Euless First United Methodist Church August 2017 Church Matters Church Matters Inside this issue: Prayer List 2 Birthdays / Anniversaries 2 Memorials / Honorariums 3 Food Pantry 3 Thank you 3 Round Up Sunday Potluck 3 New Staff 3 Blockbuster Summer Events 4 Operation Back 2 School 4 Project Transformation 5 Euless First Preschool 5 E1ement Students 6 Euless First Kids 6 August Calendar 7 Important Dates 8 Stewardship Moment 9 Discipleship Journey 9 From the Pastor 10 Adopt a School 10 Summer Book Club 11 United Methodist Women 11 New Member 11 A Plan to Move Forward highway expansion project that precipitated all of this actually began almost 4 years ago. We have had highs and lows all along the way, and, as a church family, we have faced the challenges together, and grown closer. There is not a time of life that is stress-free, but there will be a time that the kinds of extra stresses we face as a church right now will be behind us. Let’s continue to hold one another in prayer until then! deals. All through this process, from long before relocation was decided upon, we have been in close communication, as appropriate, with leadership at the City of Euless. They have been supportive in every way imaginable, and continue to work with us as we need. If you know any City of Euless leaders or employees, thank them! Also, the next couple of years promise to be full of excitement, but also full of stress. Remember that the As I (Pastor Steve) write this, the Building Committee has conducted a series of meetings with the congregation about the new building. The intent is to get as much information about what we value to the architects as early in the process as possible! Here is an update from the Real Estate Committee: The purchase agreements on both the sale of our property and the purchase of our new property have been executed. We are now in a period of due diligence in advance of closing on both Round Up Sunday who commands us to love our neighbors? We anticipate a wonderful day to worship God, enjoy a potluck lunch and fellowship with our church family, promotion to older Sunday School classes if needed, and get ready to start our next sermon series: Good. Works. finish our Blockbuster Sermon Series with a finale that welcomes everyone - churched and unchurched - to consider how we live together. The story of Dances with Wolves, one of the biggest blockbusters ever, welcomes us all to consider where we are in the clash of cultures. Do we go native? Do we defend the tradition with which we were raised? How do we face these questions in ways that are faithful to the God Round Up Sunday, our annual “coming back together” celebration before school starts and after a great summer is set for August 20! Do you ever feel like you are wandering alone on the road of life? Do you ever wonder if you will find where you feel you belong? Well, it is time again to find our way back to God. Join us as we conclude our Blockbusters summer sermon series with a look at a Dances with Wolves, and the Eclipse for- Dances with Physics! On the day before the grandest solar eclipse in the US in quite some time, we'll
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E u l e s s F i r s t U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h August 2017
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Inside this issue: Prayer List 2
Birthdays /Anniversaries
2
Memorials /Honorariums
3
Food Pantry 3
Thank you 3
Round Up Sunday Potluck
3
New Staff 3
Blockbuster Summer Events
4
Operation Back 2 School
4
Project Transformation
5
Euless First Preschool 5
E1ement Students 6
Euless First Kids 6
August Calendar 7
Important Dates 8
Stewardship Moment 9
Discipleship Journey 9
From the Pastor 10
Adopt a School 10
Summer Book Club 11
United Methodist Women
11
New Member 11
A Plan to Move Forward highway expansion project that precipitated all of this actually began almost 4 years ago. We have had highs and lows all along the way, and, as a church family, we have faced the challenges together, and grown closer.
There is not a time of life that is stress-free, but there will be a time that the kinds of extra stresses we face as a church right now will be behind us. Let’s continue to hold one another in prayer until then!
deals.
All through this process, from long before relocation was decided upon, we have been in close communication, as appropriate, with leadership at the City of Euless. They have been supportive in every way imaginable, and continue to work with us as we need. If you know any City of Euless leaders or employees, thank them!
Also, the next couple of years promise to be full of excitement, but also full of stress. Remember that the
As I (Pastor Steve) write this, the Building Committee has conducted a series of meetings with the congregation about the new building. The intent is to get as much information about what we value to the architects as early in the process as possible!
Here is an update from the Real Estate Committee: The purchase agreements on both the sale of our property and the purchase of our new property have been executed. We are now in a period of due diligence in advance of closing on both
Round Up Sunday
who commands us to love our neighbors?
