A Little Bit of Guidance.

John Wesley (1703-1791), the Founder of Methodism, considered the study of

Scripture vital for any disciple of Jesus Christ. In fact, he had much to say on this

subject. In his “Preface to Explanatory Notes Upon the Old Testament” he gives

the following guidance for all who seek to be effective in their study of Scripture.

Wesley’s advice is now over 300 years old – but it still is good for us to hear today!

If you desire to read the Scripture in such a manner as may most effectually

answer this end, would it not be advisable,

1. To set apart a little time, if you can, every morning and evening for

that purpose?

2. At each time if you have leisure, to read a chapter out of the Old,

and one out of the New Testament: if you cannot do this, to take a

single chapter, or a part of one?

3. To read this with a single eye, to know the whole will of God, and a

fixed resolution to do it? In order to know his will, you should,

4. Have a constant eye to the analogy of faith; the connection and

harmony there is between those grand, fundamental doctrines,

Original Sin, Justification by Faith, the New Birth, Inward and

Outward Holiness.

5. Serious and earnest prayer should be constantly used, before we

consult the oracles of God, seeing “Scripture can only be

understood thro’ the same Spirit whereby it was given.” Our reading

should likewise be closed with prayer, that what we read may be

written on our hearts.

6. It might also be of use, if while we read, we were frequently to

pause, and examine ourselves by what we read, both with regard to

our hearts, and lives. This would furnish us with matter of praise,

where we found God had enabled us to conform to his blessed will,

and matter of humiliation and prayer, where we were conscious of

having fallen short.

And whatever light you then receive, should be used to the uttermost, and that

immediately. Let there be no delay. Whatever you resolve, begin to execute

the first moment you can. So shall you find this word to be indeed the power

of God unto present and eternal salvation. - John Wesley

May we all take Wesley’s advice and seek to be transformed by the reading of

God’s Word! I look forward to seeing you on Sunday!

CONCERNS FOR THIS MONTH

HEALTH CONCERNS: Tatum Schulte, Kelli Marr, Kimberly Dudley’s

brother, Sharron Alvi, Louise Grindstaff’s sister, Kyla (King), Dean Hawkins,

Bette Jalufka, Tate & Paige Lombard, Gina Degroot, Eddie Holcomb, Kimmie

Person’s papa Dicky, Bob Paige, cousin Kem

OTHER JOYS/CONCERNS: confirmation merge retreat, Congrats to the

Lady Eagles & Coach Lombard & staff—4th consecutive State title, rain,

wildfires, Lynette Jalufka—job, student testing, Samuel Ashley—Amarillo

Relays, Gina DeGroot

IN CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY: Babs Lombard & family on the passing of

Bonnie Tatum, family of Mike Heard on the passing of his father, family of

Robyn Decker, family of Joe Young on his mother’s passing, family of Lillis

Moore, Katie Miesner & family on the passing of her father, The Archer family

on the death of Donnie Archer, Abbey Spruill & family on the death of her

cousin Nolie

BIRTHDAYS: Phil Niles 2/26, George Tirey 2/28, Chisum Hartman 3/8,

Kinleigh Christian 3/19, Nicole Mustoe 3/8, Mary Rice 3/31

ANNIVERSARIES: Ed & Nola Hopkins 3/10, Darin & Brooke Barnes 3/9

ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS: Dylan Brown, Shelly Gross, Dick Elliott,

Lou Ann Barnhart, Betty Hill, Dorothy Cook, Glen Miller, Carolyn Mason, Beth

Sanchez, Judy Gilliam, Kimberly Conrad, Kathy Noel, Keith & Dorinda

McCormack, Anna Overhulser, Terry & Helen Gamblin, Betty Ketchersid,

Merrell Winstead, Martin Mordecai, Waylon Malone, Gib Satterwhite, T.K.

Baker, Erin Green, Christie Wilhite, Donny Cook, Brandi Sustaire, Bobby

Altman, Kingston Marr, Kason Gabbard, Alisann Smookler, Addi Martinez,

Virginia Tovar, Mel Wessels, Kelli Marr, Dean Hawkins, Becca Hill, Carol

Turner, Tatum Schulte, Rachel Stockstill, Clois Rowland, Rachel Musgrave,

ADDITIONAL INTERCESSORY PRAYERS: President Trump and our

country’s leaders, Costa Rica Team, Backyard Missions, War-torn Countries,

the economy, our policeman and firemen, those in the military, unchurched

men, women and children and the Wesley Foundation. Please email

fumcpray@gmail.com or call 806-655-2851 with all prayer requests, joys,

concerns or updates. If you have requested someone be added to the

Ongoing Prayer Concerns, please update us on that person occasionally;

especially if that person needs to be removed from the list.

