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This Sunday's Message: Seeing is Believing
Sermon Text: John 20:24-29
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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....
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Sunday, April 28th, 2:00pm, Chapel
Aledo UMC will again partner with Center of Hope to host Camp Hope in the Oak Hill neighborhood on Wednesday evenings in June. Plan now to be part of this exciting ministry to bring the love of Christ to the families of this low-income neighborhood! Information and training will be at AUMC on Sunday, April 28, 2:00pm.
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Wednesdays, 6:00pm
Join Pastor Lee in the Chapel for a three-week discussion of what it means to be United Methodist in the 21st Century. We'll explore the unique theology that John Wesley brought to Methodism and how that theology makes us a unique people of faith today. This discussion is perfect for people new to our faith tradition as well as those who have been Methodist all their lives. Email Pastor Lee for more information.
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Sunday, May 19th, 11:00am
AUMC's high school seniors will be honored at the 11:00am service. There will be a special bulletin for this service. Please contact Rachelle for the required form to be completed. Deadline is May 5th.
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Sponsor a Child, Change a Life!
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Compassion Sunday, May 5th
$38 a month can help release a child from poverty, providing educational support, medical care, and much more. You - or your family or small group - will build a special relationship sharing letters, photos, and God's love. Please consider partnering with Compassion International to sponsor a child! Visit with current sponsors from AUMC at the Connection Center on Sunday, May 5th, for more details.
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Sunday May 12th, 10:00, Chapel
All of the women of the church are invited to a Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday, May 12th from 10:00-11:00am in the Chapel.
**Please note that K-4 Sunday School will meet in the Education Building in their classrooms on this day. K/1st-room 107, 2nd/3rd-room 206, 4th-room 202 **
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College Age Sunday School
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Beginning Sunday, May 19th, 10:00am
The college-age Sunday school class will resume gathering for the summer. We meet in the ER (building behind the Youth House) at 10:00 am each Sunday for fellowship and study. Led by those in the class when we return home during breaks, this group of college-age students spend time looking at the Bible, our United Methodist beliefs and our personal spiritual journeys. Current high school seniors are invited to join us on June 1st when they are promoted. Please share with your returning college students so they know there is a place for them at Aledo UMC!
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For the month of May we are requesting only the following items to round out our weekly packed bags:
- Spaghetti sauce
- Pasta
- Rice (1 lb. bags)
- Canned fruit
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A Soldier's Story: In Their Own Words
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AUMC's own Ben Combs is writing a book about our veterans in the congregation. He believes your story needs to be told. Contact Ben at combs0613@gmail.com or 817-689-6619 to set up your interview.
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We're Reading the New Testament in 2019!
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Are you ready to learn more about Jesus? Start the New Year with your church family as we embark on a yearlong commitment to read the entire New Testament together. Each weekday (Monday through Friday) we will read one chapter from the New Testament. Each Sunday Pastor Lee will be preaching from one of the five chapters we read that week.
April 29 -
Romans 4
April 30 -
Romans 5
May 1 -
Romans 6
May 2 -
Romans 7
May 3 -
Romans 8
Cards with the year's reading plan are available at the Connection Center.
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Are you taking advantage of electronic giving?
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When we join the church, we pledge to support the life and ministry of the church with our financial gifts. That can get complicated on those weeks when we can't be here as the offering plate comes around. But through electronic giving, you remain faithful to your membership vows, even on those weeks when life takes you elsewhere. It's easy. It's safe. And it benefits both you and your church family. Setting it up is easy and only takes a few minutes. Contact
Shari Birchell to set up an automatic transfer from your checking account. Or go to
Aledo UMC to use your credit or debit card.
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In your times of prayer throughout the week, please remember the people named below.
Concerns: Emma Vidal; Jill Bell; Sue Van Valkenberg's nephew Chris; Kikee Kupper's dad Briscoe Dunn; Mike Sheehan; Megan Pritchard's mother Martha; Davis Mazzei; Mary Hart's daughter-in-law Amy; Linda Parker's mother Shirley Riff; Rachelle Moreland's niece Emily; Tracy Britton's uncle Curt Apel; Misty Popejoy's sister-in-law Michelene ; Rita Potter; Jayne Dawson's nephew Marco Cassarino
Special members who are unable to worship with us: C.D. and Mattie Graham; Rev. John Johnson; Douglas and Barbara Moore; Stella Lee; Bobbie Wooten
Joys: Vern and Cindy Bennett on the birth of their granddaughter, Gracelyn Marie Tart
Sympathies: Steve and Jay Bartley on the death of his brother Gary
Long-term prayer concerns: Fanci Coyle's mother Emma Horton; Sarah Rives; Sylvia Larson's mother Norma Blake; Rachelle Moreland's sister Jennifer Ortiz & family; Bill Bradle; Gavin Trietsch; Carrie Hester; Jennifer Kirkpatrick's mother Judy Wendt; Kristin Bryan's parents Mike and Pat Brady; Matt Grantham; Kathy Mayotte's nephew Jeremy Hartle; Greg Barnes' father, Jim Barnes; Joy Moore's brother Steve Moore; Jeff O'Donald's brother Gaylan Hood; Stella Lee's daughter, Sherroll Shirley; Kelly O'Donald's sister, Amy Clinton; Steven Cole's mother, JoAnne Cole; All Military Personnel
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