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This Sunday's Message: Perfect Makes Practice
Sermon Text: Hebrews 10:11-14, 22-25
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December 24th - 5:00pm, 7:00pm, 11:00pm
We are looking for individuals/couples/families who are willing to greet or usher at our 7:00pm Christmas Eve Service. Greeting involves holding the door open and wishing people a Merry Christmas. Ushering is not only helping people find seats and collecting offering, but also assisting with the lighting of candles. This a great way to serve as a family!
Please contact Thomas Williams or Kim Watson to reserve your spot!
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Pastor Lee To Be Out During January
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Friends,
I learned late last week that Bishop Lowry has approved my taking Renewal Leave during the month of January. This will keep me out of the office and out of the pulpit for the month; I will return on Sunday, Feb. 2. In my absence, Trudy Smith will attend to any pastoral...
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We need nursery volunteers to provide care for children 4 years-old and under on Sunday mornings. This can be a one hour commitment so you still have time for Sunday school and worship. Please contact Teresa Chisum for more information.
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Services
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Tuesday, December 24
5:00 pm - Family Service
(Children are invited to participate, no rehearsal necessary)
7:00 pm - Traditional Candlelight Service
11:00 pm - Traditional Candlelight Communion Service
(no childcare provided for Christmas Eve services)
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If you have a current 7th grader who would like to be a part of our 2020 confirmation class, please email Rachelle Moreland by January 5th, for more information and to sign up. Classes will begin January 19th with a parent meeting.
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Sunday, January 5th, 10:00am, Fellowship Hall
You're invited to the 90th birthday celebration for our own Charlie McLain! Enjoy some birthday cake and punch while wearing your best plaid shirt, red suspenders or jean jacket!
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Last year, Bob Bull reminded us that there were people throughout the metroplex needing warm coats, and Aledo UMC did a successful drive. Our beloved Bob Bull passed away this year, and in his memory, we are beginning another coat drive. From now through January 19, Aledo UMC will be collecting gently-used
coats to be distributed by
Beautiful Feet ministry in Fort Worth. Donations can be placed in the donation bin marked "Bob's Coat Drive" in the Narthex.
All sizes are needed, children through adult!
Please make sure
coats
are clean and in "working order".
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College-Aged Sunday School
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Sundays, 10:00am
College kids home for break? A class for college-aged adults will meet in the Education Building room 206 for a Sunday school hour while here on break.
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Faith 'n Motion: A Christian Inspired Yoga Class
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Starting January 8th, 6:00pm, Chapel
Any given class is centered on encouraging the participant to be fully present. We silence our mind, connect with our body, settle our attention on our breath and open our heart to God with patience, humility and gratitude. As one experiences the ups and downs (trials & tribulations) in the movements (flows/moving meditations) and postures (isometric holds), they accept the journey unfolding; remaining in a non-judgmental state and letting go of competition and criticism of ourselves or others. We lose the comparisons which allow for our own unique God given talents/purpose to surface. Our struggles on the mat are synonymous with the struggles in our faith. It's Faith 'N Motion!
Class Description:
Slow Flow Therapeutic Yoga: A meditative flow that practices slowing down by using a slow steady breath, holding postures, transitioning smoothly, and opening gently and mindfully with the ability to move deeper into one's body and self. It's a practice that builds strength, and each movement is initiated by slow controlled inhales and exhales. Accessible for all levels.
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The Me I Want To Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
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Starting January 8th, 6:00pm, Parlor
Make a New Year's Resolution that will impact your life:
Discover the great task---and joy---of becoming God's best version of yourself! B
est-selling author and pastor John
Ortberg explains that Christ's vision for each of us is to grow so that his Spirit flows through us like a river, and he assures us that this is
God's
project, not our own.
Class will be led by Trudy Smith. (Book is available on-line, but reading is not required for this study; we will view and discuss the video each week.) To register, email Trudy Smith or sign-up at the Connection Center.
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Looking for an opportunity to be the hands and feet of Christ right here in our community? Text "builders" to (817) 533-8563 today.
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Children and Student Ministry News
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Did you know we have an electronic newsletter for our children's ministry and student's ministry areas? Contact Teresa Chisum to sign up for the children's newsletter and Rachelle Moreland for our student ministry newsletter.
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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.
December 23 -
Hebrew 13
December 24 -
1 Timothy 1
December 25 -
1 Timothy 2
December 26 -
1 Timothy 3
December 27 -
1 Timothy 4
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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: Joan Ward's dad Vinton Laseter; Stephen Leifeste; Morgan Scott; Joyce Eckstein; Sue Van Valkenburg; Carey Durham; Bob Ballard; Jim Glenn; Clint Surratt; David Sides; Nelda McGlinchey; Jace Schmidt; Sharon Hampton granddaughter Abigail Hampton; Fanci Coyle; Stella Lee's granddaughter Jennifer Germany; Megan Pritchard
Special members who are unable to worship with us: C.D. and Mattie Graham; Stella Lee; Barbara Moore; Bobbie Wooten; jody Young; Geneyne Clark; Diane Smith
Sympathies: Jayne, Tim and Vanda Dawson and families on the death of Jayne's brother, Stan Huntsinger
Long-term prayer concerns: Tracey Boyes father Bill McMillan; Jim Doss; Deana McMullen's mother Joyce Bush; Mike Sheehan; 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; 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; Matt Grantham; Kathy Mayotte's nephew Jeremy Hartle; Steve Moore; Sherroll Shirley; JoAnne Cole; All Military Personnel
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