Love God - Love Neighbor - Make Disciples
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I invite you to make a special effort to attend worship each Sunday in July. We are in the midst of our Season of Prayer. If you are out of town some Sunday, you can listen to the sermon on our website,
www.newworldumc.org
or request a CD that is available on Sunday or through our church office.
July 1
- our focus was to follow Jesus’ example to pray. Think about the truth that even the Son of God yearned to pray.
July 8
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our focus is on how prayer changes us. The sermon title is
“It All Begins with Prayer.”
The scripture is
Acts 4:29-31
, the first prayer that is prayed by the Church.
July 15
- our focus is on when, why, and how we should pray. The sermon title is
“Power Praying.”
The scripture is
Nehemiah 1:4-6
. In a time of great tragedy, Nehemiah weeps for several days and prays a prayer of confession and repentance.
Pray with me each day in July during our Season of Prayer. This season is foundational in all that is to follow in our new Ministry Action Plan. Please pray for our clergy, staff, and lay leadership as move into how we fulfill our vision to
“Love God, Love Neighbor, and Make Disciples.”
Our Re-Launch of all Worship Services will follow this Season of Prayer on August 19
th
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Our Photo a Day Challenge will guide us in our daily prayers. Use the word that is selected each day and post a photo on Facebook or Instagram at #newworldprays and to guide you in your daily prayers. Let us pray!
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Mike
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It seems like every day we hear of a new scam, whether it’s by mail, internet, phone or in person. Consumer Reports estimates that more than a third of senior adults will be affected in any five - year period. Let’s not be one of them! In July our speaker, Martin Noto, President & CEO of First Financial Bank in Fort Worth, will discuss financial exploitation of senior adults. He’ll share tips on how not to fall victim, and, how to recognize if a loved one has been victimized. Whether you
are
a senior adult, or you have a loved one who is, this is good information to have. Join us in the fellowship hall at 11:30 on Tuesday, July 10. Bring a dish to share with your friends, our guests and staff. Guests welcome!
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Pastor Gena is in need of adult leaders for Bible studies and short-term studies. Please contact her at
gena@nwumc.org
if you are interested in leading a group. These groups will begin meeting after Labor Day.
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Project Transformation
Reading Volunteers Needed
July 9 - 12
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This summer, New World UMC is serving as a Partner Church for Project Transformation Central Texas.
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/)
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
. So far this summer, New World has donated 1,203 new and gently used books and 75 volunteer reading hours to Project Transformation! WOW!
How can you get involved?
July 9-12, New World is signed up to provide reading volunteers for Project Transformation at First UMC Bedford. Volunteers sit with elementary school aged children as they read – your job is to simply listen to young readers, encourage them, love God & love neighbor!
Your help is needed: We need up to 20 volunteers (age 13 and up) each day to meet at FUMC Bedford 9:30 am -12:00 pm. We can even carpool if you need a ride.
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Our Monday morning men’s group will begin a study of the book of Isaiah on July 9, 2018. All men are invited to participate in this study at 6:30 am each Monday in room 28 in the adult Sunday School wing.
Isaiah, thousands of years later, is one of the most famous Old Testament prophets who still has fresh words to speak to us. Often named “the fifth gospel”, Isaiah has more to say about Israel’s Messiah than any other Old Testament book. Brilliant, courageous, uncompromising, this prophet declared that “the year of the Lord” had come and God’s people needed to either step up or stand down.
For more information, contact Jim Hall on 817 229-6065.
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Dear New World Family,
Thank you so much for the amazing farewell that you gave to our family. We have had a lot of tears in our household, leaving our great family at New World, but we are counting ourselves as very blessed to have so many people to miss. This church was a gift when we moved to Arlington 9 years ago, and has blessed us by sending us out so well. Thank you for the reception, the opportunity to share in worship one last time, and for FINALLY finishing 2 Samuel with our Sunday school class! We are grateful for all of you.
Blessings,
The Nader Family
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The CTCYM youth mission trip to Caldwell, Texas, is July 15-20, and New World is sending 17 missionaries to do work like building wheelchair ramps, home repair, painting, and loving our Texas neighbors. From paying to go on the trip, to renting vans, to making sure everyone has healthy food, an occasional bandaid, and a hammer, it costs money to be in mission. That’s where you come in.
This Sunday, July 8, the youth group will be having an “Envelope Fundraiser” to support our summer work in missions.
How it works: Through July 8, we have envelopes marked with different dollar amounts on the outside, from $1 to $235 (the amount missionaries pay just to go on the trip). To support the fundraiser, you take the envelopes you want to fill, put in a check made to NWUMC or cash in the envelope, and turn them in either in an offering plate or to the church office. All funds raised will go to support our mission trip expenses.
Thanks in advance for your support!
Rev. Erin
Interim Youth Director
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Haiti Mission Trip Information Meeting
July 10, 7:00 pm
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Is God calling you to serve on an international mission trip?
