Vacation Sensation 2012 @ the CDC

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VOLUME 36, ISSUE 33 • AUGUST 19, 2012
Vacation Sensation 2012 @ the CDC
This year’s Vacation Sensation was one of the best years ever at the CDC! We welcomed some new
smiling faces to our program, as well as our veterans. Children participated in some great hands-on
art activities, as well as our new basketball and air hockey game
that was graciously donated.
Field trips this summer included…
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Jump Zone
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Swimming at Cammack Village
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Skating
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State Capitol Tour
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Clinton Library
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Arkansas Game and Fish Nature Center
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Mosaic Templers
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Bowling
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CiCi’s Pizza
•
Tandy 10 movies
We also had some field trips that came to us such as…
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Zoo To You
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Healthy Bodies by the UAMS Pharmacy students
FRIENDS & FAMILY
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES CONT.
Blaine Carter (Baptist LR NICU) son of Lindsey Spann Carter
We need more greeters for the 11:00 service. This is a
wonderful opportunity for Sunday School classes! If
you are interested, please call Beverly Darwin at 501664-6268.
In the Hospital
Sympathy
Christian Sympathy to Bob McKuin and family in the death
of his aunt, Orleen McKuin, who died August 13th.
MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS
In Memory of Pat Booth
by: Donald O’Dell (Landscape Fund), Clay O’Dell, Patsy
Frost, Carolyn Scruggs
In Memory of Archie Bryant
by: Seung Chan Yang & Hye Young Yang
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Sunday School Opportunity
Haven’t taught Sunday school in a while? We are
looking for caring volunteers to team teach children’s
Sunday school. You can commit for one month,
once a month or more. Training, curriculum, and
support provided. We’d love to have you with us
on our journey. Look for “Sunday School Teaching
Opportunities” sign-up sheets around the church. Call
Pam at the church or email [email protected].
Calling All Greeters!
Help Wanted - Member Care
Volunteers needed for the Member Care Team:
• If you love to cook – we need people who will
make casseroles, soups, etc. that can be given to
people during illness, following hospitalizations, death
in the family or a new baby family.
• If you love to host and coordinate events – we
need people to help prepare and set up receptions
for families following funerals and memorial services.
If interested or for more information, contact Darlene
Scheibner at 868-8248.
Pastor on Call - August 19-25
If you need a pastor after regular office hours, Rev.
Mary Jane Cole is on call. You may reach her on her
cell phone 501-960-7731.
We would like to thank all the parents, children, and counselors
that helped us have a successful summer. We had so much fun,
and we know our children did too. We are looking forward to
having a wonderful Be Cool After School Program!! The after-school program provides “choices”
of daily activities, including play on our second floor fresh-air gymnasium, a USDA approved snack,
homework room and other enrichment options! Full care is provided to enrolled families for teacher
work days, Christmas and Spring Break. For more information and for a complete listing of enrolled
schools, contact Jade Brandon at 372-2327 or email [email protected]!
THIS WEEK AT FIRST CHURCH
Mrs. Mable Sharron used to make us homemade sourdough bread when we lived in Conway when I was just
a little boy. We would fight over the heel piece. It still is my favorite. I love it fresh out of the oven and lathered up
with Fleischmann’s margarine. I’d rather eat homemade bread than just about anything. It’s mouth-watering good.
A good meal begins with hunger, and so does good religion. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life; he who
comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.”
One of the main reasons people proclaim that they are Christians is that they believe that because of Jesus
they will live forever, and thus the whole point of the Christian Faith is to get your ticket punched to heaven.
Clearly, Jesus did believe in eternal life, and it is something to seriously consider; but we don’t walk with Jesus just to
get heaven. We walk with Jesus because He’s our friend, our love, and our time here on this earth with him is a time
to fall deeper in love with the one who loved us even before we knew it. Our time in heaven is close to the same, a
time to be in love with the one who first loved us.
