August 23, 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: On Temptation
Sermon Text: Luke 4:1-13
The Road Less Traveled 
   
This column originally appeared in August 2014. Someone approached me Sunday at Church remembering the piece and asked if I would publish it again.
 
Melissa and I, like many of you, sent our children off to school this week. It's an exciting time for two of our kids, one heading off to college and one entering her final year of high school. For our...
 

A Note From SPR 
   
Unfortunately, Megan Pritchard is no longer the Director of Children and Family Ministries at Aledo UMC. We are in the process of searching for her replacement.
If you have any questions please email Lee Trigg or Heather Stark.

Your Invited!  
   
 

Lord's Acre 2019 
   

Country Kitchen
Baked goods as well as cassaroles are needed to sell at Lords Acre. If interested please contact either Carol Rodgers  or Vega Hood for more information.

Volunteers
Volunteers are needed in each area for our Lord's Acre to be a success. Please click here to volunteer your time!

Be A Sponsor
Do you own a business?  Would you like your business featured before and during our Lord's Acre festival?  Sponsorships are available, but time is short.  Contact Susan Schoolfield.

Auction Items Needed
We are seeking items for the Live and Silent Auctions. Gift baskets, game tickets, vacations, collectibles, baked goods, home wear, gift cards...are all great items for the auctions. Donations are tax deductible.
Contact Richele Gift  for silent auction items and Linda Belota  for live auction items.
Handbells 101 
   
Beginning Wednesday, August 28th, 6:00pm
 
Do you like music? Do you like percussion? Then handbells are for you! Come learn how easy handbells really are! This stress-free, non-performing four week class goes over handbell basics. This four week class is open to high school students to adults! Sign up at the connection center or email Thomas.
JAM (Jesus and Me) 
   
Beginning Wednesday, August 28th, 6:00-7:00pm
 
This Fall, children in Grades K-4 will meet in the Gathering Room on Wednesday evenings to study and explore Emoji Bible Lessons. God gave us many emotions and these lessons will help us learn how to express our emotions appropriately. Area 56 will meet in the Rock House for Emoji Bible Lessons and mission projects.  
Epiphany Prayer Chain 
   
August 30th-September 2nd

Please sign-up at the Connection Center to pray for the upcoming Epiphany, a 3-day prison ministry weekend (Labor Day) at the girl's unit in Brownwood. Each "prayer link" is a reminder to these incarcerated young people that they are not alone - they are being prayed for by Christians everywhere! You are also welcome to purchase a meal ticket ($5 donation) for the girls. Please support this life-changing ministry! Contact Trudy for more information.  

Tuesday Morning Bible Study 
Beginning September 10th, 10:00am
 
The first book we study will be Paul vs. James: What We've Been Missing in the Faith and Works Debate by Chris Bruno. Bruno brings a Biblical exploration of faith and works. He sets the matter in both its wider Biblical context at the same time as he makes clear its relevance and importance to faithful Christian living today.  
 
 The second book will be, The Moment of Lift, by Melinda Gates. She tells the stories of the inspiring people she's met through her work all over the world, digs into the data, and powerfully illustrates issues that need our attention-from child marriage and family planning to prevent poverty, to gender inequity in the workplace.
 
If you wish to join us, please order both of these books. They are available at Amazon, Cokesbury or Christianbooks.com. You do not need to read them before September 10th. Scholarships to pay for the books or for more information, please contact Sussie Jordan at 512-923-9268 or sussie@twojordans.com.
 
Manna Room Needs  
   
For the month of August we are requesting only the following items
to round out our weekly packed bags:

 

* Pasta

* Spaghetti Sauce

* Canned Pasta/Ravioli 

* Cereal/Oatmeal

 

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.  
 
August 26 - Luke 7
August 27 - Luke 8
August 28 - Luke 9
August 29 - Luke 10
August 30 - Luke 11     
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: Geneyne Clark; Thea Ledford; Clark Brown; Sherida Galley; Gene and Sherry Swenson; Jace Schmidt;  Brett Dryden
 
Special members who are unable to worship with us: C.D. and Mattie Graham; Barbara Moore; Stella Lee; Bobbie Wooten; jody Young 
 
Sympathies: Charlie and Lisa Bransom on the death of his father, Dub Bransom  
 
Long-term prayer concerns: Lynne Barnes; Diane Smith; DeeAnn Day's mother Lou Ann Pate; Kikee Kupper's dad Briscoe Dunn; Sylvia Larson's mother Norma Blake; 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; Jim Barnes; Steve Moore; Sherroll Shirley;  JoAnne Cole; All Military Personnel
   

 

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Sunday Services
8:30 a.m. - Communion
9:00 a.m. - Hub Contemporary
11:00 a.m. - Cornerstone Traditional

Sunday School
10:00 a.m.