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Volume 9 Issue 11
December 2018
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As United Methodists this is our mission: to make new disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Worship Times
Sunday School - 9:15 AM
Sunday Worship - 10:30
EASTERN NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR PARADE
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Quick: name the worst Christmas present you ever received. No really, it’s OK. You don’t have to feel guilty and no one will ever know your answer besides you.
Mine? A Thigh Master. Remember those?
It was an S shaped, rubber padded gadget designed to squeeze between
your knees in order to make your thighs smaller. Let me tell you, nothing says “I wish you were different” than giving a piece of unsolicited exercise equipment. (And no, Pastor Laird was not the giver. This happened years ago in a different life.)
We all have certain desires and wishes as Christmas approaches. Usually as we mature, those wishes change from wanting specific, material gift items, to desires for emotional and spiritual connection and fulfillment. We hope to spend time with family and friends. We hope to create a happy Christmas for someone else. We hope to draw closer to Jesus. We hope this Christmas finds us and those around us free of worry, pain, illness, and despair. The reality however, is that we don’t always get what we want for Christmas.
Our December sermon series will take a look at this topic as we explore, “Socks and Underwear: Gifts that Nobody Wants, but Everybody Needs.”
For example, young Mary was not hoping to become pregnant before her marriage to Joseph. She had not been wishing that an angel would come to her with news that would rock her world and her relationships.
The Israelite people, who spent centuries hoped for a savior, envisioned a powerful king or some sort of superhero. A tiny baby in a humble manger was not on their wish list.
Yet, God’s generosity in giving the world exactly what it NEEDED, rather than what worldly people WANTED, resulted in the all-time perfect gift.
Whether your Christmas is shaping up to be exactly what you wished for, or the holiday you wish you could skip this year, come to church on Sunday. Let’s spend some time thinking about what we truly NEED this Christmas.
Meanwhile, I think I’ll see if I still have that Thigh Master.
Pastor Tina
3:00 pm - Communion & Candlelight
5:00 pm - Candlelight Service
SERVICE TIMES
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Cowboy Bell In Memory of Mel (Bud) Bowen By: Grandin and Candy West In Memory of Joe Phillips: By: John and Lynn Allensworth By: Helen Alpers By: Don and Nancy Alsup By: Ann Applegarth By: Don and Loretta Armstrong By: Judy Armstrong By: Bill and Sharon Bird By: William Boston By: Tomellen Burnett By: Analee Craft By: Sally Giannini By: Dick and Pat Goodwin By: Darryl and Susan Haley By: Lee Harvard By: Jeff and Jane Harvard By: Steve and Carol Henderson By: Holloway Construction Company By: Brad and Debbi Jeffers By: Gene and Sandra Lee By: June Marshall By: Mark and Paula McClellan By: Elissa Phillips By: Bill Rapp By: Karen Rapp By: Paula Reed By: Rod and Nanette Schumacher By: Dave Sorenson By: Frank and Nita Sturges By: Curt and Sue Tarter By: Mary Beth Tarter By: Michael and Kimberly Taylor By: Troy and Gayle Thomson By: Valley Bank of Commerce By: Ellis and Sheryl Vickers By: William and Barbara Welsh By: Vivian Willingham In Memory of Tamara Fresquez By: John and Lynn Allensworth By: Helen Alpers By: Don and Nancy Alsup By: The “Berrendo Ladies” By: Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Boggus By: Wanda Brown By: Bobby and Carol Carrol By: Kathy and Frank Chavez By: Analee Craft By: Tom and Becky Conner By: Lisa and Richard Deck By: June Emmons
