The HEARTbeat

H ear the good news

E xperience God’s grace

A ct & Mature in Faith

R each out in Love

T ell the story to others

A Church seeking after

God’s own HEART

Senior Pastor:

Rev. DeeDee Autry mountainsiderev@gmail.com

Admin. Assistant:

Stacy Halligan mountainsidechurch@gmail.com

Financial Secretary:

Debbie Holliday mountainsidefinance@gmail.com

Pastoral Care:

Maria Kelly billmariakelly@gmail.com

Praise Team Leader:

Suzanne Kriesant suzmusicmumc@gmail.com

Instrumentalist

Coordinator:

Terry O’Dell todellartist@email.com

Parish Nurse:

Connie Larsen connie0829@gmail.com

Mountainside Church

301 El Cano Drive

HSV, AR 71909

501-922-2626

January 9, 2018

“The Family We Choose”

For five years now we have traveled to Eureka Springs, Arkan-sas to celebrate New Year’s. This all started because the sugges-tion was made, and the rest of us jumped at the chance. We rent a house for a couple nights, we pile in with our kids in tow…we play games, we sing, we dance, we laugh, we even cry. We toast the New Year and make merry for the friendship we share. Our time together has become a hallmark of great memories and a special bond we share.

An interesting fact about five of us is that we all graduated high school together. Some of us even attended grade school together, and two of us are married to each other (that would be John and me). As adults, these four couples have witnessed a lot of life and living, the twist and turns of each year passing. We have stood by each other when our marriages were rocky, we have supported one another when the challenge of being a parent seemed overwhelming, and we have laughed uncon-trollably for the crazy, stupid predicaments we find ourselves.

At this point in life, all of our children are grown and have flown the coop, for the most part. Two will graduate college in 2019, one will be a junior. Three are now married, one just got engaged, and two have children of their own. That circle of seven now equals eleven…plus two grand babies and one on the way! And we have even adopted two others who we equally claim as our kids…and their sweet baby boy named Dierks. It’s a motley crew for sure.

I say all this because there really is something to how we feel about the “family we choose.” Those who stand in this circle with me are those who have stood the test of time, we speak truth into each other’s life, we love each offspring as our own, we encourage each other when we are down, give space to fumble and fall, and lend a hand to help us up. In a world where so many seem preoccupied with self, these people remind me daily the value of never going it alone. To speak up when I need something and allow them to help, especially when life is hard.

Scripture teaches us that we are not created to be alone…we are knit together to be in relationship with God and with others. When we give place and space for these relationships to form and grow in our lives, our world is far more meaningful. We are reminded of our purpose and place when we realize that the best we can offer one another is simply love, and grace, acceptance and welcome. It makes all the dif-ference!

Connect and Engage! Opportunities to Connect and Engage

FILL THE

FREEZER

“Cookie Call”

Bring your fresh or frozen baked or bought items to the

church kitchen

On

Saturday, February 2

Between 9AM and Noon

These Hospitality Refreshments will be used on Sunday

mornings during

February- March- April

Huge thanks to all you

do for Hospitality!

Connect and Engage! AGING GRACEFULLY SERIES

Wellness Program…

Keeping Healthy with

Fitness, Tai Chi and

Rehab Therapy Is keeping healthy your new year

resolution? This program will explore the

many health benefits of a wellness

program including Fitness, Tai Chi, and

proper Rehab Therapy. Ask questions

from our qualified experts and Therapist.

Make wellness your priority for 2019!

When: Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Where: Good Samaritan Society Chapel

121 Cortez Rd, Hot Springs Village

Time: 1:30 pm

Cost: FREE

Questions: Call Eric at 915-2128

or Christy 922-9747

OAKLAWN CENTER ON AGING

Connect and Engage! Opportunities to Connect and Engage

TEEN Challenge Special Worship

Service

On January 13th we will be hosting the TEEN Challenge Choir during our morning worship. Their testimony is always powerful, the music is uplifting...and following the service we will have Potluck. Please bring your favorite dish, there will be some hungry guys joining us. A special love offering will be taken following the service to support the ministry of TEEN Challenge.

We are in need for additional meals for Dixie Sorenson for the following dates: January 19, 22,

24/25. If you are able to help, please email or call Carolyn Jacobs (carolyn.jacobs@att.net or

501-915-0996) who is coordinating the meals for Dixie and Jerry. A big thank you to all of you

who have so graciously offered to provide meals.

Announcement for Women's Bible study: We will begin a Bible Study, led by Maria Kelly, on

Wednesday February 6, at 1:00 pm at Mountainside Church. The study will be every Wednesday

at 1:00 (weather permitting). We will be studying the book "Completely Loved" by Shannon

Ethridge, which can be ordered on this website: https://www.christianbook.com/completely-

loved-recognizing-gods-passionate-pursuit/shannon-ethridge/9781400071111/pd/071111?

event=ESRCG. If you are planning on joining this study, please order this book ASAP and read

the first day's devotional, so we can engage in a productive study.