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Worship Leaders for the 9am Service April 2 Floyd Hartman April 9 (Palm Sunday) Jessica Mitchell April 16 (Easter Sunday) 9:00 a.m.—Janice Cranmer April 16 (Easter Sunday) 10:10 a.m.—John Barnhart April 23 John Lemons April 30 Joe Lombard Prayer Room April 2 9:00—Kathy Rogers-(Jeff) 11:15—Kay Holloway April 9 9:00—Lori Stockstill 11:15—Nita Kennemer April 16 (Easter Sunday) 9:00—Anthony Tanksley 10:10—Roman Asbill 11:15—Jane King April 23 9:00—Carla Thurman 11:15—Kathy Rogers April 30 9:00—Vivian Thurman 11:15—Lynda Shroyer Hosts April 2 8:45 - 9:10 West Door: Kathi & Don Lee East Door: Mary Clare Munger & Wade Williams Welcome Desk: Ronay & Ray Bach 11:00 - 11:25 West Door: Kelly & Danny Nusser East Door: Jan & Doug Cowan Welcome Desk: Niki Dillard April 9 8:45 - 9:10 West Door: Kristin Kantor & Marilyn Dees East Door: Debbie & Tim Crown Welcome Desk: Brooke Barnes & Nola Hopkins 11:00 - 11:25 West Door: Laura & Bryan Smith East Door: Cat & Avery Enns Welcome Desk: Sarah & Preston Tirey April 16 8:45 - 9:10 West Door: Sally & Steve Lewis East Door: Guylene & Bobby Griffin Welcome Desk: Scott & Niki Dillard 10:00-10:20 West Door: Janice Cranmer & Jana Goss East Door: Johnny Back & Linda Elliott Welcome Desk: Donna & Dan Warrick 11:00 - 11:25 West Door: Pam Pandolfi & Annette Lippold East Door: Crystal Harriman & Danna Hinders Welcome Desk: Emily & Eric Hammer April 23 8:45 - 9:10 West Door: Lori & Pat Williams East Door: Becky Harp & Kathy Rogers Welcome Desk: Lezlie Cooper & Niki Dillard 11:00 - 11:25 West Door: Pam & Joe Young East Door: Dorothy & Clois Rowland Welcome Desk: Niki Dillard April 30 8:45 - 9:10 West Door: Darla & Gerry Nickell East Door: Barbara Blackwell & Mary Rice Welcome Desk: Terrie Hartman & Jackie Patterson 11:00 - 11:25 West Door: Debi & Carroll Marriott East Door: Deanne Rice & Niki Dillard Welcome Desk: Robin & Galen Chandler Acolytes for the 9 am Service April 2 Addison Tinsley & Logan White April 9 (Palm Sunday) Addison Tinsley & Christian Hukill April 16 (Easter Sunday 9:00) Naomi Tirey & Logan White April 16 (Easter Sunday—10:10) Camy Langley & Sam Montandon April 23 Addison Tinsley & Kyleigh Sexton April 30 Lilly & Sam Montandon

(If you are unable to fulfill your obligation in any of these areas, please find a replacement and call the church office and let them know the change.

Thank you.)

March 5 9:00 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………….….…..291 10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………….259 11:15 am Modern Worship…………...…………………………………..……...117 TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………..…..408 March 12 9:00 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………….194 10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………….279 11:15 am Modern Worship…………...…………………………………..……… 76 TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………........270

March 19 9:00 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………….235 10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………….219 11:15 am Modern Worship…………...…………………………………..……..125 TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………........360

Schedules Joys and Concerns

CHURCH STAFF

SENIOR PASTOR………………………………….……..….……Rev. Rick Enns

PASTORAL CARE …………………………………………………...Angela Asbill

DISCIPLESHIP/SPIRITUALFORMATION MINISTER…………...Roman Asbill

YOUTH MINISTER ………………...……………….…………….….Charlie Keys

ASSTISTANT YOUTH MINISTER …………………………….....Lupe Acevedo

CHILDREN’S MINISTER ……………………………………………..Kim Hopson

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY INTERN …………………………………….Tina Ward

CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR………………………………..…….....Scott Dillard

FINANCE MANAGER………………………………………….……Christi Ybarra

MUSIC DIRECTOR………………………………………………..Melanie Brooks

ORGANIST……………….………………………………….…..Cameron McMinn

ACCOMPANIST………………………………….…………......….......B.J. Brooks

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP LEADER…………………………..Jason Lester

KITCHEN COORDINATOR………………………………..…….Charlotte Wilson

SENIOR PASTOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT……………….Sarah Tirey

IHH CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR……………………Brenda Shepherd

A Note From the Pastor

New Communication packets are available in the Parlor on the piano—stop

by and pick one up and be informed about our church and the leaders of our

church.

