Wesley Witness. May Texas Street, Sulphur Springs, TX Phone Fax

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1 Wesley s Vision Wesley Witness INVITE all in the Name of Christ GROW disciples with the Word of Christ SERVE all with the LOVE of Christ. Wesley United Methodist Church May Texas Street, Sulphur Springs, TX Phone Fax

2 May 1-5 May 12 May 18 May 25 May 26, 29, 30 Little Acorn School Important Dates May Newsletter Teacher appreciation week Muffins with Mom End of year program and graduation Last day of school Closed for Memorial Day and get ready for summer program Egg Hunt April 2017 SSHS Auditorium Saturday May 6 7:00 p.m. Sunday May 7 2:00 p.m. Adults $12.00 Children $5.00 $15.00 at the Doorwww.netchoral.org Get tickets from singers, online, or from Alliance Bank, CNB, or Guaranty Bond Bank Mary Lou Foster, Carol Ann O dell or in the Wesley Church Office Needed! Used printer cartridges. We purchase office supplies with the rebates we get from recycling.

3 Spring Treasure Hunt and Garage Sale Friday, May 26 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, May 27 8:00 a.m. - NOON Bring your treasures, junque and white elephants to the church on Thursday, May 25. With great joy you are invited to celebrate the marriage of Richard Joseph Batty, Jr. and Chelsea Brooke Rosselot Saturday, June 3, 2017 Wesley United Methodist Church 614 Texas Street Sulphur Springs, TX Ceremony starts at 2:00 p.m. Reception to follow Reaching Out May Mission Emphasis Bags for Children and Youth CASA April was National Child Abuse Prevention Month and in honor of all the little voices who have come into care because of abuse or neglect, our Mission emphasis for May will be purchasing bags for these children to put their belongings in when they are removed from their home or move from foster home to foster home. April 23 rd, we had the privilege of meeting Gina Law, Director for CASA Hopkins County. CASA is an acronym for Court Appointed Special Advocate. These CASAs are the voice for children in care they speak for them in court. CASAs also visit with these children regularly to ensure they are taken care and that their basic needs are met. In 2016, there were 119 children in foster care, 75 of them in Hopkins County, their ages ranging from birth to 18. Of this number, 9 children were returned to their homes and 17 were adopted by either relatives or their foster parents. The numbers for this year have already grown. Regrettably, the number of abused or neglected children is on the rise and we don t even know if there are more that haven t been reported. When a child is removed, they more than likely are taken with just what they are wearing. They might have time to grab a favorite toy or book, but many times the situation is such that the child cannot take anything. Many times, a child is moved from foster home to foster home. This is the time that they typically can only throw their things into a garbage bag and move on. Having a bag, whether it be a rolling bag, a duffel or just a backpack, to put their things in would mean so much to them. Please be in prayer for our May mission and consider donating a travel bag of some kind for these children. Any and all bags donated will, at the end of May, be given to CASA of Hopkins County. Two years ago, we were able to collect 36 bags this year can we collect 40 or more?? Following Gina s talk, our children participated in a Bags Runway displaying the bags purchased by members of the Outreach Committee. Thanks to them and our children for their participation. This very moved Gina. She wants to be sure and say a huge thank you to the gentleman who handed her a check after service. On your way out next time, please stop and look at the bags on display under the thermometer. Blessings, Silvina

