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December 2012 The
Hardy
Heartline
We’re the Church with a Warm
The other day I was putting up the Christmas tree with my family which always provides a
nostalgic moment for me. As a child I often wondered how my mom had collected so many
ornaments over the years. There were Jesus bobbles, artwork from our childhood, random stars, and odd assortments of Santa Clauses. It’s amazing the variety of things that make up a
family tree.
Christmas often seems to reflect the assorted memories of a Christmas tree. I remember sit-ting around it with parents and loved ones opening presents on Christmas day. I remember
Christmas Eve services singing Christmas carols with my father while hoping the preacher would hurry with his sermon so I could get home and open the one allotted gift for the eve-
ning. I remember holy moments when my parents read the Bible around the fire. I remem-ber less holy moments when my sisters and I fought to see who would get into the present
room first. We always find pieces of Jesus in the season surrounded by our cultural collage of materialism.
Often we see the “Reason for the Season” being a small moment on Christmas Eve when we raise our candles high and sing “Silent Night.” Maybe we make a tribute to our historical
baby Jesus by hanging the religious ornaments or setting up the Nativity to remind us that the birth of Christ is the reason we go through this hubbub anyway. However, it is important to remember that the Christmas season is not a historical celebration. It is a living one. Christ did not come to the earth to get a bumper sticker and say he’s been here. Christ came to
save the world and then sent his Counselor to walk with us in his absence. This Christmas I realize
how fast my ornament collection is growing. There is new artwork, new stars with names of loved
ones on them, new Jesus bobbles with my son’s handprint. I realize how Christ has been in all of
it: in my parenting, in my marriage, in the artwork I create, and in the saints that have come into
my life. The Christmas tree in my house is not just an assortment of seasonal tributes with a scat-
tering of religious paraphernalia. It is a tribute to how God has worked in all the places of my fam-
ily’s life, and considering the growing pile of Christmas boxes I unloaded this season, he has been
a busy Savior.
Grace and Peace, Preston
WE UPHOLD OUR VOWS
By Our Prayers: All Hardy homebound members, all nursing home residents,
all our brave service men & women & their families, Buddy Nettles, Delphia &
Shelby Seitz, Lil Miller, Kathleen Flournoy, Sonny Westerman, Alta Hirsch,
Meredith & Ethel Edwards, Raimon Swanger, Margaret Beebe, Mary & Johnie
Butler, Tom Gray, Dianne Good, Paul & Mary Coen, Mickey Spencer, Kathy
Walker, George Terry, Bobbie Chambers, Bonnie Joyner, Marjorie Brumfield,
Willie Boham, and Rosalie Compton.
By Our Presence:
Through Sunday November 25th
Nov. 4th Nov.11th Nov. 18th Nov.25th
Sunday School 217 196 225 215
Sunday Worship 320 269 311 330
By Our Gifts: Through November 25, 2012
2012 Budget Received through Nov.25th Received to date
$472,093 $35,079 $457,708 Apportionments Paid to Date Balance
$68,095 $68,095 $0
Hardy Memorial United Methodist
Church Texarkana, Texas
Phone: 903-793-1116 Fax - 903-793-6663
Staff
Rev. Preston Greenwaldt Pastor
Home: (903) 794-7746 Cell: (713) 857-6245
Mary Lou Thornton Director of Education
Pam Akin Church Secretary
Mary Ann Resecker Financial Secretary
Micah McBay Director of Music Ministries
Makki Currie Director of Children’s Ministries
Dee Dee Williams Director of Youth Ministries
Brooke Bender Assistant Youth Director [email protected]
David Favors
Director of Maintenance
Sue Jones Nursery Director
903-838-4665
Sonny McBay Director of Kitchen Ministries
ACOLYTES
December 2nd: Brenna Bender & Gillian Knowles
December 9th: Brant Bender & Kelsey Clark
December 16th: Anna Blair Story & Abby Russ
December 23rd: Aaron Denby & Peyton Stringer
December 30th: Miles McBay & Spencer Richardson
All Donations for 2012
should be turned in (or postmarked) by
December 31st
December
USHERS
Richard Reynolds, Joe May, Larry Rose, Randy Moore, Greg Phillips,
John Quinn, and Royce Thornton
If you are not receiving a youth weekly email, please let Dee Dee know! Call the
church office, send an email, text message, or slip her a note in church! Don’t
miss out on the fun!
