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This Week @ First Methodist Grapevine
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July 1, 2015 | In This Issue:
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HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
Note that the church will be closed on Friday, July 3, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. The Thrift Shop will be closed on Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4. Happy 4th of July!
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Sunday, July 5
Worship at 9:45 | Lunch at 11:00 AM | No Sunday School
On Sunday, July 5, we will gather together for ONE WORSHIP SERVICE at 9:45 AM in the Sanctuary, followed by lunch at 11:00 AM in the Family Life Center and Playground. Worship Arts will present a powerful and inspiring musical celebration for the day called "With Freedom's Holy Light." We will not have Sunday School this Sunday.
The Fellowship Committee is hosting an All-American Hot Dog Lunch immediately following worship. Here's a rough schedule of the activities:
- 11 AM - Food will be ready! All food will be provided by the church, although donations are always welcome to help offset the cost. No reservations are required, so invite your friends to join us for a wonderful morning of worship followed by good, old-fashioned fellowship!
- Any time - Kids can begin decorating their bikes/trikes for the bike parade. Children's Ministry will have a craft for all the kids to work on.
- 11:30 AM - Our VBS kids will perform some of the songs they learned during VBS week.
- 12 noon - Bike Parade around the parking lots!
Want to help? See the Volunteer Connection below for details.
Also This Sunday... Welcoming Jenn Pick
 We are excited to welcome Rev. Jenn Pick as our new Associate Pastor. Her first Sunday with us will be July 5, and we are planning a "pounding" to welcome the Picks to our family. We encourage you to bring gift cards to your favorite local activities, restaurants, stores, etc. and notes of welcome. Jenn is passionate about creative worship and international relations, and we look forward to the dynamics she will add to our church staff. Jenn and her husband Todd have a 11-month-old son, Drew.
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Worship Ministries
This Sunday, July 5 - With Freedom's Holy Light
The Chancel Choir and Orchestra have prepared a great program of worshipful, patriotic music entitled "With Freedom's Holy Light." This special music will be presented in our ONE service this Sunday at 9:45 AM. We'll also share together in Holy Communion. Lunch will follow in the Family Life Center, including plenty of activities for the kids.
Rehearsal Schedule
Note that Fishers of Men and Grace Notes are off for summer break. The Chancel Choir will begin their summer break after this Sunday. All rehearsals will resume August 19. For more information, contact Director of Worship Arts Wren Robinson (wrenr@fumcg.org or 817-481-2559 x133).
Wednesday:
7:00 - 8:30 PM Chancel Choir - Music Room
7:00 - 8:00 PM Orchestra - Sanctuary (first Wednesday of each month)
Sunday:
7:50 - 8:15 AM Chapel Ensemble - Founders Chapel (1st and 3rd Sundays)
9:00 - 9:35 AM Chancel Choir - Music Room
9:15 - 9:35 AM Orchestra Warm-up - Sanctuary
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DID YOU KNOW?
"Did You Know" is a series of feature articles that highlight various aspects of ministry in the church. Be on the lookout for the "Did You Know" inserts in Sunday's bulletin each week. If you miss Sunday, the articles are linked on our website at www.firstmethodistgrapevine.org/didyouknow.
Children's Summer Activities
Did you know that VBS was not the end of the summer fun for our children? Here are some of the wonderful opportunities for our children to fellowship and develop their faith this summer:
- July 6-10: Feed our Kids
- July 12-17: Glenlake 3rd ,4th, and 5th grade camps
- July 13-16: Dodge Ball Camp 1:00-4:00 PM ($70)
- July 19-24: Glen Lake 4th, 5th, and 6th grade camps
- July 26-28: Glen Lake family camp
- July 26-28: Glen Lake 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade mini camps
- August 10-13: All-Star Sports Camp 1:00-4:00 PM ($70)
Did you know the Sunday School hour will look a little different for the rest of this summer? Keep reading...
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 Compassion Ministries
Congratulations!
