This week at First United Methodist Church in Grapevine | November 18, 2015
In Worship This Sunday, November 22
Holy Vessels: Brokenness and Wholeness
Each of us is created to be a precious vessel of God's love. Sometimes, we experience hurt or circumstances that bring a sense of brokenness into our lives. One of our goals as a church is to help individuals and families to find wholeness in the midst of this brokenness. This week we wrap up our series of sermons with Rev. John Mollet speaking. More about worship...
Holy Vessels: Focus on Mental Health
This week we wrap up our focus on mental health. Whether you have experienced brokenness from depression, addiction, grief, or other circumstances, we hope you have begun a journey toward healing and wholeness. Visit our website for full details...

If you missed the sessions with Dr. LaGrange and Dr. Drake, you will find archives on our

11/22/2015 - Service of Healing & Wholeness
We will hold a Service of Healing & Wholeness this Sunday, November 22, at 6 PM in Founders Chapel. Whatever your need for wholeness: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, or relationships - you are invited to come and let God begin a good work in you during this special service....»

 

12/02/2015 - Parent Seminar: Anxiety & Depression
On Wednesday, December 2, we will offer our next parenting seminar, "Anxiety and Depression in Children and Teens"...»

12/05/2015 - Coping with Grief at the Holidays
Myrna Ashby, LPC, will lead a practical seminar to provide real-life coping techniques for dealing with loss during the holidays on Saturday, December 5, 9-11 AM....»
Give 150 for the Next 150
It's not too late to commit yourself to prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness in 2016. You may submit your commitment online, place your commitment card in the offering plate, or send/bring it to the church office. Additional cards are available in the pews and in the church office. Read more...»

As for our goals, here's where we stand at this point: 256 pledges, totaling $1,310,639, with 171 step-ups and 103 committed to auto-debit.
Events This Week...

A Very VAST Thanksgiving
We will be hosting a Very VAST Thanksgiving Meal for all VAST Students and their families this Thursday, November 19, from 5 to 6 PM.  Students and families from both sites, Mustang Drive and the church, will be invited. The JEWEL foundation will be providing everything but dessert, but we need help preparing, serving and cleaning up. This is a great opportunity to show radical hospitality to our students and their families. If you can help in the following ways, contact Debbie Price, debbiep@fumcg.org or go to the link http://goo.gl/forms/kUo8Pv10ZZ to sign up....»

Extreme Makeover: HUB Edition
The Extreme Makeover: HUB Edition will be a youth and parent mission lock-in on November 22-23. Youth and their parents will have the opportunity to participate in 5 mission opportunities: Soul Hope Project, Preemie Project, Pecan Pies for Costa Rica, Operation Christmas Child, and a revamp of the HUB. You will also be able to participate in a trip to IKEA, worship led by Christian band Center313, a message by John Punch, and games. The cost is $10 a person. Please register online or with Linda McClure by 12 noon on Friday, November 20....»

Charge Conference
On Sunday, November 22, we will have our Annual Charge Conference, a worship celebration with several churches joining together to share the past year of ministry, at 3 PM at Keller United Methodist Church. All interested members are welcome to attend....»
Upcoming Events...

11/26-7/2015 - Closed for Thanksgiving
Please note that the church offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. ...»

11/26/2015 - Thanksgiving at the Slab
Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 26. Volunteers are needed to prepare and/or provide food for the Thanksgiving at the Church on the Slab in downtown Fort Worth. We've received the following update to the list of needs: The only things left on the list are dressing, ice, red cold drink cups and door prizes ($10 limit, like gift cards to Jack in the Box or McDonald's, flashlights, etc.). Volunteers are also needed to serve the meals. Please contact Mike Rushing to volunteer or donate (817-329-1047 (h) or 817-773-2617 (c)....»

Christmas is a time to remember the birth of Jesus and to celebrate your family traditions!! So this year, whether you are single, an empty-nester, a parent of children and youth, or a grandparent, come start a new tradition with us. Family Ministries is sponsoring a church-wide Advent Festival on Sunday, November 29, 5-7 PM in the Family Life Center and Founders Chapel. Everyone will have the opportunity to make an Advent calendar that correlates with the church's Advent devotional. We will also begin the tradition of making three Chrismon ornaments for your Christmas tree....»

