First United Methodist
Church
www.fumcedna.org
November2014
From the Pastor
Psalm 100:5: For the Lord is good, his love endures forever ... .
Some of y'all may have noticed that most of the pastor's prayers begin with a paraphrase of this
verse from the Psalms. The phrase is found multiple times throughout the Psalms and there is even
a worship song with the lyrics, "Give thanks to the Lord our God and King, his love endures
forever" which is based on another Psalm.
This pattern of beginning prayers by saying, "Lord you are good and your love endures forever" is
an ancient Jewish tradition of thanks-giving. Its goal is to help the person praying begin their
prayer by centering their focus on God and who he is. By entering prayer with an attitude of giving
thanks, we can avoid the temptation to make praying a "request" list or a transaction like
withdrawing money from the bank. We also can avoid the pitfall of feeling like all we ever do is
ask God for stuff by reminding ourselves that our Lord is good and he loves us with a Father's
everlasting love. He wants to give us good things that are in accordance with his will and will be
used to bless others, so we can confidently ask for his will without feeling ashamed.
As we enter into the month of November and make our preparations for Thanksgiving, I'd love to
invite you to take this month as a month of "Thanks-giving" in your prayer life. In Sunday worship
and in your daily prayer, I hope you will take time to give thanks to God for who he is and how
much he loves you as a starting point to prayer (and if need be an ending point, too). When we
gather for worship on Nov. 23, feel free to share these "thanks-givings" and any joys you have
received by practicing them.
We worship a good God whose love endures forever, and that's worth our greatest Thanksgiving!
In Christ,
Rev. Adam R. Knapp
Rev. Adam R. Knapp, Pastor
Rachel Fuller, Secretary
Cheryl Gray, Music Director
Noble Gray, Lay Leader
Lindsey Floyd, Wesley Nurse
Victor Cruz, Custodian
Office Hours:
Mon - Thurs
9am - 12pm &
1pm - 3:15pm
Contact Us
216 W Main/PO Box 790
Edna, TX 77957
361-782-3561 (Office)
361-782-3562 (Fax)
[email protected]
www.fumcedna.org
Attendance &
Giving’s
Date
9AM
11AM
Visitors
Sun Sch
5th
65
77
10
58
142
12th
55
83
10
69
138
19th
44
60
10
43
104
26th
50
84
14
61
134
Avg.
54
76
13
58
130
Budgeted for 2013 Annually . . . . $ 223,544.86
Pledges received…………………$18,381.70
Prayer
Request
Armed Forces
Ashley & Zac
Drew
Julie Abraham
Kathleen Aiken
Kay Aiken
Michael Aiken
Linda Billings
Joseph Berkley
Dorothy Boggus
Linda Seale Browning
Leon Burney
Joseph Campos
Dorothy Davis
Matthew Dukes
Richard Ferguson
Daniel Fric
Nancy Garcia
Corinne Garza
Micki Gomez
Andrew Gonzales
Jimmy Harlan
Cordia Hatcher
Don Haven
Wesley Hendrey
Lauren Huntsman
David Johnson
Jake Jones
Sydney Kallus
Linda Karl
Betty Kilgore
Billy Koehler
Raeniece Kucera
Boyd Mabry
John Mercer
Tim Montgomery
Jessie Mae Moody
Justin Aiken
Kathleen Aiken
Russell Carpenter
Robert Delgado
James Edwards
Marshel Etheridge
Nathan Foster
Humberto Gamez
Khris Graham
Ben Harcrow
Patrick Harriman
Captain Bryce Haynes
Angela Horton
Combo
Monthly . . . . . .$18,628.74
Donations received………………$ 2,337.46
Father Dan Morales
Tammy Morton
Wayne & Martha Gene
Myers
Butch Norrell
June Page
Sophie Paine
Billy & Wanda Porche
Mike Reichert
Bobbie Richard
Tracy Russell
Hope Browning Sebek
Dorothy Lee (Correll)
Sessums
Roy Smith
Josef Storz
Brandi Bates Stringfeld
Patsy Storz
Taylor Murphy
Jason Payne
Corey Pedeville
Juan Perez
Alyssa Rodriguez
Ralph Rodriguez
Zach Rogers
Omar Rosa
Stuart Taylor
Adam Teaff
Bradley Thomas
Kody Watkinson
Major Jason E Williams
Larry Stuzman
Karen Tackett
Donna Tate
Mary Tate
William Taylor
Beverly Underwood
Vernon Rose
Charles Watkins
Dick & Rose Wiegand
Earl Wiegand & Family
Jason Young
Community
Outreach
Come join us for Soul Food Thursday! We
meet the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month
at 11:30 am in the Fellowship Hall!
We have a wonderful Bible Study followed
by a nutritious meal served at noon!
Need a ride? Call the church office at 7823561 and we’ll be happy to arrange for you
to be picked up!
When:
Sunday, November 16th
Time:
4pm - 6pm
Where:
FUMC, Wesley Center
We will have Hot Dogs and Smore’s
And
Games for all ages!!!
