OOD NEWS G r e g g t o n U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h Ja n u a r y 2 4 , 2 0 1 2

“Souper” Bowl Sunday Church

Competition Remember to bring your

non-perishable food items to

the church by Sunday, Febru-

ary 5. There are bins located

around the church to drop off

donations. All food donated

goes toward restocking the Longview Community Min-

istries Food Pantry. Last year Greggton UMC came in

second with 1,479 food items. Let’s see if we can beat

that this year and come in first!

McAlister’s Next week we will be ordering from McAlister’s Deli

for Wednesday Family Night. If you would like us to

pick up something for you, we will be offering various

pre-selected choices. You can fill out an order form on

Sunday morning or you can call the church office at

903.759.3831 and place your order before next Tues-

day at 5 pm.

Let’s Get Physical! Starting Wednesday, January 25, we will

be offering a 6 week long Adult Fitness

Class from 8:30am-9:30am in the Fellow-

ship Hall. The class will offer light aero-

bic and resistance exercises. It is a great

class for anyone looking to get a little exercise in their

day. This class is free and will be led by Sara

Straznicky. Come join us and let’s get physical!

Senior Adult Valentine’s Luncheon

Thursday, February 9th We love our Senior Adults. On

Valentine’s Day, we’d like to in-

vite you to a special Valentine’s

Day lunch in the community room

with a great meal and entertain-

ment. The fun starts at 11:30am.

You may sign up in your Sunday

School class, in the church office

or online. We would love to have you join us.

Unforgettable Tuesday Club The club provides a secure reprieve for caregivers of

people diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

Each participant

has a best buddy

for the day, who

assists with so-

cial interaction,

activities and

entertainment.

The Unforget-

table Tuesday's

Day Club is held

in the commu-

nity room from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Tuesday.

For more information contact Nancy McCaghren

LMSW-IPR at 903.235.4436 or Julie Rucker at

903.291.1720.

Got Financial Peace? Have you ever wondered where your money goes?

Come learn how to better manage your money and your

life. Our church is hosting Dave Ramsey’s Financial

Peace class to teach God’s way of handling money. The

class is Dave teaching on video followed by small-group

discussion. These principles apply to everyone—whether

you’re financially secure or are struggling with debt. The

class will show you how to really live like never before

with lessons on saving, debt elimination, investing and

real estate to name a few. Over a million families have

changed their family trees through Financial Peace, and

we want to give you the opportunity to do the same.

Classes are Sundays from 5:30-7:30pm in the parlor, and

childcare is available. It’s not too late to sign up, we have

only just begun! (And for the first person to contact

Sonya in the church office, you get a free kit!)

Name Tags We want to encourage all members to be sure and wear

their name tags on Sunday mornings. This helps new

guests to learn names and get to know members of the

church.

Event Schedule:

January 29

Greggton Youth: Small Groups

5:30-7:30pm

Free Food! The food is always amazing!

February 1

M3 Bible

Study

5:30-7:30pm

Call the

church before

Wednesday

to order your

food.

Friends Together One of the most amazing experiences in the youth

ministry is watching the youth come together on Sun-

day and Wednesday evenings as friends. The boys

play Madden Football on XBOX or billiards and have

an amazing time across all ages. MJ Holley has a gift

for Madden video games, and Bryndin Hartman regu-

larly wins against any challenger. The girls come to-

gether to talk about their lives and share personal ex-

periences. A major challenge in youth ministry is start-

ing with a ragtag assortment of youth from different

schools and becoming friends and sharing stories to-

ward greater understanding of the experiences of eve-

ryone in the youth group. The youth at Greggton are

experiencing life and ministry as friends together.

With every passing week, the youth learn each other's

stories and understand how to respect each other.

Youth Mystery Mentor Become a youth mystery mentor today and reach the

life of a youth. Contact Teresa at the church office or

Debbie in the Youth Ministry to become a youth mys-

tery mentor. You can become part of the youths' life

story and influence the rest of their lives!

Pioneer Club is off to a great start! We started back

again on January 11th and are so thankful for each child

that comes to learn. We have children’s choir from 6-

6:30 in the sanctuary, and it is a great time of worship

with the kids. Each week, they sing praises to God, and

spend time praying for each other. Following choir, stu-

dents go to class from 6:30-7:30. All the children are

learning to pray for each other and how to find scrip-

tures in their Bibles. Please continue to pray for all the

children to develop a deep love for Jesus Christ.

In children’s church we are focusing on getting

healthy- both physically and spiritually. The children

learned about how messy sin is, and how Christ came

to cleanse us of our sins and give us clean hearts. The

children are memorizing 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, which

tells us that our bodies are a dwelling place for the Holy

Spirit, and therefore it is our responsibility to keep

them clean to honor God. We have also been discussing

different foods that help our bodies be strong and

healthy.

Boy Scout Spaghetti Supper When:

Saturday, February 11th

Time:

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Where:

Community Room

Tickets:

$6 for Adults

$3 for Child (for 12 & under)

Take out will also be avail-

able.

Mission Cook-Off Calling all dutch oven cookers

and barbeque extraordinaires…

the youth will host a cook off

on March 31st to benefit the

mission trip. Contact Debbie

Cardwell or Adam Straznicky for more information!

Connecting to each other and our

neighbors for spiritual growth and

health.

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS Agape: We had nine members present today. David Campbell taught our lesson today on ―Habakkuk ,‖ a new way to study the

Bible. We pray for Bennie Freeman as she faces surgery this week, Jerry Harper as he recovers from heart bypass surgery and

Dean Hinton as she recovers from pneumonia.

