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September 13, 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 Forgiveness
Sermon Text: Luke 16:1-12
The Road Less Traveled 
   

I love cruises. It's funny, I resisted trying one for many years. I couldn't imagine being cooped up on a boat for a week, although I do love being on the water. I couldn't imagine what I would do with myself all day. So it wasn't until Melissa and I were celebrating our 20th anniversary that I finally agreed to try it. Since then we have...  


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Lord's Acre 2019 
   

KIDS ZONE
Wrist bands for the Kids Zone are on sale now! Get them early at the Connection Center for $10! Day of event they will be $15.

AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED
We are currently seeking unique, hand-crafted items to help make this year's SILENT AUCTION a success! The deadline is approaching fast. For donations, please contact Richele Gift.

VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are needed in each area for our Lord's Acre to be a success. Please go to the link or the Connection Center to sign up for your time!
https://signup.com/go/TqbxGTe

COUNTRY KITCHEN
Baked goods as well as casseroles are needed to sell at Lords Acre. If interested please contact either Carol Rodgers or Vega Hood. Casserole pans are available at the Connection Center.

Glen Lake Bible Camp 
   
September 13th-14th, Glen Lake

Spend the weekend at Glen Lake Bible Camp for 4th and 5th Grade Bible Exploration. $45 includes meals, lodging, Bible Lessons and activities. To register click here.
 
Area 56 (Fifth and Sixth Graders) 
   
September 15th, 2:00-5:00pm, Altitude Trampoline Park

This semester we are wanting our Area 56 kids to have a time of fellowship with each other. Rachelle Moreland, our director of Student Ministry, will be hosting a once a month time of FUN and getting to know each other.  Help will be needed transporting and chaperoning. If this is something you are willing to help make happen for our students please email Rachelle.
 
College Care Packages  
   
A project that our students will be working on is making sure our college students know we love them and miss them. With that said we need all our college students names and address for a special gift we are going to send out. All names and address are needed by September 25th. Please email Rachelle with your students information.
 
A Memory Grows 
   
"A Memory Grows", founded by Rev. DeAndrea Dare is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves as an outreach to grieving parents.  Our mission is to provide a space of healing and peace for parents who are grieving the death of their child. By bringing together those who have experienced a similar loss in a retreat setting, we honor and celebrate our children while making connections with others who truly understand our journey. 
 
For several years, Aledo UMC has supported this loving organization by helping to provide meals for the 4 day retreats, 5-6 times a year. If you would like to help, please contact Janice Cole by calling 817-917-8123 or by email.
 
If you'd like more information about "A Memory Grows" check out the website here.

Java & Jesus 
   
Thursdays, 10:00am

Java & Jesus is designed for women of all ages who are interested in fellowship and an encouraging Word, centering around family. We will meet in the Gathering Room; coffee and breakfast snacks will be served. No outside reading required and childcare is provided! (No registration needed.)
 
Tuesday Morning Bible Study 
Tuesdays, 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.
 
Country Store at Lord's Acre  
   
The W.O.W Sunday School class is taking craft donations: quilted items, potholders, wreaths, wood crafts, clothing items, towels, scrubbers, etc. These items will be sold at their Lord's Acre Country Store booth. The proceeds from these items will go to Lord's Acre mission fund. For more info call Sussie Jordan at 512-923-9268 or email.
 
Manna Room Needs  
   
For the month of August we are requesting only the following items
to round out our weekly packed bags:
 
*Canned fruit
*Crackers
*Bags of rice
*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.  
 
September 16 - Luke 22
September 17 - Luke 23
September 18 - Luke 24
September 19 - Titus 1
September 20 - Titus 2       
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: Tracey Boyes father Bill McMillan; J.T. Malone; Fanci Coyle; Danny Tonroy; Mike Sheehan; 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; Geneyne Clark 
 
Long-term prayer concerns: Diane Smith; Lynne Barnes; 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