Annual Fourth of July Ice Cream Social - Front Lawn - 7:30 pm

Bring your favorite ice cream to share with our congregation and community. Your lawn chairs will come in handy if you stay to watch the fireworks. The Parlor will be available should you need to cool down. Our Cub Scout troop will be selling Nathans hot dogs and chips with the fixings beginning at 7:30 pm. Suggested donation - $5 per plate/$1 per drink. There will be a homemade ice cream contest. Judges will vote on first, second and third place

winners. Come enjoy the fun!!!

Volume 8, Issue 7

July/August 2015

WORSHIP/SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES

8:45 am Contemporary Worship Service

9:45 am Sunday School

10:55 am Traditional Worship Service

Church Office (936) 564-8308

Fax (936) 564-8582

Email: info@fumcnac.org

Website: www.fumcnac.org

NEWSLETTER

JULY 03 - CHURCH OFFICE

CLOSED 4th July Ice Cream Social at 7:30 pm - Front Lawn 11 - Reception for Katie

and Trent from 7 pm 13 - Primetimers at 10:30 am - FLC

16-19 - JR. High Mission Trip (Big House) 19 - FUMC Blood Drive at 8:00 am - FLC 20 - 24 VACATION

BIBLE SCHOOL 27 - 31 Senior High Beach Retreat 2831 - Pictorial Directory 29 pm Youth Center

30 - Church Council Meeting - Parlor

AUGUST 01 - Pictorial Directory

10 am - 12:40 pm -

Youth Center

10 - Primetimers at

10:30 am - FLC

16 - Youth Sunday

Youth District Rally

6 pmYouth Center

21Back-to-School

Bash - SFA Rec Center

30 - Promotion

Sunday/Third Grade

Bible Celebration

First United Methodist Church 201 E. Hospital Street, Nacogdoches Texas 75961

Office Hours: Mon-Thur: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; Fri: 8:30 am - 12:00 pm. Closed for lunch 12:00 -1:00 pm

Fourth of July Ice Cream Social

Reception for The Rev. & Mrs. Oliver

Registration opened - Online Registration Only: https://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/hl/fumcnac/gpgs/Home.aspx

ADULT HELPERS NEEDED!

Adult helpers are needed so we can best serve our chil-

dren. Click on the link to the left and register to be a VBS

helper. If you have questions, contact: Donna Johnson

(936-554-2528 OR donna.anne.johnson@gmail.com)

Lindsey Mlinar (936-556-5676 OR lindseymlinar@gmail.com).

Youth Sunday/District Youth Rally - Aug 16 On Sunday, August 16, we will celebrate Youth Sunday during both the 8:45 am Contempo-

rary Worship Service and the 10:55 am Traditional Worship Service. At 6:00 pm we will host

the District Youth Rally in the Youth Center.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - Jul 20-24

You are invited to a reception in honor of the newly-wedded Katie and Trent Oliver on

Saturday, July 11 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Hosted by Caryl and Harold Hall at 1102 Millard

Dr. - 936-560-3302.

A Note From The Pastor They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking

of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:42 The past two weeks I have been at U M ARMY camp in Navasota, Texas, and then at Local Pastor Licensing School at Lakeview where I serve as co-Dean. It has been a great time and lots of good work has been accomplished. Weve had some fun as well. Our theme at U M ARMY was to Act Out in Gods Image. We talked about what it means that we were created in Gods image and how that plays out in our day-to-day lives. U M ARMY is always a great week, it reminds me about our excitement as a church and about all that is going on with our faith. We have not given up our devotion to the teaching of the scriptures, fellowship, communion, and prayer, as the scriptures remind us. We have been practicing some of those same dis-ciplines at Licensing School as well and I see that the future of the United Meth-odist Church is bright and promising. I am looking forward to the exciting events coming up. The mission trip to Be-lize, District Camp at Lakeview, Big House, and of course, Vacation Bible School, one of the most exciting weeks in our church.

Peace,

A Note From The Associate Pastor

I had the pleasure of traveling to Sager Brown with First United Methodist

Church in Lufkin. For those of you who dont know, Sager Brown is one of

two UMCOR depots. At the facility, they pack and ship various relief kits to

locations around the globe experiencing crises. Also, within their surround-

ing community, Sager Brown has become a hub for relief efforts to reach

the 31% of the population below the poverty line. My team worked on a ren-

ovation project of a retired library building. The building is to become a

mentoring center for children and a place for adults to complete the require-

ments for a GED.

