The Children s Music Ministry Proudly Presents

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1 The Children s Music Ministry Proudly Presents THE END OF THE YEAR CONCERT Wednesday, April 21 st at 6:15 p.m. Cupp Hall in the Christian Life Center FEATURING: The PreK/K Choir, The Caroler s Choir & The Junior Choir THE CELEBRATION OF THE GOSPEL APRIL 25, :15, 9:30 AND 10:55 AM Sermon Building the House of Love: Identity Who will inhabit the house of Love? 1 Peter 2:2-10 Dr. William O. (Bud) Reeves Hymns: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing Wash, O God, Our Sons and Daughters Paul Lockridge George Dooley Angie Lockridge Judy Johnson Betty LeBrescu Head Ushers: Paul Dahl, John Rice Acolytes: Hailey Dooley, Chandler Carter and Rai Pullen Angels Judy Horner Marlene Bush Jerry Bush Lanny Gorman Robert Andree Beverly Gorman Cynthia Purnell Lovie Roe-Andree THE CELEBRATION OF THE GOSPEL MAY2, :15, 9:30 & 10:55 AM Sermon Building the House of Love: Stewardship Stewards take care of the Master s house. 1 Peter 4:8-11 Dr. William O. (Bud) Reeves Holy Communion will be celebrated in all three services. Hymns: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated Head Ushers: Paul Dahl, Ann Carrithers Acolytes: Micayla Landry, Hannah Whorton and Micayla Landry Roger Barnes Chuck Dudley Ann Barnes Alison Carter Emily Carter Laura Carter Angels David Carter Margaret Clark Sara Bryant John Bryant Rachel Street Steve Street Claire Street Blake Hogue Sonny Gaston Carol Pratt Bob Shirley Deanna Rogers

2 HOSPITAL VA, LR Jim Haynie; St. Joseph s Sally French RELEASED Kaye Poole, Jared Henderson, Ruth Burks SYMPATHES Charles (Pod) Buie (husband of Shelby); Eva Green (daughter of Barney and Carolyn Elias); Holly Smith (daughter of Howard and Donna Eddins); Dorothy Foster (mother of Susan McFerrin); Mary Keck (mother of Karen Henley); Bill Spikes (father of Marti Dreamer); Marilyn Nowlin (sister of Carolyn Wylie); Bev Burnett (aunt of George Dooley); Lois Parente (sister of Angie Lockridge); Katherine Coe (mother of Rynne Belk) BIRTHS Sidney Elaine Bohlen (daughter of Jeremy and Mandy, granddaughter of Dick and Ruthie Howk, great-granddaughter of Ruth Replogle) EASTER OFFERING UPDATE The Easter offering has reached a total of $15, It is not too late if you would like to contribute. Please write Easter in the memo line of your check. APRIL 11 ATTENDANCE RECORDS 8:15 Service ConneXion :55 Service Wednesday Nursery Total APRIL 18 ATTENDANCE RECORDS 8:15 Service ConneXion :55 Service Chapel Communion.. 31 Wednesday Confirmation Nursery Total FIRST QUARTER GIVING LOOKS GOOD! Through the first quarter of 2010, the financial support of our ministry is good. We appreciate so much the dedicated giving of tithes and offerings to the Lord s work. We are making a difference in the lives of people, and your gifts are helping us do that! Through the first quarter we have received 26% of our budget and spent 25%, so for the year we are slightly ahead (about $20,000). However, part of that overage is due to folks who prepay the whole year in December or January, so we re actually breaking even. With the summer months coming up, we need to remember to be consistent in our support of the church, even when vacations and activities take us away from church on Sunday morning. In the Holy Ground Fund, we are nearly two-thirds of the way through our campaign (May 2008 May 2011). We have received about 64% of our pledges. The major projects have been completed, and because of some savings, we have been able to do some other small capital improvement projects. Recently, we applied $200,000 to our debt, reducing it to under $700,000. So we are on track with Holy Ground. Detailed reports of our Ministry Fund or Holy Ground Fund are available from Lisa Humphreys. Thanks again for your faithful support of your church! Dr. Ron Hall, rhall@fumchs.com Ext. 118 Many thanks go to all who were involved with our Holy Week / Easter traditional service music ministry. First of all, let me thank Mike Lovelady for his work in putting together the music for the Maundy Thursday service. Thanks, also, to the Chancel Choir for working so diligently to provide the wonderful anthems sung throughout the week. Your beautiful sound was matched by the emotion you presented to the congregation thank you so much for sharing your heart with us as you sang! Thanks to Bill Skaggs, Tommy Nichols, Tina Seel, and Corinne Gooch for the solos and duets presented: each one helped present the story of the events of Jesus passion and resurrection in such a memorable