christmas eve services - couts umc 1...while many of your acquaintances and friends are going home...
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December 1, 2013 Volume 7 Issue 12
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Go WEST - Welcome, Equip, Serve, Transform
Worship
8:30 a.m. - Classic
11:00 a.m. - Contemporary
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Visit us on the Web www.coutsmethodistchurch.com
802 North Elm
Weatherford, Texas 76086
817-599-8601
Church Office Hours
Monday - Thursday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fridays
8:00 a.m. - Noon
Sr. Pastor - Ed George
A Service for Children / Youth
and Their Families
7:00 p.m.
December 24th
Christmas Eve ServicesChristmas Eve ServicesChristmas Eve Services Tuesday, December 24Tuesday, December 24Tuesday, December 24
5:00 p.m.
Lessons & Carols
Candlelight/Communion
7:00 p.m.
A Service for
Children/Youth and
their families
5:00 pm
7:00pm
11:00 p.m.
Contemporary Candlelight/ Communion
11:00 pm
Couts’ Pastoral Team
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A letter from Bishop Mike Low-
ry and Dr. Randy Wild,
Dear Couts Memorial UMC
Members,
Greetings in the name of Christ!
The Central Texas Conference
has a new hope, a new vision,
and a new enthusiasm. That ex-
citement about ministry is conta-
gious. Congratulations on remit-
ting 100% of your connectional
mission giving (CMG) partner-
ship share (apportionments). By
doing so, you have said:
We want to be a significant
part of what Christ is doing
in our midst.
We want to share in the help
that people receive when fac-
ing a natural disaster-whether
it be a flood in the mid-west,
a hurricane that tears up the
Eastern coastline, an earth-
quake in Haiti, or a Tsunami
in Asia.
We will support creative/
innovative local church min-
istries that transform lives for
Christ.
We want to support estab-
lishing “new places for new
people” (new church starts)
wherever those new places
We want to assist in eliminat-
ing killer diseases and poverty
that needlessly inflict suffer-
ing.
We will insure that children
will know “Jesus loves me.”
These are just a few of the many
ministries that your connectional
mission giving dollars have ac-
complished in 2012.
We write this letter to let you
know that your faithful and gen-
erous response as a community of
faith is appreciated and not taken
for granted. We know what it
takes to live out the Christian wit-
ness as a United Methodist pres-
ence in your community, and we
want to thank you for the positive
differences you have made as you
make disciples of Jesus Christ for
the transformation of the world.
Yours in Christ,
Mike Lowry
Resident Bishop CTC
Dr. Randy Wild
Executive Director
Center for Mission Support
Bishop Mike Lowry
Dr. Randy Wild
Pastor Ed George
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With Advent and Christmas upon
us, we are excited to be sharing a
Children/Youth-led worship ser-
vice December 15th at 11am (no
early service this day), and also a
Family Christmas Eve service on
December 24th at 7pm. Please
join us as our Children and Youth
share the Good News of Christ! Caption describing picture or graphic.
Kids Care
Our children are teaming up with
other groups in the church to
help families in need. Please
consider donating money to help
these families experience the joy
of Christmas. Child-decorated
envelopes are available.
Volunteers Needed We want to make sure our kids know they
are loved, cared for, and safe within our
church, and so we are asking for adult volun-
teers to come have fun with us, get to know
our kids, and provide extra eyes, ears, hands,
and feet. Volunteers can be any number of
things, including teachers, drivers, listeners,
snack-preparers, game-time referees, behind
the scene prayers, and just extra people!
Please let me know if you are available to
help!
Some volunteer options and times:
Sunday mornings: Teachers, teachers’ helpers, substitutes, nursery volunteers, greeters,
KidCheck helper, snack suppliers, (Helpers during 2nd service), extra help! (mostly 9:30-
10:45 and/or 11:15-12)
Wednesday afternoon: Drivers/riders for after school, Adults to help with gym play and/or
crafts, adults to help with snacks, adults to help watch doors, Substitutes, help with
Wednesday evenings during adult Bible Studies, extra help! (KidZone 3-5, school pick-up
3-3:30, evening 6:30-8ish).
KidZone
Advent
Wed.
December 4th
KidZone
Happy
Birthday
Jesus Party!
Wed.
December 11th
No KidZone 12/18
12/25
1/1
Sunday School Every Sunday!
