E-News for December 12, 2018
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December 16 - ONE SERVICE - 10:30 am
A Gift Of Music From New World's
Adult And Children's Choirs
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Plan now to invite your family and friends for this musical highlight of our Advent Season.
9:30 am
Connection Time with Breakfast and Manna Bag Project
10:30 am
Christmas Flourish
Sunday School classes will not meet
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Advent is not a fixed number of days like Lent is. Advent begins the four Sundays before Christmas Eve. If Christmas Eve is on a Sunday, Advent occurs earlier. So some years Advent is that first Sunday after Thanksgiving and other years it is not.
The Wise Men brought 3 gifts to the Christ child. The Bible doesn’t record how many magi there were just that they brought three gifts: frankincense, gold, and myrrh. Since the early days of Christianity, Biblical scholars and theologians have offered varying interpretations of the meaning and significance of the gold,
frankincense
and myrrh that
the magi
presented to Jesus, according to the Gospel of Matthew (2:11). These valuable items were standard gifts to honor a king or deity in the ancient world: gold as a precious metal, frankincense as perfume or incense, and myrrh as anointing oil.
According to tradition, Mary traveled approximately 100 miles to visit Elizabeth. The Gospel of Luke tells us that Gabriel visited Mary in Nazareth (Luke 1:26), telling her she would give birth to Jesus. Mary then traveled to the home of her relative Elizabeth, who Luke tells us lived in the hill country of Judea (Luke 1:39). Tradition says that Elizabeth and Zechariah probably lived in or near the city of Hebron, nearly 100 miles from Nazareth. It would have taken Mary about a week to make the journey on foot. Later in her pregnancy, Mary would travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem, another journey of 70-80 miles one way.
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Give a Christmas Gift that Keeps on Giving
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What do you give a person who has everything? We have a solution to your Christmas gift dilemma: This Sunday, December 16th, for a minimum gift of $10, you can purchase an honor card to send a friend or loved one letting them know that you have given a gift in their honor to Heifer International or UMCOR(
United Methodist Committee on Relief
). Look for the Christmas Card Table during Connection Time Breakfast at 9:30 am in the Fellowship Hall to purchase a meaningful gift that keeps on giving to benefit those so often neglected or forgotten.
If you need a number of cards it would be very helpful if you could pre-order by emailing
staff@nwumc.org
. You may pick your cards up in the office during the week or on Sundays. Cards will be available for purchase in the church office through December 21st
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A Symphony Of Carols
** Thursday Night **
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Join the Arlington Master Chorale for its Christmas concert at New World on December 13
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What better way to spend an evening than listening to your favorite Christmas carols! Bring your family and friends to be entertained as the Chorale heralds this Advent season with festive and inspirational Christmas music including
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,
Silent Night,
Deck the Hall,
O Come Emmanuel,
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, The First Noel and others. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm. Tickets are:
Adults - $15.00
Students - Free
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End of Year Contributions
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As we near the end of the year, please note the following regarding how your contributions to New World may be used for tax purposes. The general rule is that a contribution is effective when it is received in the church office. This means a check delivered in January 2019 cannot be deducted in 2018, even if the check is backdated to 2018. The one exception: checks that are mailed and postmarked in 2018 are deductible in 2018, even if not received until 2019.
If you want to make sure that your donation is tax deductible for 2018, please make sure it is delivered to the church office no later than noon on Monday 12/31. During these final days of 2018, please put the church on your Christmas list and keep it in your prayers that we might be able to meet all of our financial obligations.
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I have received a handful of requests for more of the black t-shirts I printed and sold as a fund raiser at Fall Fest last September. The shirt art is in 5 colors and says "Love God, Love Neighbor, Make Disciples". I need a minimum order of 12 shirts, and I believe I have 5. If anyone is interested in getting a shirt, please email me at
sandy@mcgrewfam.com and I will add you to our list. The shirt sold for $20 each for S-XL and $22 each for all plus sizes. If you're interested, please send me your size and contact information.
Sandy McGrew
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Advent Photo - a - Day Challenge
December 2
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- December 25
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How it works:
As you go through your day, take a picture that captures the word for that day. Share your picture on social media with the hashtag “#NWUMCAdvent”
Each week we will share photos from the challenge.
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Thank you New World for your generous support and participation in the 2018 Salvation Army Angel Tree Program. Special thanks to Sue Smith for helping transport two carloads of gifts to the Salvation Army warehouse in Fort Worth.
