Sweet. Sunday, April 6th 6:00pm in the FUMCenter. Mexican Stack

2300 Country Club Road, Duncan, OK 73533 Phone: 580.255.3353 Fax : 580.252.8693 Website: www.duncanfumc.org Volume 14 Issue 13 April 2, 2014 Sweet Sunday, April 6th 6:00pm in the FUMCenter Mexican Stack Decorated Cakes & Cookies, Delicious Pies, Cinnamon Rolls & Cupcakes to be auctioned off Entertainment by our Children, Laughter, Fellowship and Fun A fundraiser for our Children s Ministry. Attention Youth! Men s Breakfast April 6th 8am in the Parlor The special program will be Laurel Redding from El Reno. She is the Volunteer Coordinator for Oklahoma Disaster Relief. We encourage all the men of the church to come for breakfast and hear this informative program on how we might be able to help in Oklahoma in times of disaster. FRIDAY APRIL 11TH RedHawks BaseBall Game Tickets - $15 each The price Includes a ticket to the game, a Redhawks Baseball cap, and one free hot dog, chips, and drink at the concession stand in the park! Bring Extra money if you want more to eat! Give Justin your ticket money as soon as you can! Tickets are limited, so don t wait to reserve yours! We will leave Duncan at 5pm for Oklahoma City

Food Baskets The baskets for Christians Concerned are in the south hallway, across from the church office. Thank you for participating in this vital ministry of First United Methodist Church! Dear Friends of First United Methodist Church, Thank you for making a gift to the Oklahoma United Methodist Pastor Education Endowment Fund. Your gift of $1,565 has been matched by the Milburn family. Your special gift gets us closer to meeting the need of rising up future pastoral leadership for all our churches in Oklahoma. Please accept my deepest appreciation for this important action you have taken. Grace and Peace. Sincerely, Bill Junk Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation Wrapped in Grace Report There are not enough words for how much this event touched my life and all those who were involved! Wrapped in Grace was a small project that blossomed into an event that changed lives especially mine. I am so honored to be a part of the United Methodist Women and a part of this church! When something needs to be done, UM ladies step forward and take care of it! We were so blessed to have Leisha Powelson as a part of the Wrapped in Grace Team! She loved on us, supported us, and gave 110% of herself to this event. Thank you, Leisha. Thank you to everyone who came and volunteered their time, energy, prayers, and clothes. You were an integral part of making everything so successful. A special Thank You to the Connexion Praise and Worship Band for giving of their time on Saturday to play for our worship service. As usual, they were incredible and so wonderfully talented! Some fun facts for you: On Friday evening, over 50 women came in and received clothes, haircuts/styles, facials, and massages. Over $1,350 worth of Grace was given! On Saturday morning, we collected $365 dollars in our love offering during our worship service and our profit for the Saturday consignment sale was $1,640! Wrapped in Grace wrote a $1,000 dollar check to Women s Haven and $1,000 check to Beautiful Day. Yes, God is Good all the time and all the time God is good! Tara Cook Wrapped in Grace Committee The trustees are accepting applications for 3 college scholarships. All applications are due April 20, 2014. Mail or submit applications to Verna in the church office. O.L. Peck Scholarship Student must be active in FUMC for more than 2 years and graduating from a Stephens County high school. Have high Christian ideals and financial need. Please submit a copy of the Local Scholarship Application from Mrs. Belcher s office. Ben Patten Ayers IV Scholarship - Student must be entering freshman year of college and be active in the church youth group. Activity in the youth department at the Church and academic standing and achievement shall be co-equal criteria. Please submit a copy of the Local Scholarship Application from Mrs. Belcher s office. Mary Black Living Memorial Scholarship Student must be pursuing a career in Education. This scholarship is for students already attending college and have declared an Education major. Please submit a letter stating your current education plans, future goals and why you should receive this scholarship. For questions, contact Barbara Braught 580-656-1421. Lenten Lunches 12 NOON every Tuesday during Lent Stephens United Methodist Church Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle will be the speaker Palm Sunday April 13 Maundy Thursday Choir Cantata Testimony of Life by Joseph Martin April 17-7pm Easter Sunday April 20 THANK YOU - To everyone that helped with the John 6:35 dinner at the WELL. If you greeted the people, cooked the pancakes and sausage, served drinks, delivered meals to Elm Terrace Apartments, cleaned up afterwards, etc, - you were greatly appreciated. Thank you to the Young Adult Class for being in charge of the meal arrangements. They Came, We Served, They Received, We Were Blessed!