I believe in life everlasting and in the life of the world to come. Come to church, learn to love Jesus, and it will
make a difference in how you live today and forever. Rev. Cooper
WEEKLY BIBLE READINGS
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14; Psalm 111; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58
12th Sunday after Pentecost
Homemade Bread
Rev. Christopher Cooper
723 CENTER STREET • LITTLE ROCK, AR 72201 • TEL: 501.372.2256 • FAX: 501.372.0744 • WWW.FUMCLR.ORG
CHURCH CALENDAR
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012
8:15 am
8:30 am
9:00 am 9:00 am 9:00 am
9:00 am
9:45 am
10:30 am 11:00 am 12:15 pm
2:45 pm
5:30 pm
5:30 pm
First Cup Cafe
First Light (Chapel)
First Word (Gym)
Telelinks
Glory Singers Orientation (Choir Rm)
Quarter Notes Orientation (Rm 245)
Sunday School
Quiet Meditation (Chapel)
First Tradition (Sanctuary)
Strategic Planning Team (Rm 209)
Stewardship & Finance Comm. (Rm 210)
Youth (Youth Studio)
Small Group (Prayer Room)
MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
8:30 am
4:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:30 pm
L.I.F.T. (Laity Involved in Free Transportation)
eStem Basketball Practice (Gym)
SPPR Committee (Rm 204)
Mustard Seed Monday School (Rm 207)
‘One’ Worship Service
September 2nd, 11:00 am
Tuesday Study Group (Rm 204)
L.I.F.T.
Staff Meeting (Rm 204)
First Word Worship Planning (Pastor’s Study)
FirstArts
eStem Basketball Practice (Gym)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012
8:30 am
11:00 am
4:00 pm
5:30 pm
5:30 pm
7:00 pm
L.I.F.T.
Weight Watchers
(Parlor, Study, and Chapel)
eStem Basketball Practice (Gym)
S.W.A.G. (Youth Studio)
First Word Band Practice
Chancel Choir Rehearsal (Choir Rm)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012
8:30 am
10:30 am
12:00 pm
3:30 pm
4:00 pm
L.I.F.T.
Companions in Christ (Church Study)
Pastor’s Bible Study (Rm 204)
FirstArts
eStem Basketball Practice (Gym)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012
5:30 pm
Koinonia Class Party (Fellowship Hall)
Invitation to Genesis
There will be ‘One Worship Service’ on Sunday,
September 2nd at 11:00 am in the Sanctuary.
Individual Sunday School classes will announce if
they are meeting on that particular Sunday.
YOU ARE INVITED
by United Methodist Women
invite
you to a luncheon
to their
Luncheon
and Meeting on
Sunday,
September
Sunday,
September 99
at 12:15
in the
FUMC gym
Gym
12:15p.m.
in the
FUMC
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012
7:00 am
8:30 am
10:00 am
12:00 pm
3:30 pm
4:00 pm
FALL SMALL GROUP OPPORTUNITIES
Speaker:
Susan
McDougal
Susan
McDougal
Speaker:
Topic:
HOSPITAL & PALLIATIVE CARE CHAPLAIN, UAMS
Whitewater: The Story of a Life Transformed
“Whitewater: The Story of a Life Transformed”
Reservations for lunch are needed by Thursday, September
6. Call the churchReservations
office at 372-2256.
for lunch Lunch donations will
be accepted.needed
Everyone
is welcome!
by Thursday,
September 6
A SHORT TERM
11 WEEK DISCIPLE CLASS
Two options for participation:
Sundays at 5:30 p.m.
or
Thursday’s at 11:30 am
Beginning Thursday, Sept. 6 or Sunday, Sept. 9
Cost: $11.00/participant
(This course is open to all persons!)
Class Schedule
Orientation: Class Expectations and Books
Session 1: Session 2: Session 3: Session 4: Session 5: Session 6: Session 7: Session 8: Session 9: Session 10:
The Beginning … and What Went Wrong
Another Beginning: The Flood…and What went Wrong?
