THE HILLTOP NEWS Laredo Dr., Fort Worth, Texas April 26, 2011

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1 THE HILLTOP NEWS Laredo Dr., Fort Worth, Texas April 26, 2011 The purpose of Western Hills United Methodist Church is to continue the ministry of Jesus by making disciples through faith, hope and love. Reflections: Tuesday April 26 9:00 a.m., Meals on Wheels 9:00 a.m. to noon, Food Pantry 6:30 p.m., Cub Scouts 6:30 p.m., Girl Scouts Wednesday April 27 9:30 a.m., ESL Classes 6:00 p.m., Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Jesus In the Gospels Bible Study 6:30 p.m., Handbell Choir 7:30 p.m., Chancel Choir Thursday April 28 9:00 a.m. to noon, Food Pantry Saturday April 30 United Methodist Men s Work Day Sunday May 1 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:50 a.m., Morning Worship 4:00 pm, Family Day at WHUMC Pancake Dinner Worship/Family Events 6:00 p.m., Financial Peace University Monday May 2 9:30 a.m., ESL Classes 11:30 a.m., Altar Guild Luncheon at Patrizio s 1:30 p.m., Nutrition Class I want to share with you how happy I am over the Holy Week worship services that culminated with Easter Sunday. Each worship service was unique and from the sharing of your experiences with me you also liked them. I want to thank all of the members who participated in leading roles to make Easter so meaningful for all of us. Our chancel choir under the direction of Debra Rue with Allen Brown accompanying was here for each service and did an outstanding job of singing praises to our God. Maundy Thursday worship service focused on the sharing of the Last Supper and its effect rested on its simplicity. Each of our readers for the Stations of the Cross worship service did a superb job of reflecting through personal experience on the Holy Scripture readings. The service provided the solemnity of spirit and evoked within us the anticipation of Easter Sunday. I want to thank Donald Nemec for his diligence in providing the power point images for each station. Brandi Kelm was recruited into action and handled the sound board duties with precision. The theme of the Jesus and his passion continued as our church received over 300 neighborhood children and their parents for the celebration of The Reason?, - an eight station journey for the children to understand the events of Holy Week. Donald and Brandi Nemec put a lot of work and passion to lead our congregation in hosting such a meaningful event. There are too many names to mention because you as a congregation took this pilgrimage experience to heart and the children experienced the person of Jesus. Once again for each of you who attended the Easter worship service and took to heart to invite your family members to be present, thank you. The energy and enthusiasm in the sanctuary was very inspiring. Let s make it a point to do it again next year and celebrate then the growth and blessings that our church will experience in the process. Please accept my humble invitation for you to come back next Sunday to worship with the same resolve of inviting others to experience the power of Christian worship. We are all heralds of the good news! Next Sunday evening we will celebrate our spirit of Christian community by having a pancake supper, followed by worship, and culminating in Christian community having a great time playing trash bingo. It all starts with supper at 4pm. Once again do not come alone. Invite others to come and let s have a great time! Wishing you the blessings of Easter, Raul

2 Gifts of Prayer Current Concerns: Janie Bielefeld, under care of hospice; Warren Dush, Evelyn Jackson s grandson; Bernadette Higginbotham, Jerry & Anna Fry s daughter; Evelyn Jackson; Ray Farmer, son-in-law of Sue and George Hanson; Littlewolf Goss and Cheyenne; Jane Higginbotham, has cancer; Sherron Hunt, friend of Brenda Mills; Ada Kyser, recovering from knee surgery; Richard Lambing, coworker of Barbara Gormley; Martin Leimer, father of Tina Alderson; Sam Lim, friend of Mike Cox; Elmo Livingston; Fred Marten; Jena Morrison, niece of Becky and Al Riibe, expecting twins; Harry Morton; James Norton, friend of Ken Brower; Jan Stockton, who is recovering from surgery at Fort Worth Rehab; Paul Stricklin, nephew of Ralph and Shirley Fagan; Fay Taft, Reta Strack s sister; Lisa Tennison, Jan Fisher s daughter, who is recovering from knee surgery; George Wendt, friend of Fil and Vickie Peach, who has cancer Supporting My Church Ongoing Prayer List Florine Brooks, Katherine Busby, Kristi Butler, Sharma Castillo, Larry Cornett, Martha Davis, Misty Dush, Anne Ellison, Ted Evans, Robert Ewing, Carl Hibscher, Doug McGlaun, Joy McGlaun, Bill Mills, Rubin Mills, Wilma Moderow, Margaret Moore, Bruce Newman, Bill Newton, Sarah Odom, Eric Paige, Camille Redden, Al Riibe, Zebula Robinson, Debbie Sarnachuck, Josh Taylor, Leanne Roth, Shalamar Stricklin, Kristi Vickers, Tristan Watkins Health and Healing: Military: Sam Brooks, Jason Busby, Sarah Davis, Dan Fagan, Sarah Harris, Angela Herrington, Trinity Herrington, Daniel Kinnibrugh, Danny Martin, Thomas Morton, Robert Newman, Daniel Newman, Richard Ray Owens, Jr., Nicholas Perez, Jacob Rangel, Alex Ruth, Chris Sotello, Cole Teer, Brandon Wilson With Presence Worship Attendance: April 17th: 167 Why Not Now 19 April 24th: 235 Why Not Now and Youth did not meet Easter Sunday Gifts of Money Needed for General Budget each week: $5, April 17th: General Budget $ 4, The Grace Fund Food Pantry Children s Easter Memorials April 24th: General Budget $ 3, Easter Offering Memorials The Grace Fund WestAid 20.00

