EAST DISTRICT UMC Of the Texas Annual Conference Of the United Methodist Church CONTACTS: 1507 S. John Redditt Dr. Lufkin, TX, 75904 Office Phone: 936-899-7383 Fax: 936-899-7385 Email: vquackenbush@txcumc.org Web: www.eastdistrictumc.org Bishop Scott Jones Dr. Richard P. White District Superintendent rpwhite@txcumc.org Vetta Quackenbush Administrative Assistant vquackenbush@txcumc.org Vonnie Johnson Administrative Assistant johnsonvonnie@gmail.com I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Calendar of Events Report Day Training Happenings Around the District 2017 Dist. App. Vital Signs 2017 Conf. App. Clergy Spouse Dates Prayer Concerns 2 3 4 5 V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 4 Dear Friends, It has been my pleasure and blessing to attend Charge Conferences throughout the East District. I am blessed to know of the mission and ministry that you are doing from the largest cities to the rural areas of the East District. You are working to reach your mission field for Christ, and share His love and grace to everyone you meet. I pray for you, your church families, and your mission field each day. I am praying for you to be filled with wisdom, strength, and guidance in your daily ministry. If I can be of any help to you please call. In Christ, Dick White O C T O B E R 2 0 1 7 WELCOME SERVICE FOR EAST DISTRICT UMC DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT DR. RICHARD P. DICK WHITE & HIS WIFE JO AN Sunday, October 22, 2017 4:00 PM 6:00 PM NACOGDOCHES FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pulpit Supply Emmaus Clergy & Spouse Christmas Party All In District Training Event 6 SANCTUARY 201 E. Hospital St., Nacogdoches, TX 75961 RECEPTION TO FOLLOW In the Christian Life Center at Nacogdoches FUMC All clergy & laity of the East District are encouraged to attend this special time to celebrate the ministry of the East District Churches & our new leadership!
P A G E 2 Calendar of Events Oct. 19 DCOM Training @ Kingwood UMC Oct. 21-22 SE District Lay Servant Training Oct. 22 Welcome Service for Dr. Richard P. Dick White, DS Nacogdoches FUMC Nov. 4 Emmaus Gathering @ Jasper FUMC Nov. 5 Clergy Spouse Bunko Party (For Clergy Spouse only) @ Lufkin FUMC Parsonage Nov. 6-7 Clergy Women s Retreat Nov. 7-9 East Dist. Office Closed Nov. 8-9 Clergy Pre-Retirement Seminar @ Lakeview Methodist Conference Center Nov. 13 East District Report Day Training @ 10 am @ East District UMC Office in Lufkin Nov. 16 CLT/DLT Meeting @ Lufkin FUMC East District Office Closed Nov. 22-23 East Dist. Office Closed Dec. 2 Annual Clergy/Spouse Christmas Luncheon @ Nacogdoches County Civic Center Dec. 9 Emmaus Gathering @ Livingston FUMC 2018 Jan. 8 Report Day Jan. 19-20 Candidacy Summit @ Lakeview Feb. 3 East District UMC Training Event ALL IN @ Lufkin FUMC Feb. 11 Apportionment Meeting @ Lufkin FUMC @ 3:00 pm Feb. 14-15 TX Ministry Conference in Houston Office Closed Feb. 17 Bishop Scott Jones Houston Lay School of Theology Feb. 15-18 Men s Walk Bob Anderson Lay Director Feb. 18 Apportionment Meeting @ Houston Westchase UMC @ 3:00 pm Feb. 20 Apportionment Meeting @ Madisonville FUMC @ 7:00 pm Feb. 21 Apportionment Meeting - TBA Feb. 22 Apportionment Meeting @ Longview FUMC @ 7:00 pm Feb. 22-25 Women s Walk Janice Cummings Lay Director Mar. 22-24 Perkins Theological School for the Laity May 27-30 TX Annual Conference @ The Woodlands E A S T D I S T R I C T U M C
V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 4 P A G E 3 Report Day Training For all Pastors and all Administrative Assistants and Secretaries Monday, November 13, 2017-10:00 am Noon East District UMC Office 1507 S. John Redditt Dr., Lufkin, TX A wonderful, generous, loving pastor and his family in the East District UMC donated their 5th wheeler to those in need who are recovering from Hurricane Harvey. The pastor said they felt God was calling them and they wanted to do whatever they could to help those in need with the abundance of what they have been blessed with. They wanted to assist others in their long and arduous recovery process. Cleaning Kits from Huntington FUMC CONGRATULATIONS! Rev. Bill Lanigan s son recently earned the Eagle Scout Award! Pint-Sized Power House In 10 months the average attendance at Burke UMC has jumped into the 20s, with the addition of two families. With Lay Pastor Mike Waters as their Pastor, the church has learned to trust God. If we make the first step, God will help us with the second step and now we have more than doubled our attendance, Rosemary Berry shared in the Sept. Cross Connection. That is a great achievement!