9:45-10:45
Children/Youth Advent
Service
December 15
@11am
Family Christmas Eve
Service
December 24
@7pm
At a Glance
Worship With Us!
Couts Kidz
COUTS KIDZ December 2013
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Questions? Comments? Need directions to Kansas City? Email Jon at [email protected]
December 2013
This Christmas, Couts UMC Youth is spon-
soring a local child. On Sunday, Dec 8, we
will go shopping as a group for gifts. We
are asking each youth to bring $10 for
shopping--and if the money is not feasible,
we will find another way to serve. We will
meet at Couts at 4p and head to Target for
shopping. We will return to Couts around
6p to eat dinner together. Parent pickup is
at 7p at Couts.
This Advent, our Youth Sunday School is doing a 5-week Advent study, "A Differ-ent Kind of Christmas," by Mike Slaugh-ter. Youth Sunday School meets every Sunday morning at 9:45a in the Youth Room across from the Fellowship Hall. We hope to see you there!
In order to raise funds for
CTCYM Summer Mission,
Couts UMC Youth is hosting a
Valentine's Day Dinner. The
dinner will be on Friday, Feb
14. Keep an eye on our news-
letter for more info.
Are you on our email list? Do you want to be? Let Jon
know, or go to the Couts UMC Youth Facebook page to
sign up through Mail Chimp!
Mid-Winter Camp is
Feb 8-9.
Let Jon
know if
you want
to go.
December 2013
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Blood Drive
9am - 1pm
Center of Hope - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Jr. League
Coaches
7:30 NSBC
Jr. League
Coaches
9 am NSBC
Last Kidzone
Until Jan 8th New Vision SS
Class Party
6:00 p.m.
Fellowship Hall
One Service -
11:00
Children’s &
Youth Advent
Service
Pathfinder’s
Christmas Party
at Ragsdales
Merry
Christmas
Christmas Eve
Services
5 pm
7 pm
11 pm
Christmas Eve Services
5:00 p.m. - Lessons and Carols
(Candlelight Communion)
7:00 p.m. - Service for Children
& their families
11:00 p.m. - Contemporary Christmas
(Candlelight/Communion)
UMW -
Christmas
Lunch at
Dorothy
Reynolds
11:30 a.m.
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One Service -
11:00
Church Office Closed
Church
Office
Closed
Blue Christmas
Gathering
7:00 p.m.
Parlor
Blue Christmas
Gathering
7:00 p.m.
Parlor
Blue Christmas
Gathering
7:00 p.m.
Parlor
10 am Primetimers
Christmas Party
Couts Center of Hope Week
December 2nd - 5th
As an outreach to our community,
Couts will host the Center of Hope
December 2nd - 5th. We provide
food for each of the four days and
have the privilege of serving the
clients and praying with them if they
desire. If you can provide food for one
of the days or if you would be willing to
help serve, please contact Tonya
Sosebee or Barbara Vanhoozer. Sign up
sheets will be available in the Welcome
Center.
American Red Cross
Blood Drive
Sunday, December 1, 2013
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Children & Youth Advent Service
ONE SERVICE ONLY - December 15th
Come and support our Youth and Children as they lead us in
Worship in a single service on Sunday, December 15th at 11:00.
Sunday School will take place for all ages
at the normal time - 9:45 a.m.
There will be no 8:30 Service.
One Worship Service
Sunday, December 29th / 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School / 9:45 a.m.
Join us for the final Sunday of the Year,
December 29th for a single service and a time
to sing Christmas Carols. It will be an
“Acoustic Sunday” (guitar and keyboard)
On Sunday morning, December 1st,
we will have an opportunity to give
“life” to others by giving blood at the
American Red Cross Blood Drive.
It will take place in the Fellowship
Hall starting at 9:00 a.m. and will last
until 1:00 p.m.
Christmas with the Primetimers
Wednesday Dec. 11th 10am
Join the fun as we share the “ Christmas Story” featuring a Live Nativity.
All Primetimers 50+ are welcome
We will meet in the Fellowship Hall.
White elephant gift for exchange.
Please bring a dish to share.
