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JULY 2019

THE WITNESS

New Beginnings ....... 1

Our Community ........ 2

Church Community .. 2

Youth Calendar ........ 3

Faith/Fitness .......... 3

IN THIS ISSUE

NEW BEGINNINGS

9119 Dean Road

Shreveport, LA 71118

Office: (318) 686-2514

sgumcoffice@bellsouth.net

Office Hours:

Mon. - Thurs. 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

www.summergroveumc.org

Facebook: Summer Grove

United Methodist Church

Join us for worship on

Sunday’s 10:30 AM

(Sunday School 9:15 AM)

Praise and Worship

Celebration

The

Grove

Embrace. Grow. Serve.

Greetings to you! Cheryl and I are looking forward to the opportunity to journey with you all. We are very grateful to Rachael for all of the preparation she has put into assisting us as we make this transition to Shreveport and Summer Grove UMC. To all of you who attending the Onboarding meeting this week. It was a wonderful opportunity to be able to begin getting to know you and to hear your hopes and concerns. I have been exploring quotes about new beginnings: “Each day brings with it the opportunity—and the excuse—to make a new start. With the right mindset, there is substantial optimism to be harvested from the ideas that starting over is possible and that new beginnings can create new and suc-cessful outcomes.” Another quote that spoke to me: “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.” Joseph Campbell

Jesus spoke to the importance of preparing for new life. He said that we do not put new wine into old wineskins. The old wineskin will burst and not be able to hold the new wine. I invite you to join me in being in prayer about how to prepare for new life and new begin-nings. I look forward to new beginnings with you Joe

On Sunday, July 7th, following the worship service, there will be a wel-

come reception in Crichlow Hall for our new Pastor, Joe Donakey and his

wife Cheryl.

During the month of July, Rev. Donakey will be

attending Neighborhood Gatherings hosted by

church members. Hostesses will be contacting

members soon as to the date, time and location

of a Gathering in your area.

July 16th—Janet & Henry Dodd

July 18th—Nancy & Henry Hutson

July 23rd—Betty & Terry Booty

July 26th—Renda King & Cynthia Jeane

A Note From the Pastor

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July and August Mission Opportunities

During the month of July, we will prepare for our Mission Madness pro-ject for August. Help us reach out to our community by supplying needy students with much needed school supplies. You can do this in two dif-ferent ways:

1. Fill a backpack full of supplies – Use the supply list and choose a specific grade level, purchase everything on the list, put it in a backpack, and return to the church by August 4th. Be sure to label the backpack with the grade level it is; (copies of supply list will be available at the church) or

2. Make a monetary donation by August 4th. We will use this money to go purchase supplies and assemble complete backpacks for chil-dren. Be sure to mark Missions/School Supplies in the memo box of any check.

Drop off filled back packs in Crichlow Hall next to the bulletin board.

Mission Madness - August 10th at 10 a.m. – Anyone able is

encouraged to join us at the church to assemble and check backpacks. We will pray over each backpack for the student who might receive it.

CHURCH COMMUNITY

OUR COMMUNITY Reaching out to others

The church office will be

closed Thursday, July 4th

for the holiday.

Women’s Ministry

Sisters in Service and Esther Women’s group will

not meet this month.

**AS YOUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED, PLEASE LET US KNOW TO REMOVE YOUR LOVED ONE FROM THE LIST. Please keep the following members and friends in your prayers. Carlos Taylor; Katie Dolin—Rehab; John Dowler; Polly Palmer; Carolyn Bahm; Jo Glezen; Curtis Thomas; Clarice Pickett; Alice Broome; Julia Williams; Juanita Long; Doris Harris; Marjorie Carter; Rev. Bob Carter; Talma Turrentine (Cheryl Turrentine’s mother); Kim Smith (Billie and Terry Smith’s ex daughter-in-law); Kayla Thomas (Godchild of Cheryl Turrentine); Mark Snellgrove (Brother of Betty Booty); Sydni Brown (Niece of Jennifer Jean); Faye Waltman (Bill Waltman’s mother); Jim Cragar (Debbie Cra-gar’s husband); Theodore Booty (Terry Booty’s brother); Daniel (Christina Gray’s son); Mike Jones (Co-worker of Sharlotte Sharbeno); men and women of the armed forces.

Dear Summer Grove UMC, Dress for Success would like to thank you for your generous cloth-ing donation. Because of donors like you we are able to serve many women in our community with their clothing needs to go to interviews and work every day. Your support is an essential part of our continuing success. Thank you again for making a differ-ence in the lives of women in the Shreveport-Bossier community. Sincerely, Erica McCain Executive Director Dress for Success Shreveport-Bossier

Thank you to everyone

who supported the

NWLA Humane Society

collection of dog supplies

in May. The staff was

overwhelmed with the

amount of food and supplies donated.

