First Church News & Updates - May 10, 2019
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We invite you to join us in worship this Sunday as we honor, celebrate, and remember our mothers and all the mother figures in our lives.
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Enjoy this First Church E-News.
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Experience Love. Spread Hope.
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We conclude our
Rise sermon series with a look at the appearance of the Risen Christ to the disciples in John 21. We will explore how Jesus appears in our lives and brings hope and healing to our lives, even when we least expect it.
Sermon: “It’s not over...by a long shot”, part 2.
Please join us in worship at 8:30 am (Sanctuary), 9:40 am (Family Life Center) and 11 am (Sanctuary) this Sunday.
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Words from Will...Thanks, Mom!
At my birth, Peggy Cotton became a first-time mom. She was only 16. I was born a month early and weighed 6# 1 oz. My 6’1” dad said,
“Oh no, a runt.” Ha! Not quite! My parents would tell you they grew into adulthood with me. Most of us could say that, no matter how old we are when parenting begins. Mom taught me to tell time, to write, to say
“please” and
“thank you” and the right things to say and not to say at a funeral.
One of my favorite memories was playing duets with mom - me on clarinet and she on our Wurlitzer spinet piano. We did such favorites as
Erie Canal, Peg O My Heart, and a simple version of the theme from
Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. Then there was the time that a ladies trio was singing for our Summer Sunday School classes and she thought it would be great for me to play while they sang, my first time to solo in church. In seventh grade, when my voice changed, Mom brought me to adult choir to sing in the bass section. A year and a half later, I would sing my first solo, as King Herod in John W. Peterson’s Night of Miracles. The next spring I was singing the role of the devil. Basses rarely get the girl and rarely get to be Jesus…just sayin’. Mom would be my lead cheerleader when I succeeded in music and she would be my consoler and voice of wisdom when I didn’t win.
When I called from college, with great trepidation, to tell my parents I was going to go into the ministry, it was mom, who said,
“Where have you been? We’ve known that for a year!” That was big, because mom has never been the one to be that public with her faith. Her faith is deep and honest, but never loud. She has been there at all the highs and lows of our lives – sensitive, wise, fierce, affectionate and impassioned. Because our family has lived in Texas, while my parents have been on the east coast, our children have not gotten to see them as much as any of us would like. But they have learned to love Grandma and Papa.
No parent gets it perfect. And moms in particular seem to get a lot of the criticism and blame for what happens in society. But I am one among many who have experienced the caring, nurturing, empowering love of Christ through my mom.
Thanks, Mom. And thanks to all the moms who have demonstrated the love of Christ so powerfully through the years.
Sincerely in Christ,
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Dr. Will Cotton
Senior Pastor
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YTD Revenue: $ 593,888.67
YTD Expenses: $ 668,322.15
2019 Budget: $2,481,068.00
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Get connected to First Church with Realm
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Have you signed up for Spring Spruce?
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Please join us on Saturday, May 18 for
Spring Spruce. We need lots of volunteers to help maintain and beautify our wonderful campus. Our facility is used daily to host a wide variety of activities and outreach. Help us get ready for the summer season!
Even if you are participating in the
Global 6K for Water that morning, you can come by after the walk/run and help out with Spring Spruce. Good for you, good for our church and good for the world!
Click for details and to sign up!
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Roar! Life is Wild. God is Good. VBS 2019
There is still time to register for VBS, but you must hurry!
Registration closes on May 17.
Some programs are currently on a wait list due to the need for additional volunteers. If you are available to volunteer 8:30 am - 12:15 pm either week, please register online as a volunteer too!
Register online today!
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Date: Saturday, May 18, 2019
Time: 8 am
Location: Old Settlers Park, Round Rock, TX
This spring, change a life. Join the First Church team and advocates across the globe in our mission to bring life-changing clean water and fullness of life to children in communities around the world.
Please note: Today, May 10, is the last day to register and be guaranteed that your shirt will arrive before the race. You will still get the shirt but it might be after the race. You can still register online until next Friday and also register onsite on May 18.
Walk, run, or push a stroller with us at the World Vision Global 6K for Water on May 18, 2019. Can't join us on race day? You can still donate online. Each registration provides lasting clean water to a child, like the child on your race bib!
Click here for details and to register for the FUMC Team....
Questions? Felicia House at feliciabhouse@gmail.com.
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Community...Celebrate the Arts
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Please join us for
The Classics Concert by the
Round Rock Community Choir
(under the direction of our own Michael Rosensteel) this Saturday, May 11 at 7 pm in the Sanctuary.
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This week at First Church...
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Saturday, May 11
- 7:00 pm – Round Rock Community Choir Mozart Requiem, Sanctuary
Sunday, May 12
- 8:30, 9:40 & 11 am - Worship Services
- 11:30 am – Alleluia Children’s Choir, Bldg. 4-2
- 4:30 pm – Youth Choir rehearsal, South Suite
Monday, May 13
- 3:45 pm – Kids of the Kingdom Chimes, FLC
- 6:00 pm – Trustees meeting, Bldg. 5-136
- 7:00 pm – Boy Scout Troop #157, Bldg. 3/FLC
Tuesday, May 14
- 8:30 am – UMM Tuesday Breakfast Group, Juarez Bakery
- 9:30 am – First Church Crafters, 115 Winsted
- 12:30 pm -- Brown Bag Theologians, Bldg. 5-122
- 6:30 pm – UMW Lydia Circle, Bldg. 5-127
Wednesday, May 15
- 6:15 am - UMM Breakfast, fellowship, & devotional, FLC/Bldg. 3
- 5:00 pm – Revelation Ringers Tin, FLC
- 6:00 pm – HeartSong Choir rehearsal, South Suite
- 7:15 pm – Chancel Choir rehearsal, South Suite
Thursday, May 16
- 9:30 am – Heart to Heart Quilters, 115 Winsted
- 11:30 am - JOY Senior Fellowship Luncheon, Bldg. 5-232/234
Friday, May 17
- 8:30 am - Round Rock Helpers, Bldg. 4-2
- 9:30 am - MOM’s weekly meeting, Bldg. 5-232/234
- 8:00 pm - Narcotics Anonymous-Right Stuff, Bldg. 4
Saturday, May 18
- 8:00 am – Global 6K for Water, Old Settler's Park
- 9:00 am - Spring Spruce Cleanup, Church campus
- 7:00 pm – Bridge Club, Bldg. 5-127
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Betty Robertson
Communication
First United Methodist Church Round Rock
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