Salado United Methodist Church 650 Royal St./ PO Box 771

Salado, TX 76571 254-947-5482

Website: www.saladoumc.org Facebook.com/saladoumc

Sunday Mornings 9:00 am Worship (Traditional) In the Worship Center 10:00 am Sunday School 11:15 am Worship (Contemporary) In the Historic Chapel Communion is served the first Sunday

of every month. All are welcome.

Wednesday Evenings* 6:00 pm M&M Kids Mini Camps (Meeting July 17th & 24th) 7:00 - 8:30 pm Choir Practice

*Regular weekly Wednesday Night Fellowship Meals & Programs resume

September 4, 2019.

GREETERS JULY 7: 9:00 am: Terry & Juli Bergstrom JULY 14: 9:00 am: Jack & Weeta Evans JULY 21: 9:00 am: Kim Newton, Peggy Snider Gikas JULY 28: 9:00 am: Jim & Judy Hodgin

USHERS

JULY 7: 9:00 am: Jack & Weeta Evans 11:15 am: Tracy Family JULY 14: 9:00 am: Ken Horak, Joyce Barker, Barbara Stabeno, Mike French 11:15 am: Bud & Glenda Croom JULY 21: 9:00 am: Tommy & Robin Hale, Herschell & Sandi Atkinson 11:15 am: Jay & Linda Crowley JULY 28: 9:00 am: Mark Brooks, Joe Mikeska, Steve Lazarus 11:15 am: Sandi Emmons

For more information, contact Salina Brown: 254-947-5482 / sbrown@saladoumc.org

CONNECTIONS July 2019 Volume 9 Number 7

July Worship Services

July 7th Communion Sunday Romans 8:1-11

July 14th Romans 10:5-13

July 21st Exodus 24:1-12

July 28th Joshua 24:14-28

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN will meet Monday, July 15th at 5:45 pm in Room 117. STEPHEN MINISTRY will meet on Thursday, July 18th at 6:00 pm.

FINANCE meeting for July to be determined.

TRUSTEES will meet Monday, July 22nd at 5:30 pm in the SUMC Library.

SUMC GARDEN GUILD will not meet in July.

STAFF meets every Wednesday at 10:00 am in the SUMC Library.

CHOIR meets every Wednesday from 7:00 - 8:30 pm in the Worship Center. Please join us!

HANDBELLS will not meet in July. Handbells will resume practicing regularly starting September 4, 2019.

TRASH TO TREASURE TEAM This is a mission project making mats for the homeless out of plastic grocery bags. All ages are welcome! Meetings are every Tuesday morning at 9:30 am during Primetimers. To date, over 70 mats have been distributed to the homeless through Feed My Sheep. Bag collection has been suspended until further notice.

MEN’S EMMAUS GROUP meets at Lynette’s on Church St. every Wednesday at 7:00 am.

WOMEN’S EMMAUS GROUP meets at McCain’s every Tuesday at Noon, and Thursdays at 7:30 am at Lynette’s on Church St.

PRIMETIMERS Coffee Break meets every Tuesday from 9:30 - 11:00 am in the Worship Center.

TEXAS RAMP PROJECT meets Wednesdays at 5:00 pm west of the Youth Activities Center.

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY meets every Wednesday at 9:00 am in Room 113.

PRAYER GROUP meets every Monday morning at 9:00 am in Room 120. Everyone is welcome.

MONDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY meets every Monday morning at 10:15 am in Room 117. If you are interested in participating, please contact Diane Morgan 254-466-1308 or Trenaise Engleking 254-913-7695.

Vacation Bible School for Adults July 28 - 30, 2019

Whether one is a Stephen minister, a teacher or student of Disciple Bible Study, a children’s Sunday school teacher, a VBS worker or whatever . . . whenever we finish one task, there is another waiting for us. The Christian life often captures us by its beauty and grace. If it does not, then we as Christians are either a bored or boring follower. We need the fire of the spirit to continue to do those routine but important tasks that Christ has called us to do. The idea of replenishing or re-charging the “old spiritual batteries”—a well-worn chestnut of old timey preachers—is one way to look at Bible study. Scripture keeps our focus on the story of our faith and consequently our life. We are all looking for ways to connect to God and deepen our journey of faith. Scripture helps us relate our lives to lives of people who have wrestled with God and struggled with what it means to be a faithful and righteous person—quite a difficult task as we all know. A great temptation for church people is boredom with the hard and often disappointing work of discipleship. Boredom is the most seductive enemy of the Christian life. This is because many of the most important things we do are routine. We do them over and over. And significantly, when we study the Bible, it is never like any other kind of studying that we do. Scripture is too deep and too important for us to ever master. Not only that, but we learn a lot from studying with others on our journey. I have never heard anyone say that he/she knows scripture well enough. Our learning with others is always a growing and evolving encounter. Paul writes: “Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known” (1 Cor. 13:12). This summer we will explore the Prophet Isaiah for our Vacation Bible School for Adults. During the week of July 28-30, we will investigate Isaiah on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings. On Sunday we will have our July fellowship meal at 5:00 pm. From 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm we will have our study in the Worship Center. Isaiah is one of the great prophetic writings in our Bible. Come and study Isaiah together this summer! Questions? Call the church office—254-947-5482. Sincerely, your friend, David N. Mosser

Come to the

July Fellowship Meal

July 28th at 5 pm,

stay for Adult VBS

starting at 6 pm!

July 3: No M&M Kids July 10: No M&M Kids-VBS July 17: M&M Kids Mini Camp July 24: M&M Kids Mini Camp July 31: No M&M Kids M&M Kids Mini Camps in July will include a trip to Spare Time and a volleyball game.

M&M Kids Mini Camps

Devotions & Fun Summer Activities Wednesdays / 6-7 pm

Saladoumc.org/ministries/children

SUMC Belize Mission Trip

Oct. 25th - Nov. 2nd Space is still open to help with SUMC

construction projects in Belize.

If you are interested, contact

Rolly at rcorrea@saladoumc.org.

SUMC Africa Mission Trip

Oct. 1st - 11th Join our team for international mission

work in Kenya. Contact Andrea for more

information at aheater@saladoumc.org.

July Youth Activities for Grades 7-12 Youth Sunday School meets Sundays at 10 am in the Youth Activities Center.

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Open

YAC

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Adult Vacation Bible School July 28 - 30, 2019

Led by Dr. Mosser / 6 - 7 pm / Worship Center