12/01/2015 - Giving Tuesday
The United Methodist Church supports many missions around the world. You can give to specific missions through the General Board of Global Missions, specifying where you'd like your gift to go. These special offerings are called "Advance Projects." On Tuesday, December 1, the first $1,000,000 of gifts given online to the Advance will be matched. That means you can double your impact by giving early on December 1! There are several Advance Specials related to ministries we already support. Read more...» 

12/02/2015 - Parent Seminar: Anxiety & Depression
On Wednesday, December 2, we will offer our next parenting seminar, "Anxiety and Depression in Children and Teens." Please join us from 6:15 to 7:45 PM in Room 2001. Children and teens are faced with many challenges and may begin to feel overwhelmed at an early age. This feeling can lead to anxiety about tests, family issues, relationships and more. It is important that parents are equipped to help our children. Psychologist Dr. Michelle Bengtson will be with us to address these issues on December 2....»

Coping with Grief at the Holidays, sponsored by Caring Ministries and Stephen Ministries, will be on Saturday, December 5, 9-11 AM in Room 2001. Myrna Ashby - Christian Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - will offer a practical seminar to provide real-life coping techniques for dealing with loss during the holidays. Myrna will share with participants how to draw on their Christian faith during this season....»

12/06/2015 - Zirkels Visiting
Ray Zirkel, his wife Lidia, and their family will be visiting FUMCG on Sunday, December 6. Ray and Lidia are missionaries to Costa Rica who run the Children's Home. FUMCG supports their mission work, and our May trip will be to the Children's Home. The Zirkels will share at 9:45 AM and at a luncheon at 12:30 PM on December 6....»
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News to Note...

Have You Seen....?
We are in the process of trying to reach the following members but no longer have the correct contact information. If you have a current home address, phone number or email address that you can provide, please notify Membership Secretary Cheri Rutledge at cherir@fumcg.org or 817-481-2559, x110.
 
Brad Alexander
Linda Armbruster
Adam & Darlene Baker
Lauren Baker
Betty Belcher
Morten Beyer
Michael & Janet Bonner
Nicholas Brown
Brenda Burgdorf
Alex & Carolyn Caballero
Dan Carrithers
Mary Castillo
Roy Daniel
Clay Davis
Lisa De Roche
Lindsey Ake Evans
Ryan Evans		Aaron & Molly Fraser
Matt Garvin
Chance & Heather Gillespie
Michael Harris
Tom Herbig
Billy Hicks
Brian & Kim Holland
Susan Hyde
Peggy Jameson
Faye Jordan-Herbig
Wendy Keller
Kelly LaFarge
Roy Lange & Johnny Sue Reynolds		John Leach
Dave & Tally McCormack
Michael & Mandy McKnight
Oma Nobles
Susan Perry
Andrea Ray
Melvin & Jimmie Robertson
Fred Smith
Julie Sumberg
John & Sallie Swearingen
Hugh Theodore & Sheelagh Schano
Will & Kelly Whitley
Nick Yeargin
Opportunities to Serve and Give...

Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week
This week, November 16-23, is the official collection week for Operation Christmas Child! If you have been filling a shoebox or planning to, be sure you return it to the church next week. You may also deliver it to any official collection point in the metroplex. Visit the Samaritan's Purse website for collection locations.

Holiday Gift-Giving
Looking for more meaningful gifts for the holidays? Our Holiday Gift-Giving Catalog is now available! View the catalog online at www.firstmethodistgrapevine.org/gifts or pick up a printed copy in the Foyer or Atrium this Sunday!

Thanksgiving at the SLAB
Volunteers are needed to provide food and serve the Thanksgiving meal at the Church on the Slab on November 26. The remaining needs are dressing, ice, red cold drink cups and door prizes ($10 limit, like gift cards to Jack in the Box or McDonald's, flashlights). Volunteers are also needed to serve the meals. We will need Hostesses, Food Servers, Waiters and Cleanup Crew....>

Pecan Fundraiser
The youth will be selling pecans for your holiday baking in the church office during the week and on Sunday, November 29.

Latvia Gifts and Greeting Cards
Church members from the Latvian Methodist Church create handmade greeting cards, jewelry, bags, and artwork to help support their ministries and members. We have a variety of items available in the church office, and we will have them in the foyer and atrium on Sunday, November 29.

