Church Matters. Round Up Sunday. A Plan to Move Forward. Inside this issue:

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1 August 2017 Church Matters E u l e s s F i r s t U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h Inside this issue: Prayer List 2 Birthdays / Anniversaries Memorials / Honorariums Food Pantry 3 Thank you 3 Round Up Sunday Potluck New Staff 3 Blockbuster Summer Events Operation Back 2 School Project Transformation Euless First Preschool 5 E1ement Students 6 Euless First Kids 6 August Calendar 7 Important Dates 8 Stewardship Moment 9 Discipleship Journey 9 From the Pastor 10 Adopt a School 10 Summer Book Club 11 United Methodist Women New Member 11 A Plan to Move Forward As I (Pastor Steve) write this, the Building Committee has conducted a series of meetings with the congregation about the new building. The intent is to get as much information about what we value to the architects as early in the process as possible! Here is an update from the Real Estate Committee: The purchase agreements on both the sale of our property and the purchase of our new property have been executed. We are now in a period of due diligence in advance of closing on both Round Up Sunday Round Up Sunday, our annual coming back together celebration before school starts and after a great summer is set for August 20! Do you ever feel like you are wandering alone on the road of life? Do you ever wonder if you will find where you feel you belong? Well, it is time again to find our way back to God. Join us as we conclude our Blockbusters summer sermon series with a look at a Dances with Wolves, and the Eclipse for- Dances with Physics! On the day before the grandest solar eclipse in the US in quite some time, we'll deals. All through this process, from long before relocation was decided upon, we have been in close communication, as appropriate, with leadership at the City of Euless. They have been supportive in every way imaginable, and continue to work with us as we need. If you know any City of Euless leaders or employees, thank them! Also, the next couple of years promise to be full of excitement, but also full of stress. Remember that the finish our Blockbuster Sermon Series with a finale that welcomes everyone - churched and unchurched - to consider how we live together. The story of Dances with Wolves, one of the biggest blockbusters ever, welcomes us all to consider where we are in the clash of cultures. Do we go native? Do we defend the tradition with which we were raised? How do we face these questions in ways that are faithful to the God highway expansion project that precipitated all of this actually began almost 4 years ago. We have had highs and lows all along the way, and, as a church family, we have faced the challenges together, and grown closer. There is not a time of life that is stress-free, but there will be a time that the kinds of extra stresses we face as a church right now will be behind us. Let s continue to hold one another in prayer until then! who commands us to love our neighbors? We anticipate a wonderful day to worship God, enjoy a potluck lunch and fellowship with our church family, promotion to older Sunday School classes if needed, and get ready to start our next sermon series: Good. Works.

2 Prayer List New Concerns: Beverly Springer Bob and Barbara Collier Brad and Judy Johnson, Judy Mulholland's friends Brenda and family, Rita Young's manager Bud Sprague Chuck Sweeden, Jo Kemp's nephew Dottie Jones Harwood Animal Hospital & Dr. Kussmal, Helen Edwards, Eileen Mode's friend Hutchins Kairos #24 Janet Pierre Jeanette Jentsch Jeremy and Kim Jones and families Jill Martin Jim Gathings, VA Hosp. Dallas Julia Smythe's family Kim Jong Un and other leaders of North Korea Lee Swann Lewis Moore Lisa, Kent Polenz' sister McConnell family, Vic and Judy Torres' friends Meredith Miner, Ellen Garcia's aunt Michael Greig family Neale Draper, Jackie Robinson's brother Ollie O'Sallis and family Pat Smith, Stephen Sprague's mother Peace in our world, and in our families Rachel Mode Reta Ray Sharron Hines Shawnda Benjamin and baby Autumn