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First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January

First United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX 79014-1343

(806) 323-6758

Return Service Requested

First United Methodist Church, Canadian, Texas

January 2018

Larry Bass - Pastor

Cory Campbell - Youth Pastor

Julene Castillo- Secretary

Brent Layman - Finance

520 Main Street/P.O. Box 1343

Canadian, TX. 79014

(806) 323-6758

E-Mail: fumc@yft.net

Website: fumc-canadian.org Our Mission: The Making of Disciples of Jesus Christ for the

Transformation of the World

The Pastor’s Pen Happy New Year!!

Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? For years I made, and held, the same resolution year after year.

My resolution was to make no resolutions. But this year, I’m making several resolutions. They are personal,

so I won’t be posting them here. :0)

This whole New Year’s Resolution thing is interesting to me. Every year, we look at the start of the year and

we decide we will change our lives for the better. We focus on different things. The number one resolution

every year is to get healthy. If you watch any TV at all you will see the upsurge in commercials for dieting

and exercise products.

In fact, according to Google, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2017 were:

Get healthy

Get organized

Live life to the fullest

Learn new hobbies

Spend less/Save more

Travel

Read more

These are all admirable goals. However, I did not see anything in this list about being more focused on our

spiritual lives, did you? I think this is a bit telling about the general priorities of people. We think that if we

get healthy, more organized, focus on living life, get a new hobby, do better financially, travel and read more

we will find happiness and peace. And yet, year after year we see this same basic list and people have yet

to find what they are looking for.

I would offer you this. Let’s start our New Year right. Let’s set our hearts and our minds on God and let God

guide us through the other stuff. Jesus Christ is the only place we will find joy and peace.

Jesus said, in John 15:11, “I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be com-

plete.” Also in Matthew 11:29 29 “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in

heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” True joy and peace only come from God through Jesus Christ.

Let’s look at how we did last year, and see if we can do better this year. Let’s measure our future by what

God is asking of us. Let’s let our hearts be our guide toward God, and let God be our guide toward life.

By His Grace,

Larry

1/1 Jackson Anderson

1/5 Robin King

1/6 Jennifer Appel

1/8 Betsy Alexander

1/10 Bandi McPherson

1/12 Penny Meek

1/15 Tucker Brown,

1/15 Micah Lewis

1/19 Eric Rowden

1/21 Hank McPherson

1/23 Brittany Isom

1/23 Tina Godino

1/24 Jim Black

1/26 Glen Woodside

1/27 Flint Hill

1/28 Bailey Bryant

1/30 Becca Ash

1/31 Esther Rader

1/21 Todd & Denise

Roberson

1/26 Alfred & Tina Godino

______________________________________________________________________________

Prayer Requests Billy Westover Sandra Gillmore Tori Boydston Denton Allen Kim Thompson Cecil Robertson Eddie Cannon Margaret Frederick Betty Owens Chris & Sarah Lay Bill Cannon Mary Waterfield Carol Reid Jerry & Nita Johnson Rita Pearson Linda Dosher Hank McPherson Lisa Jahnel CISD Staff & Students Susan Fike Thomas Brown and Family Benny Rupprecht Jean Ross Erbin & Dorothea Crowell Marsha Diers Addie Cisneros Don Copley Caden Cleveland Shorty Jines Raymond Gibson Josh White Abraham Home Residents Dean Hawkins Jim Hash Keath Garrison Keith McEntire Isaac Lewis Jonathan Cano Claudette Hand Jeff Monk Bob & Marva Hohertz Jack Martin Sarah Anderson Collins

_________________________________________________________________________________

2018 SPRC Committee Members

Reverend Larry Bass

Class of 2016: Joyce Cross, Rick Waterfield, David Wilson

Class of 2017: Sandie Cook, Brenda Martin, Linda Rader, Chair

Class of 2018: Jennifer Appel, Amanda Lewis, Allen Hadaway

As Chair of the SPRC, I’d like to present our 2018 Committee Members. We are a diverse group who are charged with building strong relationships between the staff and the congregation and between the congregation and the District Superintendent. We would like to ask for your prayers to help guide us to discern God’s direction for our congregation. We are responsible, according to the Methodist Discipline, for encouraging, strengthening, nurturing, supporting, and respecting the pastor and staff and their fami-lies. This includes Larry and Kathy - Minister, Cory and Jamie Campbell – Youth Minister, Julene Castillo - Secretary, Brent Layman -Treasurer, Kat Decker-Nursery Attendant, and our custodians, Joyce Cross, and Mario & Evalena Campos. We prayerfully ask you to join us in this endeavor.

Reverend Larry Bass and his wife, Kathy, are eager to get better acquainted with you, our members. Please make an effort to spend some time getting to know them, and allowing them to get to know you. If you have any joys or concerns, please stop by his office for a visit or give him a phone call. As committee members, we welcome feedback and ideas from you. Please feel free to contact us.

