March 30, 2012 CHAPEL HILL UMC STAFF Dawn Self Children’s Ministry Heidi Tolle Youth Ministry Sherry Vineyard Adult Ministry Kathy Guttierrez Music Director Lynna Harbison Accompanist Jennifer Tidwell Office Manager Rev. JoNell Lindh Pastor RING YOUR BELLS FOR EASTER Begin to collect all your bells to bring to church on Easter Sunday. During the service everyone will get to ring their bell to celebrate our Risen Lord and to shout “Halleluiah. He is Risen Indeed!” it will be a wonderfully loud celebration of joy. Thanks, Pastor JoNell HOLY WEEK 2012 Palm Sunday This Sunday we will experience the joyous demonstration of loyalty to Jesus as he enters Jerusalem as the suffering servant riding on a donkey instead of the noble steed of a triumphant King. The crowds wave palm branches and lay their cloaks on the road. The palm tree has always been a tree of honor; it marked the place where one could find water. All the children in the processional will wave palm branches to signify the beginning of Holy Week liturgically. Lenten Journey This is a series of private meditations based on the seven last words of Christ. Come to the Sanctuary on April 3 and 4 from 10am-1pm & 4pm-8pm. You will go from the Sanctuary to the Fellowship Hall to spend time at each of the meditation stations. Prepare your heart for the Lord to enter. Maundy Thursday 7:00pm, April 5, 2012 On the Thursday before Passover Jesus met with his disciples in the upper room for the Passover meal. Christians commemorate the supper Jesus shared with his disciples before his crucifixion when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. In remembrance of Jesus’ act of servant-hood and love, we will have our hands washed in Thursday’s service. The ancient practice of stripping the altar and Sanctuary following communion is a vivid and dramatic way of showing the desolation and abandonment of the long night in Gethsemane and what followed. Easter Sunday Sunrise service at the meadow cross, 7:00am, Easter breakfast, 8:00am- FH Sunday Easter Service, 10:30am Sanctuary Jesus is raised from the dead. Christians rejoice with the proclamation, “Christ is risen!” The answering response is, “He is risen indeed!” The annual date for Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox. This date was set at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD. Today we consider every Sunday as a little Easter. We especially celebrate Easter Sunday with a worship service of praise and thanksgiving. It is important not to let the celebration of Palm Sunday crowd out the observance of our Lord’s passion. We must experience the whole story. Many will attend worship for Palm Sunday and will not come again until Easter. Going directly from the lesser joy of the entry of Jerusalem to the joy of Easter, without re-experiencing the passion and the cross of our Lord, misses the truth. There is no triumph without suffering, no crown without a cross. Come join us as we celebrate with trumpets and bells and music. Blessed Holy Week to each of you. Pastor JoNell Lindh
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March 30, 2012
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CHAPEL HILL UMC
STAFF
Dawn Self
Children’s Ministry
Heidi Tolle
Youth Ministry
Sherry Vineyard
Adult Ministry
Kathy Guttierrez
Music Director
Lynna Harbison
Accompanist
Jennifer Tidwell
Office Manager
Rev. JoNell Lindh
Pastor
RING YOUR BELLS FOR EASTER
Begin to collect all your bells to bring to church on Easter Sunday. During the service everyone will get to ring their bell to celebrate our Risen Lord and to shout “Halleluiah. He is Risen Indeed!” it will be a wonderfully loud celebration of joy.