We anticipate a wonderful day to worship God, enjoy a potluck lunch and fellowship with our church family, promotion to older Sunday School classes if needed, and get ready to start our next sermon series: Good. Works.
finish our Blockbuster Sermon Series with a finale that welcomes everyone - churched and unchurched - to consider how we live together. The story of Dances with Wolves, one of the biggest blockbusters ever, welcomes us all to consider where we are in the clash of cultures. Do we go native? Do we defend the tradition with which we were raised? How do we face these questions in ways that are faithful to the God
Round Up Sunday, our annual “coming back together” celebration before school starts and after a great summer is set for August 20!
Do you ever feel like you are wandering alone on the road of life? Do you ever wonder if you will find where you feel you belong? Well, it is time again to find our way back to God.
Join us as we conclude our Blockbusters summer sermon series with a look at a Dances with Wolves, and the Eclipse for- Dances with Physics!
On the day before the grandest solar eclipse in the US in quite some time, we'll
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Doris Alexander, Dottie Rust's sister
Doug Graham
Ed Zachow
Glada Rose
Gordon and Linda Roberts, Nancy Bickel's friends
Greig family
Gwynn Herrick
Honor Vaughn, Teresa Sprague's mother
Isabel Family
Janice Vernon, Don Wilson's sister
Joe Brown, Jackie Robinson's brother
John Lewis
Judy Mulholland
Julia Freeman, Linda Martin's friend
Julie Belcastro, Donna Bertram's daughter
June Ivey
Kay Urfer, Michelle Barker's mother
Kellsey Abbott, Sherwood and Cheri Abbott's granddaughter
Kevin Maines
Landon Power
Lilia Olvera and her family
Mark Rust, Dottie Rust's son
Marlene Hill, Vic and Judy Torres' friend
Mary Esping, Amber Hawthorne's Mom
Prayer L is t Comfort at a Time of
Loss:
Family of Amy Johnson, Judy Mulholland's friend
Family of Betty Cummings, Leslie Cummings' mother
Family of Billy King, Billie Bradford's cousin
Family of Bobette Banks, Billie Bradford's friend
Family of Clair Shaffer, Nancy Bickel's cousin
Family of Jim Loveless
Family of Kaitlyn Cargill
Family of Pauline Hoffman, Nancy Bickel's friend
Family of Robert (Bob) Kiontke, Brenda Hurlbut's father
Family of Scott Ellison, Tami Polenz' friend
Protection:
Alex Saracoy (National Guard)
All Police Officers and Firefighters
Allen McCleland (Army), Vic & Judy Torres' grandnephew
Colton Hardaway (Army) and Zack Pulver, Michael and Lore Osborn's son and son-in-law
Daniel Collier (Air Force), Bob Collier's grandson
Eric Sheer (Marines), Vic & Judy Torres' grandnephew
Gavin Haubrich (Air Force)
Jim Orsund, Ellen and Aaron Garcia's friend
Josh Crow (Navy), Annette Kelleher's son
Justin Knighton (Army)
Kayla Brown (Army), Jackie Robinson's niece
Kevin Balentine (Army), Cindy Balentine's son
Koki Fuimaono (Air Force) Leland Brown's friend
Mason Vaughn (Marines), Stephen and Teresa Sprague's nephew
Matthew Lee (Air Force), Michelle Barker's brother
Sam Weatherby (Army), Gary and Carol Turner's nephew
Stephen Tate (Army), Janet Ledbetter's son
and Teresa Sprague's nephew
Bir thdays
New Concerns:
Beverly Springer
Bob and Barbara Collier
Brad and Judy Johnson, Judy Mulholland's friends
Brenda and family, Rita Young's manager
Bud Sprague
Chuck Sweeden, Jo Kemp's nephew
Dottie Jones
Harwood Animal Hospital & Dr. Kussmal,
Helen Edwards, Eileen Mode's friend
Hutchins Kairos #24
Janet Pierre
Jeanette Jentsch
Jeremy and Kim Jones and families
Jill Martin
Jim Gathings, VA Hosp. Dallas
Julia Smythe's family
Kim Jong Un and other leaders of North Korea
Lee Swann
Lewis Moore
Lisa, Kent Polenz' sister
McConnell family, Vic and Judy Torres' friends
Mary Lib Saleh
Michele Heroux and family, Amber Hawthorne's friend
18 - Marie Bean, Darlene Carter, Brenda Hurlbut, Dottie Rust
25 - Nancy Bickel, Georgia Hill, Dottie Rust, Judy Torres
The Food Pantry wishes to give a big thank you to all of those that give monthly. Your consistency is vital to our ministry!