Our connectional system as Methodists is an incredible resource for change

in the world. Through organizations like UMCOR, Methodists band together

around a common purpose and act as the hand of God at work in the world.

If you would like to learn more about UMCOR or Sager Brown visit their website: www.umcor.org.

Blessings,

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Sunday, August 30 is Promotion Sunday. This years third grade students will receive their bibles during the early and late services. During the Sunday school hour, all children will engage in festivities celebrating a new Sunday school year, new teachers, and then be dismissed to their new classes. We will gather in room 210, then move to our respective classes.

SUMMER WORKSHOPS: Tuesday, July 28 - Workshop 4: The Art of Cooking In this workshop, children will learn the art of writing recipes. They will bring their favorite recipe, copy it in the cookbook format, and illustrate it. Children participating in this workshop will have their handwritten recipe and artwork published in the cookbook. Artwork for dividers, other recipes, and components of the cookbook will also be created.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 28 TIME: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm WHERE: Submarine Room WHO: Children who want to learn how to write a recipe like professionals and who want their recipe/artwork in the cookbook INSTRUCTORS: Ms. Elsa and Church MeMe (Vikki Boatman) COST: $20 NUMBER OF CHILDREN: minimum 12, maximum 30 PARTICIPANT AGE: must be able to copy a recipe

Tuesday, August 11 - Workshop 5: Prayer Beads In this workshop, children will learn what prayer beads are, how to use them, and they will make a set, choosing from a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. If you have special beads or heirloom beads you want your child to use, feel free to send them to the workshop.

WHEN: Tuesday, August 11 TIME: 1:00 pm 3:00 pm WHERE: Submarine Room WHO: Children who want to learn about prayer beads and enjoy stringing beads (This workshop is for boys and girls.) INSTRUCTORS: Church MeMe (Vikki Boatman) and Ms. Elsa COST: $25 NUMBER OF CHILDREN: minimum 8, maximum 12 PARTICIPANT AGE: must be able to attend to detail and string very small beads.

Childrens Ministry

Thank You

Thank you Lynn Teague for teaching us to make communion bread, and thank you Bill Teague for making us rolling pins! We loved our workshops!

Back to School Bash, Friday, August 21: An Awesome celebration is planned for chil-dren and youth at the SFASU Recreation Center! We will have private use of the pool and courtyard on Friday, August 21 from 7:30-9:30pm. The whole family is invited to en-joy the fun! Children, youth and parents are welcome to visit, swim, play volleyball, and enjoy the fellowship.

Promotion Sunday/Third Grade Bible Celebration

Back-to-School Bash - Aug 21

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Continued from page 3 - Childrens Ministry

Dear Church Family, Childrens Ministries is creating a custom cookbook featuring favorite recipes from our congregation. The cookbooks will be professionally-published and are sure to be a treasured keepsake. Money raised will be used to support Harolds House, TJR, gifts for our homebound; and sponsorships for Serving Our Servants at Lakeview, a new ministry birthed at FUMC Nacogdoches, and VBS.

You may submit from one to five of your favorite recipes so you and your family are represented in the cookbook; many recipes ensure a successful cookbook. We are using Morris Press Cookbooks website to easily submit recipes online. If you do not have Internet access or prefer to submit a hard copy recipe, we can enter them for you. Submit hardcopies of your recipes to Elsa Jordan, Vikki Boatman, or a council member (see names below). Please submit your hard-copy reci-pes by Saturday, August 15 and your recipes online by Saturday, September 5 so we can meet our deadline. Cook-books should be available around the first of November.

We anticipate a great demand for our cookbooks and want to be certain to order enough. Reserve your copies now! Email Elsa Jordan at elsa/j@fumcnac.org. Logon to the church website (http://www.fumcnac.org) and scroll down to the Cookbook description. Here you can pre-order and pre-pay for cookbooks (if you so desire). Complete the slip below and give to Elsa or Vikki. Cookbooks cost $20 each.

Thank you! Childrens Ministries Council

Elsa Jordan, Childrens Ministries Director; Vikki Boatman Childrens Ministries Council Chair; Amanda Cordova, member; Becca Anthony, member; Carla Coffee, member; Chrissy Canty, member; Donna Johnson, member; Donna Oliver, member; JuLee Comer, member; Lawren McDermand, member; Lindsey Mlinar, member.

