CONCERNS FOR THIS MONTH

HEALTH CONCERNS: Peggy LaPier, Bette Jalufka, Kendra Bell, Shirley

Plain, Marilyn Childers, Julie Stone Heideman, Jason Whitlow, Mary Rice,

Max White, Milt Hudson (in Hospice), Galen Chandler niece Stacy, Bobby &

Guylene Griffin brother in law Larry

IN CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY: the family of Sue Thomas, the family of Juanita

Warwick, the family of Brylee Smith (Brandon & Kendra Smith infant), the

family of Barney Ferguson (Tim Wilson’s cousin)

JOYS: For the upcoming grandbaby—Jane & Joe King (parents Carson &

Kristin Gerber), Lady Buffs Softball National Final Championship & Coach

Blaskowski, K’Lynn Yoakum job, thanking God for the RAIN, Kyla Matthews

serving at Glorieta church camp, Grandson Reagon Warrick got to come

home and is doing well, engagement of Audra Thurman to Cole Nuckols—to

be wed in October of this year, birth of a new grandbaby Sebastian Wade

Avery—parents Patrick and Monica Avery, Dollie Bell moving into her other

house, Rilee Barnes has successful ear surgery, Karen Middleton published

collection, Eddie & Pat Holcomb’s daughter ordained Deacon, Melissa

Schlabs starting a new job, Spirit Wind travel and safety, Carrol & Debi

Marriott met the new granddaughters in Spain—parents are Matt & Erin

Marriott

OTHER CONCERNS: Hannah Yock (Guatemala mission work this summer),

Shelby Jo camp trip is safe, Judah & Roman Asbill—safe travel, Church

Camps, Ceta Canyon, Kendall Stratford, fire in New Mexico,

ANNIVERSARIES: Buell & Sandi Martin—58 years, Bryan & Laura Smith—

30 years,

BIRTHDAYS: Laurie Gilliland 5/23 , Tim Gilliland 5/25, Amy Roberts 6/22

ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS: Brynn McPherson, Dylan Brown, Shelly

Gross, Milt Hudson, Dick Elliott, Glenda Abernethy, Sue Thomas, Lou Ann

Barnhart, Betty Hill, Dorothy Cook, Glen Miller, Carolyn Mason, Beth

Sanchez, Dorothy Haley, Judy Gilliam, Tata McCartney, Kimberly Conrad,

Kathy Noel, Keith & Dorinda McCormack, Bruce Fields, Anna Overhulser,

C.W. Stubblefield, Terry & Helen Gamblin, Betty Ketchersid, Merrell

Winstead, Martin Mordecai, Waylon Malone, Gib Satterwhite, T.K. Baker, Erin

Green, Christie Wilhite, Dusty Koehler, Shirley King, Donny Cook, Guy

Crenshaw, Brandi Sustaire, Patti Kolb, Bobby Altman, Dick Watson, Diane

Reid, Kingston Marr, Kason Gabbard, Alisann Smookler, Addi Martinez, Hope

Ramos, Virginia Tovar, Anna Ruth Erwin & Mel Wessels

ADDITIONAL INTERCESSORY PRAYERS: President Obama and our

country’s leaders, Costa Rica Team, Backyard Missions, War-torn Countries,

the economy, our policeman and firemen, those in the military and the need

for a local drug and alcohol addiction recovery treatment center.

Please email fumcpray@gmail.com or call 806-655-2851 with all prayer

requests, joys, concerns or updates. If you have requested someone be

added to the Ongoing Prayer Concerns, please update us on that person

occasionally; especially if that person needs to be removed from the list.

1818 4th Ave

Canyon, TX 79015

Return Service Requested

PAID

Non-Profit Org.

