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Week
at a glance
Wednesday, July
23
First Dawn Men
6:30 a.m.
Chancel Choir rehearsal
7:15 p.m.
Youth Softball Game
7:15 p.m.
Sunday, July
27
Sunday School
9:30 a.m.
Worship Services
8:15, 10:15, 11 a.m.
Grades 7-9 Fall ‘08
Youth
4 to 5:45 p.m.
Gathering starts at First UMC and ends at Pizza Hut, 28th
and Main
Grades 10-13 Fall ‘08
Youth
6 to 7:45 p.m.
Gathering starts at First UMC and ends at Pizza Hut, 28th
and Main
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Scenes from FUMC Thanksgiving dinner |
Activities
God's Big
Backyard
Aug. 3-7
6 to 8:30 p.m.
Only 10 more days until Vacation Bible School! Sunday, Aug.
3, through Friday, Aug. 8, we will be studying God’s
Big Back Yard, directed by Libby Clark, Jennifer Lotz and
Hiedi Morang. Our program this year will be during the
evenings: 6 to 8:30 p.m. We will serve a light supper each
evening so you can come directly from work!
Sign up to help
and/or register your kids
Pick up a free VBS music CD
We have a “wish
list” of items from crafts to cookies.
Pick an item or two off the umbrella in Henderson Hall and
return those to the green pail.
Our mission focus is collecting shoes for the people of Haiti
Check Out New
Books
Luci Swindoll
says Life! Celebrate It. Each day is not meant to be one of
drudgery, but one of delight and hilarity. Let Luci share
her insights so that you don’t have to freeze in fear
when the road forks or your plans fall through. Or you can
be All Cracked Up. Chinks, gashes, and fractures are part of
all of us. Patsy Clairmont declares the good news:
we’ve all got Spackle, that magic mortar within us, our
Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Two delightful books given in memory
of Bill Hinman’s mother, Juanita. All on our feature
table, New Books.
Let’s
“Share the Harvest!”
If you have
more tomatoes and zucchini (or any other fruits or
vegetables) than you know what to do with, bring them to
Henderson Hall on Sunday. There will be a basket for
donations which will go to the Mission Committee.
Ad Council
Meeting
Administrative
Council meets Monday, July 28, at 7 p.m. in room
311.
Welcome
We welcome
new member Georgia Frick! Add her to your new directory at
2302 E. Zora (Autumn Place), Joplin, MO 64801.
Thank You
From the
family of Goldie Snyder: Thank you for the delicious lunch
on Monday, July 14th. We appreciate your prayers and
sympathy.
Summer Food Drive
for Crosslines
If you are
reading this before July 24th, the Chiropractic offices of
Carson, Girard, and Lewis, 1731 E. 20th St. will be
accepting donations of non-perishable food items in exchange
for treatment. Established patients may donate seven food
items for treatment, and new patients donating 15 items will
receive exam, x-ray (if indicated), and treatment at no
charge. Call 782-6565 for Dr. Carson or 623-3021 for Dr.
Girard. All food donations will be give to Crosslines’
pantry.
At Camp
Galilee
Camp Galilee
counselors this week include Gerrie-Ellen Johnston, Dyanne
Dillon and Linda Brown. Please be in prayer for these ladies
and our kids.
From the Wilkos in
Guinea, West Africa:
Thank you for
your prayers and support this past month. We have surely
needed them. We are doing work in the capital city-finances,
bookkeeping, administration, compound maintenance,
guesthouse ministries. . . Add onto that Charlie managing
our internet system and printshop, and Stevanie handling the
directorship, plus a lot more people on the field and you
have a very tired couple! Please pray that God would give us
strength.
Prayer
Concerns
Ken and Jo
Pottenger
Jim Waugh
Wenda (Patty Fitzmaurice’s mother)
Play Ball!!
Our own Larry
Sanborn will sing The National Anthem on Monday, Aug. 25m,
at Kauffman Stadium where the Royals will play the Texas
Rangers at 7:10 p.m.
Final
Rehearsal
Our Chancel
Choir will have their final rehearsal for the summer on July
23.The choir will be in recess in August.
Lotz of Love!
SAVE THE DATE
OF AUG. 17 when our Mission Committee will be sponsoring a
luncheon and auction in honor of Eric and Jennifer Lotz and
children. The Lotz family will be leaving us early this fall
to serve God in Haiti where there will be no power and no
fresh water unless they can obtain an electric generator and
a water filtration system.
Please plan to come for lunch at noon on the 17th to visit and help us raise money for these basic necessities. We would also welcome auction items!
Care Team
The Mission
Committee would like to create a Care Team for our Church
Family. They are looking for people willing to occasionally
respond to the needs listed below. Many of you already
assist others, but that participation can always be
increased. Even if you are already involved, please sign the
form below or the insert in Sunday’s bulletin. Every
member’s help is needed. The jobs listed below are only
a beginning; other needs may evolve.
___ Shop for
someone
___ Provide transportation
___ Occasional yard work
___ Small repair jobs
___ Small household chores
___ Telephone shut-ins
___ Other suggestions:
___________________________________________
Happy Birthday
Monday, July
21: Evan Belk, Joy Thompson
Wednesday, July 23: Deanna Anderson, Gisela Belk, Carlye
Genisio, Patty Girton, Katrin Wood, Meaghan Younker
Thursday, July 24: Mark Bolyard, John Hoffman, Lyle Mays
Friday, July 25: Hector Graciano, Carson Reed
Saturday, July 26: Chase Fox
Sunday, July 27: Brent Bertelsen, Kathy Haralson, Janice
Southwick
Monday, July 28: Brady Fisher, Jean Stewart
Tuesday, July 29: Tyler Blanchard, Dianna Finley, Al
Hartman, Dan Young
Wednesday, July 30: Donna Hicks, Kathy Kephart
Thursday, July 31: Sally Heard, Lisa Olds, Charles Sherrod
III
Saturday, Aug. 2: Linda Robinson, Martha Waugh