3 Youth Corner The Youth participated in the Great Day of Service on April 16th. There were eight youth who met at the church at 7:15 and then drove over to Meadowbook UMC for breakfast and worship among other youth groups in the conference. From there, we went to St. Luke s UMC in Haltom City to paint, rake leaves, and complete some small carpentry projects. It was a busy day and the youth had a great time! Make sure you like Western Hills Youth on Facebook! Thank You Thank you Mary and Dave Clark for taking our aluminum cans and recycling them for money. The money will go towards the many activities the youth have planned for the summer. We really appreciate your time and service. James and Ardis Freeman Thank You Thank you to the Inspiration Class for providing the refreshments after worship for the month of April! The deadline for the next newsletter is Monday, May 9, 2011! Stephen Ministries Introduction What is Stephen Ministries? Stephen Ministries trains people in the local congregation through 50 hours of initial training to provide service through listening, praying, encouraging, caring, visiting faithfully, and bringing Christ s love and care to people in need in the congregation. After training, the lay caregivers will be assigned to anyone that needs a caregiver. There will be an introduction/ information workshop on Saturday, May 7; from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. For anyone interested in finding out more about Stephen Ministries please plan to attend this workshop. There is no cost for the workshop. For additional information contact Terry Meyer at terrymeyer@sbcglobal.net or through the church office.

4 Trinity Trek 5K Sixth Annual Saturday, May 14th, 8 a.m. 5K fun walk/run through beautiful Pecan Valley Park All proceeds benefit WestAid, a nonprofit organization in west Fort Worth. Since 1985, WestAid has assisted families with food, emergency services, transportation and school supplies. Register: Online at westaid.org In person at the WestAid office between 10-2, M-F Forms are in the church office. Bring the Family May 1 s Family Day at Western Hills UMC 4 pm Pancake Dinner (Fellowship Hall) 5 pm Family Worship Service (Fellowship Hall) 6 pm Family events (Fellowship Hall & courtyard) Trash Bag Bingo (Please bring something in a brown paper bag for the trash bag bingo) Karaoke Cupcake Decorating Various Games For any questions feel free to contact: Terry Meyer Western Hills Elementary School Career Day at Western Hills Elementary School will be on Friday, May 6. Volunteers that are comfortable talking to 2nd- 5th graders would be welcome to come talk to our students. Please contact Becky Grimland, School Counselor, WHES, at (817) , Fax- (817) or Rebecca.Grimland@fwisd.org. Thank you! Free Nutrition Classes In cooperation with Western Hills Elementary School and the AgriLife Extension of Texas A & M, nutrition classes will be offered free at Western Hills United Methodist Church on Mondays, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. These classes began April 18th and end on May 23rd. For more information, please contact Sonnya or srgomij@ag.tamu.edu. Adult Ministries Meeting Dates Due to regular meeting dates falling on Easter, April 24 that were cancelled, we will have meetings: Congregational Care Leaders will meet Tuesday, May 10 at 7:00 PM. Nurture Committee will meet Thursday, May 12 at 7:00 PM. In Christ, Terry

5 Carol Morton plans to attend and invites anyone interested in going to call her at She would love to have several people from our church to participate. Spiritual Day Apart Fort Worth/Mid Cities Bi-District You are cordially invited to Savoring Time With God At the Sweet Life Café Proprietor: Rev. Tiffany Danna Break out of your everyday routine and take a few minutes to warm your heart and breathe in all of God s wonderful love. Feel his loving arms around you as you smell, taste and experience His extravagant goodness. Date: May 14, 2011 Registration: 9:30 AM Light Refreshments Time: 10:00 AM 2:00 PM * Place: Edge Park UMC 5616 Crowley Rd. Fort Worth, Tex * Bring: Brown Bag Lunch, cup and your Bible Childcare provided: Make childcare reservations by May 12 to Lee Jefferson at or ljefferson1920@hotmail.com Rev. Tiffany Danna, serving Acton UMC as pastor of adult and family Ministries, is the spiritual growth event facilitator Questions, please contact: Barbara Greene (817) g8bar@aol.com or Judy Graham (817) nanajudygraham@msn.com