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NEWS BRIEFS
If you would like to know
more about how to become a
member of Bullard First United
Methodist Church, contact
Rev. David Brasher at
(903)894-6762 or
bullardfumc.org facebook.com/bullardfumc twitter: @FUMCBullard
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Ushers for May
Glen Sheets
Joyce Streely
Neal & Becky Thompson
The Vine Bullard First United Methodist
Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World May 2018
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Children’s Choir
There will be no Children’s Choir
practice until Fall 2018. If
interested, please contact Sharon
Troxell for more information
at (903) 894-3546.
What About the 50 Days of Easter?
Most Christians are aware of, and many
participate in, the 40 days of Lent. Lent begins
on Ash Wednesday and even for those who don’t
receive ashes, there is high awareness of this
ancient practice that starts the season of Lent.
Churches have various Lenten bible studies and
other activities, and Holy Week is busy with
services leading up to Easter Sunday.
Easter Sunday arrives with loud and joyous alleluias. Worship is made
special with the fragrance of lilies, special music and celebrations worthy of
the King, all with pews full of people who may only come to church on
this one very special day. But, what happens the next Sunday?
Eastertide or Easter Season is the longest liturgical season on the Christian
calendar. But, what do we do during the 50 days that begins on Easter
Sunday and continues until Pentacost? I suggest that we use this season as
a time to reflect on what we mean by “Christ is risen!” May we use these
50 days to celebrate the risen Christ.
How do we live each day celebrating the risen Lord from Easter morning?
How do we remain passionate with the overflowing joy that we
experienced as we loudly proclaimed, “Christ is risen!”? Here are some
ideas to make the most of your Easter season, living joyously as a
resurrected people.
1. Write down where you have encountered Christ each day.
2. Make time every day to enjoy the outdoors and notice the new life
emerging.
3. Right before you go to sleep name at least 3 things for which you
are thankful.
Journey with Jesus
There will be no Journey with
Jesus until Fall 2018. If
interested, please contact Deirdre
Leung for more information
at (903) 343-2857.
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Note from the Pastor’s Desk continued
Children’s Corner
In April we concluded Journey with Jesus for this spring with a service project for the church of planting flowers
in the courtyard. Special thanks to Mary Kay Bailey for helping with this project. We had a devotional together
about Matthew 6 before we planted and discussed how God created the flowers and all of us for special purposes
and he loves and watches over us all!
Please also mark your calendars for our upcoming VBS which will be June 24-28. We will be “Shipwrecked” and
will venture with the kids onto an uncharted island where kids survive and thrive! Our goal for the week will be
to anchor kids in the truth that Jesus carries them through life’s storms. This year we will start VBS on a Sunday
evening and invite all the parents to participate that night with their kids then the rest of the week will continue
Monday-Thursday 9am-12 noon as usual. Please consider signing up to help and spread the word to your friends
and neighbors about this great event.
Blessings and Peace,
Deirdre
903-343-2857
Thank You
We Wash You Worship
Thank you again for your support of the Youth! We had a
successful Sunday of washing cars to help raise money for
students to go to camp!
4. Volunteer to do something with children (work in the nursery or help with Sunday School).
5. Practice Sabbath, rest for one day of the week and spend time just being with God.
6. Send a card to someone who is doing things to bring new life.
Celebrate new life! Celebrate Jesus’ resurrection and your resurrection to come. May we be an Easter people 365
days a year.
Pastor Tammy Woodard
Online registration is now open at
bullardfumc.org for participants and
volunteers! Please mark make plans to join us
for our upcoming Vacation Bible School which
will be June 24-28. We will be “Shipwrecked”
and will venture with the kids onto an
uncharted island where kids survive and thrive!
Our goal for the week will be to anchor kids in
the truth that Jesus carries them through life’s
storms. This year we will start VBS on a
Sunday evening with supper and invite all the
parents to participate that night then the rest of
the week will continue Monday-Thursday 9 am
-12 noon as usual. Please sign up to help and
spread the word to your friends and neighbors
about this great event.
