January 1, 2015 Volume 9 Issue 1

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Go WEST - Welcome, Equip, Serve, Transform

Worship

8:30 a.m. - Classic

11:00 a.m. - Contemporary

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Visit us on the Web www.coutsmethodistchurch.com

802 North Elm

Weatherford, Texas 76086

817-599-8601

Church Office Hours

Monday - Thursday

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Fridays

8:00 am - Noon

Sr. Pastor - Matt Hall

Be a part of planning for the future: Healthy Church Initiative

in 2015

Next Meeting - Sun., Jan. 11th

5:00 p.m. - Everyone is Invited

JANUARY 2015

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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25 26 27 28 29 30 CCA

Pancakes for

Parents

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Jr. League Practices

CCA Teacher

Workday

Church Office Closed

Jr. League

Games

Mission

Teams

7:00 PM

Frijoles & 42

6:30

UMW

Breakfast

10:00AM

Finance

6:30

Church

Office Closed

SPRC 7:00 Confirmation

Class Starts

CCA Open

House

6 – 8

CIA 7:00 PM

Jr. League Practices

CCA Classes

Resume

Wed.

Activities

3:00 pm

Prayer

Force

3:30 pm

Kidzone

5:00 pm

Brown

Bag

Dinner

6:00 pm

Bible

Studies,

Open Gym

&

Children’s

Activities

6:30 pm

Youth &

Tweens

Trustees

7:30

Jr. League

Games

Jr. League

Games

Jr. League

Games

Healthy Church

Initiative-5 pm

Emmaus

Community

Gathering

6 pm

HCI Pastor’s

Meeting

2015 Couts UMC Church Leadership

Church Council Chairperson: John Vicknair (16) - Vice Chair: Chris Safford

At Large Members

2015 Katrina Nager 2016 Bill Shatford 2017 Linda Fuller

Lay Delegates to Annual Conference - Kathy Smith – Nancy Martin

Lay Leader: Clent Collier

SPRC – Allen Taylor

Trustees – elect their own

Finance – Eddie McSwain

Worship - Eliza Utley

Youth – Brad Vantine

Outreach – Kayliegh Bazzell

Technology – Becky Bond

Children’s Education - Mona Holderfield

Administrative Committees

Staff/Pastor Relations Committee: Chair: Allen Taylor - Nancy Martin, Karey Massey & Fred Coonce

Board of Trustees: James William, Jamie Greene, Becky Bond, Roland Real, Michael Neal, Angela Arthurs

Ralph Ragsdale & Cliff Vick

Finance/Stewardship Committee: Chair: Eddie McSwain, Dennis Watters, Jimmie Whitt, Loretta Vick

& Randy Samson Stewardship: John Vicknair (Chair), Lorene Clerihew, Sherry Couch, Brad Vantine & Butch Hott

Mission Teams

Worship: Eliza Utley chair, Karen Salyer, Pam Collier, Dora Jones, Mar Rooney, Karen McElroy,

Sharmyn Lowrey - Staff Liaison: Josh Garrett

Education Children: Mona Holderfield, chair, Janice McKinney, Stephanie Jester, Amy McSwain,

Carrie Worsham, - Staff Liaison: Alison Zollinger

Outreach/Mission: Kayliegh Bazzell, chair, Allison Taylor, John Coleman, Barbara Vanhoozer,

Lee Ann Neal - Staff Liaison: Rod Corder

Nurture: Chris Safford, Andy Thompson, Georgia Orr, Kathy Curry, Nancy Martin, Kathy Smith, Dennis Watters,

Larry Vanhoozer, John Vicknair, Anthony Whitfield, Barbara Corder - Staff Liaison: Rod Corder

Youth: Brad Vantine, chair, John Jester, Ember Mitchell, Rachel Craig - Staff Liaison: Jon Reeves

Radical Hospitality/Greeter Team: Kathy Armbrust, Paula Pendergrass, Joyce Johnson, Karen Mitchell,

Virginia Mayfield, Linda Fuller

Technology Ministry Team: Becky Bond, chair, Brad Vantine - Larry Vanhoozer

Committee on Lay Leadership: (Chair) Matt Hall - (Vice-Chair) Clenton Collier

Larry Vanhoozer, Cathy Shatford, Cissi Coonce, Kayliegh Bazzell, David Wuerflein

& Wayne Slimp

Couts Christian Academy Board (Chair), Butch Hott, Karen Salyer, Karen Mitchell, Larry Vanhoozer,

Eliza Utley, Bill Shatford, Marion Dearman, & Paul Stull

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Healthy Church Initiative

Reading List

Session 2

ReCreating the Church

by Richard Hamm

Session 3

Renovate or Die

by Bob Farr & Kay Kotan

Session 4

Shaped by God’s Heart

by Milfred Minatrea

Session 5

Simple Church

by Thom Rainer & Eric Geiger

Session 6

The Externally Focused Church

by Rick Rusaw & Eric Swanson

Session 7

Beyond the First Visit

by Gary McIntosh

Session 8

Unbinding the Gospel

by Martha Grace Rees

Brad Bishop

Billy Burris

Matt Couch

Warren Crouch

Will Dowd

Derek Geyer

Michael Gilliam

Jeff Johnson

Cory Jones

Blake Hubbard

Mike Hebert

Hunter Hiett

Kali Yarnell Lussier

Matthew Mitchell

Josiah Sorrells

Doug Yarnell

Cody Williams

Go Welcome, Equip, Serve, Transform

W E ’ R E O N T HE W E B - V I S I T U S

W W W . C OU T S M E T HOD I S T C HU R C H . C OM

Couts Methodist Church

802 North Elm

Weatherford, Texas 76086

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January 1

Patricia Rider

Bob Jenkins

George Pendergrass

January 5

Sue Ensminger

January 6

Robert Morgan

January 7

Monte Martin

Robert Miller

January 9

Jon Reeves

January 11

Leta Jester

Jennifer Dowd

Mary Ann Rooney

January 13

Zoe Petersen

January 14

Donna DeGrand

January 16

Loretta Vick

January 17

Ralph Ragsdale

Neal Hibbitts

January 20

Marilee Bennett

Cissi Coonce

January 22

Ella Jester

January 23

Ricky Torbett

January 26

Caleb Samson

January 27

Charles McNutt

January 29

Pam Collier