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
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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