The Beacon Putnam City United Methodist Church

“Serving as a beacon of light in the name of Jesus Christ”

Volume 41 Number 9

September 6, 2016

Larry Holder, Pastor

www.pcumchurch.org

5819 NW 41st St. Oklahoma City, OK 73122 405-491-1304

Round Up Sunday! September 11, 2016

Meal After 10:45 Worship

Hamburgers and hot dogs will

be provided. Bring your favorite chips,

salads or a dessert. Kids (of all ages) wear

casual clothes if you want to participate in

the fellowship and fun activities that we

have planned. We will have Bingo in

Fellowship Hall, face painting, and other

kid friendly activities in the gym/

concession stand area.

Come join us at Putnam City United

Methodist Church for our brand new

Young Adults Ministry. Anyone 18 –30

is welcome to come check us out. We

meet Sunday evenings at 7:00pm in the

LINK (Youth) Room. Please RSVP by

calling the office at (491-1304). Free

child care is provided. FEEL ALIVE. GIVE BLOOD.

PCUMC Fall Blood Drive, September 18 10:00 to 1:00

Fellowship Hall

Anyone over the age of 16 (with parental consent) can donate. Sign-up sheet is in the Welcome Center or sign-up by calling the office at 491-1304.

All donors get a choice of an OU or OSU t-shirt and will be entered to win a pair of BEDLAM 2016 tickets.

Remember: Every pint of blood you donate, helps save three (3) people.

Skyline Ministries Food Drive

September is PCUMC’s

month to gather non-perishable

food to donate to Skyline Minis-

tries. Please place all donations in

the Skyline box (or beside it) lo-

cated in the hallway off the

Welcome Center.

Dear Friends,

Fred Craddock tells the story of his father, who spent years of his life

hiding from the God who was seeking him out:

“When the pastor used to come from my mother’s church to call on

him, my father would say, 'You don’t care about me. I know how

churches are. You want another pledge, another name, right? Another name, another pledge,

isn’t that the whole point of church? Get another name, another pledge.'

My nervous mother would run to the kitchen, crying, for fear somebody’s feelings would be

hurt. When we had an evangelistic campaign the pastor would bring the evangelist, introduce

him to my father and then say, 'Sic him, get him! Sic him, get him!' May father would always

say the same thing. 'You don’t care about me! Another name, another pledge. Another name,

another pledge! I know about churches.'

I guess I heard it a thousand times. One time he didn’t say it. He was at the Veteran’s Hospi-

tal. He was down to 74 pounds. They had taken out the throat, put in a metal tube, and said,

'Mr. Craddock, you should have come earlier. But this cancer is awfully far advanced. We’ll

give radium, but we don’t know.'

I went in to see him. In every window—potted plants and flowers. Everywhere there was a

place to set them—potted plants and flowers. Even in that thing that swings out over your bed

they put food on, there was a big flower. There was by his bed a stack of cards 10 or 15 inches

deep. I looked at the cards sprinkled in the flowers. I read the cards beside his bed. And I want

to tell you, every card, every blossom, every potted plant from groups, Sunday School classes,

women’s groups, youth groups, men’s bible class, of my mother’s church—every one of them.

My father saw me reading them. He could not speak, but he took a Kleenex box and wrote

something on the side from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. . . . He wrote on the side, 'In this harsh

world, draw your breath in pain to tell my story.' I said, 'What is your story, Daddy?' And he

wrote, 'I was wrong.'”

It is not until you know God is seeking you in love, not in condemnation; it is not until that

moment that the gospel becomes Good News for you.

I love that story. I love it for it’s simple truth. We don’t get far in the life, and certainly not

in the life of faith if we are running from God’s judgment. If we are scared of what God might

or might not do to us, or for us, it is hard to walk with God. However, if we are walking in the

love of God, how much easier is the life of faith? How much easier is it to have a relationship

with someone who loves you rather than living in fear of the other foot falling.

That is the church at it’s best, when we are shining the love of Christ. All those preachers

and evangelists visited Craddock’s dad time after time and nothing changed. But, when the

church, did what the church does so well – shared the love of Christ – a life changed.

And that is why we invite you week after week to go and do in the name of Christ. How

many of us have friends like Fred’s dad - suspicious of the preachers and leaders of the church

and their motivations – but trust you and who you are. Why wait until they are sick and in the

hospital or at the end of life to share the love of Christ. Surely, there is something you could

do today to share the love of the one that is able to change a life. I guess the question remains

the same, will you do it?

