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 250,000.00 200,000.00 150,000.00 100,000.00 50,000.00 0.00 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
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