August Food Pantry Volunteers:
04- Brenda Hurlbut, Linda Lewis, Dottie Rust,
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The Pantry needs: canned soups, dry spaghetti, cat and dog food and any nonperishable food.
In Memory of Jim Loveless/Choir: Elaine Green & Bill Byers
Thank you to all those that assisted with Vacation Bible School. We had so many people helping to make it a great success. Thank you to Robin Biles, Jo Kemp, Lauralee and Daniel Arnold,
Chris Brooks, Tami Polenz, Barbara and Curtis Borland, and so many more. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers that helped with kids throughout the week. And finally, special thanks
to Annette Kelleher and her leadership alongside Jamie Nalley. It was a great week with approximately 75 kids in attendance. Until next year! (Pictures are on page 6)
-Euless First Staff
Thank you!
neighbors to our church.
People are asked to bring enough food to serve 20. Please bring a food according to your
You are invited to our annual Round–Up Sunday Pot-Luck, August 20. This is a great time to invite your friends and
last name:
A-F=Salads/Vegetables
G-L=Main Dish
M-Q=Dessert
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Luke’s UMC in Lubbock. You may know Curtis as he has been a member since 2015.
We are so excited to have Curtis here with us. His responsibilities entail all facility maintenance. So if
Euless First is excited to announce the newest member of our team. Curtis Borland started in July as our Facility Coordinator. He comes to us with a wealth of experience from St.
something arises and you discover maintenance is required, please be sure to call the church office or Curtis directly at [email protected]. And stop and welcome him to the Euless First staff!
New Staf f
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Blockbusters our Swim Night on August 13 at the Euless Family Life Aquatic Park. The event will be 7:30m –9:30 p.m. and we only ask that you bring a
donation for the Food Pantry.
What a great summer 2017 has been! Let’s all celebrate it together!
Summer is winding down, but we want to make sure we go out with a bang!
We have had so much fun this summer dis-cussing movies in wor-
ship as well as our other fun events. We had a great church picnic back in June, and on July 30 we will have God in the Movies for the entire church. There will be a light dinner and a movie for all ages. Come and join us and talk about God in our world around us.
Then make sure to invite your friends and family to
early April. The school supplies are purchased in bulk to maximize funds. Each “kit” contains the supplies approved by the school district.
Euless First United Methodist Church will once again participate in this awesome community event. First, our July Communion Offering went to support Operation Back 2 School. It is not to late to still make a donation to the church, either online or in the offering plate. Just make sure to designate “Back 2 School”
Second, volunteers are needed to help at the event on August 12, from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at Campus West, please sign up to volunteer
online at 6stones.org/ob2s.
We have had the honor of being listed as a sponsor in the past, and can do so again this year with your help. Be sure to find a way to help Operation Back 2 School. Students at all 20 elementary schools and at 7 secondary schools are beyond grateful!
Operat ion Back to School Did you know that 55% of HEB ISD students come from homes that are economically disadvantaged? The goal of Operation Back 2 School is to provide these students with new backpacks and school supplies, as well as give their parents social service information to help all year long. You can help a student start the school year off right for just $30 or help a whole classroom full of kids for $600.
The recipient children have been identified and pre-registered through the HEB ISD Office of School Improvement. Application instructions are sent home with qualifying children in
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parent meeting will be August 29 at 7 PM with an Open House on August 30 for the students to come visit their classrooms. Our first day of school will be August 31. We will be selling Kidstuff coupon books for $25, so if you would like one, ask a preschool student or Linda Lewis. We will also be
participating in the North
Preschool has been enjoying their summer off, but will be ready to get back into the swing of things soon! Our first staff meeting is August 22. James Gordon with the Euless Police Department will be providing us with some safety training. Our
Texas Great Day of Giving on Sept. 17, so feel free to make tax-deductible donations by logging on to northtexasgivingday.com and searching for Euless First United Methodist Preschool. Both of these fund-raisers will be used for either new items or
new playground equipment for our new location.
Central Texas had a great summer serving 150 kids, with 20 interns at three churches in the metro-plex.
Here is how we were involved:
1 - We agreed to contribute all or part of the $3,500 needed to cover the intern’s living stipend and room & board. Your intern was Ousmane Gueye (pronounced Ooos-mon Gooey). We have paid the entire amount!
