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First United Methodist Church
With Campuses at Caddo and Durant
5400 W. Main , Durant, OK 74701 580-924-4670
www.durantumc.org
Rev. John Breon—Senior Pastor
Kim Vincent — Director of Children’s Ministries
Nancy Breon—Director of Music
Dhon Bowen—Worship Technology Director
Janice Balkenbush– Administrative Assistant
Since July, we’ve been talking about The Unstuck Church process. I’ve promised that I would share the vision for First UMC with you. Now, here it is. This vision/5-year plan was developed at our initial meeting with a dozen FUMC members and the consultant from the Unstuck Group. It was refined and then presented to the Administrative Council who approved it unanimously. Then it was further refined at a follow-up meeting with our consultant. We want this vision to give us direction and to be the filter that we make decisions through. We seek God’s help in living it out.
Make a significant spiritual impact in our community.
Over the next 5 years we will become a community of over 300 people who gather weekly to share the love of Christ with others. We’ll see 100 people choose to follow Christ for the very first time, many coming from our mission field.
Why? Jesus gave us the mission to make disciples of all peoples in Matthew 28:18-20. People need a relationship with Christ and they need what the church has to offer. Research tells us that more than 14,000 people in the Durant-Caddo area claim no church affiliation.
Put the next generation first.
Over the next 5 years we’ll see our “can’t miss” kids environments reach their full ministry potential as more than 80 kids gather weekly in our safe, fun, and Jesus focused kids ministry.
Why? Many of the thousands of people who don’t attend church are kids and students in our communities. The majority of people make a decision to follow Jesus as children or youth.
Over the next 5 years we will impact over 100 Durant households through our ongoing service projects that bring joy, health, and a better quality of life to the areas of greatest need.
Why? Jesus gives us the great commandment to love our neighbor (Matthew 22:36-40). There are people in desperate situations that we can help. There is opportunity to minister to people in life crisis.
Grow disciples through life-changing relationships.
Over the next 5 years we will help many take a critical next discipleship step by developing a vibrant smaller group ministry with 20 new groups and over 100 people connected.
Why? People are lonely and growing more disconnected. We have compassion for people who hurt. God wants to transform lives and growth in discipleship happening in smaller groups is a key way God works.
As we’re also involved in “The Generosity Challenge” this month, we realize that we give (and serve and pray and participate) so this vision for the church can be fulfilled.
God bless,
Pastor John
Sunday Happenings
9am Sunday School
10am Worship
11am Worship Caddo
Fall Fest November 10th from 3-5 in the church Pavilion! Over a dozen games and activities to choose from!
Hay ride, pumpkin painting, hot dogs, cupcake walk and much more!! The fun starts at 3:00. If you would like to
help set up, clean up or run a game please see Kim.
Annual All Church
Thanksgiving Dinner
Plan to join your Church Family for
our Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday,
November 17th immediately after our
Combined Worship/Commitment
Celebration at 10:00 am. The Dinner
will follow at approximately 11:15.
Meats will be provided but please
bring a side dish to share (Salad,
vegetable or desserts.) There are
signup sheets at the church or just
bring your dish when you come to SS
(9:00) or worship and the Fellowship
Committee will have it ready at serving
time.
All Saints Sunday is November 3rd. We recognize those church members that have passed away over the past year. The Worship Committee invites you to join us in honoring those who have died at any time in the past by writing their names on pieces of ribbon which can be tied to a cross in front of the Communion rail before the worship service begins. We suggest pieces of colored ribbon 18 inches in length so that they can be tied easily. We will have extra ribbon and markers available on Sunday should anyone need them.
As part of the Great Thanksgiving during Communion, we will speak the names of church members who have died in the past year. It’s a day and time to remember all those who have gone through death to join the “great cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1).