When:
Sunday, December 7, 2014
*Dine In -or- Take Out*
Where:
FUMC Fellowship Hall, Edna
Price:
$7 - presale only
Tickets available from any MYF member J
For more information contact Leah at 649-9364
T I M E TO P L A N F O R T H E FA L L H O L I D AY S !
U M W I S TA K I N G O R D E R S F O R C O R N B R EA D D R E S S I N G . . .
Cornbread dressing pre-orders will be taken again this year to benefit the annual UMW Bake Sale fundraiser. The
deadline for ordering pans of cornbread dressing is Friday, November 21. Call early to place your order, as there is
a limit as to how much can reasonably be prepared!
If you would like to donate prepared cornbread for use in the dressing, please put it in one of the freezers in the Fellowship Hall no later than Sunday, November 23.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Pans of dressing will be prepared on Tuesday, November 25, and will be ready for pick up
the same day, at the Fellowship Hall, at 2 PM, the opening time for the annual UMW bake sale. Orders will be labeled with baking instructions; IF there is extra dressing is available, it will be offered with the other baked goods.
The dressing ingredients are fully cooked. If you are planning to hold the dressing for use at Christmas, it must be
frozen. The pan(s) should be thawed in the refrigerator, and heated thoroughly prior to serving. (Allow 24 hours for
the round pans to thaw; allow up to 48 hours for the rectangular pans to thaw.)
To order dressing, call Martha Davis at 782-5796 or Jan Respondek at 782-5656.
UMW appreciates your support!
UMW BAKE SALE
FELLOWSHIP HALL
Tuesday, November 25
2PM - SOLD OUT!
Diabetes Classes
Newly diagnosed with diabetes or need a refresher course? Come learn
the basics to take care of your health.
Classes will be held on the second Tuesday of the month
from 8:00am to 12 noon—free of charge
November 11, 2014
December 9, 2014
Self care (medication, sick day management, needed exams) will be covered by Wesley
Nurse—Lindsey Floyd, RN
Nutrition care (meal planning, portion sizes, label reading) will be taught by Jackson County
Hospital District Dietitian/Nutritionist—Elizabeth Sommerfeld, MS, RDN, LDN
Contact Elizabeth at 361-782-7854 to register
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Donation List
If you are coming to MYF, please take interest in the needs in OUR community.
Every month we will be collecting different items to benefit the needy in our
community. You can bring these items any Wednesday of the month that you
choose and the Wesley Nurse will collect them there.
November- Toothbrushes/Toothpaste
December- Shampoo
January-Body Soap
February- Fruit
March- Detergent
April- Diapers (HEB has for $5)
May-Hand soap
These are the items I am giving out on a regular basis to needy people in our
community.
Please share in my mission.
Thank you!
Your Wesley Nurse,
Lindsey Floyd
Seasons of Wholeness for November 2014 -Cold vs. Flu
“Yet I said to myself, ‘This is my sickness, and I must endure it.”
Jeremiah 10:19.
During this time of year we often wonder if the upper respiratory infection we have is a cold
or the flu. Unlike colds, flu can lead to complications like pneumonia, especially in the old,
the young, and those with serious health issues. Viruses are transmitted by contact with objects that the infected person has touched after coughing or sneezing. Germs can be transmitted 1 day before symptoms appear and up to 5 days after getting sick. Seasonal flu is a
contagious respiratory illness caused by flu viruses. In the US flu season occurs in the fall
and winter. Flu can be spread when a person with flu sneezes, coughs, or talks and droplets
containing their germs land in your mouth or nose. You can also get the flu by touching a
surface or object that has the flu virus on it and then touching your mouth, eyes, or nose.
Pills are often considered the first line of defense but with colds and flu, they will not help
since antibiotics are for bacterial infections only and cold/flu germs are viral infections.
Some think antibiotics help with symptoms but inappropriate use of medication only trains
germs to become drug resistant.
Signs and symptoms of the flu are listed below. People who have the flu often feel some of
all of these signs/symptoms:
Fever or feeling feverish/chills, Cough, Sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body
aches, headaches, fatigue, and some may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more
prevalent in children. Complications from the flu include: bacterial pneumonia, ear and sinus infections, dehydration, and worsening of chronic health conditions.
Individuals with the flu feel much better within one to two weeks. They are contagious one
day before symptoms develop and five to seven days after symptoms appear according to
the Centers for Disease Control.
“Don’s excuse yourself by saying, ‘look, we didn’t know.’…He will repay all people as their
actions deserve.” Proverbs 24: 12
Flu vaccine protects against the flu so the single best way to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated each season. These are two types of flu vaccines:
Flu shots—inactivated vaccines (containing killed virus) that are given with a needle. There
are 3 flu shots being produced in the US market now. The regular seasonal flu shot is intramuscular, being injected into the muscle. It has been used for decades and is approved for
use in people 6 months of age and older, including healthy people, people with chronic medical conditions, and pregnant women. A hi-dose vaccine for people 65 and older which also
is intramuscular and this vaccine were first made available during the 2010-11 seasons. An
intradermal vaccine for people 18 -64 which is injected into the dermis or skin, also was
made available during the 2011-12 seasons. The nasal-spray flu vaccine is a vaccine made
with live, weakened flu viruses that is given as a nasal spray. The viruses in the nasal spray
vaccine do not cause the flu. This is approved for use in healthy people 2-49 of age who are
not pregnant. About two weeks after vaccination, antibodies develop that protect against influenza virus infection. Flu vaccines will not protect against flu-like illness caused by noninfluenza viruses.
