United Methodist

Church Go Welcome, Equip,

Serve, Transform

Index: Page 2 Announcements

Page 3 Worship Order

Page 6 Prayer Concerns

Page 7 Pastor Information

Page 8 Youth News

Page 9 This Week at Couts

Page 10 Worship Volunteers

Page 11 Prayer Request / Announcements

Page 12 Announcements / Registration

June 16, 2013

“Down From the Mountain Top”

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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Couts’

Pastoral Team

Rod Corder

This week June 16th - 22nd

Pastor Rod will be on call

Contact the church office or

Rod - 817-999-9384

Congratulations to

Jon, Amber, and Jovie.

on the birth of

Landry Parker Reeves

June 11th

11:02 a.m. - 7 lbs. 14 oz. - 20.5”

Couts Summer Program

Each week is centered around a theme

and will include age appropriate crafts,

science experiments, games, activities,

and Bible.

Ages: 18 months - 3 years - Class is full

3 years (fully potty trained) - 5 years

1st grade - 6th grade

Costs:

Monday - Friday - $120 per week

Part time - Entire Summer $30.00 per day

Drop - In - (space available) $35.00 per day

Monday - Friday - (choose your weeks) $130.00 per week

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Couts United Methodist Church

June 16, 2013 / 8:30 a.m. Service

Father’s Day

PRELUDE “Jesus Is Alive”

Verna Polvado & Renerle Thompson

WELCOME / REGISTRATION Cindy Hott (Please fill out the registration on the last page of the bulletin,

tear on the perforated line and place in the offering plate)

OPENING PRAYER Rod Corder

*CALL TO WORSHIP Rod Corder

Leader: Come, sing praises to God! Rejoice in His presence! For He is

our God: a father to the fatherless, and the defender of all who

need protection; the One in whom the lonely find a home, and the

prisoner finds release.

People: Bless the Lord, the God of our salvation, Who sustains and

strengthens us, day after day.

All: Let us worship God, our Father, together!

*HYMN OF PRAISE Cindy Hott

Be Thou My Vision # 451

RECOGNITION OF FATHER’S DAY / GIFTS Tim Jarrell

VIDEO Dad Taught Us

PRAYER

INFANT BAPTISM Tim Jarrell

Thomas James Rutledge (T.J.)

INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP AND MEMBERSHIP

PRAISE AND WORSHIP Couts Praise Band

Our God

Your Love Never Fails

Crown Him

JOYS AND CONCERNS Tim Jarrell

CALL TO PRAYER Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus # 349

PASTORAL PRAYER / LORD’S PRAYER Len Johnson

OFFERING Tim Jarrell

I WILL RISE SonRise Singers

SENIOR HIGH MISSION TRIP BLESSING Tim Jarrell

SCRIPTURE Genesis 2: 1-9 Len Johnson

MESSAGE Between the Trees Tim Jarrell

“YOU MAY NOT KNOW….” Cindy Hott

OPEN MIC TIME Cindy Hott

PRESENTATION Barbara Vanhoozer

Chairperson of SPRC

FAREWELL TO OUR PASTOR

(from the United Methodist Book of Worship)

Pastor: I thank you, the members and friends of Couts Methodist

Church, for the love and support you have shown me while I

have ministered among you. I am grateful for the ways my

leadership has been accepted. I ask forgiveness for the

mistakes I have made. As I leave, I carry with me all that I

have learned here.

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People: We receive your thankfulness, offer forgiveness, and

accept that you now leave to minister at Austin Avenue

United Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. We express

our gratitude for your time among us. We ask your

forgiveness for our mistakes. Your influence on our faith

and faithfulness will not leave us with your departure.

Pastor: I accept your gratitude and forgiveness, and I forgive you,

trusting that our time together and our parting are pleasing to

God. I release you from turning to me and depending on me.

I encourage your continuing ministry here and will pray for

you and for your interim pastor, Ed George.

All: Eternal God, whose steadfast love for us is from

everlasting to everlasting, we give You thanks for

cherished memories and commend one another into Your

care as we move in new directions. Keep us one in Your

love forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYER OF BLESSING Clent Collier

Couts’ Lay Leader

(At this time we would like to invite the Retired Ministers, Chairperson

of SPRC, and Prayer Force (symbolic of all the church) to join the

Jarrell family at the altar for prayer)

*ANNOUNCEMENTS Cindy Hott

*BENEDICTION Tim Jarrell

GOD IS WITH US, WE ARE NOT ALONE.

THANKS BE TO GOD.

THE GRACE, PEACE AND MERCY OF GOD,

THE FATHER , SON AND HOLY SPIRIT

BE WITH US THIS DAY AND FOREVERMORE. AMEN

*indicates to stand, if able

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Find us on the web

www.coutsmethodistchurch.com

817-599-8601

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Worship Volunteers

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Father’s Day - Single Service - 10:00 a.m.

