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Epworth UMC - March 2007
Newsletter
Annual Conference
Birthdays
Calendar
Thanks
First Sunday Chefs Welcome
Baby Shower
Epworth's Health
Time
Jail is No Place to Be
Metro District Annual Conference
The Metro District Annual
Conference and Celebration for 2007 was held on February 24th
at Lakewood UMC. The theme was “Weaving Our Many Songs”, Giving
Voice to Our Diversity. Threads within our weave were
represented by the Vietnamese choir, Tongan Faith Community
choir, Rafael & Rebecca Martinez and family, Ghanaian Wesleyan
United Methodists choir and the Metro District choir which the
Sounds of Epworth were a part of. Ross Stefansen was nominated
as an Equalization Member from Epworth UMC. Ross will be one, of
many, representatives from the Metro District who will attend
the Rocky Mountain Conference in June of this year. For lunch,
each person attending brought a can of soup to make a vegetable
stew and bread to accompany the stew. The meal was very good.
Some churches brought displays about their church’s history and
culture. The turnout was low compared to last year’s but spirits
were high. Burns Memorial UMC will be hosting this celebration
in 2008.
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Epworth’s Birthdays
·
Pastor King
Harris – 03/02
·
Sister Evelyn
Davis – 03/03
·
Brother Murel
Mills – 03/04
·
Sister Ada
Busby – 03/12
·
Sister Carol
Rose – 03/21
If your birthday is not
listed for the month of March, please tell Clarence Williams.
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Epworth’s Calendar
·
Open Prayer –
M – F starting at 6 a.m. Sunday starting at 8 a.m.
·
Adult Sunday
school – Brother Ron is the teacher. Class starts at 9:45 a.m.
·
Adult Bible
Study and meal – Wed at 6 p.m. (Currently studying Mathew 5).
Activities ends at 7:30 p.m.
·
Epworth’s
Hispanic Worship Service every Sat. at 6 p.m. Services conducted
by Assistant Pastor Marvin Lazo.
·
Sonrise UMC is
coordinating an Alaskan Cruise, May 27th – June 3rd,
2007. For more information please call Les & Bev Sonksen at
719-583-2042.
·
The
Family-to-Family Program is offering “ESL” (English Second
Language) classes every Tuesday and Thursday. From 11 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. Classes will end April 20, 2007.
·
The
Family-to-Family Program is offering “Parenting Classes in
Spanish” starting February 20, 2007. These classes will continue
for 10 weeks. Classes are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday
evening.
·
The
Family-to-Family Program is offering “NEWSED” training every 1st
and 3rd Wednesday of each month. Training is from 5
to 8 p.m. This training is for first time home buyers and for
those who need help establishing good credit.
Thank You Jesse Melson
Everyone who attended last
weeks Wednesday night Bible Study is still “thanking” Brother
Jesse for volunteering his time to fry 30 pounds of catfish and
12 pounds of French fries that was served during our meal.
Listen to this… Brother Jesse is planning a Bar-B-Q for the
Wednesday night Bible Study class in the near future. Come out
and join us on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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First
Sunday Chefs Meeting
I’m sure most of you think
the “First Sunday Pot-Luck” can’t get any better, but there are
some chefs who are working hard to make this meal even better.
They are Sister Grace Stiles, Sister Marlene Albert, Sister
Juanita Davenport-Brown, Sister Carolyn Lampkin and Brother
Clarence Williams. They will be meeting regularly to plan,
discuss and improve all areas of our pot-luck meal. One area
that will get more attention… will be a “better menu for
diabetics”. Please let these chefs know what you think of the
first Sunday pot-luck. The chefs will meet March 1, 2007 at 5:30
p.m. at Epworth. Anyone is welcome to join us. Help them make
the first Sunday meal better for everyone.
Welcome Marcus Gasco
Brother Marcus is Epworth’s
newest member. On February 18th he joined Epworth UMC.
Brother Marcus has been attending Epworth’s Sunday morning
worship and Bible study classes on Wednesday evenings for some
time. He hasn’t wasted anytime on finding a job, Brother Marcus
will be operating the sound board for the 11 a.m. worship.
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Epworth’s Health… “Oh Lord Hear Our
Prayer”
·
Comfort –
Brother Thom Foster who lost his Brother-in-law.
·
Health – First
Lady, Sister Ernestine Harris
·
Health –
Sister Grace Stiles
·
Health –
Sister Ada Busby who is recovering from knee replacement
surgery.
·
Health –
Sister Joann Kanost
·
Health –
Brother Chris Davis
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Concerns for
family in Colorado and traveling mercies – Brother Leeodis
Davis.
·
Health –
Sister Sabrina Wilhite.
Baby Shower for Shannon Jenkins
This past Sunday Sister Kala
Greene announced a baby shower will be given for Sister Shannon
on March 4th. Please bring your gifts to church with
you Sunday. A box of “Diapers” with your gift would be
appreciated.
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Attention Young People
Don’t miss “Jail Is No Place
To Be Somebody”. NAACP Youth will be putting on this program at
East High School on April 6, 2007 starting at 8:30 a.m. Epworth
hosted this event last year. It was moved to East because more
space was needed.
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Time Change
This year we will “spring
forward” in March instead of April. That means three extra weeks
of sunlit springtime evenings.
·
Spring
forward: 2
a.m. Sunday, March 11th (the second Sunday in March
each year).
Fall back:
2 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 4th (the first Sunday in November, one
week later than before).
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