October 18, 2019
  Aledo United Methodist Church   
Making disciples of Jesus Christ to transform the world
by loving, knowing, and serving our God.
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This Sunday's Message: Are You Hungry?
Sermon Text: Matthew 15:32-39
The Road Less Traveled 
   

I left in plenty of time. I really did. It was this past Saturday, and my daughter and the Bearcat Regiment had a marching contest in Birdville ISD. They were due to march at 10:30 a.m., and I left home at 9:15. I ran through Brookshire's to get some gas, and while I was pumping, I... 

Blessing Bags 
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! 
Trunk or Treat 
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 or at the Connection Center.  Candy/small toys can also be left in the bin in the Narthex by October 27th.
All Saints 
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 
Holy Land 2020 
Thursday, November 7th, 6:30pm

Have you always had a desire to visit the Holy Land? Do you want to walk in the places where Jesus led? Would you like to travel to Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the Jordan River, and Galilee? All of these are on the list of places to visit on our Holy Land trip! The trip is planned for October 15th-24th, 2020. Please join us for an information meeting with the Collette Tour representative. For more information email Thomas Williams
Remembering Our Veterans  
Sunday, November 11th

If you have service men or women you would like to honor and/or remember on Veterans Day, please complete a card at the Connection Center in the Narthex. 
Operation Christmas Child 
   
Shoe Boxes due Sunday, November 24th

Pick-up a shoebox at the Connection Center and fill it with special gifts for a boy or girl!  Samaritan's Purse will deliver them to children living in poverty around the world, to let them know of God's abiding love through Jesus Christ.  Detailed info is available - what to pack, shipping ($9) and tracking your box - so stop by and get your box today!  Great opportunity for a family Christmas mission! 
New Director of Children & Family Ministries Hired 
   
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.
Manna Room Needs  
   
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!
 
We're Reading the New Testament in 2019!
    
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 21 - Matthew 20    
October 22 - Matthew 21
October 23 - Matthew 22
October 24 - Matthew 23
October 25 - Matthew 24       
Are you taking advantage of electronic giving?
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.
PRAYERS
In your times of prayer throughout the week, please remember the people named below.
 
Concerns: Barbara Leevy's father; 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: Judy McCombs, Molly McCombs-Barefield, Kyle McCombs and Zoe Mills on the death of Pat McCombs
 
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