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FEBRUARY 2019 NEWSLETTER
CITY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 7301 Glenview Drive, North Richland Hills, TX 76180
www.citypointumc.org 817-284-9371 [email protected]
“City Point United Methodist Church will be a Biblically faithful and caring community without walls, responding to God’s grace and reflecting Christ’s life.”
Church Business Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Closed on Fridays (Note office hours subject to change, please call first)
GRAND PRIZE WINNER Dande Snowden
BEST CHILI WINNERS Rick Grindley
Jana May Doris Gillard (not pictured)
Thank you to everyone who helped with the Chili Cook-off, brought Chili, desserts, or other items for lunch, brought Silent Auction Items, attended, and helped raise funds for this years McCurdy Summer Mission Trip! The Chili Cook-off & Auction brought in more than $1725.00 with more funds to come in!!! Way to go City Point UMC and thank you! Sunday, January 27, was a great morning with Rev. Howard Martin preaching at the worship service and then being a judge for this year’s Chili Cook-off! This year’s McCurdy Mission Trip will take place June 22 - 29! For more information contact Sharma Castillo, Director of Program Ministries at [email protected], or call her in the church office at 817-284-9371.
Congratulations City Point UMC!! You accepted the challenge to pay our yearly askings through Missional/Connectional Giving with the Central Texas Conference and made it happen! Thanks to generous giving donations throughout the year, especially with the Christmas Offering and matching funds given, we have paid out for the first time in four years!!! Our 2018 Missional/Connectional Giving askings was $62,563.00 and thanks to you this was met! For those that may not know what the Missional/Connectional Giving is, it is the way we support the ministries of the United Methodist Church and are connected with all United Methodist. It is
through our Missional/Connectional Giving, a method of giving that proportionally allocates the world-wide UM Mission and Ministries budget among all UMC conferences and congregations. For United Methodists this method of giving has become a strong, generous tradition! Together, through our connected congregations, we accomplish what no single church, dis-trict, or annual conference ever could hope to do alone. In this way, each individual, each family, each congregation gives a fair share for the church’s work. We combine our prayers, presence, gifts and service to make a significant difference in the lives of God’s people. Thank you again to everyone who made the 2018 Missional/Connectional Giving a huge success! We now start on 2019! How can you help in 2019? Our conference Missional/Connectional Giving for 2019 is $54,751.00. Ways to give—through the Easter Offering, Church Anniversary Offering, Christmas Offering, and anytime else throughout the year. Just mark your check “Missional/Connectional Giving” or you can give online at www.citypointumc.org and under online giving, select campaign “Missional/Connectional Giving.” Congratulations again City Point United Methodist Church!
Youth: Ava Beale Ellie Beale
Carson Castillo Emma Fowler Lauren Jones
Kat Longo
Helen Perkinson Emma Robles
Camden Rudzik Noel Rudzik
Sponsors: Sharma Castillo Heather Rudzik
The complete prayer list is printed each week in the Sunday bulletin. To add someone to the prayer list please fill out the prayer request information in the Sunday bulletin insert and place in the offering plate, contact the church office at [email protected] or call 817-284-9371.
CHURCH FAMILY DANEL GILLARD JANICE HENRY
DOROTHY STEPHENS
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY & THEIR FAMILIES
ALL THE SOLDIERS, BOTH CURRENT AND IN PAST WARS, BATTLES, FIGHTS
MCCURDY COMMUNITY CENTER IN NEW MEXICO BINION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS & TEACHERS FAMILY OF RAY BRUMMETT (Deneen Davis' niece's dad)
MADI, KALEY HUDAK (family of Char Hudak) CONNIE KINCAID (Eddie Tate’s cousin/Tate family) SUSIE MARSHALL (friend of Rev. Amy Tate-Almy)
STEVEN & BREANNA HARMON (Suzan Harmon’s son & family) KHLOE BRANDON & NICOLE (friends of Heather Rudzik)
KEVIN MOORE FAMILY (friend of CPUMC) CHARLES FISHER (son-in-law of Meg & Carmen Feula)
RUSSELL WING (Gail Anderson’s son) KIM MILLSAPS (friend of Marsha McKinnis)
ANN REED FAMILY (friends of Jim & Carol Sharp) JOYCE DAVIS (Kevin Davis’ mom)
DILLON C. - deployed in 2 weeks (friend of Marsha McKinnis)
GIFTS GIVEN
BIRTHDAY FUND Happy Birthday to the following contributors to the Birthday Fun-d. Jackie Davison, Jeannie Trevino-Teddlie, Craig Wilkins
MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of: Given by: Don Hamilton Carmen & Meg Feula; Bette Nolen
Betty Kedy Wavah Fore
ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: Given by: Don Hamilton Marletta Tucker
Ronnie Martin Marletta Tucker
If your FEBRUARY birthday is not listed please
contact the church office.