` By: Hervey Gilliland By: Dick and Pat Goodwin By: Darryl and Susan Haley By: Jeff and Jane Harvard By: Rusty and Megan Hearting By: James and Paola Hervey By: Holloway Construction Company By: Brad and Debbi Jeffers By: Dee and Mary Helen Jeffers By: Jerry and Harriette Lewis By: Michael and Rhonda Lujan By: June Marshall By: Elizabeth and Robert Medrano By: Mark and Paula McClellan By: The Kay McMillan Family By: Fana Lou Miles By: Patsy Miller By: Bill and Kay Owen By: Maggie Phillips By: Bill Rapp By: Karen Rapp By: Paula Reed By: Gary and Carola Spreacker By: Frank and Nita Sturges By: Curt and Sue Tarter By: Dorothy Tarter By: Mary Beth Tarter By: Valley View Elementary By: Ellis and Sheryl Vickers By: Guy and Faye Wilemon By: Joan and Jerry Wood By: Mike and Pam Worley In Memory of Gloria Schellinger By: Lee Harvard By; Dave Sorenson In Memory of Kaye and Rosemary Preston By: Mary Beth Tarter In Memory of Robert Desbien By: Maggie Phillips In Honor of Pat Goodwin: By: Don and Loretta Armstrong In Memory of Joanne Harvard By: Martha and Gerald Childress In Memory of Nancy Smith By: Analee Craft By: Dick and Pat Goodwin By: Steve and Carol Henderson By: Carolyn Ballard By: Annette Voliva In Memory of Lois Taylor By: Lee Harvard In Memory of Imogene Commons By: Bill and Kay Owen
GENERAL/MUSIC EMORIALS In Memory of Tamara Fresquez By: Grace & Carr Hervey By: Judy Armstrong In Memory of Robert Emmons By: June Emmons In Memory of Delores Tayler By: Judy Armstrong In Memory of Nancy Smith By: Judy Armstrong By: Margaret Kling Kincaid In Memory of Rosemary & Kaye Preston By: Margaret Kling Kincaid In memory of Barbara Miller By: Judy Armstrong
FUMC Acknowledges the Following Memorials:
DECEMBER 5
Hamburgers & Hot Dogs
DECEMBER 12
Chicken Fried Chicken
Dinner Time: 5:15 pm $6.00 Adults -
Children 18 & Younger Eat Free!
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NOTICE: December 12 will be
the last Wednesday meal until
January. We will resume
meals and activities on
Wednesday, January 9th.
Wednesday Dinner
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CHRISTMAS EVENTS
FUMC - ROSWELL
CHRISTMAS EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
Sunday, December 2
1st Sunday of Advent
Saturday, December 8
Kaler Bells @ Christmas Railway ..... 5:30 pm
Sunday, December 9 2nd Sunday of Advent
Searchers Open House ....... 9:00 to 10:15 am
(Held in Room 111)
Wednesday, December 12 Wednesday Dinner - FH ................ 5:00 pm
(Last Wednesday Dinner until January)
Kaler Bell Ring-A-Long - FH ........... 6:00 pm
Thursday, December 13 Christmas of Remembrance ............ 7:00 pm (Held @ Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art
409 E. College Blvd.)
Friday, December 14 Angel Tree Party - FH ................... 5:30 pm
Sunday, December 16
3rd Sunday of Advent
Poinsettias Adorn the Sanctuary
Chancel Choir Cantata .................. 10:30 am
“Were You There On That Christmas Night”
Youth Christmas Caroling followed by Hot
Chocolate and Chili @ Parsonage
(Meet at the church at 4:00 pm)
Wednesday, December 19
(Don’t forget to bring cookies for
the Shepherd’s Run!) Youth Christmas Party ........ 5:00 - 7:00 pm
(Held @ Church)
Sunday, December 23 (Last Day to Bring Cookies
for Shepherd’s Run!)
4th Sunday of Advent
Poinsettias Adorn the Sanctuary
Shepherd’s Run Plate Assembly - FH . 1:30 pm
Monday, December 24
Christmas Eve ............................ 3:00 pm
Communion & Candlelight
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service .... 5:00 pm
Poinsettias may be picked up after 5pm
Shepherd’s Run after Both Services
Tuesday, December 25
Christmas Dinner - FH ...................... Noon
(Call 622-1881 to RSVP)
Sunday, December 30 1st Sunday After Christmas
(Where you see FH, means it will be held in the
Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist
Church.)
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ROSWELL, NM
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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
200 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
ROSWELL, NM 88201 Phone: 575-622-1881 - Fax: 575-622-6751
Church Email: [email protected]
Church Web Site: www.fumc-roswell.org
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NWT. Conf. Bishop
Rev. W. Earle Bledsoe [email protected]
Dist. Superintendent: Rev. Ernie Vineyard
Rev. Tina Cross [email protected]
Rev. Laird Cross [email protected]
Program Media Coordinator Stella Martinez
Youth Intern - Michaela Gallegos [email protected]
Director of Operations - Don Armstrong [email protected]
Facilities Coordinator Kelly Cockrell
Office Manager - Kay Motto [email protected]
Finance Administrator - David Gray [email protected]
Music Director - Steve Thorp [email protected]
Organist - Michelle Olson [email protected]
Cowboy Bell Secretary - Kati Yates [email protected]
FUMC E-mail [email protected]
HAVE YOU ENJOYED OUR VISUALS ON SUNDAY MORNINGS?