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Vacation Bible School
Church-wide Dinner
Wednesday Night Family Dinner
May 9, 2018
6:30 p.m. in Family Life Center Covered Dish nights are a great way to get to know other church members
and have a great time of fellowship and food. See you there!
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BFUMC Youth Summer Sign Up Day
Class of 2018
Reagan Brasher
Bullard High School
John Campbell
Bullard High School
Tristen Goodwin
Neches High School
Dex Jenkins
Bullard High School
Justin Rogers
Bullard High School
2018 Senior Recognition Day will be during Worship Service on May 20 and
Reception for 2018 Seniors in Harper Hall after Worship
Summer Sign Up Day! May 6, 2018
4:30-5:00 pm in the FLC
This year to help with Summer Sign ups the youth will be hosting a Sum-
mer Sign Up Day! This will be a day that parents can come register their
students for summer trips! This will also be an opportunity for parents to
fill out travel release forms and pay for summer trips. We will also be
there to answer any registration questions and pass out packing list for the
events.
This will be a great opportunity to
get everything together. So bring
your laptop or tablet and get all
your registration complete and all
your questions answered.
The Class of 2018
Church Office Hours
The office of Bullard First United
Methodist Church will be closed
Monday, May 28, 2018 in
observance of Memorial Day.
Normal office hours will resume
Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Thank
you.
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Youth Summer Dates
Youth Summer Dates
Here is a look at what we are doing in May and this Summer:
May 6: Summer Sign Up Day
May 20: Youth Sunday & Senior Sunday
June 3: Back to Summer Bash
June 10-16: UM ARMY (Sr. High Mission Trip)
June 22: Top Golf in Allen
June 24-29: VBS (Youth Volunteers needed)
July 8-13: Church Camp
July 18-21: Summit (Jr. High Mission Trip)
July 27: Aquarium in Shreveport
August 18: FC Dallas Game
August 19: Back to School Prayer Walk
August 26: Back to School Bash
United Methodist Women
May 2, 2018
We are studying 1 John 2:12-17 "Encouragement & Warning" for this month's lesson. If you, who are readers of
The Vine, would like to join us, please do. We meet at 10:00 a.m. in the Parlor on the above date.
We not only will have a wonderful Bible study, but will have fellowship with one another at lunch at Hidden
Gardens. It is our custom to take time off for June, July and August each year, so we always enjoy our visits
together over lunch in May.
Elizabeth White, our newest member, has graciously agreed to do our Opening Prayer and Devotional this
month. We look forward to having her share God's Blessings with us.
Love and Hugs,
Kathleen Kyles V.P.
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Easter Sunday
Children’s Time with Deirdre Leung, Children’s Director
Chancel Choir
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Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast
Everyone is invited to attend the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast which is held
on the National Day of Prayer, May 3 at 6:30 am at the Brook Hill
school cafeteria. Join us for breakfast and a time to pray for our nation
and our leaders. This is sponsored by the city of Bullard and the Bullard
Area Ministerial Alliance.
Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast
Bullard Mission House & Mission Clinic
Praise God that we served:
60 families, with a total of 220 people, of which 145 were adults (37 seniors - over 60), 75 were children under 18
years old and 30 Senior boxes. Seven new families and were served in April.
Bullard Mission House Food Pantry and Mission House Clinic
226 South Phillips
For an appointment, please call
(903) 894-0109
The fax number is (903) 894-3411
Easter Sunday
Hand Bells
Summer Camp
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Gifts given as of
April 30, 2018
Special Gifts
Children’s Choir - April 22
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In Memory of
Alvin Eudaly
Given by:
Margo Moore
If you are in second grade or above and would like to be part of your church’s worship experience,
be an acolyte! Come join us! Always room for one more or five.