Congrats to Nathan and Estera Coates on the birth of their son, Daniel, on June 24. A gift will be given to Kenya Kids Can in celebration of Daniel's birth.
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Mission Ministries
Feed Our Kids Big Week is July 6-10. We will be serving approximately 800-900 kids each day at six different sites. Here's how you can be involved daily:
- 9:00 AM - Kitchen Volunteers Arrive
- 10:00 AM - Arrive a little early to check in on Monday.
- 10:30-11:30 - Make lunches in the Family Life Center.
- 11:30-1:00 - Deliver and serve lunches to the apartment complexes.
Note that we have a particular need for hot dog grillers on Tuesday. Don't forget your sunscreen, bug spray, aprons and hats! Questions? Contact Deb Scheiwe (debscheiwe@verizon.net).
God Can Needs
We collected only 14 items for God Can this week.
Don't forget to pick up a few extra items when you do your grocery shopping! Although the GRACE Food Pantry doesn't update their needs list every week, they do let us know when things have substantially changed. So... note that they still have need for cooking oil, tuna, evaporated milk, canned soup/stew, spaghetti sauce, condensed milk, ramen noodles, children's cereal, syrup, condiments, vienna sausages, canned fruit and juice. Click here for GRACE's full updated list of needs (pdf). Please bring your donations to the God Can bins outside the church office or in the Sanctuary Foyer/Atrium.
Feed Our Kids - Shady Oaks
 Did you know that when Feed Our Kids Big Week is over, we continue to feed our friends over at the Shady Oaks site for FOUR more weeks? This began as an opportunity to grow our relationship with Grapevine Village and has evolved into so much more.
For four weeks - July 13-17, 20-24, 27-31 and August 3-7 - leaders from Shady Oaks prepare the lunches every day and serve them to their community. Our church provides the kitchen to prepare the food, youth to come and play each day and special events like crafts and games. We also have opportunities for groups to come out and grill and join in the fun.
This year we are looking for youth to come to the site each day to play and get to know their neighbors. We also need volunteers who would like to do a special craft one day (or more), bring a fun game, do face painting or anything else you might come up with that would be engaging for kids!
Sign up to help on the Check-In insert in the Sunday bulletin or contact Debbie Price at debbiep@fumcg.org or 817-481-2559 x108.
 Project Read Book Drive
Project Read is still taking your book donations to help fill our needs for Feed Our Kids summer distributions. Bring your donations of new or gently used books, especially for young readers and for Spanish speakers, to the donation boxes in the foyers of Founders Chapel and the Sanctuary as well as outside the church office through August 21. We can also use monetary donations to purchase books. Note "Project Read" on your check or envelope if you wish to do so.
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An Update on the Connect GCISD Back to School Fair!
By Dr. Cindy Ryan
 Good news! We are closing the gap and now only need donations for school supply packs for 280 children! If you, or an organization you are a part of, would like to provide any of these remaining school supply packs, go to www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks - enter school code GCE000 - or you can donate to Connect at the GCISD Education Foundation, PO Box 292, Grapevine TX 76099. All funds will go directly to school supply packs. Just be sure and mark "Connect" clearly on your check.
Our other current need is to have new backpacks for all the children who will attend the fair. So, we are asking you, our church members, to donate new backpacks of all sizes between now and August 2. We will have clearly marked donation boxes in the atrium outside Founders Chapel, by the church office and in the sanctuary foyer. Thank you in advance for all you do to help support the children in need in our community!
If you would like to volunteer to help out at the Fair, we now have the volunteer sign-up form active on SignUp Genius. Click here to sign up.
Questions? Contact me (cindyr@fumcg.org) or Carolyn Ann Walgren cwalgren@verizon.net.
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 Volunteer Connection
Volunteer This Sunday for Our 5th of July Fellowship Lunch
Kim Crater and her Fellowship team have a great plan in place for our All-American lunch following the 9:45 ONE WORSHIP SERVICE this Sunday.
