fumc newsletter for aug. 6, 2014

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Volume 7, Issue 15

August 6, 2014

WORSHIP/SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES8:45 am Contemporary Worship Service

9:45 am Sunday School

10:55 am Traditional Worship Service

Church Office (936) 564-830Fax (936) 564-858

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.fumcnac.or

NEWSLETTER

AUGUST0 - Celebration Sunday at2:00 noon - FLC

1 - Primetimers at 10:30am - FLC

4- Preschool Meet the

Teachers at 9 am - FLC

Heart-to-Heart Chorus

rehearsal at 9:30 am - Choir

Room and performance at

Willowbrook at 10:30 am

23 - Preschool Meet the

Teacher at 9 am - FLC

31 - Promotion/3rd Grade

Bible Celebration

September01 - Church Office Closed

n observance of Labor

Day

05 - Back-to-School Bash

nside this issue:A Message from

Bishop Huie - pg 3 & 4A Word from our Pastors

- pg 2Back-to-School Bash

- pg 1

Calendar- pg 7Celebration Sunday - pg 1Kroger Rewards - pg 5Memorial Gifts - pg 6Missions - pg 5Prayer Concerns - pg 8Third Grade Bible

Celebration - pg 1UMW- pg 6VBS- pg 6

First United Methodist Church201 E. Hospital Street, Nacogdoches Texas 75961

Office Hours: Mon-Thur: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; Fri: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm. Closed for lunch 12:00 -1:00 pm

CELEBRATION SUNDAY - AUGUST 10Sunday, August 10 at 12 noon in the Family Life Center

The Missions Team is highlighting TJRAdopt a School Project. There will be a MissionMoment in worship highlighting what God is doing through this ministry. Then, the entire

congregation is invited to join together in the Family Life Center for a covered-dish lunch, anoon, with games and fun for all. Bring your favorite dish, enough to feed your family.

Be sure to look at the informational booths that will be displayed during lunch.

PROMOTION SUNDAY/ THIRD GRADEBIBLE SUNDAY - AUGUST 31

Promotion SundayChildren will be promoted to their next level Sunday School Class.

There will be a special celebration in the submarine room with

refreshments from 9:45-10:45 a.m.

3rdGrade Bible Presentation3rdgrade students who are actively enrolled in Sunday School will

receive a special Bible from their FUMC family during both services

Prayers for Our ChildrenAs the FUMC family gathers for worship, there will be a basketwith a collection of school bus cards, bearing the name of anFUMC kid. Take a school bus card, locate the child and askfor their teachers name, write it on the back, and pray for thischild and the teacher for the school year.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL BASH - SEPT 5Back to School Bash: An Awesome celebration planned for children and youth at the SFASU RecreatioCenter! We will have private use of the pool and courtyaon Friday, September 5th from 7:30-9:30pm. The whofamily is invited to enjoy the fun! Children, youth and paents are welcome to visit, swim, play volleyball, and enjothe fellowship. Music will be provided by Youth PraisBand.


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The hot and busy summer is coming to a close, time to get ready for a busy falWe have had a great summer here at the church filled with camps, mission trips, Vacation Bible School, trips, and great worship together.

Recently, I read Have A Little Faith, by Mitch Albom, and he told a story thareminded me of the hard work we have all been doing.The Reb once gave a sermon in which heaven and hell were shown to a man. Inhell, people sat around a banquet table, full of exquisite meats and delicacies. But thearms were locked in front of them, unable to partake for eternity.This is terrible, the man said. Show me heaven.

He was taken to another room, which looked remarkably the same. Another banquetable, more meats and delicacies. The souls there also had their arms out in front othem.The difference was, they were feeding each other.

That is the way a church should look, feeding each other; when that happensweve come close to heaven!

As we get back into school mode I will be starting a sermon series called OffeThem Christ. It is based on John Wesleys words in 1784 when he commissione

Thomas Coke to go to America to ordain Francis Asbury and to spread the gospel. The story goes that as Coke wasboarding the ship to America he asked Wesley what he should say when he got here. Wesleys response was that heshould, offer them Christ. My sermon series will focus on how we offer the grace that Jesus gives us to those around usSchool is starting, vacations are over, it is a great time to be back in church. Bring a friend and join us for this series.