Grace, Michaela (Bolton) Mason's niece Tammy Grau, Jackie Robinson's sister Vicki Baker Continued Strength and Healing: Ann Burns Ann Keller Baker and Michelle Ingram Bobby Trainham, Billie and Jay Bradford's friends Burton family Cameron Mode and family Candy Klasen Carol Rust, Dottie Rust's daughter Charlotte Everett Denise Foley Donna Smith, Denise Foley's sister Doris Alexander, Dottie Rust's sister Doug Graham Ed Zachow Glada Rose Gordon and Linda Roberts, Nancy Bickel's friends Greig family Gwynn Herrick Honor Vaughn, Teresa Sprague's mother Isabel Family Janice Vernon, Don Wilson's sister Joe Brown, Jackie Robinson's brother John Lewis Judy Mulholland Julia Freeman, Linda Martin's friend Julie Belcastro, Donna Bertram's daughter June Ivey Kay Urfer, Michelle Barker's mother Kellsey Abbott, Sherwood and Cheri Abbott's granddaughter Kevin Maines Landon Power Lilia Olvera and her family Mark Rust, Dottie Rust's son Marlene Hill, Vic and Judy Torres' friend Mary Esping, Amber Hawthorne's Mom Mary Lib Saleh Michele Heroux and family, Amber Hawthorne's friend Mike Sprague, Stephen Sprague's brother Miss Johnnie, Patsy Brown's friend Nick and Lisa Schoenberger, Ron Coats' friends Nolan Fisher Nolan Hardwick, Barbara Collier's father Pierre Tshimanga's family Rev. Bud Sprague, Steve Sprague's father Richard and Sue Morrow Robbie Breaux, Audrey Coats' friend Rose Marie, Patsy Brown's friend Sam Stearns and parents Shirley Mercer Stan Clarke, Sue & Richard Morrow's friend Sue Martin Sydney Cain and family, Merideth Sparks' friend Sydney Marie Peel, Pat May's great niece Comfort at a Time of Loss: Family of Amy Johnson, Judy Mulholland's friend Family of Betty Cummings, Leslie Cummings' mother Family of Billy King, Billie Bradford's cousin Family of Bobette Banks, Billie Bradford's friend Family of Clair Shaffer, Nancy Bickel's cousin Family of Jim Loveless Family of Kaitlyn Cargill Family of Pauline Hoffman, Nancy Bickel's friend Family of Robert (Bob) Kiontke, Brenda Hurlbut's father Family of Scott Ellison, Tami Polenz' friend Protection: Alex Saracoy (National Guard) All Police Officers and Firefighters Allen McCleland (Army), Vic & Judy Torres' grandnephew Colton Hardaway (Army) and Zack Pulver, Michael and Lore Osborn's son and son-in-law Daniel Collier (Air Force), Bob Collier's grandson Eric Sheer (Marines), Vic & Judy Torres' grandnephew Gavin Haubrich (Air Force) Jim Orsund, Ellen and Aaron Garcia's friend Josh Crow (Navy), Annette Kelleher's son Justin Knighton (Army) Kayla Brown (Army), Jackie Robinson's niece Kevin Balentine (Army), Cindy Balentine's son Koki Fuimaono (Air Force) Leland Brown's friend Mason Vaughn (Marines), Stephen and Teresa Sprague's nephew Matthew Lee (Air Force), Michelle Barker's brother Sam Weatherby (Army), Gary and Carol Turner's nephew Stephen Tate (Army), Janet Ledbetter's son and Teresa Sprague's nephew If your prayer request has been left off, please resubmit it. All requests are for 30 days only and will need to be resubmitted after that time. Birthdays Anniversaries August July Page 2 01 Jake Walton, Dave Lewis, Layla Coats 03 Amelia Coats, Alan Moffatt, Max Polenz 05 Liz Tewalt, Augusta Lansana 06 Trey Elder 07 Bonnie Rieman 09 Rex Wood, Dylan Hawthorne, Lee Swann 12 Sonia McMillon 13 Ethan Sorley, Judith Putnam 14 Lauren Barker, Reta Ray, 15 Brianna Davis, Tim Schaneberg 16 Marjori Haddock, Beverly Springer 18 Janice Kasten 20 Lore Osborn, Vicki Smith 21 Kristen Hammit 22 Rene Garcia, Emily Lewis 24 Katy Hurlbut 26 Lorelei Sorley 27 Luke Bowen, Doris Brown, Lucas Tribble 28 Nathan Williams, Cheri Abbott, Sherwood Abbott 29 Darlene Carter, Martha Wells 31 Glenn Best 08 Randall & Heather Capshaw 09 Rene & Esmerelda Garcia