4 PRAYERS AND CONCERNS Carolyn Albritton Rhonda Alley DeLana Beadle Sherry and Max Baxter Shanda Beck Cassie Cavaliere Pam Clayton Phillip Coleman Chloe Cox Kathy Crowson and Family Sandy Davis Megan Earls Faye and Gaither Day Jayne Glenn Beulah Godfrey Ty and Jamie Funderburk Ronnie Jenkins Martha Johnson Robert and Mary Glover Billy Gregg Kathy Hipkins Magan,Tim and Eisley Henderson Pam Hollingsworth Sharon Hughes Marvin and Louise Jones Mike Human Stewart Johnson Christa and Victor Kasztelanski Dana Jordan Corena Korth John Kramer Bob Leerskov Angela Little Bear Littleton Jase Mabie Zane Magan Mary Ann McCormick Jill Mangum Sarah Massey Jonathan and Cammie McGraw and Baby Mason Gaylon O dell Tana and Gary Moon Old Saltillo UMC Janice Petty Ricky and Kay Orr Tokio Pevalta Agnes Ponder Debbie Price Ben Read Truman Renshaw Sara Robinson Lois Shannon Sharon Patsy and Don Shaw J.O. Shaw Beth Shurtleff Pat Skauge Dustin Snyder Patty Soward Donna and Dave Spears Pat and Floyd Spears Allan Thar Louise and Elton Stewart Anna Mae Stolz Gary Stribling Carol Susat Velma Swatsell Debbie Trout Bo and Pennye West Mark Warren Frances Williams Jimmy Winfrey David Woody Ron Zitterick The Family of Tom Craft Mike Gilmer s cousin The Family of Lana McAree Canada Our Country and Our Leaders North Texas Annual Conference Law Enforcement, EMS, Fire Fighters, Hospital Personnel Military Personnel and their Families CANHelp CASA Healthy Church Initiative/HCI Team Backpack Buddies Community Chest/Cupboard Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center North Texas Food Bank Holy Highway Girls Home Abused Children and Youth Way of Salvation UMC, Mytischi, Russia Dallas Bethlehem Center Wesley-Rankin Community Center New additions to the prayer list are in BOLD Note: Names added to the prayer list will remain on the list for 30 days. They will be relisted by request. Please help us to keep the list current WESLEY HOMEBOUND Doris Rawls Bobbie Holder Bill Shell Muriel Lucas Sandra McIntire Della Loane Picture by Mary Lou Foster Wesley Youth Barbeque Sandwich Fundraiser April 7, 2017 Youth Fundraisers benefit the June mission trip to Denver, CO. Wesley Youth Bake Atwoods April 22. May 20 at the fire station on Gilmer Street. Friday, May 5 6 p.m p.m. Children ages 2-10 Kids Carnival - Games Kids Meal Provided Minimum Donation $20 per family Fundraiser for the Youth Mission Trip Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Don t Forget, the youth are taking orders for the most awesome t-shirts in the world, for the super low price of $20 dollars each. These are being sold to raise funds for summer church camps and the mission trip to Denver this June. See Joe Clark for details.

5 Lilies Given in Memory T.M. and Marietta Higgins Tom and Esther Massey Erica Kines Algarine Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Roy Herman Our Parents Buddy Watts Sid and Christine Speck Carey Gibson Chuck Glass Doris Herman Logan Loved Ones Morris Logan Bill and Elizabeth Foster Foster Gaines, Grandfather J.R. Campbell Eddie Campbell Raymond McCaig Leroy Easley Don Temples Our Son Our Parents Andrew Phillip Robinson Aubrey Makenzie Mullinax Dr. William S. and Mary Elizabeth Rogers Kirk Edward Fletcher Wayman and Mary Cook Wayne Gross Rickey Trout Andy Trout Geraldine Skaggs All my loved ones who are at home with our sweet loving Father Buddy Watts Carey Gibson Gene Alley Wanda Griffin James Parker Dick Brock Randy Jenkins By Max and Ilene Massey Gina Wilder L.B. Jordan Gary and Debra Huffman Jo and Bill Watts Emily and Garrett Glass Mary Logan Mary Lou and Stanley Foster Kelly Moser Margaret Campbell Dorothy McCaig Wandean Easley Lynna Nichols Elton and Louise Stewart Pastor Steve and Dicie Rue Dora Gross Jim and Vera Skaggs Sandy Heisler Rhonda Alley Karla Griffin Sandra Parker Shirley Brock Dorothy McCaig Sara Gibson Katherine and Grant Glass Gina and Bill Wilder Laura Glass Mary Lou and Stanley Foster Mary Logan Joy Britton Our Children Wesley UMC Our Children Our Grandchildren Our Many Friends Bonnie Gilmer The Choir Old Saltillo Church Wesley Choir Joe and Amanda Clark All those in need of Your love and grace Grandparents Jack and Janie Godfrey Bill and Jo Watts Gary and Rachel Lewis Vera Ann Johnson Children and Grandchildren Jo and Bill Watts Emily and Garrett Glass Mary Logan Mary Lou and Stanley Foster Lynna Nichols Elton and Louise Stewart Pastor Steve and Dicie Rue Gary and Rachel Lewis Jim and Vera Skaggs Paula and Dennis Jordan Sandy Heisler Dan, Barbie, Brooklynn Rhonda Alley Ricky Batty Sandra Parker Lilies Given in Honor of Marcy and Max Massey, Jr. Vivian and Wade Kines Children and Grandchildren Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wilder Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Glass and Family Our Children and Granddaughters By Max and Ilene Massey L.B. Jordan Gina Wilder Gary and Debra Huffman Children s Egg Hunt 2017