December Newsletter – Youth Information
Youth Christmas Parties
Saturday, Dec. 8th @ 6:00 pm Junior High “Edge” Group @ the home of Todd & Darla Partin
Youth Service Day—Sunday, Dec. 16th
Christmas Devotional and Gifts to Sterling House
Youth End- of- the - World Lock-In—Friday, December 21st
Sunday, December 23rd - Evening Christmas Musical Extravaganza
Beginning at 6:00pm
Youth Band to perform
JH “Edge” Group to play chimes
Entire Youth Group to perform
Children’s Choir to perform
Followed by “Happy Birthday, Jesus” Party in Fellowship Hall
No youth group on the following days:
Wednesday, Dec. 26th
Sunday, Dec. 30th
Wednesday, January 2nd
Hanging of the Greens
Sunday
December 2nd
10:45 am
A Warm Hardy Thank You
Thanks to all of you who have touched the life of our son
Ken. We appreciate your caring concern for him as he left
for basic training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. We
also appreciate your concern for us as a family as we said
good bye as he embarked on this major part of his life.
The love of the church was made visible in many ways but
especially during the morning worship service when Pas-
tor Preston prayed a special prayer of blessing. For those
who have asked, his address is available by calling the
church office.
Thanks again and God bless,
Ken and Kennessa Pratt
Paul writes in Romans 12:4-5 “Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all
have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”
In this passage we are reminded that God created each of us with a purpose. Where we often miss the message of
this passage is in the phrase “these members do not all have the same function.”
It is easy for us to look at the preacher or youth director or music director or Sunday school teacher and say, “That’s
not me…I could never do that.” Well, you may be absolutely right. God may not have given you that purpose. But
God has given you a purpose. It may not be to stand in front of people or to lead a group, but there are many mem-
bers and the body is large. Each member is vital to the body and one member is not more important than another.
God has made us all to be active members of His body and I encourage you to consider where God is calling you
as we speed towards another year. Where can God use you at Hardy in 2013? How can you be a support to our
growing congregation? Remember that each one of us is important and needed and God loves all of us. So as we
close out 2012 and get ready for the holidays and then a new year, let us all consider God’s calling in our lives and
let us thank Him for giving each of us a wonderful purpose in His love.
Blessings Micah
December 23rd in the morning service, the Chancel Choir will present
Michael W. Smith’s “Agnus Dei” a worship cantata for Christmas.
You don’t want to miss this presentation of beautiful music and worship just before Christmas.
Musings From Micah
Christmas Musical
Christmas comes just once a year
so let’s get together for some holiday cheer!
Parties: who, what, where and when!
December 7th: Service Class @ 6:00 pm @ Hardy’s Fellowship Hall
December 8th: Jr High Youth @ 6:00 pm @ the home of Todd & Darla Partin
December 8th: Faith Seekers Class @ 6:00 pm @ the home of Shane and Joy Richardson
December 17th: Walker UMW Group @ 6:00 pm @ the home of Jeanette Akin
December 17th: New Horizons will have a Pot Luck Lunch @12:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall
December 18th: Generation UMW Group @ 6:00 pm @ the home of Terre Carroll
MENU
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Melton Invite you to share with them a
celebration of love between Monica Ja Melton
And Matthew Paul Anderson
On Saturday, The fifteenth of December Two thousand and twelve
At four o'clock in the afternoon Hardy Memorial United Methodist Church
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR
There’s a place for everyone at Hardy on Wednesday nights.
4:45-6:00pm Wednesday Dinner
5:30 –6:30pm JR. High chime practice
6:00-7:00pm BIG and Club N-Btween for children ages 4 yrs.- 5th grade
6:00-8:00pm Jr. and Sr. High Youth activities
6:00-7:00pm Adult Bible Study
7:00-8:00pm Chancel Choir Rehearsals
THE CHEF IS IN THE KITCHEN.
No need to plan a menu and get in the kitchen on Wednesday nights. Dinner will be served at Hardy. What do
you need to do? Just make a reservation. You may register for a standing reservation with no worry to contact
us each week. Just let us know when you are not coming. Don’t want to plan that far ahead? You are also able
to make reservations weekly. The main thing: PLEASE LET US KNOW WHETHER TO RESERVE YOU A PLACE OR
CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION.
Make reservations by noting on the Sunday bulletin insert each week or by calling the church office
903-793-1116. Please let us know by Tuesday noon in order for Chef Sonny to know how to shop.
Hardy Happenings
December 5th : Spaghetti w/meat sauce, salad bar, green beans, and
oatmeal cookies
December 12th : Taco salad, chips, salsa, guacamole, beans, and
cinnamon rolls
December 19th: Pork loin, mashed potatoes, English peas, and pumpkin roll.
Wednesday night dinner will resume on January 9th.
New Horizons
December 17th,
12:30 pm
New Horizons will have a
Pot Luck Lunch in the
Fellowship Hall,
followed with Bingo.