3 Memorials & Honorariums In Memory of Roger Walter Ivey Jr./General Budget: Joe Cannon In Memory of Barrie Skinner, Heidi Graham's Mom/ General Budget: Fresh Start Food Pantry In Memory of Roger Walter Ivey, Jr./ Pastor Emergency Fund: Doug and Faye Stapleton In Memory of Lorraine Huggins/Food Pantry: Lucille & Tim Link In Memory of Jim Loveless/ Choir: Elaine Green & Bill Byers The Food Pantry wishes to give a big thank you to all of those that give monthly. Your consistency is vital to our ministry! August Food Pantry Volunteers: 04- Brenda Hurlbut, Linda Lewis, Dottie Rust, Thank you! Thank you to all those that assisted with Vacation Bible School. We had so many people helping to make it a great success. Thank you to Robin Biles, Jo Kemp, Lauralee and Daniel Arnold, Hedy Taylor 11 - Phyllis Augustus, Doris Brown, Darlene Carter, Gloria Daves 18 - Marie Bean, Darlene Carter, Brenda Hurlbut, Dottie Rust 25 - Nancy Bickel, Georgia Hill, Dottie Rust, Judy Torres Chris Brooks, Tami Polenz, Barbara and Curtis Borland, and so many more. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers that helped with kids throughout the week. And finally, special thanks Round Up Sunday Pot Luck The Pantry needs: canned soups, dry spaghetti, cat and dog food and any nonperishable food. to Annette Kelleher and her leadership alongside Jamie Nalley. It was a great week with approximately 75 kids in attendance. Until next year! (Pictures are on page 6) -Euless First Staff You are invited to our annual Round Up Sunday Pot-Luck, August 20. This is a great time to invite your friends and neighbors to our church. People are asked to bring enough food to serve 20. Please bring a food according to your last name: A-F=Salads/Vegetables G-L=Main Dish M-Q=Dessert New Staff Euless First is excited to announce the newest member of our team. Curtis Borland started in July as our Facility Coordinator. He comes to us with a wealth of experience from St. Luke s UMC in Lubbock. You may know Curtis as he has been a member since We are so excited to have Curtis here with us. His responsibilities entail all facility maintenance. So if something arises and you discover maintenance is required, please be sure to call the church office or Curtis directly at facilities@fumceuless.org. And stop and welcome him to the Euless First staff! Page 3

4 Blockbusters Summer is winding down, but we want to make sure we go out with a bang! We have had so much fun this summer discussing movies in worship as well as our other fun events. We had a great church picnic back in June, and on July 30 we will have God in the Movies for the entire church. There will be a light dinner and a movie for all ages. Come and join us and talk about God in our world around us. Then make sure to invite your friends and family to our Swim Night on August 13 at the Euless Family Life Aquatic Park. The event will be 7:30m 9:30 p.m. and we only ask that you bring a donation for the Food Pantry. What a great summer 2017 has been! Let s all celebrate it together! Operation Back to School Page 4 Did you know that 55% of HEB ISD students come from homes that are economically disadvantaged? The goal of Operation Back 2 School is to provide these students with new backpacks and school supplies, as well as give their parents social service information to help all year long. You can help a student start the school year off right for just $30 or help a whole classroom full of kids for $600. The recipient children have been identified and preregistered through the HEB ISD Office of School Improvement. Application instructions are sent home with qualifying children in early April. The school supplies are purchased in bulk to maximize funds. Each kit contains the supplies approved by the school district. Euless First United Methodist Church will once again participate in this awesome community event. First, our July Communion Offering went to support Operation Back 2 School. It is not to late to still make a donation to the church, either online or in the offering plate. Just make sure to designate Back 2 School Second, volunteers are needed to help at the event on August 12, from 9:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m. at Campus West, please sign up to volunteer online at 6stones.org/ob2s. We have had the honor of being listed as a sponsor in the past, and can do so again this year with your help. Be sure to find a way to help Operation Back 2 School. Students at all 20 elementary schools and at 7 secondary schools are beyond grateful!