Sound Fredrick Snowdon

Slides Mar Rooney

Usher Allen Taylor

Greeters Richard and Virginia Mayfield & Katie Mitchell

Stewards Becky Bond and Sherry Couch

No Children’s Church Today

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Sound Dick Ensminger Fredrick Snowdon

Slides Mar Rooney Christy Garrett

Usher Charles McNutt Bill Shatford

Greeters Dora Jones & Jamie Greene Ember Mitchell & Sherry Watters

Stewards Eddie McSwain & Clent Collier

Children’s Church Leader: Jon Reeves Helper: McKinleah Mitchell

PLEASE LIFT IN PRAYER

Bruce and Abby Bailey - Thelma Troy’s grandchildren - need jobs

Ted and Dovie Barber

Mert Bishop family - Mert passed away June 6

Amy Brandt - new Youth Director coming in July

Brenda Bryan - Karen Garrett’s sister - serious eye problems

Camp Hope

Lisa Cockerell - recovery from surgery

John Coleman - bicycle accident - came home on Thursday

Sherwin Cord - Maurice & Geneva Oakes’ brother -in -law

John Courtroul

Danna Cowley - liver cancer - Anthony Whitfield’s 29 year old cousin

Laura Davis - Allison Taylor’s mother - knee replacement

Linda Dolberry - throat cancer - Roger and Jan Moore’s family

Doug Gaylean - prostate cancer - friend of Elizabeth Slough

Jean Guess - Weatherford Regional - broken pelvis

Brandy Hallman - had Chochlear implant on Tuesday

Doug Hamilton - Connie McNutt’s brother

Kendall Hibbitts - nephew of Neil Hibbitts - Kidney Dialysis

Hunter Hiett - Roger & Jan Moore’s grandson - Afghanistan

Margarite Hollis - returned home to Oklahoma

Jolene Jacks - 6 bulging disks in her back

Rusty Justice - chemo and radiation treatments throughout summer

Barbara Miller - friend of Gail Simko - stage 3 cancer - lungs & kidneys

Billie Murrell

Arlene Padilla - Holland Lake 123-A

Patty Priest - relative of Thelma Troy - pancreatic cancer & spots on liver

Landry Parker Reeves - Praise - born June 11 - 11:02 a.m - 7lbs. 14oz - 20 1/2”

Eddie Roper - Paula Pendergrass’ cousin - stage 3 lymphoma

James Rutledge - pending heart transplant

J.C. Sears - Praise - successful Gall Bladder Surgery

Fredrick Snowdon - Needs a job - knee scope on 6/7/13

Andy Thompson

Renerle Thompson - Praise - had procedure on leg found no blockage

Melissa & Jerrod Vick - spinal surgery recovery for Melissa

Ronnie White - Karen Garrett’s brother - grief - lost wife

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Sunday, June 16th

Tim Jarrell’s last Sunday at Couts

Today, June 16th is Pastor Tim

Jarrell and his family’s last Sunday

at Couts. A short reception is

planned following the worship

service in the Fellowship Hall.

There’s a money tree for their

family. Please feel free to add cash

or a check made out to Tim Jarrell

on the tree.

Sunday, June 23rd

Interim Pastor Ed George’s first Sunday

Services at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Come and Meet Pastor George

If you would like to meet Pastor Ed George

before June 23rd when he officially begins

his ministry at Couts, he has graciously

offered several opportunities for you to come

by the church the week of June 17-22 to meet

him. We hope that you will take this oppor-

tunity to stop in, introduce yourself and say

“Hello” and “Welcome to Couts”.

Tuesday, June 18th - 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 20th - 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 22nd - 10:00 a.m.

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SUMMER YOUTH MISSION TRIPS

Sr. High

Oklahoma and Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

June 16-22, 2013 - Leaving at 1:00 p.m. today

Jr. High

July 14-19

Sunday Night Youth

Starting June 23rd

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Upcoming Dates - Mark Your Calendars

Sunday June 16 - June 22 - Sr. High Mission Trip

Saturday, July 13th - Sr. High Paint Ball

Sunday, July 14th - July 19th - Jr. High Mission Trip

Sunday, July 28 - Whirly Ball

for the week of June 16th

Today 10:00 a.m. - Single Worship Service

No Sunday School

Reception for the Jarrell’s following the service

1:00 p.m. - Sr. High leave for Mission Trip

Monday Guitar Recital in the Sanctuary

Tuesday 7:00 a.m. - Men’s Prayer Breakfast at Wanda’s Restaurant

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Camp Hope Begins

7:00 p.m. - Come to meet Ed George - enter the main doors

to the Welcome Center and meet in the Chapel

Wednesday 3:00 p.m. - Prayer Force

6:00 p.m. - Praise Team Rehearsal

Thursday

7:00 p.m. - Come to meet Ed George - enter the main doors

to the Welcome Center and meet in the Chapel

Saturday

7:00 p.m. - Come to meet Ed George - enter the main doors

to the Welcome Center and meet in the Chapel

Next Sunday Interim Pastor Ed George’s first Sunday at Couts

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

June 24-28

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

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Tuesday

June 11th

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Fox Hollow

Still taking donations for bookshelves

for the children - Cost = $10.00 each

Sr. High Mission Trip

leaves today @ 1:00 p.m.

Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Please be in prayer for:

Caleb Miller, Katie Mitchell,

Reylie Noe, Rollie Noe,

Richard Noe, Fred Coonce,

James Williams and

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Couts VBS Kingdom Rocks

June 24-28

6 - 8 pm

Ages 4 - Grade 5

sign up online

www.coutsmethodistchurch.com

If you would like to volunteer to help

with VBS - please contact

Jon Reeves / Director of

Children’s Ministries

Peach Festival

Saturday, July 13th

4 weeks away

Everyone is invited to come

and help make ice cream

to sell. Last year we ran

out of ice cream around 1

Goal = 500 gallons

Thank you to Glenn and

Deanna Neal for getting all

the supplies together.

Thank you to Paul and

Kathy Armbrust for

putting labels on ice cream

container lids.