Newsletter - First United Methodist Church, Weatherford, OK

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The
FIRST EDITION
Of The First United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 350, Weatherford, OK. 73096
Lynn Brack, Pastor
January 27, 2015
United
Methodist
Church
THIS SUNDAY . . . February 1st
Liturgical Color . . . Green
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4 Sunday After the Epiphany
Sacrament of Holy Communion Celebrated
Text of the Day . . . Mark 1:21-28
Homily . . . “Unclean Spirits”
“Souper Bowl of Caring”
Youth Group receives your gifts for
the Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry
“First Sunday Pot Luck Luncheon”
11:40AM . . . Fellowship Hall
Bring a dish, or simply “Feed the Duck”
with a contribution.
Either way, join us for lunch this Sunday!
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SPRING SEMESTER
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASSES
FOR YOU . . .
. “TECH SAVVY PARENTING”
Began Wednesday, January 21st
You Can Still Enter the Class
6:30PM—Youth Room
Kelley Ramey, facilitator
. “GET MY PEOPLE GOING”
Begins Sunday, February 8th
9:30AM, Young Adult Classroom
Tim Bodenstein, facilitator
. “RENEGADE GOSPEL: THE REBEL JESUS”
Begins Tuesday, February 17th (Lenten Study)
6:00PM, Leadership Room
Lynn Brack, facilitator
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TEEN TALK
25 years ago, the Souper Bowl of Caring began with a simple prayer
from a single youth group: “Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football
game, help us be mindful of those without a bowl of soup to eat.” Since that
day, more than $100 million has been raised for local charities across the
country through Souper Bowl of Caring. It has become a powerful movement
that is transforming the time around Super Bowl weekend into the nation’s
largest celebration of giving and serving. Through this mission, young people
learn what it’s like to make a positive difference in the world – as they collect
food, raise money and volunteer to work in charities that provide shelter to the homeless, food to the hungry
and compassion to those in need. Be part of this movement that is sharing God’s love with those in need.
Please give generously on Super Bowl Sunday. Every dollar donated goes to the Weatherford Food Pantry
which is the youth’s 2015 Souper Bowl of Caring charity of choice. The youth choose to give the money we
receive to the Weatherford Food because we want to help our community not be hungry. If you would like
more information on Souper Bowl of Caring go to tacklehunger.org.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up. – James 4:10
WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBERS
This past Sunday, January 25th, we were
delighted to welcome into full, professing
membership, DANIELLE MARIE MARTINEZ.
Danielle transferred her membership from the
Elk City UMC; she had been baptized as an
infant in the Episcopal tradition. Her daughter,
three-year-old ARIANNA NICHOLE MARTINEZ
received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, and
has been placed on our Preparatory/Baptized
Membership Roster. Arianna is a student in The
Learning Tree. With Danielle and Arianna is
Danielle’s boy friend, Grady Coburn from
Cordell, who has been worshiping with us.
Danielle and Arianna reside at 918
Delarice, Apt. 5; Danielle is employed at
SWOSU and will be entering the School of
Nursing this fall.
Studies available for you –
“Tech Savvy Parenting”
6:30-7:30pm Wednesdays January 21-February 25
“Making Sense of the Bible:
Rediscovering the Power of Scripture Today”
6:30-7:30pm Wednesdays January 21-March 11
“Get My People Going!”
