Our CALLED CHURCH CONFERENCE was last Sunday, June 3, with Rev. Ben Disney, East District Superintendent presiding. The purpose was to decide if we will continue with the Healthy Church Initiative, by approving the report of the Consultation Team we received at our WEEKEND CONSULTATION. The report was approved by an overwhelming majority, 130-3. We begin our Next Steps this month.
Look for two important developments this summer! Our SEASON OF PRAYER will begin in late June. More details will be forthcoming soon! Look for a major RE-LAUNCH OF OUR THREE WORSHIP SERVICES! The Re-Launch debuts August 19!
STAY TUNED!
Let’s join together as we FOLLOW JESUS INTO THE MISSION FIELD!
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Mike
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School is out and the long, hot days of summer have already arrived. To help curtail the cost of air conditioning this summer, the staff will observe “summer hours” by closing the building on Fridays beginning next week, June 15. Of course this will not apply to the week of Music & Arts Camp or Family Camp. Additionally, we will not send a newsletter next week to begin an every other week schedule during the summer to help cut back on mailing and printing costs of the hard copes we send. Finally, as your family vacations, please remember that the church’s bills continue all summer long. We encourage your support of the church by taking advantage of smart giving or automatic draft as we work to avoid the summer slump. Questions? Heather, 817-460-4212; heather@nwumc.org.
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What is Annual Conference?
On Sunday afternoon, a group of clergy and laity will head to Waco to attend Annual Conference, which is
the primary unit of denominational government. Clergy and laity from the Central Texas conference meet once a year as a body to make decisions for the local church. Annual conference is composed of an equal number of clergy and laity. One of the most important parts of Annual Conference is the Service of Commissioning and Ordination.
What is commissioning and ordination in the UMC?
Ordination is a powerful moment in the life of those who have been called to specialized ministry within the church. At ordination, candidates are prayed over, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and authorized by the church for their life and work as a deacon or elder. After years of discernment with the assistance of one’s loca
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United Methodist congregation, district, and annual conference Board of Ordained Ministry; after receiving a master’s degree; and after a period of supervised service in their ministry, candidates kneel as their bishop ordains them.
The United Methodist Church has two clergy orders, deacons and elders. Elders are ordained and authorized to serve the church in ministries of proclaiming God’s word, administering the sacraments, ordering the work of the church, and serving congregations and communities. Deacons are ordained and authorized to ministries of word, service, justice and compassion that connect congregations and other ministries of the church with their communities and the world.
Once ordained, you are able to wear a stole, which is a fancy word for a sash.
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Deacons wear stoles that go across their robe as pictured here.
Deacons often wear a robe called an alb, which in Latin means white. The alb can be worn by clergy and laity alike and is often tied with a rope called a cincture. The alb is the garment that the early Christians wore for baptism so the stole is the sign of ordination.
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Elders usually wear black pulpit gowns and have stoles that lay flat on their robes as pictured on the left.
Pulpit gowns are related to the academic gowns worn in European universities hundreds of years ago. Because this academic tradition played a strong role in the Protestant Reformation, the use of pulpit gowns became popular in the Protestant traditions like the United Methodist Church.
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This year, on the evening of Tuesday June 12, Pastor Erin Sloan Jackson will be ordained as a deacon. Since it is summertime and we won’t be wearing robes because of the heat, you may not see her sporting a stole until the end of summer but be sure and congratulate her when you see her because ordination is a BIG deal.
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Our Youth Band,
Hands & Feet will do a program on Monday, June 11
th, 2:00 pm at Brookdale Senior Living Center, 1250 W. Pioneer Parkway. Anyone is invited to come hear us and visit with several of our members that live in that facility. This will be a pre-tour concert as we kick-off the 2018 tour to New Orleans, LA
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Our entertainer in June will be Craig Murphy: a DJ, live professional vocalist, and a master of ceremonies. Along with his position at 92.1 Hank FM Radio, Craig entertains at 500+ shows each year. He’s performed at Arlington Music Hall, Billy Bob's Texas, and the Doug Gabriel Show in Branson, MO.
Join us for a catered lunch (Panera Bread) on Tuesday, June 12, at 11:30, in the Fellowship Hall. The meal will be $10.00 per person. No reservations required; pay that day by cash or check
. Guests welcome!
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Following their meeting last Sunday, Faithbuilders II has made the difficult decision to disband the current class. They are looking forward to new opportunities as we explore HCI goals.
Class members offer special thanks to Bill Frawley and Al Qualman for their many years of wonderful leadership. The time-span of the class brought much spiritual growth, fun, and friendship.
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Blood Donors
This Sunday, June 10
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Our next Blood Drive is Sunday, June 10, from 8:30 am-12:30 pm in our Fellowship Hall. Helping someone who desperately needs blood to live is a great way to give thanks for our own good health. Donors in our drive will be rewarded with a Ranger T-shirt and a Buy-One-Get One Ranger Ticket Voucher. Thanks in advance for your participation.
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Project Transformation
Children’s Books & Classroom Supply Drive
May 24-June 9
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As we begin our second summer as a Partner Church for Project Transformation Central Texas, it is time to jump in and support this important church-wide mission project! You can bring donations of gently used children’s books, school & classroom supplies, and non perishable foods to our
fun, college-themed
donation drive in the concourse. Here’s a link to Project Transformation’s wish list:
https://projecttransformation.org/central-texas/get-involved/donate/wish-list/
What is Project Transformation?