Don’t miss the pizza party at the end of May!!!
Contact me anytime with questions.
Pam Morton
Acolytes
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Landon Paddack
And
JC Johannsen
(April 8)
Campbell Pawlak
And
Layne Alexander
(April 1 - Easter Sunday)
Journey with Jesus
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Baptisms on April 15
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Didn’t receive The Vine by email?
Don’t miss important information and events each
month due to not receiving emails sent by Pastor
David or the church office. If you haven’t been
getting The Vine or emails, please put a note in the
offering plate, or call Venus at the church office (903)
894-6762.
Need a Name Tag?
Active members and visitors name tags are located on
the shelf (alphabetical order) in the foyer. If you need
a name tag, please put a note in the offering plate, or
call Venus at the church office (903) 894-6762.
Please Let Us Know
Violet Grace Morris
Daughter of Justin & Jade Morris
Maya Rose Morris
Daughter of Justin & Jade Morris
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We are learning about the Apostle Paul:
Paul gets a side-kick.
What does the color purple mean?
Paul goes to prison again!
God sends a helper!
Come join this joyful group!
3 years through Kindergarten
Always room for one more or five!
Pam Morton
Wee Cats Sunday School
(April 8)
Field Trip Easter Morn---
He is not here! He is risen!
(April 1)
Friends help each other -- just like Paul’s friends!
(April 15)
Thoughts of a Layman
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United Methodist Men
The Tools of a Christian
With the passing of time I have accumulated a lot of tools. Some were my father’s, some my grandfather’s and
my wife’s grandfather’s. I have bought many. Some of the older tools I have were picked up at garage sales. For
instance, I have a “Can’t Hook” that was my grandfather in-law’s that I use to roll large logs up on my log splitter.
A year or so ago I found a Peavey. That’s a can’t hook with a spike on the end for breaking up river ice. There are
many excellent old ways of doing things that still work. For instance, a triangle with sides of three, four and five
forms 90 degrees and can be used for a square. For a perfectly vertical line hang a conical weight on a string and
you have a plumb line.
After the death of Solomon, his son led the kingdom into chaos and rebellion. The kingdom divided. Ten
tribes moved north, becoming so corrupt they were lost forever. Then the two southern tribes were taken into
captivity and Nehemiah became a personal servant of King Artaxerxes.
In Nehemiah 1:1 he says, “While I was in the fortress city of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came with some other
men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. 3 They told me, “Those in the province who survived the captivity are in great trouble and shame! The wall around Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire!”
The king had compassion for Nehemiah and released him to return and rebuild the walls and gates. With
only a handful of men and encountering much opposition Nehemiah rebuilt the walls and gates. Their tools were
ancient and crude but their work was skilled and precision. Is this a story about building walls or building a
people? Many people would be coming and place needed to be made for these new people yet to come, so, God
gave them the tools they needed.
“Lord, you have given us the tools to do your work. The tools of love, compassion, forgiveness, mercy,
kindness, faith, and your grace. Teach us to use these tools for the building of your kingdom. AMEN”
The United Methodist Men continue regular monthly meetings on the fourth Tuesday at Whataburger in Bullard.
All the men of the church are invited to join us for fellowship and ministry.
Also, the men will have a couple of fundraisers this year. One is a meal tentatively scheduled in May, the other will
be similar to the fall fundraiser last year with a meal and silent auction.
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
May 2018
3 Jack & Sharon Starwalt
4 Justin Rogers
5 Luan Smith
12 Zaylee Zahirniak
14 Dr. Meril & Melva Taylor
16 Johnnie & Nancy Bishop
18 Steve & Debbie Bembenek
20 Dean & Hazel Mason
21 Clint Rivers
22 Todd & Tammy Lundgren
Ron Martin
26 Alma McBride
David & Marilyn Tietz
28 Stephen Head
Reggie & Luan Smith
29 Joe & Patti Maxwell
31 Jacob Lundgren
Larry & Nelda Perry
Are You Traveling? Don’t Carry a Checkbook? Do All Bill Paying Online?
