Couts Countdown Go WEST - Welcome, Equip, Serve, Transform May 1, 2017 Volume 11 Issue 5 Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 802 North Elm Weatherford, Texas 76086 817-599-8601 Church Office Hours 8am - 5pm Monday - Thursday Closed on Friday Visit us on the Web www.coutsmethodistchurch.com Sr. Pastor - Matt Hall Worship Service Thursday, May 4th 6:30 p.m. Heritage Park Amphitheatre
Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! Thanks to all who were a part of our Lent and Easter celebrations. I want to thank our Directors of Youth Ministry Katrina Nager and Amy McSwain for the prayer walk during Holy week. Also our Director of Children s Ministry, Sarah Moden- Allison and all of the volunteers that helped her with Psalm Sunday, the Friday experience of the telling of the Easter story and of course Easter Sunday morning. We all owe a big thanks to Cindy Hott for coordinating and planning all of the music for each of the worship services. The worship team also did a great job taking care of all of the details and planning the prayer walk at the church on Friday evening. Everyone together allows lots of good things to happen as we continue to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Yesterday, Renerle Thompson passed away. Renerle has played the organ at Couts for over fifty years. Ordinary Income/Expense Income From The Pastor Wow! We will celebrate her life this coming Friday at 10:00 a.m. at the church. Renerle shared her passion and love of God in her music. We will keep all of her family in our prayers. Looking forward to May and the summer we have lots of opportunities to build relationships and invite people to walk with us as we seek to follow Jesus. We will celebrate Mother s Day on the 14 th. We will begin preparation for Peach Festival and Harvest Festival along with confirmation and the end of the school year. The youth are getting ready for mission trip and VBS is in full prep mode. A few changes for the summer will be in Camp Hope. The location that Couts has used for many years is no longer a Camp Hope site. Those that would like to participate in Camp Hope can still do so. The Oaks UMC will coordinate the details and if you would like to participate contact the church office for more details. I want to encourage everyone to come to the 5 th Sunday breakfast this coming Sunday. There will be lots of good food and time to get to know one another. Coming up on Thursday, May 4th at 6:30 pm at Heritage Park will be the National Day of Prayer. Pastors, church choirs and community leaders will be present to offer prayers of word and music for our community and our country. I encourage you all to plan on attending this community event put on by the Ministerial Alliance of Weatherford. Grace and Peace, Pastor Matt Jan -March 17 Jan-March 16 $ Change YTD BUDG- Contributions 121,596.77 123,522.14-1,925.37 138,062.50 All Other Sources 4,108.87 9,723.68-5,614.81 5,525.25 Total Income 125,705.64 133,245.82-7,540.18 143,587.75 Expense Apportionment 737.47 5,851.81-5,114.34 12,816.75 Church Operating Expense 33,787.30 32,749.05 1,038.25 31,151.50 Loans 24,322.29 24,322.29 0.00 22,857.00 Personnel 69,811.33 65,460.22 4,351.11 71,945.75 Program Ministry 3,450.71 8,621.75-5,171.04 5,820.00 Financial Update March 2017 Total Expense 132,109.10 137,005.12-4,896.02 144,591.00 Net Income -6,403.46 Page -3,759.30 2-2,644.16-1,003.25 Page 2
May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 National Day of Prayer-6:30pm Mission Teams 6pm Worship 7pm Adult Nurture 5 6 Boy Scouts Program in the Lodge 8-Noon 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 District Conf. 5 pm 1st UMC Burleson Frijoles and 42 6:30 pm Fellowship Hall SPRC Meeting 7:00 p.m. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 11:30-1:30pm 28 29 30 31 Finance Last Kidzone until September Committee-6:30 CCA Program Youth & Tweens 7 pm Painting with a TK&4 s Twist Graduation - 7pm CCA Field Day Trustee Meeting 6:30 pm Conference Room Center of Hope Emmaus Comm. Gathering @ Couts 6 pm 11:30-1:30pm Church Office Closed for Memorial Day Page 3