way. There were so many others who helped make the week s presentations so meaningful. To Mary Marshall (Tina Seel s mother) and Amie Hill thanks for your woodwind accompaniment on two of our anthems. Thanks to our Celebration and Jubilation! handbell members for the accompaniment on our Palm Sunday anthem Everyone Sing to the King! and for setting our focus on the light of Jesus during the prelude! Special thanks to Lynne Crow and Rick Warren for the superb playing throughout the week on piano and organ, and to Bob Adams for being there for our sound reinforcement. If I have missed saying thank you to any of our church members, please forgive. But I am so grateful to all who gave of themselves so that our music ministry could best support the story of Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem, his passion, death, and glorious resurrection! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Our youth ensemble Audience of One is planning to take their second tour this June. In an effort to raise money for this tour, they will be selling roses for Mothers Day soon. Please help them out by purchasing your roses from them. More information about this is forthcoming. -Dr. Ron

3 I had a great weekend. No, I wasn t on vacation; I wasn t taking a golf excursion; I wasn t lying on a beach somewhere. I spent the whole weekend engaged in ministry. Saturday we had a retreat for our confirmation class. It lasted overnight, but I came home so I could preach on Sunday. I had such a good day with our young people and their parents. They are great kids wellbehaved, thoughtful, engaged in the process. It was a joy to be around them. Next Sunday, we will receive eighteen young people into membership by profession of faith. I am so proud of them, and I know you will want to come and support them and their families as they mark this momentous day. It is such a joy to be in a church that has strong children s and youth ministries. So many churches don t any more. But under the leadership of Michelle Wilkins with our children and Bill Skaggs with our youth and Mike Lovelady and Ron Hall with our music programs, we are ministering to more youth and children now than we were when I arrived four years ago. It s different than it used to be, because much of our ministry with both groups takes place outside of Sunday morning. It has to be, because the families do other things on the weekend; it s a condition of our culture. But the strength of the program is there, and we are making a difference in the lives of a bunch of kids and teenagers. (Come see evidence of that this Wednesday at our children s spring music program!) Sunday morning, of course, is always the highlight of my week, the focal point of my ministry. I hope you will take advantage of the Grand Slam emphasis going on right now and invite someone to experience God in our church. He is in the house at all three of our worship services for those who seek him. Then Sunday night, our Board of Stewards launched into a long-term conversation about the future of our church and the denomination in Arkansas. It was hard to digest information and react in such a short time, but at least it laid some issues on the table and started us thinking. The conversation will continue, and I believe ultimately the church will be better for it. After two long days, I am still jazzed about the ministry of Jesus Christ. I am excited about the church and its future. I am confident that even though we are living through a time of cataclysmic change, God will bless us if we pay more attention to his will than to our wants. But I am kinda tired, so I m going home See you next Sunday (or during the week!), Bro. Bud SUMMER SERMONS AND SONGS BY REQUEST This summer, Brother Bud is going to do something he has never done let the congregation pick the sermons he preaches! Between now and the first Sunday of May, requests may be made for sermon topics or themes or particular Scriptures that you would like to hear a sermon address. In addition, we will let you suggest favorite hymns you would like to sing during the summer. Summer worship is more relaxed and informal, and it is a perfect time to deal with some issues that are on the hearts and minds of people. The request forms will be available in church, or you can themes, topics, Scripture texts to brobud@fumchs.com. Favorite hymns will be requested on the form, or may be ed to Dr. Ron Hall at rhall@fumchs.com. Requests must be made by May 2, to allow time to pray over, sift through, and prepare the messages Deaseree Cole (with Joe Bob and Nancy Garner) Walt and Christie Eddlemon Joe & Shari Van Houten & Tessa Hamilton and Sandy Thomas Bailey and Bevin Maria Barbara Muller

