SEPTEMBER 1

September 2016COME FOLLOW JESUS WITH US!

NEXT STEPSNew Class starting

September 11 (p. 6)

AUMC NEWSADULTS ALL CHURCH CHILDREN COMMUNICATIONS F INANCE KINGDOM K IDS

MISS IONS SUPPORT / CARE YOUTH WORSHIP

JERSEY DAYSeptember 10 & 11

at all services!

Wear your favorite jersey to church the weekend of Sept. 10 & 11 as part of our Game Plan sermon series!

CULTIVATE L IFE GROUPCheck out this Life Group’s story (p. 7)

TWIL IGHT DINNERFriday, September 16 at

6:30 pm (p. 6)

Game PlanNEW SERMON SERIESEvery successful individual or team has a strategy for how they want to achieve their goal of winning. In our spiritual lives, we also need a plan for how we want to see faith grow in our children, youth, and families. You are invited to join us for our next sermon series entitled, Game Plan, in which we are going to explore the four pillars of Argyle UMC’s mission and how they can help us experience transformation in our personal lives, our families, our communities, our country, and our world. View our new teaser video at: argyleumc.org/events/gameplan2016

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SEPTEMBER 2WorshipJOIN WORSHIP ARTS!ALL ARE WELCOMEWe invite you to join the Worship Arts team! Anyone, any age, is welcome to join the choir, praise team, handbells, or wor-ship band. Find out more by visiting us at argyleumc.org/worshiparts.

GET TO KNOW OUR TEAM!DEDE JONES, DIRECTOR OF WORSHIP ARTS!

DeDe is our worship warrior, the leader of our team, and a special gift to this ministry! The only thing we’d change about her is that we wish we could have her here everyday! She’s the mother of an incredible 5th grader, Owen, the wife of the Stop-Hunger-Now extrodinare, Jeff Jones, and coffee’s number one fan--you’ll never see her without coffee in her hand and her lipstick shade will never be the same two days in a row.

FUN FACTS!Favorite Color: “Purple!!” (If her hair didn’t give it away!)Favorite Verse: “Galations 2:20”Favorite Song: “Hymn: Great is Thy Faithfulness; Worship Song: Be-cause of Who You Are; Secular: Can’t Stop The Feeling” If you could sing with anyone, who would it be? Justin TimberlakeWhere would you go if you could go anwywhere? “Kuai Island”Who’s your inspiration? “My Husband”Something most people don’t know about you? “While I love purple, I do not love pink and lace. Not really a girly girl.”

SEPTEMBER 3

Connections & Membership

Missions

Thank you to every one who participated in Gear UP! We had over 150 kids pick up backpacks and school supplies today and will be delivering/distributing another 50 in the next few days. Thank you to everyone who donated, baked, served, and prayed for this mission! It is so fun to watch these kids pick out a backpack and fill it with supplies to take to school.

GEAR UP!

C&M CLASSSEPTEMBER 18 - OCTOBER 23At Argyle UMC, we value community and authenticity. This class offers you a connection with others and an opportunity to grow in God’s love and grace through engagement with spiritual disciplines and discovering the difference it makes to live out your commitment to Christ through membership in the United Methodist Church. Whether you’ve been visiting for weeks, attending for months, or involved for years, you are invited to join us! The next class is from September 18 - October 23, 2016. All sessions are held on Sundays evenings from 5-6:30PM in the Zone 56 Room in the Children & Youth Bldg. Childcare is available with reserva-tion. Register at argyleumc.org/connections-class

GUATEMALA 2017 INFO MEETINGSEPT. 22, 7-8:30 PMWe will hold a Guatemala Mission Information Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 7 to 8:30 pm in the Sanctuary for our upcoming 2017 trips! We will have information about a Spring Break trip for high school seniors and parents, a medi-cal team trip for the end of April or mid may, and a construction team / building trip toward the end of July or first of August. All are welcome to find out more about these trips!

SEPTEMBER 4Children’s MinistryFAST 5:

FUN, ACTIVE SPIRITUAL T RAINING FOR 5TH GRADERS

All 5th graders are invited to our first ever FAST 5!

When: Wednesdays 6-7:30 pm Where: AUMC FAST 5 Room (The room formerly known as Zone 56)What: Games, snacks, missions and Bible studyWhat to bring: Your friends and your BibleWhat to expect: Fun, Active Spiritual Training as we learn more about loving God and loving othersHow parents can help: Sign up Ge-nius to provide snacks and/or be small group leader and/or be on prayer team: argyleumc.org/fast5

KINDERGARDEN BIBLESSUNDAY, SEPT. 11

AUMC celebrates the important mile-stone of children beginning kinder-garten by presenting our new kinder-garteners and their parents a Bible storybook. If your child is entering kindergarten this fall and you would like us to include him/her in the pre-sentation, please contact Liz Diebold at liz@argyleumc.org no later than Tuesday, August 30 so that we can have the correct number of Bibles for the recipients. You are never too young to learn about God’s amazing love!

