FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Communication & Relationship More Details to Follow During Sunday School, Worship, Fellowship Times, Bible Encounters, Youth Groups Bishops Call Special Session of General Conference 2019 The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church have called a special General Conference for Feb. 23-26, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. The special worldwide gathering will be limited to acting on a report by Council of Bishops, based on the proposals from the Commission on the Way Forward. The 32-member Commission, appointed by the bishops, has the charge of finding ways for the denomination to stay together despite deep differences around homosexuality. The final proposals to the Special General Conference in February, 2019 will result in new directions for the church. The Council of Bishops also initiated Praying Our Way Forward to support the work of the Commission on the Way Forward. Each Annual Conference has been assigned a week to offer prayer in this time leading up to the Special General Conference. Our Conference will be praying February 25 March 3, 2018. We will be handing out prayers that you can pray on Sunday, February 25th. Ash Wednesday 7 pm, February 14 Maundy Thursday 7 pm, March 29 Good Friday 7 pm, March 30 Easter Sunday 6:30 & 10:55 am, April 1 (No Fooling) Pastor Mark And God said to me, You Hook em, Jesus Calls Us to be Vibrant, Loving and of Service to all. 501 North Main Street Grand Saline, TX 75140 Worship Times: Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday at 10:55 am Bible Study: Sunday at 6:30 pm Wednesday at 1pm Office Hours: Mon. Thurs. 10am- Noon, 1-3 pm Office Phone Number (903) 962-3151 Email: gsfumc2016 @gmail.com Website: www.grandsalinefumc.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/gsfumc/ Pastor Mark M. Pedersen Office: (903) 962-3151 Cell: (903) 292-3933 Email: mpedersen47@gmail.com
Volunteers for Food Pantry please meet February 1st at 3:30pm for annual training meeting. Thanks for all you do! Join us for Shrove Tuesday! Tuesday, February 13th we will be having a Pancake Supper. 5 7 pm Stewardship Report The Sunday 1/7 1/14 1/21 1/28 Sunday School 25 23 19 22 Worship 50 52 58 56 RECEIVED 1/7..... $4,703.50 RECEIVED 1/14... $1,462.00 RECEIVED 1/21... $1,988.50 RECEIVED 1/28... $2,039.00 Received through January.. $ 10,093.00 Needed through January... pending The Flower Chart for 2018 is up if you would like to sign up to put flowers in the church on a special Sunday. You can either sign up on the flower chart by the office or call the church office and we will put your name on the chart. For February : Larry Tull & Jim Berry Vickie Pedersen collects box tops for the Middle School. If you would, save any you find on your grocery items for her. Feel free to drop them off in the church office. PRAYER REQUESTS : Prayer list for family, friends, and others. Our Nation, President, Government Leaders, Men & Women of our Armed Forces & their families. Nell Wheat s family, Mutt & Nancy Pugh, Della Houy, Randy Willmon, Nell Allison, Betty Adamson, Jane Currey, Becky Kindle, Rudy Kirby & family, Gwen Hughes, Debbie Mills Middleton, Wil Ferguson, Melissa Brown, Ina Cambre & McAdams family, Lauren Youngblood, Dean Myers & Eva Carnes.
February NOTES! The Ding-a-Lings are at maximum capacity! Wow We have eleven ringers and are having a great time. Bell choir is working on doing some different and exciting things this year. The Sunday after Easter, we plan to have a full Sunday concert. Also, we are looking at one of the Sunday Night Live events as the bell choir playing some fun music. Music this year will include a special with the choir for Easter and a beautiful arrangement with the organ at a later date. New members are Janet Lundy from Mineola and Bethany Waddell from Grand Saline. We are thrilled to have these ladies join us. Hope you will get to know them and welcome them. The choir needs lots more people especially, tenors. We know you are out there warming a pew. Please come warm the hearts of our congregation and sing praises to our Lord. Use the talent God has given you. Join us on Monday nights at 7 PM for practice. You will have a wonderful time and leave humming some of these tunes all week long! Til next month, keep that Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy, Down in your Heart! Glory Hallelujah! Blessings, Jaye P.S. March 18th we will have live music for Sunday Night Live! SAVE THE DATE Vacation Bible School JUNE 18th - 22nd "Shipwrecked" (Rescued by Jesus) Children from 4 years through 5th grade will come to learn: 1. "When you're lonely, Jesus rescues" (Lost Coin Parable) 2. "When you worry, Jesus rescues" (Martha/Mary Story) 3. "When you struggle, Jesus rescues" (Garden of Gethsemane) 4. "When you do wrong, Jesus rescues" (Thief on the Cross) 5. "When you're powerless, Jesus Rescues" (Peter & John Heal Man) If you want to help children understand these wonderful truths SAVE THE DATE, JUNE 18-22 Last year we reached over 100 children and youths! Our Vacation Bible School takes great effort from many people! Please pray for this mission and ask how you might fill a commitment to help this celebration of Jesus' love for the children of our community.
