First United Methodist Church

204 North Marshall

Henderson, Texas 75652

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Sharing the joy of Jesus Christ with Others

Facts about the FUMC BackPack Food Program:

This is our Ninth year of serving children at Wylie Primary (who have been identified as food deprived) with food kits to sustain them over the weekends. We are currently helping 47

children.

Each Friday, during the school year, children participating in the program are given easy to prepare food items placed in their backpacks to take home.

Soup, granola bars, fruit juice, shelf-stable milk, canned meat items, fruit snacks, fruit cups, crackers, raisins, mac and cheese and canned veggies are some of the food items included in the BackPack kits.

The approximate cost of food kits per child per school year is $120.

The food kits are delivered from the East Texas Food Bank in Tyler to our local PALS Food Bank on Jacksonville Drive where they are picked up and delivered to Wylie Primary by

our faithful volunteers.

Ways YOU can help this worthwhile ministry:

Pray for the children being served and their families.

Sign up to volunteer to pick up and deliver the food kits for the 2019-2020 school year.

Donate any amount to the BackPack Program by contacting the church office. 903-657-6588

March Newsletter 2019

FUMC Newsletter

Note from Pastor David Luckert

Setting aside - - - Focusing on - - -

That is the idea behind Lent.

Setting aside something that seems fairly important -

in order to focus on Someone who is so much more

important.

The Season of Lent is a time in the church and in

our lives when we are encouraged to focus on the

Lord’s presence through prayer, fasting, and acts of

love. We do this through setting aside those things

that keep us from this focus.

Lent includes the forty days preceding Easter,

beginning with Ash Wednesday (March 6 this year).

Sundays are not included in Lent as they are days of

celebration, not fasting.

The impact and meaning of Lent are heightened in

our lives when we do something out of the ordinary.

That is the intent behind our Lenten journey each

year.

Our sermon focus for Lent this year will be based on

the final recorded statements from Jesus as He hung

on the cross: forgiveness, foreverness, fulfillment,

forsakenness, finished, and faithfulness.

I have prepared a Scripture reading guide that will

walk you through Scriptures intended to make this

season as meaningful as possible.

Hope you will join us for Ash Wednesday worship

March 6. And I pray this season of Lent will draw

you closer to God’s presence.

Glad to be on the Lenten journey with you …

David

March Sermons

March 3rd

“With Humility”

2 Chronicles 7

Approaching God with humility.

March 10th

“Father Forgive Them”

Matthew 18:21-35; 6:12-15

The importance and power of forgiveness.

March 17th

“With Me in Paradise”

Luke 23:39-43; John 3:16

Our hope in living with Jesus forever.

March 24th

“I Am Thirsty”

John 19:28; Matthew 6:19-34

Looking for fulfillment.

March 31st

“Why have You Forsaken Me?”

Matthew 15:34; Genesis 45

Those times when we feel abandoned.

March

6 Ash Wednesday Service 6:00pm

13 No Wednesday Night Activities

16 Men’s Ministry Breakfast 8:30am

19 Women’s Ministry Luncheon 11:30am

24 Concert in the Sanctuary 2pm

Our next Women’s Ministry Luncheon

will be on Tuesday, March 19th, at 11:30am

in the Parlor. Please RSVP (903-657-6588)

by Friday, March 15th, and join us for a

great time of fellowship.

Join us for our

Ash Wednesday Service on

March 6th 6:00pm

We will gather in the Sanctuary,

for a special time of worship,

making our Lenten commitments,

and receiving the imposition of the ashes.

The Men’s Ministry held a successful pancake breakfast at the end of December. The funds are being used to purchase copies of Strength for Service to God and the Community. The books will be distributed to the Henderson Police Department, hopefully by the end of this month. At our February 9th meeting, we discussed ways we could include more discipleship activities in our meetings. Robert Wright will send out information on the different resources and opportunities that are available and we will resume the discussion at our next breakfast meeting on March 16

th at 8:30

in the Great Hall.

Speaking of our next meeting, Matt Bennett has

offered to serve up breakfast tacos! So, come for

the friendship, fellowship, discipleship and good

food! See you there!

CONCERT IN THE SANCTUARY

Join us on March 24th, at 2:00pm,

in the Sanctuary, for a concert

by Jon Starling, the HHS choral director.

He will present a concert of spirituals

and other hymn styles, and you don’t want

to miss this outstanding event.