If you have, be sure to thank Bettie Lou Cheney, Ginger Gwartney and Har-
riet Brown. They are the three that make up our Visual Team. They have
done a wonderful job and we appreciate all of their hard work! Recently,
they sent us a letter asking to discontinuing the displays for a while. With
their permission we will share a portion of the letter we received.
“For more than ten years the Visual Team has prepared a visual interpretation
of the scripture to illustrate the passages the clergy of our church have chosen for
the messages of the Sunday morning worship service. We consider it a privilege to
have created these displays on a regular basis.
At this time, for the following reasons, we are requesting a Leave of Absence
from this work. First of all, there will be considerable remodeling of the offices and
narthex this fall and winter and it will be very difficult to continue our work.
Secondly, the members of our team have family health issues and needs of our
families that need to be addressed at this time. It is therefore our recommendation
that we take a Leave of Absence and address the future of this area of worship at a
later time.
Please join us in thanking these three women for their hard work and dedica-
tion for the last ten years. We pray for their families and their health and
hope to see their beautiful works of art in future visual displays after comple-
tion of our construction. Thank you Bettie Lou, Ginger and Harriet!
Christmas is almost here, and that means we’re in Angel Tree season!
Angel Tree matters so much to the families and children of incarcerated parents. This can only be accomplished be-cause of volunteers like you who are willing to humbly serve.
Please volunteer to adopt an Angel Tree child or children this Christmas by buying, wrapping and delivering gifts in the name of the inmate par-ent. Kelly Cockrell will be in the Narthex on December 2 and 9, 2018, to help you pick a child or children that so much need and want to be remembered this Christmas. Please deliver your wrapped presents to the church by December 12th, 3:00 PM, for the Angel Tree party and dinner on December 14, 2018, at 5:30 PM.
Angel Tree Christmas Prison Ministries
ALL children are invited to join Michelle Olson and the Wesley Sing-ers in singing on Christmas Eve.
Children may join us for practice on Wednesday, December 5th and De-cember 12th. And, remember, you don’t need to be a member of the Wesley Singers! Just come and join the group to practice singing some Christmas songs! It will be fun! We meet in room 114 at 5:45 pm, after dinner! See you there!
Christmas Eve!
REFRIGERATOR WANTED
If anyone has a, useable household
size refrigerator that they would like
to donate, we could use one in our
Hospitality room. Just give us a call
at 575-622-1881. Thank you!
REMINDER...HAVE YOU TURNED
IN YOUR 2019 PLEDGE CARD?
It helps the Finance Team in their
budgeting process!
Youth Group Holiday Schedule
November 16-18 CCYM Service Camp @ Sacramento November 18 No Youth Group (Coming home from CCYM) November 25 No Youth Group (Thanksgiving Break) December 2 Praise Band & Youth Group 4PM – 6PM
(we’re making ornaments) December 9 Praise Band & Youth Group 4PM – 6 PM (we’re making Christmas hats for caroling)
December 16 Meet at church at 4PM for - Christmas Caroling followed by Chili & Hot Chocolate at Pastors’ house.
December 19th WEDNESDAY!! Youth Christmas Party 5PM – 7PM at church.