2 - We provided dinners during the summer for around 30 people twice. on June 8th and July 18th. We were able to sit and enjoy conversations with young people from around our country, that are looking
Project Transformation is a ministry initiative that started in the North Texas Conference in 1998. Since its conception, it has grown to 6 annual conferences around the country. Project Transformation ministers in three primary areas: Children: the program works with inner city kids to help them maintain or improve reading levels over the summer. College Students: College Students design and implement the day camp environment for elementary age kids. Churches: programs are held in churches looking to improve their interactions in their neighborhoods.
Project Transformation
Euless F i rs t Preschool
into service and ministry as they move forward in life.
Thank you Janna Hamm, Tami Polenz, Norma Lively, Teresa Watts, Charlotte Everett, Stan Lewiecki, and Kyle Lewis for all your help!
3– We helped with snacks and other book donations throughout the summer. We will continue all year to see what items they might need to continue to grow and impact more children, college students and churches!
For more information check out projecttransfomation.org/
centraltexas.
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Week 2 Summer Camp
Island Fun Dancing- Week 2
Week 1- Bingo
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each of them and to see photos from some of these events.
In August:
August 6 - Super Fun Stuff Night
August 13 - CTCYM Follow-Up Fellowship Lunch
August 13 - All Church Swim Night @ The Euless Aquatic Center
August 20 - Ranger Game Epic-ness! There's a David Crowder concert following the game, and we're staying to worship!
August 27 - Vision Night
We survived Student Activity Week! We've had a lot of fun in July 2017! Ask some teenagers about their
time at Group Dynamix or their new paintings! Thanks to all the parents and adults who helped out to make it so awesome! Here's what we have coming up on the calendar! We hope that you'll join us for our CTCYM Follow-Up Fellowship Lunch on August 13th! Watch our youth website e1ementstudents.com for more details about
E1ement Students
While I would love to think of myself as a superhero, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and accomplish great things and be everywhere I need to be all the time, I know that I cannot be all things to all people at all times. If there is one thing that we learned at Vacation Bible School’s Hero Central it is that we all need help. Well, I need help. I need volunteers in the children’s department, specifically teachers’ aides in Sunday school
classrooms and in Kid’s Connection. So, what specifically
does that entail? Being present at a certain date and time. That’s it. There is no lesson preparation needed, no theology degree requirement, no other outside time requirement (unless you feel led, but we can discuss that later!). If you can commit to one Sunday a month to serve the children of our church and community, please contact me. We need people in our preschool room, 3rd-6th grade room, Kid’s Connection during
the 11:00 service, as well as substitutes. Life happens, and we all need help from time to time. Thank you.
-Jamie Nalley, Children’s Director
Also, we will be playing Whirlyball in August, we are trying to nail down a date that works for some other youth groups.
Special Note: If you are a parent and not currently signed up to receive our weekly text updates, please contact Shane to get added. For further details on any of these events, please visit our website: e1ementstudents.com.
Screening 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 12:00 Round Up Sunday
Potluck 5:00 E1ement Students
6:30 Scouts Meeting
7:00 Al-Anon
9:00 Preschool Staff Meeting and Breakfast
6:30 United Methodist Men
6:00 Handbell Choir 7:00 Choir Practice
6:30 Men’s Coffee 7:00 Al-Anon
9:00 Food Pantry Open
10:00 Al-Anon
27 28 29 30 31
8:30 Worship 9:30 Abundance Café 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 12:30 Summer Book Club 5:00 E1ement Students:
Vision Night
7:00 Al-Anon 6:00 Handbell Choir 7:00 Choir Practice
6:30 Men’s Coffee 8:30 First Day of
Preschool 7:00 Al-Anon
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Important Church Dates
August 01- United Methodist Women Harmony Hope Group meets at 10:00 a.m. in the Swor Parlor
09- Choir begins practicing again after a summer break!
10- United Methodist Women Thoughtful Friends Group meets at 6:00 p.m. in the Swor Parlor
13- E1ement Students Follow-Up Fellowship Lunch at 12:00 p.m. location will be either the Swor Parlor of the Café
Swim Night from 7:30 –9:30 p.m. at the Euless Family Life Aquatic Park, located at 300 W Midway Dr, Euless, TX 76039. Please bring a donation to the Food Pantry and invite your friends and neighbors.
14- Finance and Trustee Meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Swor Parlor
19- Laundromat Ministry (contact the office at [email protected] or 817-283-4421)
20- Blood Pressure Screening 9:30 a.m. in the Swor Hallway
Round Up Sunday! Welcome back from summer! This is also “Promotion” Sunday– So kids go up a grade in Sunday School if needed. There will be a potluck following the 11:00 a.m. service in the Family Life Center!