Joe Carbonari (Father of Karen Mobbs)

Jon & Sandy Johnston Memorial

Troy & Mary Ann Craig Memorial

Johnny & Cyndi Walker Choir

Brenda & Scott Lee Music

Denzil & Louise Mobbs Handbells Bill & Nancy Preston Memorial

Don Deason

John & Melanie Taylor Memorial

Jerry & Elizabeth Moore Endowment

Scott McKenna

Laine Farley Spark

John Ben Perry

Phyllis Alford Endowment

Betty Wallace

John & Melanie Taylor Memorial

Johnny & Cyndi Walker Endowment

Jerry & Elizabeth Moore Endowment

Phyllis Alford Endowment

J.D. Ballenger Memorial

Gayle Bennett (Mother of Lisa Bennett)

Scott & Brenda Lee Missions

Memorials

Jack Luckert

Jean Colley Endowment

Agape Class HIM Don & Virginia Gage Endowment

Anne Sipes Memorial

Billy & Patsy Black Memorial

Jerry & Elizabeth Moore Endowment

Charles & Laurie Perricone Memorial

Linda Stelmach HIM

Phyllis Alford Endowment

Brian & Margaret Ballard Memorial

John Lynn & Kay Nan Duran Memorial

Nelwyn Gray Choir

Jake & Sherry Jordan Missions

Cyndy Willard Endowment

Troy & Mary Ann Craig Memorial

William & Kay Ann Doerge Memorial

Cragg Sunday School Class Memorial

Dick & Joan White Memorial

Jerry & Pat Bridges Memorial

Gloria Smith Memorial

Billy & Jo Alexander Memorial

Sally Hosea Memorial

Bob & Monica Sanders Lawn Care

Orea & Rena Kate Smith Memorial

Mary Massengale Memorial Gale Austin Memorial

Jon & Sandy Johnston Memorial

Johnny & Cyndi Walker Endowment

Clovis & Pam Glenn Memorial

Joey & Carie Watts Budget

Miriam Powell Memorial

Bill & Carolyn Cochran Memorial

Mark & Debbie Mann Missions

Denzil & Louis Mobbs HIM

Dorothy Deason Memorial

Bill & Nancy Preston Memorial

Jimmy & Cathy Sanders Memorial

First United Methodist Church Henderson,

The family of John “Jack” Luckert acknowledges with deep appreciation your kind expression of sympathy.

First of all, thank you for your many prayerful concerns for Jack during his nursing home days and even before.

Also, thank you for providing a pizza dinner for the family. Everyone loves pizza!

Praise God, Jack is now walking and talking again on streets of gold praising our Lord! Amen

Love & Prayers,

Dorothy Luckert

The Lenten and Easter seasons are fast approaching. Both seasons provide us the opportunity to express

our worship through music. The Chancel Choir will be practicing to make the season a truly worshipful

time in our church. In order for this to be done successfully, rehearsals will begin Wednesday, February 27,

at 7:00 pm. Perhaps there are those of you who would enjoy being in the choir for this occasion. We will

rehearse from 7:00-7:45 pm on just the music for the Tenebrae Good Friday service and Resurrection Sunday.

The regular choir members will rehearse after that on weekly service music.

Concert update…The concert series on different types of church music continues…

March 24, 2:00 pm in the sanctuary—Jon Starling, HHS choral director, will present a concert of

spirituals and other hymn styles. We are all aware of Jon’s talent and spiritual maturity. This

promises to be an outstanding event.

April 14, 4:00 pm in the Great Hall—Brad, Caroline, and Cooper Perry will present a concert of

contemporary church music. Brad is married to Shelby Lee Perry, daughter of Scott and Brenda Lee.

The Perry family will be moving this summer to Palestine where Brad is pastoring at Living Springs

Assembly of God Church.

Grace to you all………Jack

MUSIC NOTES

Preschool Place

FUMC Preschool will soon begin enrollment

for our summer program. We have

two summer sessions beginning June 2nd

and are open Monday-Thursday.

Children from 3 months to completion

of 1st grade. It is first opened to current

students, their siblings, and church members.

If you are interested in having your child

attend, please contact Cathy Hooper

at 903-657-4881.

February

3rd

February

10th

February

17th

February

24th

CG

Service 123 104 89 119

Traditional

Service 89 108 90 106

Total: 212 212 179 225

~ Our Presence ~

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Financial News

January

Disbursements: $58,111

Receipts: $53,841

HIM DONATIONS

Our friends at Henderson Interchurch Ministry are in need of some staple items. If you can help, please drop items off at HIM (769 State Highway 64 W), or leave monetary donations in the church office.