4TH GRADE BIBLES SUNDAY, SEPT. 18

Our 4th grade Bible presentation is Sunday, September 18th . We have an 8 week “Learning to Use My Bible” class for 4th graders and their new Bibles which begins on Sunday, September 18 from 4-5 in room 115. The class continues through November 13th as there in no class on October 30th due to the Fall Festival. If you have a 4th grader and would like them to be included in the presentation and the class, please contact Liz Diebold at liz@argyleumc.org by Wednesday, September 7th .

BRIDGEPORT CAMPSEPTEMBER 24-25

Join us for a Bible Retreat for 3rd-5th graders. The fair has so many traditions — as does our faith! At our Camp Bible Fair we will explore the Bible and our Traditions like com-munion, baptism, liturgical seasons, Methodist heritage and worship. We’ll bake bread, do arts and crafts, sing, play Bible games, worship and much more!! Camp begins Sat, Sept. 24 at 10 am. Families and friends are encouraged to join us 10 am Sun. morning for Worship at Camp led by the campers before picking up the students. Register now at bridgeportcamp.orgRegistration closes September 12. Adult volunteers are needed, also.

SERVE WHERE YOUR GIFTS ARE

Each of you has been blessed with one of God’s many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So

use your gift well. -1 Peter 4:10

• If you like to visit and greet people how about serving on our hospitality team?

• Sign up for however many Sundays a month you would like to serve from 9:10- 9:40 am and/or

• 10:40 to 11 am to help with check in and greet families and show them to their rooms.

• We need your winning personality on our team!!!!

• If you like to teach, we would love to have you join our 9:30 or 11 AM teaching teams. We teach in teams so everyone has the chance to attend the worship ser-vice of their choice. Lessons, supplies and training are provided, but we need people to share God’s love and grace!

• If you love God and kids but prefer to just show up and love on the chil-dren, we have a place for you to serve as a shepherd and be a teacher’s helper!

• If organizing is more your thing, how about being a supply room organizer, or maybe you would like to use your hostess skills to help show our teach-ers and children the appreciation they so richly deserve!

• Prefer to use your gifts from home on clerical jobs? That is always needed too!

• If leadership is your gift, consider serving as a classroom representative for our Children’s Council, our Chil-dren’s Ministry leadership team that meets monthly .

For more information, contact Liz at liz@argyleumc.org

SEPTEMBER 5

Youth Ministry

11:00am on Sunday Mornings in the SMAC for 6th-12th grade. Our current study is covering Guinness through Exodus. We will look at stories from the first chapters of the bible and discover ways that those stories can be related to our lives still today.

SUNDAY SCHOOL11 AM FOR 6TH-12TH GRADES

STUWO, Student Worship for middle schoolers in 6th-8th grade, meets every Wednesday from 6:00-8:00. HSSN, High School Sunday Nights, meets every Sun-day from 6:00-8:00pm. We’d love to have your student join us for weekly fellowship, worship, food, and games.

STUWO: 6TH-8TH GRADES, WED. 6-8 PM

Kingdom KidsKingdom Kids Preschool is starting to gear up for the new school year that is quickly approaching. The teaching staff just returned from a three day conference. There was a great deal of education, fun and excitement in the air; the now re-energized and enthusiastic staff is ready to put all their new knowledge to use in the classrooms.Meet-The-Teacher is scheduled September 5th, 6:00 p.m-7:00 p.m. Please remember to bring all outstanding paperwork. Your child must have all documents turned in before they may begin school. The first day of school is September 6th!If you would like more information on King-dom Kids Preschool, please email Kelli Stoops at kelli@argyleumc.org.

STUWO & HSSN ARE BACK IN SESSION!

WEEKLY VIDEOS TO CONNECT WITH YOUEach week, we will send these out KickStart videos as a way to partner with you as parents. These videos will explain to you parents what we have been talking about that week in youth. We will also give you a couple of questions that you can use to “kick start” a conversation with your student about what they are learning here in youth. You can subscribe to our youtube channel to view vid-eos each week: youtube.com/channel/UC3dPw80NBE7lPoh3FL6kLKA

HSSN: 9TH-12TH GRADES, SUN. 6-8 PM

KICKSTART VIDEOS

SEPTEMBER 6Adult Ministry

NEXT STEPS: A DISCIPLE’S HEARTSundays starting Sept. 11 from 5-6:30 pm in Portable 3. We are offering a new class starting Sunday, Sept. 11 called Next Steps: A Disciple’s Heart. We are all in different places in our spiritual journey. This class will provide each of us the oppor-tunity to engage in the next steps of spiritual discipline and growth. We will reclaim our understanding of transfor-mation and equip you to become the living expression of God’s love in the world.