from the One of the questions that church consultants have churches ask for self-evaluation is If your church ceased to exist would your community notice? The question really deals with the impact and presence a church makes in the community. Obviously, TOLLEHOUSE a no answer to the question is not desirable. Well, for our church, I would say that this past weekend our church would garner a very favorable response to the question. Friday night we had several people led by the Young(?) Adult Sunday School class serve the hungry in our community at the John 6:35 meal at the Well. There were 277 meals served and plenty of help. Meanwhile, at the church, our UMW was co-leading Wrapped in Grace where over 50 ladies from our community, who could use a little TLC, experienced makeovers including free consignment clothing. On Saturday, Wrapped in Grace extended to worship and a fundraiser for the Women s Haven and Beautiful Day. These funds will bring joy to some of the neglected within our community. In both the John 6:35 meal and Wrapped in Grace, we made a difference in our community. Thanks to all who helped make these blessings happen! May God s Peace Be with You, Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle, Senior Minister Inquiring Hearts and Minds Sermon Series The season of Lent is a time when our hearts and souls yearn for a Savior. It is also a time of examining our lives and questioning our priorities and whether or not we are prepared for what Christ offers. This Lent we will examine a series of questions related to our faith and our Savior. The sermons left in the series are: April 6 Would You Believe? Matthew 11:1-26. April 13 Who Killed Jesus? Matthew 21:1-11 April 20 Who Needs Easter? Matthew 28:1-10 Holy Week Activities Holy Week begins on April 13 with the celebration of Palm Sunday. The Maundy Thursday Service, April 17, will be observed with music: Testimony of Life and Holy Communion. There will be a very special addition to this service at its conclusion that you will not want to miss. This service then carries over to Easter Sunday Morning, April 20. In the Traditional Worship Service at 10:15, the service will begin with an enactment of the women going to the tomb. Music and narration will accompany this part of the service. The benediction at the Traditional service will be the singing of Handel s Hallelujah Chorus. The choir will be joined by those in the congregation who would like to sing with the choir. An orchestra will be here for the Maundy Thursday as well as the Easter Sunday service. Music Notes The Traditional worship service Sunday, March 30 was a spirit filled experience for all who came to worship. The White Cross Ringers played a piece that showed their skill and dedication to excellence. I might be just a little prejudiced, but the presentation was wonderful. The anthem, I Believe presented one of those moments when everything comes together in such a spirit filled way that hearts are touched by singing it as well as hearing it. A special thank you to Leigh McEntire and Tara Cook for their vocal offerings which enhanced the spirit of the song. All of this superlative stuff led to an outstanding sermon. We plan and strive for excellence in worship each week. Each week we do the best we can on that particular day; however, this Sunday..well, it was extraordinary! If you were not here, you missed this spirit filled experience. Sunday, April 6 will be the fifth Sunday in Lent. The Children s Chimes will be ringing the Introit. The Chancel Choir anthem for this Sunday will be an arrangement of The Old Rugged Cross. Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle will continue the Lenten sermon series: Inquiring Hearts and Minds. His sermon title is Would You Believe? built on the scripture from John 11:1-45. The Liturgist for the month of April is Marcus McEntire. We will be observing Holy Communion this Sunday. The Communion Steward for April is Ray Ingram. The Communion Servers are: Rev. Dr. Tolle and Marcus McEntire, Eryn and Brad Bull, James & LaVonna Funkhouser and Kim & Caleb Taylor. Hope to see you Sunday in Traditional Worship. You will be blessed. Winifred Bailey Director of Traditional Worship & Music Wow! Wrapped in Grace was such a wonderful weekend for everyone involved! Tara will give a detailed report in her column, but I wanted to express my personal gratitude to all who worked so hard to help us show compassion, grace and love to so many women last weekend. Not only did we help raise lots of money for charity but we had face-to-face connection and conversation with women who knew we were reaching out to them because of our relationship to Christ! Wednesday Night Live is quickly approaching the end of the spring semester! We are planning a couple of Wednesday nights of living what we have learned through our studies this year. We will participate in some hands-on mission/service type projects probably on April 23 and 30. Watch the Proclaim the next couple of weeks for details. Shalom, Kathy Gibson Ministry Coordinator KATHY S CORNER

