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Mission Statement:

To Love and to Lead

The Mission of Heritage United Methodist Church

is to Love God and people passionately and to Lead

people into a passionate relationship with Jesus Christ.

In Hospital:

Garrett Neal (Mercy)

Harry Sher (Baptist VB)

At Home:

Carolyn Bradford, Steve and Willie

Chism, Mary Dempsey, Louise Hansel,

Betty James, Bill Kelton, Randy Mattox,

James Minor, Mackenzie Oliver, Gary

Powell, Doris Ricks, Jean Sabatier, Bonnie

Sher, Maria Sullivan, Bill Thomas, Sandy

Thompson, Becky Whitley

Assisted Living:

Mary Coble (Crawford H&R)

Sammye Gilbert (Walnut Grove Rehab)

Lavita Middleton (Greenwood Retirement Center)

Wayne Thompson (Avenir Memory Care in NWA)

Connie Warren (VB H&R)

Therese Zolk (Valley Springs H&R)

In Sympathy:

Casey Jo Bailey and Family in the death of

her grandmother, Marie Gooch.

Heritage Happenings is published weekly Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 8 am - 5 pm; Fri: 8 am - 12 pm

Phone: 479-474-6424

FAX & E-mail Address: 474-8549; office@heritage.church

Church Web Page: www.heritage.church

Arkansas Area Bishop: Rev. Gary Mueller

District Superintendent: Rev. Steve Coburn

Lead Pastor: J. Wesley Hilliard, whilliard@heritage.church

Pastor Emeritus: Bill Kelton, bekelton@sbcglobal.net

Director of Ministries: Roger Goins, rgoins@heritage.church

Worship Arts Minister Caleb Lester, clester@heritage.church

Accompanist: Rick Endel, rendel@heritage.church

Welcome Minister: Becki Kneeland, bkneeland@heritage.church

Congregational Care Pastor: Max Goins, mgoins@heritage.church

Outreach Pastor: LaToya Shepherd, lshepherd@heritage.church

Discipleship Pastor: Brian Seewald, bseewald@heritage.church

Ministry Development Pastor: Ron Lewis, rlewis@heritage.church

Youth Pastor: Jake Simmons, jsimmons@heritage.church

Associate Youth Minister: Brad Martin, bmartin@heritage.church

Middle School Pastor: Brad Sneed, bsneed@heritage.church

Children’s Minister: Madison Simmons, msimmons@heritage.church

Preschool Coordinator: Shawnna Seewald, sseewald@heritage.church

Business Administrator: Bobby Boyakin, bboyakin@heritage.church

Publications Secretary: Kathy Goins, kgoins@heritage.church

Staff Secretary: Pam James, pjames@heritage.church

Multimedia Producer: Nick Jones, njones@heritage.church

Facility Manager: Steve Kelton, skelton@heritage.church

Newsletter/Bulletin Announcements: office@heritage.church

March 31

CRAWFORD COUNTY

LENTEN SERVICE

6 PM AT MOUNTAIN VIEW

April 19

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

7 PM

April 21

RESURRECTION SUNDAY

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MARCH 28, 2019 | VOLUME 33 ISSUE 13

FROM YOUR PASTOR’S HEART … A HEALING UNTO WHOLENESS The Greek word translated as salvation is SODZO. But it means so much more than just salvation to eternal life. It means a “healing unto wholeness.” This fullness of salvation is represented by the seven wounds the LORD Jesus willingly received on our behalf. Seven is the number for fullness, wholeness, completeness. Jesus shed His blood for every type of wound we can receive.

At Heritage our aspiration is to be a community of people who make this healing -unto-wholeness-through-Jesus real. We want to minister Jesus’ healing to every realm of our own lives and especially to those who have not yet encountered Jesus. He becomes real to them as we minister the healing we too have needed and received. This keeps us humble and dependent upon the Holy Spirit – fixing our eyes and hope on Jesus and not upon ourselves or others.