TWILIGHT DINNER Friday, September 16 at 6:30 pm Salt & Light will host a dinner with Guest Comedian, John Felts, who deliv-ers real, funny, one-of-a-kind perspec-tives on dating, marriage, parenting, American culture and struggling to do the right thing. $25.00/person. $ 5 childcare & pizza available by RSVP to dawn@argyleumc.org. Under 3 are free.

Register at argyleumc.org/studyNEW CLASSES

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITYSundays starting Sept. 18 at 5 pm in Portable 1 with a free preview Wed, Sept. 14 at 6:30 pm. We all need a plan for our money. Financial Peace University (FPU) is that plan! It teaches God’s ways of handling money. Through video teaching, class discussions, and interactive small group activities, FPU presents biblical, prac-tical steps to get from where you are to where you’ve dreamed you could be. This plan will show you how to get rid of debt, manage your money, spend and save wisely, and much more!

SET APART: HOLY HABITS OF PROPHETS AND KINGS Tuesdays starting Sept. 20 from 7-9 pm in Portable 4. Set Apart is a dynamic six-week study of 1 and 2 Kings that examines the holy habits of the prophets and kings who were set apart by their close walk with God. Each week we will explore the central story of one of these intriguing men of God and the specific practice each observed, as well as what the Bible teaches about this practice.

FEAR & FAITHWednesdays starting Sept. 21 from 9:30-11:30 am in Zone 56. We will never be short on fears. Fail-ure, rejection, sickness, losing a loved one, being alone—the fears we carry are many and heavy. Fear can be a tyrant, a bully we can’t hide from. It can paralyze our spirit, damage our relationships, and hinder our faith. Whatever it is that you fear, you are not alone nor are you without hope from the One who can replace your fear with faith in Him.

DNA TEAMSargyleumc.org/dna Jesus spent quality time with the disciples--he Discipled, Nurtured, and held them Accountable. We will be better disciples if we seek the same kinds of relationships Jesus modeled. That’s where DNA teams come in, and we encourage you to join one.

Women’s LIGHT MinistryHIGHLIGHTS & LOWLIGHTS

Highlights & Lowlights, open to all women in the church and community. Join us for a Saturday morning casual time of devotion and sharing the second Saturday each month from 9:00-10:30am. We have coffee, light breakfast, and childcare.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 AT 9 AM

Men’s SALT MinistryMEN’S BREAKFAST

Mens breakfast on the 3rd Saturday! We will be having ham, eggs, grits, gravy, biscuits, jam, hon-ey, juice, milk, and plenty of coffee. Coffee will be ready at 6 am for you early risers. Breakfast will be served at 8 am. All men are welcome to join us for a morning of food and fellowship.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 8 AM

CULTIVATE LIFE GROUP

Our names are Bret and Di-anne Lane; we joined Cultivate pretty much at the beginning in 2015. We were not really sure what we were looking for, but knew we wanted to be more involved in AUMC and meet people around our age that we could connect with. What we found were different people with different backgrounds brought together by faith. It is nice to be able to share and grow your faith with a diverse group of people. We have enjoyed not

only growing in our faith with the different topics and bible stud-ies that we have done, but also have enjoyed getting to know the members of Cultivate with various different social activities such as a craw-fish boil and attending a per-formance of The Nutcracker in which one of the members had a role. We hope as

we grow our faith and our family that Cultivate will continue to be a place where we can come to be grounded in God’s word and apply it in our everyday lives as well as continue to meet new people and grow friendships we know will always be special to us. Cultivate was formed in Fall 2015 to fill the desires of adults in their mid-20’s to 30’s to have a Life Group that they could call their own. Within this Life Group,

we wanted to create a space in which we would “cultivate” our own relationship with Jesus, as well as serve others in need. Cul-tivate welcomes those who are married or unmarried, have kids or do not have kids; we support each other in this stage of life with fellowship and social activ-ities outside of class in addition to our regular meeting on Sun-days at 11am. Our Life Group incorporates multimedia presen-tations and discussion about the challenges that Christians face, such as prayer, discipleship, and service. We invite you to come “grow” with us!

By Bret and Dianne Lane

SEPTEMBER 7