Thanks, Pastor JoNell
HOLY WEEK 2012 Palm Sunday This Sunday we will experience the joyous demonstration of loyalty to Jesus as he enters Jerusalem as the suffering servant riding on a donkey instead of the noble steed of a triumphant King. The crowds wave palm branches and lay their cloaks on the road. The palm tree has always been a tree of honor; it marked the place where one could find water. All the children in the processional will wave palm branches to signify the beginning of Holy Week liturgically. Lenten Journey This is a series of private meditations based on the seven last words of Christ. Come to the Sanctuary on April 3 and 4 from 10am-1pm & 4pm-8pm. You will go from the Sanctuary to the Fellowship Hall to spend time at each of the meditation stations. Prepare your heart for the Lord to enter. Maundy Thursday 7:00pm, April 5, 2012 On the Thursday before Passover Jesus met with his disciples in the upper room for the Passover meal. Christians commemorate the supper Jesus shared with his disciples before his crucifixion when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. In remembrance of Jesus’ act of servant-hood and love, we will have our hands washed in Thursday’s service. The ancient practice of stripping the altar and Sanctuary following communion is a vivid and dramatic way of showing the desolation and abandonment of the long night in Gethsemane and what followed. Easter Sunday Sunrise service at the meadow cross, 7:00am, Easter breakfast, 8:00am- FH Sunday Easter Service, 10:30am Sanctuary Jesus is raised from the dead. Christians rejoice with the proclamation, “Christ is risen!” The answering response is, “He is risen indeed!” The annual date for Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox. This date was set at the Council of Nicea in 325 AD. Today we consider every Sunday as a little Easter. We especially celebrate Easter Sunday with a worship service of praise and thanksgiving. It is important not to let the celebration of Palm Sunday crowd out the observance of our Lord’s passion. We must experience the whole story. Many will attend worship for Palm Sunday and will not come again until Easter. Going directly from the lesser joy of the entry of Jerusalem to the joy of Easter, without re-experiencing the passion and the cross of our Lord, misses the truth. There is no triumph without suffering, no crown without a cross. Come join us as we celebrate with trumpets and bells and music. Blessed Holy Week to each of you. Pastor JoNell Lindh
Calendar of Events
Sunday, April 1 8:30 am Silent Prayer gathering 8:45 am Early Prayer Service 9:00 am Confirmation Class 9:15 am Sunday School
10:30 am FAMILY WORSHIP – PALM SUNDAY
11:30 am Sonshine Choir Children’s Council meeting
3:00 pm Jr. Girl Scouts 4:00 pm UMYF
Monday, April 2 11:00 am Companions in Christ (library) 6:30 pm Lenten Journey Committee meeting
Tuesday, April 3 10:00 am Lenten Journey 4:00 pm Lenten Journey
Wednesday, April 4 10:00 am Lenten Journey 10:30 am Staff meeting 4:00 pm Lenten Journey 6:00 pm Chapel Bells
Spanish Class 7:30 pm Chancel Choir
Thursday, April 5 6:30 pm Prayer Team 7:00 pm Maundy Thursday Service
Saturday, April 7 9:00 am Children’s Easter Celebration 9:45 am Youth fundraiser – selling lunches to go 7:00 pm Solitaires Square Dancers
Sunday, April 8 7:00 am Sunrise Easter Service (youth) 8:00 am Breakfast 9:15 am Sunday School
10:30 am FAMILY WORSHIP – EASTER SUNDAY
11:30 am Sonshine Choir 11:45 am UMM meeting
Names will be shown on the Prayer Requests for two weeks. Please call the office if you want prayers extended.
Stan Ball (Sandy Ball’s husband) Betty Granbury Haley Stansell Byrd and baby, Sloane (Howard Stansell’s daughter and grandchild)
The family of Bill Mooneyham Laura Rabalais (Jennifer Tidwell’s sister) Patricia Hart (Ruth Avery’s sister) Jenny Weathers (Jennifer Tidwell’s mother) Reenee Owen (Iris Shivar’s friend) Dan Russell (Kelly Page’s friend) Charles Thacker Les Guse (friend of Kelly Page) Jesse Luckey & family (Tolle family relatives) Thelma Johnson (George & Martha Johnson relative)
A note for the generous people of A note for the generous people of A note for the generous people of A note for the generous people of ChapelChapelChapelChapel Hill: Hill: Hill: Hill:
If you would like to donate something to the children’s department, please place it inside my office or the main office and leave a note on the item with your name and the purpose of the donation or the person it is to go to. If you have craft items, please talk to Kandy Burdette; if you have current Christian books, talk to Evelyn Womble. We appreciate your generosity and hope that through talking to the teachers that may use them, you will be able to donate items they need. Thank you again to all of the people that brought plastic eggs and candy for the Children’s Easter Celebration.
Palm Sunday – April 1st After Sunday School, all children should meet in the conference room to prepare to wave the palms. Parents should make sure that their children have been to the restroom and are gathering with the
other children at 10:20 AM.
Volunteers: We need 2 more people to help with the Easter story and we need 3 more shepherds. Please sign up by the main office.
FAMILY WORSHIP March 25, 2012
ATTENDANCE
WORSHIP SERVICE 142
Sunday School 61
GUESTS Shirley & Don Story, Ellie & Brandon Beller, Linda Pace,
Don & Karen Smith, Lynn & Leon Willhite, Deborah Larson, Maye Phillips, Kolbe Mueller, Kathy & Collen Reynolds
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Weekly Budget Offering 2012 $5,324.00
Weekly Actual Offering $3,514.86
Year-to-Date Budget Offering $76,212.00
Year-to-Date Actual Offering $60,520.92
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Chapel Hill United Methodist Church 12411 Templeton Trail
Farmers Branch, Texas 75234
972 241 3491
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LENTEN JOURNEY Created by Spiritual Ministries Institute, Inc.Created by Spiritual Ministries Institute, Inc.Created by Spiritual Ministries Institute, Inc.Created by Spiritual Ministries Institute, Inc.