We welcome anyone 55 or older.
Hope you will come join in the
fun and fellowship.
Communion for shut-ins will not be delivered in the month of December.
KIDS’ PAGE
BIG and Club-N-Btween
Wednesdays at 6:00
BIG is for children 3yrs-2nd grade
Club-N-Btween is for children 3rd grade- 5th grade
Bring your bible and come join our bible study.
The Journey by Adam Hamilton is an awesome hands on bible study about the birth of Jesus!
Note: BIG and Club-N-Btween will not meet Dec. 26 or Jan. 2.
The Christmas
Cupcake!
The Sweetest
The Children’s Choir has been working hard to bring you a fun and exciting
Christmas musical! They will dazzle you and touch your heart as they tell
“the sweetest story ever told!”
Come and show your support on
Sunday, December 23 at 6:00 p.m. You will be glad you did!
Pancake Breakfast
December 8th at 9:00-10:30 a.m.
It’s time for Hardy’s annual “Come As You Are” Pancake Breakfast!
Come in pj’s if you wish and help us kick off the Christmas season with pancakes,
story time, and cookie decorating! All children and their parents are invited to join.
RSVP to the office 903-793-1116
or email [email protected]
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
Sunday, December 23rd
The whole congregation is invited to a birthday celebration for Jesus!
We will begin in the sanctuary with musical performances
by the youth, children’s choir and even our youngest children!
This will be a Christmas musical extravaganza
that is sure to put everyone in the Christmas spirit!
Following the musical performance, you are invited
to join us for a birthday party in the Fellowship Hall.
We also have a special guest coming….. HO! HO! HO!
We’re on the web:
www.hardyumc.org
“We’re The Church With The Warm Heart” Hardy Memorial United Methodist Church
6203 N. Kings Hwy.
Texarkana, Texas 75503
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Christmas Eve Candlelight
Service
5:00 pm
In Memory of:
Jo Ann Griffin
Robert & Sara Weber
Bob & Lou Pickens
Bell UMW Group
Friendship Class
Herman & Sara Barnett
Randy & Becky Moore
Ed & Dottie Miller
Emmett & Laura Marlowe
Bob & Joyce Bell
Royce & Mary Lou Thornton
Dale & Ladelle Ivey
Tom & Patti Pierce
Richard & Pat Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Wilburn Smith
John & Jennie Fedric
Alan & Evelyn Turner
Paul & Bonnie Miller
Grier, Reeves & Lawley, P.C.
Carlos & Sue Harvey
Carl & Charlotte Nyman
Nancy Green
Betty Burnett
Ennis Phillips
Opal Peek
Betty Head
Karen Fannin Davis
Herman & Sara Barnett
Bob & Kathy Koon
Dale & Ladelle Ivey
Wilburn & Edith Smith
Tom & Patti Pierce
Richard & Pat Reynolds
Royce & Mary Lou Thornton
Paul & Bonnie Miller
Carlos & Sue Harvey
Carl & Charlotte Nyman
In Honor of: Dee Dee Williams
Brooke Bender
Makki Currie
Carl & Charlotte Nyman
Paul & Mary Coen
Friendship Class
In Memory of:
Martha Fant
Jerry & Jennifer Black
Emmett & Laura Marlowe
Tom & Patti Pierce
Shane & Joy Richardson
Dale & Ladelle Ivey
James & Mary Thompson
Randy & Becky Moore
Mike & Shelly Whitehurst
Troy & Anna Marie Hornsby and family
Herman & Sara Barnett
John & Jennie Fedric
Bob & Kathy Koon
Royce & Mary Lou Thornton
Bob & Lou Pickens
Dean & Elizabeth Stone
Robert & Sara Weber
Bob & Joyce Bell
Ed & Dorothy Miller
Betty Head
Jeanette Akin
Opal Peek
Betty Burnett
Frances Burnett
Ennis Phillips
Linda McClemens
Nancy Green
Don Preston
Melba Howard
Twin Cities Toast Masters
Mack & Jane Walker
Richard & Pat Reynolds
Don & Jean Stephens
Paul & Bonnie Miller
Martha & Jimmie Sheridan
John & Gloria Miller
Carlos & Sue Harvey
Carl & Charlotte Nyman
In Honor of: Carol Means
Conner Patterson
Carol & Barbara Means
Ed & Dottie Miller
Communion Ushers
“2013”
Mack Walker, Carvel Good, Jimmy Gross, Steve Hackett, Stephen Miller and Royce Thornton
Center Guide
Joe Williams
Alternates
Johnny Miller, Troy Hornsby, and Dale Ivey
Special Ushers
Jimmy Norwood and Carol Means