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3515 Helena Avenue Nederland, TX 77627
Phone: 409-722-7065 Fax: 409-722-7064
Visit us on the Web: www.wesleyumc.org
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION PERMIT 31
U.S. POSTAGE PAID NEDERLAND, TEXAS
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Sunday Morning Worship Services
8:10am Contemporary Service 9:25am Sunday School for All Ages
10:00am Traditional Service
Office Hours Monday through Thursday
9am to 3pm
To God Be the Glory!
Vicki Cox, Youth Director
(409) 960-4679
Upcoming events: September: 9 - Round-Up (10:30am combined service 11 - Youth Band Practice 6pm-7pm 12 - Pizza 5:30pm Youth Bible Study 6pm-7pm 15 - UMM Link Sale/UMW Bake Sale 9am-1pm 16 - Kickball @ Trinity UMC 4pm-7pm 18 - Youth Band Practice 19 - Pizza 5:30pm Youth Bible Study 6pm-7pm 22 - Mission Day
Memory verse: So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dis-mayed, for I am your God. I iwill strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10
September 5, 2018
Wesley United
Methodist Church
P.O. Box 985
3515 Helena Ave
Nederland, TX 77627
Phone: 409-722-7065
Fax: 409-722-7064
www.wesleyumc.org
Dr. Douglas Caldwell, Pastor [email protected]
Business Manager Cindy Dupre
Administrative Assistant Ramona Guillory
Youth Director Vicki Cox
Director of Education Tweens Coordinator
Marilyn Myers [email protected]
Children’s Director Mother’s Day Out Director
Nursery Coordinator Tammy Bell
Contemporary Music Worship Leader
Cathy Butler [email protected]
Traditional Music Coordinator Cathy Ranka
Media Coordinator Aaron Sterling
Pianist/Organist Larice Beagle
Bobbie Lee
Nursery Coordinator Karen Hampton
Custodians TBA
Church Staff
Your next newsletter article is due by NOON on Thursday,
September 13, 2018
ROUND-UP IS COMING!!! Sunday, September 9, 2018
10:30am Combined Service 11:30am Luncheon
Theme - Western Attire A-M are the Hatfields N-Z are the McCoys
Group with the most attendees will line up first for Lunch!
Food-Fun-Fellowship / Entertainment & Games for the Kids
Bring a dish based on the first letter of your last name.
A-E = Salads & Veggies, F-R = Sides S-U = Fruit, and V-Z = Desserts
Entry to Round-Up: Bring a food item for Back Packs or Love Offering
INVITE FAMILY, FRIEND & NEIGHBOR!
Ministry Opportunities will be available!
Questions call Lisa Spalding at 409-728-2706
The Forerunner Foundational Discipleship There are only a few places in the Fall Class.
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The fall class is almost full, but there are a few places left. So, sign up today, at the office or using the online form from our website.
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Lots of things are happening for Tweens at Wesley. If you have any questions, please call Marilyn Myers, Tweens Coor-dinator, at 409-728-6701.
10:44 Worship: Sunday, September 30th
Ukulele Practice: Wednesday evenings from 5:30pm to 6:00pm
Bible Study & Pizza: Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. We will be studying the words of Jesus this year.
Backpack Buddies
Please help us fill the backpacks weekly for our school children in need. You can pick up a flyer at the Welcome Center or the church office of the items needed to fill the backpacks. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you - In House Mission Team!
Blankets for Buckner’s Childrens’ Home: Children, Tweens, & Youth will be making 35 fleece tie blankets for the children at Buckners. The cost for each blanket is approximately $20. We have a display in the foyer for donations. Take a paper “Blanket” and put your donation in the envelope. (Place in the offering plate on Sunday mornings or take to the church office during work hours.) Donations are needed by end of October. Thank you for your support in this ministry.
Wednesday Adult Bible Study Colossians with Louie Giglio
Nicole Robinson plans to follow the Wacky Wednesday schedule 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Drop off your children for Bible study and stay for Adult Bible study. Pizza will be served at 5:30.
Welcome to RightNow Media. You now have FREE access to the biggest Bible Study Library in the world.
