Inside this issue: Memorials 2 Gifts and Presence 3 District Leadership Training Information 4 Acolyte Letter and Information 5 Local Leadership Training Information 6 I’m normally pretty skeptical of cold calls. But this one won me over. I felt the Holy Spirit leading me to take the chance and say, “Yes.” Part of it is the need I feel in my soul and in the church. We need a shot of vitamin B-12; we need a spirit builder. Jonathan Richard Cring and Janet Clazzy form a duo named “SpiriTed.” I have invited them to put on their 39 minute program dur- ing both the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. worship services on Sunday, February 5 th . It is a mu- sical program with Jonathan playing the pi- ano, singing, and conversing, while Janet plays the oboe and an electronic wind instru- ment that duplicates the sound of 250 other wind instruments. Since Feb. 5 th is a communion Sunday, I have decided to move up communion to January 29 th so as not to crowd the service on Feb. 5 th . Below is the press release for SpiriTed, to give you a better idea of what to expect. “The mission of First United Methodist Church of Silsbee is to glorify God and transform lives in Christ January 18, 2012 The Methogram is a publication of : First United Methodist Church 670 North 5th Street, Silsbee, Texas 77656 Phone: (409) 385-5568 Fax: (409) 385-7219 Rev. Dan Darby Senior Pastor Rev. Nancy Ratchford Associate Pastor Jennifer Suitt Office Manager [email protected]Come Visit Us At: www.SilsbeeUMC.com Dan’s Divinities “a visitation from Jonathan and Janet” We will be hosting daily columnist/humorist, Jonathan Richard Cring and artist/ musician Janet Clazzy, during their”2012: Six Words Tour”—including comedic and in- spirational essays from Mr. Cring’s national daily column at www.jonathots.com , with original musical tunes played by Ms. Clazzy on the oboe and WX-5 Wind Machine. Mr. Cring is the author of eleven titles, including Jesonian, I’M . . . the legend of the son of man, 20 Other Reasons to Kiss a Frog, and Mr. Kringle’s Tales … 26 Stories ’Til Christmas. He is the recipient of the Best Screenplay Award at the Top Ten Films in America. “We take some time to bring you music, humor fresh insights into life in these United States and the ways of being human,” Mr. Cring shares. “The program is a non-stop, inter-generational explosion, helping us to remember who we are and why we would like to do that better. We have dubbed it 2012: The Six Words Tour: “No one’s better than anyone else.” Even though Ms. Clazzy has played oboe in orchestras for thirty years from coast to coast, including San Jose, Chicago and Houston, she is a musical original, drawing from all the great American styles and often proclaimed to be “the female Kenny G.” “I have this fabulous instrument called the WX-5 Wind Machine, which gives me 250 sounds at my fingertips,” she touts. “We call the music clazzy—the spirit of classical with the soul of jazz—pop minded. But it’s like all great music. If Mr. Cring plays gospel, I pull out the harmonica. If he sings a ballad, I may slide in a little cello.” Ms. Clazzy was also the founder of the Sumner Pops Orchestra and the first female conductor in the state of Tennessee. A free-will offering will be taken and copies of books, CDs and DVDs of the movies will be available for purchase.
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Inside this issue:
Memorials 2
Gifts and Presence 3
District Leadership Training
Information
4
Acolyte Letter and
Information
5
Local Leadership Training
Information
6
I’m normally pretty skeptical of cold calls.
But this one won me over. I felt the Holy
Spirit leading me to take the chance and say,
“Yes.” Part of it is the need I feel in my soul
and in the church. We need a shot of vitamin
B-12; we need a spirit builder.
Jonathan Richard Cring and Janet Clazzy
form a duo named “SpiriTed.” I have invited
them to put on their 39 minute program dur-
ing both the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. worship
services on Sunday, February 5th. It is a mu-
sical program with Jonathan playing the pi-
ano, singing, and conversing, while Janet
plays the oboe and an electronic wind instru-
ment that duplicates the sound of 250 other
wind instruments.
Since Feb. 5th is a communion Sunday, I have
decided to move up communion to January
29th so as not to crowd the service on Feb. 5th.
Below is the press release for SpiriTed, to
give you a better idea of what to expect.
“The mission of First United Methodist Church of Silsbee is to glorify God and