February 1 Jack Knowles February 5
Steven Harmon February 6
Gail Anderson
February 10 Dorothy Stephens
February 11 Betty Newton February 18 Candiss Krug February 19
Patty Hawkins
February 20 Beverly Hoppes
February 21 Sylvia Perkinson
February 22 Ronda Hantz February 23 Betty Morris-
Wallace
February 24 June Brook Bill Munson February 25 Cindy Balsly February 26
Jim Bustamante B.J. Stigler
February 27 Teresa Pitts
This ministry is beginning its’ fourth year at CPUMC and continues to grow. We meet every Second Monday from 12:30 to 2 pm in the Duncan Family Life Center. We meet
for lunch, prayer, tears, laughter, memories and support! We are open to anyone grieving the loss of a loved one no matter the time frame. You cannot put a time limit on grief and we all grieve uniquely. We will meet again on February 11. For questions or to rsvp for a lunch contact Rev. Amy Tate-Almy at [email protected].
Friday, February 1, the CPUMC Youth and sponsors will leave for Glen Lake Camp in Glen Rose for this year’s MidWinter Retreat where they will join other youth and sponsors from the Central Texas Conference. They will return on Sunday afternoon. Please keep them in your prayers.
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP OUTING Sunday, February 24
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch in Reeves Hall after worship
Outing to Brunswick Zone Watauga Lanes
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. For grades K-5th PIZZA DINNER!!!
BRING YOUR FRIENDS!!! Reeves Fellowship Hall / Upstairs Movie Room
DID YOU KNOW? Each month City Point UMC host’s a movie night for kids grades K-5th! On January 25 we had 14 kids and 2 adults watch “Small Foot” in our upstairs mov-ie room. Share the news about the February movie night on February 22!!
EGG HUNT/PETTING ZOO ON PALM SUNDAY Sunday, April 14 9:00 a.m.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - OT TIME MACHINE Monday, July 22 - Thursday, July 25 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
During 10:45 a.m. Worship Service K-2 grades Room 108
Our Sonic team will be delivering drinks to the teachers at Binion Elementary on Thursday, February 14. If you would like to help deliver the drinks meet at 9:30 a.m. by Reeves Hall. For more information contact Marletta Tucker or the church office.
Get your new church t-shirts! $15.00 each!
Contact Sharma today to get yours.
McCurdy Mission Trip Meeting
If you would like to know more about theSummerMcCurdyMissionTrippleasejoinusonSunday,February17at9:30a.m.inReevesHall.All those planning on going on the McCurdyMission Trip will need to bring their $50.00deposit thatSundayoryoucanpayon line thatmorning. The cost of the trip is $360.00 perperson. For more information on the missiontripcontactSharmaCastillo,DirectorofProgramMinistries at [email protected] or callthechurchof iceat817‐284‐9371.
Binion Build‐A‐Thon
Calling all Carpenters!
Saturday, February 16 9:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m.
Reeves Hall Parking Lot City Point Mission Opportunity! Come and help the Binion teachers and students build Library Boxes. These Library boxes will be placed at Apartment complexes in the area, for children and their fami‐lies to be able to check out books at anytime. We will also help them with building games for their Carnival on March 2. If you are able to help please contact Sharma at [email protected].
BILLY BOB CROCKER BAKE OFF
Sunday, March 31
Join us for Worship at 10:45 a.m.