Holy Week Schedule:

Sunday, April 9—Palm Sunday

Wednesday, April 12—No Activities on Wednesday Night—No WNF Meal

Thursday, April 13—Maundy Thursday service—Seder Service in

Fellowship Hall at 6:30 p.m. We will not have a meal but go through elements

of Passover. Nursery provided

Friday, April 14—Good Friday service at 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided

Church and Church Office will be closed on Friday, April 14.

Sunday, April 16—Easter Sunday—

Traditional Service at 9:00 a.m. and 10:10 a.m.

Modern Service at 11:15 a.m.

Easter services will be held in the Sanctuary

NO SUNDAY SCHOOL

Nursery provided for all services

Easter Brunch in the Fellowship Hall beginning at 8:30 a.m.

until 11:15 a.m.

Upcoming Events

Children’s News—Kim Hopson—Children’s Minister—FUMC Canyon

Wednesday, March 29

5:30 p.m. WNF Meal

6:15 p.m. WNF Activities -Growgroup, Youth activities

and Children’s Activities

7:30 p.m. Choir Practice—Choir Room

Sunday, April 2

9:00 a.m. Traditional Sunday Worship Service

10:10 a.m. Sunday School

11:15 a.m. Contemporary Sunday Worship Service

Tuesday, April 4

1:30 p.m.—UMW Book Review

Wednesday, April 5

5:30 p.m. WNF Meal

6:15 p.m. WNF Activities -Growgroup, Youth activities

and Children’s Activities

7:30 p.m. Choir Practice—Choir Room

Sunday, April 9—Palm Sunday

9:00 a.m. Traditional Sunday Worship Service

10:10 a.m. Sunday School

11:15 a.m. Contemporary Sunday Worship Service

Monday, April 10

6:00 p.m. SPRC Meeting—Church Library

Wednesday, April 12

Holy Week—No Wednesday Night Activities

Thursday, April 13

6:30 p.m—Maundy Thursday Service—Seder Service

No Meal—Fellowship Hall

Friday, April 14 Church & Church Office Closed

6:30 p.m. Good Friday Service

Sunday, April 16 Easter Sunday

8:30 a.m. Easter Brunch begins

9:00 a.m. Traditional Sunday Worship Service

10:10 a.m. Traditional Sunday Worship Service

11:15 a.m. Contemporary Sunday Worship Service

Monday, April 17 Church & Church Office Closed

6:00 p.m. Finance Meeting—Room #113

Sunday, April 23

9:00 a.m. Traditional Sunday Worship Service

10:10 a.m. Sunday School

11:15 a.m. Contemporary Sunday Worship Service

Next Newsletter will be Wednesday, April 26. If you

have any information you would like to put in the

newsletter please submit the information no later than

– Thursday, April 20 by NOON. You can email

information to cybarra@firstchurchcanyon.com.

April is upon us! Christ LIVES! This

month we get to celebrate the Holiest of Weeks

and the wonderful gift of God’s love! This is a

beautiful time! The kids have been busy

learning and will be again this month helping to

create butterflies for Easter and art for

Children’s Sunday.

Confirmation had a great Merge

Retreat with a few Z-Team members. God was

busy talking and leading the kids. The kids

bonded, played hard, and made memories they

will never forget.

Upcoming dates:

March 30: Confirmation–Brush with Art,6:15–8:30

pm

April 5: Pre-K and Nursery will hunt eggs during

their Wednesday night class.

Kinder thru 6th grade will have an Easter lesson and

make butterflies.

April 12: No Wednesday Activities: HOLY WEEK

April 19: Last Wednesday Evening

VBS: Camp Out – June 20, 21, 22

Finances as of February 28, 2017

Income

Received Year to Date $160,603.34

Budgeted for February 2017 $158,026.51

Expenses

Actual spent February 2017 $173,782.31

Budgeted for February 2017 $175,060.28

Income vs. Expenses $-13,178.97

Youth News—Charlie Keys, Youth Minister—FUMC Canyon

Thank You Notes

Dear FUMC Canyon, Thank you for allowing us to have a spaghetti lunch fundraiser at the church. We are grateful for your passion for Christ and loving other. Thank you for supporting our Kenya missions team. We love and appreciate you. Sincerely, The Wesley Missions Team Thank you so much for the bereavement lunch that you provided following Linda Griffin’s funeral. Our family appreciated it so much. Your kindness meant so much to our family. Sincerely, The Hester family Dear Prayer Partners, Thank you so much for your continuing prayers for the difficult times I am experiencing. With grateful appreciation,