- Prep Team: If you'd like to arrive early, at 8:00 you can meet in the Family Life Center kitchen and join in making tea, lemonade, putting cookies/cupcakes on trays, cutting watermelon and setting up stations for drinks and bike decorating and children's crafts.
- Grill and Wrap: At 9:00 our volunteers will start grilling hot dogs so if this time works for you, you can help wrap them in their buns and put them in coolers until time to serve lunch.
- Serve: When the one 9:45 worship service dismisses you could help serve the hot dogs and watch over the self-serve food lines and our drink stations.
- Clean Up: About 1:00 we will begin cleaning up.
If you are available to volunteer for any part of this church family fellowship event, either let Kim Crater know (eclaysman@aol.com) or just show up and join in the fun!
Feed Our Kids!
We'll be participating in Feed Our Kids for the next few weeks. If you'd like to serve, here are some options:
- BIG WEEK - July 6-10: On Tuesday, we need hot dog grillers. Contact Deb Scheiwe if you can help in this way (debscheiwe@verizon.net). Every day, all are welcome to come to the FLC at 10:30 AM to help make lunches, then go to the sites at 11:30 AM to deliver and play with the kids!
- SHADY OAKS - July 13-August 7: Volunteers can pick a day to help with crafts, recreation and entertainment for the kids! Contact Debbie Price to see where you are needed (debbiep@fumcg.org).
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No Sunday School This Sunday!
Please remember that there is no Sunday School this Sunday, July 5. Join us for worship at 9:45 AM in the Sanctuary, followed by lunch and fellowship in the Family Life Center!
 Faith Builders and Open Door - Costa Rica Update The Faith Builders and Open Door classes will meet together on Sunday, July 12, to hear from Cathy Jackson about the recent Costa Rica mission trip. All are invited to join the group in learning more about mission opportunities in Costa Rica. Faith Builders meets Sundays at 9:45 AM in Room 2001, and they will host the Open Door class there.
Open Door Summer Study
 Are you looking for a class for Sunday mornings? The Open Door class invites you to join them for their summer series on Max Lucado's Life Lessons on the books of Ruth and Esther. The class will continue this study on Sunday, July 19. Open Door meets Sunday mornings at 9:45 AM in Multi-Purpose Room I in the Senior Activity Center building, across Church Street from the Founders Chapel. The is a fun-loving group of singles and married's, mostly ages 40 to 70. All are welcome!
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Surrender
by Fred Rigdon
 In growing our spiritual character we try to establish a daily rule or way of life which includes practicing the spiritual disciplines throughout our day. A central part of this is going to God in various methods of prayer and in the study of scripture, and asking for His help and guidance. As much as this guidance helps us to live spirit-filled lives, and as rewarding as we find this deeper relationship with the Lord to be, many of us find it difficult to maintain our daily rule on a consistent basis. Keep reading...
Read more posts to help you with your personal spiritual formation at the Quiet Corner for Spiritual Formation - www.firstmethodistgrapevine.org/quiet. |
| Family Ministries |
 The Great Reveal We are excited to announce the coming of new Family Ministry programming here at FUMC Grapevine! You will notice throughout the summer that all of our themes are being replaced with new signs indicating "The Great Reveal: Coming Fall 2015." Creating and reinventing a ministry means hanging on to who we are while moving forward to become who God is calling us to be. It will take some time to create a quality, Christ-centered, people-reaching ministry! Read more on our website or in the June Family Ministries newsletter (pdf). Questions about Family Ministries? Contact: Patty Bandy, Director of Family Ministries (pattyb@fumcg.org, 817-481-2559 x129) |
 Youth Ministries
Questions about Youth Ministries? Contact:
Michael Franklin, Youth (michaelf@fumcg.org, 817-481-2559 x116)
Melissa Howell, Tweens/Early Teens (melissah@fumcg.org, 817-481-2559 x136)
Patty Bandy, Director of Family Ministries ( pattyb@fumcg.org, 817-481-2559 x129)
July Youth Calendar (pdf)
Deeper - Youth Bible Studies
TODAY, Wednesday, July 1, Bible Studies are on regular schedule... Deeper from 5:45 to 7:00 PM for Middle School in the HUB and for High School 7:00-8:15 PM at Maddison Moore's - 5219 Brettenmeadow Drive, Grapevine
Thursday, July 2
This Thursday we're going to the movies! Join us at Tinseltown for the 4:25 PM showing of "Inside Out"!