Rev. Nancy Allen will be the
guest preacher
Stay for lunch after worship in
Reeves Hall
Donations will go towards the
McCurdy Mission Trip
Start planning your desserts now!
Dinner at 5:45 p.m. Reeves Hall (suggested donation of $5.00)
2/6: Pork Carnitas 2/13: Pasta Bake (Boy Scouts cooking)
2/20: Italian Beef 2/27: Mushroom Pork
Come join our Wednesday Domino Group
at 3:00 p.m. Reeves Hall
Questions About the 2019 Called General Conference? Get Answers and Participate in Prayer and Open Discussion - Wednesday Nights in February
Many members of UMC’s around the country have questions or have heard rumors about the upcoming called General Conference which is being held in St. Louis, MO, from February 23 to 26, 2019. Dealing with The Way Forward from the Commission of the Council on Bishop’s voting that will be taking place at this confer-ence. Rev. Jeff and Rev. Amy want to take the four Wednesdays in February to present the COB’s report and recommendation to General Conference via our bishop’s power point. We also want to provide some UMC history behind the documents, as well as review a UMC Study which theologically looks at a few of these is-sues using an open discussion format. We will be using the curriculum, “Living Faithfully,” for two of the ses-sions. Our Monday Morning Bible Study group went through this book last fall and found it helpful. Regard-less of the results of General Conference, we want CPUMC to know that we continue to be an open, loving, grace-filled church where all children of God can worship harmoniously even when (or if) we have some disa-greements. In this light nothing changes or at least, nothing should. Please join us for Wednesday Night Din-ner and Discussions in February! We will end the season with a prayer event TBD.
Interested in playing the handbells? Contact Candiss Krug,
our organist. Practice starts back on February 20 in Room 103 at 4:45 p.m.
Wednesday Night Meal Delivery
If you can help deliver a meal to one of our homebound member
on Wednesday evenings please contact Rev. Amy Tate-Almy, Associate Minister
at [email protected] You can also pay $5.00 for a
homebound members’ meal on Wednesday Nights – pay at the meal, online, or place in Sunday offering.
Trudi Free and Charles Rand Who were married on Saturday, January 19!
PLEASE WELCOME TO CITY POINT
KENT SANDERS who joined December 30
JESSIE POLSER Who was baptized and joined
January 6
BLUE CHRISTMAS WORSHIP WELL-RECEIVED On December 6 City Point UMC held its’ first Blue Christmas Worship Ser-vice. We had 23 in attendance and this quiet, reflective service included beau-tiful music by Candiss Krug and Allison Ward. I also would like to extend a special thank you to Max Wynn, Mary Knowles and Susan Scott who all assisted with various items to make the service a truly meaningful event for all who attended. We have had such a pos-itive response that we are already plan-ning another as part of our Advent 2019. If you would like to learn more about this or possibly assist with next year’s service, please contact Rev. Amy Tate-Almy, Associate Minister.
All Homebound Members Received a Holiday Visit
I just want to thank the Monday Morning Bible Study, our Stephen Ministers and our Visitation Team. I can report that EVERY single hospi-
talized or homebound member received at LEAST one visit from a church member or pastor of CPUMC be-tween Thanksgiving and New Year’s. And many re-ceived two or three visits! Blankets, goody bags or poin-settias were all distributed. There were also several meals or communion offered. In some cases, there were good, long personal visits. What a blessing! Thank you to every church member who participated. If you would like to get involved in a caring ministry, email or text Rev. Amy! There’s a place for everyone.
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE
March 6 6:30 P.M.
Duncan FLC
Sunday March 10
Contact Laurie in the church office
at 817-284-9371 or [email protected]
FOOD, FUN, FELLOWSHIP, AND SERVICE
NEXT MEETINGS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 & SUNDAY, MARCH 3
7:30 ‐ 8:30 a.m. DUNCAN FLC
ALL MEN ARE INVITED
For more informa on contact Duane Kirkdorffer, UM Men President
CITY POINT UNITED METHODIST MEN
Join us for Lunch Bunch each month
at 12:00 p.m.
Monday, February 18 Hoffbrau
4613 Denton Hwy, Haltom City
Monday, March 18 Catfish and Co.