4 DO YOU HAVE A WEDDING PHOTO? The History Committee is looking for wedding pictures of members that were married in our church. We are hoping to find pictures from our present church as well as our previous churches. We would like to make copies for a display during our 2015 Centennial Celebration. If you have pictures, please call me, or leave them in the church office. Thanks, Joyce Thornton SAVE THE DATE! Bro. Bud and Karen Reeves are planning on leading another trip to the Holy Land, departing March 23, If you are interested, save the date, start saving your travel bucks, and join us for the trip of a lifetime. If you know you would like to go, you can contact Bo. Bud for brochures and info. JACKSON HOUSE FOOD SUNDAY IS MAY 2 nd! The first Sunday of the month is upon us! Please help us keep the pantry at the Jackson House STOCKED! Leave the food in the Jackson House Box in your Sunday school classroom or in the specially marked box outside the elevator on the atrium level. PRAYER WALL IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER The Intercessory Prayer Team has provided a prayer wall under the stairs in the CLC. They encourage all to utilize according to your needs. Prayer concerns my be left in the box, and the Intercessory Prayer Team will pray for your needs. And like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, you may kneel behind the stairs for a time of quiet prayer. Special thanks to Lara Hackney for setting up the prayer wall. Teresa Holt, disciple@fumchs.com Ext. 116 SUNDAY IN THE PARK, MAY 16, 2:00 6:00 P.M. CEDAR GLADES PARK The Family Life and Children s Council is sponsoring an outreach event with Cedar Glades Park on Sunday, May 16 th. Cedar Glades is a county park with access to many outdoor activities. To sponsor an outreach event this large, we need as many people to help as possible. We will be providing the free food, music, golf cart transportation for those who can t walk long distances, food drive for community charities, and information about our church. We will need small groups and individuals to be ambassadors (wear their name tag) and be at one of the following locations: BMX Trail, Hiking Trails, Remote Controlled Aircraft Field, Tree House, Amphitheater, Pavilion, Climbing Wall, and Disc Golf. We need volunteers to make and serve the food (shifts of 12:00-2:00, 2:00 4:00, 4:00 6:00, 6:00 7:00 p.m.). We need donations of food to be brought to the welcome center: chips and cookies. We need donations of money to help us buy the hotdogs, soft drinks, paper goods, etc. We need golf carts and drivers to help transport individuals from the parking to the main pavilion and amphitheater. You are encouraged to bring a canned good for our food drive. Cedar Glades Park will provide the park to us at no charge, have the different clubs that participate in the park (RC Aircraft, Climbing Wall, etc.) to provide demonstrations and will advertise through as many avenues as possible. As well as being an outreach event, we also want families to come out enjoy the music, food, and outdoor activities. Contact Teresa Holt or Michelle Wilkins for more information or to volunteer ( ) or go to our website and click on Sunday in the Park to volunteer online! SENIOR GIRLS GRAND FINALE BEGINS THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 25 th, 10:45 A.M., CLC 211 Susan Bean is leading a four week class Scouting the Divine for Senior Girls beginning this Sunday. The study was developed by Margaret Feinberg (a writer in her 20 s) as she visited a Shepherdess, Bee Keeper, Farmer and Vintner (wine maker) so that she could more fully understand God as presented in illustrations in the Bible. For more information, contact Susan Bean at susan@hshf.net, Bill Skaggs or Teresa Holt. WHAT ABOUT DIVINE HEALING The Saints and Sinners Class are studying healing utilizing the book What about Divine Healing. Divine healing occurs in many ways, often in ways we do not imagine. "It matters that we engage in this hard work (of study and questioning)," Vogel writes, "because God's people seek healing and do not agree about what healing means. We ache for wholeness in our bodies and in our relationships, and we are not sure what it looks like, what it feels like, what it is. All of us yearn to know where to look for sources of healing, and we hear conflicting directions that promise to guide us." The class meets on Sundays, 9:45 a.m. in the Education Building, room 206.