5 Project Transformation Project Transformation is a ministry initiative that started in the North Texas Conference in Since its conception, it has grown to 6 annual conferences around the country. Project Transformation ministers in three primary areas: Children: the program works with inner city kids to help them maintain or improve reading levels over the summer. College Students: College Students design and implement the day camp environment for elementary age kids. Churches: programs are held in churches looking to improve their interactions in their neighborhoods. Project Transformation Central Texas had a great summer serving 150 kids, with 20 interns at three churches in the metro-plex. Here is how we were involved: 1 - We agreed to contribute all or part of the $3,500 needed to cover the intern s living stipend and room & board. Your intern was Ousmane Gueye (pronounced Ooos-mon Gooey). We have paid the entire amount! 2 - We provided dinners during the summer for around 30 people twice. on June 8th and July 18th. We were able to sit and enjoy conversations with young people from around our country, that are looking Euless First Preschool into service and ministry as they move forward in life. Thank you Janna Hamm, Tami Polenz, Norma Lively, Teresa Watts, Charlotte Everett, Stan Lewiecki, and Kyle Lewis for all your help! 3 We helped with snacks and other book donations throughout the summer. We will continue all year to see what items they might need to continue to grow and impact more children, college students and churches! For more information check out projecttransfomation.org/ centraltexas. Preschool has been enjoying their summer off, but will be ready to get back into the swing of things soon! Our first staff meeting is August 22. James Gordon with the Euless Police Department will be providing us with some safety training. Our Week 2 Summer Camp parent meeting will be August 29 at 7 PM with an Open House on August 30 for the students to come visit their classrooms. Our first day of school will be August 31. We will be selling Kidstuff coupon books for $25, so if you would like one, ask a preschool student or Linda Lewis. We will also be participating in the North Texas Great Day of Giving on Sept. 17, so feel free to make tax-deductible donations by logging on to northtexasgivingday.com and searching for Euless First United Methodist Preschool. Both of these fund-raisers will be used for either new items or new Island Fun Dancing- Week 2 playground equipment for our new location. Page 5 Week 1- Bingo

6 E1ement Students We survived Student Activity Week! We've had a lot of fun in July 2017! Ask some teenagers about their time at Group Dynamix or their new paintings! Thanks to all the parents and adults who helped out to make it so awesome! Here's what we have coming up on the calendar! We hope that you'll join us for our CTCYM Follow-Up Fellowship Lunch on August 13th! Watch our youth website e1ementstudents.c om for more details about Euless First Kids While I would love to think of myself as a superhero, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and accomplish great things and be everywhere I need to be all the time, I know that I cannot be all things to all people at all times. If there is one thing that we learned at Vacation Bible School s Hero Central it is that we all need help. Well, I need help. I need volunteers in the children s department, specifically teachers aides in Sunday school classrooms and in Kid s Connection. So, what specifically each of them and to see photos from some of these events. In August: August 6 - Super Fun Stuff Night August 13 - CTCYM Follow -Up Fellowship Lunch August 13 - All Church Swim The Euless Aquatic Center August 20 - Ranger Game Epic-ness! There's a David Crowder concert following the game, and we're staying to worship! August 27 - Vision Night does that entail? Being present at a certain date and time. That s it. There is no lesson preparation needed, no theology degree requirement, no other outside time requirement (unless you feel led, but we can discuss that later!). If you can commit to one Sunday a month to serve the children of our church and community, please contact me. We need people in our preschool room, 3rd-6th grade room, Kid s Connection during Also, we will be playing Whirlyball in August, we are trying to nail down a date that works for some other youth groups. Special Note: If you are a parent and not currently signed up to receive our weekly text updates, please contact Shane to get added. For further details on any of these events, please visit our website: e1ementstudents.com. the 11:00 service, as well as substitutes. Life happens, and we all need help from time to time. Thank you. -Jamie Nalley, Children s Director Page 6