9:30-10:30am Sundays February 8-March 29
(Please note the beginning date has changed to February 8th. Tim Bodenstein and several others will be out of town. So the beginning date has been moved back a week.) “Renegade Gospel” a Lenten Study
6:00-7:00pm on Tuesdays February 17-March 24
“Apocrypha”
4:00-5:00pm on Thursdays March 26-May 14
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Requesting Prayers
Donna Bradford; Alene Macaulay;
James Ediger; Jason Mills;
Linda Stengil; Jana Sexton;
Bob Chambers; Kathleen Macaulay;
Joyce & Arlen Hamburger;
Lois Huddlestone Sr.; Carol;
Mike Meyer; Jace Hilliard & Family;
Dick Knutson; Olivia Coil;
Jack & Mary Phelps; Neonate Class for losses;
Kelsey Spain; Ronnie Walker; John Kokalis;
Donna Dodson; Twila Griffin; Cheri Payne; Kelley Ramey
TH I S W EE K S EV E NT S
Thursday, January 29
2:00pm Kingdom Connection
Sunday, February 1
8:30am Worship Service
9:30am Sunday School Classes
10:30am Worship Service
5:00pm FUMY: Souper Bowl
Monday, February 2
5:30pm Trustees
7:00pm Prayer Shawl Ministries
Wednesday, February 4
4:00pm “Kids Like Me” Kamp
4:30pm Hand Bell Choir
5:15pm 3-D Wednesday Meal
6:30pm Chancel Choir
6:30pm Confirmation Class
6:30pm “Making Sense of the Bible”
6:30pm “Tech Savvy Parenting”
8:00pm HS Disciple
Thursday, February 5
2:00pm Kingdom Connection
Joys of Answered Prayers
Thanksgiving of daughter has chosen to join FUMC
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Extended Care
Facilities & Homebound
Arlen Hamburger, (W’Corn #18)
Annette Dahlgren, (W’Wood #49)
Duane Rea (W’Wood) (Brother of Joyce Hamburger)
Ella Vogt (Corn, Corn #F7)
Jack Phelps (W’Corn # 36)
Jim Lovell (W’Corn #16)
Glassnell Smith (W’Corn #19)
Virginia Lantz (W’Corn #22)
Nellie Verhines (W’ford Living Center)
Vanita Morris (Sterling House # 120)
Flossie Pray, (Sterling House #105)
Louise Wyatt (Sterling House #28)
Ernestine Wright, (Sterling House #13)
Evelyn Minton, (Sterling House #107)
Sharon (Segress) Raskin, (McKinney, TX)
Kaye Lee, Methodist Center, Clinton (Garla’s Mother)
Gene Hays, Elkwood Memory Care Center, Elk City
Gary Webb, Sterling on Council Rd., Bethany, OK
Curly McAlpin, Bell Ave, Elk City
Mary Phelps, Home in Weatherford, OK
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Missionaries
Meri Whitaker – Cookson Hills Center, Cookson, OK
Dakin Cook and his wife, Bolivia
Kristen Brown
Christians & Missionaries
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Those In The Service of Our Country
Oklahoma State Legislature
Our Nation
Armed Forces & Military Service and their Families
All Police, Law Enforcements & Corrections Officers
Brent Webb, USAF
Lt. Col. Judy Webb-Hapgood, USAF
William Johnston, US Army serving in Iraq
Chris Bonner, son of Merle & Nelda Bonner
Charles & Autumn (Wright) Wood
Dakota Duree
Austin Baugh USMC
Reeve Winters, US Army
Stg. Donald Ray, Afghanistan
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UP-COMING EVENTS
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Sunday, February 8 . . .
9:30AM—“Get My People Going” class begins in Young
Adult classroom;
Tim Bodenstein, facilitator; 8 sessions
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Sunday, February 8 . . .
5:30PM—Committee Work Areas meet
6:30PM—Leadership Team meets
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Sunday, February 15 . . .
2:00PM—WeatherFORD Living Center devotional
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Tuesday, February 17 . . .
5:00PM to 7:00PM—“Shrove (Fat) Tuesday” Pancake
Supper at the Wesley Foundation
6:00PM—Lenten Study begins (“Renegade Gospel”)
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Wednesday, February 18 . . .
6:00PM—Ash Wednesday service in Chapel
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Sunday, March 1 . . .
7:00PM—Church Council meeting;
Rev. Elizabeth Horton-Ware makes presentation on The
Wesley
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Saturday, March 7 . . .
Child SHARE Family Carnival hosted in our church
Foster Care families needed by Circle of Care
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Sunday, March 15 . . .
2:00PM—Devotional service at Alterra Sterling House
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Saturday, March 14 – Sunday, March 22 . . .
Spring Break—No 3D Wed.; No Confirmation Class
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Thursday, March 26 . . .
4:00PM—Bible study on the Apocrypha begins
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Monday, March 30 – Friday, April 3 . . .
Noon – 12:50PM—Holy Week devotionals in chapel
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Thursday, April 2 . . .
7:00PM—Maundy Thursday service with Holy
Communion
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Friday, April 3 . . .
7:00PM—Tenebrae “Service of Darkness”
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Holy Saturday, April 4 . . .
10:00AM – 11:30AM—EGG-Stravaganza for children
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Sunday, April 5 . . .
Easter—No First Sunday pot luck luncheon
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Friday, April 10 . . .
LifeLine Screening in the Fellowship Hall
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Sunday, April 12 . . .
Youth Group leads worship in both services;
Luncheon afterwards for slide show on UN-DC youth trip
5:30PM—Committee work areas meet
6:30PM—Leadership Team meets
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Sunday, April 19 . . .
