BIBLE STUDIES & SMALL GROUPS

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1 Thank you for worshipping with us. We hope that you found our service meaningful and inspiring and our people warm and welcoming! We would love to see you again! 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Week of October 16, 2016 OUR MISSION: The mission of Windcrest United Methodist Church is to make new disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. IN THIS ISSUE Here are a few things to know about our church: We believe in grace. We believe in the forgiving grace of God. We also believe in extending grace toward one another. That means that we can be authentic about who we are and the things about which we struggle. In a world that admires getting ahead, we believe Christ is the one who makes us whole. We are all equal in our need for him. There are many places in our church life where you can receive and extend grace - retreats, small groups, worship services, Sunday School classes, mission trips, ministry opportunities. Worship Services: Sundays Traditional 8:15 & 9:30 am Contemporary Praise 11:00 am Wednesdays 6:15 pm BIBLE STUDIES & SMALL GROUPS 9:30 am Quest Class-McClung Bldg, 306 The Inquirers-McClung Bldg, 302 Millennium Miracles (M&M)-McClung Bldg, 303 We love to study. We have several Bible Studies being taught both in the evenings and in the day time. Some are topical: others focus on a particular part of Scripture. You don t need to be a member of our church to join any of our studies. The Searchers-McClung Bldg, 305 We love kids! We feel very strongly about providing for our children and youth everything they need to develop a strong faith and be equipped to face the world. Our children s ministry uses a variety of ways to instill the Word of God into the heart of a child. It dramatically shapes a child's life and it is just plain fun! 11:00 am Meet & Greet/Socktober 11 Pumpkin Patch Mission & Ministry Operation Christmas Child Prayer & Praise Bible Study am Builders Class-McClung Bldg, 301 Good News Bible Study-McClung Bldg, 303 The Procrastinators-McClung Bldg, 305 SENIOR PASTOR S BIBLE STUDY Tuesdays 10:00 am Fellowship Hall There is a place for you. It doesn t matter where you have been or what you have done. You may feel far from God or closer than you have ever been. If you do not have a church home, we invite you to be a part of what God is doing in us and through us. Mondays 7:00 pm - room 105 We thank you for visiting. Thursdays 7:00 pm room \October 16, 2016 Special Events From the Office Windcrest Day School Youth & Children Word Search Food Pantry Needs Calendar Devotional MEN S BIBLE STUDY ROMANS 12 BIBLE STUDY Like us on Facebook: The Fall Bazaar will be here pretty soon and we are gearing up for our annual Book Sale! We will accept books, CD s, and DVD s. We will have a children's section as well. Please feel free to drop your books off at the choir room. If you would like to help on the day of the sale please contact Becky Fair , b.fair@windcrestumc.org Thanks for your support! 1\October 16, 2016

2 From the Church Office By the Numbers Worship and Sunday School Attendance based on usher head count October 9, 2016 Worship Services Sunday School 8:15 am 73 Children 25 9:30 am 158 Youth 21 11:00 am 102 Adults 76 TOTAL 333 TOTAL 122 October 12, 2016 Wednesday Worship 28 Thank you for visiting our church, if you have any questions or need assistance please visit our Meet & Greet table in the Gathering Place. We look forward to seeing you next Sunday. Arctic Ape Fundraiser - Monday, October 6-9pm You are invited to WUMC Day at Arctic Ape Wild Desserts, 5221 Walzem. Come build your own special dessert. Italian ice, sorbet, gelato, custard, frozen yogurt and more than 150 toppings and bottoms are just some of your choices to create. Arctic Ape will be donating 20% of all sales back to the church. They have music, board games and WiFi. It is a fun place and the perfect place to enjoy with family and friends!! YTD APPORTIONMENT STATUS August 2016 Apportionments Paid YTD $18, \October 16, \October 16, 2016

3 Operation Christmas Child Please fill empty shoeboxes with gifts of toys, school supplies, hygiene items, and notes of encouragement. Bring your filled shoeboxes to the Gathering Place no later than Sunday, November 20. We will then take all of the shoeboxes to the designated drop-off site! Our goal this year is to collect 100 shoeboxes! Please help us meet our goal!!! Something to think about Plastic shoeboxes are reusable. For more information: 15th EVER PUMPKIN OLYMPICS Windcrest Day School & CDC is extremely grateful to Ron Wood and John Hylton for repairing the playground shed. They donated their time and talent to lift the shed and replace the floor. We cannot thank you enough for your support and dedication to your church and preschool community. The key to our success Rests in people like you, Who embody the spirit of greatness By saying, Yes I can, and you can, too! As in previous years, all the proceeds from the Olympiad will go to support the MERCY SHIP MINISTRY. Won't you join us on Sunday, October 30th (from 12:45pm to 4:00pm) for this latest edition of Pumpkin Olympics to be held on our church campus and hosted by captain jack o lantern (Cap n Jack), scourge of the Gourdabbean. Hey, you re staying for the Laity Sunday meal anyway so stay a little longer and have some fun with us. The games will begin promptly at about 12:45pm, give or take, and the closing ceremony is scheduled to begin promptly at about 3:30pm, or so. We ll have lots of games, prizes and great fellowship. And, once again, the fine folks at Painting With A Twist - the Forum will be supporting our efforts to raise money for mercy ships and have set aside a couple of hours on November 6th for us to come paint a picture and have a great time doing it (details to follow.) Many thanks to those of you who made a donation to our Heart of GOLD campaign. Between the church and the preschool I am delighted to say we raised $ to send to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in honor of our friend River Laurence. Your donation will be used to fund pediatric cancer research. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for making this campaign a success Linda Wilcoxen Director 14\October 16, \ October 16, 2016