Our New Year at the Academy started off full of cold and the excitement that comes from a snow day!! The winter weather was perfect for our lessons on snow and the color white. This month we will be learning about various counties as we study Love around the World in honor of Valentine s Day. If you have something special from another country and would like to come for a show and tell please contact me to set that up, the children love having visitors! 903-962-6311 Jennifer Morgan CCA Director Please recycle your aluminum cans by bringing them to the Academy. We have a trailer for collecting Cans by our garage! - Hello All, We will be meeting February 28th, at 6:30 pm In the Pairs & Spares Classroom. We would love to have you join us! We will start making plans for Community Outdoor Movie Night, May 5th. We still have Blessing Bags in the Narthex. Feel free to take one to keep in your car. You never know when you can be a blessing to others. Blessings to All, Marilyn Save the Dates! 8 pm Valentine s Dinner with live music! 9am 2 pm Community Buzzard Festival Chili, Potatoes & Pies in Pavilion for sale! Scout Sunday with Soup luncheon following service.. Make sure to stay for fellowship with our guests. 5 7 pm Shrove Pancake Dinner w/ cub scouts serving. Ash Wednesday Service 7pm Lent begins February 14th! Whew! Didn t we just have Christmas? And now Lent? Remember, the seasons in church are a teaching tool about the life of Christ. Advent begins the liturgical year anticipating the birth of Jesus, the Messiah. Epiphany is the current season that sheds light on his ministry that shows he is the Messiah. Lent takes us through the 40 days of His temptation, teaching, and last week of His life. Lent officially begins with Ash Wednesday, which is Wednesday, February 14th. We will have Ash Wednesday services 7:00 p.m. The palm leaves from last year s Palm Sunday will be burned and become the ashes that are put on our foreheads in the mark of a cross.
Ok, I ve been asked to be short and sweet! Well, I am clearly neither, but this article might be! January found our kids donating a book to the Fruitvale Church of Christ s Library. Very cool, you guys! The Tribe will be watching the Super Bowl together at our house this weekend...finally! A reason to care about the game! February 9th is our Valentines Dinner. It is our chance to serve and mingle. There will be great music, great friends, and great food! Grab some friends and join us. See me for tickets, or call the office for reservations. In March, we will be rock climbing in Tyler, thanks to a very kind donation from the Orchards. Now for the sweet portion I love y all! blairbear :) The NFL Super Bowl is on Sunday, February 4th. Please bring a canned food item to be donated to our Breaking Bread food pantry to service with you that weekend. In 1990, the Soup-er Bowl of Caring was birthed with a simple prayer said be Rev. Brad Smith of Spring Valley Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina: Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us be mindful of those who are without a bowl of soup to eat. A national movement was born and since then over $50 million in funds and food items have been collected in towns across the US and donated to their local food pantries. Local organizations then report to the national organization to celebrate the total amount collected. What is the United Methodist Church all about? Who is the Church? Why do we go to church? What is in The Bible? Why do we read it? Who is God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit? How was the Church started? Why do we worship? What is Baptism & Communion? What is God s Plan? Come learn the answers to all of these questions with Pastor Mark from 9:45 10:30 am upstairs in the Children s Wing starting February 18th. New members, old members, Visitors, Anyone can come! Come Learn What it Means to..
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 4 11 Boy Scout Sunday & Soup lunch fellowship (UMCOR Sunday, special offering) 18 Joann Fisher Bday Church office hours are Mon-Thursday 10am noon & 1pm 3 pm 5 12 Jeanne Shively Bday 19 Presidents Day 6 Cub Scout Mtg. 7 pm Pastor TKD in Edgewood 6-8pm Charles Riveire Bday MYF 13 5-7 pm 20 Cub Scout Mtg. 7 pm Pastor TKD in Edgewood 6-8pm MYF 7 Bible Encounter 1:00 pm in Youth building Psalm 14 Valentine s Day 21 Lent begins 7pm Service Bible Encounter 1:00 pm in Youth building Psalm 1 7:30am Ministerial Alliance Mtg. Food Pantry 4-6pm Emile Clifford Bday Jim & Trisha McAdams Anniversary 8 Andy Collins Bday 15 Deb Zajac Bday Food Pantry 4-6pm 2 Kathleen Thompson Birthday Johnny & Kathleen Anniversary 50th! 9 MYF host Valentine s Dinner 5:30-8:00pm Fellowship Hall $10 or 2/$18 Live music by Jim & Trisha McAdams & Kerry Youngblood! 3 16 17 22 23 24 John & Paula Hodge Anniversary 10 Buzzard Festival Downtown starts at 8am in the pavilion cub scout breakfast Come buy a slice of pie, a baked potato or some chili! 25 26 27 Cub Scout Mtg. 7 pm Pastor TKD in Edgewood 6-8pm MYF 28 Bible Encounter 1:00 pm in Youth building Psalm Women s Group Meeting 6:30pm