May 24, 2019
  Aledo United Methodist Church   
Making disciples of Jesus Christ to transform the world
by loving, knowing, and serving our God.
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This Sunday's Message: Dream a Little Dream With Me
Sermon Text: Mark 4:30-32
The Road Less Traveled 
    
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Mandatory Sr. High Mission Trip Meeting
   
Wednesday, May 29th, 6:30pm, Chapel

If you or your student will be attending Sr. High mission trip to Portland, you MUST be at this meeting.  We will be going over all important information and collecting all paperwork needed to attend.
College Age Sunday School
   
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!
Promotion Sunday
   
Sunday, June 2nd

All children and youth will move up to their next age/grade level for Sunday School.  Incoming 7th graders will meet in the main building at the Quad.  Incoming 5th and 6th graders will meet in the Rock House.
4 Grace and Grit 
   
June 3rd-6th, 9:30-11:30am

Girls entering 4th-6th graders are invited are invited to join Heather Stark for "4 Grace and Grit". We will discuss how Harriet Tubman, Audrey Hepburn, Sarah Grimke and Wilma Rudolph speak about God and how He helped them. The girls who participate will receive a lesson set (workbook, illustration, and "play it forward" cards for each lady). Cost is $32 for all four days or $10 for 1 day.  Register here and click on events.
Camp Hope Food Drive List 
   
Collecting through June 16th
  • canned chicken
  • squirt grape jelly
  • peanut butter
  • Spaghettio's/Ravioli
  • 1 lb. bag pinto beans
  • 1 lb. bag rice
  • Saltine crackers
  • mac 'n cheese
  • juice pouches
  • small mayonnaise
Donations of kids chapter books are appreciated too! Please leave donations in the marked bin in the Narthex.

Holland Lake Nursing Home 
   
Thursday, June 6th, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.

We will play games and share fellowship with the residents of Holland Lake. Meet and pick up at Holland Lake. Children 2nd grade and older are invited (younger with a parent).

"Meat" Me in the Chapel Father's Day Breakfast 
   
Sunday, June 16th, 10:00-11:00am

In honor of Father's Day all men of Aledo UMC are invited to breakfast. Join us in the Chapel for breakfast tacos.
Pentecost Sunday 
   
June 9th

Everyone is encouraged to wear red in celebration of Pentecost!
Thank you, Barbara! 
   
A huge thank you to Barbara Leevy for serving as our Childcare Coordinator for 7 years. Barbara will be missed! On June 2nd, we will welcome Teresa Chisum as our new
Childcare Coordinator. Please help us welcome Teresa and don't forget there's always a place for YOU in Children's Ministry!
New WIFI Password 
   
There is a new password for the AledoUnitedGuest WIFI network: AledoUnitedGuest2020!
We're Reading the New Testament in 2019!
    
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.  
 
May 27- Mark 8
May 28 - Mark 9
May 29 - Mark 10
May 30 - Mark 11
May 31 - Mark 12 
 
Are you taking advantage of electronic giving?
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.
 
PRAYERS
In your times of prayer throughout the week, please remember the people named below.
Concerns: Sharon Garner; Lynne Barnes; Brett Dryden; Kent Boomer's sister Kathy Palmer; Don Gann; Lisa Regitz; Kathy Parris; Emma Vidal; Sue Van Valkenberg's nephew Chris; Kikee Kupper's dad Briscoe Dunn; Mike Sheehan

Special members who are unable to worship with us:  C.D. and Mattie Graham; Barbara Moore; Stella Lee; Bobbie Wooten

Joys: Steven and Janice Cole on the birth of their grandson Clayton James Pollard, son of Alice and Clayton Pollard
 
Sympathies: The family of Rev. John Johnson on his passing

Long-term prayer concerns: Megan Pritchard's mother Martha; Davis Mazzei; Linda Parker's mother Shirley Riff; Rachelle Moreland's niece Emily; Rita Potter; Jayne Dawson's nephew Marco Cassarino; 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; Jim Barnes; Steve Moore; Jeff O'Donald's brother Gaylan Hood; Sherroll Shirley; Kelly O'Donald's sister, Amy Clinton; JoAnne Cole; All Military Personnel
 

 

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Sunday Services
8:30 a.m. - Communion
9:00 a.m. - Hub Contemporary
11:00 a.m. - Cornerstone Traditional

Sunday School
10:00 a.m.