Weekly e-newsletter
Our Mission:
Grow
in God's grace.
Love
with all our heart.
Serve
with all our strength.
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Dear Friends in Christ,
Last week I received a pleasant courtesy call from my friendly local gastroenterologist’s office reminding me that I was just a few months out from my next recommended colonoscopy. They encouraged me to call and make an appointment in timely fashion (perhaps to avoid the holiday rush!). And of course I plan on following up.
But that call got me to thinking - I hadn't really thought about my intestinal health recently. Nor have I thought much about any of my internal organs. My heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, skeletal system, etc., keep doing their job, enabling me to remain among the living, but I tend to take them for granted until I feel some discomfort or sense that something is amiss.
This tendency to take things for granted can apply to the Biblical image of the Body of Christ. Sometimes we take other parts of the community of faith for granted. We tend to forget about what doesn’t directly impact us. We lose sight of the thousands of meals prepared for Austin Street, thousands of hours of faithful prayer by committed intercessors, thousands of hours of reading shared by reading buddies with area learners, thousands of hours of rehearsal by our music volunteers, thousands of invitations to worship and other events that many of us share with others, thousands of sacrificial dollars given faithfully by those who return to God the first-fruits of their income, and the thousands of diapers changed by dedicated nursery staff and volunteers. The cast of “thousands” could go on and on.
So this month we are pausing to give focused, prayerful attention to two things – the
Body of Christ
and all of our individual
spiritual gifts
within that body. My prayer is that we would grow in awareness and effective use of our own gifts, and in appreciation for the unique gifts that others have and use for the common good. If we do, this will
result in
two important outcomes:
- We will be living more into our created purpose, individually and corporately, leading us to have a greater, more gracious impact upon God’s world; and,
- We will lead lives that are far more rich and fulfilling!
To those ends, may God use this part of Christ’s Body, FUMC Coppell, in increasingly fruitful ways as the hands and feet of Christ every day. Remember –
YOU are uniquely gifted – a piece of God’s perfect plan.
See you Sunday at 9:30 am!
Yours warmly in Christ,
Tom
P.S. As a part an endeavor to partner with and seek common ground other Coppell Churches, last year I was asked by Monsignor Henry Petter of St. Ann’s Parish to be a part of the Petter Endowment Board. This group raises awareness and provides grants for ministries/agencies that empower people who struggle with having the basic necessities of life in our greater area. For more information about this endeavor and educational opportunities at our sister church St. Ann regarding peace and social justice ministry,
click here
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Join us for Worship
on October 13
Participation
I Corinthians 12:12-18; 27-31
9:30 am
Concurrent services
in Sanctuary & Ministry Center
10:45 am
Learning Groups/Sunday School
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Follow the links below to watch & listen to the October 6 services.
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Sanctuary
Click
here
to listen to sermon.
Click
here
to watch service on facebook.
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A Community Study, based on the weekly sermon, is available online at
FumcCoppell.org
. The study includes questions that relate to the Scripture used as well as ways you can challenge yourself in the week ahead to implement community and personal action items in your daily life.
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Join us next
Wednesday, October 16
for a meal and fellowship from 6-6:45 pm. Price: $8 adults, $5 kids, $26 family max. Reservations needed by
Sunday
evening
(please note the change in deadline to register).
Menu for this week is scrambled eggs, hashbrown casserole, biscuits, gravy, sausage links, bacon, make your own waffles, muffins.
This week we need 2 special volunteers to help with the waffle station. Please
click here
to sign up.
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We need YOU!
Please prayerfully consider helping bring the Wednesday Night Meal to life. We need help setting up, assisting in the kitchen, a cashier, and clean up each week.
Sign up
for the slot and tell us what times you are available to help. The meal plan is set and Martha Hagan Smith will be cooking weekly. For more information contact:
[email protected].
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Citizenship Day
Each year, the American Immigrant Lawyers Association hosts Citizenship Days to help eligible legal permanent residents prepare and apply for U.S. naturalization. First UMC Coppell will host one of those days on October 26. To help make this patriotic day wonderful, we need volunteers to help with entertainment, filling out forms, lunch, childcare and more.
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October Special Events
FUMC is participating in the following community events and you can help!
Please bring individually wrapped candy and prizes to Wesley Hall by October 21.
- Homecoming Parade – October 23, 6 pm sponsored by our Children and Student Ministries. All are invited to join the fun. Contact the church office at 972-462-0471 for more information.
- The Core Trunk or Treat 2019 – October 26, 7-9 pm.
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New to FUMC?
The Next Steps class is designed just for you! Join us
Sunday,
October 27
to explore Christian essentials, distinctive Methodist practices, the ongoing story of FUMC Coppell, and possibilities for your “Next Steps” in discipleship. Class meets in
Room 301 at 10:45 am
with a light lunch to follow.
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Third Grade Bible Sunday
Studying Scripture is one of the most important ways we learn about God. Each fall, FUMC presents personal Bibles to our third-graders, as a statement of their growing faith and capacity to study Scripture on their own. If your child is in third grade and would like to receive his or her Bible, simply come Sunday, October 20 when Bibles will be presented in both Sunday morning worship services.
Contact Kathy Braem at
[email protected]
for more information.
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Created by God
This seminar is for current 5th & 6th grade students and will be held on Friday, November 8, 6:30-8:30 pm & Saturday, November 9, 9 am-3 pm. It will focus on God’s gift of human sexuality from a Christian perspective and deals thoroughly with the basics of growth and sexual development. The children will obtain accurate information and a better understanding of what it means to be wonderfully created by God—including his call to live faithfully and responsibly as sexual beings.