22- United Methodist Men’s Meeting at 6:30 p.m. with dinner in the Swor Parlor. All men are invited.
27- Summer Book Club at 12:30 p.m. in the Swor Parlor. August’s Book is Jan Haymaker's, For the Love.
31- First Day of School for the Preschool
Regular Events:
Sundays– Worship at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. | Abundance Café at 9:30 in the Family Life Center Café | Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. | Pastor’s Bible Study is on a Summer Break till September 6 | E1ement Students at 5:00 p.m.
Mondays- Al-Anon meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Library
Wednesdays– Pastor’s Bible Study is on a Summer Break till September 10 | Choir will practice again on August 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Choir Room/Sanctuary
Thursdays– Men’s Coffee at 6:30 a.m. | Al-Anon meets at 7:00 p.m. in the Library
Fridays– Food Pantry from 9:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. except 5th Friday
Saturdays- Al-Anon meets Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. in the Library
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7 Habits of a Highly Effective Steward Part 6
of 7
Habit 6: Give Time and Talent
What can we do with the life that God has given us? Since everything we have really belongs to God, we are simply using for God what God has entrusted to us. This includes our intellect, beauty, skills, energy, time and imagination.
Each one of us is uniquely gifted. God has a purpose and plan for each of us that no one else can fulfill. We possess our own unique temperaments, passions, skills and experiences to be used for God’s purpose.
“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” I Peter 4:10 (NIV)
As Christian stewards—managers of the gifts God has given us—we are called to reflect God’s love in our community. We are called to love as Jesus loved, to serve as Jesus served. This means we have a responsibility to reflect God’s love in our homes and offices, city streets and neighborhoods — in everything we say and do. In a world weakened by a lack of love, we are called to offer loving service to others.
One of the greatest gifts we can give is the gift of self. Any day is a good day to offer the gift of self to build up the Kingdom of God in our families, communities and church.
What will be the fruit of a truly Christian stewardship of time and talent? First, we will multiply ourselves in His service. Second, we will advance the work of the kingdom. Third, we will bring glory to God, and this is the reason we are here.
Reprinted by permission: Barnabas Foundation, Tinley Park, IL
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Online Giving Link
Euless First will be presenting an expanded Discipleship Journey small-group study program this Fall and Winter to help persons know, grow, go and glow in their relationship with God. Some familiar courses will be offered along with some new ones. Presently under consideration are:
1) Alpha – 10 weeks of interactive sessions exploring the basics of the Christian faith
2) Cherish—In this 6 week class, author Gary Thomas will show you how to cherish one another in proven, loving, and everyday actions and words., and how
to bring hope, light, and life to your marriage.
3) Half Truths of the Bible – a 6 weeks Adam Hamilton study searching for the whole truth by comparing common Christian clichés to the message and ministry of Jesus
4) Stepping on Cheerios—Women who are juggling everyday feats of work, motherhood, marriage, and church will discover how God works in our lives no matter what comes next.
5) Jesus Apprentice – a 5 weeks study exploring Christian belief through Christian action, following in the footsteps of Jesus our teacher and mentor
6) Animate: Faith—a 7 week study. In each Animate session, the group will watch a video, spend time on personal reflection and journaling, and share ideas with the group. Participants are encouraged to sketch, doodle, and create.
There is a strong desire to offer a variety of classes and activities which will meet our congregation’s needs. If you have a particular study or topic to recommend for consideration, please let Pastor Beverly or Mike McGehee know as soon as possible.
Disc iplesh ip Journey
With the new school year fast approaching, it is time to gear up our support for South Euless Elementary School! One of the ways we have blessed South Eules in the past is by providing mentors to students.
Mentoring can provide an untold amount of encouragement and support for a child, and can take as little as a couple of hours a month.
If you would be interested in becoming a mentor for a
student, or just have questions for what is involved in mentoring, please contact Pastor Steve Heyduck
Adopt a School
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We had our annual program planning retreat in mid-July. We hope to have some interesting and exciting things for you this coming year. And even the things that aren’t interesting or exciting are intended to help you grow as a disciple of Jesus!
Early in our meeting together, Rev. Springer shared a bit about looking toward our future. She shared an article about “Planting trees under which we will not sit.”
What a perfectly timed point for us all! Over the next several weeks, the initial stages of our building program will begin to take shape. By the end of the year, we could have some idea of what our new building, our new property, and our future, might look like.
