HOSSTON UMC

HOSSTON UMC
HOSSTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Monday, March 3, 2014

MONDAY MORNING EMAIL MARCH 3,


GOOD COLD, SNOWY, CLOUDY MONDAY MORNING…MY COMMUTE  TO WORK WAS A BIT ICY  BUT I MADE IT TO THE OFFICE THIS MORNING…I AM HOPING FOR A THAW LATER TODAY…PLEASE STAY SAFE IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL AND BE CAREFUL THERE IS ICE WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT….

  WE HAD A GRAND TIME YESTERDAY IN WORSHIP…IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SOME FOLKS WE HAVEN’T SEEN FOR A WHILE…AND WE MISSED SOME OTHERS…HOPE TO SEE YOU SUNDAY. 

  WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE BEGIN THE LENTEN SEASON WITH ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES AT 7 PM AT GILLIAM UMC.  I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE TIME TO BE IN THE SERVICE IT IS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL WAY TO FOCUS ON THE SEASON AHEAD.

   SUNDAY BEGINS LENT AND OUR 2014 LENTEN MISSION PROJECTS…A REMINDER TO ALL THE LEADERS TO BE READY SUNDAY MORNING TO INTRODUCE YOUR PROJECT.  PLEASE BE READY WITH INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.  WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PROJECTS ALL WORTHY OF OUR ATTENTION...I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE TIME TO LOOK, DISCUSS AND SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS!

 

READINGS FOR SUNDAY:

GENESIS 2:15-17, 3 1-7; PSALM 32

ROMANS 5:12-19; MATTHEW 4:1-11

 

SERMON FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT

AT

GILLIAM UMC

CONVECTION

“GROANING ALL THE DAY”

PSALM 32

 

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE

AT THE GILLIAM UMC

MARCH 5, 2014

7 P.M.

LENTEN MISSION PROJECT 2014

FOR THE KIDS

THIS PROJECT WILL ASSIST SCHOOL KIDS IN OUR AREA.  LEADERS: RHONDA LAFITTE, DE ANN DOMINICK, ELIZABETH DOMINICK, MARGARET STINSON

 

WOUNDED WARRIORS

THIS PROJECT WILL HELP THOSE WHO HAVE RETURNED FROM WAR.

LEADERS: CHRIS AND ELIZABETH DOMINICK

 

PURSES OF PURPOSE: COLLECTING PURSES

SANDY DUNCAN AND SUSAN AXFORD

                                        

 DYSLEXIA TABS PROJECT

COLLECT TABS TO HELP WITH THE FIGHT AGAINST DYSLEXIA

LEADER: CLAUDIA CLAY

 

SENIOR ADULT MEALS…TO PROVIDE MEALS IN MARCH AND APRIL AT A SENIOR LUNCHEON IN BELCHER. LEADER: GAIL MOORE

SMILE TRAIN: THE PROJECT IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR Smile Train an international children’s charity with a sustainable approach to a single, solvable problem: cleft lip and palate.  LEADER: BETTY STINSON

 

A BUSY WEEK AHEAD…I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BEGIN THE LENT JOURNEY WITH US SUNDAY AND FIND A PROJECT YOU CAN SUPPORT

MAY YOU BE AWARE OF GOD’S PRESENCE EACH DAY!!!

SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!

EMILE