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June 2013
Keeping the First United Methodist Church, Hispanic Mission, School, and Childcare Families Connected
Dear Friends and Neighbors in Christ,
“So Ahab sent to all the Israelites, and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. Elijah then came near to all the people,
and said, ‘How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.’”
-I Kings 18:20-21, NRSV-
For thousands of years the people of Israel and the people of the church have been confronted with choosing the Lord God or other gods! Joshua said, “as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15) Recently, we were blessed by our school’s production “Elijah Rock”, and now Pastor Alex and I continue to present this choice as we share the preaching series, “Days of Elijah”.
Jesus himself said, “You cannot serve God and wealth.” (Matthew 6:24)!! As early 21st Century believers, we continue to struggle with the material, messy, monetary gods of our time. This mess can only be turned into a message of Good News if we realize the consistent either/or choice offered to us in Scripture.
Throughout the month of June, don’t miss our “corporate, dynamic worship”- traditional and contemporary- where this prophetic word will be heard through the stories of Elijah. Also, don’t miss our VBS/Youth Sunday (23rd) which culminates our week of “Fun Fair”. Our Holy Spirit prayer for this month is “Come on…light my fire!!!”
Yours in Christ, Pastor Bob
F i rs t Un i ted Me thod i s t Chu rch S ta f f D i rec to ry
101 W. Dakin Ave.., Kissimmee, FL 34741 Church: kissimmeefumc.org School: www.fums.org
Church: 407-847-3700 School: 407-847-7952 Childcare: 407-847-2575
Dr. Robert Wooten [email protected] Senior Pastor Alex Christian [email protected] Assistant Pastor Intern Rev. Jose A. Carrion [email protected] Hispanic Pastor Dr. Jesse Mayes [email protected] Minister of Visitation Scott Weyrauch [email protected] Director of Music Dwight Oakes [email protected] Youth Director Debby Jones [email protected] School Director Rijean Smith [email protected] Child Care Center Director Tricia Hall [email protected] Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Sharon Martinez [email protected] Bookkeeper Tina Bean [email protected] Office Administrator
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June Birthdays
June 1 Ruth Karn, Fred Cumbie, Jim Henson
June 2 Amanda Simpson, Madeline Schuttauf, Charles Garber
June 3 Ed Epperson, Cindy Cotter, Logan Bundy, Jeff Poole
June 4 Irlo (Bud) Bronson, Jr., Ronald Workman, Jr.
June 5 Mildred Kern, Evan Gursky, Kriste Hord
June 6 Olive Wilson, Cindy Martin, Scott Weyrauch
June 7 Graham Smith, Doug Bradsley, Dyland Bundy
June 8 Martin Mattox
June 9 Jimmie Ann Overstreet
June 11 Brittney Calhoun
June 12 Donna Darrah, Stephen Bundy
June 13 Ginny Johns, Lori Rogers, Michelle Falcon,,
Tim Finkenbinder
June 14 Sarah Carter
June 15 Charles Bast, Julie Johnston, Aaron Evans
June 18 Vika Fifita, Robert Carter, Ryan Crotty,
Cameron Honeycutt
June 19 Keith Laytham
June 20 Jo Thacker, Gerry Bergeron
June 21 Terry Hervey, Arch Fisher, Al Sharp
June 22 June Crotty, Judy Patino, Victoria Dodd
June 23 Jessica Hennings
June 24 Bob Hollingsed, Lydia Miller
June 25 Winifred Knowles
June 26 Beverly Wilson
June 28 Sue Ellen Kauffman, Jessica Overstreet,
Nicolas Coamey
June 29 Lisa Jaczko, Jan Linville, Andrea Weinkauf, Allen Whitston
Serving Our Communities With Pride
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From the Finance Committee
April’s Financial Report
Beginning Cash Balance, 01/01/2013 $31,794.76
Income Received through 04/30/2013 $296,636.49
Expenses through 04/30/2013 $260,478.88
Clay Sport Shooting Fundraiser
Appreciation goes
out to Jim Wells,
and all those who
participated in the
third annual clay
sport shooting
event. This year
over five thousand dollars was raised for
the F.U.M. School/
Childcare Center
Farewell Blessings to Pastor Jose Carrion & Family
For the past eight years Jose Carrion has served as
the pastor of the FUMC Hispanic mission. In July he
will begin his new appointment as the pastor of the
Azalea Park United Methodist Church in Orlando.
Pastor Jose’s beautiful family and his contagious
smile, warm hugs, and sweet spirit will be very much
missed on our church campus.