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Women’s Fall Event – “Sense the Holy Spirit”
Tuesday, November 12, 7-8:30 pm in Wesley Hall
Plan to join us for an evening preparing for the holidays with our speaker, Rev. Katie Schockley, who will guide us through experiencing the holidays with our senses and reflect on how those experiences can bring us back to the Holy Spirit throughout the season.
This event is free with dessert and drinks provided.
Click here
to RSVP for headcount. Contact the church 48 hours ahead for child care.
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2020 Counselors Needed
The counselor application process has begun for the 2020 Camp Pike counselor team! We’re looking for high energy, motivating young adults with a desire to work with middle school aged youth as counselors next summer. There is no specific church affiliation required to apply. Applicants must be 18 years old by July 11, 2020. Counselor camp dates will be July 5-18. Beginning this year counselors will not be charged any fees!
Applications are due by November 15! That’s earlier than in years past so please spread the word!
For more information and to apply go to
https://www.camppike.com/counselors
. We are very much looking forward to another beautiful summer in Colorado changing young lives and experiencing the Best Week Ever!
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2020 Dates are Friday, July 10 - Saturday, July 18
- Pre-Registration for returning Camp Pike campers starts Monday, November 18. If you have been to Camp Pike for at least 1 year you may pre-register November 18 through November 22.
- Open registration for new Camp Pike campers starts Sunday, December 1 at 8 am. If you’re currently in grades 6 through 11 we’d love for you and your friends to join us at camp this summer! You do not need to be a member of FUMC to attend camp so please spread the word to your friends and classmates.
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Mission of the Month
October funds are designated for Raquel’s Dream. We began this mission as a partnership to help fulfill a dream of our 2016 Lydia Patterson Institute intern, Raquel Moreno. She was personally inspired by a mission trip that she took with our youth where repair work was done on area homes damaged by a tornado and wanted to take this idea and build homes in her area of Anapra in Juarez which is the poorest district in Juarez, Mexico.
We will begin work on home number 5 with a mission trip November 22-26. Cost of the trip is $980. Signup for the trip by October 28.
We need to raise the funds to build home 5 at a cost of $5,000 per home.
Make checks payable to FUMC with memo
“Raquel’s Big Dream”
or you can TEXT 2 GIVE. Text to 73256 with subject line as FUMCC. You will receive a link and simply follow the instructions.
For more information or to sign up for the trip contact Martha Hagan-Smith at
[email protected]
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Coppell Cares provides
healthy snacks
to students who need them throughout the school year. The following snacks are needed for the 2019-2020 School Year: Prepackaged snacks (No nuts) such as raisins, craisins, fruit snacks, veggie stick, pretzels, chex mix, Goldfish, Cheez-its, popcorn, cheese & crackers, granola bars, breakfast bars. A complete list is available on the
website
. Please leave them in the bin marked "Coppell Cares" in Wesley Hall.
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Weekend Backpack Program
The goal of the Coppell Cares Weekend Backpack Program is to help eliminate food insecurity for the children who attend CISD schools. This program, under the Coppell Cares umbrella, provides nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack items to eligible CISD children (and siblings) to feed these children over the weekend during the school year when they are not receiving meals at school. Kids in Mission pack the weekend backpack items and then adult volunteers deliver bins of the bags to each participating CISD school who distribute the bag to each child to take home on Fridays. Items needed are listed below. Please leave on the metal shelf in Wesley Hall.
- Individually packaged peanut butter crackers
- 100% fruit snacks or rollups (minimal sugar added)
- No sugar added individual applesauce or fruit Cups
- Individual serving oatmeal packets
- 100% juice boxes (no sugar added)
- Boxed or individual serving macaroni & cheese
- Single serving cheez-its or pretzels
- Single serving trail mix
- Single serving raisins
- Single serving microwave popcorn
- Low sugar protein, granola or cereal bars
- 5 oz cans of tuna
- 10 oz cans of soup
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Reading Buddies (Student Mentoring)
One + One is a United Methodist partnership that serves children, changes lives, and transforms communities. The concept of One + One is everyone gives 30 minutes, one time per week, to one child. Through these one-on-one mentoring relationships here in Coppell, YOU can help by reading with a child, partnering with teachers and administrators, and praying for Coppell ISD. All mentors must complete a background check (
https://www.coppellisd.com/Domain/3443
) and attend a training session.
Our two campuses are in need of more mentors
-Wilson has 5 children without buddies and Town Center has 4 children without buddies. Contact Martha Hagan-Smith at
[email protected]
to find out how you can make a huge difference in the life of a child!
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Stephen Ministry is Your Ministry
You play an important role in our Stephen Ministry. Here's what you can do:
- Pray for God to bring hope and healing to hurting people through our Stephen Ministry.
- Accept care from a Stephen Minister during your time of need. God doesn't expect you to bear your burdens alone.
- Tell a friend, neighbor, co-worker or relative who is hurting about Stephen Ministry.
If you would like more information, please contact Leah Moore,
[email protected]
or call the church office (972-462-0471).
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Stay connected to our church wherever you go by downloading the free Realm Connect app for iPhone and Android devices. Use it to search the church’s online member directory, communicate with your groups, RSVP to events, manage your giving, and more. It’s as easy at 1 – 2 – 3!
Note: you must use Firefox or Chrome to launch this program.
1) From your computer or mobile phone, open the email you recently received from First United Methodist Church inviting you to join our online Realm community. If you are unable to find the email, contact the church office (972-462-7097) or send an email to
[email protected]
to request an invite.
2) Select the link in your invite email to create an account, then create a password, and press the Register button.
3) From your mobile phone, search the App Store for Realm Connect and download the app. Open the app and select “Already have an account? Sign In” located at the bottom of the screen.
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