2nd—Michael Dixon, Bentley Shattuck
4th—Chris Sturch, Emma Hamblin,
Gordon Eggleton
5th— Kasen Hamilton
6th—Haley Morgan
7th— Caleb Anthony
8th—Scarlet Sturch, Nancy Willman
11th—Rozlyn Marcy
12th—Misty Gordon, Alvie Nelson, Jack Jones,
Bristol Mealor
14th—Eddie Booth, Connie Taylor
15th —Molly Martens
16th —Patty Dixon, Haley Hamblin
18th—Mandee McKinney, Ellen Wright
19th—Peggy Shepard
20th—Jackie Nichols,
Christopher Sumner
22nd—Keaton Shattuck
23rd—Sara Shaffer
26th—Brandon Sumner,
Pris Washington
Tai Chi meets every
Tuesday and Thursday
morning at 10am in the
Worship Center at the
Durant Campus.
In observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday,
the church office will be closed Thursday,
November 28th. The office will be open
Wednesday, November
27th from 9:00—12:00pm.
The next Care Team meeting is November 20th.
Betty Carner
David and LeAnne Dowell
Josh and Jennifer Mussett, Kinsley and Caden
Our heartfelt
sympathies go
out to JoAnn
Howard and her
family. Carter
Lake , her great-
great grandson,
passed away on
September 30th
at 44 days old.
There are many ways to
give to the church. You can
drop cash or a check in the
offering plate as it gets
passed on Sunday morning.
You can text FUMCDURANT
to 73256. There is also a link under the
Online Giving tab at durantumc.org.
Thank you for supporting our church.
FUMC First Kids News
Join us Friday November 8th at pm for an OCC shoebox packing party! There will be pizza, cookie decorating, ornament decorating and loads of shoebox packing. This
event is open to the entire church, not just our kiddos, so if you would like to get in on the packing fun now is your chance. But to help make this event possible we need supplies to
pack into the shoe boxes. So start stocking up on small toys, stuffed animals, dolls, school supplies and coloring books, playdoh, cars, Legos and personal hygiene items, anything that
can fit inside of a shoe box. We were able to pack and ship 105 boxes last year, let’s try to beat that amount this year! Please no candy, toothpaste, guns, army men or liquids as those items cannot be shipped. Remember along with these toys, the shoeboxes come with a Bible and
curriculum for the children to learn about Jesus and his wonderful gift of Love for each of them.
Operation Christmas Child Packing Party
Come have some fun at the church annual Fall Fest November 10th from 3-5 in the church Pavilion! Over a dozen games and
activities to choose from! There will also be a hay ride, hot dogs and bounce house. The fun starts at 3. If you would like to help
set up, clean up or run a game please see Kim.
Children’s Worship Service each Sunday from 10:00-11:00 in the theater room. Ages Pre-K to 6th grade welcome!
On December 11th we will end our JAM Time schedule with Carols and Cocoa, a time for the whole family. Join us as we carol
to some of our church elders and shut-ins, then return to the church for some pizza, cocoa and cookies. Vans pull out at 6pm!
Mark your calendar for the annual Children’s Christmas Pageant and Party on December 8th at 6pm. You do not want to miss out on this great program put on by our children. Don’t forget to bring your favorite holiday treat to share at the party. And if your kiddos would like to join, it’s not too
late. Practices will be November 10th at 6pm after the fall fest and November 17th and 24th and December 1st from 3-5pm in the choir room.
Sundays: Sunday school @ 9am, Worship @ 10:00 / Wednesdays: JAM @ 6pm Kimber ly Vincent-- 580-380-5458-- [email protected]
Youth had a
great time at
the Trinity
Youth
Retreat at
Crosspoint.
Thank you for
all of your
support.
Durant-Caddo is part of the Lakeview Missional
Area (a subgroup of the Lake Country District).
Other churches in this group are Calera, Colbert,
Kingston, Lighthouse, Madill, Mannsville, Pontotoc,
and Tishomingo. One activity of a missional area is
to hold Charge Conference together. Charge
Conference is an annual meeting to report on
ministry, set priorities, approve nominations, and
approve pastors' compensation. Most of this work
was already done by our Administrative Council; the
Charge Conference will give final approval.
