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“Come expectantly seeking Jesus. Follow Him boldly. Go witness intentionally.” October 2017

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MAKE YOUR PHOTO RESERVATION OCTOBER 10, 11, 12 OR 13

Join us for a

HAYRIDE 4:00 pm , Sunday October 15

at Liberty UMC

Come join us for a time of Food,

Fun and Fellowship.

Pet Blessings Saturday, October 7th at 10:00 AM

In the parking lot at FUMC Please bring your pets on a leash or in a pet taxi.

Refreshments will be served to all! “All praise to you, Oh Lord, for all these brother and sister creatures”.

~St Francis of Assisi

SAVOR THE WORD: Women's

Bible Study

The Armor of God

By Priscilla Shirer

11:00 am October 20, 2017 in the Celebration Room

Please RSVP Annette Wilbourn at 903-763-2110

October Meal Team: Becky Wimp, Mary Wimp, Mary Meyer, & Carolyn Manning

Taste and See: A Fellowship Bible Study for young

women in our community

6:00—8:00 pm Sundays: October 1,8

Encouraging One Another

Lost Creek Ranch, 4307 St Hwy 182, Quitman

Please RSVP by the Friday before a gathering so a place can

be prepared just for you. Sharonnthomas@yahoo.com or

903.765.3137

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A Note From Our Pastor

Dear Friends,

For decades now Sundays have been shared by two relatively compatible

religions. One, of course, is the Church whose sanctuaries are filled with

worship in the morning. The other has been football, the NFL specifically,

whose stadiums have been filled with worship in the afternoons. The

relationship between the two has been pretty good, the only real friction

coming when church worship dares to go beyond noon and infringe upon

the Cowboy’s kickoff. Of late, however, the NFL has experienced a

desecration of it’s normally sanguine sanctuary.

Football, which was once was a unifying presence in our diverse culture, has become

politicized. What began with a lone player protesting what he believed to be a systemic racism

rampant among police departments has now spread to virtually every team in the NFL. Their

dissent has been expressed in refusing to stand for the national anthem. This, of course, has

angered many fans who don’t appreciate this political intrusion into a sphere normally free of

such conflict. To make matters worse the NFL has been rather selective in their tolerance/

encouragement of these particular expressions of free speech.

While everyone would love this to go away it’s not going to. So how should we respond?

First, irritation should not dictate our response. Irritation evokes reactions that do not lead to

good relational outcomes. Second, we should all be committed to truth. There has been way,

way too many people who have not waited for facts to be responsibly presented. Absent the

facts, all reactions are premature. “No justice, no peace” is a popular maxim. Well we need to

add another maxim, “No Truth, no justice.” Truth can help us address the issues.

What then are the facts? A recent Harvard study found that evidence suggests that police are

not racially biased in the application of deadly force. Does that mean that things are OK? By no

means. The same study found that “black and Hispanic civilians are indeed more likely to

be manhandled, handcuffed or beaten by the police — even if they are compliant and law-

abiding.” In another article, Jim Denison notes the following: “In one study, African American

males were twice as likely to be stopped by police in cars or on foot. Another study showed

racial disparities in traffic stops during the day, when the race of the driver can be seen, but not

at night.”

All this is to say that, in America, we still have a ways to go. But we can’t fix something we

won’t acknowledge. In that sense, player protests have validity.

That said, is refusing to stand for the national anthem the way to protest? I think not. The

flag and national anthem are symbols not so much of what we are but what we aspire to be.

Hence they in essence stand for what these players are seeking. Secondly, on purely practical

level, the protests don’t arouse peoples sense of justice but rather arouse anger at the perceived

disrespect for those aspirations and principles. It seems to me that the Dallas Cowboys threaded

the needle last night when they knelt in protest and solidarity in the center of the field and stood

for the national anthem.

In the end, as a follower of Christ we must seek justice and righteousness. We also are to

submit to the truth wherever that may lead. Holding to the values of justice, righteousness and

truth are the only ground that will lead us to the resolution we seek.

Keefe Cropper

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8:30 am Service Randy Bennett

Bill Bennett

11:00 am Service Jerry Jackson, Frank Dalhoff

Pat Neel, Jentri Jackson

October USHER? Usher ing at our worship services is an easy way to serve the church, especially when we have plenty of helpers on each team. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Darrell or Debby Slabaugh at 903-383-2392.