2012
Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 4 at two sessions each day from:
Lenten Journey is a personal, spiritual and creative experience offered in a community setting. Eight meditation centers provide an environment and instructions for a private and self-paced meditation on the Seven Last Words of Christ. In order to maintain the sacred space and silence of Lenten Journey, guests are welcomed and given a brief introduction to the meditation centers.
Each of the eight meditation centers provides a different meditation experience, while each center has instructions and materials necessary for the meditation suggested.
A simple journal is provided and instructions are given for journaling in order that guests may better remember the graces offered them. You may bring your own journal if you wish.
Guests take as long as they like at each station. If they are unable - due to time - to complete all eight stations, that is alright. Lenten Journey is set up for you to come and go at your convenience.
If guests need extra time between centers, want to remain in prayer or solitude after the eight meditations, or perhaps need to wait for a center to become available, they are invited to sit quietly in the Sanctuary, read their Bible, or go for a walk (in the daylight).
Lenten Journey is a simple, yet deep experience for participants. All hospitality ministers and guests are asked to maintain silence and respect the solitude of other participants. __________________________________________________ SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER SERVICE
Come at 8:30 A.M. for Silent Prayer and/or come at 8:45 A.M. and Light a candle for those who are on your heart with 25 minute Prayer Service. You will be out in time for Sunday School. __________________________________________________
Weekly Emmaus meetings for women begin Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 9:00 A.M. We will practice streamlining our individual Emmaus Order of Reunion reports. We will meet in the Library. See you there!
Emmaus men will schedule their date and time according to their time schedules.
TRAILBLAZERS MEETING at Chapel Hill UMC April 27, 2012, Trailblazers will meet for an afternoon of fellowship beginning at 1:00 p.m. ________________________________________________________________
CALLING ALL PRAYER WARRIORS – New Day & Time: Thursdays weekly from 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. meeting in the Chapel Hill Conference Room
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Youth Youth Youth Youth NotesNotesNotesNotes… … … … with Heidi Tolle
Thank you to all who helped make our Mixed Designs catalog fundraiser a success! You can expect delivery of items before May 1st!
*********************************************************************** This week in Sunday School, the youth looked at Ecclesiastes 5. We discussed questions like, "Why is it said that money is the root of all evil?", “How is money good? How is it bad? Is it wrong to want more?"
The students suggested that money is a useful, even necessary, commodity for organizing trade in society and a motivating force for success. But it also disrupts the concept of Equality, allowing some to have much, while others have little, and this potentially allows the kind of corrupted power that oppresses. The students decided that Christians can help balance this by keeping the humility and compassion of Christ in mind as they use and distribute their own money. We should also remind ourselves that our money is not really ours; it originates from the resources of God's earth and came to us through the abilities and talents God loans us while we live. Solomon also expresses in Ecc. 5: 20 that the real blessing comes from rejoicing in our labor...being gladder for the work, and the ability to do it, than for the wealth we hope will come from it!
Joy In the Journey, Heidi
Thanks, Chapel Hill Congregation,
for FORTY containers of MILK for METROCREST!!
Needed:
Adult Volunteers who are not already involved in the Easter Activities on Saturday, April 7!
Youth will be selling lunch meals-to-go following the Egg Hunt. I will need 3 adults to help package the meals while the youth are helping Dawn as shepherds for the children's event.
Saturday, March 24, part of our handbell choir attended the Greater Dallas Handbell Association Handbell Festival in Coppell. We had a great time. We learned a lot and enjoyed the smaller venue with nine other handbell choirs. Next year the festival will be held at FUMC-Allen - where I used to be the Director of Music.
WORSHIP AT TEMPLE EMANU EL The Confirmation Class will be attending worship at Temple Emanuel on Friday, April 13. We welcome anyone who would like to come with us. We will leave from the church at 4:50pm to arrive at Temple at 5:15 for the docents’ tour and lesson about the Temple. The service begins at 6:15 pm if you wish to join us there. The Temple is located at the corner of Hillcrest and Northwest Highway. It is a great opportunity to experience a Jewish worship service. Please pray and ponder about this opportunity and let me know as soon as possible. We may be able to take the van and go together.
Blessings, Pastor JoNell and the 2012 Confirmation Class
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME!
We have tickets again this year for a
Frisco Roughrider game! WHEN - Saturday, April 28th at 7:00 PM.
COST - $19.00/ticket and that includes the ticket, a hat and all you can eat of hamburgers,
hot dogs, chips and soft drinks.
The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board in the hall and there are only 30 tickets available. Hurry and sign up because the tickets go FAST!!! If you have any questions, please call Tom Wooldridge at 972-243-1108.