Methodist Children's Home Bikes
We will be providing Christmas bikes for the Methodist Children's Home again this year. This year's goal is to provide 77 bikes and helmets for the MCH Waco, Boys Ranch and Dallas locations. The cost for a bike and helmet is $95. We will assemble the bikes on Friday, December 11, and deliver on Saturday, December 12. To give to this effort, mark "Christmas Bikes" in the memo of your check or online gift....>

Angel Tree and Christmas Cottage
Our Angel Trees provide opportunities for you to help others through the GRACE Christmas Cottage. The Angel Trees will be up starting Sunday, November 29. Please pick an ornament and return your NEW, UNWRAPPED gifts to the Angel Tree or deliver them to the GRACE Christmas Cottage at 815 Main Street in Grapevine between November 30 - December 17. The Christmas Cottage will hold an Open House on Wednesday, December 2, at 5:30 PM....>

God Can for the GRACE Food Pantry
We collected 91 items for the GRACE Food Pantry last week. 
It's holiday time, so GRACE has a special list of needs for Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets. The holiday food drive includes needs like coffee, cooking oil, juice, pancake mix, evaporated milk, canned broth, canned fruit, flour, french onions, gravy, green beans, stuffing and much more! Click here to view the full list (pdf). Please bring your donations to the God Can bins outside the church office or in the Sanctuary Foyer/Atrium.
Volunteer Connection

"Elves" Needed December 3
We need some "elves" for an invitation project on Thursday, December 3, prior to the Grapevine Christmas Parade. On the night of the parade, our church parking lots will be filled with cars of people attending the parade. We want to sweep through our parking lots, placing an invitation to the Christmas season at our church on each vehicle. In addition, as we do it we will say a quiet prayer for each family/car represented.  If you would like to evangelize and exercise, contact Kathi Shaw (kshaw.email@gmail.com) or Cindy Ryan (cindyr@fumcg.org)....>    

Costa Rica Mission Trip
The May 2016 Costa Rica trip to the San Jose Methodist Children's Home will be May 14-21. This trip is for college age students, young adults, families or anyone that has a passion in their heart to help with on-going construction projects and VBS at the orphanage. Contact Jon De La Cruz (jondlc@hotmail.com) for more info. ...>
Opportunities to Grow...

Daily Devotional Readings | Sermon Archives | Give

Advent Devotional
During the season of Advent, we will have daily devotional readings and thoughts that have been written by our pastors, Family Ministries team and some of the children in our congregation. The devotionals will be in both English and Spanish, and will take the place of the 15 and 15 readings throughout the season. You can view the daily devotionals on the 15 and 15 blog, or pick up a printed copy in the foyer/atrium this Sunday.

Prayer as Something You Live
by Marissa Neil
Prayer for me is a conversation. I did not "learn" to pray until I was almost 40 years old. I didn't know I could talk to God. I didn't know the "right" words. I didn't know the religious jargon. I didn't know the Lord's Prayer. One of my first prayers was with my daughter in Kindermusik. We sang a song, "Thank you God for the sunshine, Thank you God for the blue skies, Thank you God for Mommy & Daddy, and Thank you God for me." We would play with the song, changing out the words, thanking God for the butterflies, or silly things. We would thank God for all of our family members, listing them by name. It was so innocent, so easy, so comfortable and heartfelt. This simple song shaped my prayer life. I still thank God for simple everyday things in simple everyday language. Keep reading...
Caught Caring

Gift Given
A gift has been given to the Permanent Endowment Fund in memory of Charlie Jackson's mom, Ruth Laverne Jackson, by Charles & Carole Battist.

GRACE
A few weeks ago, GRACE welcomed Bev Campisi and our guest from Kenya, Ishmael Mathiu, for a tour of their facilities. This week we received a note from them, saying, "It is a true honor to meet people who are devoted to helping their community in the name of our Lord & Savior! I have such respect for your congregation and your continued support of those in need. Thank you for the opportunity to connect with your mission!" Thank YOU, GRACE team, for your great work!

Be Our Guest Volunteers
Thank you to all the Be Our Guest shoppers, cooks, set up team, servers, hosts, dessert makers, musicians and dishwashers for a beautiful meal for our neighbors and guests on Tuesday night. We filled 26 tables with hungry, happy guests and all left full and touched by God's warmth and love.


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