900 Airport Freeway , Hurst, 76054
R.S.V.P Linda Peterson [email protected]
or contact the church office for additional information.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN CIRCLES Rainbow Circle meets 1st Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Duncan FLC (Feb. 2 & Mar. 2)
Inez Reeves Circle meets 2nd Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. Duncan FLC (Feb. 12 & Mar. 12) Crafts for Mission Night Group meets 2nd Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Room 104 (Feb. 14 & Mar. 14) Crafts for Mission Day Groups meets 4th Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Room 104 (Feb. 26 & Mar. 26)
Wesleyan Circle meets on 3rd Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (Feb. 17 & Mar. 17)
For more information on UMW email Ronda Hantz, 2019 UMW President at [email protected]
UMW General Meeting Sunday, February 10 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Duncan FLC City Point UMC welcomes Rev. Paul Massingill, Coordi-nator of Campus Ministries & Emerging Leaders, Central Texas Conference UMC, to our UMW General Meeting. We will explore possible collaborative ministry at TCC-NE campus which is within a 3 mile radius of our church, with potential of growing to a 30 mile radius and beyond. Mark 15:16 and Acts 1:8.
The UMW wishes to thank everyone for bringing bake goods and all those who pur-chased items at the December Bake Sale. It was a big success thanks to each of you!
Rev. Dr. Jeff May Senior Minister
Rev. Amy Tate-Almy Associate Minister
Sharma Castillo Director Program Ministries [email protected]
Laurie Thompson Office Administrator
Allison Whetsel Ward Choir Director
Candiss Krug Organist
Bill Munson Building Superintendent [email protected]
City Point UMC’s Boy Scout Troop meets on Mondays in Reeves Hall Cubs at 6:30 p.m. Scouts at 7:00 p.m.
For more information contact one of the City Point UMC Reps, Shawn Bridegam, Jack Hinson, Hugh Underwood, or Rick Grindley
Sunday, February 10
Come out and support CPUMC’s boy scout troop, who will be cooking and serving dinner, Pasta Bake on February 13!!
LAURIE & SHARMA WILL BOTH BE OUT OF THE CHURCH OFFICE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 & MONDAY, MARCH 4 CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28
OFFICE HOURS ON MONDAY, 9:00 a.m. ‐ 2:00 p.m. WITH VOLUNTEERS
City Point UMC’s Girl Scout Troop 3356 is made up of kids from Binion Elementary and led by Binion Teachers and moms. They are currently selling Girl Scout cookies. We are learning about money, setting goals, and financial literacy. A few girl scouts will be here at the Wednesday Night Dinner on February 6 if you are looking to buy some yummy cookies! The girls will have a campout February 22-24. The theme of the campout is Harry Potter. They continue to sing at Brookdale assisted living once a month. As part of the Build-a-thon that will be held at City Point UMC on February 16, they are collecting books and will help to build li-brary boxes for the apartment complexes on Booth Calloway.
McCurdy Ministries! Did you know that City Point UMC is an official spiritual partner with McCurdy Ministries in New Mexico? In the middle of a huge capital campaign, McCurdy is expanding its’ counseling program, continuing its’ before and after school programs, and adding an entire adult education component in conjunction with the University of Northern NM, including ESL classes, and other college courses. Eventually, there will be a non-profit hub, as well as community opportunities for finance, sustainability and nutrition re-sources. ALL your contributions help make this ministry possible! One way to help is by sending Box Tops for Education or Tyson Project A+ labels. These can be mailed in anytime to: McCurdy Ministries Community Center, 362-A S McCurdy Road, Espanola,
NM, 87532. As a church community, we’ve been asked to pray for McCurdy Ministries in spiritual partnership with them and I hope you will do so. If you’d like a prayer rock there are several more in Amy’s office! Please feel free to pick one up in return for the commitment to pray for McCurdy. We have been involved with McCurdy since 2004 when Jack Teddlie first began organizing VIM teams each summer! If you are interested in the 2019 summer mission trip to McCurdy contact Sharma Castillo. If you are looking for optional ways to contribute contact Rev. Amy Tate-Almy.