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This Sunday's Message: Promise of Salvation
Sermon Text: Hebrews 5:7-10
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It was both amusing and depressing at the same time. I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed the other day and ran upon a photo that made me laugh. It depicted a formal place-setting for a holiday table. It detailed where each utensil and particular plate should be placed. Finally, it depicted where the diner's cell phone should be...
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Sunday, December 15th, 11:00am
Come join our Chancel Choir and Advent Choir celebrate the majesty and timelessness of the Christmas with this refreshing blend of music from classical masterworks, traditional new carols, and contemporary songs.
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College-Aged Sunday School
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Starting Sunday, December 15th, 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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December 24th - 5:00pm, 7:00pm, 11:00pm
We are looking for individuals/couples/families who are willing to greet or usher at any one of our Christmas Eve Services. 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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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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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 for more information and to sign up. Classes will begin January 19th with a parent meeting.
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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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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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Keep Those Commitment Cards Coming
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If you have not been able to turn in your pledge card, don't despair. There is still time. We are just beginning the budget process for 2020, so we will be accepting commitments for the next few weeks. You may turn in your pledge card to the church office, drop it in the mail, or place in the offering plate during worship.
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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 16 -
Hebrew 8
December 17 -
Hebrew 9
December 18 -
Hebrew 10
December 19 -
Hebrew 11
December 20 - Hebrew 12
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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: Joyce Eckstein; Sue Van Valkenburg; Carey Durham; Bob Ballard; Jim Glenn; Clint Surratt; David Sides; Nelda McGlinchey; Joy Moore's brother Roger; Jace Schmidt; Sharon Hampton granddaughter Abigail Hampton; Dee Dee Babcock's dad Buzz Dulick; Fanci Coyle; Stella Lee's granddaughter Jennifer Germany; Megan Pritchard
Special members who are unable to worship with us: C.D. and Mattie Graham; Barbara Moore; Stella Lee; Bobbie Wooten; jody Young; Geneyne Clark; Diane Smith
Sympathies: Pat and Jim Glenn and family on the deaths of her sister-in-law, Anne Rutledge and her aunt, Ruth.
Long-term prayer concerns: Tracey Boyes father Bill McMillan; Stan Huntsinger; 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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