HOSSTON UMC

HOSSTON UMC
HOSSTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Monday, October 31, 2011

GOOD COOL HALLOWEEN MONDAY MORNING…WE HAD FUN AT GILLIAM
DE ANN DOMINICK HAD AN ASSORTMENT OF GOODIES THAT KEPT WITH THE HALLOWEEN THEME…WITCHES FINGERS...EYE BALLS AND THE LIKE…IT WAS REALLY A FUN TABLE OF GOODIES… AT HOSSTON WE HAD GREAT REFRESHMENTS TOO, MRS. CLAY ALWAYS OUT DOES HERSELF EACH WEEK… WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE WITH STERLIN DRIVER A BAG OF TREATS.
WE ARE USING A NEW SYSTEM AT HOSSTON WITH THE MUSIC I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO BURN A CD…I KNOW I AM BEHIND TIMES…AND IT MAKES THINGS GO A LOT SMOOTHER AND LESS WORK FOR KELLY BRANIM…THANK YOU HOSSTON FOR ALLOWING ME TO TINKER WITH THE SERVICE… ALSO HOSSTON HAD A PHOTO OF THE REDONE SIGN ON THE COVER OF THE SUNDAY BULLETIN…BILLY BELK OF GILLIAM CHURCH REFURBISHED IT FOR US…IT REALLY LOOKS FRESH AND CLEAN, THANKS BILLY.
I AM ENJOYING THE SERMON SERIES “IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS” WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE IN THIS SERIES…I HOPE IT HAS BLESSED YOU!!
SUNDAY IS HOLY COMMUNION AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE IN WORSHIP AS WE CELEBRATE THIS MOST SPECIAL TIME…I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THE LORD’S TABLE WITH EACH OF YOU…..

READINGS FOR THE WEEK:
JOSHUA 24:1-3a, 14-25; PSALM 78 :1-7
I THESSALONIANS 4:13-18; MATTHEW 25:1-13

SUNDAY SERMON:
EAGERLY...DESIRED
LUKE 22:15

REMEMBER: TO BRING CAN GOOD FOR THE N. HIGHLAND UMC FOOD PANTRY AND A GIFT AT THE ALTAR DURING COMMUNION

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD…
BOXES AVAILABLE …AS WE BEGIN THIS PROJECT…DEAD LINE FOR PICKUP THIS YEAR IS NOVEMBER 11, 2011…THIS HAS BEEN A FUN PROJECT THAT HELPS CHILDREN IN 130 COUNTRIES…LAST YEAR 8 MILLION BOXES WERE DELIVERED AND YOU HAD A GREAT HAND IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN
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The Ties That Bind
FOR SEVERAL YEARS OUR CHARGE HAS JOINED WITH KIM DOMINICK FOR THIS CHRISTMAS PROJECT. SHE HAS GATHERED KNITTERS ACROSS THE STATE TO KNIT SCARVES FOR THE ST. AGNES HOMELESS SHELTER IN BATON ROUGE,LA. LOOK FOR THE DISLPAY THAT LEAH VOLENTINE AND BETTY CRAIN HAVE PUT TOGETHER TO REMIND US TO GET BUSY WITH OUR SCARFE MAKING FOR THE SEASON.

Expensive Cosmetics
Joe's wife bought a new line of expensive cosmetics guaranteed to make her look years younger. After a lengthy sitting before the mirror applying the "miracle" products, she asked, "Darling, honestly, what age would you say I am?"
Looking over her carefully, Joe replied, "Judging from your skin, twenty; your hair, eighteen; and your figure, twenty five."
"Oh, you flatterer!" she gushed.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Joe interrupted.
"I haven't added them up yet."

POINSETTIAS:
THE FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT HOSSTON AND THE LIST IS ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AT GILLIAM…IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLACE POINSETTIAS IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE PLEASE USE THESE MEANS. PRICES ARE LISTED.

I PRAY THAT YOU WILL KNOW THE
BLESSINGS OF THE FATHER THIS WEEK….
HAVE A GREAT WEEK…
SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!
EMILE