In an effort to keep our expenses down, and due to the number of Upper Rooms we have left each

month...we decided to not renew our church subscription. Below you will find a link to the Upper

Room where you can purchase your own subscription either by print or electronically. There are

many other great devotional resources on this website which you might find useful.

https://www.upperroom.org/available_subscriptions/daily_devotional_options

The Mountainside Youth will be starting back up in the New Year! Join Maddie Back and Zach Thomas on Sunday, January 20th at 6pm for the first meeting. We will meet at Mountainside with food and fun for all.”

Please join us January 15 at 6 p.m. for our Upper Room Fellow-

ship at the Last Chance . Invite a friend to join you for dinner

and fellowship. We pray together, eat together and enjoy the

spiritual community we build together.

United Methodist Men Breakfast…

Please make plans to join us for a wonderful time of fellowship

Saturday, January 12, at 7:30 a.m. in Classroom A. Sign up to attend at

the back of the sanctuary or you may call the church office at 922-2626.

We will get you on the list!

Connect and Engage!

This Sunday’s Hospitality team is Shelly Hill, Joanne

Hanson and Bev Drake.

Project Giving Tree Mountainside needs your input. We will continue Project Giving Tree throughout 2019. If you have any ideas you want to add, please let me know. If you have any of the projects we did last year that you really liked let me know that also. We can do so much when we work together. Thanks for all your support.

Call or email me at the info below.

Kathy Wright klwright0952@gmail.com 501/204-9531

Maria Kelly will be out of town from January 1 through approximately January

22nd and January 31 thru February 5th. If needed for Pastoral Care concerns

she can be reached via email at billmariakelly@gmail.com or by phone 616-265-

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Beloved People of God!

How grateful I am for each voice and each heart and each soul that I am blessed to commune with

here. So many prayers were answered the moment I first stepped into this space….God has truly

blessed us all. I know, without question, that God has called me here to share these blessings with

you. Thank you for making me feel so welcome and so a part of this family.

As we sing together, sharing and celebrating the Grace of God – we minister to each other. I am

blessed by your voice. We are blessed by all our voices and together we can rattle the heavens with

our Love and Gratitude. My soul rejoices when we sing together.

I am learning so much great music! I’m hungry to learn more and I need your help.

(Please use the back if there’s more for you to say...)

I need your HEART and SOUL songs. These are songs that give you goosebumps. Artists and mu-

sicians that have created songs that move you. Songs that carry the voice of God deep into your heart

and soul. New songs. Old songs. Traditional songs. Songs by artists that aren’t in the “Christian mu-

sic” category but touch your heart. What do you want to hear us incorporate into our worship? (you

can also email me songs as you think of them)

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Interested in Music Ministry? Feel called to sing or play? If you’re currently part of our praise

team – I want to know what you feel called to do….

___ I’m already part of the praise team

___ I want to become part of the praise team

___ I want Suz to give me a call to talk about this.

Name _______________________________ Phone:_________________________

Email: ______________________________________

What do you like to sing?

Melody _____ Higher harmony _____ Lower harmony ______ Solos _______

Do you play any instruments? ___________________________________________

How many Sundays a month would you like to play/sing? _____

With Light, Love and Blessings – Suzanne Lamoureux Kriesant

SuzMusicMUMC@gmail.com 501-507-8988

Homebound/Limited Mobility:

Dixie Sorensen Steve Thompson Rick Drake Marcella Redd Ron Stucky Gladys Dohrer @ Mt. Carmel Rich & Alice Coombs at Good Sam’s

Those Needing our Prayers:

Voni Ferguson Joy Dressler Bev Drake Brady Hobbs Nadene Stucky

Prayer Concerns

For additions, corrections or deletions to the weekly prayer list, please email Stacy at mountainsidechurch@gmail.com

Communication Card & Other

Requests:

Continued prayers for God’s touch of heal-ing, wisdom, and peace for Annemarie in battling breast cancer and Henry entering Hospice for end-stage cancer. (Pat Fros)

Pray for continued healing and wisdom for further treatment of Dixie Sorensen.

Holly’s sister, Beth cancer and Holly’s mom; Jackie (needing more care as she moves to assisted living) (Holly Slininger)

Continued prayers for Brady and Brooke; For Brooke’s friend, Edgardo; For Brady’s friend Okaidi– in basic training in Navy Re-serves; For our neighbor and friend, Bill Matthews. Praise God he was in church with us today. (Hobbs Family)

Prayers please for the family of Marcella Redd on the passing of her sister. (Donna Blasing)

Please pray for our son-in-law, Mike, who is going through chemo. (Voni& Trot Fergu-son)

Steve Batatcher that he heals from his stroke. (Greg Gillis)

Prayers of healing for Pati. (Alan Trippel)

“...pray for each other so that you may be

healed. The prayer of a righteous person is

powerful and effective.”

James 5:16

If you would like to be taken off the prayer at home list, please call the church office at 922-2626

For our Military and Family in Service: Let us all be mindful of those who have sacrificed and still stand on the front lines so that we may have freedom.

For the Leaders of our Nation and State.

For our Pastor and Staff.