Island in the Son UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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1 Methodist Children s Home Offers Hope Although the name has changed through the years and the program of care has adapted to the needs of those it serves, Methodist Children s Home remains true to its mission to offer hope to children, youth, and families through a nurturing Christian community. Please prayerfully consider giving to MCH through our May 7 Communion Offering and support the work MCH has done in Christ s name for 127 years. MCH is a nationally accredited, nonprofit childcare ministry affiliated with the six United Methodist Annual Conferences of Texas and New Mexico. It provides services to children and youth through residential care at the Waco campus and Boys Ranch near Axtell and offers foster care and services throughout Texas and New Mexico. More than 1,000 children benefit - continued - May 2017 Island in the Son UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS monthly from services provided to families through Outreach offices in Abilene; Bryan/ College Station; Corpus Christi; Dallas; El Paso; Houston; Killeen; Lubbock; San Antonio; Tyler; Waco; and Albuquerque and Las Cruces, New Mexico. MCH facilitates spiritual development, education, recreation, sports, leadership, service, and work opportunities, as well as transition, independent living, and aftercare. It also assists grand-parents who serve as primary caregivers for their grandchildren. President and CEO Tim Brown said, We are proud of the success we are having with children, youth and families, as they work hard and make tremendous sacrifices to reclaim hope in their lives and seize the opportunities for health, progress and optimistic futures. We hope that you, too, are comforted by our improving outcomes. Thank you for your continued investment of support and prayers. Betty Thomas, Worship Team Chair

2 Beach Treasures Page 2 Next Meeting: UMW Spring Luncheon UMW would like to give a big thank you to our members and guests for their support this winter and spring. Wasn't that a great strawberry social? Not only did Dave Satterwhite cook all the meat, he also provided entertainment. An enormous thanks to Dave for all his hard work and to the ladies who made side dishes and served our guests. Your generosity will help our mission projects for the year. We have made a contribution to the Westside Helping Hands, Feed the Kids for FBISD, blankets for Wooldridge Nursing home residents and additional banners for our worship center. To close out the year, we will meet on Thursday 11 May at the American Bank parking lot at 10 AM to take the blankets to the Wooldridge Nursing home. Afterwards we are having lunch at the new Chuy's Restaurant at 11 AM. Again, thanks for the support! Our sympathy and condolences go to: Family and friends of Aurora Thorsen, who passed away on March 25, May 2017 Third Sunday Potluck Luncheon Immediately following worship on May 21, All are invited bring a dish to share! The Island in the Son UMC Care Team collects canned goods/nonperishable items on the 1st Sunday of each month to help supply the Timon s Ministries Crisis Pantry. Bring your donations to IITS and drop them in the Timon s basket in the foyer. Timon s can always use the following items to give to their Crisis Pantry Clients: 1 lb. packages of 100% whole grain rice & pastas 1 lb. packages of beans Small canned meats for weekly packages Pop-top, ready to eat individual servings of food/soup Small Deodorants and Razors Timon s Ministries is located at SPID (in Flour Bluff next to Pizza Hut) Friends and families of problem drinkers find understanding and support at Al-Anon meetings. Thursdays, 7 PM FMI contact Cynthia Riewe,

3 Beach Treasures Page 3 May 2017 May 4... David Frank Kathy Merchant May 6...Estella Curtis May 8... Kathy Bassett May Bonnie Cox May Patty Baker May Lowell Thomas May Roseanna Delzotto May Eva Marie Settle May Betty Thomas May Sandy Harvey Roxanne Robertson May Steve & Beth Weakley May George & Pam Schaffer Don t see your special day mentioned here? It just means we don t have it on record. Please let us know the date so we can update our database. The Christian Women s Club cordially invites you and your Guests to a National Day of Prayer Luncheon on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the Corpus Christi Country Club (6300 Everhart Road). Flag Presentation by The Boy Scouts of America; Lunch will be from 11:30 to 1 PM. Speaker will be Latrelle Lindon, Huntsville TX; Musician: Susie Salinas; Feature: Jullie Stokely, Grace House. Cost is $19 (inclusive). Reservations are required by NOON Friday, April 28. Contact Cassie ( ); leave a message if no one answers. The Original Mother s Day Proclamation Julia Ward Howe While countries around the world celebrate their own Mother s Day at different times throughout the year, several countries, including the United States, Italy, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and Turkey celebrate it on the second Sunday of May. Arise, all women who have hearts! In the United States, the origins of the official holiday go back to 1870, when Julia Ward Howe an abolitionist best remembered as the poet who wrote Battle Hymn of the Republic worked to establish a Mother s Peace Day. Howe dedicated the celebration to the eradication of war, and organized festivities in Boston for years. In 1907, Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, began the campaign to have Mother s Day officially recognized, and in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson did this, proclaiming it a national holiday and a public expression of our love and reverence for all mothers. Today s commercialized celebration of candy, flowers, gift certificates, and lavish meals at restaurants bears little resemblance to Howe s original idea. There is nothing wrong with that. But here, for the record s sake, is the proclamation she wrote in 1870, which explains, in her own impassioned words, the goals of the original holiday. Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of tears! Say firmly: We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says, Disarm, disarm! The sword is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each learning after his own time, the sacred impress, not of Caesar, but of God. In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women without limit of nationality may be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace. HAPPY MOTHER S DAY!!!