August 24 I Thessalonians 4:1-12 The Encouragement of ChristAugust 31 Mark 1:40-45 The Compassion of ChristSeptember 7 John 20:19-23 The Forgiveness of Christ IGod ForgivesSeptember 14 Matthew 18:21-35 The Forgiveness of Christ IIWe ForgiveSeptember 21 James 2:14-25 The Hand of ChristSeptember 28 Matthew 9:9-13 The Welcome of ChristOctober 5 Mark 14:22-24 The Body of ChristOctober 12 Luke 4:14-21 The Freedom of Christ

Peace,

Jeff Lenee and Bailey

10For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth

making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,11

so shall my word be that goes out frommy mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which sent it.

12For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song

and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.Isaiah 55:10-12 (NRSV)

I hope youre like me and have enjoyed spending the past few weeks reading through the parables of Jesus inMatthew. Parables have always fascinated me. They are like poetry. In them we not only find meaning, but beauty. This isone thing I have always appreciated about the Word of God. Our scriptures cannot be simplified to a single meaning. Asyou know, two people can disagree over an interpretation and both might still be genuinely seeking God. Most likely, evenin their disagreement, they can learn from one another. This is true beauty. These words have been studied for thousand

of years, and every day we find new inspiration in their pages. Like poetry, scripture is much deeper than surface level. SoI challenge you, dont get caught on the surface and miss out on the wonders below. There is so much to discover as weopen ourselves to experiencing the Word in our lives.

God bless you all,

Trent

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A MESSGE FROM BISHOP HUIE

A Pastoral Leer from Your Bishops

to the People of The United Methodist Church in Texas

July 17, 2014

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Today a humanitarian crisis is unfolding on our southern border with the arrival of tens of thousands of unaccompaniedchildren. Many of you have communicated with us about your heartfelt desire to provide compassionate care for theunaccompanied children who are suffering in our midst. As bishops we have been conferencing with each other abouthow the people of The United Methodist Church might respond in a manner that is most faithful to the gospel.

We have also been in conversation with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), community leaders, andgovernment officials. Our colleague, Bishop Jim Dorff, and other leaders in the Rio Texas Conference have just re-turned from three days on the border assessing the situation and representing the gospel and the church and encour-aging people in a Christ-like response.

Let us be guided by the Biblical witness of faith:

Jesus said, Let the little children to come to me for to such belong the kingdom of heaven. (Luke 18:15 -16) Jesus instructed us to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe those in need, visit

the sick and those imprisoned. Then he said, When you have done it for one of the least of these brothers andsisters of mine, you have done it for me. (Matthew 25:40)

We are to extend hospitality to strangers. (Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:12)

We do not understand all that these children have experienced in their home countries or in their arduous journey toour borders. We do know that their plight breaks the heart of God. Children are some of the most vulnerable membersof the global community. Many come seeking to survive. They all need our compassion and care. At a time of con-cern about a struggling economy and national security, it is easy to give in to fear and to let that fear, rather than Godsheart, shape our hearts and our response. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a soundmind. (II Tim. 1:7). As followers of Christ, we have the power and wisdom of God to care for these unaccompaniedchildren.

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As the Bishops of the United Methodist Conferences of Texas, we call on the people of The United Methodist Churchto:

Pray regularly for the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being and healing of these children and families, wis-dom for our government officials, and peace for the countries from which these children have come;

Work with faith and community leadership to provide housing, life necessities, pastoral/spiritual care, and as stable

an environment as possible for these children and families while their long-term status is being resolved;

Be attentive to seeing Christ in the faces of these children;

Be alert for specific opportunities to offer ministries of compassion and care, which we will share as needs emerge.

In the words of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, Do all the good you can by all the means you can inall 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 youcan.

In the name and spirit of Christ, we join with you in Christian love for these children. God bless you.

