| February,
2010 Please
call or email the church office with your articles and upcoming events:
903-583-3314 email: office@fumcbonham.org web site: fumcbonham.org. Special
Offering Sundays The Special Offerings at the
Communion Rail January - February - Golden Cross Sunday March - One Great Hour of Sharing April - Native American Ministries Sunday May - Peace with Justice Sunday June - Conference July - Feed My Sheep August - Feed My Sheep September - Golden Cross Sunday October - World Communion Sunday November - Methodist
Mission Home, December - Methodist
Children’s Home, Super
Sunday School Family Feud Who are you rooting for? The Saints? The Colts? Come root for your favorite Sunday School class as they compete in questions about "What makes United Methodists different? This Sunday at the Sunday School hour, we will be sharing fun and fellowship and a little friendly competition among the Sunday School Classes as we play "Family Feud: United Methodist Family-Style." In recognition of all the attention geared to the gridiron, we’ll be participating in some games of our own. Two teams comprised of the various Sunday School classes will compete in answering questions about "United Methodism." They will try to think like the lay leadership of our church and we’ll see who has the most matches. We’ll have Food! Feuding! And Fun! Upward
Basketball Upward Basketball continues
every Saturday at the The Upward Awards Ceremony will be next month, March 2. United
Methodist Women Monday,
February 8 6:00
p.m. Breakfast
at the Heights Schedule
for February
Feb. 7
- Chris Wood & the Scouts Feb.
14 - Liz Talbert & Volunteers Feb.
21 - Gwen Murray & Free Agents Feb.
28 - Liz Talbert & Family Sunday
The
Beggar’s Corner Sharing the Gospel is like one
beggar showing another beggar where they may both find bread —Martin Luther "Roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to
receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into
those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know
any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled
into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with
holiness. God said, "I am holy; you be holy" (1 Pet. 1:13-16, The
Message) The Church leadership met last Monday night to vision and choose three focus areas for our church for the coming year. The group prioritized these areas: Children’s ministries, Bible study and Spiritual Formation, and Youth and Young Adult ministries. We are looking for people to serve on task forces to set goals and serve in ministries geared to these areas. I am eager to get a cross-section of people on each task force; unless everyone in the church supports the focus, the program will not be sustainable. If you are interested in serving on any of these Task Forces, please let me know. The process will look something like this for each task force: We pray and plan, God provides, we adjust to join God at work. So, "roll up you sleeves," put your mind in gear...And let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness." Amen. Lord, as you will; and as you know, have mercy. Blessings, Liz Choir
News As we begin February the choir is meeting at 6:30 pm, Wednesdays in Fellowship Hall. We are beginning rehearsals on the Easter Cantata, "Joy in the Morning". On the isle of Super
Celebration Sunday Please remember to pray, complete
your "Plan of Giving" Card, and bring it to church Sunday morning to
be placed on the altar during the worship service! Lenten
Bible Study Begins Noon,
Thursday, February 18 Noon
on Monday, February 22 We
will be meeting in Fellowship Hall at noon on Mondays during the Lenten season.
We will be studying and discussing 1 Corinthians. Please join us. The
First United Methodist Preschool Closes The Preschool closed its doors at the end of January. Many factors played a
role, but the biggest one is the fact that the church was not a major influence
or support in its operation. In the final weeks there were not enough staff to
keep it operational and not enough students to support the program. We are not
closed due to construction-but since there is no heat, that is a blessing. We
are not closed due to deficiencies from the state licensing authorities-we were
visited and only one deficiency having to do with moving temporarily across the
street to the United
Methodist Women United Methodist Women are making prayer shawls for the UMW Assembly to be
held in Our vision is turning faith, hope and love into action for women, children, and youth around the world who may be hungry, abused or oppressed. We are working to dismantle the systems that created these conditions. We have a strong commitment to helping women grow in faith, hear God’s call in our lives and find ways to offer ourselves. Please join us at our
meeting this Monday, February 8, 6:00 p.m. at the Non profit Organization US Postage PAID Permit No. 148 Military
Prayer List Rebekah Cowley, USMC Andrew Patrick Kelley, USMC Michael
Page, USMC, Wendell Robert O’Neill, US Cherie Daniel David Tyler Boyer, USAF, Mark Olinger, US Army, Jeff Kevin Littrell, USMC, Carl
Prayer
Concerns Connie Petrich, Mildred Lindsay, David Glasscock, Juanita Blalock, Emily Sanderson, Francis Moody, Louise Moore, Ruth Stevens, Tom McDonald, Mary Lou Kissinger, John Lindsey, Jimmy Martin, Ray Lovelace, David Turner, Terrie Echols, Cindy Cook, Callie Caylor, John Winn, Lou Horn, Paula Galyon, Juanita Jamieson, Susan Hicks, Vurlenda Hill, Rhett Fregia, Hazel Simmons, Ed MacConnell, Kathy Ball, Phil Holman |