First United Methodist

Church Newsletter
The Church with a Warm Heart

FUMC
PO Box 1466
301 NE 1st Street
Mineral Wells, TX
76067
940-325-4707

November
November 2013
2015

All-Community Thanksgiving Service

You are invited to an All-Community Thanksgiving Service

Sunday, November 22nd in the auditorium at Mineral Wells High
School. Please plan to go and represent our wonderful
congregation.
In addition to that, this is an evening of a community of
Christians coming together to worship our Almighty God and
give thanks to Him for our many, many blessings.
More information regarding opportunities to sing with the choir
for the service coming soon.
A meal will follow. Plan to stay and have a meal with this
group after the wonderful service.
The music is awesome, the message is meaningful, and the
food is fabulous!
Weve again been asked to provide dessert for the
meal. Buying frozen pies worked so well last year, we'd like to
do it again. If you are willing to make a donation toward the cost
Methodist Men meet of those or if you are able to bake some, please let someone in
every second
the church office know. Central United Methodist will be joining
Sunday at 7:30 am
us in this project. We will purchase the pies from Walmart at a
with the men of
cost of $5 each. If we get more than $125, we will donate any
Central UMC. They
extra funds to our Wednesday night meals.
alternate meeting @
Central or in our
McMaster Hall to
NEW BIBLE STUDY
share breakfast
followed by a
On Monday, Nov. 2, we will begin a new study
program and
called Namesake: When God Rewrites Your Story by Jessica
meeting. This
LaGrone. We meet at 6:30 in the parlor, and invite anyone who
months meeting is
th
has decided its time to get serious about growing as a disciple
at FUMC Nov. 8 .
to join us. There are books in the office, and we can order more
if needed.
Participants are asked to do daily readings as outlined in the
workbooks. Each week when we meet, we will watch a video
(about 25 minutes long) and discuss our readings, thoughts,
insights, etc.
Please pray about whether this is something God is calling
you to do.

Because hunger does not take

the weekend off

God is good, and we are blessed by the generosity of this community. I would like to
say thank you to The Women's Bible Class of First Presbyterian Church for their
hospitality and their generosity. They not only gave a monetary donation, but they are
also collecting much needed backpacks.
I need to say a great big thank you to all those who worked the gates at the Crazy
Water Festival. We had sixteen different people working shifts. I appreciate your giving
of your time. We still do not have a final tally on what we will make, but I will keep you
posted.
We are now providing weekend food for 254 students per week. This is a big job. I
sincerely appreciate the Pathfinders Sunday School class who packed bags this
month. They are a hard working group and did a great job. I really enjoyed working
with them. We have volunteers for November but need help in December. I hope you
will sign up for a week or a month. We also have a group that is working on
Wednesday nights starting at 5:30 and would love to have you join us then.
Our weekly cost of food is now $825. If you can help by making a monetary donation
or a donation of food, it would be a great help. These children may never know your
names, but will benefit from your generosity. If together we can change the life of one
child, I believe we have a responsibility to act.
With gratitude, Judy Jackson
This program accepts both monetary and food donations. It costs $3 per child each
week. Food provided includes pudding or fruit cups, dried fruit, Poptarts, cheese
crackers (no peanut butter due to allergies), Vienna sausages, or individual snack
packages.

Administrative Board Notice

We will have a short Administrative Board
meeting following worship November 15th to
approve paperwork for the Charge
Conference to be held Tuesday, November
18th.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

CHARGE CONFERENCE
Its time once again for our annual Charge
Conference. We will again meet in a Cluster
Charge Conference with Central Mineral
Wells, Graford, Gordon, First Santo, Palo
Pinto, Strawn and Cedar Springs. Lets turn
out to welcome our guests and show them
FUMCMW hospitality!

OPERATION
CHRISTMAS CHILD

Prayer Blanket ministry meets the third

Wednesday of each month.
This month we will meet on Wed., Nov.
18. All are welcome to join us. If you can
use a pair of scissors or tie a knot, you can
help. Meal at 5:30, making blankets will
start at 6 pm. If you know of anyone who
might like or need one, please let us know.