Sign-up at the link below: https://tinyurl.com/y7a4a4vh
CONFIRMATION
If you have a 6th grader or older who has not been confirmed, we will be starting a confirmation class this fall. Contact Marilyn Myers at 409-728-6701, and let her know.
Memorials: For Bert Rogers given by For Kelly Sanderson given by Leroy & Larice Beagle Bible Buddies Jonel Eisenmann Garry & Brenda Richards For JoAnne Hearne given by Donna Spires Bible Buddies D. C. Trump Peggy Thomas For Lena Reid given by Timothy & Pamela Weber Bible Buddies Larry Ducharme Mama Jack’s Restaurant Nederland ISD Regina Rogers Bruce & Carolyn Stracener Bobby & Deannie Willis Mr. & Mrs. M.J. Yennie Douglass & Peggy Libby Charles & Frances Alberto Billy & Mary Garrett Georgia & Peter Easterly Louise Williams For Clara Westbrook given by Leroy & Larice Beagle For Glen Sibley given by Bible Buddies
Operating Budget Received for August $32,858 Received for September 2 7,337
Building Fund Received for August $ 5,638 Received for September 2 418 Thanks be to God!! Keep Wesley In Your Prayers!!! Love and Peace,
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ATTENDANCE:
August 26, 2018
Contemporary Service 158
Traditional Service 72
Total 230
September 2, 2018
Contemporary Service 128
Traditional Service 61
Total 189
We will start back on September 4th at 9:30am in the Parlor. All women
of Wesley United Methodist Church are welcome to attend or join us any time. Come by and have coffee with us. Visitors are always welcome!
Bereavement Service Hostesses for the month of August - Larrie Elms & Jeanette Cannon September - Rheda Darbonne & Shelley DeRouen
Stewardship Report as of September 2, 2018
Cindy
As Christians in the modern era, the question we need to be asking ourselves is: Do you want to have any spiritual children and grandchildren in our faith? If you answered yes to this question, then we must get serious about our Christian faith formation, because Christian formation begins with us. And we need to get very serious about our own discipleship if we expect our children to have our faith. But, guess what? That does not happen overnight. It takes effort and commitment on our part. What is alarming is how seriously other religions like Islam are. No effort is made to dumb down the Islamic faith to make it quick and easy in order to accommodate adherents’ busy life-styles. Instead, you see an insistence on rigor and great commitment to every facet of their beliefs. Islam offers a very substantial alternative vision of God and how He communi-cates with us. Muslims are serious about their faith, and they are not for sale (no compro-mise) to the culture. They are committed to teaching their youth their vision of reality, and Muslim kids know their faith.
What is more, adult Muslims are not only commit-ted to teaching their faith to their kids, they are just as committed to living out their faith and thus providing the proper environment to surround and nurture their kids in their faith, a critical component of faith formation that we are woefully lacking. For instance, we say prayer is important, and it absolutely is. But, Islamic kids, along with everyone in their faith, pray five times per day, while we are lucky if we and our kids pray once or twice per day and maybe at meals. Would it surprise you to know that early Christians prayed eight times per day? The question we need to be asking ourselves is this: Will our children and grandchildren be able to withstand the challenge to faith that is coming, or will they simply abandon Christian faith and maybe even convert, e.g., to Islam, a cult, or even a gang? Let us not kid ourselves. A serious approach to discipleship will take serious devotion on our part and a substantial amount of time. Gone are the days when a workshop and a six-week course are all it takes to become a vital disciple of Jesus
Christ, if in fact that was ever accurate. Despite the fact we all want that quick fix, we need to remember that it took the Apostles three intense years as disciples of Christ, in His very presence, just to get started. What makes us think we can become disciples with anything less? This is what Foundational Discipleship is all about. It is a serious effort to form real disciples at a time when authentic discipleship is most need-ed. The fall class is almost full, but there are a few places left. So, sign up today, at the office or using the online form from our website. Once the class begins, you will not be able to begin Foundational Discipleship until next fall. Let’s make a difference not only with our children and grandchildren, but with the world. Signup today. Faithfully,
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