We have an easy way for you to support the church with your financial gifts, no matter where you are! You can
give from your hotel room while traveling or from your seat in the pews on Sunday.
What is online giving? Our giving tools provide the ability to donate on our website from your computer or on
your mobile device! After creating an account, you’re able to give a donation or schedule a series of donations
directly from your checking account or by using your debit or credit card.
To create your online account, visit our website and click on our GIVE button: http://www.bullardfumc.org/
give-now. Once on this page, you will go to the GIVE ONLINE graphic in the middle of the page and be directed
to a secure, encrypted page, where you may give once or set up automatically recurring giving. You never have to
wish you had cash to put in the offering plate or remember to write that check at home!
Try it and see how easy it is!
Online Giving
Altar Flowers Per the Worship Committee, the Altar Flower policy for the church is as follows:
Set price for altar flowers/per Sunday is $35.00 (there will be no special requests
for kinds of flowers). If a second person signs up for a Sunday, then one of two things
can happen:
1. You can split the cost of $35.00 (for the two arrangements), if first person is agreeable.
2. If you want a complete complement of flowers which can be placed on the organ or piano (not the altar),
you’ll need to make your own arrangements with your florist, including payment.
The flower calendar is in Harper Hall (by doors going to courtyard). When signing up
for flowers:
1. Choose a date.
2. Print clearly the name of person/persons in “Memory or Honor of”
3. Print clearly the name of person/persons giving the flowers.
Please note that you can take the altar flowers home; the green plastic containers that the flowers are in need to
stay at the church. If you have any questions/concerns, contact the church office (903) 894-6762.
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All Vine articles will be due by 3:30 p.m. on the 15th of the month. This “set” date will help everyone, including
myself, especially during busy or shorter months.
Please email an article as soon as possible, OR if you do not have an article for this next month, please let me
know and I will adjust accordingly. (NOTE: If there is no response by 3:30 p.m. on the 15th, I will presume that
you are not submitting an article.)
For any questions, please contact me at the church office.
Venus Burns
Articles Deadline
NEW SIGN UP
TODAY
In the month of May
Pre-K & Kindergarten will be taught by Pam Morton
1st grade through 3rd will be taught by Jill Siler, Maggie Nordyke & Mary Kay Bailey
4th & 5th grades will be taught by Deirdre Leung
Children’s Sunday School
Please bring your friends and join us every Sunday morning for
adventures into the Word of God!
Sunday school teachers are still needed for substitute teaching. Please
also consider a one month commitment to teaching one of our classes!
The kids will benefit from learning from you and you will be blessed by
them as well!
We pray for… AWOL – Students & others who are
“Away With Our Love”
Active Military Personnel:
Benjamin Barbour, Rusty McElroy, Jessica Roper,
Tyler Scarborough, Grant Troxell and others…
We pray for…Our Homebound - Side Line Saints -
Members & Friends:
Mary Cook Quentin & Norma Ott
Bill & Avis Halbert Emilie Stroble
Lorna Loftin Jean Weatherly
Grace McAlpine Vernon Weeks
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**If there are additional names to be added or removed,
please call the church office. Also note: Names will remain
on the list for one month, unless we are notified differently.