US Postage

Canyon, TX

Permit No. 130

June 25,2014

from The Official Newsletter of First United Methodist Church, Canyon, Texas

phone: 806 655-2851 • web: www.firstchurchcanyon.com • prayer request email: fumcpray@gmail.com

Worship Leaders for the 9am Service June 29 Donna Woodard July 6 Joe Young July 13 Melissa Schlabs July 20 Winston Stahlecker July 27 John Barnhart

Acolytes for the 9 am Service June 29 Rilee Barnes and Jonah Hopson July 6 Caleb Gill and Chord Cogswell July 13 Jordan Wilhite and Kristian Wilhite July 20 Danielle Burns and Kelsey Blaskowski July 27 Charlie Neal and Shane Neal

Prayer Room June 29 9:00—Guylene Giffin 11:15—Brenda Goodwin July 6 9:00—Jo Jackson 11:15—Roman Asbill July 13 9:00—Kathy Rogers(Jeff) 11:15—Kathy Rogers (Bill) July 20 9:00—Mary Clare Munger 11:15—Lezlie Cooper July 27 9:00—Amy Roberts 11:15—Kay Holloway

Hosts

June 29

8:45 Joan Schurke, Judy Welch, Mary Clare Munger, Lezlie Cooper

11:00 Bryan & Laura Smith, Joe & Babs Lombard

July 6

8:45 Garre, Lisa, Sydney & Taylor Robinson

11:00 Annette Lippold, Melissa Schlabs, M.L. & Maxine Sherrod

July 13

8:45 Marilyn Dees, Linda Elliott, Joe & Pam Young

11:00 Galen & Robin Chandler, Doug & Jan Cowan

July 20

8:45 Ben & Pam Bentley, Bobby & Guylene Griffin

11:00 Danny & Wendy Cornelius, Brenda Goodwin, Pat Holcomb

July 27

8:45 Tim & Debbie Crown, Janice Cranmer, Peggy Davis

11:00 Jerry & Gloria Gray, Amelia Irlbeck, Don Johnston

(If you are unable to fulfill your obligation in any of these areas, please find

a replacement and call the church office and let them know the change.

Thank you.)

Attendance Record: June 1 Promotion Sunday

9:00 am Traditional Worship………………………………………………….232

10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………..263

11:15 am Contemporary Worship………………………………………...…..105

TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………..…337

Attendance Record: June 8

9:00 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………..247

10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………..242

11:15 am Contemporary Worship………………………………………….….. 78

TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………......325

Attendance Record: June 15 Father’s Day

9:00 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………..229

10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………..217

11:15 am Contemporary Worship………………………………………….….105

TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………......334

Attendance Record: June 22

9:00 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………...211

10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………..239

11:15 am Contemporary Worship………………………………………….….104

TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………......315

Schedules Joys and Concerns

CHURCH STAFF

SENIOR PASTOR………………………………….……..….……Rev. Rick Enns

PASTORAL CARE …………………………………………………...Angela Asbill

DIRECTOR OF DISCIPLESHIP………..…………………………...Roman Asbill

DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY……………….…………….….Tyler Looney

DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES………………………..Kim Hopson

CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR………………………………..…….......Bill Rogers

FINANCE MANAGER………………………………………….……Christi Ybarra

MUSIC DIRECTOR………………………………………………..Melanie Brooks

ORGANIST……………….………………………………….…..Cameron McMinn

ACCOMPANIST………………………………….…………......….......B.J. Brooks

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP LEADER…………………………..Jason Lester

KITCHEN COORDINATOR………………………………..…….Charlotte Wilson

IHH CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR……………………Brenda Shepherd

Summer Reading List

“Read the most useful books, and that regularly and

constantly.” –John Wesley, Circulation of Books

“But beware you be not swallowed up in books! An

ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.” –John

Wesley, Letter to Joseph Benson, November 7, 1768

I love the two quotes above. A reminder to constantly be about

educating yourself, but a further reminder that love is more important

still.

Every year at Annual Conference I buy new books. I guess there are

worse habits. But over the past couple of months I’ve picked up several

and so I thought I’d share my “Summer Reading List” with you. (You can

ask me at the end of August if I got them all read!)

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero. Just finished

this one last month. Excellent! Highly Recommended. It would

make for a great Sunday school study.

The Trouble with the Truth: Balancing Truth and Grace by Rob

Renfroe. Finished this one yesterday. Highly Recommended.

Seeing Black and White in a Gray World: The Need for

Theological Reasoning in the Church’s Debate over Sexuality by

Bill T. Arnold. About half-way through this one. Very well written

book on a very hot topic.