Couples in Christ: We had eight members and two guest in attendance. We enjoyed discussing the act of ―Tebowing.‖ Couples

in Christ members would like to wish Wade Seidel a happy birthday!

Friendship/Sunshine: Tom Hunt brought our lesson entitled ―Joseph Transmits Abraham’s Promise‖ from Genesis 50. We had

six members present for our lesson. Prayers for Lillian and Bradys, we hope you improve soon. Concerns also for Dow Har-

elston, keep him in your prayers. We also need to remember our nation.

New Beginnings: We had twenty-one present this morning for our lesson on "Elkanah and Hannah" from 1 Samuel 1 taught by

Rachel Benton. We welcomed Lori Osborne who was visiting with us this morning. Prayers, joys and concerns this week in-

clude: friends of Ginny Powell’s child is in Children's Hospital in Dallas, Charles Harding, Dava Jiles (friend of Susan

Mosley, Jon Holley, Dow Harleston (former pastor), Jennifer (Mark Pepper's co-worker's daughter), Jody Scott (Buck Coulter's

sister), and Susan Mosley. Our class will provide the evening meal for LIHN families on Saturday, Jan 28. Please have your

items there by 5:30 pm on Saturday. Debbie Cardwell made an announcement to the class that the youth ministry team is look-

ing for people to be a Youth Mentor (this would be a mystery mentor). They need several more volunteers to have all of our

youth covered. Please contact Debbie at debbiec@greggton.org to volunteer. Our lesson next Sunday from the study on

"Couples of the Old Testament" will be "David and Abigail" from 1 Samuel 25:14 – 42.

Welmaker-JOY: Lucinda Hamilton brought our class together. Thanks to Nita Koonce for delicious refreshments. We wel-

come Nita’s son Clay Hopkins to class today. Happy birthday this week to Betty Baker and Tom Hunt. Happy 52nd anniversary

to Tom & Betty Hunt! Praise that Judy McCarrell went home from the hospital and is doing well after having a stroke. We also

praise God that Helen Steger continues to improve after her knee surgery, and Wilma Stafford’s niece got to move back into her

home (burned about 6 mos. ago). Congratulations to Richard Andrews for being selected to the Heavy Duty Hall of Fame in Las

Vegas, NV. Prayer concerns this week for Jimmy Andrews, Connie Brooks, Mary & Sonny Broome, Billye Early, Howard

Edelman, LaJuanda Emery, Ron & Johnnie McCune, Jane Snipes, Wilma Stafford, Joe Stone, Jamey Carver, Ann Eden, Dean

Hinton, John Hardin, and Bennie Freeman. Marvin Murph led the class in prayer before forty-seven heard Bobby Koonce teach

an interesting lesson entitled ―Joseph Transmits Abraham’s Promise,‖ to help us to see our role in carrying out the purposes of

God.

Women of Grace: We will continue with Wired Word. Have a great week!

Loving Hands News Loving Hands, our prayer shawl

group, will meet Thursday, Janu-

ary 26th in the New Beginnings

Sunday School Room (504) at

1pm. So come join us in making

some blankets.

Scrapbooking Class Feeling creative? Want to do some-

thing with all of those photos you have

collected? We have the class for you!

Come join us for a Scrapbooking class

on Wednesday nights. Come at 5:30pm

for dinner and fellowship and stay for the

class starting at 6:00pm. This class will be located in Room

504 and led by Sonya Cline.

The Three-Fold Chords are looking for

those with a love for singing to come

join their group. The group visits vari-

ous nursing homes monthly, sings dur-

ing church services, and sings any time

the opportunity arises. No matter how

well you can sing, the Three –Fold

Chords would love for you to join them! Please see Tom Wil-

kinson if you are interested.

Join us for Scout Sunday on

Sunday, February 12th

! On Sunday, February 12th at

the 9am service, we are lov-

ing on our Scouts as we give

thanks for the ways that lives

are being bettered through

Scouting. The scouts and

their leaders will lead the dif-

ferent parts of our service this

day. We hope that you will make your plans to

participate in this service as we give God thanks

for our Scouts. In February, we are loving our

scouts!

Greggton United Methodist Church

1101 Pine Tree Road

Longview, Texas 75604

(903) 759-3831

www.greggton.org

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January 24, 2012

2012 Daily Readings

01/23 Ex 6-8; Luke 23

01/24 Ex 9-11; Luke 24

01/25 Ex 12-13; Ps 21; Acts 4

01/26 Ex 14-16: Acts

01/27 Ex 17-20; Acts 3

01/28 Ex 21-22; Ps 12; Acts 4

Attention Emmaus 4th

Dayers! As we begin the new year, I thought it would be helpful

for us to gather and see how we can best renew our pledge to

be servant leaders in our local churches. I want to invite you

to supper on Monday, January 30th at 6pm at our home (606

Regency). Also, let me encourage you to sponsor someone

for one of the upcoming walks. The Men’s Walk is March

15-18 and the Women’s Walk is April 19-22. Both walks are

at Disciples Crossing in Athens.

Memorial Gifts

Memorials for Leonard Stuckey were given by

David & Hilda Wallin,Tracy & Laurie Hicks and

Siglinda West, Lew & Sue Dunn, and Jim Neuman &

Associates.

Dow Harleston For anyone wanting to send words of encouragement

or Get Well cards to Dow here is his address.

Clarewood House

7400 Clarewood Dr.

Houston, TX 77036

(713) 219-1727

Great job so far to our Biggest Loser Competi-

tors. After 1 week, Ricky's Team is in the lead with a

total team weight loss of 36 pounds. Team Debbie is not

far behind with a total team weight loss of 30 pounds.

Keep up the great work!

We Love Our Scouts

We Love our Preschool