5 Michelle Wilkins, , ext. 127 Watch your mailboxes secret agents! Your next assignment and MPKids newletter should be coming to you very soon!!! Our next mission will be to make Busy Bags for hospitalized children. If you have stuffed toys, sticker sheets, colored pencils, markers, or any gently used crayons that you would like to donate, drop them off at the Welcome Center in the CLC, labeled MP Kids by Wednesday, April 21. We will be assembling the Busy Bags on SUNDAY, APRIL 25, from 4:00 5:00 p.m. in Cupp Hall. BRING A FRIEND and join us!! CHILDREN S CHOIR CONCERT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 ST *Don t forget...this Wednesday, April 21 st, is the Children s Choir Performance to be held in Cupp Hall at 6:15 p.m. We WILL pick up the CHOIR children from school. They will rehearse from 3:30 until about 5:30. Then at 5:30, they will have a pizza dinner. If you signed up to bring cookies or drinks, bring them to the Shelton Room by 5:00 p.m. If you would like for your child to change clothes before the performance, send a change of clothes with them. We look forward to seeing you Wednesday night! Thank you for encouraging and supporting your child in this very important ministry!!! THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to all of our W.A.K., C.L.U.B. and Children s choir teachers and helpers...dot Brown, Thea Mathis, Kathy Lindsay, Ronnie & Julie Twyford, Ken Wallace, Jerry Bush, Elizabeth & Larry Alderman, Amie Hill, Bill Cluck, Cherrye Aylette, Cynthia Tkach, Karen Green, Karen Reeves, Britani Martin, Ellen Stiffler, Karen Harbut, Sandy Yancey, Kelley Lovelady, Miss Maggie Margaret Foster, Corrine Gooch, Sheree O Rorke, Martha Culp, Dena Singleton, & Laura Whitley. If you see any of these people, PLEASE be sure to thank them for volunteering their time to take care of our children on Wednesday afternoons! Each and every one of these people committed their time to ensuring our children had a safe and FUN experience! They all did a wonderful job! God bless each of you for your service to God s ministry! CLUB PURCHASES ANIMALS FROM HEIFER PROJECT C.L.U.B. CHANGE FOR CHANGE PROJECT Our C.L.U.B. kids raised over $100 in their recent Change for CHANGE drive, to purchase animals from Heifer International to improve lives in developing nations. The children raised enough money to purchase a flock of chicks, a share of a Heifer, a share of a Llama, and a share of a goat, as a living gift to assist in the quest to end world hunger and care for the earth! Way to go CLUB KIDS! You are AMAZING!!!! Candy Poirier, outreach@fumchs.com Ext. 117 CHURCH DIRECTORIES Members, we have several extra church directories available at the Welcome Centers in the Sanctuary and the Christian Life Center. Please feel free to pick one up. CHURCH LOT ON PRATT STREET Next to the Christian Life Center and behind the Educational Building, we have the 2 lots on Pratt Street that do not look appealing to the eye. We have talked about making it into a community garden or flower garden. I am looking for some great volunteers to get together and let s see if this is possible. Let s spruce it up!!! If you are interested in helping/ideas for this project, we will have a get together on Monday, April 26 th at 6:00pm in the Media room of the Christian Life Center. This will be just a preliminary meeting to put things together. Please call Candy Poirier at ext. 117 if you have any questions. CHURCH COFFEE CUPS We now have coffee cups with our logo and vision statement for sale. Buy one so we can give one to our first time visitors for being our guest here at FUMC, Hot Springs. They are $5. You can pick one up on Sunday mornings in the Welcome Center of the Christian Life Center or just call Candy Poirier at ext SENIOR SAINTS! LET S ROLL! LET S GO TO PETIT JEAN MOUNTAIN!!! Thursday, April 29 th we are traveling to Petit Jean Mountain to visit the Museum of Automobiles and have lunch at the Lodge. We will leave the Christian Life Center at 8:45am and should return to the church by 3:00pm. The cost is $10 plus lunch. If you would like to sign up and like Lola Reed says, have some great food, fellowship, fun and friends, call Candy at ext. 117 to sign up. We need to get back on the road again.