Our Prayers
Our Faithfulness
Our Gifts
Financial Results for March 2018:
March Year-to-date
Contributions (Actual) $ 37,352.67 $131,824.19
Contributions (Budgeted) $ 41,890.00 $136,640.00
Expenses (Actual) $ 35,590.98 $109,917.73
Expenses ( Budgeted) $ 38,434.00 $121,491.00
Our Presence
Average Attendance: March: 180
Year to date: 180
Reed & Mary Brooks
Ashley Evans
Bobby Vermillion
Lou Brown
Cathy Jones
The Family of
Alvin Eudaly
Al Alvizo
Luke (student at
Neches ISD)
Bobby, nephew of
Stella Haynes
Charlie Morton
Carter Paddack
Jane Stroud
Marie Sturrock
Susan and Rodney Stover
Elaine and Jim
Patty Bishop
Warren White
Susan Higgins
Jonathan Vollmer
Willard Faulk
June Cook
Sylvia McKay
Kathy Alvizo’s dad
Lynn & Jan FitzSimmons
Paul Ashley
Michelle Warden
Debbie Druivenga
Dr. Meril Taylor
Jason Haynes
Seth Haynes
George & Pat Martin
Unspoken prayers
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Early Voting in Harper Hall: May 1 Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast (National Day of Prayer:): Thursday, May 3
Deadline for The Vine articles: Tuesday, May 15 Senior Appreciation Day: Sunday, May 20
1
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
2
UMW (Parlor)
10:00 am
Psalms Bible Study
6:30 pm
3
Truth & Light Seekers
(FLC)
5:00 pm
Chancel Choir
6:30 pm
4
Men’s Prayer
Group
6:00 am
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
5
BISD & City of
Bullard Election
Day
(Harper Hall)
6
Bell Choir 4:00 pm
UMYF (FLC)
4:30 pm
7
Spirit Walkers
(FLC) 8:30 am
8
Ministerial Alliance
(FLC) 10:30 am
Psalms Bible Study
6:30 pm
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
9
Church Dinner
(FLC) 6:30 pm
10
Truth & Light Seekers
(FLC)
5:00 pm
Chancel Choir
6:30 pm
11
Men’s Prayer
Group
6:00 am
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
12
13
14
Spirit Walkers
(FLC) 8:30 am
Girl Scouts Meeting
(FLC) 6:00 pm
15
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
16
17
Truth & Light Seekers
(FLC)
5:00 pm
Chancel Choir
6:30 pm
18
Men’s Prayer
Group 6:00 am
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
19
20
Board of Stewards
3:00 pm
Bell Choir 4:00 pm
UMYF (FLC) 4:30 pm
21
Spirit Walkers
(FLC) 8:30 am
Girl Scouts Meeting
(FLC) 6:00 pm
22
UMM 7:00 pm
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
23 24
Truth & Light Seekers
(FLC)
5:00 pm
Chancel Choir
6:30 pm
25
Men’s Prayer
Group 6:00 am
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
26
27
28 Office Closed
Memorial Day
Spirit Walkers
(FLC) 8:30 am
29
AA (FLC) 8:00 pm
30 31
Truth & Light Seekers
(FLC) 5:00 pm
Chancel Choir
6:30 pm
Early Voting -
Harper Hall
Office Closed
Mother’s Day
Bullard First United Methodist Church
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
PO Box 152, Bullard, TX 75757
The Vine deadline is Tuesday, May 15 for June newsletter.
Email articles to [email protected]
All members of the church are ministers of the Gospel, equipped for sharing the grace of God with the assistance of:
Music Director Robert Boren Musicians Kerry Baham Nursery Supervisor Kimberly Brasher Youth Director Patrick Foster Children’s Director Deirdre Leung Administrative Assistant Venus Burns Financial Secretary Patti Maxwell Custodian Maylena Williams Senior Pastor Rev. David Brasher Associate Pastor Pastor Tammy Woodard District Superintendent Rev. Marlin Fenn Bishop Bishop Scott Jones
Email the office [email protected]
Email Pastor David [email protected]
Visit us online at www.bullardfumc.org
Mailing Address PO Box 152, Bullard, TX 75757
Our Mission is to Make Disciples
of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the
World.
Bullard FUMC is located at 204 S. Rather St.
Bullard, TX and the office is open
8:30 am - 3:30 pm Monday-Friday
903.894.6762 (office) 903.894.3245 (fax)
Bullard First United Methodist Church
