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This Sunday's Message: What Are You Planting?
Sermon Text: Matthew 13:1-9
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My neighborhood has a Facebook group, as do a lot of neighborhoods do these days. When I first joined the group I considered it a good way to stay connected with people in a pretty large neighborhood and to stay up to date with any relevant neighborhood news. Over the past...
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As a church, we have all done a good job of creating a loving, nurturing environment for our children and youth. We all strive to attain the goal of having our kids experience Christ's love, to learn and grow and mature in their faith. To ensure that these children and teens with special needs are integrated fully into the Sunday School classes AND to be certain that EACH AND EVERY STUDENT is able to clearly focus on the lessons being taught in Sunday School, I need to ask for your help. In order to fulfill our mission of the church, it is imperative that we welcome the opportunity to partner with our special needs students in order to assist them in Sunday school. Won't you please consider serving on our Special Buddies team by signing up to volunteer once a month as a Special Buddy? If you are interested, please contact Meghan Strayer.
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Our Revive Student Ministry has started a Blessing Bag ministry. We ask that our church family partner with us by blessing our homeless neighbors with these bags. Pick a bag or bags out of
the marked bin in the Narthex to keep in your car to give some love to homeless friends when you encounter them on your drive to work or everyday life!
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Wednesdays, 7:00pm
This Season of Advent is almost here! If you would like to sing with our choir on a short-term basis through the holidays, we would love to have you. Come celebrate our Savior's birth by singing in the Advent Choir this season. Email
Thomas for more information.
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Prophet Margin Bible Study
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Wednesday, 6:00pm
The New Testament is filled with references to fulfilled prophecies from the Hebrew Scriptures. This 5-week study will examine the Old Testament prophecies that are found in the
New Testament, delving into their original context and original significance to the Jewish people. Then we will take that context and view it through the lens of the New Testament, applying that richness to the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Contact Rev. Lee Trigg at for more information.
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Each year Bibles are given to our third grade students during worship. If your child is in third grade and would like to receive a Bible, please email Meghan Strayer by October 16th with your child's name as you would like it inscribed in their Bible and the service you attend.
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Wednesday, October 30, 6:00pm
Pizza by the slice will be sold for $1 starting at 5:30 pm. Please join us from 6:00-7:00pm for a safe and fun event filled with pumpkin decorating, cookie decorating, bounce houses, and a haunted house! If you are going to decorate your truck or can donate a bag of candy or small toys, please sign up
here. Candy/small toys can also be left in the bin in the Narthex by October 27th.
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Sunday, November 3rd
All Saints is a day of remembrance. We remember the departed, both of the Church universal and of our local congregation. If you wish for a loved one to be remembered, please fill out a card at the Connection Center. Their names will be listed in our All Saints bulletin. Also place a bell on the banner that will be processed during both services
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New Director of Children & Family Ministries Hired
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The Staff-Parish Relations Team is excited to announce that Teresa Chisum has accepted the position of Director of Children & Family Ministries at Aledo United Methodist Church. Teresa is a longtime member of Aledo UMC and has worked extensively in various aspects of Children's ministry. She has served as a childcare provider in our nursery on Sunday mornings, taught Sunday school in Area 56 and currently serves as the Childcare Coordinator, overseeing our nursery and preschool children on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. In each of her roles, Teresa brought new energy and new ideas into that particular ministry area. Teresa will assume her new role on November 1. Until then Meghan Strayer will continue to serve as Interim Children's Director.
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For the month of October we are requesting only the following items
to round out our weekly packed bags:
*Canned ravioli
*1 lb. bag of beans
*Oatmeal
*Peanut butter
*Jelly
*Meat (canned tuna and/or chicken, Vienna sausage, spam, chili)
Thank you for your faithfulness in helping feed our hungry neighbors!
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We're Reading the New Testament in 2019!
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Are you ready to learn more about Jesus? Start the New Year with your church family as we embark on a yearlong commitment to read the entire New Testament together. Each weekday (Monday through Friday) we will read one chapter from the New Testament. Each Sunday Pastor Lee will be preaching from one of the five chapters we read that week.
October 14 -
Matthew 15
October 15 -
Matthew 16
October 16 -
Matthew 17
October 17 -
Matthew 18
October 18 -
Matthew 19
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Are you taking advantage of electronic giving?
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When we join the church, we pledge to support the life and ministry of the church with our financial gifts. That can get complicated on those weeks when we can't be here as the offering plate comes around. But through electronic giving, you remain faithful to your membership vows, even on those weeks when life takes you elsewhere. It's easy. It's safe. And it benefits both you and your church family. Setting it up is easy and only takes a few minutes. Contact
Shari Birchell to set up an automatic transfer from your checking account. Or go to
Aledo UMC to use your credit or debit card.
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In your times of prayer throughout the week, please remember the people named below.
Concerns: David Hawley; Stan Huntsinger; Jim Doss; Jim Glenn; Deana McMullen's mother Joyce Bush; Tracey Boyes father Bill McMillan; Fanci Coyle; Mike Sheehan; Geneyne Clark; Thea Ledford; Sherida Galley; Gene and Sherry Swenson
Special members who are unable to worship with us: C.D. and Mattie Graham; Barbara Moore; Stella Lee; Bobbie Wooten; jody Young; Geneyne Clark
Sympathies: Sylvia Larson and family on the death of her mother, Norma Blake;
Greg and Lynne Barnes on the death of his father, Jim Barnes
Joys: Matt and Kari Reed on the birth of granddaughter Lily Grace Freas
Long-term prayer concerns: Diane Smith; Lynne Barnes; DeeAnn Day's mother Lou Ann Pate; Emma Vidal; Davis Mazzei; Linda Parker's mother Shirley Riff; Rachelle Moreland's sister Jennifer Ortiz & family, and niece Emily; Rita Potter; Jayne Dawson's nephew Marco Cassarino; Fanci Coyle's mother Emma Horton; Sarah Rives; Bill Bradle; Gavin Trietsch; Carrie Hester; Jennifer Kirkpatrick's mother Judy Wendt; Kristin Bryan's parents Mike and Pat Brady; Matt Grantham; Kathy Mayotte's nephew Jeremy Hartle; Steve Moore; Sherroll Shirley; JoAnne Cole; All Military Personnel
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