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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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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