Project Transformation Central Texas is a summer literacy and day camp program for underserved elementary students in Tarrant County. College Interns who are exploring calls for ministry run the day-to-day operations of Project Transformation at local United Methodist host churches. Volunteers from Host Churches and Partner Churches support the ministry. For more information about PT, you can go to
https://projecttransformation.org/central-texas
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What do we do as a Partner Church?
As a partner church, we support Project Transformation’s First UMC Bedford location by helping to provide prayers, donations, books, supplies, weekend food for families, occasional dinners for college interns, and lots of volunteers to sit one-on-one with students as they read. We also sponsor a specific intern who is assigned to our church (details coming soon!)
How can you get involved?
Three ways you can get involved right away:
- Pray for the interns, churches, children and their families.
- Begin collecting new and gently used children’s books, school and classroom supplies, and nonperishable foods for the program. We will have a fun & competitive collection drive at the church May 24-June 9.
- Get set to volunteer! If you want to volunteer this summer, be sure that your Ministry Safe status is up-to-date. The next MinistrySafe Training THIS Sunday, June 10, at 12PM.
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Hello Friends!
Do you shop on Amazon? Do you want to support New World? Well we have an opportunity for you! By logging into
smile.Amazon.com, selecting New World United Methodist Church as your designation, and shopping as normal, Amazon will give back .5% of all your purchases to New World! Happy Shopping!
If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call.
Heather James
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Congratulations to our newest members of Stephen Ministry who were commissioned on Sunday, June 3.
Pictured above are; Todd Milam, Mary Lynn Averett, Dana Gatti and Debby Gunn.
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Join us in welcoming our newest member of New World, William Busby. William joined on Sunday, June 3, during our 9:30 worship service.
WELCOME!
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Mark Your Calendars and Register Now!
(to register online, click on the image above)
Children going into 1st grade - 6th grade
$25.00 per child
$10.00 per additional sibling
June 26-29
9:00 - 12:00 each day
Each day we will experience Music, Dance, Drama, & Art
Invite your friends and neighbors!
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Sunday mornings at the Main Entrance,
there are Sign Up Sheets to help with:
Sunday school -
each week
Music and Arts Camp -
June 26-29, 9:00 - 12:00 noon each day
Family and Children's Camp -
July 11-13, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm each evening
Please stop by the table and volunteer your help!
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The 2018 Communion Class designed and painted new communion chalices and then donated them to New World.
On Sunday, June 3, the students from this recent class served communion to our congregation. Thank you for this beautiful gift!
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Sunday, June 10
12:00-1:00 pm
MinistrySafe Training
If you are 18+ and think God might be nudging you into volunteering with children or youth this summer, please come to our next MinistrySafe Training on Sunday, June 10. Contact
erin@nwumc.org if you need more information.
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Questions? Contact interim youth director,
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Sometimes all we need is someone to listen and not say a word. We just need to talk it out. A friend who is a great listener sent me this and I thought it worth sharing.
The Ministry of Listening
by Deitrich Bonhoeffer
"There is a kind of listening with half an ear that presumes already to know what the other person has to say. It is an impatient, inattentive listening, that despises the speaker and is only waiting for a chance to speak and thus get rid of the other person. This is no fulfillment of our obligation, and it is certain that here too our attitude toward our brother or sister only reflects our relationship to God. It is little wonder that we are no longer capable of the greatest service of listening that God has committed to us, that of hearing a person's confession, if we refuse to give ear on lesser subjects.
Secular education today is aware that often a person can be helped merely by having someone who will listen to him seriously, and upon this insight it has constructed its own soul therapy, which has attracted great numbers of people, including Christians. But Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and whose work they should share. We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the Word of God."
There is great wisdom here for the Christian. We don't always need the right words and the answers; we just need to listen and God will speak through us and for us. Listening then becomes a form of prayer and a powerful way to be fully present and in the moment.
Grace & Peace,
Virginia Lackey
New World Intercessory Prayer Ministry
If you have a prayer article that you would like to share,
please send it to
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Lord, Hear Our Prayers...
Hospitalized
Terry Dunklin:
Kindred
Recuperating at Home
Betty Bentzel; Bob & Judy Chaplin; Sally Cole; Bev Elbert; Betty Fyke;
John Hill; Jodi McMann; Rachel Nolen; Mary Jeanne Watson
Those Facing Cancer and its Treatment
Kathy Alexander's brother, Jamie Harris
Lynda Arnold’s sister, Jonda
Meagan Feik
Amanda Heathcott
Todd Milam
Evelyn Tatom's husband, Bob
Celebration of Life Service
New World member,
Richard Merrill,
died on Friday, April 6, 2018. A celebration of Richard's life will be held at New World on Friday, June 8. The service will begin at 4:00 pm, in the Fellowship Hall. Please keep Sharron, their children and host of family and friends in your prayers during this difficult time.
Hospice Care
Eva Buckner:
Autumn Care, Flower Mound, TX
Chronic Condition
Gwenne Galati; Leigh Jamieson
Tradel Harris, Darlus Schoonover’s granddaughter
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Our Gifts and Our Presence
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Worship Attendance:
Sunday, June 3 - 258
Adult Sunday School - 80
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Mike Alexander
Senior Pastor
Erin Sloan Jackson
Associate Pastor of Missions
Interim Director of Student Ministries
Gena Anderson
Associate Pastor of Discipleship
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Steven Couch
Director of Worship & Music
Jin Ah Kwon
Organist/Music Assistant
Kathy Alexander
Director of Children’s Ministries
Heather James
Business Administrator
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Becky Hankins
Executive Administrator
Gail Hall
Communications
Francisco Adon
Facilities
Amber Walter
Preschool Director
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