On December 28-January 4, Rev. Erin will be leading a mission trip to Port-au-Prince and Mellier, Haiti, in partnership with the organization Water to Life. On this 8 day mission trip open to high school age youth up to adults of all ages, we will be bringing life-changing water filters to families in the village, playing with Haitian children, learning about culture and missions in Haiti, and transforming lives with the love of Jesus Christ.
Haiti has the distinction of being the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. My experience has been that the people of Haiti are beautiful and hospitable, and going to Haiti last October was a life-changing mission trip experience. Working with the Methodist Guest House in Port-au-Prince and a great team of translators and cooks from Water to Life, I feel confident that the trip will be safe and transformative.
An important informational meeting for anyone who may be interested in learning more about this mission trip opportunity will be held Tuesday, July 10, 7:00-8:00 pm, in Room 23.
If you have questions in the meantime, feel free to contact Rev. Erin
erin@nwumc.org.
Be blessed,
Rev. Erin
Associate Pastor of Missions
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Pray for our CTCYM Missionaries
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On July 15-20, New World is sending 17 youth and adult missionaries to serve the community of Caldwell, Texas. Please be in prayer for
Wallis, Lucy, Caden, Samantha, Sara, Alyson, Hayden, Kayla, Lauren, Lizzie, Kristen, Erin, Kelsey, Sherri, Garrett, Susan and
Amber as they go live out the mission to Love God, Love Neighbor and Make Disciples on the CTCYM mission trip.
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Our Youth Department will be traveling to Caldwell, Texas for their upcoming mission trip and is in need of a lockable trailer to help transport their equipment. If you are able to help, please contact Rev. Erin Sloan Jackson,
erin@nwumc.org.
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There is a New World mission trip to McCurdy Ministries, Espanola, NM, from
October 7-13, 2018
. McCurdy Ministries serves McCurdy School as well as the Espanola community.
The approximate cost of the trip is $260 per person. This covers room (double occupancy) and meals. If you have not been to McCurdy in the last three years, there is also a $30 charge for the McCurdy Safe Sanctuary online training. Transportation is extra.
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Our trip coincides with the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta (October 6-14, 2018).
There will be a McCurdy Mission Trip Meeting on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 7:00 pm, in room 25-26.
If you would like more information on this mission trip, contact Rev. Gordon Johnson at
gordonandcandy@gmail.com or by phone at 817-300-8007.
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Camp New World (aka Family Camp) is next week and we need people to sign up! Please let us know if you plan to go. Also, let us know if you are unable to attend or if you could help 1 0r 2 days, but not all three. In order to plan, we need to know the number of volunteers to expect. Click on the image above to register for either your children or yourself.
Wednesday, July 11
Science Night
Thursday, July 12
Mission and Games Night
Friday, July 13
Family Picnic at River Legacy
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Set Your Course
Imagine for a moment that you are flying to an exotic island. An hour or so into the flight the pilot announces over the intercom, “I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is our radio is out and our navigational equipment is damaged. The good news is we have a tailwind, so wherever we are we are going, we’ll get there at a rate of 600 miles an hour.” While we laugh at the irony, the sad truth is that too often we fly along like this plane - directionless but swiftly propelled by the wind of circumstances.
Some of us walk as if in a fog when it comes to becoming who we want to be. We spend more time planning a summer vacation than planning our lives! If someone were to ask us where we’re headed, we’d probably answer, “Soccer practice.” We get so caught up with our kids schedules, our carpools, our careers, our fears, our problems that we lose sight of the bigger picture. We’ve forgotten who we are and that we’re here for a reason. We don’t stop to think about what we do; and worse, we don’t even pray about it.
That’s the opposite of what God envisions for us. The Scriptures extort us to walk wisely through this life.
Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the
most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.
(Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV)
We must live as someone who
knows
the meaning and purpose of life. As Goethe, the German philosopher, put it: “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” If we haven’t chosen what we are living for, we’re living life by default, acting out the scripts handed to us by family, other people’s agendas and the pressures of circumstances. This is
no
t living as someone who knows the meaning and purpose of life. But it is never to late to change our faulty focus.
Prayer:
God the Father, help me focus and be wise about the meaning and purpose of life. Give me guidance in everything that I do for myself and what I do for others. I have been blessed with talents and I give thanks for all that I have and all that I am able to share in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
This article is a short excerpt from the book,
Calm My Anxious Heart
by Linda Dillow
submitted by
Bonnie Williams
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...
Hospital
Rhonda Pugh:
surgical procedure on 7-3, Clearfork Hospital
Recuperating at Home
Betty Bentzel; Jane Semler
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
Hospice Care
Eva Buckner:
Autumn Care, Flower Mound, TX
Mary Beth Stern: Dallas, 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, July 1 - 226
Adult Sunday School - 54
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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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