P A G E 4 Paid in Full - 10-16-17 Allison s Chapel Anderson Chapel Beckville Bethlehem Blossom Hill Bonita Bronson Brookeland Burke Burkeville Campti Carlisle Carthage 1st Center 1st Center Hill Chester Cade Memorial Chireno Church Hill Cold Springs Corrigan 1st Curtis, Jasper Cushing Deadwood Diboll Douglass Faith Bridge Fairview Galloway Garrison Goodrich Goodsprings Grapeland 1st Groveton 1st 2017 District Apportionments Paid in Full - 10-16-17 Paid in Full - 10-16-17 Hemphill 1st Shiloah Henderson 1st Short Homer, Jasper Simpson Campground Homer, Lufkin St. Andrews Jasper Ct. Memorial St. Luke, Livingston Joaquin 1st St. Mark s Keltys St. Paul s, Henderson Laneville Tatum Latexo Tenaha Liberty Hill Timpson Liberty Springs Wells Falvey Memorial Lilbert White Rock Livingston 1st Woods Lovelady 1st Zavalla Shady Chapel Lynches Chapel McMahan Chapel Paid 74% + - 10-16-17 Melrose Ebenezer Milam Chapel Lake Rayburn Moscow Bible Nacogdoches 1st Mt. Enterprise Onalaska Mt. Vernon Trinity Murvaul Woodville Oak Hill Paid Less than 74% Paxton A. Frank Smith Pine Hill Abundant Life Pisgah Crockett 1st Pleasant Hill, Lovelady Huntington Prairie View Lufkin 1st Riverside Perritte Memorial Rockhill Rehobeth Shelbyville San Augustine 1st Paid 0% Alexander Chapel Atoy Concord Henry s Chapel Jasper 1st Percilla Pine Grove Pineland Pleasant Hill, Liv. Ryan Chapel St. Paul s, Lufkin Vital Signs Please be sure to input the vital Signs Regularly: Worship Attendance Professions of Faith Hands on Mission E A S T D I S T R I C T U M C
V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 4 2017 Conference Apportionments Paid in Full - 9/30/17 Paid in Full - 9/30/17 Paid 74%+ 9/30/17 Allison s Chapel Anderson Chapel Beckville Bethlehem Blossom Hill Bronson Brookeland Burkeville Campti Carlisle Center Hill Chireno Curtis, Jasper Deadwood Diboll Galloway Garrison 1st Goodsprings Henry s Chapel Homer, Jasper Keltys Laneville Latexo Liberty Hill Liberty Springs Lilbert Lovelady 1st McMahan Chapel Melrose Milam Chapel Paxton Pine Grove Pine Hill Pineland Pisgah Pleasant Hill, Lovelady Prairie View Riverside Rock Hill Ryan Chapel Shady Chapel, Zavalla Shelbyville Shiloah Short Simpson Campground St. Andrews St. Luke s, Liv. St. Mark s Tenaha Timpson Wells Falvey Memorial White Rock Woods Paid 74%+ 9/30/17 Bonita Burke Carthage 1st Center 1st Chester Cade Memorial Concord Cushing Douglass Faith Bridge Fairview Goodrich Grapeland 1st Groveton 1st Hemphill 1st Henderson 1st Homer, Lufkin Jasper Ct. Memorial Joaquin 1st Lake Rayburn Livingston 1st Mt. Enterprise Murvaul Oak Hill Onalaska St. Paul s, Henderson Trinity 1st Woodville Paid Less than 74% A. Frank Smith Abundant Life Cold Springs Corrigan 1st Crockett 1st Ebenezer Huntington Jasper 1st Lufkin 1st Lynches Chapel Moscow Bible Mt. Vernon Nacogdoches 1st Percilla Perritte Memorial Pleasant Hill, Liv. Rehobeth St. Paul s, Lufkin San Augustine 1st Tatum Paid 0% 9/30/17 Alexander Chapel Atoy Church Hill Prayers for P A G E 5 East District UMC Clergy Spouse Fall Prayers for Healing: Rev. Forrest Garrett Prayers for loss Family of Dolly Taylor at her death Prayers: 2017 Activities October 22 4:00 pm Dr. Richard P. Dick & JoAn White Welcome Service as DS & Spouse @ Nacogdoches FUMC November 5 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Bunco & Dessert at home of Leslie Brimmage 1805 Loblolly, Lufkin, TX RSVP: LBrimmage@att.net December 2 11:00 am 1:30 pm Clergy Spouse Christmas Party Nacogdoches Civic Center For those effected by the Hurricanes, Fires and Earthquakes
East District UMC 1507 S. John Redditt Dr. Lufkin, TX 75904 Phone:936-899-7383 Fax: 936-899-7385 SAVE THE DATE Clergy & Spouse Christmas Luncheon Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 Pulpit Supply Sarah Bohannon Center 903-841-1518 Bill Clem Troup 903-842-3766 Charles Danheim Mt. Enterprise 903-822-3019 Jean Ferraro Cushing 936-326-4844 David Hutchins Livingston 713-703-3397 Dick Jenkins Crosby 281-462-3037 Everett McCollum Trinity 936-594-6491 Tom Teekell Nacogdoches 936-564-7257 Blu Weikel Nacogdoches 936-569-8869 East Texas Emmaus Community Dates for upcoming Gatherings Nov. 4 Jasper FUMC Dec. 9 Livingston FUMC 4:00 pm - Sponsor s Training 5:00 pm - Potluck Supper & Worship Together Dates for upcoming Walks Feb. 15-18, 2018 Men s Walk # 113 11-1:30 pm Nacogdoches Civic Center We are on the Web: www.eastdistrictumc.org Feb. 22-25,2018 Women s Walk #114 SAVE THE DATE Saturday, February 3, 2018 @ Lufkin FUMC EAST DISTRICT UMC ALL DISTRICT TRAINING EVENT ALL IN To focus on the Bishop s Initiative of Loving all the Children! The target is for every church in the East District to have at least a Pastor and a Laity attend! PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND PLAN TO ATTEND!!!