Earl BledsoeBishop of the New Mexico and Northwest Texas Conferences

Jim DorffBishop of the Rio Grande and Southwest Texas Conferences

Janice HuieBishop of the Texas Conference

Mike LowryBishop of the Central Texas Conference

Mike McKeeBishop of the North Texas Conference

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Collections of Birthday Bags will continue!We delivered 30 birthday bags to H.O.P.E. after our last Service Sunday.They were so excited to receive these bags, and said it was a terrific idea.

So many of the families who come to H.O.P.E. for essential food are not ableto provide birthday celebrations for their children. These birthday bags allow

them to give their child something they may have never had. We want to

continue these collections so that this can be an ongoing addition offered toH.O.P.E. clients. We ask for your continued support by supplying completely

- filled bags or supplies needed for this project. The following items areneeded: handled bags(plain or decorated, no larger than 13H x 5D x

13L); cake mix(with expiration date over 6 months out); frosting(with ex-piration date over 6 months out); small birthday candles; one to two gifts

(suggestions at Missions table). Optional items: paper plates, napkins,favors.

Back-to-School Shared BlessingsWe are planning for Back-to-School. We will participate with Love INCand our own TJR Adoption Project by collecting gently-used and newschool clothes, including new socks and underwear. You can bring yourcontributions and place them in the blue barrel in the hallway by the Missions

bulletin board. Love INC is working with Hospice of East Texas Thrift Shopand Wal-Mart again this year on Wednesday, August 13 thand Thursday, Au-gust 14thfor families to do their shopping. If you would like to donate moneyfor this project, $35 will sponsor one child for both days and allow them

several outfits, new underwear and socks. Make checks to FUMC with Shared Blessings in memo space. Familiesmust apply to Love INC, and they will start processing applications in mid-July. Volunteers are needed at Love INC tohelp process these applications, help with set-up, and to assist clients on shopping days. If you know of a deservingfamily, please be sure to let them know to pick up an application at Love INC.

Thanks again for your help in feeding the childrenThere was a need for a hundred more bags of food to feed the children in the park over the weekend. Individuals and aSunday School class contributed the monetary funds to buy the food, and 18 church members showed up to help fill thebags for another delivery to the parks on July 18 thand July 25th. We couldnt have done it without you. We were alsoable to deliver more food to the Food Bank.

MISSIONS

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAMKroger Community Rewards - Giving More Back to the Community! Kroger is committed to helping ourcommunities grow and prosper. Year after year, local schools, churches and other nonprofit organiza-tions will earn millions of dollars through Kroger Community Rewards. Kroger Community Re-wards make fund-raising easy...all you have to do is shop at Kroger and swipe your Plus Card! Signup effective Friday, August 1, 2014.Please note that you are required to sign up yearly.

Go to the Kroger website: www.kroger.com.Then click on the link that says Community and scroll down to Kroger Com-munity Rewards and click Learn More or click this link:

https://www.kroger.com/communityrewardsThis link will take you to the Kroger Community Rewards Site. Scroll down to TEXAS and click the box in RED markedENROLL NOW. Then, either create an account or log-in to your existing Kroger online account.1. Find Your Organization - type in First United Methodist Church, and you will see a list of FUMC's.2. Select your organization - please select First United Methodist Church - 201 East Hospital Street, Nacogdoches TX

75961.3. Click Save. NPO# 81990

If you are unable to enroll, call the church office 564-8308 and we will assist you.

2014 KROGER REWARDS - effective Fri, Aug 1
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Memorial Gifts were given:

In Memory of Joyce Taylorfrom Ed Cole, Floy Bousman, Directors, Officers andEmployees of BancorpSouth-Fredonia

In Memory of Earline Baggett(Pat Almanys sister) from Ed Cole

In Memory of James Raneyfrom June Jones & Family, Martha Sullivan

In Memory of Jeff Gaston(Martha Gastons son) from Mary Akin, Floy Bousman

In Memory of Gwen Cole, David Dobbsand Bill Peacockfrom Martha Sullivan

MEMORIAL GIFTS

United Methodist Women animated shorts are a fun way to learn online about United Methodist Women missionary leg-

acy and the women who made it happen. The short features include:

The Amazing Adventures of Alma Mathews - a United Methodist Women foremother and hospitality "ninja" for young

women immigrants arriving in New York City harbor at the turn of the 20th Century.