7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday :00 Harmony Hope Group 6:30 Men s Coffee 6:30 Reunion Group 9:00 Food Pantry 7:00 Bunko Group 9:00 Boy Scout Meeting 10:00 Al-Anon :30 Worship 9:00 Abundance Cafe 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 5:00 E1ement Students 6:30 Scouts Meeting 6:00 Handbell Choir 7:00 Choir Practice 6:30 Men s Coffee 6:00 Thoughtful Friends Group 9:00 Food Pantry Open 9:00 Operation Back 2 School 10:00 Al-Anon :30 Worship 9:30 Abundance Café 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 12:00 E1ement Students Follow-Up Fellowship Lunch 7:30 Swim Night at Euless Family Life Aquatic Park 6:30 Scouts Meeting 6:30 Trustees & Finance Committee Meeting 6:00 Handbell Choir 7:00 Choir Practice 6:30 Men s Coffee 6:30 Reunion Group 9:00 Food Pantry Open 9:00 Laundromat Ministry 10:00 Al-Anon 20 Round Up Sunday HEB School :30 Worship 9:30 Abundance Café 9:30 Blood Pressure Screening 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 12:00 Round Up Sunday Potluck 5:00 E1ement Students 6:30 Scouts Meeting 9:00 Preschool Staff Meeting and Breakfast 6:30 United Methodist Men 6:00 Handbell Choir 7:00 Choir Practice 6:30 Men s Coffee 9:00 Food Pantry Open 10:00 Al-Anon :30 Worship 9:30 Abundance Café 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 12:30 Summer Book Club 5:00 E1ement Students: Vision Night 6:00 Handbell Choir 7:00 Choir Practice 6:30 Men s Coffee 8:30 First Day of Preschool Page 7

8 Important Church Dates August 01- United Methodist Women Harmony Hope Group meets at 10:00 a.m. in the Swor Parlor 09- Choir begins practicing again after a summer break! 10- United Methodist Women Thoughtful Friends Group meets at 6:00 p.m. in the Swor Parlor 13- E1ement Students Follow-Up Fellowship Lunch at 12:00 p.m. location will be either the Swor Parlor of the Café Swim Night from 7:30 9:30 p.m. at the Euless Family Life Aquatic Park, located at 300 W Midway Dr, Euless, TX Please bring a donation to the Food Pantry and invite your friends and neighbors. 14- Finance and Trustee Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Swor Parlor 19- Laundromat Ministry (contact the office at church-office@fumceuless.org or ) 20- Blood Pressure Screening 9:30 a.m. in the Swor Hallway Round Up Sunday! Welcome back from summer! This is also Promotion Sunday So kids go up a grade in Sunday School if needed. There will be a potluck following the 11:00 a.m. service in the Family Life Center! 22- United Methodist Men s Meeting at 6:30 p.m. with dinner in the Swor Parlor. All men are invited. 27- Summer Book Club at 12:30 p.m. in the Swor Parlor. August s Book is Jan Haymaker's, For the Love. 31- First Day of School for the Preschool Regular Events: Sundays Worship at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Abundance Café at 9:30 in the Family Life Center Café Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Pastor s Bible Study is on a Summer Break till September 6 E1ement Students at 5:00 p.m. Mondays- Al-Anon meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Library Wednesdays Pastor s Bible Study is on a Summer Break till September 10 Choir will practice again on August 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Choir Room/Sanctuary Thursdays Fridays Saturdays- Men s Coffee at 6:30 a.m. Al-Anon meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Library Food Pantry from 9:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. except 5th Friday Al-Anon meets Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. in the Library Page 8

9 Stewardship Moment 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Steward Part 6 of 7 Habit 6: Give Time and Talent What can we do with the life that God has given us? Since everything we have really belongs to God, we are simply using for God what God has entrusted to us. This includes our intellect, beauty, skills, energy, time and imagination. Each one of us is uniquely gifted. God has a purpose and plan for each of us that no one else can fulfill. We possess our own unique temperaments, passions, skills and experiences to be used for God s purpose. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God s grace in its various forms. I Peter 4:10 (NIV) Discipleship Journey As Christian stewards managers of the gifts God has given us we are called to reflect God s love in our community. We are called to love as Jesus loved, to serve as Jesus served. This means we have a responsibility to reflect God s love in our homes and offices, city streets and neighborhoods in everything we say and do. In a world weakened by a lack of love, we are called to offer loving service to others. One of the greatest gifts we can give is the gift of self. Any day is a good day to offer the gift of self to build up the Kingdom of God in our families, communities and church. What will be the fruit of a truly Christian stewardship of time and talent? First, we will multiply ourselves in His service. Second, we will advance the work of the kingdom. Third, we will bring glory to God, and this is the reason we are here. Reprinted by permission: Barnabas Foundation, Tinley Park, IL Online Giving Link Euless First will be presenting an expanded Discipleship Journey smallgroup study program this Fall and Winter to help persons know, grow, go and glow in their relationship with God. Some familiar courses will be offered along with some new ones. Presently under consideration are: 1) Alpha 10 weeks of interactive sessions exploring the basics of the Christian faith 2) Cherish In this 6 week class, author Gary Thomas will show you how to cherish one another in proven, loving, and everyday actions and words., and how to bring hope, light, and life to your marriage. 3) Half Truths of the Bible a 6 weeks Adam Hamilton study searching for the whole truth by comparing common Christian clichés to the message and ministry of Jesus 4) Stepping on Cheerios Women who are juggling everyday feats of work, motherhood, marriage, and church will discover how God works in our lives no matter what comes next. 5) Jesus Apprentice a 5 weeks study exploring Christian belief through Christian action, following in the footsteps of Jesus our teacher and mentor 6) Animate: Faith a 7 week study. In each Animate session, the group will watch a video, spend time on personal reflection and journaling, and share ideas with the group. Participants are encouraged to sketch, doodle, and create. There is a strong desire to offer a variety of classes and activities which will meet our congregation s needs. If you have a particular study or topic to recommend for consideration, please let Pastor Beverly or Mike McGehee know as soon as possible. Page 9

10 We are at the edge of this future; a future that will last beyond the lifetime of everyone who reads this article. From the Pastor We had our annual program planning retreat in mid-july. We hope to have some interesting and exciting things for you this coming year. And even the things that aren t interesting or exciting are intended to help you grow as a disciple of Jesus! Early in our meeting together, Rev. Springer shared a bit about looking toward our future. She shared an article about Planting trees under which we will not sit. What a perfectly timed point for us all! Over the next several weeks, the initial stages of our building program will begin to take shape. By the end of the year, we could have some idea of what our new building, our new property, and our future, might look like. We are at the edge of this future; a future that will last beyond the lifetime of everyone who reads this article. How do we plan well for Adopt a School people we don t know to inhabit and worship God in a space they won t get to design? I ve come up with an acronym that might help us keep our focus in the right direction. To keep it simple, the acronym is PRAY. P is for Preserve the right stuff. You ve no doubt heard the story about one generation teaching the next generation how to bake a ham. The first step was to cut off one end of the ham. No one knew why until great-grandma was asked. She used to cut off one end of the ham because the ham was always too big to fit in the pan she had. As we look toward building and moving, we will want to be very careful and intentional about WHY we move what we move. Preserve the right stuff. Reach forward. The Church you and I are planning and building will be a church for other people more than for us. Let s start to meet them now. Don t pass up an opportunity to meet people you don t know. Listen to their stories. Reach forward. Act like Jesus. Jesus lived most of his ministry moments, to an extent, as a visitor. Jesus, and the reputation that preceded him, was welcomed as a guest almost everywhere he went. Let s be mindful to act and live in ways that make other people want to invite us in, welcome us to their presence, their conversation, and their lives. Act like Jesus. Yield to God. Remember, through all