We are at the edge of this future; a future that will last beyond the lifetime of everyone who reads this article.
How do we plan well for
people we don’t know to inhabit and worship God in a space they won’t get to design? I’ve come up with an acronym that might help us keep our focus in the right direction. To keep it simple, the acronym is PRAY.
P is for Preserve the right stuff. You’ve no doubt heard the story about one generation teaching the next generation how to bake a ham. The first step was to “cut off one end of the ham.” No one knew why until great-grandma was asked. She used to cut off one end of the ham because the ham was always too big to fit in the pan she had. As we look toward building and moving, we will want to be very careful and intentional about WHY we move what we move. Preserve the right stuff.
Reach forward. The Church you and I are planning and building will be a church for other people more than for us. Let’s start to meet them now. Don’t pass up an
opportunity to meet people you don’t know. Listen to their stories. Reach forward.
Act like Jesus. Jesus lived most of his ministry moments, to an extent, as a visitor. Jesus, and the reputation that preceded him, was welcomed as a guest almost everywhere he went. Let’s be mindful to act and live in ways that make other people want to invite us in, welcome us to their presence, their conversation, and their lives. Act like Jesus.
Yield to God. Remember, through all that we’ll go through, that our intention is to follow God, to worship God, to be faithful to God. This is not about what you and I want or don’t want as much as it is about growing in our faithfulness to God and one another. Yield to God.
Please join me in PRAYing as we continue to move toward the future to which God is calling us!
From the Pastor
We are at the edge of this future; a future that will last beyond the lifetime of everyone who reads this article.
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ourselves and then the people we came from, married, birthed, live by, go to church with, don’t like, don’t understand, fear, compare ourselves to, and judge. Jen knows how the squeeze of this life can make us competitive and judgmental, how we can lose love for others and then for ourselves. She reveals how to:
Break free of guilt and shame by dismantling the unattainable Pinterest life.
Learn to engage our culture’s controversial issues with a grace-first approach.
Be liberated to love and release the burden of always being right.
Time once again for the summer Book Club! With summer’s arrival it is time to get our summer reading list together. In conjunction with our summer of Blockbusters sermon series, our books will also be Blockbusters. These selections were all best sellers!
There is still one book left. On August 27, at 12:20 p.m. we will discuss For the Love by Jen Hatmaker. Best-selling author Jen Hatmaker reveals with humor and style how Jesus’ embarrassing grace is the key to dealing with life's biggest challenge: people. The majority of our joys, struggles, thrills, and heartbreaks relate to people, beginning with
Identify the tools you already have to develop real-life, all-in, know-my-junk-but-love-me-anyway friendships.
Escape our impossible standards for parenting and marriage by accepting the standard of “mostly good.”
Laugh your butt off.
Join us August 27, as we expand our minds, our spirits, and spend time together learning about God.
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gently used/new jackets are always needed. Donations can be dropped off in the UMW Mission Room upstairs. All ladies of Euless First are welcome to visit one of our monthly meetings. Regular group meetings resume in August. Harmony Hope meets August 1 at 10am and Thoughtful Friends meet
Thank you, First Euless, for supporting the July 30th UMW Mission Day. All money raised from the breakfast, bake sale, and luncheon donations went to the Allies for Youth Development.
School is starting soon and that means sales! Remember school supplies, underwear and socks (all kid sizes), and
August 10th at 6pm. Both groups meet in the Swor Parlor and include a light snack. Thank you again to all who cut, pinned, ironed, and sewed 112+ capes for VBS! Because of the great turnout, a new UMW hands on mission/interest group will be formed. Please watch for future announcements and activities!
United Methodist Women
(pictured right) who joined July 23.
When you see him on Sunday, let him know that
Euless First United Methodist is excited to welcome our newest member Jay Gilley
with him in our presence we will never be the same again!
New Members
L e a r n i n g t o F o l l o w J e s u s a B i t B e t t e r T o d a y t h a n Y e s t e r d a y
Mission: Euless First United Methodist Church strives to follow Jesus Christ a bit better today than yesterday. Through these efforts we
develop a relationship with Christ and thus transform people, their lives, our community and the world.
Purpose: We seek to follow Jesus better by moving people from knowing God, to growing in relationship with God, to going forth with God to serve others, and finally, glowing for God by witnessing to their faith to
others.
Vision: Our vision is to be a community of God's love and grace so that the larger community and world see God by our actions and outreach.