The League of Extraordinary Methodist Women - foremothers organizing to send the first female missionaries to

India.

Pauli Murray and the True Story of Courage - foremothers investigate and document racial injustice, information

later used in the landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Educationdesegregation case.These videos and more can be found at http://www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/assembly/video .

Joyce Hancock, Audry Quick, Amy Lambert, and Katherine Whitbeck from FUMCNacogdoches attended the Texas Conference UMW Mission u event, held July 24 - 26 atLakeview. Amy (left) and Katherine (right) are pictured next to a banner created for the con-ference by Lisa Wrench from our church.

Katherine and Amy competed the 8-hour Mission Study"The Church and People with Disabilities" and will present a fo-cus group on this topic at the East District Mission u.

Amy was one of 15 first-time attendees at Mission u as well asthe youngest UMW member present. She was recognized byConference Organizer Theresa Graham.

East District Mission u will be held Saturday, August 16th at Hun-tington United Methodist Church. The morning plenary will beabout "The Women of Texas," with afternoon focus groups on allthree Mission Studies. We will meet in the church parking lot at7:30 am to carpool to Huntington. Kindly contact Jo Taylor([email protected], 936-465-3901) for more details. All are wel-come...hope you can join us!

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLA very Special Thank You to all who participated in making VBS such a huge success! Though we did not knowwhat to expect with our first evening VBS, we were thrilled with the quality of spiritual formation that we were able toimpart in intimate class environments and with a higher level of family participation. We served 109 children! We alsosuccessfully packed 75 boxes of fortified rice meals to serve the village of our sister church in India, and we have al-most raised the funds to cover the cost of that! What a success! We have raised $1,800.00 and just have $600.00 togo to meet our goal of $2,400.00. Thank you, church, for your dedication to Vacation Bible School and its mission!
http://www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/assembly/videohttp://www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/assembly/videohttp://www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/assembly/video


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AUGUST07 - Board of Trustees Meeting at5:15 pm - Library

10 - Celebration Sunday at 12:00noon - FLC

11 - Primetimers at 10:30 am - FLC

12 - UMW Circle VI Meeting14- Preschool Teachers meeting at9 am - Library

Heart-to-Heart Chorus

- rehearsal at 9:30 am - Choir Room and performance at Willow-

brook Nursing Home at 10:30 am

Communication Team/Evangelism Committee Meeting at

5:30 pm - Library

Isaiah Bible Study at 7 pm - Parlor

17 - Youth Game night at 6:30 pm - FLC

18 - Childrens Ministry Meeting at 5:45 pm - Conference Room

19 - Preschool Board Meeting at 6:30 pm - Library

20 - Christian Writers Fellowship at 5:45 pm - Library

21 - Finance Committee Meeting at 6:00 pm - Library Isaiah Bible Study at 7 pm - Parlor

23 - Preschool - Meet the Teacher at 9 am - FLC

24 - Youth Prayer Night at 6:30 pm - Youth Center

27 - Christian Writers Fellowship at 5:45 pm - Library

28 - Church Council Meeting at 5:30 pm - Parlor

Wesley Foundation Event at 5:30 pm - FLC

ROOM RESERVATIONSIf you are planning to reserve a room in the Church

for a meeting, gathering, etc., a request can be madeeither by emailing [email protected] or

by completing a Building Use Form that can be foundin the Workroom.

ACCESS ACSTo obtain an ACCESS ACS user ID, logon to

www.fumcnac.org, click the ACCESS ACS link atthe bottom of the page. For more information, kindly

contact Sharon Bright at 936-564-8308 or [email protected].

Articles Due for Next NewsletterThe next Newsletter will be dated Wednesday,

September 3 , 2014.Articles for this issue should beemailedto [email protected] by

3:00 pm, Wednesday, August 27, 2014

BULLETIN DEADLINEPlease emailall information to

[email protected] for our weeklyBulletin by 3:00 pm on Tuesdays.

Regularly-Scheduled Meetings - Please note: some ministries do no meet in the summer.Please call the Church Office - 936-564-8308 for more information.