Eugenia Gilley

Merge Retreat 2017

Hey Church Family,

I would like to take a few minutes to talk about our

recent Merge Retreat over spring break. The

Merge Retreat was a collaborative project

between the youth ministry and the children’s

ministry. Over the past several years Kim has

always done great job of planning a confirmation

retreat to spend time focusing on and discussing

core beliefs and values with the confirmands. But

this year we also wanted to use the retreat to

begin the process of merging the sixth graders

into the youth ministry before they promoted in

June. Therefore we launched the Merge Retreat

and invited the youth leadership team (Z Team) to

attend the trip as well. I have to say it was a very

proud moment for me as the youth pastor at

FUMC. The high school students did such a

fantastic job. I had the privilege of watching the

confirmands and high school students spend time

laughing and playing games, studying God’s word

together, and speaking words of encouragement

to one another. I have no doubt the when the sixth

graders promote into the youth ministry the will

already have a group of friends who are excited

and ready to welcome them to The Uprising.

Volunteers Needed We are looking for volunteers to help serve on Sunday Morning as a • Communion Server • Lay leader • Prayer Room Warrior If you are interested in serving in any

of these areas, please email Sarah Tirey @ stirey@firstchurchcanyon.com. If you already serve in one of these areas, you do not need to put your name down. This is just an opportunity for those not currently plugged in to be added to the rotation lists. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask a FUMC staff

member. We are here to help!

Bereavement Committee We have many new people and some may have questions. If so you can call Guylene Griffin the head of the bereavement committee at 806-655-9818 or email

her at motherofallchildren@yahoo.com or Vivian Thurman at 806-655-9038 or email vthurman3@suddenlink.net. This is open to both men and women to help set up and clean up.

Shop and Donate to FUMC You can now shop on

Amazon and donate to FUMC at the same time through AmazonSmile. To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. If you have addresses and billing information saved on Amazon the information will transfer over to AmazonSmile. On your first visit to AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), you need to select First United Methodist Church of Canyon as the charitable organization you want to donate to. Amazon will remember your selection and every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation (.5% of the purchase price) to FUMC.

Wednesday Night Fellowship Menu March 29th Lasagna, Garlic Bread, Mixed Green Salad and Boston Cream Pie Sheet Cake April 5th BBQ Chicken, Garlic Potato Wedges, Cornbread Salad and Fruit Pizza April 12—NO WNF Activities & NO Meal April 19th—Last WNF Meal for Spring 2017 Pan-fried Chicken Breasts, Greek Salad, Tzatziki and Baguettes and Fresh Fruit &

Chocolate Dip

Wild Wesley Hoedown April 1, 7:00PM

Dinner and a Dance with live music by Shotgun

Rider. Hosted in the WT Virgil Henson Activity

Center Ballroom. There will be NO childcare this

year! Tickets are $25 each or a table of 8 for $150,

Ages 5-12 $10. For tickets contact Traci Logan at

806-655-3535 or email traci@wtwesley.com.

Hospice Pastoral Care Forum

John Watson will present “Hospice 101” Thursday,

April 6th at 7pm in the Searchers Room. He will

speak specifically on the role of the church

community in caring for someone in hospice, the

role of spirituality in hospice, and the role of the

hospice team. Please RSVP to

pastorcare@firstchurchcanyon.com

FUMC Youth Burrito Fundraiser

The FUMC youth will be accepting donations for

burritos on Sunday, April 9 to help in raising money

for those going on the SOS mission trip in June.

Please make sure to come hungry that morning and

give generously to help these youth have an eye

opening experience. Should you have any questions

or be willing to donate please contact Charlie Keys,

Youth Minister at fumy@firstchurchcanyon.com.

Town Hall Meeting Sunday, April 30th 6:30 p.m.—FUMC Fellowship Hall

Join us as we ask the question—

”Where is God Leading our church

in the next 4 years?”

Also we will be discussing our “Next Steps” as

we plan to start a second Traditional Service.

Easter Lily Sales—United Methodist Women

The Ruth Ann Brillhart Circle will be selling

Easter Lilies on Sunday, April 2 and Sunday,

April 9. The lilies will be $15 a piece and all

proceeds go towards missions. The United

Methodist Women work hard to raise funds for

those women and children that are struggling

locally, nationally and worldly. We hope that you’ll

buy a flower that will brighten either your home or

someone else’s, but know you are really making

a contribution to those less fortunate. Thank you!

Easter Brunch April 16th from 8:30 a.m to 11:15 a.m. in Fellowship Hall Help needed! Please see sign-up sheet with your Sunday School bag or at the table in

the Parlor!

College Goodie Boxes

It’s that time again—if you or

your student are attending

college FUMC Canyon would

like to send encouragement

during finals week coming up in

May. Please make sure we have

updated information for your

student or yourself. You may

email Christi Ybarra @

cybarra@firstchurchcanyon.com

or call the church office and ask

for Christi 806-655-2851 ext.

224.