Let’s challenge each other this year to grow in our personal spiritual lives. As a church, let’s make time to grow in fellowship with each other. Maybe even something as bold as making an effort to get to know one church family this year that you do not know well. Most importantly, let’s prayerfully ask for, and actively look for, ways to share Christ with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Him. After all, our most important goal is to make disciples for Christ.

Love in Christ,

Linda Rader

**More Committee lists will be posted in the bulletin when the lists are complete. If you are not aware that you are on a church committee,

please contact the church office.

Budget Update

Thanks to the generous end of year giving, we ended the year with $495,107 in contributions to

the general fund. This exceeded the goal of $458,110. THANK YOU, we are now able to start 2018

in good shape!

THANK YOU!!

I want to thank everyone for the calls, texts, prayers, visits, and meals during my husband’s

recent open heart surgery. I’m blessed to be a part of FUMC Canadian!

Julene Castillo and Family

HELPING HANDS. An important part of any Body of Christ is to minister to those in

our midst in Christian love and support.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

“ Then he put a little child among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to

them, ‘Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes

not only me but also my Father who sent me.’ ” (Mark 9:36-37, NLT)

Through scripture we can gain an idea of how God views babies-they are His creations, and are therefore a blessing to us

all. The Bible says that children are a gift from God. Jesus loved children for their innocence and simple, trusting hearts.

He presented children as a model for the kind of faith adults ought to have. The birth of a new baby is one the most

blessed, sacred and life-changing moments in life.

As a church family, we want to celebrate the newborns that come into our congregation. Brenda Martin is our Helping

Hand in this ministry. Please contact Brenda at (806) 570-2064 if you know of a church family member that has recently

had a new baby. We would like to welcome him/her with a small gift. You can also call Julene in the church office (323-

6758) with this information. Thank you, Brenda, for leading this special ministry.

The Connections Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 5 pm in the basement. We would love to hear

your ideas as we strive to fulfill our new mission statement. “The Canadian FUMC is a church that is praying for God’s

change within us so that we are transformed by the love of Christ, nurtured to grow as disciples, and empowered to bring

Christ to our relationships, our families, our church, our community and our world.”

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Circle Meeting Minutes

Committees for 2018

Administrative Council

Chair - Gary Jahnel Lay Leader - Micah Lewis SPRC - Linda Rader Finance - Charlie Mann TBD by Trustees Fin. Sec - Brent Layman

Treasurer- Chad & Darlene Walker UMW Pres - Connie Rupprecht Connections - Kathy Province Pastor - Larry Bass

Lay Member to Annual Conference Micah Lewis

Secretary of Administrative Council Sherry Lee

2018 Members at Large 2019 2020

Charlie Rankin Dale Jenkins Robin King

Venita McPherson Betsy Alexander Rosemary Koetting

Nathan Lewis Cornelia Varnell Gary Jahnel

Finance Committee

Charlie Mann – Chair Al Godino Brittany Isom

Heath Mitchell Tanya Holloway Benny Rupprecht

Brian Bartlett Jack Martin Sharon Carr

Board of Trustees Chair- TBD

Robert Lee Josh Reeves Eric Rowden

John Appel Melanie Lusk Luke Thrasher

Betsy Frederick Leah Bartlett Lucio Vasquez

Lay Leadership Committee

Pastor – Chair Darcee Dosher Sherry Lee Becky Black

Haley Ward Alex Hayden Regan Adams

Bob Lusk Kim Lewis Tim Alexander

SPRC

Joyce Cross Rick Waterfield David Wilson

Linda Rader - Chair Sandie Cook Brenda Martin

Jennifer Appel Amanda Lewis Allen Hadaway

2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1. Jackson Anderson

2.

3. 4. 5. Robin King

6. Jennifer Appel

7. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Combined Worship 10:45a.m

Nominating Committee Meeting 3 p.m. SPRC Meeting 4 p.m.

8. Betsy Alexander

Connections Committee 5 p.m.

9.

UMW Meeting at Noon

10. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Bandi McPherson

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

11.

12.

Penny Meek

13.

14. Worship 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:45a.m. Trustees Meeting 4 p.m.

15.

Tucker Brown

Micah Lewis

16.

17.

Ladies Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

18.

19. Eric Rowden

20.

21. Hank McPherson

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Finance Meeting...5:00 p.m.

Administrative Council..6:00 p.m

22.

23.

Brittany Isom

Tina Godino

24. Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

Jim Black

25.

26.

Glen Woodside

27.

Flint Hill

28. Bailey Bryant

Worship 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship 10:45a.m.

29. 30. Becca Ash

31. Esther Rader

Ladies Bible Study 9:30

Jr.High 5:30 p.m. -7:00p.m.

Sr.High 7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m

Kids Connect 6-7pm

Adult Meal and Study 5:30

Crochet Class 6:30 pm

2018

January