They were at a high capacity of animals

and were very much in need.

Welcome our newest

member We welcome Kim King to the Summer Grove Family. She joined on Sunday, June 16th. Kim is already active in worship and Sunday School.

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Birthday wishes to: 6 Lauryn Smith Mary Cooke 9 Jan Brunson 12 Bob Carter 17 Kenneth Garrett 19 Curtis Thomas 23 David Black 24 John Dowler 27 Mitchell Waters 28 Carlos Taylor

July Anniversaries 30 Kim and Richard Bender

You can access the July calendar through

http://73973166.view-events.com, the

church web site www.summergroveumc.org

or Facebook Summer Grove United Meth-

odist Church. Copies of the calendar and

newsletter are also available in the

sanctuary.

July Ushers:

James Brunson Terry Smith

Cheryl Turrentine Grace Barron

July 7: Water and the Word 4-7pm

July 11-14: Youth Mission Trip to Delta Grace in Sunflower, MS

July 21: Water and the Word 4-7pm

July 25-28: Weekend of the Cross

July 28: Water and the Word 4-7pm

July 30: Youth week Scavenger Hunt

July 31: Youth Week movie night

Aug 1: Youth Week River Trip

We ask for your prayers as we travel and have events this summer. May we be the hands and feet of Christ and show love and compassion in every event we do.

YOUTH CALENDAR FOR JULY

Some members of the Faith and Fitness group are signed up

to participate in the Red River Balloon Rally 5K Walk on July

13th, 7:30 AM at the LSUS Campus. Anyone interested in

participating with the group, call Janice at the church office

for registration information.

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2019 Year Two list for publication for removal at Charge Conference.

We are updating our membership rolls to reflect active membership. We know that members lives change, circum-

stances change, some move away or have found another church, and some have simply become inactive. We have

addresses for those whose name does not have an asterisk (*). They have received letters regarding their member-

ship and offering several options: renewing their commitment, transferring to another church, and withdrawal of

membership.

We do not have addresses for those names with an asterisk (*). If you have a current mailing or email address for

any of those individuals, please contact the church office by phone (686-2514) or email (sgumcoffice@bellsouth)

so that we may contact them regarding their membership.

Allen, Rachel

*Atkins, Viva

Beecham (King) Megan

Benson, Jason

Bender, Scott

*Blankenship, Eugenia

*Blankenship, James O.

*Bland, Brad

Boatner (Blankenship) Stacy

Bray, Karensa

Bray, Wesley

Brazell, Randall

Brazell, Pat

Budgewater, Nolan

Calvin (Norden) Chelsea

Cogburn, Mark

Cogburn, Kathi

Cogburn, Joshua

Cogburn, Zachary

Cogburn, Hannah

Collum, Zoe

*Covey, Katy

*Covey, Larry Jr.

Cummings, George

Cummings, Laura

DeSoto, Jesse

Donaho, Bill

Donaho, Chris

*Evans, Lori

*Fenewick, Patricia

Fenn, Doug

Fenn, Donna

Fenn, William

Frisk, Barbara

*Gilcrease, Kimberly

*Gilcrease, David

Glasscock, Robert

Haley, Keith

Howard, Marci

Howard, Trenton

Howard, Troy

Jeane, Bianca

*Jones, Gavin

LaCroix, Don

LaCroix, Sandy

Langlois, Marie

Lester, Cynthia

Lester, Keri

Lester, Larry Frank

*Long, David

*Mathis, Sharon

*Meshell, Cliff

McCall, Clark

*McKinnon, Tomi

Middleton (Collum) Jennifer

*Montiel, Andi

Morrow, Ricky

*Navarro, Chris

*Navarro, Pam

Reasor, Mary

Robison, Jacob

Roman (Blankenship) Julia

*Roszelle, William

Samuels, Jack

Samuels, Bebe

Sameuls, Corey

Scallorn, Nicholas

Scurlock, Clint

Shular, Jacqueline

Shular, Eugenia

*Skupien (Ledford) Heather

Smith, Will

*Sojourner, Charles

*Stuard, Charla

*Stuard, Craig

Sweat, Savanna

Theriot, Alison

*Thompson, Becky

*Thompson, Amanda

Trice, Christopher

Trice, Joe

Waltman, Brandon

Waters, John

*West, Mike

*Westover, Syliva

Williams (Kerns) Loretta

*Wisby, Phil

Wisby, Bill

Wisby, Lilith

Young, Jean

2019 Year One list for publication for removal at Charge Conference

Dale, Willis

Dale, Rosemary

Heath, Marion

Heath, Vickie

Scallorn, Ken

Waltman, Shelbie

Ware, Ryan