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This Sunday's Message: Running on Empty
Mark 16:1-10
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It's a phenomenon that I have never fully understood - the post-Easter slump. Traditionally the Sunday after Easter is one of the lowest attended Sundays in the church year. Scores of pastors take the Sunday off, so many that the Sunday after Easter is affectionately dubbed National Associates Sunday. And they don't...
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Sunday, April 23
K-4
Sunday School will meet in the Gathering Room this week. Drop off and pick up will be in the Gathering Room for this Sunday only.
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Saturday, May 6, 7:00am, Pythian Home
This day is filled with opportunities to serve and give back to your community. Opportunities are available to serve inside or outside. Register
here.
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Monday, May 1, 6:30pm at AUMC - Informational meeting/general training
We are excited to announce that Camp Hope will be held in the Oak Hill neighborhood again this summer, on Wednesday evenings in June. Partnering with the Center of Hope, we will offer Bible stories, crafts, games, simple snacks, reading and more! Lots of hands and hearts are needed to make this happen, so sign up at the Connection Center to be a Camp Hope Helper! Contact
Trudy Smith for more info.
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Wednesdays, beginning April 19, 6:30-7:30pm in the Chapel
As the church, we are called to encourage the spiritual growth of our children, helping them build a faith that will carry them into adulthood. This 5-week video study, Sticky Faith by Dr .Kara Powell and Dr. Chap Clark, is for all adults in the church, not just parents. Come and learn how we can partner with our children and teenagers to help grow a faith that will stick with them!
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Simplify - A Post-Easter Sermon Series
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Beginning April 23
Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Overscheduled. Sound familiar? Today's velocity of life can consume and control us, until our breakneck pace begins to feel normal and expected. That's where the danger lies: When we spend our lives doing things that keep us busy but don't really matter, we sacrifice the things that do. What if your life could be different? The promise of the empty tomb is that it can.
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Wednesday, May 10 from 6:30-7:30
Aledo UMC will be hosting a Rock Painting Party on
Wednesday, May 10 from
6:30-7:30. All supplies will be provided. Be sure to invite you friends!
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Thursday, 10-11:30am in the Gathering Room
Java & Jesus is a gathering for "busy moms" who are interested in fellowship and an encouraging Word. Join us as we begin a new series titled "Broken Into Beautiful" by Gwen Smith. No outside reading required! Childcare is provided! Questions? Contact
Trudy Smith.
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Evening session, July 9-13, 5:30-8:30pm; Morning session, July 10-14, 9am-noon
VBS registration is now OPEN! Participants and volunteers may register
here!.
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Vacation Bible School Volunteers
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VBS is the week of
July 9-14, and we need volunteers to help make this a successful event. We are looking for crew leaders, station assistants, decorating helpers, snack team, and more. Please sign up in the Narthex or contact
Tammy Decker for more information.
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Tuesdays, 7:15-8:00am, Aledo Diner
Student Ministries have begun a weekly bible study from 7:15-8:00am every Tuesday until school lets out. The bible study is open for anyone between 7th-12th grade. We will be meeting at Aledo Diner each week.
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In your times of prayer throughout the week, please remember the people named below.
Concerns: Sue Spreier's mother Jean Gleason;
Douglas Moore; Ken Fisher's grandson Ricky Haskin; Stephen Kehrt's mother Marge Kehrt; Gina Stewart's dad Keith Huckabay; Laraine Waughtal's nephew Craig Howe; Gary Leevy; Barbara Moore's cousin Harry Sweet; Sandy & Mark Greenough's niece Melinda Lee; Nikki Dryden's cousin Janet York
Special members who are unable to worship with us:
Micki Authier; C.D. and Mattie Graham; Rev. John Johnson
Sympathies: Jennifer Johnson on the death of her grandmother
Long-term prayer concerns: Blake Britt's dad, Rodney Britt;
Ben Combs; Jere Hand; Kelly O'Donald's sister, Amy Clinton; Lori Mares; Carrie Hester; Daryl Stanaway's sister-in-law, Sharon Stanaway; Buddy Martin; Stella Lee's daughter, Sherroll Shirley; Steven Cole's mother, JoAnn Cole; Mason Gomez; Gavin Trietsch; All Military Personnel
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