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December 28 2014

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We pray this greeting finds you enjoying the blessings of this Holy Season.

 

This Sunday, December 28, FUMC Allen offers TWO WORSHIP SERVICES at 9:30am and 11:00am. Rev. June Franck will be bringing the message, Long Awaited Gift, based on scripture from Luke 2:22-40.

 

The 8:15am service and The Way will not meet. Sunday school classes will not meet, but the nursery will be open during services for children ages 4 and under.
 

We hope you'll join us on Wednesday, December 31, for the New Year's Eve WATCH NIGHT SERVICE at 7:00pm in the Upper Room Chapel. This holy time is an opportunity to bid farewell to 2014 and begin the New Year on solid footing. Join us for Holy Communion and share John Wesley's Covenant Prayer. Contact Rev. June Franck.

 

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HolidayOfficeHours Holiday Office Hours

The church office closes at 12:00pm on Wednesday, December 31.

 

We will remain closed on Thursday, January 1, for the New Year's Day holiday.

 

This Week

Sun Dec 28/2014-Sat Jan 3/2015

 

Sun Dec 28

TWO WORSHIP SERVICES at 9:30am and 11:00am. The 8:15am service and The Way will not meet. Sunday school classes will not meet, but nursery will be open during services for children ages 4 and under.
 

Wed Dec 31

The New Year's Eve WATCH NIGHT SERVICE at 7:00pm in the Upper Room Chapel is an opportunity to bid farewell to 2014 and begin the New Year on solid footing. Join us for Holy Communion and share John Wesley's Covenant Prayer. Contact Rev. June Franck.

 

Year-End Giving                            

The church office closes at 12:00pm on Wednesday and is closed all day on Thursday, January 1, 2015.

 

You may deliver your YEAR-END CONTRIBUTIONS to our financial administrator, Jackie Campbell until noon on Wednesday or mail them to the church postmarked before December 31.

You may also make your year-end contribution online by clicking this link.


 

Thank you for your generosity
and faithfulness.

  
Next Week & Beyond

Sun Jan 4/2015-Thu Feb 6/2015

 

Mon Jan 5

BRIDGEPORT CAMP registration begins. Visit www.bridgeportcamp.com for early bird rates. FUMC Allen students should register for the June 9 SEEK camp or the July 7 Children's Camp. Watch for youth camp dates in upcoming weeks.

 

Wed Jan 14

WEDNESDAY NIGHT PROGRAMMING resumes 6:30pm

 

Wed Jan 14, Fri Jan 16 & Mon Jan 19

Online registration is now open for CREATED BY GOD, a human sexuality course taught from a Christian perspective for 5th and 6th graders. Mandatory parent meeting on January 14. Class dates are January 16 and 19. Contact Mary Freeman or register online at www.fumcallen.org.
 

Sun Jan 25

PRESCHOOL SUNDAY 11:00am

NEW MEMBER/GUEST LUNCHEON 12:15PM

 

Mon Jan 26

PLAYDAY REGISTRATION: FUMC Allen church members and current Playday students can register for the 2015-2016 Playday school year beginning January 26, 2015. Contact Maureen Bowman or visit www.playday.fumcallen.org.

 

Tue Jan 27

Interested in art? Looking to combine your art with your faith? On January 27, master painter Michael Maskow offers a six-week oil painting class he's named SACRED ARTISTRY. For more information, visit event registration at www.fumcallen.org.
 

 
Sun Feb 1

Youth UNITY EVENT & Super Bowl Party

 

Thu, Feb 6

THE ENNEAGRAM JOURNEY by Suzanne Stabile is a 12-session DVD curriculum that teachers participants to use the enneagram, an ancient powerful tool for understanding ourselves, motivations, behaviors, and experiences. Course and personal workbook is $40. To register, contact class facilitator Debbie Tull.
 
 

Senior High Mission Trip
Adults! Click icon to register! Youth spots come available as adults spots are filled.

It's time to register for our Hands, Hearts, Hammers, Hope mission trip to Whaley UMC in Gainesville, TX, July 19-24.

 

Only six adult spots remain, and only 17 youth spots are now open. Register online at fumcallen.org before January 1, when prices increase. Contact Eric Pugh

November Church-Wide Workday                           

Church Workday

Thirty-three people showed up on a Saturday in November for our quarterly trustees workday, which was a very successful turnout. These volunteers installed flooring in the nursery, painted the crib room, cleaned windows, trimmed trees, mulched flower beds, cleaned the kitchen, painted CLC208, validated and labeled electrical circuits, and repaired pews in the sanctuary.

 

Many thanks to Paul Chevrefils, Jim German, Jake Bush, Trenton Parker, David Garland, Jayme Gowins, Kris Talley, Emily Talley, Tim Gutschlag,
Marla Thompson, Pat Thompson, Dana Brown, Paul White, Kim Mathews, Chris Mathews, Carole Smithwick, Walt Smithwick, Oluchi Nzeadibe, Brock Fairchild, Ashlyn Fairchild, Karen Griffith, Larry Griffith, Diane Baltzell, Jennifer Bullock, David Franck, Paul White, Robert Nissen, Charles Mentesana, Becky Mentesana, Kathy Synder, Steve Snyder, Janee' Foster, and Don Snyder.

 

We Appreciate You! 


Engaging Online Update
Engaging OnlineHaving trouble accessing your online giving or registering for an event?

 

Due to increased security requirements, Engaging Online, our membership database system, will no longer function if you are using an outdated operating system or web browser.

  • If you are still using Windows XP or other outdated operating system, you should upgrade to Windows 7 or later.
  • If you are using Internet Explorer 8 or other outdated web browser, you should upgrade to a newer version.

If you are still having trouble accessing your Engaging Online account, please contact our Membership Secretary Elizabeth Fairchild.

 

Contact Information                             
Alison Thomas 

Director of Communications

First United Methodist Church of Allen

972.727.8261

In This Issue
Holiday Office Hours
This Week
Year-End Giving
Next Week & Beyond
Senior High Mission Trip
Church-Wide Workday
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This Sunday's Sermon 

Sunday, December 28, 2014
Long Awaited Gift
Luke 2:22-40
Rev. June Franck, preaching
9:30am & 11:00am
 
This month's COMMUNION OFFERING benefits the General Missions Fund of FUMC Allen, supporting the work of Change the World Weekend, Habitat For Humanity, Project Transformation, and new missions opportunities that arise during the year.

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This Week at The Way

Our traditional teaching service, THE WAY, which meets on Sundays at 11:00am in the Fellowship Hall, resumes worship on January 11 with a new series called The Heart of the Matter. Contact Rev. Brian McPherson.

 

 

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Words from The Word
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be meat in My house.  Malachi 3:10
 
And prove me now, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven to you and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it.  Then Isaac sowed in that land and received in the same year a hundredfold and the LORD blessed him. Genesis 26:12
 
 
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The deadline for the Jan 11 Sunday worship bulletin is 5:00pm,
Friday, January 3. 
Email items to spark@fumcallen.org.
 
Click HERE to read the Dec 28 worship bulletin.
Click HERE to read the Dec 21 worship bulletin.
Click HERE to read the Dec 14 worship bulletin.
Click HERE to read the Dec 7 worship bulletin.