Paul Smith, Pastor
April-May, 2008
Youngsters in the community enjoyed the annual
Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Church!
The Easter
Bunny Visits
Belmont!
Little
Andrew makes sure he picks
up
every Easter Egg within reach!!
The annual Easter Egg
Hunt was a great success. The weather was perfect and there were plenty of eggs
left by the Easter Bunny for the youngsters to find! After the hunt, each child
went fishing and each caught a special prize. Afterwards, everyone enjoyed some
wonderful refreshments-there were lots of great tasting cookies made by the
ladies of the church. A special thank you to everyone who baked cookies, made
sandwiches and brought eggs!
The
Church is getting a Face Lift
I am sure everyone has noticed that the church is receiving a much needed
coat of paint! Weather permitting this project should be completed in the next
several weeks. Also being updated are the Sunday School
rooms. The old wall paper will be replaced by a new coat of paint. Cost to
paint the outside of the church is $3940 and to remodel the Sunday School rooms is $910. The church has been in
need of a "face lift" since there haven't been any major repairs done
for several years. In preparing for the 150th anniversary
celebration in 2009, we ask everyone to look closely at all facilities and
recommend any needed improvements or repairs. Think of any problems or issues
that may affect how inviting or accessible our church is. This might be
parking, pews, sound system, restrooms, etc. You can contact any Trustee
(Clayton Lee, Becky Connell, Sandra Terry, Jim Wundt, Bob Kidd or Melvin
Roecker) or Council Chair Mike Bond. Even if money is not available right now,
these suggestions can help with long term plans for the life of our church.
Coming
Events-Mark Your Calendars
April 12th
from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM-
April
21 at 7:00 pm Administrative Council meeting at the Church.
5th Sunday
Celebration/Song Service-delicious
breakfast on every fifth Sunday held prior to the Sunday Service. Breakfast
will be served starting at8:20 a.m. This is a wonderful time to enjoy
fellowship with your church family and a great time to sing your favorite
hymns. Mark your calendar for June 29th;August
31st; November 30th.
Mother's Day-May 11th.
Memorial Day-May 26th
Ice Cream Social/Fund
Raiser on June 21st at 6:00 PM. Funds from this event will be used for the 150th
anniversary celebration. everyone's help will
be needed to ensure this is a complete success.
Ladies
Club Annual Rummage/Bake/Plant Sale
The Ladies Club has set
their date of April 12th for their annual sale. Hours for the sale
will be from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. In addition to rummage items, there will be
plants and baked goods for sale too. If anyone would like to donate items for
this sale, they can bring them to the center beginning Apr 8th. Call Shirley
Bradley at 830-424-3769 or contact any Club Member if you have questions. Your
support is very much appreciated and money raised from this sale will be used
in the upkeep of the Community Center.
New officers for the
Ladies Club were recently elected. They are: Marcia Pinney (President); Shirley
Bradley (Vice-President); Mary Ann Day (Secretary); and Rhonda Mercer
(Treasurer).
Birthdays and Anniversaries
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April Birthdays |
May Birthdays |
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Kimberly
Rohmer 5 |
Tim Shannon 1 |
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Kelli Connell
11 |
Stephanie
(Powers) Johnson 1 |
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Sarah Roecker
12 |
Fleming Goss
5 |
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Jeffrey DeCou
13 |
Sarah Wundt 6 |
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John DuBose
13 |
Michael
Shannon 10 |
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Michael
Powers 11 |
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Bob Erwin 20 |
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Kimberly
Shannon 26 |
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April
Anniversaries |
May
Anniversaries |
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Ron &
Becky Connell 21st |
Bryan & Natalie
(Powers) Condel 5th |
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Randy &
Annette Roecker 28th |
Paul &
Karen Smith 23rd |
If any of the birthday or
anniversary information is incorrect or your information has been omitted,
please let Connie or Shari know.
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Remember, you can view
& print the newsletter as well as other related church information at: http://www.gvtc.com/~wgandre/bumc.htm.
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Budget
Information
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Budget needed each month:--$1713 per month |
Amount received for Special offerings: |
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January offering:----------$1782 |
Human Relations Day-$50 |
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February offering:---------$1319 |
One Great Hour of Sharing-$85 |
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Average monthly Sunday offering in 2007:--$1391 |
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Your continued support is very much needed and always appreciated.
You may send your gifts and offerings to P.O.Box 906
Belmont, TX 78604
This year several fund
raising projects are planned to raise money for our upcoming 150th
anniversary celebration to be held in 2009. Information on fund raising
activities will be included in future newsletters.
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Blessings
to Those on the Prayer List
Joyce Brown, Fleming
Goss, Gene and Marge Iley, Royce & Jewel Towns, Gaston and Ophelia
Thurmond, Will & Sandi Gandre, Sandra Lee Wills, Dora Towns, Curtis &
Flo Breaux, Polly Hester, Polly Schweihs, Charlene
Green, Marilyn Musick, Frances Buchholtz,
Eddie Bayer, John Michael Cardwell, Alvin Hewell, Gary Lacina,
Sherri, Lindsay & Zoe Escalante, Polly Wright, the Brown family, our
nation, leaders and military.
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TRANSITIONS by
Brother Paul
We all have them. Those times in our own lives or
in the lives of others around us that are
transitional. Sometimes the transitions are obvious. Sometimes they are very
subtle. Some are as glaring as a national election. Some are as coy as a single
hair falling to the floor. In my first column at my first church, Decker, way
back in 1992, I wrote about some of them: New Year's Day, birthdays, the
election of a new Bishop or the appointment of a new pastor.
It was that last one, the appointment of a new
pastor; I dealt with most back then. Right about now some of you are getting
worried. And, right about now some of you are getting hopeful. before you run off too far in either direction, let me tell
you that I have not had a call from the District Superintendent. (And, yes, he
has already called most of those the conference is planning to appoint
elsewhere.)
Almost sixteen years ago, when I wrote that first
column, none of our children had yet achieved their second digit of age. But
time marches on and now we find ourselves at a pretty large family transition.
The empty nest is coming soon. Next month, our youngest, Barrett, will achieve
one of the big transitions in his life, a High School Diploma. (Congratulations
Barrett, we want you to know how very proud of you we are! And, we're proud
about a lot more than just the diploma!)
Sometimes it takes a pretty big thing to get my
attention. Maybe even as big as a High School Graduation.
But Barrett didn't all of a sudden arrive at this goal. He worked steadily
toward it. In fact, as I write this, he is still working toward it. He can see
it getting closer. He can anticipate the flavor of its completion. He can
almost feel the warm glow of success upon him, yet he is not done. There are
still tests to be taken and passed. There is still work to be finished.
That is quite like our earthly Christian walk with
the Lord. It should be a pretty big thing to us. But we don't all of a sudden
arrive at our goal. We work steadily toward it. We can see it getting closer.
We can anticipate the flavor of its completion. We can even almost feel the
warm glow of success upon us as we draw closer to God, yet we are not done. There
are still tests to be taken and passed. There is still work to be finished. This
is true in our individual lives and in our church life as well. And there is a
final way in which graduation is like our earthly Christian walk. When we have
passed through each, we realize that neither is the end, only a new beginning
in a grander place.
To your transitions and
mine,
Paul