2:00PM—Devotional service at WeatherFORD Living
Center
“What can you do?”
Paul Smith (1921-2007) dug deep to
summon incredible gifts of creativity and
perseverance. Born with severe cerebral palsy, he
started making art at age 11 on an old typewriter.
Steadying one hand with the other so he could use
one finger to make one deliberate keystroke at a
time, he typed symbols, such as # and @, using a
black or colored ribbon. In this painstaking way, he
“painted” stunningly detailed pictures.
In a TV report from 2004 (search
“Typewriter Artist” on YouTube), a friend says
Smith found joy in being creative, and saw that as
his life’s purpose. When someone would say, “I
could never do that,” the artist would answer, “What
can you do?”
Whatever our challenges, God has given us
all gifts to share with the world. Perhaps you can’t
“paint” pictures with a typewriter ... but what can
you do? Do it!
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LENT COMES EARLY THIS YEAR
February 18th
The purple season of Lent begins this year on Ash Wednesday, February 18th.
We will have our traditional Ash Wednesday Service of Ashes on Wednesday, February 18th, 6:00PM in
the Chapel. It will be our special vesper service as a part of 3-D Wednesday. The service will conclude at
6:30PM. So you can plan to be here for dinner at 5:15PM and stay for the Ash Wednesday service at 6PM.
Special Lenten devotional booklets will again be made available to all households in the church. The
booklets will be provided by the Society of St. Andrew (SOSA). Our special Lenten offering this year will be
collected in SOSA offering boxes and donated to the Society of St. Andrew’s gleaning for food project.
“Get My People Going!”
On the Journey Toward Wellness
An eight-week class led by Tim Bodenstein which will meet in the Young Adult Sunday School Class –
Leadership Team Room at 9:30am on Sundays. Take a healthy lifestyle challenge with others from our
congregation. “Get My People Going!” will happen from Sunday, February 8, to Sunday, March 29. (Please
note the dates have change. Tim and several others will be out of town so the beginning date has been
changed.) This invitation encourages you to identify small changes in your life that would help you be
healthier. You choose two or three areas you would like to work on. You set your own goals. We will
encourage each other and we will journey together. Moses traveled with the people of Israel on their way
out of Egypt to the promised land, and the experience radically changed him. “Get My People Going!” is
based on the Exodus story and invites us to encourage each other to seek wholeness in all areas of our
lives—from healthy eating to moderate exercise, to getting enough sleep. It is for people of all ages and
every health condition because each individual can tailor the program to particular situations and choices.
Tim will be glad to answer any questions you may have about the program. He can be reached at (405)
514-2591.
LENTEN STUDY THIS YEAR . . .
“RENEGADE GOSPEL: THE REBEL JESUS”
The pastor will be facilitating our Lenten study this year. It begins on Tuesday evening, February 17th,
6:00PM in the Leadership Room. The study will consist of six sessions, all being held on Tuesday evenings
from 6PM to 7PM.
The study book costs $10.00.
“Renegade Gospel: The Rebel Jesus” is written by Rev. Mike Slaughter and is new this year from
Cokesbury.
Who was Jesus, really? Wasn’t the central figure to the Christian faith a man who denied all preconceived notions about what God should look like? Wouldn’t joining His movement have meant throwing in
with a rebel? Doesn’t it still?
“Renegade Gospel” is a Lenten study that challenges us to come to terms with the real Jesus—the
rebel Jesus.
KUDOS TO DR. KEN ROSE
Our church family extends its congratulations to our own DR. KEN ROSE. At last Thursday’s annual
Weatherford Chamber of Commerce awards banquet, Ken was named the winner of this year’s Rotary Club
“Vocational Service Award.” Ken is married to Susan Rose, and is the father of Tiler & Wesly Rose, D’Ann
Rose Berrong, and David Rose. Way to go, Ken . . . we’re proud of you!
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
On Saturday, January 17th, six o’clock in the evening, MICHAEL SCOTT BERRONG and CHARISSA JOY
ZOSCHKE were joined together in the Covenant of Christian Marriage in our church Chapel. Rev. Brack
officiated. Michael is the son of Brad and Jeanine Berrong; Chrissa is the daughter of Paul and Eunice
Zoschke, Thomas, OK. They are making their home in Weatherford.
Congratulations, Michael and Charissa!
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
817 North Seventh Street
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Weatherford, OK 73096
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