Items Needed: Peanut Butter -

Creamy, Small Jars Dry Beans - 1lb bags Rice - 1lb bags Saltine Crackers Oatmeal

A huge thank you to the entire church family,

for all the prayers for the DNOW weekend!

A special thank you to the following…

Emili & Jason Foster

Lemon’s Sunday School (monetary donation)

Mike and Mona Jimerson- Friday Dinner

Megan and Brady Green, Stacie and Zak Nix,

Matt and Mallory Bennett, Art Rousseau (host

home providers and small group sponsors)

Cindy and Paul Acres- Saturday dinner hosts

Debbie Smith, Allison Biggs, Mona Jimerson—

chaperones/drivers

The 2019 Super Bowl Sunday Chicken Spaghetti

Lunch was a HUGE success, once again.

We wish to thank all of you who bought tickets and/

or participated in any way. A special thanks goes to our

spouses who are always willing to work whereever they

are needed.

The Lemons Sunday School Class graciously helps

us set up the Great Hall for dining on Sunday morning,

and we are ALWAYS so appreciative of them.

Our wonderful church staff provided much needed

support in many ways, and we are ever so grateful.

Thank you to our wonderful, loving, and supportive

congregation. This is the 21st year that the Chancel

Choir has sponsored this event, and because of your

wonderful support we have been able to give significant

amounts of scholarships to our own FUMC graduating

high school seniors.

In Christ’s Love,

FUMC Chancel Choir

Dear Friends,

Troy and I would like to say “thank you” for the

many acts of kindness we have received since his

surgery.

We feel truly blest to be part of this church family.

Thank you and God bless each of you.

Troy & Mary Ann Craig

D N O W

FUMC Children Coming Up!

March 6th—no

CHAMPS due to Ash

Wednesday service at

6pm

March 13th—no

Wednesday night

activities. Have a

wonderful Spring Break!

April 20th—FUMC

Easter Egg Hunt &

Picnic at Lake Forest

Park 11-1pm

May 15th—last day of

Spark and CHAMPS

Questions?

Contact our

Children’s Director,

Debbie Tipps

903-657-6588 dtipps@fumchenderson.org

Wednesdays

@FUMC

(1st-3rd) After School - 5:30pm

(4th & 5th)

6 - 7pm

Coming Soon...The Breakfast Club!

The Breakfast Club is a new Sunday

morning ministry for children

grades K-5th beginning early 2019.

It will be a combination of children’s

church and Sunday school.

Children will gather in the new children’s area on the 3rd

floor from 9:45 to 10:45 for doughnuts, fellowship, lively

large group worship including music, and a Bible story.

Children will then breakout into small groups to engage the

Bible story through crafts, games & drama in age appropriate

ways.

We are excited about this new way of ministering to our

children on Sunday mornings, and are asking for your help to

bring it to fruition. Please contact Debbie Tipps if you feel

God calling you to serve Him through this new ministry.

Summer camp at Lakeview is the best!

Registration is now open for summer 2019 Visit www.lakeviewmcc.org to register campers entering

3rd grade through graduating seniors. We will attend

session 3, June 23-28. The deadline to register and pay is

Friday, June 7th. The cost is $300 for each FUMC camper

and $400 for all other campers. We will need 1 adult

counselor per 5 campers, and that is gender specific.

Please see Debbie Tipps if you have any questions.

F U M C Y o u t h Coming Up!

April 20th

Easter Egg Hunt & Picnic

at Lake Forest Park

May 19th

Confirmation

& Senior Sunday

Sundays

10:00 a.m.

Sunday School

- - - - - - - -

Wednesdays

6:00-7:30pm

Youth Group:

Food - Games

Bible Study

Worship

Prayer

YOUTH DIRECTOR SEARCH UPDATE ... BIG TIME shout out to some of our very dedicated parents who are keeping our youth ministry rolling along while we pray and search for our next Youth Director.

Sunday morning and Wednesday evening ministries and activities are happening, due to the commitment of two special people: Emili Foster and Stacie Nix.

We are also grateful to those who provide meals each Wednesday.

We have several resumes from individuals who are interested in joining us in a full time capacity as our Youth Director. We will be interviewing these candidates shortly after Spring Break.

Continue to keep in your prayers: the process; our youth and their families; and this important area of ministry.

Our Second Floor Renovations are looking amazing!!

If you haven’t taken a look lately, you need to.

Just a few more items that need to be completed, and then we will be finished.

Thank you for your patience during this remodel,

and looking forward to many years enjoying this area.