Yay!! It is almost here! This Sunday is our Sweet Treats Auction and Dinner! We are so excited to see everyone and have some fun and fellowship! If you are donating a Sweet Treat, please have it here by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. We want to make sure there is enough room to display these awesome contributions for the auction. We (I) appreciate so much for everything that you are doing to make our VBS and Children s Ministry the best ever! Remember- We still need Sunday School teachers! A Note About Sunday School No rotations All grades will practice Music for Sunday Night. Kids please be in the movie room at 9:00 am sharp to practice Songs # 1, 3, and 8! (Chimers, come after practice in the sanctuary) Faith, Grace, and Hope~ Tara Cook Director of Children s Ministry, Nursery Coordinator These two weeks have been designated as Community Helpers Weeks. We have invited some community helpers to come in and talk to us about what they do in our community. We have a police officer, fireman, recycling truck, librarian, and doctor coming to speak to the preschoolers about all the helping kind of services they provide! What a wonderful community we live in that everyone will show up and talk to our kiddos! We continue to be blessed. Faith, Grace, and Hope~ Tara Cook Director of Preschool and Mother s Day Out Hey! It s time to start thinking about camps so you can plan out your summer accordingly. We have 4 camps scheduled in the summer. Camps for Junior High include students coming into 6th Grade. Graduated High School Seniors are still allowed to attend the High School camps. I will be sending out forms for all of these camps soon. But until that happens I am going to list the dates and prices here. So put them on your calendar! Disciple Camp - June 4-8 ($150) All Junior High age students. (Incoming 6th grade 9th grade) Registration payment is due April 30th. That includes a $50 deposit made out to the church. Youth Force, Duncan - June 15-20 ($100) All Junior High & High School students. To Duncan First United Methodist Church Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am overwhelmed and humbled by the number of churches in the Oklahoma Annual Conference that demonstrate their discipleship and commitment to our connectional church with the sharing of gifts through Apportionment giving. The contributions secure the critical link that sustains important ministries in our own Conference and around the world. With the full sharing of your 2013 apportionments, your church has enhanced our participation in so many areas of service. What your church has accomplished is nothing less than remarkable! So, on behalf of the Treasurer, the Council on Finance and Administration, and all the people whose lives are touched through your gifts to the United Methodist Church and the Oklahoma Annual Conference, we all say thank you! Lives have been changed and disciples have been made because you stepped out in faith, sharing and giving your full measure. Our conference is extremely blessed to have congregations such as yours that enable us to fulfill our mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ! Again, thank you so much for all you do. Your servant in Christ, Robert E. Hayes, Jr. Robert E. Hayes, Jr. Bishop, Oklahoma Area The United Methodist Church ( Justin s article continued) District Camp - June 23-27 ($150) All Junior High and High School students High School Camp - July 10-14 ($150) Incoming freshman through Graduated seniors Camp forms are due May 21st with a $50 Deposit. There are a lot of dates and opportunities to be a part of a camp! So pick one or two and join in the fun! If for any reason a camp looks out of reach because of money just talk to me. There may be some camp scholarships available. We are looking for an intern for the Youth Ministry here at the church! If you know anyone that might be interested in being a Youth Intern for the summer, they can send a resume to: justin.sommer@duncanfumc.org, or hand it in to the church office. More information about serving as Summer Intern at FUMC can be found out by talking to me. It s not about us it is about Him! Justin Sommer Worship Leader & Youth Director