March M.O.P.March M.O.P.March M.O.P.March M.O.P. Family Place Shelter SuppliesFamily Place Shelter SuppliesFamily Place Shelter SuppliesFamily Place Shelter Supplies
The monthly outreach project for March is to gather supplies for the
Family Place shelter here in Dallas. The Family Place has been helping battered, abused women and their children for over 25 years by providing a safe haven and a chance for a life free from domestic
violence. Here is the list:
GOODS FOODS
Laundry Detergent Canned food
Dishwashing liquid Boxed dinners
Dishwasher Detergent Mac n cheese
Household cleaning products—like 409, Meat
Pinesol, Windex, Comet, Mr. Clean frozen fruits and veggies
Fresh and Sponges/dishcloths
Shampoo
Conditioner
Toothpaste
Body Lotion
Face wash
Body soap
Paper towels
Toilet Paper
Please bring your supplies and place them in the hallway bin starting the third week of March. We will take supplies until Easter Sunday, April 8! Thank you Chapel Hill for reaching out!
Serving at The Stewpot/ The Bridge Friday, March 9, found six of the Chapel Hill UMC family serving those within another family, at The Stew Pot at The Bridge. Archie and Iris Shivar, Pat Moore, Margaret Young, Jose Ramirez and Ruth Medcalf had said “Yes, I can do this.” I want to share what the afternoon was like for some of us. As me, going to serve at The Stew Pot for the first time was a step outside of what might be called my usual comfort zone; something I had never done before and did not know very much about. I did know that God wanted me to do this, something that I been needing and wanting to do. Ruth and Archie had served before and I wanted to serve with them. I’m ever so glad that I went, especially with my Chapel Hill family. Now I know that serving at The Stew Pot is something that I can do! When I saw faces that were so young I thought “but they’re so young”, I thought of my former students and wondered how they’re doing now. When I saw the aged faces I thought of my own father and thanked God for taking care of him. I told myself that each person is a child of God and thanked Him for taking care of that person. Margaret Young shared with me so I could share with you, “I have served before and I do it because it is a real need. In my early marriage years, Carl and I had to have assistance for a short time so I know what it was like to be helped so we could get back on our feet. Many of these people need help just for survival and if we can help even a little bit we are following the message discipleship.” Pat Moore told me,”This was the second time for me. I had been in the Summer and served dinner. It’s very interesting to watch the faces of the people as they go thru the line. Some show despair, some relief to be out of the elements, others thanks for the meal and for the volunteers who help serve. I guess that sums up why I like doing this; the simple things that change a person’s day.” Ruth Medcalf said, “Mom, serving at The Bridge makes me appreciate what I have. I poured the water both times that I have gone to The Bridge, by doing that I interact more with the homeless. Some of them thanked me for being there and serving them and one man said that I had a good smile and looked happy. That made me feel appreciated. I am glad that I took time out of my day to go and serve others who are less fortunate than me.” When you see Archie and Jose ask them about the time they served at The Stew Pot. Chapel Hill UMC will have an opportunity to serve again at The Stew Pot during dinner June 1 and July 6. Till then, to learn more visit www.thestewpot.org/meal.asp. While I was writing this I had to stop and read Matthew 25: 33–46 and Romans 8: 28
~Iris Shivar for our Outreach Team
Dear Church Family, I want to personally invite you to come experience the last words of Christ as He died for us on the cross. The Lenten Journey is a personal self-paced Holy time to let God know that His love is received, by prayer, meditation, music and self expression. Come hear and explore the important words that the world’s Messiah left for us. Come find eight opportunities to get closer to Christ, which is the true meaning of this Lenten season. Come share your love for our Savior as He displayed His undying love for you and me. Come and be touched by the Spirit and essence of why Christ was here on earth. To all of you that I have ever, hugged, served on Youth and Children, Outreach, Emmaus, Lay Speakers, Prayer Groups, Mission Trips, Women Annual Luncheons, readers of the Projected words during Sunday Worship Service, and banana pudding eaters, I look forward to seeing you there (and bring a friend!). In His service, Felice Ricks
FASHION, FABLES, FAMILY AND FEAST UMW LUNCHEON - APRIL 21st
Once again the United Methodist Women are having their annual fundraiser with a salad luncheon in Fellowship Hall on Saturday, April 21st at 11:00 am.
This year will be different since we will be having an inner-generational modeling show sponsored by Dillard’s. UMW members will be joined by mothers and children to show off the latest fashions. The theme is children's literature with table sponsors selecting a child's book and decorating the table accordingly. We are excited about the possibilities of the various creations by the creative minds of our church members. They have always done a fabulous job in the past and we expect no less this year.
So make your plans to buy your tickets starting this Sunday. Prices are: Adults - $10.00 and children - $5:00. Invite your friends and family. This is always a fun time so let us know who and how many will be sitting at your table and joining in the festivities. What better way to be disciples for Christ than uniting in an exciting event to benefit others.
Questions? Call Margaret Young at 972-247-9634 or Jan Wooldridge at 972-243-1108