To Submit Recipes Online:

Go to www.typensave.com and click Login.

Enter the User Name: ChildrensMinistries.

Enter the password: grape145 and click Submit.

Enter your name and click Continue. Click Add Recipes to begin adding your recipes.

Recipe Writing Tips:

When adding recipes, review the Tips and use standard abbreviations.

Only enter 1 ingredient per ingredient line.

List ingredients in order of use in the ingredients list and directions.

Include container sizes, e.g., (16-oz.) pkg., (24-oz.) can.

Write directions in paragraph form, not in steps.

Use names of ingredients in the directions, e.g., Combine flour and sugar. DO NOT use statements like, Combine first three ingredients.

Include temperatures and cooking, chilling, baking, and/or freezing times. Additional comments about the recipe (history, nutritional data, suggested uses, etc.) are not allowed unless a Recipe Note field is visible. Enter extra recipe content in that field.

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To Reserve Cookbooks:

I want a cookbook! Please reserve ______ cookbook(s) for me. Name:__________________________________________ Phone: __________________

Email: __________________________________________ Return this slip to Elsa or Vikki

Continued from page 4 - Childrens Ministry

IN MEMORY OF: Ernestine Fountain FROM: Marsha, Steve & John Woznuck; Jeff & Lenee McDonald; Betty OConnell IN MEMORY OF: Matt Hibbard, FROM: Jeff & Lenee McDonald IN MEMORY OF: Marilyn Odom FROM: Jeff & Lenee McDonald; Ronald, Diane, James & Edward Pawlik IN MEMORY OF: Keith Henry FROM: Jeff & Lenee McDonald IN MEMORY OF: Wilda Dorsey FROM: Jeff & Lenee McDonald IN MEMORY OF: Jerry Lackey FROM: Leon Dorsey IN MEMORY OF: David Jeffrey FROM: Leon Dorsey IN MEMORY OF: J R Wright FROM: Dick & Carol Voigtel IN MEMORY OF: Dr. Janiece Campbell FROM: Joyce Hancock

CONGRATULATIONS - CLASS OF 2015

TJR Adopt-A-School Program

School starts Monday, August 24, 2015 and we are gearing up to begin our mentoring program on Monday,

September 14. Mentoring is a school-year commitment to one child and involves a time commitment of one half

hour each week. If you are unable to volunteer but would like to help in other ways, you could do so by making a

monetary donation to purchase new underwear/socks or new uniforms for the children or help us with teacher

luncheons. For more information contact Patsy Hallman @ 936-564-2712; email: patsyhallman@att.net or Sharon

Scifres @ 936-462-3359; email: sscifres@hotmail.com.

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Prayer Closet

I can Sunday, July 5th for Friday Take-Home Bags Our church partners with Love INC to help with the NISD Summer Meal Pro-gram, because hunger doesnt take a summer break. On Fridays, churches fill a paper bag of food to send home with each child for the weekend. We will be supplying 75 bags for children in Pioneer Park on these three Fridays July 24, July 31, and August 7. We are asking for your help during June and July in supplying food items, or monetary contributions, for these bags. Checks for monetary contributions can be made out to FUMC with memo: summer meals.

Suggested items: individual or small serving sizes of non-perishable foods (we will put 10-12 in each bag) - Fruit cups, Easy Mac n Cheese, Pasta, Pop-tarts, Breakfast or granola bars, Single serve pasta and meats, Small cereal box-es, Cheese and crackers Vienna sausage Dried fruits, Peanut butter and crackers Nuts, Any healthy snacks or foods. I can Sunday, August 2nd for HOPE (Helping Other People Eat) Bring your non-perishable food items for our contribution to HOPE. Monetary con-tributions can be made to FUMC with memo: HOPE. Thanks for your continued support for this organizations effort to help the hungry in Nacogdoches. Love INCs Back-to-School Shared Blessings Wednesday, August 12th and

Thursday, August 13th

As you clean out your childrens closets of clothes they have outgrown, please consider donating clean, gently-used items to Back-to-School Shared Blessings. If you see school clothes on sale in a store, or at a local garage sale, and have the opportuni-ty to pick-up those items, please consider donating them to the Back-to-School Shared Blessings. School supplies are also welcome. You can take these items to Love INC at Ruby and Powers St, or bring them to the missions table and we will see that they are delivered. If you are available to volunteer to help with this project, please call Love INC at 936-569-8555.

