Have lunch and then take a tour of the upgrades that have been put in place this year around the church.
Make sure you make it to the third floor to see our new youth area.
At 12:45 p.m. we will have a cake/pie/other goodies auction .
The proceeds will help make repairs to the church.
This will be a great time of fun and fellowship!
From Your Senior Pastor:
G. C. Brown, Consultant of Cargill Associates, told church leaders that prayer and fun are essential to any successful and fruitful stewardship venture. So, I am asking all of us in this family of faith to pray EVERY single morning and to attend our all church party, open house and church dinner on Sunday. .
Mickey and I started yesterday a change in our routine as we stopped our phones and our response to emails and other regular responsibilities in the early morning to talk to each other and to thank God for our many blessings. One of our challenges recently has been many extra expenses and the challenge of time. Just like many of you it is easy to put other priorities before sharing together, as a people of God. For a long time we have been grabbing time here and there for each other and concentrating on prayer time individually. We usually get time with each other every day but not enough uninterrupted time to really “connect with each other in the Spirit of Christ. We have promised that is changing and we have started that change this week .
Another thing which is important relates to having a good time. That has always been the last to go in our daily lives. Vacations and weekly fun have been pushed aside over our forty some years of marriage, to be responsible Christian people. We are now being intentional about planning fun times. Sometimes the church forgets to have fun together. Sunday, January 29, is our time to be together and have fun! This will be our church family gathering where we celebrate our building upgrades, look at our family pictures, eat and laugh and get ready for a great four months ahead of us as we climb the tall mountain of raising funds for our building expansion.
I hope you will be at our PARTY on Sunday! The details are on the front of this newsletter. Invite family and friends to come with you. Lunch starts being served at 11 am. Hot dogs and hamburgers are being cooked by United Methodist Men on the grills in our garden. We are getting chicken and the fixin’s, too, and there is going to be an auction for the donated pies and cakes. It is will a great time!!!
SO….pray and have fun, keep the focus on God’s purposes and together we will fulfill our goals.
REMEMBER, FIRST YOU MEET CHRIST and everything else falls in place.
Blessings,
Bert
They will be performing during the Worship Services.
Sunday, January 29 Sunday School at 9:45 am
Room 126 (Children will be picked up in their classrooms.)
First Kids Church
11:00 in Christian Activity Center
Children will leave the service after Children’s Moment
and will be picked up after the 11:00 service in Room 125.
6:00 pm in the Christian Activity Center
Ages Pre-K (4 by Sept. 1)
through 5th grade
Ages Pre-K (4 by Sept.1
through youth, young adult and adult
Sunday, January 29th
Sunday School -9:45 a.m. in Youth Area
UMYF dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the CAC
UMYF in the Christian Activity Center: 6-7
Wednesday, February 1
Youth Plan on eating anytime from 5:15-6:15 in the CAC,
and you don’t want to miss out on the Bible study and prayer from 6-7 in the 3rd floor youth wing.
Come and bring a friend!
News and Announcements:
There has been a lot of buzz recently about a lock-in. There will be a lock in a.s.a.p.; details to come soon!
We want to welcome our new Youth Director Stephen Luttenberg! He comes to us from Tulsa, Oklahoma where he has been serving as a youth assistant. Stephen is a graduate of Oklahoma Wesleyan University with a bachelor’s degree in pastoral ministry. Coming from a large family he has a heart for kids and students. One thing interesting to note about Stephen is that he is a national croquet champion! Were exited and blessed to have him part of our team!
Jill is married to Doug, and they have two children, Morgan who is a fourth grader and Jackson who is a preschooler and attends the FUMC MDO/preschool program. This is Jill’s first year as a Sunday school preschool teacher, but she has been active in the church through various children’s activities, the Mother’s Day Out program and Vacation Bible School. She is also on the FUMC Preschool committee. In her spare time, Jill enjoys taking walks with her family and their dogs, working in the yard, reading and spending time with her family.