Our Charge Conference this year will be at 5:00 on
November 10 at Lighthouse UMC. Administrative
Council members are encouraged to attend, but any
member of the church is welcome. We'll hear from
our District Superintendent, Larry Bauman, and we'll
give final approval to reports on our church's
ministry.
November
3rd—UMY—5-7om
10th—Fall Fest—3pm—5pm
17th—UMY—5—7pm
24th—UMY 5-7pm
One in 28 American children lives with the shame of a parent’s incarceration; that’s one
boy or girl in every classroom. But together with Angel Tree, you can help these children feel loved and valued—unlocking
their potential for a brighter future.
Angels will be available for pickup during the Thanksgiving / Commitment
Dinner on November 17th. The gifts will be due back at the church by the
end of November. Please consider providing a gift to bless these children.
November Sermons
3 “Grounded in Gratitude” (Luke 17:11-19)
10 “Revealed Through Prayer” (Luke 11:1-13)
11 17 Commitment Sunday “Sealed by Faith” (2 Corinthians 8:3-5)
24 “Grace, Gifts, Gratitude” (Colossians 3:15-17)
Sermons can be heard at durantumc.org. We welcome you to our services— Durant 10am and Caddo 11:00am.
FUMC Statistics October Average Worship Attendance: 147 2018 Total Income: $600,364.42 2018 Total Expense: $593,791.97 2019 Budget (expected income): $618,128.26 This includes the annual debt service on the building of $128,170.24.
If you would like to donate non-perishables to be distributed to those in need, just drop them in the box in the Library. We give out food regularly in the office and we’re thankful we have it to give. Thank you for making it possible!
We will be using Poinsettias to decorate the sanctuary for Christmas.
We invite you to give in honor or memory of loved ones. The cost is
$11 each. They will be kept in the Worship area during Advent and
may be picked up after the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. Orders
should be turned into the church office no later than Nov. 24th.
Please keep our Soldiers in your Prayers.
Tim Hanson-Germany
Micah Hanson-S. Korea
Isaiah Hanson- N Guard
Travis Dill– Stateside
David Dill– Stateside
Jebraun Abello-Ft. Bragg
Camaron Smith-Stateside
Trey Hill– Stateside
Mark Long– Ft. Huachuca
Aaron McKinney– Tinker AFB
We extend our condolences to Eric Lee and his family on the passing of
his father, Lucien George Lee, III. Mr. Lee passed away September 20, 2019.
The Christmas cantata this year is "A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols." It will be presented on a Sunday in December. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear this wonderful program. Rehearsals are Wednesdays, at 6:30. Anyone who would like to sing in the cantata is welcome to come to practice.
Regular choir practice begins each Wednesday at 6:00. Cantata practice 6:30 and Bell Choir practice is at 7:15. Contact Nancy Breon ([email protected])
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First United Methodist Church
PO Box 518
Durant, Oklahoma 74702
Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage
Durant, Oklahoma Permit No. 151
Volume 23 November 2019 No. 11
Remember In Prayer Military Personnel Jebraun Abello– Ft. Bragg
Camaron Smith-Stateside
Trey Hill– home
Tim Hanson-Germany
Micah Hanson –S. Korea
Isaiah Hanson–
Oklahoma N. Guard
Mark Long– Ft. Huachuca
Travis Dill-stateside
David Dill –stateside
Aaron McKinney–
Tinker AFB
Special Needs
Katy Eggleton
Sue Morris
Larry Marcy
Steve Kirven
Special Needs
Peggy Shepard
Agnes Easterling
Irene Michael
Jo Ann Howard
Nursing Care Jim Jones Myra Lester Mahala Wright
Robert Rhoden
Assisted Living Janet Tompkins Ann Endebrock Esther Breon
Home Bound Christine Tillett Jack & Johnnye McBee
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additions or changes to the prayer list.
580 924-4670 / [email protected].