6 From Pastor Steve Paying It Forward Paying it forward is a third party beneficiary concept that involves doing something good for someone in response to a good deed done on your behalf or aa a gift you received. When you pay if forward, however, you don t repay the person who did something nice/good for you. Instead, you do something nice/good for someone else. For example, if someone changes your tire while you are stranded on the highway, you might shovel your elderly neighbor s walk after a snow has fallen. The concept was popularized in modern times by a 2000 movie Pay It Forward, starring Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. In this movie, a young boy, played by Haley Joel Osment, is given is given a school assignment that requires him to find some way to change the world. He develops the pay it forward concept, setting forth a chain reaction of good deeds. One of the most important things that people should remember about this concept is that it should be done with a selfless spirit. This means that one person helps another without hoping for repayment or good deeds in return. In fact, there are some organizations that allow people to pay it forward anonymously, donating money, good, or performing good deeds without hoping for recognition. As far as the receiver of the money, gift, or good deed is concerned, he or she is told to do something good for someone else. On several occasions, I have been the recipient of this kind of paying it forward for someone that needed help for a friend. I ve even been known to purchase a soft drink with change clanging out for more and then step away and watch the joy of someone else discovering that change! I ve heard some of you tell me about being both the recipient and giver of this concept. This is outrageous generosity, the kind that Bishop Robert Schnase has written about in his book Five Practices of Faithful Congregations. I ve had this thought recently: Why not ask, even challenge faithful, church members to (1) remember their church (Wesley) in their wills or at least (2) tithe their estate to Wesley? In every church I ve pastored, there have been at least one person who s told me: Pastor, I m going to play the lottery and if I win, I promise I will faithfully give 10% of my winnings to the church! In a similar vein, several church folk along the way have chose to go to Grant, OK or Shreveport, LA to play the slots with that same attitude of I ll/we ll tithe 10% on our winnings! To be fair, my Oak Park UMC, Paris, TX ladies always did exactly that. However, once they came back and said, Could we get some help from the church? We were losers this time! I had to tell them, No since I d never discussed winning versus losing; it was their choice. And so it goes The Apostle Paul writing in II Corinthians 9:6-7 reminds us that the Lord loves a cheerful giver. it was St. Francis of Assisi who in a prayer states, it is in giving that we receive. Lee E. Cralle, late owner of the Cralle Funeral Home in Louisville, KY and a generous donor to my Alma Mater, Georgetown College, is purportedly to have said, when the Cralle Student Center was dedicated of 40 years ago, this: That which a man gives away often becomes his greatest possession. Mr. Cralle understood the concept of Pay It Forward. All of us have the opportunity to do something to do something now and in the future for the Glory of God here at Wesley. The question you and I must ask is simply, WILL WE? This is a bottom line issue. You can make a difference. WILL YOU? Birthdays and Anniversaries May 9 May 12 May 14 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 20 May 20 May 21 May 26 Rhonda Brock Everett Wilder Emily and Garrett Glass Betty Phillips Jim Gregg Jacob Nelson Janie Godfrey Jessica Garcia Rachelle and Ron Sills Paula Jordan

7 The Wesley Witness Wesley United Methodist Church 614 Texas Street Sulphur Springs, TX (903) Church Office (903) Parsonage (903) Fax RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED See us on Wesley UMC-Sulphur Springs 2017 Emmaus Walks Girls Chrysalis Flight June Cuthand, TX Boys Chrysalis Flight July Cuthand, TX Men s Walk Sept Lone Star, TX Women s Walk Oct Lone Star, TX United Methodist Women 1:30 p.m. Tuesday May 16 Program: Rhonda Alley Hostesses: Mary Logan Mary Lou Foster Little Acorn School Graduation and End of Year Program 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26 Reception in Wesley Hall following the program Muffins with Mom Sunday, May 14 following worship in Wesley Hall