The Salvation Army Angel Tree is serving 50,018 Angels in need throughout our community this year. Thank you for bringing joy to children, hope to our neighbors in need, and sharing the love of Christ with others.
Amy Baxley
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Women's Retreat
January 18-20
Camp Hoblitzelle
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All New World women are invited to participate in our Women’s Retreat on January 18-20.
We only have 7 spaces available and the cost is $170 with limited scholarships available. $85 nonrefundable deposits for the Women’s Retreat are due on December 16
th. If you have any questions please contact
erin@nwumc.org.
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Pizza Lunch and Sharing Christmas Joy at the Waterford Nursing Home
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This Sunday, December 16 at 10:30 am, we have one worship service filled with music by our Adult's and Children's choirs titled
“Christmas Flourish”.
Invite your friends and family to worship. Everyone will be blessed!
Following the service all children and their families are invited to stay for a pizza lunch and then caravan to the Waterford Nursing Home to sing Christmas songs for the residents there.
Children who play an instrument are invited to bring their instrument and play a piece. There is a keyboard for the children that play the piano. Come join us to share some Christmas joy following worship.
It would be very helpful if you could RSVP for ordering pizza. Please send your RSVP to
kathyalex@nwumc.org
or call
the church office at 817-460-4212.
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December 16
One Church Service - No Sunday School/Youth
February 15-17
Mid-Winter Retreat
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“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work”
-2 Timothy 3:16-17
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These few paragraphs were written by Suzanne Davenport Tietjen.
They were found in
Daily Encouragement For Your Spirit
Mornings with Jesus
Sep/Oct 2018.
My dog, Rue, is a good little swimmer, but like me, she has a problem with focus. She swam the length of a football field into frigid Lake Superior to check out a couple of floating seagulls. Tuned in to the birds, she seemed not to hear me calling her back to safety. She finally got close enough that the birds took flight, and the spell was broken. Her big ears twitched at the sound of my voice, and she turned around, wide-eyed at the distance to shore.
I'm more like Peter. I start well, but I get distracted easily by the obstacles, the chaos around me, even other options I could choose. Peter may have spoken impulsively when he asked Jesus to confirm His identity by telling Peter to walk to Him on the water, but Peter didn't hesitate to obey. I imagine Peter, his eyes on Jesus, as he vaulted onto the surging surface of the Sea of Galilee.
He walked on water....until he lost his focus.
Instead of the face of his Master, he looked away at the spray of the wind-whipped waves. Trying to look two ways at once doesn't work, as Peter found out when he began to sink. Once again, he looked to Jesus, his focus single and true. "Save me!" he yelled to the One Who could....and did.
Jesus can be trusted. He is always there. Look to Him, as determined as Rue swimming for the seagulls, and redirect the target of your devotion.
Dana Gatti
New World Intercessory Prayer Ministry
If you have a prayer article that you would like to
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Lord, Hear Our Prayers...
Hospital
Jo May Allen:
Life Care Center of Haltom - going home tomorrow, 12/13
Mike Darrow:
Surgery on 12/13 at USMD
Terri Dunklin:
AMH
Betty Fyke:
Life Care Center of Haltom
Donna Shearer:
Brookdale City View, S. Fort Worth
Recuperating at Home
Bud Cohenour, Tommy Marshall,
John Mitchell, Rachel Nolen
Patsy Reser, Amber Walter's grandfather, Jerry Wells
Those Facing Cancer and its Treatment
Lynda Arnold’s sister, Jonda
Meagan Feik
Amanda Heathcott
Todd Milam
Hospice Care
Ruth Savage:
Meadowbrook Memory Care, Arlington
Chronic Condition
Gwenne Galati; Leigh Jamieson
Tradel Harris, Darlus Schoonover’s granddaughter
Birth
Join us in clelbrating the birth of
Cohen Ramon King, son of Stewart and Jackie King
. Cohen was born on December 1st and is the little brother to Jacobe and Lennox. A rosebud on the altar December 9th celebrated this new life.
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Our Gifts and Our Presence
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Text To Give:
817-789-4129
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Worship Attendance:
Sunday, December 9 - 227
Adult Sunday School -75
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Mike Alexander
Senior Pastor
Erin Sloan Jackson
Associate Pastor of Missions
Gena Anderson
Associate Pastor of Discipleship
Steven Couch
Director of Worship & Music
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Jin Ah Kwon
Organist/Music Assistant
Kathy Alexander
Director of Children’s Ministries
Sarah Bush
Director of Youth 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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