Heritage United Methodist Church 1604 East Pointer Trail

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Mission Statement:

To Love and to Lead

The Mission of Heritage United Methodist Church

is to Love God and people passionately and to Lead

people into a passionate relationship with Jesus Christ.

In Hospital:

Dylan Gardner (Children’s LR)

LuAnn Donahou (Baptist VB)

At Home:

Trisha Barnes Johnson, Carolyn Bradford,

Claudine Keller, Bill Kelton, James Minor,

Gary Powell, Doris Ricks, Rick Scott,

Dorinda Stewart, Maria Sullivan, Bill

Thomas

Assisted Living:

Mary Coble (Crawford H&R)

Mary Dempsey (Ashton Place)

Sammye Gilbert (Alma Rehab)

Lavita Middleton (Greenwood Retirement Center)

Connie Warren (VB H&R)

Therese Zolk (Valley Springs H&R)

In Sympathy:

Darlene Craft, Debra Franklin, and

Family in the death of their uncle, Rick Latino.

Alta Poppe and Family in the death of her

brother, David McClerren.

Heritage Happenings is published weekly Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 8 am - 5 pm; Fri: 8 am - 12 pm

Phone: 479-474-6424

FAX & E-mail Address: 474-8549; office@heritage.church

Church Web Page: www.heritage.church

Arkansas Area Bishop: Rev. Gary Mueller

District Superintendent: Rev. Steve Coburn

Lead Pastor: J. Wesley Hilliard, whilliard@heritage.church

Pastor Emeritus: Bill Kelton, bekelton@sbcglobal.net

Director of Ministries: Roger Goins, rgoins@heritage.church

Worship Arts Minister Caleb Lester, clester@heritage.church

Accompanist: Rick Endel, rendel@heritage.church

Welcome Minister: Becki Kneeland, bkneeland@heritage.church

Congregational Care Pastor: Max Goins, mgoins@heritage.church

Outreach Pastor: LaToya Shepherd, lshepherd@heritage.church

Discipleship Pastor: Brian Seewald, bseewald@heritage.church

Ministry Development Pastor: Ron Lewis, rlewis@heritage.church

Youth Pastor: Jake Simmons, jsimmons@heritage.church

Associate Youth Minister: Brad Martin, bmartin@heritage.church

Middle School Pastor: Brad Sneed, bsneed@heritage.church

Children’s Minister: Madison Simmons, msimmons@heritage.church

Preschool Coordinator: Shawnna Seewald, sseewald@heritage.church

Business Administrator: Bobby Boyakin, bboyakin@heritage.church

Publications Secretary: Kathy Goins, kgoins@heritage.church

Staff Secretary: Pam James, pjames@heritage.church

Multimedia Producer: Nick Jones, njones@heritage.church

Facility Manager: Steve Kelton, skelton@heritage.church

Newsletter/Bulletin Announcements: office@heritage.church

March 6

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE

March 8-9

COLLEGE OF PRAYER

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019 | VOLUME 33 ISSUE 6

Mathew 28:19 Shirley Caesar - “Go”

Go ye therefore and teach all nations, go, go, go Go ye therefore and teach all nations, go, go, go Baptizing them in the Name of the Father The Son and Holy Ghost, go, go, go

If you love Me, really love Me, feed My, My sheep If you love Me, really love Me, feed My sheep Lord, I'll be with You forever and ever Until the end of the world, go, go, go

After Jesus had tabernacled here for 40 days It was nearing the time that He must go back to the Father And the Bible gives us to know that one day Out on a lowly hill with 11 disciples standing around Him No doubt one of the disciples said, "Lord must you go?" Jesus said, "If I go not the Comforter will not come, but in the meantime I'm not gonna leave you comfortless

But I want you to go ye therefore and teach all nations And I want you to baptize them in the name of the Father In the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Ghost Teaching them to observe all things Go, go, go

Go ye therefore and teach all nations, go, go, go Baptizing them in the name of the Father The Son and Holy Ghost Go, go! Go, go! Go, go, go!

Growing up listening to this song, I never thought I would be preaching and I certainly didn’t know what “go” meant. Join us this week as we unpack these questions:

Where do we need to go? What are we going to do? Who are we going for? Why are we going?

LaToya Shepherd, Outreach Pastor

NEW TO HERITAGE? Join us for the Newcomers’ Dinner

Tuesday, February 19th at 6 pm at

the Kneeland’s. Contact Becki at

bkneeland@heritage.church to

reserve your spot.

BAPTISM SUNDAY

If you are interested in being

baptized at church Sunday, February

17th, please contact the church

office at 474-6424.

EMMAUS WALKS If you are interested in attending an

Emmaus Walk, informational

pamphlets and applications are

available in the Great Hall. The

upcoming men’s walk is February

2 8 - M a r c h 3 a t “ T h e

Center” (formerly St. Scholastica.) For

more information, contact Bob

Bretch at rbretch@cox.net.

CHARGE CONFERENCE We will hold a Charge Conference

this Sunday, February 10th at 3 pm

in the Conference Room.

DAY OF PRAYER Heritage has partnered with the

S.O.S Community Prayer Center

and 31 other churches in the River

Valley in Unceasing Prayer!

Prayer partners are needed for the

1st Monday of each month. Sign up

for a time of prayer by contacting

the church office with your selected

time. Your prayer time can be done

anytime from home or 8-5 pm at

the Center (contact Janalou Devers at

474-2418 to schedule a time at the

Center.)

BLANKET CREW

The team meets usually every other Tuesday. The next meeting date is

February 19th at 9 am. You are welcome to join any time! Even if you don't

have basic sewing skills you can help cut out material and do easy hand

work. And if you like to create you have the freedom to make a blanket

any design you wish. And although we very much enjoy each other's

company if you are not able to commit to the set meeting time you are

welcome to come, get what materials you need and sew at home on your

own schedule. If you have questions contact Sue Weege, 474-8627 or

sueweege@cox.net.

OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY Contact the church office at 474-

6424 you are interested in helping

prepare and serve meals to 100+

people in the community at

Midland Heights on the first

Saturday of each month (food

provided) from 9 am - 1:30 pm (8-

10 volunteers needed monthly.)

Our next date is Saturday, March

2nd.

ROOTS CLASS Want to better understand the

Hebraic roots of our Christian

faith? Join us Monday, February

11th at 6 pm at the home of Lucy

Barry (1209 Monarch Drive in VB.)

CITY ON OUR KNEES If you were the only person/people on earth, that had the ability and power

to truly make a lasting difference, would you do it? As the body of Christ,

you/we ARE the only ones on earth that can make a lasting difference, by

bringing healing to our land! (2 Chronicles 7:14). It's time that we stop

complaining about all of the bad things that are taking place in our nation,

and do what God has directed us to do...PRAY!!!

This Sunday, February 10th at 6 pm, churches from all over Fort Smith and

surrounding areas, from different denominations and ethnic backgrounds,

are going to come together to pray against all of this evil that's trying to

divide and cripple our families, communities, and nation. Please mark your

calendar and make plans to attend this much needed and powerful prayer

gathering at the House of Restoration at 2201 S. 46th Street in Fort Smith.

Pastor Wes was ‘Chaplain for the

Day’ recently at the Arkansas

House of Representatives. Pictured

with Wes is Representative

Charlene Fite.

MISSION TRIP SPANISH 101 Did you know that you don’t have

to be fluent in a foreign language to

be able to communicate effectively?

Join us on Sunday mornings at 9:30

am in the Prayer Room. Charles

Griffith will teach this class on

conversational Spanish for missions

and evangelism.

THANK YOU Dear Pastor Wes and Heritage

Church, Thank you for your month-

ly partnership and commitment to

this ministry as we seek to train

pastors around the world and lead

them to encounter Christ. In many

places they rely on us to fund the

translation and printing of our cur-

riculum. Your partenship will make

this possible.

With love and appreciation,

IV

THANK YOU Thank you to all of the volunteers

who came out for the tornado

pickup recently. We greatly appre-

ciate everyone sticking with us

through the cold and bringing tools

and machinery. Definitely couldn’t

have done it without you!

HELP NEEDED FOR WINTER Debbie Thomas is collecting new or

slightly worn jackets, hoodies and

coats for ages 3-18 that will go to

children in our local schools. For

questions, contact Debbie at 651-

0810.

JOY SEEKERS Ladies, invite a friend and join us at

11 am for lunch (Dutch treat) this

Friday, February 8th at La Fiesta

(across from Walmart) in Van Buren. If

you have any questions call Vesta

Everitt at 471-5476

SOCKS DONATIONS Taylor Teague and Lexi Miller are

collecting new pairs of socks for a

school service project. The socks

will be donated to the Heritage

Clothes Closet. Donations can be

dropped off at the church office.

HELP NEEDED Hard to think of gardening in the middle of winter! But think we must! Our

church grounds should be inviting and show the beauty of God's creation!

We want those who come or just drive by to enjoy that beauty. But that

requires work and time to keep the lawn and beds planted, weeded and

watered. It has become too big a job for the two people who have been

doing that and help is needed! If you would be willing to spend any amount

of time this spring and summer we want to hear from you! We will work

with you on the amount of time you have and the tasks you are willing to

undertake. Just call the church office, 474-6424, or email the

office@heritage.church and ask to be put on the volunteer list and you will

be contacted when we are ready to organize.

Opportunity To Serve Our Community 1. How would you like to help comfort people in their time of need? 2. How would you like to be there for a person and let them know you

care? 3. How would you like to know you were leading people to a place of

peace? 4. How would you like to make yourself available to people who need to

talk and learn to minister as you do so? 5. How would you like to hear people say a very heart-felt thank-you for what you have done for them?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, we have a great open door for you.

Heritage has had a very good relationship with what has become the Baptist Hospital for several years. Presently, there are five men from Heritage who serve as chaplains at the hospital. Those five men are, Ron McPhail, Bob Bretch, Paul Ray, Earle Craft, and Mark Turner. All five of our men are very excited about their ministry as chaplains. They all speak glowingly about the joy and satisfaction that being a chaplain brings into their lives. They would be very glad to share their experiences with you.

Shirley Harrod, Director of Pastoral Services at Baptist Hospital contacted me this week with a wonderful opportunity. She has requested that Heritage provide several more chaplains. I want to stress the word, several. They have several chaplain slots open as of right now. You can serve either at the Fort Smith Hospital, or here in Van Buren. We have men serving both places. Minimally a chaplain is on duty four hours a week during business hours. Most of our Heritage men love it so much they serve much more than that.

I felt it was an honor for the hospital to make such a request of Heritage. It is a testimony to the great job our present chaplains are doing. I also feel that this is not just an opportunity for men. I think we need some women chaplains. If you are excited about this opportunity, please call me, or the church office. We have all the

necessary documents to help you get started. The hospital also offers training to prepare you for this ministry.

What better way can we serve our Lord than serving His people when they are in need?

STAYCATION No plans for Spring

Break? We are having a

S t a y c a t i o n o n

Wednesday, March 20th

from 10 am - 4 pm. We will stay at

Heritage all day long, but where is

our “vacation?” IT’S A SURPRISE!

Open to kids Kindergarten-5th

grade. Please register online at the

Heritage Childrens Ministry

FaceBook page or by clicking on the

QR code.