The deadline to pack a Christmas box

for children abroad is Nov. 20th. Our goal
this year is 50 boxes, but we have only 15
so far. Please consider helping with this
ministry. Pick up a box outside the
sanctuary and pack it with toys, toiletries,
etc. for boys and girls in other countries. If
Nov. 2 - Marilyn Bradshaw
you have any questions, please contact
Nov. 5 - Kay Wheeler
Amanda Daniell.
Nov. 6 - Charlet Daniell
Here are some ideas for packing your
Nov. 9 - Staci Glover
shoe box. Toys such as small cars, yoNov. 10 - Randy Lawrence
yos, jump ropes, balls, ones that light up
and make noise (with extra batteries), etc; Nov. 15 - Shannon Cavness
Nov. 16 - Sherri Fuller
School Supplies such as pens, pencils
Nov. 17 - Eddie Gregory
and sharpeners, crayons, markers,
Nov. 20 - Troy Huseman
notebooks, paper, solar calculators,
Nov. 21 - Dr. James Berg
coloring and picture books, etc.; NonNov. 28 - Terry Bradshaw, Terry Garcia
liquid hygiene Items such as
Nov. 29 - Terry Tuggle
toothbrushes, bar soap, combs, wash
cloths, etc.; Accessories such as t-shirts,
If any members are missing from this list, please
let us know!
socks, hats, sunglasses, hair clips,
jewelry, watches, flashlights (with extra
batteries), etc.; Personal Note: You may
enclose a note to the child and a photo of
yourself or your family. If you include your
name and address, the child may be able
to write back.
Do Not Include used or damaged
items; war-related items such as toy guns,
knives, or military figures; chocolate or
food; out-of-date candy; liquids or lotions;
medications or vitamins; breakable items;
aerosol cans.

Bell Choir

practice is 7:15 pm

Mondays with director Adam Hull. Anyone

interested in being a part of this group is more
than welcome to attend! Experience and
music reading are NOT required!

Worship on Wednesdays continues

each Wednesday evening.
Please sign up to cook a meal or
provide a dessert to feed our WOW
group. The sign up is on the bulletin
board by the office or see Childrens
Coordinator Vicki Gregory.

You may have noticed our vision statement

logo on the front page. The vision statement
was developed during a recent workshop
and is spelled out here:

Our Vision: Our passion is to be

followers of Jesus Christ who are welcoming,
worshiping, growing and going.

WELCOMING We invite people to come as

they are and to find their unique place in the
church. We are working hard to never draw
Snack Supper at 5:30 pm and
lines of "insiders/outsiders," "saints/sinners,"
children's lesson and activity from 6-7
"us/them." We believe that Christ greets
pm. All children are invited to join us for people with open arms, knows their names
the fun and cool fellowship. Invite a
and loves them for who they are and we
buddy or friend to come with you.
strive to be like Christ!
Youth meet upstairs until 7:30 pm
WORSHIPING We feel strongly that we
with Youth Director Amanda Daniell.
were created to praise God! So worship is at
Choir practice starts @ 7 pm,
the heart of all that we do. Worship feeds our
backpacks can be packed for
souls, but it also reminds us that the heart of
any church is to bring glory to the Holy One.
BackPack Buddies and Prayer Shawl
We do what we do in awe and love of our
workers meet on the third Wednesday
Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.
of the month. Pick an activity to join
and have your evening meal provided.
GROWING We believe that God loves us
as we are, but, in love, God will help us grow
into "more." We want to always be seeking,
asking, going deeper and understanding
more. Learning is an important component of
Our Nursery is in need of some new a person's life journey, and we want to be a
Christian DVD's. If you have any extra learning place!
at your home that you would like to
GOING We believe that Jesus came for
donate, we would really appreciate
the sake of everyone, and so the church
it. Our favorites are Veggie Tales.
must never become focused on itself. Our
We are also in need of a baby crib.
task is to take the kingdom of heaven into
Thank you,
the world so that all may know the saving
grace and wondrous love of God, becoming
Tonya Gary
themselves disciples who welcome, worship,
grow and go!

We will not have Wow the week of

Thanksgiving (Nov. 25th).

Nursery Needs

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http://fumcmineralwells.org/

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Lights, Camera, Action!

Thanks to the Open Door Sunday school class for
preparing and painting our ramps and parking areas,
and to Jason Nesmith for doing the striping. It looks
great to see fresh paint which offers an inviting
welcome to anyone who nears our church
building. Good work, faithful ones; thanks for your
service!

In mid-October, the church's

sanctuary was the site of a funeral
scene for the independent movie, Three
Days in August, filming in the Mineral
Wells area. Music Director Don Owens,
along with this photo he captured, were
featured in a Mineral Wells Index story
about the movie, which you can read
here:
http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/
news/lights-camera-action-mineralwells-perfect-location-for-film-shoot/
article_5ae53150-7438-11e5-b9dfc71cbb95c3e9.html

Trunk or Treat
Our annual Trunk or Treat during
WOW October 28th was a rousing
success. At left, Joan McDonald
attends guests at the food table on the
east parking lot where hot dogs, chips
and drinks were served to anyone who
came.
Several vehicles were decorated and
outfitted with a variety of games as
participants dressed in costumes
collected candy at each stop.
More photos on the next page.

Scenes
From
Trunk
Or
Treat