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In May the FUMC youth group and friends attended the teenage Women of Faith Revolve tour in Lakeland. May God richly bless the following women who helped chaperone this event:
Laura Bette, Teresa Haderle, Tricia Hall, and Jeri-lynn Severance.
Gatorland Family Fun Night Success & Appreciation
A special word of thanks for all those who sup-ported the FUMC mission’s team fundraiser that was held at Gatorland in May. Almost $1,200 was raised for this summer’s adult mission trip to Cos-ta Rica. Pictured on the left is Beverly Wilson bravely riding an alligator.
Fri., June 15, is the submission deadline for the June 2013 Connector. Submit articles to [email protected]
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UNITED METHODIST MEN’S MATTERS At the May UMM fellowship supper, men who minister in various ways to our congregation and community gath-ered to hear Alice Williams, our district lay leader, share an inspiring message with them and their wives about Lydia and the church at Philippi. Afterwards, it was suggested during our business session that we need to do more to let the congregation know that we have a team of men who head up helping people in our congregation with special needs. If you want to be part of that service effort or you have a special need to be assisted with “muscle” or “fixer-upper” skills, our men are looking for opportunities to help people who cannot otherwise help themselves. So far, our men have helped elderly members with around-the-house maintenance, moved folks to Good Samaritan Vil-lage, etc. Ken Smith coordinates our church community men to address these needs. Our program for the June 4th meeting will be a work session to determine goals of our men’s ministry for the fu-ture. Our meetings offer men who seek to serve the church in varied ways and opportunity to fellowship, grow spir-itually, and to work together to serve. Whether you have missed a few meetings or are taking the plunged for the first time, you are urged to join us on the first Tuesday of each month for our 6:30 PM dinner meeting. God has giv-en you something to share with other men and with those we serve. Come find how you might serve and to be served by your United Methodist Brothers. If transportation is an issue, please let me know. Child Care is available, as well as transportation. Even if you missed the last meeting, you have worthwhile input to share, so we hope you’ll join us for our next meeting on June 4th. The Centennial Celebration of our church sanctuary is being planned and supported by many of our United Method-ist Men’s fellowship. Because we will be focusing on the event, our July fellowship dinner is cancelled. Men are needed and volunteering to help cook the meal; setup and teardown of tables, chairs, etc.; assist with decorating and undecorating; greeting / hospitality ; serve popcorn and snokone (snow cone); assist with Cakewalk, pie con-tests, and supervise 3 legged race and other games; be van drivers. Of course, we’ll be working alongside many women in our congregation to make this event a success. If you have not already volunteered, don’t wait until the July 4th event: volunteer now! Contact Dwight Oakes. It was also determined to move our August fellowship dinner meeting to the Foundation of Osceola Education meeting on Monday, August 12th, at 5:30 PM. We’ll learn about the needs and opportunities of the foundation and our community. So mark your calendar concerning all the variations to our regular schedule during these summer months. We hope each man can participate in these varied opportunities and needs. Your Brother in Christ, Mark Johnson UMM President
SundayServe 2013 Save the Date
SundayServe 2013 will be held on Sunday, September 29th. SundayServe is a district-wide day of service for United Methodists to work with one another for the community. Our Church will work with other Churches in the region to accomplish service-oriented tasks. There will be opportuni-ties for people of all ages, skill-levels and experiences to participate in the connected work of community service. Make plans now to be an active participant on Sunday, September 29th!
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News From Our School By Debby Jones School Director
S.H.I.N.E Share His Incredible News Everywhere & Let the “Son” Shine
Spring Program Another successful program was presented to parents and friends on Thursday, May 16, and to the congregation on Sunday, May 19! We are so blessed by the direction of Mrs. Sahmel, the music teacher, and the talents of our students.
Call 407-847-8805 and arrange for a personal tour.
Kindergarten Mother’s Day Tea Mothers were thrilled and touched to have a special time with their kinder-gartener. The special gifts and songs brought happy tears to many eyes. The students had a difficult time containing their excitement.
Shining the Light First United Methodist School
and Child Care Center
Limited Openings—Register Now!
www.fums.org
Like apples of gold in settings
of silver is a word spoken in
right circumstances. Proverbs
25:11
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First United Methodist Church Children’s Ministry Corner
JUNE CALENDAR
Sunday 2nd 9:40am Sunday School End of Year Party!!!
12:15 Child/Youth Protection Training– L.O.F.T.
Wednesday 5th 6-7pm VBS Planning Meeting– Upper Room
7-8pm Child/Youth Protection Training– L.O.F.T.
Saturday 8th 11-5 VBS WORK DAY
Sunday 9th 9:40am One Room Sunday School– L.O.F.T.
