Sundays @ 4pm - First United Methodist Church – New Iberia, LA

Beginning in September
Wednesdays @ 6 p.m.
Disciple I led by Bud Lee
& Kathleen Flanagan
Disciple II led by Martha Moore
& Paul Fontenot
Christian Believer led by Gerald
Williams & Marilynn White
Sundays @ 4pm
August 16th
9:45 a.m.
nted to
Bibles prese
er s
our 3rd grad
8:30 a.m. &
ices
11 a.m. serv
Disciple I led by TBA
*Register online @
firstumcnewiberia.com
(Participant materials are $50.)
*Fellowship meals are served on
Sundays and Wednesdays at 5:30
p.m. beginning in September!
Stephen Ministry
Sunday
August 30th
Check out our website
for the latest in shortterm class offerings
throughout the year!
Every once in a great while a bit of wisdom crosses your path and garners your attention. The depth of
that wisdom is rendered even more profound when you realize it was accumulated over a long and deeply
spiritual life by someone you knew.
Dr. Ellsworth Kalas retired recently from Asbury Seminary, my
own alma mater, with far too many distinctions, honors and achievements to enumerate in a few words.
While I hold a deep respect for all of these accomplishments, what has most impressed me over the years
was the man.
His spirit remains warm, kind and generous. His faith, strong and thoughtful and yet
so imminently practical and wise. On the occasion of his retirement he distilled in a few words
some
of his greatest life lessons. I trust his godly wisdom will speak to you as it has to
me.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Every Sunday
1
2
3
Communion
9
10 am Confirmation Class
Parent’s mtg
10
4
Children’s Splash
Day 10a-2p $5
Bullock’s cool
pool. Tasty treats
& lunch included.
11
5
6
12
7
13
14
8
15
8:30 a Worship
9:30 a Joyful Noise Children’s Choir
9:45 a Sunday School
11:00 a Worship
4:00 p Youth Group
Every Monday
8:30 a
4:00 p
4:30 p
5:30 p
6:00 p
7:00 p
Exercise Class for Seniors
Weight Watchers weigh in
Weight Watchers mtg
Weight Watchers weigh in
Weight Watchers mtg
Queen City/Gratitude
Every Tuesday
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
10a
Every Wednesday
Stephen Ministry Sunday
Acolyte Training 12:15p
Church Leadership Summit
6:30 a
Men’s Bible Study
8:30 a
Exercise Class for Seniors
11:45a Weight Watchers weigh in
12:15p Weight Watchers mtg
1:00 p
Senior’s Art Class
2:00 p
Line Dance
7:00 p
Drug Court Meal
7:00 p
Men’s In Step
7:00 p
Ala-Non
4p-8p
9:00 a
Weight Watchers weigh in
9:30 a
Weight Watchers mtg
11:45a Weight Watchers weigh in
12:15p Weight Watchers mtg
Every Thursday
1st
14th
Melanie Leger
Sue Cox
Jeff Johnson
JoAnn Minvielle
2nd
Lauren Leach
Douglas Gipson
16th
Cece Eiden
Cristy Renninger
3rd
Troy Bienvenu
Shane Trahan
Carl Hodge
Therese Felps
18th
Dan Doerle
Anita Labit
4th
Jimmy Planchard
Treasure Cannon Nicholas Bernard
Floyd Curry Jr.
19th
Lana Davidson
Paul Bourdier
6th
21st
Julia Hankenhof Landon Champagne
22nd
Christopher Gary
Jared Bullock
9th
23rd
Hulon Barksdale
Suzanne Allen
Michael Parich
Christina Graham
10th
24th
Elizabeth DeBuse
Angye Miller
11th
25th
Jim Grigsby
Dawn Suggs
Roderick Voisin
Michell Thornton
Sladen Gibson
13th
Muriel Lasome
27th
Nancy Justice
Ella Langford
Claudia Boelte
28th
14th
Kyle Thompson
Brady Crawford
Jim Wyche
28th
Andrew Harper
29th
Elvira Bobbitt
Howard Boles
Trinity Knight
30th
Bob Behringer
31st
Emily Boles
Amanda Gipson
Carla Carr
MacKenzie
delaHoussaye
8:30 a
9:30 a
7:00 p
Stanley Andrew Parkerson
& Ursula Newman
married July 18th.
Gordie Theron White
baptized June 26th
Confirmation Class
parent mtg Sunday
August 9th 10:00 a.m.