that we ll go through, that our intention is to follow God, to worship God, to be faithful to God. This is not about what you and I want or don t want as much as it is about growing in our faithfulness to God and one another. Yield to God. Please join me in PRAYing as we continue to move toward the future to which God is calling us! Page 10 With the new school year fast approaching, it is time to gear up our support for South Euless Elementary School! One of the ways we have blessed South Eules in the past is by providing mentors to students. Mentoring can provide an untold amount of encouragement and support for a child, and can take as little as a couple of hours a month. If you would be interested in becoming a mentor for a student, or just have questions for what is involved in mentoring, please contact Pastor Steve Heyduck

11 Summer Book Club Time once again for the summer Book Club! With summer s arrival it is time to get our summer reading list together. In conjunction with our summer of Blockbusters sermon series, our books will also be Blockbusters. These selections were all best sellers! There is still one book left. On August 27, at 12:20 p.m. we will discuss For the Love by Jen Hatmaker. Best-selling author Jen Hatmaker reveals with humor and style how Jesus embarrassing grace is the key to dealing with life's biggest challenge: people. The majority of our joys, struggles, thrills, and heartbreaks relate to people, beginning with ourselves and then the people we came from, married, birthed, live by, go to church with, don t like, don t understand, fear, compare ourselves to, and judge. Jen knows how the squeeze of this life can make us competitive and judgmental, how we can lose love for others and then for ourselves. She reveals how to: Break free of guilt and shame by dismantling the unattainable Pinterest life. Learn to engage our culture s controversial issues with a gracefirst approach. Be liberated to love and release the burden of always being right. United Methodist Women Thank you, First Euless, for supporting the July 30th UMW Mission Day. All money raised from the breakfast, bake sale, and luncheon donations went to the Allies for Youth Development. School is starting soon and that means sales! Remember school supplies, underwear and socks (all kid sizes), and gently used/new jackets are always needed. Donations can be dropped off in the UMW Mission Room upstairs. All ladies of Euless First are welcome to visit one of our monthly meetings. Regular group meetings resume in August. Harmony Hope meets August 1 at 10am and Thoughtful Friends meet Identify the tools you already have to develop real-life, all-in, know-my-junk-butlove-me-anyway friendships. Escape our impossible standards for parenting and marriage by accepting the standard of mostly good. Laugh your butt off. Join us August 27, as we expand our minds, our spirits, and spend time together learning about God. August 10th at 6pm. Both groups meet in the Swor Parlor and include a light snack. Thank you again to all who cut, pinned, ironed, and sewed 112+ capes for VBS! Because of the great turnout, a new UMW hands on mission/interest group will be formed. Please watch for future announcements and activities! New Members Euless First United Methodist is excited to welcome our newest member Jay Gilley (pictured right) who joined July 23. When you see him on Sunday, let him know that with him in our presence we will never be the same again! Page 11

12 Euless First United Methodist Church PO Box 967 Euless, TX Return Service Requested Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage NPA# Permit No. 2 Euless, TX N. Main St. Euless, TX Phone: fumceuless.org Twitter.com/EulessFirstUMC Facebook.com/EulessFirstUnitedMethodist Youtube.com/sheyduck Pinterest.com/EulessFirstUMC Instagram.com/EulessFirstUMC Mission: Euless First United Methodist Church strives to follow Jesus Christ a bit better today than yesterday. Through these efforts we develop a relationship with Christ and thus transform people, their lives, our community and the world. Purpose: We seek to follow Jesus better by moving people from knowing God, to growing in relationship with God, to going forth with God to serve others, and finally, glowing for God by witnessing to their faith to others. Vision: Our vision is to be a community of God's love and grace so that the larger community and world see God by our actions and outreach. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. L e a r n i n g t o F o l l o w J e s u s a B i t B e t t e r T o d a y t h a n Y e s t e r d a y