Why Salvation? By Joel B. Green. Dr. Green was one of my

mentors from Asbury Seminary. An incredible scholar from the

Panhandle of Texas.

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything

Else in Business by Patrick Lencioni. Lencioni is a great writer on

teams and team health.

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes are High by

Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, & Switzler. Ok this one we just

finished as a staff. Excellent book.

Thirteen Discourses on the Sermon on the Mount by John

Wesley. (Seedbed Publishing). A great re-packaging of Wesley’s

sermons. I look forward to getting into this one.

Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and

Dan Heath.

Enjoy!

Rick Enns revrick@firstchurchcanyon.com

A Note From the Pastor

July Sermon Series

Against the Flow: The Life of Daniel

Summer has officially begun! WOW! I hope you are all enjoying your summer activities. I want to thank each of you who so graciously donated craft supplies for VBS this week. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers for giving

of your time to minister with these kids. This week of VBS has been fantastic.

Please continue to keep the children’s ministry

in your thoughts and prayers. They are felt each and

every day! The kids are the future of our church, but it

takes YOU to help raise them UP.

HAVE A WONDERFUL JULY!!!!

Upcoming Events

Children’s News

Wednesday, June 25 9:00 to 11:00 Vacation Bible School Thursday, June 26 9:00 to 11:00 Last Day of Vacation Bible

School

Wednesday, July 2 2:00 p.m. UMW Book Review—Library Friday, July 4 Church and IHH Closed Thursday, July 10 6:30 p.m. Women of Worship—Sanctuary/Parlor Monday, July 14

6:00 p.m. SPRC Meeting—Library

Thursday, July 17 6:0 p.m. Administrative Board Meeting—

Room #125/127

Monday, July 28

6:00 p.m. Trustee Meeting—Room #113

Thank You Notes W.O.W. Women of Worship

When: July 10, 2014

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Where: Sanctuary - FUMC Canyon

Address: 1818 4th Ave Canyon, TX

What’s up? A gathering of area women,

young to mature, to fellowship, worship

the Lord, food (snacks) and fun!

Come One, Come All!

Bring at least 2 friends and

make new friends!

Every woman desires to fellowship with

other women for the sole purpose of

worshipping the Lord. The “Soul”

purpose of W.O.W. is to glorify the Lord!

FUMC Canyon Welcomes New

Members

Youth News

“Sharing God’s Story for 125 Years”

At the Northwest Texas Annual Conference meeting every June, the Bishop awards individuals who have shown exemplary skills in the field of evangelism a special award. Our church has been blessed to have several members and

pastors win this award.

Richard Bales who was our pastor in the 1990s won this award in 1993 for representing our church and our conference when he and his wife Noreen went to the Annual Conference of Methodists in Pakistan where Richard was the

featured preacher.

After beginning his ministry as the youth director at FUMC, Curtis House was appointed pastor of the Happy UMC. While leading the Happy congregation, the church increased in membership and attendance and was recognized for the members’ ministry to their community (following a tornado in Happy) and building an outreach ministry to cowboys in

Happy.

This year, Bishop Earl Bledsoe presented Mikey Littau and the West Texas A&M Wesley Foundation with this most

prestigious award.

Bishop Bledsoe will be coming to Canyon to help us celebrate our 125th anniversary at a special worship service

on October 12, 2014.

UMW Book Review

Wednesday, July 2—Jo Jackson leading

Church Library

Greetings! The Summer is going fast and furious! So far we have enjoyed a senior trip, backpacking and now camps are kicking off. I just wanted to remind you to be praying for all the youth this summer and their families. Be praying for safety and rest! Be blessed! Tyler Looney (Director of Youth Ministries @ FUMC Canyon, TX) Phone:(806)336-1699

What a blessing this church

family has and will continue

to be in my life! Thank you

for every prayer that has

guided me through this

journey of faith.

I am moving to New

Braunfels to become an inn

keeper of the Sir Lawrence

Guest House. I am so

blessed to be near my family

& right across the street from

the Methodist Church!

I look forward to seeing you

at new my new home. I will

miss you but carry the

blessing of you in my life on

my new journey.