Another Beginning: Abraham and the Patriarchs
Abraham and a Glimpse to the Future
The Promise Fulfilled: Isaac
Another Beginning: Jacob and the Uneasy Birth of a People
Jacob: The Struggle Continues
Another New Beginning: Joseph and the Family of Israel
The Trek into Egypt
An End and Another Beginning: Israel’s Story
Make Your Reservations today by calling the church office
@ 372-2256 or by emailing [email protected].
FUMC office 372.2256
Lunch donations will be accepted
Advent Devotional Writers Needed
Due to popular demand, another Advent Devotional is in
the works! WE NEED WRITERS! Anyone interested in writing
a 350-word devotional for one of the days during Advent
may contact Jessica Szenher at [email protected] or at
413-9212 by August 26.
We Need Flower Girl Subs!
Did you know FUMC has a group of women called the
Flower Girls? Each Monday morning they gather to
make bouquets from the Sanctuary Flowers given on
Sunday. The Flower Girls deliver those bouquets to church
members who are homebound, living in nursing homes
or are hospitalized. Those flowers brighten their day and
helps them to know that their church family holds them
close in thought and prayer. This ministry is a blessing to
both the Flower Girls and the people they serve, and it
only require 2 to 3 hours on Monday morning. If you are
interested, please call Sarah Spencer at 501-920-1888 or
501-374-3644, or e-mail [email protected].
Seven Week
Spiritual Study
Sept. 18th -Oct. 30th
A seven week spirituality study is being
offered this fall using the book, Open
the Door, by Joyce Rupp. She has
the remarkable ability to help find
God in everyday experiences. In this
book, she compels us to ‘open the
door’ to a deeper life of prayer and
a closer life with God. Structured as a
daily prayer guide for everyday use, the book offers daily
thematic reflection, guided meditation, prayer and related
scripture. A day and evening class will be offered. Carol
Sherer will lead the weekly discussions and meditations
on Tuesdays at 11:00 am, and Rev. Mary Jane Cole will
be leading an evening class at 6:00 pm. The lessons
will start on Tuesday, September 18th and will end on
Tuesday October 30th. Call the church office by Monday,
September 10th if you would like to be a part of this spiritual
study so books can be ordered. Books will be $10. We
hope to hear from you!
MUSIC NOTES
Chancel Choir rehearsal resumed on Wednesday,
August 15th. Ensemble Choir resumes rehearsal on
Thursday, September 6th.
FIRST YOUTH
• Join us for:
- Sunday Conversations every Sunday at 9:55 am,
7th Grade-Credo Confirmation, 8th-10th GradeSpiritual Gifts, 11th & 12th Grade- Spiritual Battles
- First Youth- 5:30-7:00, Join us for snack-supper, fun,
and fellowship.
- S.W.A.G.-Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30. Come
shoot hoops, do crafts, play board games, and just
decompress.
• We will be having a parents meeting this Sunday
to go over our calendar, some new things going
on in Youth Ministry and to answer any questions
you may have. We will start at 5:30 and have snack
supper with our Youth and then we will breakout
into our meeting.
• Questions? If you have any general questions
or about upcoming events, please feel free
to contact Austin Hubbard @ 501-413-8622 or
[email protected]
KIDS@FIRST
Promotion Sunday is August 19th with a
scavenger hunt for people, and other fun.
We look forward to seeing you there!
3rd & 4th Grades
Bible Boot Camp- August 24-25
August 24th & 25th is our 3rd & 4th Grade Bible Boot
Camp Retreat at Camp Tanako in Hot Springs!
We will experience camp activities that help us
learn to use our bibles and enjoy each other’s
company. We’ll have s’mores and songs around
the campfire, games and other camp activities.
Cost is $40 per child. Parents, we would love to
have you chaperone. Go to http://tinyurl.com/
FUMCBibleBootCamp for more information and to
register.
Mark your calendars! The Tweens are
Retreating – September 21-23rd. Our 5th and 6th
graders are going camping! Look for details next
week.