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In Worship This Sunday
This Sunday, October 11, Rev. John Mollet returns to the pulpit and will share a message out of 2 Corinthians 8. Our ministry spotlight will be on Operation Christmas Child. More about worship...
Operation Christmas Child During the month of October, Family Ministries is collecting items for Operation Christmas Child Boxes. You may also wish to pack boxes of your own. Boxes and information will be available in the foyer this Sunday. More info... |
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Stewardship 2016
In 2016, we will celebrate 150 years since the charter of our church. That's 150 years that faithful church members have given of their time, talents, witness and funds to make FUMC Grapevine an active and thriving part of the community. For 2016, we ask that you consider how you can commit to "give 150" through your prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness. That may look different for each person... you may be able to increase your pledge by $150 a month or year. You may want to commit to pray for 10 minutes a day for 15 days up until Commitment Sunday, October 25. You may commit to give $1.50 a day more to the work of the church in 2016. You may dedicate 15 minutes a day to prayer and 15 minutes a day to reading scripture. You may commit to reflect on 150 ways that God has blessed your life. You may dedicate 150 days of the coming year to some type of service or work that helps others. Whatever your commitment to "Give 150" means to you, the decision you make now will affect the next 150 years of ministry at FUMC Grapevine. We ask that you "Give 150" to seed these next 150 years! Read more...»
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This Week's Events
Pumpkin PatchThe youth Pumpkin Patch is open daily through October 31 at the Ball Street parking lot. We have many types and sizes of pumpkins and gourds for sale! Admission is free. All proceeds go to Youth Missions. Get full details on our website and the Grapevine Pumpkin Patch Facebook page. We also need lots of volunteers! Sign up here. |
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Opportunities to Serve and Give...
Pumpkin Patch
Volunteers needed daily through October 31. Sign up here.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Learn more about Prayer Shawls, help make them, pray over them, etc. Meeting is Thursday, October 8, 6:30 PM in Room 2002. More info...
Give Blood and Join the Bone Marrow Registry
Give blood at our next Blood Drive / Health Fair on October 15. Sign up here. You will also have the opportunity to register as a bone marrow donor. More info...
CAREibbean Cruise GalaTrunk or Treat Trunk or Treat is Saturday, October 24. You can help by decorating a car, donating non-food items (pencils, erasers, novelty items for prizes), donating extra candy, or helping maintain a game. Contact Amy Gravitt if you can help ( amyg@fumcg.org).
God Can Don't forget to buy some extra groceries for the GRACE Food Pantry while you're out shopping. We collected 173 items last week. Pantry needs list...
Operation Christmas Child Family Ministries is collecting items for Operation Christmas Child each Sunday in October. Details...
Support Our Military Collect items for care packages for our troops. Our next collection will be on November 1 and 8, with a packing party after worship on November 8. Needs list... |
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Upcoming Events...
Please note that the church offices will be closed on Monday, October 12, in observance of Columbus Day!
Schola Cantorum of Texas opens its 53rd season on Tuesday, October 13, at 7:30 PM in the First Methodist Grapevine Sanctuary with a concert of music celebrating dance! The concert will feature songs that will set your toes a-tapping, including Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes....»
Our next Blood Drive will be on Thursday, October 15, 4 - 7:30 PM in Room 2001. Reserve your time online here. We will also hold a Bone Marrow Registry Drive from 4 to 7 PM, as well as have representatives from Baylor Scott & White Health providing information about injury prevention, and testing BMI and blood pressure from 4 to 6 PM....»
Our next Faith and Formation class for tweens will be on October 18. We will meet for lunch at 12:15 PM in Leach Hall and then move to the Founders Chapel for worship and a lesson on "Presence." ...»
The Costa Rica Youth Mission trip participants will meet from 7:00-8:30 PM in the HUB on October 18, immediately following Hooked. At least one parent of each youth participant needs to attend the meeting beginning at 8:00 PM....»
On Monday, October 19, Spring Creek BBQ will donate 20% of their TOTAL sales from 5-9 PM. We need 150 people to eat BBQ, and to-go orders count too! Just say you are there to support the church!...»
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Caught Caring
Jarred Treese at VAST
On Monday, September 21, Jarred Treese served as our guest speaker for the VAST enrichment program. A member of the youth praise team, he shared his passion for learning how to play the drums and demonstrated amazing compassion by allowing every student in our program the opportunity to play! Jarred 's caring spirit brightened the lives of these children in countless ways!
On October 1, Ann Hailey was honored for her 11 years of leading The Well Women's Ministry. Thanks to Ann's vision and leadership over the years, an estimated 11,000 women have attended The Well. Of course, some of those 11,000 women were repeat attenders. That represents 22,000 hours that the women in our church and community have spent re-filling, building community and receiving Living Water. Ann helped supply wonderful speakers from all over the nation who made us laugh and cry, shared their real life stories and their faith in Christ. Ann is handing over the leadership of The Well to Jana Howell for 2016. Also, Ann is developing a spin off ministry for women that will be officially launching in 2016. This new ministry will allow women to mentor one another across generations. God is good. We are grateful for Ann and her leadership these past 11 years.
Sky Ranch Donors
Thank you FUMC Grapevine for providing 9 Sky Ranch Scholarships for the 5th Grade Silver Lake Elementary students! We appreciate your support so much!
- Silver Lake PTA / Nicole Wilson
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First United Methodist Church | 422 Church Street | Grapevine, TX 76051
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