12:15 Children’s Council Meeting– L.O.F.T.
Wednesday 12th 5-6 & 8-9 VBS Classroom Set-up
6-7pm VBS Planning Meeting– L.O.F.T.
7-8pm Child/Youth Protection Training–
L.O.F.T.
Saturday 15th 10-6 VBS WORK DAY– SET UP!!!
Sunday 16th 9:40am One Room Sunday School– L.O.F.T.
ALL DAY VBS SET UP! Monday 17th-Friday 21st VBS EVERYWHERE FUN FAIR
Saturday 22nd 11-5 VBS Clean-up
Sunday 23rd 9:40 & 11 VBS Youth Sunday– No Sunday School
Saturday 29th 5:30pm Family Fun Night! Mini-golf & Ice
Cream (meet in church parking lot)
Sunday 30th 9:40am One Room Sunday School– L.O.F.T. Calendar subject to change, check often for updates, thank you!
Sunday, June 2nd is the last day of school year Sunday school classes. Please
thank your volunteer Sunday School Teachers and Youth! We will go to a one
room Sunday school starting June 9th! If you are interested in teaching a Sunday
School class during the summer please contact Tricia.
The children are always looking for new faces.
VBS Everywhere Fun
Fair NEWS
*Please visit the
VBS Needs Board near the church office.
We are looking for people
to help with purchases.
***Come HELP during a
VBS work day***
Did you know when you de-posit cans into the recycle bin in front of the school entrance you are not only helping the planet but also Children’s Ministry? The planet & chil-
Vacation Bible School June 17 – 21, 2013
VBS is FREE to attend!
Register Now online
http://2013.cokesburyvbs.
com/kissimmeefumc
Purchase from the VBS store
CD and Iron-On Transfer
Combo $10
CD $8 Iron-On $3
See calendar for training and
planning meetings… must for all
volunteers!
All forms are in the church office
*Mark your calendars with these events*
Tuesday’s from 1-5pm: Summer Fun for kids ages 5-10
*July 2nd, 9th, & 30th, Aug 13th
and August 20th– Jungle Party Finale
Cost: $10 per child & date attended (snacks provided)
Register by Monday afternoon, the day before the event.
Summer Fun will be located in the L.O.F.T.
Summer Fun events are BY REGISTRATION ONLY
Family Fun: Open to all families
Saturday, June 29th: 5:30pm- Mini-Golf & Ice Cream Trip
Saturday, July 13th: Family Field Trip– TBA
Saturday, August 3rd: Family Field Trip– TBA
Saturday, August 24th: Family Field Trip– TBA *Family Fun trips are at the expense of families, group discounts and scholarships can be applied.
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All Geared Up for Summer
Recognition Mother’s Day Celebrations Bean Garden
First United Methodist Child Care Center Submitted By: Rijean Smith
Congratulations to the
First United Methodist
Child Care Center for
being recognized by the
Early Learning Coa-
lition of Osceola County
for providing quality
early learning services
to the children and
families of Osceola
County. A certificate
was sent during Provider
Appreciation Week
which was May 6th-
10th.
The PreK 3’s enjoyed a wonderful Mother’s Day Tea with their mom’s on May 9th & 10th. The children made place-mats and made their moms a hot pad with their handprint on it. They sang to their moms and enjoyed a wonder brunch. On May 10th, the children in the childcare portable shared breakfast with their moms before they headed off to work. We had a great turn out and the moms enjoyed having that time with
The Aftercare children planted a bean garden in between the Fellowship Hall and Education Building. This project was led by Mr. Fisher, Ms. Chris, & Ms. Marjean. The children grew the beans indoors first and then transplanted them in-to the garden. They will be taking care of them.
We are gearing up for summer. We have many fun things planned for the PreK and Elementary.
The elementary will be taking field trips to the movies, library, , Abracadabra Ice Cream, Holy Land Experience, Gatorland. We will have some fun and interesting in
house field fun such as Noah’s Ark Animal Creations & A Magic Show & The Plaster House. We will a day of waterslides and summer water days. We are looking for-ward to a great summer. We still have limited openings. We would love for your
child to join us.
First United Methodist Church Hispanic Mission, School & Childcare 101 West Dakin Avenue Kissimmee, FL 34741
S u n d a y, J u n e 1 6
You’re Invited to the FUMC Sanctuary Centennial Celebration July 4th, 2013 2 - 5 p.m.
The event begins with a Reconsecration Service in the Sanctuary at 2 p.m. At 2:30 p.m. everyone is invited to join us for a homemade barbeque lunch. There will be bounce houses for the kids
and a pie judging and eating contest and cake walk for the adults.