Mondays:

Mens Emmaus Reunion Group meets at 6:30 am in the Parlor (1st, 3rd, and 5th Mondays)

HRT Emmaus Reunion Group meets on Mondays at 5:30 pm - Barbara LaFours

Girl Scout Troop 1406 meets on Mondays at 6:00 pm in the Scout Lodge

Tuesdays:

Girl Scout Troop 1016 meets every other Tuesday at 5:30 pm in the Scout Lodge

Celebrate Service Rehearsal at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary

Wednesdays:Christian Writers Fellowship at 5:45 pm in the Room 204YoWe (Youth on Wednesday Evenings) at 5 pm Doors open; 6 pm Worship and Message; 7 pm Small Groups

Bell Choir Rehearsal at 6:00 pm in Room 207

Chancel Choir Rehearsalat7:00 pm in the Choir Room.Thursdays:

Grace Emmaus Reunion Group meeting at 8:30 am in the Library

Heart-to-Heart Chorus at 9:30 am in the Choir Room and performances at Nursing Homes at 10:30 am

(2nd & 4th Thursdays) - May through August, 2014 - 2nd Thursdays ONLY.

Sundays:

Youth Praise Band practice at 4:30 pm in the Youth Lounge

Cub Scouts meets at 5:00 pm in the Scout Lodge

Youth on Sunday Night 5:30-Youth Open Gym; 6:30 pm Youth Snack Supper; 7:00 pm Youth Bible Study

Scout Troop 161 meets at 7:00 pm in the Scout Lodge

FUMCNAC CALENDAR


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PRAYER CONCERNSUPDATED, Monday, August 4 (am)For a more up-to-date Prayer List, kindly contact our Church Office564-8308.

Wheel & Debbie Crawford (friends of Sheila Smith), Marsha Woznuck (Ernestine Fountains

daughter), Elizabeth Biggers (Steve Wallaces mother), Leon Smith, Martha Gaston, Jim Broom

Marilyn Odom, Rebecca Yarbrough (Betty Yarbroughs daughter-in-law), Jacy Watson, Raymond

Franks, Doris Johnston, Virginia Abernathy, Kalynn Cole (friend of Carolyn Davis), Slayton Smith

Darlene Mawson, Joseph David Canino (Audry Quicks brother-in-law), Miranda Nichols, Judy

Steger (Lee Ann Risners sister-in-law), Emmie Peacock, Florence Brake, Nancy Robinson (Jenny

Johnsons mother), J. R. Wright, Katelyn Wolfe (John & Gale Whites granddaughter), Allan Bryan

(Suzy Crouses cousin), Ashley Akin (Mary Akins granddaughter), Robert Greer, Nena Smith

Fred Williams (Gale Whites father), Leah Kahn, Brownie Covin, Lauri Miscoi (Rev. Terry Smiths

friends daughter), Amy Ames,(Debra Bankstons niece), Steve Kahn.

Military Personnel in Combat ZoneJohn Lewis, Erick Perez, Bo Russell, Mark Escoe, Ariel Santoyo, Bill Stephens (Pat StephensWilliams brother)

Our Hearts Go Out ToThe family of Dorothy Jacobs on her passing.

The family of Polly Ritterskamp on her passing.Igor Gusyakov and family on the passing of his grandfather.

Names will remain on a published prayer list for 90 days. The prayer team appreciatescurrent updates on requests. Please email your requests and updates [email protected]. If you know of a member of FUMCwho is in the hospital orwho will be having surgery, kindly contact the Church Office - 564-8308.EMERGENCIES, call 936-585-2294.

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Our Staff

DR. JEFF McDONALDSenior Pastor

[email protected]. TRENT OLIVERAssociate [email protected] BALESDirector of Preschool

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SHARON BRIGHTOffice Manager

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JEFF CAMPBELLDirector of Youth Ministry

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DR. TOD FISHDirector of Music Ministry

[email protected] JENKINSBuilding Manager

[email protected] JORDANDirector of Childrens [email protected]. ANDY PARR

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KATHY THOMASFinancial Secretary

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DR. GARY WURTZCelebrate Worship Leader

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