The HEARTbeat
H ear the good news
E xperience God’s grace
A ct & Mature in Faith
R each out in Love
T ell the story to others
A Church seeking after
God’s own HEART
Senior Pastor:
Rev. DeeDee Autry [email protected]
Admin. Assistant:
Stacy Halligan [email protected]
Financial Secretary:
Debbie Holliday [email protected]
Pastoral Care:
Maria Kelly [email protected]
Praise Team Leader:
Suzanne Kriesant [email protected]
Instrumentalist
Coordinator:
Terry O’Dell [email protected]
Parish Nurse:
Connie Larsen [email protected]
Mountainside Church
301 El Cano Drive
HSV, AR 71909
501-922-2626
January 9, 2018
“The Family We Choose”
For five years now we have traveled to Eureka Springs, Arkan-sas to celebrate New Year’s. This all started because the sugges-tion was made, and the rest of us jumped at the chance. We rent a house for a couple nights, we pile in with our kids in tow…we play games, we sing, we dance, we laugh, we even cry. We toast the New Year and make merry for the friendship we share. Our time together has become a hallmark of great memories and a special bond we share.
An interesting fact about five of us is that we all graduated high school together. Some of us even attended grade school together, and two of us are married to each other (that would be John and me). As adults, these four couples have witnessed a lot of life and living, the twist and turns of each year passing. We have stood by each other when our marriages were rocky, we have supported one another when the challenge of being a parent seemed overwhelming, and we have laughed uncon-trollably for the crazy, stupid predicaments we find ourselves.
At this point in life, all of our children are grown and have flown the coop, for the most part. Two will graduate college in 2019, one will be a junior. Three are now married, one just got engaged, and two have children of their own. That circle of seven now equals eleven…plus two grand babies and one on the way! And we have even adopted two others who we equally claim as our kids…and their sweet baby boy named Dierks. It’s a motley crew for sure.
I say all this because there really is something to how we feel about the “family we choose.” Those who stand in this circle with me are those who have stood the test of time, we speak truth into each other’s life, we love each offspring as our own, we encourage each other when we are down, give space to fumble and fall, and lend a hand to help us up. In a world where so many seem preoccupied with self, these people remind me daily the value of never going it alone. To speak up when I need something and allow them to help, especially when life is hard.
Scripture teaches us that we are not created to be alone…we are knit together to be in relationship with God and with others. When we give place and space for these relationships to form and grow in our lives, our world is far more meaningful. We are reminded of our purpose and place when we realize that the best we can offer one another is simply love, and grace, acceptance and welcome. It makes all the dif-ference!
Connect and Engage! Opportunities to Connect and Engage
FILL THE
FREEZER
“Cookie Call”
Bring your fresh or frozen baked or bought items to the
church kitchen
On
Saturday, February 2
Between 9AM and Noon
These Hospitality Refreshments will be used on Sunday
mornings during
February- March- April
Huge thanks to all you
do for Hospitality!
Connect and Engage! AGING GRACEFULLY SERIES
Wellness Program…
Keeping Healthy with
Fitness, Tai Chi and
Rehab Therapy Is keeping healthy your new year
resolution? This program will explore the
many health benefits of a wellness
program including Fitness, Tai Chi, and
proper Rehab Therapy. Ask questions
from our qualified experts and Therapist.
Make wellness your priority for 2019!
When: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Where: Good Samaritan Society Chapel
121 Cortez Rd, Hot Springs Village
Time: 1:30 pm
Cost: FREE
Questions: Call Eric at 915-2128
or Christy 922-9747
OAKLAWN CENTER ON AGING
Connect and Engage! Opportunities to Connect and Engage
TEEN Challenge Special Worship
Service
On January 13th we will be hosting the TEEN Challenge Choir during our morning worship. Their testimony is always powerful, the music is uplifting...and following the service we will have Potluck. Please bring your favorite dish, there will be some hungry guys joining us. A special love offering will be taken following the service to support the ministry of TEEN Challenge.
We are in need for additional meals for Dixie Sorenson for the following dates: January 19, 22,
24/25. If you are able to help, please email or call Carolyn Jacobs ([email protected] or
501-915-0996) who is coordinating the meals for Dixie and Jerry. A big thank you to all of you
who have so graciously offered to provide meals.
Announcement for Women's Bible study: We will begin a Bible Study, led by Maria Kelly, on
Wednesday February 6, at 1:00 pm at Mountainside Church. The study will be every Wednesday
at 1:00 (weather permitting). We will be studying the book "Completely Loved" by Shannon
Ethridge, which can be ordered on this website: https://www.christianbook.com/completely-
loved-recognizing-gods-passionate-pursuit/shannon-ethridge/9781400071111/pd/071111?
event=ESRCG. If you are planning on joining this study, please order this book ASAP and read
the first day's devotional, so we can engage in a productive study.
