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New Alpha Class to Start on Monday
Men's Morning New Group Study
New Sunday Morning Study Class
Mission Trip Opportunity
Making Love Last a Lifetime Study
Bee Loved Preschool Fall Registration and Summer Camps
New Prayer Shawl Ministry Meeting TImes
Possible New Men's Study Opportunity
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A Note from Pastor Laura  

My Mom laughed when she saw Anna's spelling test. It had words like "tobogganing", "icicle" and "porpoising" all spelled perfectly. "Laura," she said, "when you were that age, you couldn't spell words like 'why' and 'sky." Stop and consider how much children learn each year of life: first they learn to speak, walk and bathe themselves. Then it's shoelaces, swimming, and letters. Then reading, writing and math. In their teens, it gets even more serious: driving, voting, and making a living. And then......

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New Alpha Class to Start on Monday 

at the Home of Marty and Caroline Miller

 

Alpha is an opportunity to explore the meaning of life in a relaxed, friendly setting. Many people in our church community have taken the Alpha class and have thoroughly enjoyed the class and friendships they have made. The Bee Creek UMC Alpha Course starts on February 21st and will meet on Monday nights for 10 weeks beginning at 6:00pm and ending by 8:00pm with childcare provided. Each session provides participants the opportunity to enjoy great food, laughter and learning in a fun and friendly atmosphere.

For more information on this upcoming class, please click here. If you are interested in signing up for this class, please click here to email Marty Miller, the class facilitator. 

New Mens Group Study Starting Next Week

Wednesday Mornings (6:30 am) beginning 02/23/11

 

The MenPurpose Drive Lifes Group will start a new study on The Purpose-Drive Life by Rick Warren. The study is based on Rick's book of the same title. The first several studies focus on the question "What on earth am I here for?" The Purpose-Drive Life is a manifesto for Christian living in the 21st century...a lifestyle based on eternal purposes, not cultural values.  

 

For more information on this upcoming study, please click here. If interested in signing up for this class, please click here to contact Scott Armstrong, the class facilitator. 

New Sunday Morning Class                         Sunday mornings, 11:00 AM, BCUMC Conference Room

Please join us for a class on the sermon topic of the day. Pastor Laura is providing questions and study related to each Sundays' topic and her husband Kevin will lead the class and facilitate discussion. For the remainder of February, we'll cover aspects of passionate love and how to fight fair. We hope you will join us.
Mission Trip Opportunity  

March 6th - 12th, Harlingen, TX 

 

The Mission Team will be heading to the Valley area. Worthy projects have been set up by the Mission Coordinator in the McAllen District. The mission team will be staying at the First United Methodist Church in Harlingen, Texas.

Are you unable to attend the trip but would still like to help out? The mission team is in need of monetary donations for trip expenses and snacks for team members on their drive to the valley. Please make checks payable to Bee Creek UMC, with "Harlingen Mission Trip" in the memo line.

For more information on this upcoming mission, please click here to email Bertina Schreiber, the mission team coordinator.

Making Love Last a Lifetime Study 

New Small Group Study Opportunity beginning March 24th

 Making Love Last a Lifetime Study

Please join us for a popular small group study, "Making Love
Last a Lifetime." This eight-week program explores love, marriage and sexuality from a biblical perspective. It is appropriate for married couples of all ages and stages, as well as for singles who are preparing for marriage or who simply desire to look at scriptural teachings on human sexuality and relationships with the opposite sex.

Fore more information on this upcoming study, please click here. If interested in signing up for this class, please click here to email Cathy Gourley, the class facilitator.
Bee Loved Preschool
Fall Registration and Summer Camp
   

Tuesdays & Thursdays (9 am to 2 pm) Ages 2 to 5 yrs. old

 

Fall Registration:Open enrollment for the 2011/2012 school year begins on March 1, 2011 for BCUMC members. Bee Loved will open enrollment to the community on March 15, 2011. Please click here for registration forms. Be sure to get your forms in early to ensure your child has a position held for them.  


Summer Camp:Bee Loved Preschool will offer two summer camp options this summer. The camp is open for children ages 2 to 5 years old. The camp will run from Monday - Thursday for two weeks. Stay tuned for details on camp themes, cost, and enrollment procedure.

Session 1: June 6, 7, 8, 9 & June 13, 14, 15, 16 (9am - 1pm)

Session 2: July 11, 12, 13, 14 & July 18, 19, 20, 21 (9am - 1pm)

 

For more information on our Bee Loved Preschool, please click here. To contact our Preschool Director, Brandi Bruce, please click here. We look forward to you joining this growing program. 

New Prayer Shawl Ministry Meeting Times!
   
Do yoPrayer Shawlu love to knit or would you love to learn how? The Prayer Shawl Ministry combines compassion and love of knitting/crocheting into a prayerful ministry which reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace or in celebration and joy.

For more information on this ministry and for meeting locations, please click here.

Possible New Men's Study  

Raising A Modern Day Knight (Targeted for fathers with sons ages yrs. 8 - 18 years old) but open to all men.  

 

Every
Raising a Modern Day Knight Studyman wants to succeed with his son. Every son wants his dad to show the way... to life, to God, to authentic masculinity. And every son wants to connect with his dad's heart, hear his praise, and build lifelong memories.  
BCUMC is interested in offering a Raising a Modern Day Knight study if there is enough interest.

"The glory
of sons is their fathers." (Proverbs 17:6)

For more information on this study, please click here. If you are interested in taking this study, please click here to email Scott Armstrong, the class facilitator.

BCUMC SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES
Sunday Worship (Nursery Available)            9:30 AM & 11:00 AM
Nursery Available (ages 3 mos. - 2 yrs.)      9:30 AM & 11:00 AM
Children's Church (ages 3 yrs. - 5th grade)  9:30 AM & 11:00 AM

Youth Group (Grades 6-12th)                      11:00 AM
Adult Study                                               9:30 AM & 11:00 AM