MISSION NEWS

But whenever you pray, go into your closet and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

(Matthew 6:6)

Prayer Closet

located in Room 201 (Round Table Sunday School Class) The Prayer Closet, a special place for prayer, has been prepared and fur-nished to provide a quiet space apart. In the room, you will find a comforta-ble chair, a prayer bench and material to enhance your time of prayer. The Prayer Closet is open during church hours. Thank you for your many hours of hard work, Jan Griffin, Carolyn Davis, Kathy and Gary Robinson. A spe-cial thanks to Pauline Sampson for making the curtains.

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JULY 02 - Board of Trustees Meeting at 5:15 pm - Library 04 - 4th July Ice Cream Social at 7:30 pm - Front Lawn 07 - Worship Committee Meeting at 5:00 pm - Library 09 - Evangelism Committee Meeting at 4:30 pm - Library 13 - Primetimers at 1030 am - FLC 14 - Circle VI Meeting at 6 pm

16-19 - JR. High Mission Trip (Big House) 16 - Missions Committee Meeting at 6:30 pm - Conf. Rm 19 - FUMC Blood Drive at 8:00 am - FLC 20 - 24 Vacation Bible School 20 - Circle III Meeting at 6:30 pm 27 - 31 Senior High Beach Retreat 28 - The Art of Cooking Workshop at 1 pm - Submarine Room

Pictorial Directory July 28 - July 31 - 2- to 9 pm August 1 - 10 am to 12:40 pm 30 - Church Council Meeting at 3:30 pm - Parlor

AUGUST 04 - Worship Committee Meeting at 5 pm - Library

06 - Board of Trustees Meeting at 5:15 pm - Library

10 - Primetimers at 10:30 am - FLC

11 - Prayer Bead Workshop at 1 pm - Submarine Room

Childrens Ministry Team Meeting at 5:30 pm - Conf

Room

UMW Circle VI Meeting at 6:00 pm

13 - Evangelism Committee Meeting at 4:30 pm - Library

17-21 - Preschool Teachers Training at 11 am - Parlor

UMW Circle III Meeting at 6:30 pm

20 - Preschool - Meet the Teachers at 4 pm - Preschool

Missions Committee Meeting at 6:30 pm - Conf. Rm

ROOM RESERVATIONS

If you are planning to reserve a room in the Church

for a meeting, gathering, etc., a request can be made either by completing a Building Use Form that can be found in the Workroom or online at www.fumcnac.org; scroll down to the bottom of the page and click resources, church forms

and then building use. For more information contact Jim

Jenkins at 936-564-8308 or email jim.j@fumcnac.org.

ACCESS ACS To obtain an ACCESS ACS user ID, logon to

www.fumcnac.org, click the ACCESS ACS link at the bot-tom of the page. For more information, kindly contact Sharon

Bright at 936-564-8308 or email sharon.b@fumcnac.org.

Regularly-Scheduled Meetings Mondays:

Mens Emmaus Reunion Group meets at 6:30 am in the Parlor (1st, 3rd, and 5th Mondays) HRT Emmaus Reunion Group meets on Mondays at 5:15 pm - Barbara LaFours Tuesdays: Celebrate Service Rehearsal at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary

Wednesdays: Christian Writers Fellowship at 5:45 pm YoWe (Youth on Wednesday Evenings) at 6 pm-Worship and Message; 7 pm-Small Groups (Will not meet June-August 2015) Bell Choir Rehearsal at 6:00 pm in Room 207 Chancel Choir Rehearsal at 7:00 pm in the Choir Room.

Thursdays: Grace Emmaus Reunion Group meeting at 8:30 am in the Library

Heart-to-Heart Chorus at 9:00 am in the Choir Room and performances at Nursing Homes at 10:00 am (2nd & 4th Thursdays) - will not meet for the Summer back on September 10. Sundays: Youth Praise Band practice at 4:30 pm in the Youth Lounge Cub Scouts meets at 5:00 pm in the Scout Lodge Youth on Sunday Night 5:30-Youth Open Gym; 6:30 pm-Youth Snack Supper; 7:00 pm-Youth Bible Study (Due to the Summer Schedule, please call the Church Office 936-564-8308 to check on dates)

FUMCNAC CALENDAR

21 - Back-to-School Bash at 7 pm - SFA Rec Pool

30 - Promotion Sunday/Third Grade Bible Celebra-

tion

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE The September Newsletter Articles should be emailed to

sharon.b@fumcnac.org by 3:00 pm Wednesday, August 12, 2015.

