TX
First United Methodist ChurchHwy. 37 North of I-30PO Box 659Mt. Vernon, TX 75457
1 2 3 4 5 6 78:30am Worship Service 9:30am Refreshments 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Worship Service
FUMC Office & Rainbow Closed for Labor Day 4:00pm Brewer Fundraiser
4:00pm Stephen Ministry 9:00am Prayer Time 9:30am Pastor's Bible Study 3:30pm Fellowship Games 5:00pm WNL Dinner 5:30pm Ignite Voices 5:30pm Nursery 5:30pm Chancel Choir 6:00pm Youth 6:00pm Ignite Kids
8 9 10 11 12 13 148:30am Worship Service 9:30am Refreshments 9:45am Sunday School 9:45am The Stand Praise & Worship11:00am Worship Service 11:00am Small Discussion Group 11:00am Youth Bible Study 11:00am Ignite Kids Bible Study 5:00pm Youth Bible Study - Girls & Boys
F.E.E.D. 6:00pm Trustees Meeting
2:00pm Prayer Shawl 9:00am Prayer Time 9:30am Pastor's Bible Study 3:30pm Fellowship Games 5:00pm WNL Dinner 5:30pm Nursery 5:30pm Ignite Voices 5:30pm Chancel Choir 6:00pm Youth 6:00pm Ignite Kids
15 16 17 18 19 20 218:30am Worship Service 9:30am Refreshments 9:45am The Stand Praise & Worship9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Worship Service 11:00am Small Discussion Group 11:00am Ignite Kids Bible Study 11:00am Youth Bible Study 5:00pm Youth Bible Study - Girls & Boys
5:15pm Rainbow Board Meeting 6:30pm Finance Mtg
4:00pm Stephen Ministry 9:00am Prayer Time 9:30am Pastor's Bible Study 3:30pm Fellowship Games 5:00pm WNL Dinner 5:30pm Nursery 5:30pm Ignite Voices 5:30pm Chancel Choir 6:00pm Ignite Kids 6:00pm Youth
22 23 24 25 26 27 288:30am Worship Service 9:30am Refreshments 9:45am Sunday School 9:45am The Stand Praise & Worship 11:00am Ignite Kids Bible Study 11:00am Youth Bible Study 11:00am Worship Service 11:00am Small Discussion Group 5:00pm Youth Bible Study - Girls & Boys
2:00pm Prayer Shawl 9:00am Prayer Time 9:30am Pastor's Bible Study 3:30pm Fellowship Games 5:00pm WNL Dinner 5:30pm Nursery 5:30pm Ignite Voices 5:30pm Chancel Choir 6:00pm Ignite Kids 6:00pm Youth
29 308:30am Worship Service 9:30am Refreshments 9:45am The Stand Praise & Worship9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Ignite Kids Bible Study 11:00am Worship Service 11:00am Small Discussion Group 11:00am Youth Bible Study 12:00pm Today's Christians' Luncheon 5:00pm Youth Bible Study - Girls & Boys
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