Middle School Mission Trip Meeting
For all those going on the Middle School Mission Trip, we will have a MANDATORY meeting to give you important information on Sunday, July 5, at 4:00 PM in the HUB. The mission trip is July 12-17. Questions? Contact Michael Franklin (michaelf@fumcg.org).
YOUTH WEEK!! Youth week starts this Sunday and continues through Friday, July 10! See below for a schedule of activities and contact Linda McClure to RSVP for the events you are attending (lindam@fumcg.org). - 7/5 - Sunday (No Sunday School)
Bubble Soccer, Women's World Cup, Open HUB | 5-8 PM | $5/person for Bubble Soccer - release forms required (link coming soon) - 7/6 - Monday
Feed Our Kids | 10:30 AM - 1 PM
Logan's Pool | 5-7 p.m. at 2802 Springbranch Court, Grapevine ($5/person) - 7/7 - Tuesday
Feed Our Kids | 10:30 AM - 1 PM
Whirleyball and Laser Tag | 2:30-4:30 PM at 147 E Harwood Rd, Hurst ($5/person and pizza provided) - 7/8 - Wednesday
Feed Our Kids | 10:30 AM - 1 PM
Burgers Lake | 2:30 PM (leave church) - 7:45 PM (arrive back) with snacks
(Drivers needed!) - 7/9 - Thursday
Feed Our Kids | 10:30 AM - 1 PM
Group Dynamix Lock-In | 7 PM. - 7 AM ($5/person) | Meet at Groupdynamix (1215 Trend Dr, Carrollton) and on Friday parents pick them up at 7:30 AM same location. Release forms at: groupdynamix.com/pdf/consentforms/youth.pdf - 7/10 - Friday
Group Dynamix Lock-In | ends at 7:30 AM
Feed Our Kids | 10:30 AM - 1 PM
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Ministries for Children
Questions about Children's Ministries? Contact:
Amy Gravitt, Children's Director (amyg@fumcg.org, 817-481-2559 x213)
Monica Vickery, Nursery Director (monicav@fumcg.org, 817-481-2559 x145)
Melissa Howell, Tweens Director (melissah@fumcg.org, 817-481-2559 x136)
Patty Bandy, Director of Family Ministries (pattyb@fumcg.org, 817-481-2559 x129)
Tween Mission Swim
Tweens will meet in the FLC at 10:30 AM on July 10 to prepare lunches for the Grapevine Village. We will then ride over to Shady Oaks to serve and play with the kids. After we have finished with the cleanup, we will be going to SWIM from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Tweens will need to be picked up at 4:00 at the pool. Address and directions will be sent out next week. For more information contact Melissa Howell at melissah@fumcg.org.
Gently Used Toy/Stuffed Animal Drive
Tweens are collecting gently used toys to donate to the villages during FEED OUR KIDS week. There is a collection box outside Melissa's office, room 215. For more information contact Melissa Howell at melissah@fumcg.org.
Mommy and Me Class This Summer
 Join us for Mommy and Me classes at FUMCG this summer! Monica Vickery, our Nursery Director, is leading an exciting class for children ages 6 months to 4 years old. Each class will include story time, a sensory activity, and a special craft for each child. We are looking forward to discovering a special love and appreciation for books, while exploring our senses and creativity. Remaining classes will take place Wednesdays, July 8, 15 and 22 from 10:00-10:45 AM in Room 208. To be part of this special family experience, register online or contact Monica Vickery at monicav@fumcg.org or 817-481-2559 x145.
