Opportunity Guide - St. Matthew`s United Methodist Church

ST. MATTHEW’S
GOOD NEWS UPDATE
July 24, 2016
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL—CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Starts tomorrow @ 5:30 pm with dinner!
VBS for adults will be led Johnny Jedkins.
Topics are HOPE, COURAGE and DIRECTION!.
This will meet in the Parlor.
New Bishop for the Texas Annual Conference
Scott Jameson Jones was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and was
raised in Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana and Colorado. He received degrees from the University of Kansas (B.A. in Philosophy), Perkins
School of Theology of Southern Methodist University (Master of
Theology) and Southern Methodist University (Ph.D. in Religious
Studies). His dissertation research was focused on Wesley Studies
and the History of Biblical Interpretation.
He was ordained deacon in the Kansas East Annual Conference and
elder in the North Texas Annual Conference. From 1986 to 1997
he served as pastor of three congregations: the United Methodist
churches in Prosper, Howe and Commerce, Texas. In 2003-2004 he served as interim pastor
at Stonebridge UMC in McKinney, Texas. From 1997 to 2004 he served on the faculty of Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
In 2004, Scott Jameson Jones was elected to the episcopacy by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference and assigned to serve as the resident bishop of the Kansas Area as of September 1, 2004. with offices in Wichita and Topeka, Kansas.
His most recent books are United Methodist Doctrine: The Extreme Center and The Evangelistic Love of God and Neighbor: A Theology of Discipleship and Witness. He has been named
associate editor of volumes 5 and 6 in the Bicentennial Edition of The Works of John Wesley,
the scholarly edition of Wesley's Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament.
Scott and Mary Lou Reece have been married since 1979. They have three children, Jameson,
and twins Arthur and Marynell.
Weekly Calendar
Sunday, July 24, 2016
9:30 a.m. Worship
10:30 a.m. Sunday School
6:00 p.m. Youth Fellowship
6:00 p.m. Knitting/Crocheting, Rm. 107
Monday, July 25, 2016
CWM Closed
Library work day
5:30 p.m. Dinner and VBS - kids & adults
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
CWM Closed
4:30 p.m. Weight Watchers, Rms. 104-105
5:30 p.m. Dinner and VBS - kids & adults
Thursday, July 28, 2016
CWM Closed
Friday, July 29, 2016
CWM Closed
VBS & Dinner Start @ 5:30 p.m. - kids & adults
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
8:30 a.m. Weight Watchers, Rms. 104-105
CWM Closed
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. VBS Ice Cream Social & Karaoke
Saturday, July 30 @ 2:00 p.m.
Please join St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church for its annual FALL FESTIVAL. Plans include a petting
zoo, pumpkin patch, local vendors, inflatables, face painting, crafts, a silent auction, delicious food, music,
and much more! This is the perfect event to bring out your family and friends and celebrate the beautiful
fall weather. Call the church office to find out where you can help.
 Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
 Proceeds will be used for the missions and ministries of the church.
 When: Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
For event details and updates, please visit:
www.facebook.com/events/1037651579604220/
If you would like to apply for a booth, please visit:
www.facebook.com/groups/597566010404261/?hc_location=ufi
St. Matthew’s UMC Library
easy as signing your name on the Check Out Card and
leaving it in the silver leaf dish on the table. Return the
HOUSECLEANING IS DONE!!!!! In case you haven’t nobook simply by placing it on the table near the dish. The
ticed, three librarians have spent many months refreshLibrary is open on Sundays and on Monday mornings, as
ing your Library. This included removing obsolete books
well as any time the custodian
from the shelves, removing
is working on the campus.
excess furniture, and in genAlso, the Library would be a
eral sprucing up the room to
great place for a small meetmake it pleasing to the eye.
ing. It can easily accommodate
The scuttlebutt is that “books
up to 10 people. Just call the
are going away – everyone
office and let the secretary
reads what they want to read
know your plans. There is a lot
on their computer or Kindle”.
of history in that room, and
NO WAY!!! There are books in
not just in the books. There
your Library that you would
are portraits of all ministers
never think to bring up on your
who have served St. Matcomputer – books that would
thew’s, the cabinet which
not ordinarily come to mind,
served the church as its first
but grab your attention once you lay eyes upon them.
“Library” and much more.
There are all kinds of books – Bible reference books,
Make plans to visit this warm and inviting room and see
bibliographies, history, fiction, etc.
the transformation for yourself.
Give the Library a chance. Checking out a book is as
Youth are continuing the series, Groove, Relationships.
We will cover strengthening relations with friends, building strong community leaders and sharpening your relationship with the Lord as a youth. This is for all Middle
and High schoolers. We meet in the youth lounge after
worship. Bring your friends and join us as Re Knight
leads us through this study.
Children’s Sunday
School continues for
the summer. Class
is from 10:40 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. in classroom number 5 (The
Butterflies). This is a weekly adventure through the
Bible including exciting stories, science experiments,
arts and crafts, video storytelling and games!
UNIT 2: FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT: PART 1

Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

Joy (Psalm 100:1-5)

Peace (Matthew 5:1-9)
St. Matthew’s UMC Men
will have a meeting on August 6th at 10:30 a.m. after the
pancake breakfast in the parlor.
Men of the church please complete the survey form located
in a box in the narthex. Please put in the box when completed.

Patience (Luke 18:1-8)

Kindness (2 Samuel 9:1-13)
UNIT 3: FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT: PART 2

Goodness (Book of Ruth)

Faithfulness (2 Kings 22:1–23:23)

Gentleness (Psalm 23:1-6)

Self-control (Daniel 1:1-21)
For more information on the St. Matthew’s Sunday
School program please contact Nell Baham @ (713) 686
-2854 or at granellb@aol.com
We look forward to seeing you!
Pancake Breakfast on August 6 @ 8:30
PRAYER REQUESTS
Immediate Prayer Needs
Trish Tieken
Exa Lee Bishop
Allen & Wynona Wagner
Mel & Dorothy Lofton
Damon Gowan
Gloria Jones
Baker Family
(Nell Baham’s niece)
Chris Railsback
Continuing Prayer Needs
US Military Men & Women
Jeanette and Henry Lindley
Joyce Rivette
Joanne Oldham
Thora Hightower
Taryn Day
Frances Gum
Jean Mooney
Jeffrey Hartman
Nell Baham
Eddie Akin
Doris Gunderson
Danielle Sleeper (missing)
Terri, John Cunningham’s Secretary
Danny Roesler, friend of
Traci Messina
John Cunningham
Sam Messina, Traci Messina’s father-in-law
 Olivia Hansen family member of Lesley Goodman
Condolences for the
family of Bobbi Lu Best
(Sam Stengler’s aunt)
Condolences for Nancy
Frankel - her Grandfather passed away
Congratulations to Roberta
Hill and her family. Roberta's granddaughter, Elizabeth, gave birth to a little
boy. He is doing fine. Please
continue to keep him in your
prayers that he gets stronger and healthier.
Happy 90th Birthday to Frances Gum!!!
July 25-27 - Vacation Bible School
July 30 - Ice Cream Social and Karaoke
August 1 - Fall Festival Meeting
August 6 - Pancake Breakfast & UMM Meeting after
August 12 - Summer Lunch Program Ends
August 15 - Fall Festival Meeting
August 16 - Finance Committee Meeting
August 24 - Lifeline Screening
August 29 - Fall Festival Meeting
August 31-Sept.3 - World Methodist Conference (Houston)
September 10 - Evening of Comedy & Praise
October 6, 7, & 8 - Directory Picture Days
October 22 - Fall Festival
SPECIAL NOTE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
will be suspended just for the week
July 25 - July 29. Back to the usual
time on Tuesday, August 2. THANKS!!!
St. Matthew’s United Methodist
Church Rev. Virginia Wall
4300 N. Shepherd Dr.
Houston, TX 77018
713697-0671
Please call the church office at 713-697-0671 for questions
or information on any opportunities listed. Office hours are
Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Rev. Wall can be reached on her cell phone at 713-204-8529,
fax at 713-697-3280 or e-mail at vwall@stmatthewsmethodist.org.
Check us out at stmatthewsmethodist.org. View our website
for an updated calendar and newsletter!