10/1 Clyde McKinney 10/2 Alston Johnson 10/3 Barbara Thompson Tommy Tucker 10/4 Annette Simpkins 10/5 Connie Emmert 10/6 Joan Avery 10/7 Keefe Cropper 10/8 Brenda Andrews William McWhorter Matilda McWhorter 10/9 Cindy Neighbors

Michael Hipp 10/13 Sue Cowsert 10/14 Bruce Grider JC Waddell Abby Dobbs 10/15 Avery von Reyn 10/16 Carol Hawkins Emily Woodruff Kingston Straznicky 10/17 Sue Williams Tony Ragsdale 10/18 Peyton Kruckner

10/18 Ruby Deal Phil Hughes 10/19 Darrell Smith Taylor Newsom 10/21 Robert King Patricia Ragsdale 10/23 Alexis O’Neal 10/25 Lynn Emmert 10/26 Randy Dunn Diana Kerr Riley Cameron 10/27 Dick Roberts Weston Emmert 10/30 Josh Medlin 10/31 Darrell Slabaugh Mindy Hipp

October

Book Club

2:00 pm October 9, 2017 In the Life Classroom

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

October @ FUMC

10/1 1:30 pm—Trustee Meeting

10/1 6:00 pm—Taste and See

Bible Study

10/2 2:00 pm—Quitman Quills

Writing Club

10/8 6:00 pm—Taste and See

Bible Study

10/9 7:30 am— Tyler Food Bank

10/9 2:00 pm—Book Club

10/10-13 Lifetouch Photos

10/11 10 :00 am—Wesley House Devotion

10/17 6:30 pm—UM Men

10/18 10:00 am—Heritage Devotion

10/20 11:00 am—Savor the Word

Bible Study

10/25 5:30 pm—Trunk or Treat

Weekly @ FUMC

Sunday

8:30 am—Worship

9:30 am—Sunday School

11:00 am—Worship

Monday

9:00 am—n-JOY Line Dancing

11:00 am—Covenant Prayer Group

Wednesday

5:15 pm—WNL Meal

6:00 pm—Bible Studies for all ages

7:00 pm—Choir Rehearsal

Thursday

7:00 am - Men’s Breakfast at Tea Room

9:00 am—n-JOY Line Dancing

5:15 pm—JOY Ringers Rehearsal

Third Tuesday of the month Meal at 6:30 pm

bring a dish to share

October 17, 2017

Program: Rhonda Harris Taylor—Immortal Sherlock Holmes

FUMC Communion Rail Child

September: $601 to Thanksgiving Mission Outreach

October: World Communion Sunday One half of the proceeds from the offering is for World

Communion Sunday Scholars administered by the General Board of Global Ministries. The remaining one half is to be used for the Ethnic Scholarship Program

and the Ethnic In-Service Training Program, which are administered by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

Financial Update

As of September 24, 2017

General Fund

Year-To-Date Giving $286,427. Year-To-Date Budget $313,363.

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Intercessory Prayers for:

Bob Blackwell, Marcia Chewning, Joan Collins, Joe Crawford, Gary DeArmond,

Nelda Deer Dodd, Don Edwards, Bill Fry,

Bruce Grider, Billie Kleebauer, Jan Nisbet, Kay Robinson

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Check out more pictures on our facebook page: First United Methodist Church of Quitman, Texas

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2017 FUMC Contacts

Back Pack Program Kevan Burroughs 903-850-2919

Bridge/Evangelism Al Medina 903-768-3012

Caring Ministries

Food Ministry Nan Vance 903-878-2502

Seasonal Remb. Carol Denson 903-383-7036

Homebound Bill Hedges 903-763-2933

Prayer Ministry Jimmy&Rita Johns 903-763-5744

Correspondence Kay Robinson 903-763-2349

Transportation Nan Vance 903-878-2502

Children’s Programs Teresa Dunn 903-312-1660

Church Council Chair Jack Robinson 903-763-5555

Crafty Christians Donna Guvernator 903-763-4314

Cub Scouts Cory Irwin 903-714-2026

Adult Choir Lepha Luttrall 903-366-1506

Endowment Chair Darrell Slabaugh 903-383-2392

Fellowship Chair Annette Simpkins 903-763-4260

Finance Chair Beth Aikman 903-878-2184

Handbells—FUMC Becky Bradfield 903-763-8003

Handbells—Liberty Cathy Hibbs 903-740-0830

Church Office office@fumcquitman.org 903-763-4127

Newsletter Mary Wilson 903-763-4127

Missions Chair Keith & JoAnn Zimmerman 979-299-8047

Taste and See sharronnthomas@yahoo.com 903-765-3137

Trustees Chair Bill McPherson 903-768-2836

Savor the Word Annette Wilbourn 903-763-2110

Staff Parish Relations Teresa Dunn 903-312-1660

United Methodist Men Don Hensley 903-769-3654

Youth Programs Taylor Ory 903-763-4127

Worship Chair Diane Blackwell 903-763-1227

-any others— Mary Wilson 903-763-4127

Monday—Thursday

8:30 am—4:00 pm

Closed Friday

Joe & Ketzie deGorostiza

Alan, Katelyn, Alan 1554 County Rd 3235

Quitman TX 75783-7106

843-513-5985

Operation Christmas Child

Fall is in the air, which means Christmas is around the corner. If you have not picked up a shoebox to fill for a needy child, I

would like to encourage you to do so. Boxes are located in the Narthex of the Sanctuary. Boxes are due back Sunday, November 12. Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week is November 13-20, 2017. Our church is a Drop Off Location and Marti Busbee is the Drop Off Location Team Leader. She will be asking for volunteers to work at the FUMC Drop Off Location. Because of Hurricane Harvey there may be a lot of people who do not donate shoeboxes this year that normally do. We have boxes to give out for people to fill. Tell someone about Operation Christmas Child so they too can donate a shoebox and a child will hear about Jesus. Every shoebox represents a child. Glorial Jeane Rosewall Neches River Area Coordinator Operation Christmas Child

Ponderations by Roy Faubion

“Sing to the Lord a new song…”

(Isaiah 42:10) The mockingbird must have been unusually

happy the other day. She sang loudly, cheerfully and with great energy. As I listened to her per-formance I thought, there is no greater joy than what I heard from that bird as she sang from her heart.