6 Bill Skaggs, Ext. 123 SENIOR RECOGNITION We will be holding a luncheon for our High School Seniors this year on May 2 nd immediately following the 10:55 service. Look for information sheets in your mailbox or in the youth office. Senior Parents, we want to share our appreciation for you and your students so please RSVP so that we can plan to serve you. A special thanks to Melinda French for her help in making this luncheon possible. We do not want to miss anyone at our recognition and would love for you to help us make sure we have everyone listed. Here is the current list of seniors whose names are on the roles at FUMC. If you know someone whose name does NOT appear on the list and should, please bill skaggs at billskaggsminister@gmail.com THANKS! FUMC CLASS OF 2010 Thomas Dudley, Mary Kate Dugan, Allie Honey, Corbin Hughes, Britany Jackson, Caroline Loyd, Kendall Moss, Andrew Murray, Blake Purnell, Lucas Rudd, Grace Shaw, Taylor Smith, Campbell Wilson Mike Lovelady, mlovelady@fumchs.com Ext. 107 Wednesday, April 21 6:15 p.m. Cupp Hall PRE-K K CHOIR CAROLER S CHOIR JUNIOR CHOIR In honor of Saints and Sinners Class John and Deborah Shannon In honor of Carolyn Elias Foundations Class In memory of Bonnie Cole Helen Shelmy Kathryn Reed Andy and Lee Calloway In memory of Katherine H. Coe, mother of Rynne Belk Saints and Sinners Class In memory of Terry Adcox Natalie Adcox In memory of Buck Freeman, son of Anne Copeman Dick and Debbie VanBebber George and Sammie Bachelor Dub Davenport Winston and Mildred Smith Harold III, Dawn and Melody Duke Kay Bell Provus In memory of Ernest L. Teague Doris Teague In memory of Holly Smith, daughter of Howard and Donna Eddins Wini Lyell

7 Wednesday, April 21 8:30 a.m. Companions in Christ Pilates 9:00 a.m. Ho Hum Low Impact Exercise Class 3:30 p.m. Children s Choirs 4:00 p.m. FUMC Junior Ringers 4:45 p.m. Intercessory Prayer Group 5:00 p.m. Jubilation! Handbells 5:15 p.m. Soul Food Café 6:00 p.m. Marriage Built to Last UMY Wednesday Night Programs 6:15 p.m. Children s Spring Choir Program 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Thursday, April 22 9:00 a.m. Covenant Disciple Group 10:00 a.m. Christian Believer 2:00 p.m. UMW Board Meeting 5:30 p.m. Disciple IV 6:30 p.m. ConneXion practice Friday, April 23 8:30 a.m. Pilates 9:00 a.m. Ho Hum Low Impact Exercise 10:00 a.m. Ho Hum Class Saturday, April 24 9:00 a.m. Connected In Christ Sunday, April 25 8:15 a.m. Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Connect Groups 10:55 a.m. Worship 3:30 p.m. Audience of One Rehearsal 4:00 p.m. Mission Possible Kids 5:00 p.m. UMY Underground Disciple I Monday, April 26 8:30 a.m. Disciple I Disciple II Pilates 9:00 a.m. Jesus in the Gospels 11:00 a.m. Celebration Handbells 1:30 p.m. Staff Meeting 6:00 p.m. Rio Bravo Planning Meeting Christian Believer Pratt Street Planning Tuesday, April 27 11:00 a.m. Intermediate Handbells 5:30 p.m. Spanish Class Wednesday, April 28 8:30 a.m. Companions in Christ Pilates 9:00 a.m. Ho Hum Low Impact Exercise Class 12:00 p.m. Lenten Study Follow-up 4:45 p.m. Intercessory Prayer Group 5:00 p.m. Jubilation! Handbells 5:15 p.m. Soul Food Café 6:00 p.m. Marriage Built to Last UMY Wednesday Night Programs 6:15 p.m. Worship 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Thursday, April 29 8:45 a.m. Senior Saints to Petit Jean State Park 9:00 a.m. Covenant Disciple Group 10:00 a.m. Christian Believer 5:30 p.m. Disciple IV 6:30 p.m. ConneXion practice Friday, April 30 8:30 a.m. Pilates 9:00 a.m. Ho Hum Low Impact Exercise 10:00 a.m. Ho Hum Class Sunday, May 2 8:15 a.m. Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School The ConneXion 10:45 a.m. Connect Groups Plug-In 10:55 a.m. Worship 12:00 p.m. Senior Appreciation Day 3:30 p.m. Audience of One Rehearsal 5:00 p.m. UMY Underground Disciple I Executive Committee Meeting 6:00 p.m. Church Meetings Monday, May 3 8:30 a.m. Disciple I Disciple II Pilates 9:00 a.m. Jesus in the Gospels 11:00 a.m. Celebration Handbells 1:30 p.m. Staff Meeting 6:00 p.m. Christian Believer Tuesday, May 4 10:00 a.m. UMW Meeting 11:00 a.m. Intermediate Handbells 1:30 p.m. Outreach Committee Meeting 5:30 p.m. Spanish Class

8 Periodicals postage paid at Hot Springs, Arkansas. The First United Methodist Church Messenger [USPS ] is published bi-weekly by First United Methodist Church, 1100 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR Subscriptions are 50 cents per year. Postmaster: Send address changes to First United Methodist Church, 1100 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR (501) / FAX: (501) Editor - Donna Mory SENIOR MINISTER.Dr.. William O. Bud Reeves brobud@fumchs.com ext. 100 EXECUTIVE MINISTER...Rev. Carl Ownbey cownbey@fumchs.com ext. 103 VISITATION MINISTER...Rev. John Polk johnsp@prodigy.net DISCIPLESHIP MINISTER...Rev. Teresa Holt disciple@fumchs.com ext. 116 OUTREACH MINISTRIES......Candy Poirier cpoirier@fumchs.com ext. 117 YOUTH MINISTRIES...Bill Skaggs billskaggsminister@gmail.com ext. 123 MUSIC MINISTRIES Dr. Ron Hall rhall@fumchs.com ext. 118.Mike Lovelady mlovelady@fumchs.com ext. 107 CHILDREN S MINISTRIES..Michelle Wilkins cminister@fumchs.com ext. 127 PHYSICAL PLANT MANAGER Tom McCarver tmccarver@fumchs.com ext. 112 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR Lisa Humphreys lhumphreys@fumchs.com ext. 102 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT...Donna Mory membership@fumchs.com ext. 105 CHURCH SECRETARY...Myra Shepherd churchsecretary@fumchs.com ext. 104 CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER Kalani Sarver cdc@fumchs.com THE CARING PLACE Lynn Reeves caring@cablelynx.com Listen to our 10:55 am service every week on F.M. Station The Bull