4 Beach Treasures Page 4 May 2017 Island in the Son United Methodist Church SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 Timons 2 3 Timons 4 5 Timons 6 7 PM Al-Anon 7 9 AM-Sun Sch Communion 3-5 PM Alice UMC Coastal Bend District Conference 8 Timons 9 10 Timons AP/Payroll Chks AM UMW Meeting at American Bank parking lot 11 AM Chuy s 7 PM Al-Anon 12 Timons AM-Sun Sch MOTHER S DAY 21 9 AM-Sun Sch 3rd Sunday Potluck Luncheon 15 Timons Timons 22 Timons 23 Island Emmaus Reunion Group 6 PM 24 Timons AP/Payroll Chks 18 7 PM Al-Anon 25 Ascension Day 19 Timons Timons 27 UM Men s Breakfast 8 JB s German Bakery 28 9 AM-Sun Sch Ascension Sunday 29 Timons Memorial Day Church office closed 30 31Timons/ Comm The first names listed are greeters and the second names are clean up. You may trade with other greeters, or if you need a substitute or have questions, please contact Marge Foster at May 7: May 14: Brent & Estella Curtis Ken & Kathy Merchant Ann Gariepy & Joyce Tagliaferro Roy & Cynthia Riewe May 21: May 28: John & Sue Stockton Noel Wilkinson & Marge Foster Pam Burnette & Donna Satterwhite Sara Hinojosa & Michelle Lecler

5 Beach Treasures Page 5 Walk to Emmaus An Upper Room Movement The Upper Room of the United Methodist Church sponsors the Walk to Emmaus and offers it to local Emmaus groups around the world. The objective of Emmaus is to inspire, challenge, and equip the local church members for Christian action in their homes, churches, and places of work. Emmaus lifts up a way for our grace-filled lives to be lived and shared with others Scheduled Walks: Walk #2000 for Women: June Walk #2001 for Men: July If you have an interest in finding out more and have not been on a Walk to Emmaus please visit us on the web at coastalbendemmaus.org. Applications for the Walk are available on the Opportunities table. The CARE team invites you to join in an ongoing effort to provide food to area students who may not eat during weekends or school breaks without our help. Checks can be made payable to Island in the Son UMC; all donations will go directly to this project. For more information, contact Karen Poynter or Kay Plut. May 2017 IITS Health Watch Our health report for March 2017 Prayers: We celebrated many answered prayers and joys in worship, including: recovery and remission from illnesses and surgeries; birthdays, wedding anniversaries and infant adoption. Presence: March average attendance: Worship Sunday School Gifts: March General Offering Received: As of 03/31/17... $ 54, % of 2017 offering goal % Monthly Income & Budgeted Expenses Income Received... $ 15,814 Budgeted Expenses... $ 17,815 Net income... -$ 2,001 Apportionments paid as of 03/31/ % Service: Congregational and community care; Feed the Kids Project; lunch service, food pantry, and communion for Timon s Ministries. Weekly Updates Each Thursday, an update is sent from the church with information about the coming Sunday s message and other announcements regarding activities and events. If you are not currently getting these s and would like to, please contact the church office, or islandintheson@yahoo.com. RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES AT IITS Bulletins - in basket by Celebration Center Entrance Eye Glasses & Hearing Aids - in the Lion s Club box on top of the Timon s wooden donation box in the foyer Inkjet Cartridges & Cell Phones - in the Planet Green box in the foyer Aluminum Pop Tabs - in the Ronald McDonald House box in the foyer (NO CANS, PLEASE!) United Methodist Men s Breakfast SATURDAY, May 20, 8 AM at JB s German Bakery (15137 S.P.I.D. on the Island)

6 Island in the Son United Methodist Church Highway 361 Corpus Christi, TX (361) Website... Handicapped Accessible Office Hours... Monday Thursday, 9 AM -2 PM Ministers... All members of the congregation Pastor... Reverend John P. Smith Administrative Assistant.. Anneliese Fryer Maintenance... George Costanzo SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE Celebration Worship Service at 10 AM Sunday School at 9 AM The Beach Treasures monthly newsletter is ED to the majority of our recipients. To be added to the list or to get a mailed copy, please call the church office. DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES IS THE 20TH OF THE PRECEDING MONTH; please to the church at address islandintheson@yahoo.com. Beach Treasures Page 6 May 2017 May 7 Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 Physical Reality and Spiritual Reality Sometimes Life Isn t Fair May 14 Mother s Day Acts 7:55-60 Acts of Witnesses Words Falling On Deaf Ears May 21 Guest Preacher: Rev. Barton Bailey John 14:15-21 What Difference Does It Make? May 28 Ascension Sunday Acts 1:1-11 Continual Redemption Jesus Ascends