Surely God was listening. I suspect there are days the mockingbirds do

not feel like turning loose and singing loudly and cheerfully. But they do, and our world is a better place because they sing. Maybe we, to, have a calling to make a joyful noise.

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LIBERTY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH : AN OLD CHURCH

WITH A STRONG HEART

Liberty Lines……………….By John Sparks

Liberty’s Fellowship Hall has been pressed into service for worship on Sundays, while the Sanctuary undergoes a complete renovation and expansion. The Hall has proved to be worthy of the additional use although quarters are sometimes tight—especially for the monthly Fellowship Dinners.

Construction progress has been encouraging and

ahead of schedule—now, with the expansion fully enclosed with exterior walls and a new metal roof, with the electrical and sound system wiring completed, and with the HVAC system in place, attention turns to the install phase for the insulation and drywall. Amazing progress! A committee of Liberty members is actively reviewing carpeting, paint colors, lighting and many other finishing touches for the interior. The wall behind the Pulpit will feature a new stained glass window commissioned exclusively for Liberty. A concrete ramp entry will be located on the east side of the Sanctuary which will provide for ADA specified handicapped entry and exit as well as for funeral service casket access.

This year’s Annual Community Hayride will take

place on Sunday, October 15 with activities starting at 4:00 pm. Tractor drawn wagons with freshly cut hay bales again ply the nearby roads, traveling throughout some of Wood County’s most scenic countryside. The event is attended each year by members of both Liberty and Quitman Churches as well as friends and neighbors from our drawing areas. This year Quitman UMC will provide hot dogs, etc. While Liberty provides drinks and desserts. The Liberty GaGa pit is always alive with action as the younger attendees enjoy a recreational treat of modern day dodge ball. There is a pavilion with a few picnic tables, but most enjoy small group interactions on the spacious lawn. (Please remember to bring your folding chairs). Fellowship Hall is available should the weather require us to take cover.

Liberty UMC is attempting to chronicle the efforts

and contributions of our members and groups as we provide Christian outreach through individual service and monetary responses to the needs of those around us. A recording book is available near the bookcases on the west wall of Fellowship Hall. Please place your expressions of Christian Love in this book.

October @

Liberty 10/2&3 Lifetouch Photos 10/5 10:00 am Thursday Crafty Christians 10/11 6:00 pm Wednesday Trustee Meeting 10/12 6:30 pm Thursday Council Meeting 10/15 4:00 pm Sunday Annual Hayride 10/17 6:30 pm Tuesday United Methodist Men 10/19 6:00 pm Fellowship Meal

Weekly @

Liberty Sunday 8:30 am—Early Risers Sunday School 9:30 am—Worship 9:30 am—Youth Sunday School Class 11:00 am—Brunch Bunch Sunday School Tuesday 9:30 am—Liberty Prayer Circle 11:00 am—Liberty Bells Rehearsal @ FUMC Annex 6:00 pm—Snack ‘n’ Chat Friday 10:00 am—Women’s Bible Study

Liberty UMC Communion Rail Offering

for October 1, 2017 World Communion Sunday

10/3 Ron Goodman 10/8 Gail Tiffee 10/20 Dorothy Harbin 10/21 Larry Ritchie 10/29 Pete Kennard 10/31 Sonny Pierce

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First United Methodist Church 406 E. Lane Street

903-763-4127

Early Worship 8:30 am Sunday School 9:45 am Worship 11:00 am

Youth 4:30—6:00 pm www.fumcquitman.org

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Liberty United Methodist Church 2581 E. Hwy 154

903-967-2510

Sunday School 8:30 am Worship 9:30 am Sunday School 10:45 am

www.libertyumc.info

“Transforming God’s Children Into Disciples”

HAVE YOU MOVED OR HAVE A NEW PHONE NO? If so, please contact Mary Wilson in the church office so she can update the records. Call her at 903-763-4127.

Non-Profit Org. US Postage Paid

Permit No. 14 Quitman, TX

First United Methodist Church P O Box 1643 Quitman, TX 75783

5:30-7:00 pm

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

First United Methodist Church Parking lot on Goldsmith Street

Come be a part of our annual family-friendly fun. Corn dogs, treats, games and more!

Hosted by Quitman area churches.

Everyone is welcome!

Bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the CS Food Pantry.