Mission Moment & Scripture Reader Greeters 10AM FUMCenter Marilyn Hugon Kirkland Family Traditional Service - 10:15 am Altar Flowers: In Loving Memory of Jack Maurer By the Hugon and Braught Families Mission Candle: In honor of our Son-in-law, Wayne Phillips birthday, and the 17th birthday of our Granddaughter Abbie Paige Ferguson By Gary & Vicki Ferguson Liturgist: Marcus McEntire Greeters: Adult Wing & Narthex - 8:45 am -10:15 am Shawn Lockstone & Steve Metzer SW Door - 8:45 am -10:15 am Aaron & Kitty Clifton 9:30 am -10:15 am Sanctuary/N Sanctuary/S Lisa Gallaway Ushers/Group 5: Guy Messersmith, Joe Enos, Bob LeValley, Jim Matthews, Don Rice, Bruce Ridley and Steve Gray Communion Stewards: Ray Ingram Praying For Our Church Family Pat Cook Marcella Kovar Johna Gray Jerry & Yvonna Messersmith Harold & Liz Hackler Billie & Juanita McClennan Praying For Our Loved Ones And Friends in the Community Kelly Taylor, Betty s Kitchen Helper Deanna Williams, friend of Cathy Weisner Mary Flesher, Andy Flesher s mother Mike Parks, friend of Marilyn Hugon and Barbara Braught Don Ridley, Bruce Ridley s father Family of Rhonda Cook Gordon Funkhouser, James Funkhouser s father COMMUNION FOR SHUT-INS Our Shepherd Ministry takes communion to our shut-ins the first Sunday of every month when we have communion in worship. We have gained several new shut-ins and have lost a couple of communion servers, so we are really in need of some help! If you can find the time to give about an hour on one Sunday every 3 months to take communion to our shut-ins, please call Kathy at the church! You ll be blessed as you are a blessing to others! WELCOME Communion Servers: Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle & Marcus McEntire James & LaVonna Funkhouser Kim Taylor & Caleb Taylor Eryn & Brad Bull Acolytes: Peyton Bull & Nick Johnson Child Ushers: Alivia Cook & Brilen Davis Children s Church: Eric Davis SPRC MEETING this Sunday after Traditional Service in the Parlor Scott and Leah Berning They joined on Sunday, March 30th In the Traditional Service. Easter Lilies $15 The time has come to order Lilies for Easter Sunday. The lilies will be placed in the Connexion Worship area and also in the sanctuary for the Traditional Worship Service. If you would like to purchase an Easter Lily In Honor of or In Memory of for Easter, call the church office or fill out the form in the bulletin this Sunday, before April 13th to place your order. Any money collected over the cost of the lilies will go to missions.

First United Methodist Church 2300 Country Club Road Duncan, Oklahoma 73533 Address Service Requested Non-profit Organization Presorted Standard U.S. Postage Paid Duncan, OK Permit #19 CHURCH CALENDAR Thursday, April 3rd 9am Pilates - Music Suite Pre-School/MDO - Children s Wing/Nursery 7:30pm Open Gym - FUMCenter Friday, April 4th 8:30am Church Office Opens 1pm Church Office Closed 6:30pm Christians Concerned Dinner Theater - FUMCenter Saturday, April 5th 9:30 Choir Cantata Rehearsal - Music Suite Sunday, April 6th 8am Men s Breakfast - Parlor 9am Sunday School - Classrooms A Disciple s Path - Adult Wing 10am Connexion Service - FUMCenter 10:15am Traditional Service - Sanctuary 3:30pm Disciple I - Adult Wing 3pm Boy Scouts - Adult Wing 4pm Book Study on the Messiah - Parlor 5:30pm Disciple III Bible Study Classes - Adult Wing 6pm Mexican Stack/Sweet Treats Auction - FUMCenter 6:15 am Youth Small Group - Youth Lounge Monday, April 7th 9am Pilates - Music Suite 9:30am Staff Meeting - Conference Room 12pm Game Day - Music Suite 7pm Boy Scouts - Adult Wing Tuesday, April 8th 9am Pilates-Music Suite Pre-School/MDO - Children s Wing/Nursery 10am Women s Bible Study - Adult Wing/Wesleyan Classroom 5:15pm Chancel Chimes - Music Suite 6:30pm Men s Bible Study - Conference Room STAFF DIRECTORY Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle, Senior Minister..greg.tolle@duncanfumc.org Winifred Bailey, Director of Traditional Worship & Music. winifred.bailey@duncanfumc.org Justin Sommer, Worship Leader/Youth Director justin.sommer@duncanfumc.org Kathy Gibson, Ministry Coordinator..kathy.gibson@duncanfumc.org Sue Gibbons, Financial Secretary..sue.gibbons@duncanfumc.org Tara Cook, Director of Children s Ministries & Preschool/MDO and Nursery Coordinator tara.cook@duncanfumc.org Steve Taylor, Director of Media Ministry...steve.taylor@duncanfumc.org Verna Wilson, Secretary......verna.wilson@duncanfumc.org Betty Davis..Church Hostess (255-9086) Dr. Thomas Labé.Organist and Pianist Jerry Marlar...Custodian