God’s Blessing & my love,

Teresa Carter

Dear Church family,

Thank you so much for the

devotional book I appreciate

everything you have done for

me.

Love,

McKayla

Church and Staff,

Thank you for recognizing

the seniors on senior

Sunday. Thank you for a

wonderful brunch for us and

our families. Thank you for

the Jesus calling devotional.

I’m so grateful for my FUMC

family.

Love,

Lorin Barnes

Dear FUMC,

Thank y’all so much for the

devotional book. I really

have bee using it daily and

will continue throughout this

next year. Thanks for having

faith in my future as well.

Love,

Rodey

Dear FUMC family,

Thank you so much for the

wonderful service and brunch

y’all provided me and my

fellow classmates. The

church service was touching

the food was mouth watering!

Thanks for the much needed

support over the years!

Thanks also for the

devotional.

Andrew Spring

Hi all,

Just a note to say thank you

guys for all your prayers for

the stuss I’ve been going thru

for the last several months.

Seems like I take on step

forward & then its 2 steps

backwards, but right now, its

that one step forward and its

all because of you guys. I

couldn’t have done it without

you all.

I love my church family,

as always,

Dollie

FUMC Family,

Please accept our sincere

thanks for the meal after the

service for Sue. It was really

great. My heart felt Thanks

for the beautiful service.

Everything was so nice and

my family and I will

appreciate your generosity

forever.

God Bless you All,

Tommy Thomas and family

Your church has amazing

love & peace& comfort.

You’re a wonderful family to

our kids Brandon & Kendra!

Thank you for your love & the

meal & for also celebrating

our Ethan & Emily! Y’all are

amazing!

Love,

Brad & Kathy Smith

LOST & FOUND Please stop by the Lost & Found cart in the Fellowship Hall kitchen and see if any of these items belong to you! Cart will be emptied and items donated on August 1, 2014. KITCHEN COORDINATOR I will be on vacation July 3rd to July 20th and will not be able to answer my phone. You may e-mail me at usdkwil-son@sbcglobal.net, if needed, or call the church office at (806)655-2851. MEAL FOR "TEXAS" Our annual meal for the cast and crew of "TEXAS" is Thursday June 26th. If you have signed up to help with this, please bring your food to the Fellowship Hall kitchen by 6:45 p.m. Thank you so much for your help!

Carpenter Needed

IF YOU HAVE CARPENTER

EXPERIENCE AND WOULD LIKE TO

VOLUNTEER YOUR SERVICES—WE

NEED YOU! We have a project here at

the church to frame a wall with cut-out

door, sheetrock, tape and bed, texture and

paint. If you would like to help in any way

please contact Bill Rogers at

brogers@firstchurchcanyon.com or by

phone 806-655-2851 ext. 219

We still have a few Daddy Daughter Dinner

pictures that have not been picked up—if you

are missing yours please stop by the church

office.

The church office has pictures that were taken

during the directory picture taking in March

and April. If you did NOT order any pictures

you still received a FREE 8x10. Please stop by

the church office and get your FREE 8x 10

picture.

Pictured left to right: Tobin Brooks, Deanne Rice,

Emma Crenshaw, Cameron Neal, Julie Bell,

Aubrey Carr and Ally DeLong. Not pictured

Josiah Asbill and Markos Tijerina. Confirmation

Class 2014.

VBS 2014

Michael Kent & Karen Powell joined the church

on June 1. Kent is employed by Panhandle

Eye Group. They both come to the church by

transfer of membership. Please help us wel-

come Kent & Karen to FUMC Canyon.

T. Mina Ajiboye joined the church June 5. She

is a WTAMU student. Please help us wel-

come Mina to FUMC Canyon.

Kirk Watson, former member of FUMC Canyon, being commissioned for ordination at the North-West Texas Annual Conference at Abilene on

June 11. Kirk will be serving FUMC Clarendon.

Spirit Wind—2014

Spirit Wind Concert was held on June 18 at

FUMC Canyon Sanctuary . There many people

in attendance to hear the wonderful sounds of

these young people sharing their wonderful

talent.