The 2017 revised Confirmation Class Schedule: All classes will meet after the 10:30 service. on the second floor of the new wing in the main room. April 30 -Confirmation Class May 21 -Confirmation Class May 28 Confirmation Class added Ember Mitchell and John Jester will lead this class) Jun 4 - Confirmation Class (Ember Mitchell and John Jester will lead this class) Heifer International is the CoutsKidz outreach project for 2017. The pancake Dinner raised 335.00 thanks to the generosity of COUTS church family. The children are bringing in change on Sundays to add to the collection. There is much excitement over which animals they will be able to buy. We will vote the June 11-10:30 Confirmation Cake reception following the service first Sunday of Advent on the animals we will purchase for farmers in need. There are three more Kidzone Wednesdays before our summer break. May 17 we will close out the school year with a party. Vacation Bible School: July 17-20 from 9 am -12pm. Campers ages 2-grade 6 Register at www.coutsmethodistchurch.com Materials needed: Please save plastic water bottles of all sizes. Deli containers with lids all sizes, paper towel and toilet paper tubes, Oatmeal boxes with lids. Blocks of all kinds. Volunteers needed: wood workers to help children build things in our creation workshop. Artists Can you give us a few hours to help decorate, prep materials or sign up to help with kids at VBS mornings. We need more drivers to sign up to help transport children to COUTS Wed afternoons 2:45-3:45 in the COUTS vans for the new school year. If you can spare an hour a week, please contact Sarah Moden-Alliston at 914-645-3697, or speak to her at church. We have full vans for this, but if we cannot find drivers we will not be able to continue the program. Children's Worship Bags. We have 12 new canvas bags in a basket in the Welcome Center for children to use during worship. There are coloring pages associated with worship, bible times finger puppets and magnetic boxes to keep curious minds interested and hands busy. Please take the children's art work home and leave bags and toys on the table so we may refill them for the next Sunday. TWEENS! Tweens meet from 6:00-7:30 every Wednesday in the second floor meeting room of the new wing. Friends welcome. The final meeting for Spring 2017 will be 6:30-8:30 PM May 17, at Painting with a Twist on South Main Street in Weatherford, Texas. Page 4
Newsletter May 2017 Mission Trip forms due May 1st for registered participants! Mandatory parent meeting for youth going on mission trip; May 7th @ 9:00am in Youth room. Sunday School & Service Time Sunday School 9:30 am Service 10:30 am Thank you to all for your support and fellowship during our snack suppers. To receive mobile updates by text message, text keyword coutsyouth to 77948. Mark your calendars! *5/3 Wed night 5:30p-7p Eat at Bakers Ribs "Trivia" 5/7 SS 9:30"Barnabas" Picnic after church/sunshine lake, food, & fun 11:30a-1:30p 5/10 Wed night 5:30p-7p "Girls vs. Guys Game Night" We will have snacks. 5/14 SS 9:30a "Priscilla and Aquillia" No eve youth 5/17 Wed night "Painting with a twist" Meet at church 6p Eat before you come!!!! 5/21 SS 9:30a "Timothy" Lunch/Putt-Putt/Go-karts 11:30-3p Bring $7 5/24 No youth 5/28 SS 9:30a "Onesimus" No eve youth Memorial Weekend!! CONTACT INFO Check us out at CoutsYouth on the Facebook, and the Instagram. Katrina Nager - katrina@coutsumc.org Amy McSwainamy@coutsumc.org For Questions about Couts UMC Youth Ministry, call the church office at 817.599.8601. Page 5
Mission Team Meetings Tuesday, May 2nd Worship Mission Team 6:00 p.m. Conference Room Adult Nurture / Outreach Mission Team 7:00 p.m. Fellowship Hall Thursday, May 4, 2017-6:30 pm Heritage Park Amphitheater Weatherford, TX The Ministerial Alliance is sponsoring a time of Worship on Thursday, May 4th at 6:30 p.m. at Heritage Park Amphitheater on the National Day of Prayer. Heritage Park is located in the First Monday Grounds off of Santa Fe Drive. Everyone is invited to attend. District Conference Sunday, May 7, 2017 5:00 p.m. 1st United Methodist Church Burleson Our District Conference will take place in Burleson this