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Blue Christmas Gatherings
“It’s the most wonderful time, of the year…” or so goes the holiday classic. For those who have lost a loved one; however, it can
be a challenging time at best and an especially painful or difficult time at worst. While many of your acquaintances and friends
are going home to visit family, or out shopping in all the hustle and bustle, you may see nothing but painful reminders of the
person who is no longer there with you. All is not lost. There are several healing and healthy ways to help comfort and ease the
pain and difficulty during the holiday season. One of the most powerful ways we have available is to give voice to our stories in
a safe and caring settings. I learned some time ago that when another person tells her story and I hear my own story, God be-
gins to heal both of us. Because I know that Christ promises comfort to those who mourn and that more often than not
Christ does that through people, I will be hosting three Blue Christmas Gatherings in the Couts Chapel at 7:00pm on Monday,
December 9, 16, 23. The Gatherings will be conversational in nature, provide you with resources to use on when you leave,
open to the public and FREE.
If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call at 817-223-8218.
Pastor ED
Jr. League Basketball
For 35 years Couts has been a
part of an ecumenically supported
basketball league where children
can learn how to play a game in a
non-threatening environment
where fellowship and fun is en-
couraged over competition.
Approximately 500 children be-
tween the ages of 6 through 6th
grade will spend their Saturday’s
playing basketball in the gyms of
one of the 5 participating churches.
Pat Noe is the Couts gym monitor
and will oversee all of the aspects
of the league which starts the first
week of January and goes through
the first week in March.
You are welcome to stop by any
Saturday and be a part of this awe-
some church basketball program.
Dear Couts UMC,
On behalf of the Wesley Foundation and the students
of Weatherford College, we’d like to say thank you
from the bottom of our hearts for the gift of the picnic
tables! Thank you for caring about, and giving your
time and hard work to this ministry. We are so
blessed and grateful for hearts like yours. Praise be
to God for the amazing work God has done, and will
continue to do, through the wonderful people of
Couts UMC. Thank You!
The Wesley Foundation
Thank you to James Williams and Bobby Curry for building
two picnic tables for the Wesley Foundation. These tables
were like those that were build this summer on the Mission
Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed in
some way towards the effort on the Philippines. As of
last Sunday, Couts has given over $2,000.00 to this
effort. We are still accepting donations. Please indi-
cate on your check memo line whether your contribu-
tion is going to UMCOR, EOE Ministries or Kids
Against Hunger, Parker County. I appreciate Curtis
Nager, Chairman of our Outreach Mission Team, for
his leadership in this area.
In Christ,
Pastor Ed George
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Ted and Dovie Barber
Mason Collier
Dana Cowley - liver cancer - Anthony
Whitfield’s cousin
Dan Davis - brain tumor
Claudine Devoll - double knee replacement
Carrie Hays family
Rusty Justice - Radiation and Chemo
Raegan Madoerin
Danice Mainard
Phillip Montgomery - broken leg recovery
Billie Murrell
Raylene Poteet
Phebe Vidaurri - surgery on 10-22-2013
Marie White - rehab at College Park Rehab
Brad Bishop
Billy Burris
Janey Collier
Matt Couch
Warren Crouch
Claudine Devoll
Will Dowd
Kristen Elliot
Derek Geyer
Michael Gilliam
Jeff Johnson
Cory Jones
Blake Hubbard
Mike Hebert
Hunter Hiett - Afghanistan
Kali Yarnell Lussier
Garrett Mitchell
Matthew Mitchell - Afghanistan
Dean Newman
Gary Neal
Matthew Ross
Marion Tolin Family - services
Doug Yarnell
Cody Williams
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Prayer Concerns Our Military December Birthdays
December 1
Katie Mitchell
December 3
Renerle Thompson
December 4
Lacy Johnson
December 6
John Coleman
Justin Chism
Cindy Ross
December 7
Gloria Black
December 8
Carrie Bridges
December 10
Pat Holt
December 14
Paul McAdams
December 15
Brandy Hallman
December 16
Sabrina Johnson
Couts Methodist Church
802 North Elm
Weatherford, Texas 76086
Our Homebound Members
Allene Bielss Carrie Bridges
Beulah Clark Mary Ann Cox
Arlene Ford Cloy Holloway
Billie Murrell Arlene Padilla
Evelyn Sullivan Marie White
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December 17
Dennis Watters
Jenny Garrett
December 19
Janey Collier
Wyatt Worsham
Billie Murrell
December 22
Eliza Utley
Karri Roberts
Kaleigh Parker
December 24
Jan Moore
Julie Laughlin
December 28
Joy Allman
Russell Polvado
December 29
Allen Taylor
Faith Coleman
Paula Pendergrass
December 30
Rodger Johnson