Sports Camp FUMC Grapevine is hosting a series of Christian Sports Camps this summer for boys and girls age 5 to 12. The next camp coming up is Dodgeball Camp from 1:00 to 4:00 PM daily July 13-16. This camp features lots of dodgeball in many different forms. Kids learn throwing, catching, dodging, as well as basic dodgeball strategy. Go to www.TriumphSports.info to register and get more information.
Tween Missions - Do Good.
 Don't forget to register for Tween Mission! We are hosting a mission trip for Tweens August 2-6. The structure of the mission trip is designed to be an age-appropriate version of CTCYM. Tween Mission is open to students who have completed 4th or 5th grades. FUMCG Grapevine will serve as the living center for sleeping, eating, and showering. The event will begin at 7:00 PM on Sunday, August 2, and end at 7:00 PM Thursday, August 6. During the day, students will engage in service activities in the community. The evenings will consist of fun games and activities, Christ-centered worship, and daily devotionals. This will be the third year that Grapevine has hosted a tween mission trip and we are excited to have the opportunity to open it up to other churches in the conference. Registration is limited to 60 participants, on a first-come/first-serve basis. Register online at www.firstmethodistgrapevine.org/tweenmission.
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- Gifts have been given to the Permanent Endowment Fund in memory of Chuck Compton by: Gerrie Gough, Thomas & Bertha Westerman, Patrick & Roxie Montgomery, Kathy Daniel.
- A gift has been given to Project Read in celebration of the marriage of Rachel Edgren and Jared Oard by Drs. Robin and Cindy Ryan.
- A gift has been given to the Benevolence Fund in honor of Bill Tiedtke and Ken Hall by Kristine Hall.
Caught Caring... for the Mangs
Dear FUMC Grapevine family and friends,
Our hearts are overwhelmed by your many love gifts and numerous well wishes as we prepare to move to Crowley. Liz and I will never forget your kindness, generosity and spirit. The memories of our time serving in Grapevine will be cherished ones indeed. I hope we have blessed you as much as you all have blessed us.
With appreciation, thankfulness and love,
Rick & Liz Mang
Caught Caring for a Family in Grapevine
by Melissa Shumaker
For the past couple of weeks, we've been letting you know how you can help a local homeless family move into and furnish an apartment. There are several instances of God's hand at work through the church and community. Here are some examples:
- A complete set of plates, bowls, mugs and serving pieces was donated. When the mom saw they were red, she started crying because she has always wanted red plates!
- A donated paper towel holder was adorned with a whimsical wooden cow. The daughter saw it and said, "Mom you finally got your cow theme for the kitchen AND your red plates!"
- Friday the mom said she was praying that somehow a washer and dryer would come through. Not knowing this, a church member arrived Saturday to let her know he had purchased a set for her to be delivered Monday.
- Another church member mentioned a potential job that fits what the mom has been doing for several years.
Each day, the gaps kept getting filled as each person who came by with donations asked what more could be done to help out. Melissa says, "I was so blessed to get to meet more of our church family and local neighbors who truly held this family in their hearts and showed God's provision these last 10 days. The family has much to navigate as they get back on their feet, and I know they are so grateful for all that has been given." Thanks for being "CAUGHT CARING"!! Check out some of the pictures from the newly-furnished apartment...
 
Local News Station Features HS Mission Team
During the week that the High School Mission Team was in Lake Charles, Louisiana, they were featured on a local news station for their work in providing a wheelchair ramp for a resident in need. Click here to check out this great story...
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CAUGHT CARING
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 As we continue to keep our focus on "Our One Word" for 2015 - CARING - we'd like to encourage you to keep your eyes open for people "caught caring." If you catch someone caring, send us a story! It can be just a few words, a picture, etc. Send your "caught caring" stories and photos to Melissia at melissiam@fumcg.org. |
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