4 Bright Shiners, Son-Day Singers and Youth Choir ALL Choirs will sing on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 10am one service Bright Shiners- age 4yr thru 2nd grade Sundays 10:30-10:50 in room 208 Sunday, Oct. 23rd 10:30-10:45 in the Choir Room Son-Day Singers- 3rd-6th grade Sundays 10:30-10:50 in room 208 Sunday, Oct. 23rd 10:30-10:45 in the Choir Room ROOTS (Royal Order of Terrific Seniors) Meets from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on the third Monday of each month in the Fellowship Hall. Everyone is welcome regardless of age. Come and bring a friend or make a friend. We always have a great potluck & good speakers. Our motto is Life is short, Eat Dessert First and we do. For further information contact Norman & Ruth Graham, or the church office at Youth Choir Sunday, Oct. 16th and 23rd in the Choir Room All Children and Youth Choirs: Special Rehearsals for October 30th Wednesday, Oct. 26th 7:30-7:45pm in the Sanctuary Sunday, Oct. 30th 9am sharp until 9:30am in the Sanctuary Tweens Wednesday Fellowship 7-8pm This small group is led by Kim Vatankhah in the Fellowship Hall for Bible Study, fellowship, mission projects and fun. This group is open for all 5 th and 6 th graders! Bring a friend! Kim will attend church at 6:15 and invites Tweens to sit with her and worship together! We play in the Fellowship Hall on the second and fourth 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Come and enjoy games with us. We play Cribbage, Bridge, Pinochle, Rummikub, Mexican Train, Hand & Foot & Scrabble. Other games are available if we can get a table together. Bring a group of friends and play with us in a nice place. For information, call John Mayes at the church office at We had a great turn out on Monday October 10, a total of 37. Join us on Monday, October 24th. 3 rd -6 th Graders: Do you want to serve as an acolyte?? If you have not been trained as an acolyte but would like to serve- see Dawn Crews to set up a training time. D.crews@windcrestumc.org 4\October 16, s/3 s Sunday School: 9:30-10:30 am Godly Play: 9:30 10:30 (Pre-k 2nd grade) Nursery Care (Infant 5 yrs): 11:00 am-12:00 pm Club 34 (3rd & 4th grades): 9:30 am 10:30 am Tweens Sunday School (5th through 6th grades): 9:30 am 10:30 am Student Sunday School: (7th through 12th Grade): 9:30 am 10:30 am Neighbors Helping Neighbors is in desperate need of Volunteers! Volunteers needed every 2nd and 3rd Thursdays of every month from 7:30 am to approx. 11:30 am. Neighbors Helping Neighbors is a ministry started at Windcrest UMC for the people who came to our church almost every day looking for help. We provide emergency assistance to individuals and their families in our community in the form of prayer, food, a Wesley nurse, some utility assistance and the listening ear who is part of the Body of Christ. For more information contact the church office. Every 2nd Thursday of the month WUMC Neighbors Helping Neighbors provides worship, breakfast, assistance with other needs and distributes food voucher for the following Thursday. Every 3rd Thursday the vouchers are redeemed for food from the San Antonio Food Bank. 13\October 16, 2016

5 WUMC Pumpkin Patch Pumpkin Patch is open weekdays 11:30 am 7:30 pm daily and weekends 9:30 am 7:30 pm. Please sign up to help out at the Pumpkin Patch. We have sign up in the Gathering Place on Sundays. We also have online sign up at: Wednesday Worship at 6:15pm Youth Group 7:00-8:00pm. All Children and Youth are encouraged to participate in this year s Crop Walk on November 6. The winning group will receive a PIZZA PARTY! All Children who walk and collect donations will go towards the Children s Team Total and all Youth that walk and collect donations will go towards the Youth s Team Total. There are donation jars for both the Youth and Children for those who cannot participate. Anyone can drop money in either jar to help either team with this friendly competition to end hunger! Stop by the Crop Walk table in the Gathering Place for more information! Young Adult Group coming soon led by Kristin Burnam. Sign up to volunteer in the Pumpkin Patch- either in the Gathering Place or online at 12\October 16, \ October 16, 2016