BULLETIN and E-News DEADLINE

Bulletin and E-News should be emailed to

sharon.b@fumcnac.org by 3:00 pm Tuesdays.

PRAYER CONCERNSUPDATED, Monday, June 22 (am) For a more up-to-date Prayer List, kindly contact our Church Office564-8308.

Quinn William (preschool student), Jack Matthews, Jim Morris, James Scott, Alicia Ross (Natalie

Andersons co-worker), Elvin Ervin, Virginia Kerr, Steve Goldstein, Katherine Beckwith, Carolyn

Andrews, C. D. Thomas, Bill Tucker, Mark Brunson, Jim Havard, Jean Smith (Cindy Himes mom),

Jarrell Grout, Rudy Washburn, Ceceal Dean (Mary Harborths niece), Russ Hairston, Judy Hair-

ston, Rebecca Brimmage (Rev. Jerome Brimmages niece), Erik Robberson (Rev. Barbara Rob-

bersons son), Jake Sanford, Audry Quick, Kittie Dobbs, David Lymbery (Betty Bunchs grandson),

Judy Williamson, Doug Smith (Sam Smiths brother), Preston Turnage, Nathan Begley, Rev. Bettie

Kennedy, Jammie Cole (Ray Coles mother), Ashley Akin (Mary Akins granddaughter), Amy Ris-

ner, Amy Ames (Debra Bankstons niece), Richard LaBrode, Claudia Whitley, Joey (Sarah Jo

Lackeys grandson), Bettye Johnson (Clint Johnsons mother), Pete Winder (Ann Murrays son-in-

law), A. L. Mangham, Edward Pawlik, Harold Oldham (Glenn Oldhams father), Mikayla Payne

(Betty Yarbroughs great-granddaughter), Marylyn Seidel (Lisa Wrenchs mother), Casey Brett

Morgan (Pat Stephen-Williams daughter), Elsa Jordan, John Mueller (Dawn Stovers grandfather),

Dorothy Clagett, Jim Labosky, Sarah Swofford (Jean Dodges sister), Alan Johnson (Clint John-

sons father), Danny Quick (Audry Quicks son), Jimmie Shaw, Avery Lawson, Rachel Turnage,

Peggy Thorsen, Roger Van Horn, James Lee (Jo Taylors husband) and David Stanley, Charles

Dauphine, Pat and John Bingham, Suzanne Ferguson.

Our Hearts Go Out To

The family of Janiece Campbell on her passing. Paulette Wright and family on the passing of her husband, J. R. Wright.

Names will remain on a published prayer list for 90 days. The prayer team appreciates cur-rent updates on requests. Please email your requests and updates to info@fumcnac.org If you know of a member of FUMC who is in the hospital or who will be having surgery, kindly con-tact the Church Office - 564-8308. EMERGENCIES, call 936-585-2294.

The mission of the First United Methodist Church of Nacogdoches is to make disciples through Christ-centered service and outreach. With Gods help, we will do this through witnessing,

teaching and loving.

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Our Staff

DR. JEFF McDONALD Senior Pastor jeff.m@fumcnac.org REV. TRENT OLIVER Associate Pastor trent.o@fumcnac.org JEFF CAMPBELL Director of Youth Ministry jeff.c@fumcnac.org ELSA JORDAN Director of Childrens Ministry elsa.j@fumcnac.org LISA LABOSKY Director of Preschool lisa.l@fumcnac.org BECCA ANTHONY Asst. Director of Preschool becca.a@fumcnac.org DR. TOD FISH Director of Music Ministry tod.f@fumcnac.org DR. GARY WURTZ Celebrate Worship Leader gary.w@fumcnac.org DR. ANDY PARR Organist andy.p@fumcnac.org SHARON BRIGHT Office Manager sharon.b@fumcnac.org KATHY THOMAS Financial Secretary kathy.t@fumcnac.org JIM JENKINS Building Manager jim.j@fumcnac.org