year. The Lay Delegates, Nancy Martin and Kathy Smith, plus Pastor Matt and our retired ministers: Rod Corder, Len Johnson and Georgia Orr are invited to come to the meeting to see what is coming up at Annual Conference in June. Finger Foods and 42 Tuesday, May 9, 2017 6:30 p.m. Fellowship Hall Everyone is invited to come and play 42 on the second Tuesday of every month in the Fellowship Hall. Bring a finger food to share. Emmaus Community Gathering Friday, May 12th 6:00 pm-couts Fellowship Hall (meal starts at 6:30 pm) The Emmaus Community will gather for a meal and 4th Day Celebration on Friday, May 12th. Everyone is invited to come. If you have not been on an Emmaus Walk but are interested in finding out more information, please Page 6
Couts Staff/Parish Relations Committee Meeting Tuesday, May 9th 7:00 p.m. Couts Finance Committee Meeting Thursday, May 18th 6:30 p.m. The Couts Finance Committee will meet on Thursday, May 18th at 6:30 pm. Committee members are: Bill Shatford, Eliza Utley, Randy Samson, Becky Bond, Fred Coonce, B.J. Bishop, Nancy Martin and Amy Nesler. Couts Trustees Committee Meeting Thursday, May 25th 6:30 p.m. The Couts Trustees will meet on Thursday, May 25th at 6:30 pm. Committee members are: B.J. Bishop, Becky Bond, Angela Arthurs, Ean Bazzell, Lorene Clerihew, Curtis Nager, Carrie Worsham and Kenneth Kammer. Ms. Senior Parker County Pageant Saturday, May 20th 7:00 p.m. - Weatherford College - Alkek Auditorium Our own Helen Hearnsberger will be a participant in this years Ms. Senior Parker County Pageant. All proceeds go to Parker County Meals on Wheels. Tickets are $10.00 - Helen has tickets if you want to purchase some from her. Come and be a part of the Couts Cheering Section - you can make a sign and show up and help cheer Helen on. Couts Christian Academy Highlights CCA s 6 th Annual Ranch Reunion is now in the books! Some of this year s highlights were pony rides, petting zoo, obstacle course made of pool noodles, and, of course, the dunk tank. We had a great turn-out of both current CCA families, and previous families who came to enjoy the food, fun, and fellowship. CCA staff would like to express our appreciation to all Couts church members who volunteered their time to help with our fundraiser. We are pleased to announce that the Ranch Reunion was able to raise in the neighborhood of $10,000 (preliminary), which will go toward keeping the cost of tuition affordable and providing needed technology and supplies for the upcoming school year. Again, this event is made possible through the efforts of many. Thank you for supporting CCA through your time, efforts, and prayers. We now look forward to our Summer Program. We already have full classes, and lots of fun activities planned. If you know of anyone looking for summer care, please come by the CCA office for more information. Blessings, Amy Nesler, CCA Head of School CCA End of School Activities Tuesday, May 16th - School Age End of Year Program - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 18th - 4 year old and Transitional Kindergarten Graduation - 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 24th - Field Day Friday, May 26th - Last day of school Page 7
Go Welcome, Equip, Serve, Transform Couts Methodist Church 802 North Elm Weatherford, Texas 76086 W E RE ON T HE WEB - V I S I T US WWW. C OUTSMETHOD I S T C HURCH. C OM Our Military May Birthdays Billy Burris Matt Couch May 5 Christopher Campbell May 22 Randy Samson 2017 Debt Reduction Campaign Special Dates January 8 - Gratitude Sunday. Will Dowd Matthew Geyer Michael Gilliam Jeff Johnson May 7 Libby Jester May 12 May 23 Emily McSwain John Vicknair David Wuerflein January 15 - Ministry Sunday. January 22 - Celebration Sunday. January 28 - Prayer event. January 29 - Commitment Sunday. Cory Jones Blake Hubbard Mike Hebert Hunter Hiett Kali Yarnell Lussier Matthew Mitchell Dora Jones May 13 Kathy Smith Karen Smith May 15 Jean McKinney May 25 Roland Noe May 26 Seth Garrett James Williams February 12 - First Fruit offering. February 19 - Announcement Sunday. Josiah Sorrells Doug Yarnell Cody Williams Page 8 May 20 Richard Mayfield