First Church News & Updates - March 22, 2019
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Welcome Spring! It is great to see the bluebonnets again. What better way to welcome spring than with music from the Alleluia Chorus Children's Choir?
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Enjoy this First Church E-News.
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Experience Love. Spread Hope.
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Sermon: "Child's Play"
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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Last Call for LifeGroups!
On behalf of our pastors and the leadership steering team of our LifeGroups Initiative (Jennie Birkholz-Stuart, Chris Gieringer, Bill Gibbs, and Paul & Renee Lake), let me say how excited we are at the early response. As we have consulted with our very large UM congregations, we are discovering that our start is healthy and at a good pace. We are expecting a minimum of 11 groups to form. This Sunday is our deadline to sign up. You may do so on our website or on Sunday morning at one of our tables.
LifeGroups are meant to do three things: 1) Give people another great way to connect with each other, mostly in the comfort of someone’s home, 2) Provide an entry point into the ministry of our church from outside our walls, and 3) Help people grow deeper in their faith by being in an encouraging community. While those things are already happening in many groups in our church, there are some conversations and sharing of the heart that can only happen in a kitchen, a living room, someone’s back yard or just leaning against a car.
For those who are signed up and those strongly interested, the Launch Party for LifeGroups is being held on Sunday afternoon, March 31, from 4:30-6:00 pm in the Bldg. 5-232/234.
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Dr. Will Cotton
Senior Pastor
P.S. Special thanks to Rev. David Johnson for helping spearhead our LifeGroups! With all the March Madness going on, lots of folks are wondering who will make it to “the big dance” (the Final Four). In worship, “the big dance” could mean something totally different. See you there!
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Lenten Daily Meditations
This Lenten meditation series is provided each week by one of our members, Myra Schomburg, as her Upper Work Academy of Spiritual Formation project.
Click to read the meditations.
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Giving this week:
$34,378.54
YTD Revenue:
$443,124.77
YTD Expenses:
$514,130.23
2019 Budget: $2,481,068.00
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We are in the process of upgrading our church data management system. The upgrade will launch in April. The Realm update will offer many user friendly features that we are confident you will like. Now would be a good time to check your information at
myFirst Church and make sure everything is correct before we transition the data.
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This Sunday is the last day to sign up for a LifeGroup. Come see us in the courtyard on Sunday! The
LifeGroups Launch party will be on Sunday, March 31, 4:30 - 6 pm in Bldg. 5-232/234.
Click here to sign up...
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Registration for VBS 2019 is now
open to volunteers and their children.
Click here to go online and register today. As soon as we recruit enough volunteers, we will open registration to all!
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Nine folks from Round Rock and Georgetown will be in Victoria this weekend tackling drywall and floor repairs.
Thank you!
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First Church is partnering with
World Vision
in a 6K run/walk on
Saturday, May 18
at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. The goal of the 6K is to provide clean water to developing nations. 6K (3.73 miles) is the average distance people in these countries must walk each day to get clean water. For each adult who registers, one child will receive lifelong clean water. And, you don't even have to show up on race day and participate...but it will be more fun if you do! Once you're registered, a child's funding is complete.
Click here for details and to register...
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You may have noticed some new activity on our Church Campus. We are trying out a hosting agreement with
Camp Gladiator. They are offering fitness sessions in the south parking lot on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 12:30 pm. The sessions are led by Paul Martin Bankowski.
More info is available here...
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This week at First Church...
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Saturday, March 23
Sunday, March 24
- 8:30, 9:40 and 11 am - Worship services
- 11:40 am – Alleluia Chorus Rehearsal, Bldg. 4, Rm 2
- 4:30 pm – Youth Choir rehearsal, South Suite
- 5:30 pm – Ignite, MS Movie Night -Bldg. 5-upstairs
Monday, March 25
- 3:45 pm – Kids of the Kingdom Chimes, Bldg. 3/FLC
- 7:00 pm – Boy Scout Troop #157, Bldg. 3/FLC
Tuesday, March 26
- 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
- 7:00 pm – Church Council, Bldg. 5-124
Wednesday, March 27
- 6:15 am - UMM Breakfast, fellowship, & devotional, FLC/Bldg. 3
- 6:00 pm – HeartSong Choir rehearsal, South Suite
- 7:15 pm – Chancel Choir rehearsal, South Suite
Thursday, March 28
- 9:30 am – Heart to Heart Quilters, 115 Winsted
Friday, March 29
- 8:30 am - Round Rock Helpers, Bldg. 4-2
- 8:00 pm - Narcotics Anonymous-Right Stuff, Bldg. 4
Saturday, March 30
- 8:30 am - UMW Spiritual Growth Retreat, Bldg. 3/FLC
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Betty Robertson
Communication
First United Methodist Church Round Rock
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