–Larry

Gift Acknowledgments

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Gene & Pat

Howe.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Argus &

Norma Hinton.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Donna Hawkins by Benson,

Renee and Woody.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Joe & Helen

McFadden.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Kathryn

Green.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Josephine

Adams.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Paul &

Brenda Dodson.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Mr. & Mrs.

Jim Woolsey.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Carl & Gwen

Jawarsky.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Randall &

Ronda McGuire.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Joy Defoe.

To the Food Pantry in Memory of Billie Beaty by Dwain

Davidson.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Capt. Marie

Senzig.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Patricia

Miller.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Susan

Tussey.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Nancy Sim-

mons.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by David &

Anna Faye Rose.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Cliff & Billie

Galaway.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Catherine

Carter.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Waldo &

Betty Warren.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Paul & Patty

Shepherd.

To the Door Fund in Memory of Billie Beaty by Paul &

Christie Fincher.

Trunk or Treat October 29, 2016 6:00-7:30pm

It’s that time again! Sign up to have a

trunk open with goodies and/or bring

candy. There will be a clearly marked

box in the welcome center for candy. The

sign up for trunks will be on the welcome

center desk. This is a great way to reach

out to our neighbors! For more infor-

mation, contact Karen Styers at 642-0479

or krstyers@juno.com .

More information to come about the Chili

Cook-off also October 29, 2016.

Just a reminder that we are still col-

lecting school supplies for the

teacher of our Sunday School and

Youth students. So far, we have re-

ceived wonderful comments from

teachers who have received the bas-

ket of supplies and we need more to

provide for the rest of the teachers.

Donna Gray & Kim Lynch

Newsletter published bi-weekly by

Putnam City United Methodist Church

5819 NW 41st St.

Oklahoma City, OK 73122

Postmaster: Send address change to the above address

Periodical — Postage paid

Oklahoma City, OK 73122

(USPS 468-750)

Adler, Alberta

Appling, Wayne

Beaty, Billie J

Blevens, Helen

Brintnall, Alvena

Cates, JoAnne

Cavaness, Hazel

Clark, Bob

DeLong, Betty

Demaree, Carolyn

Dunn, Bonnie

Galaway, Cliff

Galpin, Jana

Garrison, Ramona

Gibbs, Mary Jane

Harlan, Charlene

Hawkins, Woody

Howe, Gene

Kanary, Lynne

Keas, Dottie

Johnson, Betty

Lackey, Mary Lee & Homer

LeBeouf, Diana

Marlowe, John

McDonald, George

McLemore, Roosevelt & Tona

McGuinn, Nola

Muret, Oleta

Nees, Leta

Nutt, Woodna

Osburn, Teri

Poppe, Barbara

Randle, Jim

Reddick, Imogene

Rollins, Robert

Russell, Willa

Simmons, Ann

Stone, Jody

Templin, Glyn & Freda

Thompson, Betty

Wagner, Chris

William, Charles

If you’d like to send a card, please call

the office for the address.

Katie Gritzmaker

Derek Ligon

Angela Nieman

Daniel Pierce

Tyler Duncan

Prayers for:

Beverly Beesley

Carl Conley

Carolyn Demaree

Mary Lee Lackey

George McDonald

Woodna Nutt

Pat Aldredge

Bill Shelton

Betty Thompson

Jana Galpin

Phyllis Thomas

John Marlowe

Wayne Appling

Marvin Seal

Charles Williams

Jim Moon

Betty Johnson

JoAnne Cates

Hazel Caveness

Jane Conway

Lucy Shields

Dottie Keas

Bill McClary

Wilburn Terrell

Chris Wagner

Lynne Kanary

Barbara Poppe

Gene Howe

Jim Shields

Woody Hawkins

Carolyn Chilless

Leta Nees

Fred & Glyn Templin

Alvena Brintnal

Diana LeBeoufl

Mckenzie Asher

Nila Gibbs,

Bill Davis’ son Mark,

Mary Tabb,

Members in

Service of our

Country

Member Shut-Ins (Nursing Homes, Illnesses, etc.)

Kid’s Corner

This month‘s article we are spotlighting Erynn White for her efforts to raise

funds to fix the wooden sanctuary doors that were damaged in last winter’s break-in attempt. Erynn has been creating jewelry and selling it in hopes of reaching $200 to go for the repairs. She has raised over her goal, and we are proud of her. If Erynn has left over funds, she wants those to go to re-pairing the red door to the youth/children area. Thanks Erynn for all you’ve done so that the doors can be fixed!

Jack-O-Lantern Door Hanger

Painting Class Saturday, Sept. 17th 9:00-1:00

Call Shirley Brummett 942-4884

for information and reservations