6 Please join the Children & Youth Ministries and WDS/CDC as we host our first SOCKtober. All month long, we will be collecting packages of new socks to be donated to Agape. Socks are one of the most needed and least donated. 6\October 16, \ October 16, 2016

7 Playing for the Wrong Goal Kalee was determined to collect as many tokens as she possibly could. She loved the feel of the tokens in her hands and the thrill it gave her to have yet another one. The entire game, she strategized all she could to get more tokens. Little did she dream the surprise awaiting her at the end of the game. You see, the goal of the game was not to collect as many tokens as possible. While Kalee had succeeded at her goal, she d totally missed the point of the game. All her careful planning and work ended up being in vain. She d been playing for the wrong goal. ***** But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 1 Timothy 1:5 (NASB) Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 (NASB) For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me. Then the righteous will answer him, Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you? And the king will answer them, Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me. Do you remember the parable of the sheep and goat? The sheep acted charitably, giving food, drink and clothing to the needy. The goats showed no charity. Windcrest UMC members Teddy Behrens and Beverly Cunningham have issued a Sheep Challenge to everyone here at WUMC. They have volunteered to oversee the small Neighbors Helping Neighbors food pantry that is housed here at the church. In an effort to keep the pantry sufficiently stocked, they are asking for the following donations each month. First Sunday Peanut Butter/Jelly Second Sunday Canned Soup and/or Saltines Third Sunday Pasta Sauces Fourth Sunday Canned Vegetables Fifth Sunday Beans/Rice -playing-with-the-wrong-goal *We are in great need of reusable grocery bags If you feel led to help out, please consider these donations when you are out doing your grocery shopping. They will have a table or cart in the Gathering Place each Sunday to collect the items and stock the shelves of the pantry. Thank you so much for your help and support of our Neighbors Helping Neighbors ministry. To see video please go to or the Church Facebook. 10\October 16, \ October 16, 2016

8 SUNDAY OCTOBER 16 7:30 am UMM Breakfast FH 8:00 am GP: Children & Youth Ministries Table - UMW Table - Meet & Greet - CROP Walk 8:15 am Sunday School Nursery Rm 201 & 202 8:15 am Traditional Worship Service 8:30 am UMM Executive Board Meeting 9:30 am Traditional Worship Service MONDAY OCTOBER 17 11:30 am R.O.O.T.S Luncheon FH 2:00 pm Line Dancing Class FH 5:00 pm Walk to Health FH 6:30 pm Girl Scout Troop 245 FH 7:00 pm Boy Scout Parent Meetings 302 7:00 pm Men s Bible Study 105 9:00 am Sit and Be Fit - FH TUESDAY OCTOBER 18 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19 8:00 am Library Reserved 104 9:30 am Sarah-Ruth Circle :30 am Chair Yoga for Adults FH 6:15 pm Wednesday Worship Service Sanctuary 6:30 pm Bells Rehearsal Bell Room 7:00 pm Youth Bible Study 105 7:00 pm Tweens Wednesday Fellowship FH 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal Choir Room THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 7:30 am NHN San Antonio Food Bank Truck Parking lot/302/303 9:00 am WUMC Fall Health Fair FH 9:00 am Sit and Be Fit GP 5:00 pm Walk to Health FH 6:30 pm Bristol Forest HOA Meeting FH 6:30 pm Finance Committee Meeting 303 7:00 pm AA Meeting 105 7:00 pm Romans 12 Bible Study 305 9:30/10:45/ 11:00 am SS-All Campus 9:30 am Godly Play (1st 2nd Grades) :30 am Godly Play (Pre K-Kinder) :30 am O.S.O.M. Tweens 307 9:30 am Sunday School Club :30 am Student Ministry SS :00 am Contemporary Worship Service 10:00 am Senior s Pastor Bible Study FH 10:00 am Grief and Life Change Support Group Library 6:30 pm Cub Scout Pack 157 FH 6:30 pm Trustees Meeting 305 MEETING LOCATIONS FH Fellowship Hall Hilliard Bldg. GP Gathering Place Sanctuary 105 Rooms Hilliard Bldg. 200 s Rooms Jones Bldg Rooms McClung Bldg. FRIDAY OCTOBER 21 All Day Fall Bazaar Set-up 10:15 am Wild Times Animal Presentation FH SATURDAY OCTOBER 22 10:00 am Fall Bazaar FH/All Campus OCTOBER 2015 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Information meeting on Sunday, November 16th at 8:45 in the Youth Space for anyone interested or planning on making the trip. Line Dance Classes 2:00 to 3:00pm Walk to Health 5:00 pm to 5:35 pm Sit & Be Fit Senior adults light exercise 9:00am Grieve & Life Change Support Group 10am. 105 Chair Yoga 10:30 11:30am Sit & Be Fit Senior adults light exercise 9:00am GP Walk to Health 5:00-5:35pm Line Dance Adv. Classes 10:00 to 11:30 pm All events will be in the Fellowship Hall unless otherwise designated. For more information please call \October 16, Midcrown, Windcrest, Texas \October 16, 2016