In an effort to keep our expenses down, and due to the number of Upper Rooms we have left each
month...we decided to not renew our church subscription. Below you will find a link to the Upper
Room where you can purchase your own subscription either by print or electronically. There are
many other great devotional resources on this website which you might find useful.
https://www.upperroom.org/available_subscriptions/daily_devotional_options
The Mountainside Youth will be starting back up in the New Year! Join Maddie Back and Zach Thomas on Sunday, January 20th at 6pm for the first meeting. We will meet at Mountainside with food and fun for all.”
Please join us January 15 at 6 p.m. for our Upper Room Fellow-
ship at the Last Chance . Invite a friend to join you for dinner
and fellowship. We pray together, eat together and enjoy the
spiritual community we build together.
United Methodist Men Breakfast…
Please make plans to join us for a wonderful time of fellowship
Saturday, January 12, at 7:30 a.m. in Classroom A. Sign up to attend at
the back of the sanctuary or you may call the church office at 922-2626.
We will get you on the list!
Connect and Engage!
This Sunday’s Hospitality team is Shelly Hill, Joanne
Hanson and Bev Drake.
Project Giving Tree Mountainside needs your input. We will continue Project Giving Tree throughout 2019. If you have any ideas you want to add, please let me know. If you have any of the projects we did last year that you really liked let me know that also. We can do so much when we work together. Thanks for all your support.
Call or email me at the info below.
Kathy Wright [email protected] 501/204-9531
Maria Kelly will be out of town from January 1 through approximately January
22nd and January 31 thru February 5th. If needed for Pastoral Care concerns
she can be reached via email at [email protected] or by phone 616-265-
9659.
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Connect and Engage!
Beloved People of God!
How grateful I am for each voice and each heart and each soul that I am blessed to commune with
here. So many prayers were answered the moment I first stepped into this space….God has truly
blessed us all. I know, without question, that God has called me here to share these blessings with
you. Thank you for making me feel so welcome and so a part of this family.
As we sing together, sharing and celebrating the Grace of God – we minister to each other. I am
blessed by your voice. We are blessed by all our voices and together we can rattle the heavens with
our Love and Gratitude. My soul rejoices when we sing together.
I am learning so much great music! I’m hungry to learn more and I need your help.
(Please use the back if there’s more for you to say...)
I need your HEART and SOUL songs. These are songs that give you goosebumps. Artists and mu-
sicians that have created songs that move you. Songs that carry the voice of God deep into your heart
and soul. New songs. Old songs. Traditional songs. Songs by artists that aren’t in the “Christian mu-
sic” category but touch your heart. What do you want to hear us incorporate into our worship? (you
can also email me songs as you think of them)
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Interested in Music Ministry? Feel called to sing or play? If you’re currently part of our praise
team – I want to know what you feel called to do….
___ I’m already part of the praise team
___ I want to become part of the praise team
___ I want Suz to give me a call to talk about this.
Name _______________________________ Phone:_________________________
Email: ______________________________________
What do you like to sing?
Melody _____ Higher harmony _____ Lower harmony ______ Solos _______
Do you play any instruments? ___________________________________________
How many Sundays a month would you like to play/sing? _____
With Light, Love and Blessings – Suzanne Lamoureux Kriesant
[email protected] 501-507-8988
Homebound/Limited Mobility:
Dixie Sorensen Steve Thompson Rick Drake Marcella Redd Ron Stucky Gladys Dohrer @ Mt. Carmel Rich & Alice Coombs at Good Sam’s
Those Needing our Prayers:
Voni Ferguson Joy Dressler Bev Drake Brady Hobbs Nadene Stucky
Prayer Concerns
For additions, corrections or deletions to the weekly prayer list, please email Stacy at [email protected]
Communication Card & Other
Requests:
Continued prayers for God’s touch of heal-ing, wisdom, and peace for Annemarie in battling breast cancer and Henry entering Hospice for end-stage cancer. (Pat Fros)
Pray for continued healing and wisdom for further treatment of Dixie Sorensen.
Holly’s sister, Beth cancer and Holly’s mom; Jackie (needing more care as she moves to assisted living) (Holly Slininger)
Continued prayers for Brady and Brooke; For Brooke’s friend, Edgardo; For Brady’s friend Okaidi– in basic training in Navy Re-serves; For our neighbor and friend, Bill Matthews. Praise God he was in church with us today. (Hobbs Family)
Prayers please for the family of Marcella Redd on the passing of her sister. (Donna Blasing)
Please pray for our son-in-law, Mike, who is going through chemo. (Voni& Trot Fergu-son)
Steve Batatcher that he heals from his stroke. (Greg Gillis)
Prayers of healing for Pati. (Alan Trippel)
“...pray for each other so that you may be
healed. The prayer of a righteous person is
powerful and effective.”
James 5:16
If you would like to be taken off the prayer at home list, please call the church office at 922-2626
For our Military and Family in Service: Let us all be mindful of those who have sacrificed and still stand on the front lines so that we may have freedom.
For the Leaders of our Nation and State.
For our Pastor and Staff.