This week we will look at the wounds to Jesus’ head – his brow – caused by the crown of thorns. We’ll exclaim in wonder with the saints through the ages, “O Sacred Head now wounded with grief and shame weighed down. Now scornfully surrounded with thorns Thine only crown. How art Thou pale with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn. How does that visage languish which once was bright as morn!” – lyrics attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, circa 1153 AD

How did Jesus do it? How could He? He did it all for you and me … and especially for those daughters of Eve and sons of Adam who yet do not know the inherent value placed upon them by their Creator. By giving up His honor and dignity, He reclaimed these for each one of us … and for every human being on this planet.

When we encounter Jesus’ blood in this area of our lives, we are forever changed in how we value ourselves and in how we value and treat all other humans. Let us afresh receive that Spirit of adoption this Sunday! Let us invite others to receive it for the first time! As we lift up Jesus, He will draw others to Him! Let us lift Him up together this

Sunday! Invite your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers!

I cannot wait to worship with you Sunday!

Wes

O Sacred Head now wounded With grief and shame weighed down.

Now scornfully surrounded with thorn Thine only crown.

HONORARIUMS AND

MEMORIALS In honor of CONNIE MARTIN’S

BIRTHDAY by: Donna Parker (FP)

In honor of PAT POWELL’S

BIRTHDAY by:

Donna Parker (FP)

In memory of JASON LEWIS’

BIRTHDAY by:

June Lewis (BF)

FP - Food Pantry BF - Building Fund

PRAYER MEETING The River Valley Community Prayer

meeting is Monday, April 1 at 7 pm

at Sunnyside Assembly in Alma.

PASSOVER If you or your small group is

interested in hosting a Passover

Seder in your home please contact

the church office before this

Sunday, March 31st. The church will

provide matzah bread, divided

Seder plates, a list of things you will

need to fill the plate, and Seder

liturgy.

ONCE UPON A PROM Prom dresses will be given away

free of charge this Saturday, March

30th from 12-4 pm at Heritage.

This is for all girls ages 14-19 who

have difficulty affording one. For

more information or to volunteer,

text Kim Tursky at 479-208-0063.

IT’S A GIRL! David and Emily Freeman are

anxiously awaiting the arrival of

Maggie Grace in May! Join us for a

baby shower to honor them on

Saturday, April 6th from 1-3 pm in

the Welcome Center. They are

registered online at Babylist.

LIFE GROUP SERVICE

OPPORTUNITY Thursday, April 18th we will host a

foster parent night out through The CALL. Madison is looking for a life

group willing to cook for 12-18

parents that night. If interested,

c o n t a c t M a d i s o n a t

msimmons@heritage.church for

more information.

IT’S A BOY! Dillon and Allison (Sullivan)

Waller are excited to welcome

Drake Shane in early June! Please

join us as we shower them on April

6th from 2-4 pm in the Community

Room. They are registered at

Target, Wal-Mart, and at Katiebug’s

Children Boutique in Fort Smith.

THANK YOU Thank you to everyone for the

prayers and blessings. I have been

blessed by the outpouring of

kindness in the recent move to my

new home. Thank You!

LuAnn Donahou

NEW MINISTRY Tea Time, is a new ministry of

Heritage Church that will start in

May! If anyone has any teacups and

saucers they would like to donate

to this ministry, please drop them

off in the church office. Stay tuned

for more information about this

exciting new ministry.

THE ROAR We are invited to an exciting night

of worship, evangelism, and

personal prayer at New Life

Church of God in Christ this

Saturday, March 30th from 9 am - 9

pm located at 1808 N. Greenwood

Avenue in Fort Smith.

EASTER LILIES Lilies will be placed in the

sanctuary on Easter

morning. To place a lily in

memory or in honor of

someone please complete the form

below and place it in the offering

plate on Sunday morning or return

it to the office with payment of $10

per lily.

Placed in (circle one) In Memory of In Honor of

__________________________

By:________________________

CUBA MISSION TRIP We will have an informational

meeting this Sunday, March 31st at

2 pm in the Fellowship Hall for

anyone interested in going on the

next mission trip to Cuba October

15-22.