Yearly flu vaccination should have begun in September, or as soon as vaccine is made available, and continue through the flu season which can last as late as May. This is because the
timing and duration of flu seasons vary. The Center for Disease Control recommends that you
should get a flu shot if you are between the ages of 6 months and 18 years, pregnant, have a
chronic health condition (asthma, diabetes, heart (congenital heart disease, congestive heart
failure, coronary heart disease) or lung disease-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic
fibrosis, kidney disorders, liver disorders, weakened immune system, neurological conditions,
are over 65, or live with or care for those at risk.
“Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight!” Isaiah 1:16
The best protection against colds or the flu is careful hand washing. Plain soap and water
combined with rubbing your hands together are very effective to remove germs. Antibacterial soaps are common but work no better than regular soap and may even increase resistance to antibacterial chemicals. To properly wash your hands, wet you hands with warm
water, lather up the soap , and rub all parts of your hands for 15-20 seconds while singing
‘Jesus loves me’. Then rinse will and dry with a clean cloth. If soap and water are unavailable, an alcohol-based hand sanitizer will work just as well.
“Are any of you sick/ you should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you,
anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord.” James 5:14
Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose,
throat, and lungs. Most individual’s recover without difficulty. For people in the high risk
categories, it can have severe complications and even death. Over a period of 30 years, between 1976 and 2006, estimates of flu-associated deaths in the US range from a low of
about 3,000 to a high of 49,000. In the US an average of over 2000,000 people are hospitalized each year because of complications of which 36,000 will die. Flu is serious business so
protect against it. If you are ill please stay at home. Do not share your germs. Treat your
symptoms by hydrating yourself, getting plenty of rest, gargling to moisten a sore throat,
drinking hot liquids to relieve nasal congestion, taking a steamy shower to clear nasal passages, applying hot or cold packs to congested sinuses, and avoiding air travel. If you are
healthy, share Jesus’ love by taking the sick one the standing chicken soap or fluids and
carting for the children. (Source: Mayo Clinic)
Your Wesley Nurse,
Lindsey Floyd, RN
Reference:
Merila, N. & Slutz (2009) Seasons of Wholeness Monthly themes and programming for faith
community ministry. Volume VI. International Parish Nurse Resource center; St. Louis, MO.
Centers for Disease Control- www.cdc.gov
250,000.00
200,000.00
150,000.00
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Jan
Feb
Mar
May
June
July
Church Budget Chart 2014
Apr
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
18,628.74 37,257.48 55,886.22 74,514.96 93,143.70 111,772.4 130,401.1 149,029.9 167,658.6 186,287.4 204,916.1 223,544.8
YTD Received 15,255.82 36,444.32 65,763.52 83,215.37 97,410.87 118,820.8 132,929.6 154,411.1 167,562.4 185,944.1
Budget
FUMC
216 W Main
PO Box 790
Edna, TX 77957
361-782-3561
[email protected]
Address Service Requested
10th ~ Little Church School Advisory Board,
Parlor, 4:30 pm
11th ~ Veterans Day, Office Closed
11th ~ Mary Circle, Pat Rozner, Parlor, 9:30am
11th ~ Ruth Circle, Gayle Sachtleben, 9:30 am
16th ~ Church Wide Fall Fellowship, Wesley Center,
4pm - 6pm
18th ~ UMM Breakfast, Fellowship Hall, 6:30 am
19th ~ Finance Committee, Parlor, 5:00 pm
20th ~ Soul Food Thursday, Fellowship Hall, 11:30 am
20th ~ Lydia/Martha Circle, Jan Respondek, 7:00 pm
21st ~ Newsletter Deadline
23rd ~ Ministerial Alliance Annual Community
Thanksgiving Service, Baptist Temple, 6:00 pm
25th ~ Emmaus Board Meeting, Parlor, 7:00 pm
Recurring Events
Walk it OFF Class w/Lindsey Floyd, WN
Mon & Friday @ the Children’s Park, 9am
Wednesday @ the Wesley Center, 9am
Lighthouse 2911
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday’s, Moon Building,
3:30pm
26th ~ No WNL
26th ~ Brown Hearing Center, Parlor, 10am - 4pm
27th ~ Thanksgiving Day, Office Closed
28th ~ Office Closed
30th ~ Covered Dish Brunch, Fellowship Hall, 10am
NO Sunday School
EVENTS
Sunday: 9:00am Worship Service, Wesley Center
9:30am Round Table Sunday School Class, Moon Building
10:00am Sunday School Classes
11:00am Worship Service, Sanctuary
Wednesday:
5:00pm Harmony Chimes Rehearsal, Moon Building
6:00pm Wednesday Nite Live
6:00 pm Sanguine Six Rehearsal, Choir Room
7:00pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room