Fellowship Hall
Our deepest Christian Sympathy
go to these families:
to the family of James L. Gray
He passed away July 3, 2009
to the family of Dorothy Cain
She passed away July 21, 2009
and to the family of Mary-Ingrid Jones
She passed away July 26, 2009
May the Lord Bless you and keep you. Amen
Exercise Class for Seniors
Sr. Citizen Arts & Crafts
Queen City/Gratitude
3rd
Neil & Valeri Grayson
Tim & Nicole Parich
4th
HC & Patricia Chapman
Byron & Cindy Kern
5th
Roy & Julia Williams
John & Cindy Kilgore
13th
Jim & Elizabeth DeBuse
14th
Warren & Aleece Langford
17th
Mert & Henrietta McLeod
Charles & Nancy Justice
19th
Tim & Jennifer Trahan
Chris & Niki Hoss
21st
Bradley & Martha Segura
26th
Clint & Rachel Bates
All 2nd thru 5th graders are invited
Acolyte Training
August 30th
12:15 Sanctuary
2nd—5th graders: join us to learn how
you may serve God and your church
with this incredible ministry. Call Tracy
Louviere at 369-3721 for more
information. Pizza will be served.
Join us each Sunday at 9:45 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
as we learn new songs in August!
SNAC
Sunday Night at Church
Youth join us at 4 p.m. for SNAC in the Youth Room
upstairs in the Education Building. Don’t miss out!
Helping Hand Link is collecting
school supplies for those in need.
#2 pencils, book covers, coloring books, crayons, facial tissue, black pens, red pens, plastic supply boxes,
index cards, wide ruled single subject notebooks,
book bags, 12" rulers, wide ruled loose leaf paper,
washable markers, Elmer's liquid glue, 3-ring binders,
Fiskar scissors
A collection box has been placed in the coffee hall
(behind the Sanctuary) for your convenience.
Senior Adult Ministries
Spirit
Committee
Join us for lunch at Bojangles! Meet us in the
Church Parlor Friday, August 21st at 11:00 a.m.
We will make our way to fellowship and food at
11:15. RSVP to Annie at 577-2433.
Many of you have been wondering what’s
been happening with Rebuild Iberia lately.
The main answer is that I have been chasing
grants an enterprise that is in many ways is like
chasing rabbits, or finding false teeth on a chicken.
However, three applications have been made, we are
awaiting a third Request for Proposal, and with this
potential funding we will be healthy again soon.
Things are beginning to look a bit more promising as
local organizations appear to be making a move to
help. Their generosity is appreciated. Doug Ashey
Building Materials has donated 51 gallons of both
interior and exterior latex paint to us and we are
thankful. This should be enough paint to complete a
couple of houses when we get them to that juncture.
So, if you are in Doug Ashey’s on Old Spanish Trail,
tell them how much you appreciate their help, will
you? An object for prayer is next. I received a call
from a carpentry instructor at our local campus of
the Louisiana Technical College saying that our project on Robertson Street would provide a perfect
“classroom” for his students. Working on renovation
of existing buildings is exactly what he has been looking for. I will be meeting with him on Monday, August
3rd to discuss our plan of action since we need next to
convince the “powers that be” at the college to allow
off campus activities. It is quite possible we will need
to provide some sort of insurance policy to cover
them. However, if we can get the majority of the labor provided, just think what a boon that would be!
We will still need to provide building materials, permit costs, etc. This brings me to my next prayer request. Rebuild Iberia needs funding badly. We have
enough to stay afloat until sometime late October, especially since administrative costs have been cut to
the bare bone. Please pray that our applications for
these grants are approved. There are ways you can
help as well. Make a donation to us if you can, and
once we get cracking on the carpentry be ready to
help us paint the walls inside and out. Scott and I
have been talking about a Rebuild Iberia Sunday
where a second offering will be taken, so be in prayer
about that as well. All the good intentions in the
world go nowhere without adequate funding. So,
when the plate comes around a second time, please be
generous. Robertson Street needs you!
Register on-line at firstumcnewiberia.com for all children, youth, & senior adult activities!
www.firstumcnewiberia.com
First United Methodist Church
119 Jefferson Street
New Iberia, LA 70560
337/369-3721
fumcni@cox-internet.com
Reverend Scott T. Bullock, Pastor
Sunday Schedule: 8:30 a.m. Worship Service
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
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