CALL OF THE KING

OUTREACH Are you or your Life Group/Sunday

School Class interested in participating in a community

conspiracy of kindness? Join us in

setting up a free market place/flea

market table and being a kind

presence at the table on Saturday,

April 13th! For more detailed

information and instructions,

contact LaToya Shepherd at

lshepherd@heritage.church. Sign-up

by April 1st.

REMEMBER HIS SACRIFICE Invite your friends and family to our

Good Friday communion service on

April 19th at 7 pm in the Sanctuary.

UPPER ROOM PRAYER GATHERING

Join us for another opportunity to

bless the Lord through worship and

prayer on Saturday, April 6th from

4-6 pm in the Sanctuary.

HELP SOLVE A MYSTERY If you or someone you know

donated the sewing machine in the

green tub to the blanket team,

please contact the church office at

474-6424.

CUBA TRIP We have a team going to Cuba

soon. If you are interested in

supporting the team so that they

can bless the churches in Cuba, feel

free to make your check out to

Heritage, put ‘CUBA’ on the memo

line, and place in the offering plate

this Sunday.

CALIFORNIA 2019

I want to start off by saying thank you to those who supported the students and the

youth staff. Whether it was donating money to the students or with your prayers

while we were away. The Holy Spirit moved in the lives of the students this past

week. We had a chance to invest in The Bridge Church of the Nazarene to come

alongside them and become one body.

Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do or say, do it as representative of the

Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.”

We had a large worship service with The Bridge Church congregation. It was

an awesome thing to see our students experience freedom in worship, and time on their hands and knees praying to

the Father. It was also so cool to see the different ethnic groups come together to worship the one true God just

like he intended in Isaiah 56:7. The students heard a message from lead pastor Mike Seewald at The Bridge Church.

He talked to the students about how no matter what you are doing or saying you should be representing the Lord.

During our service to The Bridge Church, the students had the opportunity to really practice representing Jesus by

word and action in their everyday lives. It is easy to represent Jesus while on a mission trip or at church; but, we

must also do this in everyday life when it is more difficult as well. The rest of our trip was a time to

practice this in good fellowship at Disney, the Beach, the Grand Canyon, and of course the longgg bus ride

home.

Jake Simmons, Youth Minister

SPRING

As I sit and ponder the fact that we are already into the Spring of 2019, I am amazed at

how this year is moving. We have already experienced spring break and are quickly

moving toward Resurrection Sunday, Mother’s Day and yes, the end of the school year!

There are flowers in my yard (that I didn’t plant!), wasps over my porch (which I

don’t like) and more birds than I can count singing outside ( which I love).! Spring

signifies the start and end of many things. And of course, for almost every word in my

vocabulary, I can think of a song with that word in it…

I’ve got a river of life flowing out of me, Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see,

Opens prison doors, sets the captives free, I’ve got a river of life flowing out of me.

Spring up, O well, within my soul, Spring up oh well, and make me whole,

Spring up, O well, and give to me, That life, abundantly.

So…out of everything I have already mentioned, and the other things Spring will bring forth, the essence of spring

is that new life is birthed…In us and through us, which leads to life eternal and abundant life while we walk this

earth.….

” Spring is an intermediate seasonal phase in between winter and summer. Spring

signifies emergence of new life. Spring months are the blossoming months that bring meaningful

growth and rejuvenation in its wake.” www.mapsofworld.com/referrals/weather/seasons/spring.html

Look for the new life that God is trying to birth in you during this season. Because of your relationship with Jesus

Christ and the Holy Spirit, there is “Spring” (New Life) within you waiting to burst forth. There is meaningful growth

and rejuvenation which can benefit you and those around you. Let it break out! Let it spring forth! Let the new life

begin, now!

Spend more time in the word …. spend more time in worship and just watch the meaningful growth and

rejuvenation bloom! Happy Spring!

LaToya Shepherd, Outreach Pastor