First Church News & Updates - March 8, 2019
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After some very chilly days this week, it looks like spring is on the way. With that comes Daylight Saving Time. Don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour this weekend.
Did you get to participate in the Ash Wednesday service? It was a beautiful service of music and word. Dr. Pat McCain shared a powerful Lenten meditation. Then on Thursday he shared this Bible story with the Council Oak Preschool children during their chapel. Dr. McCain is a man of many talents!
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Enjoy this First Church E-News.
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Experience Love. Spread Hope.
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Sermon: "All In"
The
Alleluia Chorus Children's Choir will be singing in the 8:30 and 11 am services. We will be commissioning our
Guatemala Student Mission
team on Sunday.
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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One and Many
Tonight, Tina and I will attend the Williamson County Symphony Orchestra at our church. Their conductor is Dr. Thomas E. Rainey, someone I have known since childhood. One night I watched him conduct rehearsal at Round Rock High School, coaching a tympanist on how to best execute a part in a piece so that at just the right time, the tympanist’s gift and work would shine. It brought back memories of when he did that for me – coaching me, as the student conductor of our band, on how to read an open score and develop a piece. When it comes to the performance tonight, the coaching is over and all he has done will be put at risk in the musicians of the orchestra, all of whom are volunteers. It will be beautiful to behold. I know that because Doc Rainey is a master musician who loves music and loves people.
Paul writes so eloquently in I Corinthians 12:25-27,
“There should be no division in the body…its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is part of it.”
That is who we are by God’s design. We each have something beautiful to contribute and everyone is crucial to what we offer to each other and to the world. We have been brought together by God’s grace, trained up on the scriptures together, and empowered by God’s grace for mission in the world. Daily, God puts all that He has taught us and done for us at risk in you and me. And what happens in and through us is beautiful to behold, because of the master Savior and Lord who loves us and loves the world we are called to reach.
Last week was deeply painful for our whole denomination and for our congregation. I want to thank you for your heartfelt support in prayers and responsiveness to my sharing from the heart in both the video and the sermon. I also want to thank you for those who continue to share your concern and your pain. In the midst of this hurtful time, we have become more aware than ever of who we are as First Church. We are a community that continues
to boldly
(now more than ever)
spread the love of God in Jesus Christ
(ever more broadly)
to bring hope to the world
(that so desperately needs it).
Lives are being changed…families are being renewed…we are transforming our corner of the world, all through the power of Christ. From that we must not be distracted or derailed. God is up to something great at First UMC, Round Rock.
See you Sunday.
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Dr. Will Cotton
Senior Pastor
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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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We have had some problems with our online signup for LifeGroups, but believe that the problem has been resolved.
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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This week at First Church...
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Saturday, March 9
Sunday, March 10
- 8:30, 9:40 and 11 am - Worship services.
- 4:30 pm – First Church Youth Choir, South Suite
- 5:30 pm – Snack supper for Adult evening studies, Foyer
- 5:30 pm – Ignite Student Snack Supper, Payne Cottage
- 6:00 pm – Ignite Student Ministries, FLC
- 6:00 pm – Pastor’s Bible Study, South Suite
Monday, March 11
- 8:45 am – Ring of Joy bells rehearsal, North Suite
- 3:45 pm – Kids of Kingdom Chimes, FLC
- 6:00 pm – Trustees meeting, Bldg. 5-136
- 7:00 pm – Boy Scout Troop #157, Bldg. 3/FLC
Tuesday, March 12
- 8:30 am – UMM Tuesday Breakfast Group, Juarez Bakery
- 9:30 am – Women’s Bible Study, Bldg. 5-122
- 9:30 am – First Church Crafters, 115 Winsted House
- 12:30 pm – Brown Bag Theologians, Bldg. 5-122
- 6:30 pm – UMW Lydia Circle, Payne Cottage/Bldg 4
Wednesday, March 13
- 6:15 am - UMM Breakfast, fellowship, & devotional, FLC/Bldg. 3
- 9:30 am – Women’s Bible Study, Bldg. 5-232/234
- 5:00 pm – Revelation Ringers, North Suite & FLC
- 6:00 pm – HeartSong Choir rehearsal, South Suite
- 6:30 pm – Jubilation Bells rehearsal, North Suite
- 6:30 pm – Women’s Bible Study, Bldg. 5-232/234
- 7:15 pm – Chancel Choir rehearsal, South Suite
- 8:00 pm – HS Wildfire Bible Study, Bldg. 5-223/224
Thursday, March 14
- 9:15 am – COP Cowboy Coffee, FLC/Bldg. 3
- 9:30 am – Heart to Heart Quilters, 115 Winsted
- 12 noon – Mom Life, Bldg. 5-122
- 7:00 pm – Council Oak Bells, North Suite
Friday, March 15
- 8:30 am - Round Rock Helpers, Bldg. 4-2
- 9:15 am – COP Cowboy Coffee, FLC/Bldg. 3
- 9:30 am - MOM weekly gathering, Bldg. 5-232/234
- 8:00 pm - Narcotics Anonymous-Right Stuff, Bldg. 4
Saturday, March 16
- 8:00 am – Williamson County Genealogical Society, FLC
- 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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