December 23rd NO Youth Group – Christmas Break December 27th THURSDAY 1PM – 3PM Praise Band Workshop with guest Peyton Hansen teaching us how to set up sound and other stuff. December 30th NO Youth Group – Christmas Break January 5th SATURDAY Inner tubing at Ruidoso January 6th NO Youth Group – Christmas Break January 13th Youth Group resumes AT NEW TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Immediately after morning worship = LUNCH Praise Band Practice until 1PM Youth Group from 1PM – 3PM COMING IN 2019 February 2nd 2PM – 4PM Make sandwiches at church for fund raiser February 3rd Super Bowl SubDay Fund raiser after worship service Feb – May Bowling, Roller Skating, Mission Projects and MORE Summer White Sands Camping Trip, Mission Trip, Summer Camp and MORE
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1
2 9:15 AM Sunday School
10:30 AM Worship
4:00PM YouthWorshipTeam
5:00 PM UMY/Youth Rms
3
6:45 AM Men's Breakfast @ Cerritos
4
10:30 AM Staff Meetings
6:45 PM CBS Classes
7:00 PM Troop2/Scout Hut
5
REGULAR WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE ON REVERSE SIDE
6
10:30 AM Women's Bible Study/Rm 1105:15 PM Weight Watchers
7Al Anon/Rm 111
8
9
9:15 AM Sunday School10:30 AM Worship
4:00 PM YouthWorshipTeam5:00 PM UMY/Youth Rms
10
6:45 AM Men's Breakfast @ Cerritos11:30 AM Walker Museum/Rm 111
1110:30 AM Staff Meetings
6:45 PM CBS Classes
7:00 PM Troop2/Scout Hut
12 13
10:30 AM Women's Bible Study/Rm 11012:00 PM EmmausReunion Group/Rm 111
5:15PM Weight Watchers
14Al Anon/Rm 111
16 9:15AM SundaySchool10:30 AM Worship
4:00-6:00 pm Youth Christmas Caroling & Chili @ the Parsonage (Meet @ Church)
176:45 AM Men's Breakfast @ Cerritos
1810:30 AM Staff Meetings
7:00 PM Troop2/Scout Hut
19 2010:30 AM Women's Bible Study/Rm 11012:00 PM Emmaus Reunion Group/Rm 1115:15PM Weight Watchers
21Al Anon/Rm 111
22
23 9:15 AM Sunday School10:30 AM Worship
5:30 PM Ad Council/Rm111
25 26 27
12:00 PM Emmaus Reunion Group/Rm 1115:15PM Weight Watchers
28Al Anon/Rm 111
29
30 9:15 AM Sunday School10:30 AM Worship
31
6:45 AM Men's Breakfast @ Cerritos
New Year's Eve
Nov 2018S M T W T F S
1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 2425 26 27 28 29 30
Jan 2019S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 1213 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 31
REGULAR WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE ON REVERSE SIDE
No Wednesday Activities
No Wednesday Activities
10:00 AM Veterans Group/Rm 111
24 6:45 AM Men's Breakfast @Cerritos
3:00 PM/Candlelight/Communion Christmas Eve Service5:00 PM/Candlelight Christmas Eve Service
5:30 PM/Angel Tree Party/FH
15
9:30 AM/UMW Cluster @ Peachtree
6 PM/E lec t r i c L igh t Parade/Ma in S t ree t
5 :30 pm/Ka le r Be l l s R ing ing @ Chr is tmas Ra i lway @ the Zoo
9:00-10:15 am/Searchers' Open House in Room 111
1:30 pm/Shepherd's Run Plate Assembly
Noon - Chr is tmas Dinner / /Fe l lowship Hal l
Kaler Bell Ring-A-Long @ 6:00 pm in FH
Reminder...bring cookies for the Shepherd's Run on Christmas Eve.
Bring cookies for afternoon Assembly!
December 12th will be the last Wednesday night meal and Wednesday regular activities for 2018. Please
look on page 3 of this newsletter for the many Christmas events and opportunities during December.
The staff of FUMC wishes you a very Merry Christmas!
WEEKLY WEDNSDAY SCHEDULE for December 5th & 12th
4:30 PM - Preschool Praise Choir/Room 1034:30 PM - Ring On - Rm 114
5:15 PM - Fellowship Dinner/FH
5:45 PM - Wesley Singers - Room 114
5:45 PM - Nursery - Birth thru Preschool 6:00 PM - Homework Cafe'/Youth Room
6:00 PM - Kaler Bells/Sanctuary6:30 - 7:00 PM - Activities for Children 7:15 - Chancel Choir - Choir Room
(DECEMBER 12 - KALER BELL RING-A-LONGIN FELLOWSHIP HALL @ 6:00 PM)
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Poinsettia Order Form
You are invited to help fill our sanctuary this Christ-mas Season by purchasing a poinsettia in memory, or in honor, of a friend or loved one. The price of each poinsettia is $22.50. They will be displayed in the Sanctuary on Sunday, December 16th, December 23rd and Christmas Eve, December 24
th .
Please complete this order form and return it, with your payment, to the church office by December 9th. Please use a separate form for each poinsettia being ordered.
Poinsettia Orders are Due BY 12/9/18
In Memory of:
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In Honor of:
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Given by:
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Phone:_________________________________________________
Payment accompanies my order. Cash Check #_______
I will take my poinsettia after the 5:00 Christmas Eve Service.
Please deliver my poinsettia to a shut-in or nursing home.
I will help deliver poinsettias. Contact the church office at
575-622- 1881.