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Heritage United Methodist Church 1604 East Pointer Trail
Van Buren, AR 72956-2326
Periodical
Postage Paid
at Van Buren,
Arkansas 72956
Permit 24448
Mission Statement:
To Love and to Lead
The Mission of Heritage United Methodist Church
is to Love God and people passionately and to Lead
people into a passionate relationship with Jesus Christ.
In Hospital:
Bill Thomas (Sparks)
Louise Hansel (Sparks - VB)
Judy Spencer (Mercy)
Louis Whorton (Mercy)
At Home:
Wayne Ames, Lisa Gist, Charley Hartley,
David Hendrickson, Judah Martin, David
Moore, Steven Peer, Gary Pittman,
Teddy Shrader, Debbie Stewart, Shirley
Touchstone, Buddy Turner, Connie
Warren, Saylor Wilkinson
Assisted Living:
Steve Burns (Fianna Hills NH)
Mary Coble (Crawford H&R)
Gerlinda Dibble (Willowbrook)
Geraldine Hurst (Pink Bud Home)
Harry May (Crawford H&R)
James Minor (Crawford H&R)
Pike Robinson (Alma Rehab)
Jean Stratton (Crawford H&R)
Warren Taylor (Methodist)
Therese Zolk (Valley Springs H&R)
In Sympathy:
Jack Infield and Family in the death of his
sister, Naneen Marcell Horn.
Mary Juarez and Family in the death of her
sister, Nancy Forrester.
JULY USHERS
8:05 am Steve Peters
Myron Kirksey
Scott Treece
Eddie Prince
9:30 am Ed Buckalew
Harry Sher
Joe Johns
Mark Stafford
11:00 am Roger Burkett
Jon Harper
Matt Harper
David Harper
July 30
CELEBRATION OF CHUCK KING
AND HIS MINISTRY
AT HERITAGE
August 20
FALL KICKOFF WITH
SUMMIT TRACE
September 6
TIMOTHY TEAM BEGINS
Heritage Happenings is published weekly Office Hours: Mon - Thurs: 8 am - 5 pm; Fri: 8 am - 12 pm
Phone: 479-474-6424
FAX & E-mail Address: 474-8549; office@heritage.church
Church Web Page: www.heritage.church
Arkansas Area Bishop: Rev. Gary Mueller
District Superintendent: Rev. Steve Coburn
Lead Pastor: J. Wesley Hilliard, whilliard@heritage.church
Pastor Emeritus Bill Kelton, bekelton@sbcglobal.net
Director of Ministries: Roger Goins, rgoins@heritage.church
Welcome Minister: Becki Kneeland, bkneeland@heritage.church
Congregational Care Pastor: Max Goins, mgoins@heritage.church
Outreach Pastor LaToya Shepherd, lshepherd@heritage.church
Ministry Development Pastor: Ron Lewis, rlewis@heritage.church
Worship Arts Minister: Chuck King, cking@heritage.church
Accompanist: Rick Endel, rendel@heritage.church
Youth and Family Pastor: Brian Seewald, bseewald@heritage.church
Associate Youth Minister: Brad Martin, bmartin@heritage.church
Middle School Pastor: Brad Sneed, bsneed@heritage.church
Children’s Minister: Shea Marsh, smarsh@heritage.church
Financial Manager: Leticia Schelm, lschelm@heritage.church
Publications Secretary: Kathy Goins, kgoins@heritage.church
Staff Secretary: Pam James, pjames@heritage.church
Facility Manager: Steve Kelton, skelton@heritage.church
Newsletter/Bulletin Announcements: office@heritage.church
Volume 31 Issue 29
July 20, 2017
Heritage Happenings (USPS Periodical Permit 24448) is published weekly (except Christmas) by Heritage United Methodist Church, 1604 Pointer Trail, Van Buren AR 72956-2326. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Heritage United Methodist Church, 1604 Pointer Trail, Van Buren, AR 72956-2326 PH 479-474-6424
The Upper Room
Baptism Sunday
Audio/Visual Ministry
Discipleship Training
Encounter Service
Dinner for 8
Young at Heart
ASIST
Backpack Sponsors
Volunteers Needed
Joy Seekers
The Invitation
In This Issue
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S HEART ... VICTORY BELONGS TO JESUS!
What a powerful weekend we had at Heritage! The Church on Fire
Summit was tremendous. Jon Mitchell was on fire. The worship led by
Chuck King and Aaron Jackson was on fire. Bishop Thomas and the
Heritage “Mass” Choir was on fire. Thank you for your participation.
Pastors were ignited and healed. Prayer warriors were refreshed and
encouraged. Bishop Thomas gave the prophetic word of a tidal wave of
revival coming to this area. Let’s catch that wave and ride it out!
Bishop Thomas closed the Sunday services with the song, Victory Belongs to Jesus! That song is still ringing
in my ears and in my spirit! HE is the One who brings the victory – certainly NOT my striving!
This week, we are back to our Encounter Time on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. in the Block. I want to
teach the session on the Lord’s Prayer Model. And then we will keep practicing it as a group. I am so
excited about the Spirit-inspired prayer that is erupting in me and I sense welling up in our congregation.
Sunday, we return to The Church Jesus Wants! This Sunday we hear the message to the church at Sardis,
Revelation 3:1-6. Jesus pleads for a church that is REAL! Not just a church in name only! Oh, this is
good! There is a great warning for the church that does not repent and some great promises for those
who do!
Come get “all in” the Church on Fire!
See you Sunday!
Wes
MEMORIAL In memory of JOYCE HOPKINS by:
Kimmy and Karen Nash (BF)
BF - Building Fund
BAPTISM SUNDAY
If you are interested in being
baptized at church this Sunday, July
23rd, please contact the church
office at 474-6424.
WRITING MINISTRY Expressions’ will meet Thursday,
August 3rd at 6 pm in the
Welcome Center. Anyone can
submit a writing at anytime to Lu
Ann Donahou at 479-259-3861. *Our writings are published in a monthly
newsletter that is available in the Great
Hall.
ALTAR PRAYER TEAM The team will meet Sunday, August
6th at 3 pm in the Fellowship Hall. If
you are not a member or would
like to join, please come.
PRAYER MEETING Let’s put some action to making
America Great by coming together
as a part of the River Valley and
praying at the Community Prayer
meeting on Monday, August 7th
from 7-8 pm at Encounter Church
on Rena Road in Van Buren.
NEED A WORD? The Upper Room is a great source
for a daily devotional. The July-
August issue is available in the
Great Hall. Available in large and
small print.
PULSE (grades 9th-12th)
Upcoming activities:
7/19: Prayer/Worship & Ice Cream
Sundaes
7/26: Dinner & Prayer/Worship
7/28-29: Lake Day (must register by
7/21) F o r m o r e i n f o , g o t o
heritage.church under the ‘What
We Do’ tab.
HERITAGE PRESCHOOL Registration for the 2017-18 school
year has begun. Feel free to stop by
the church office and pick up an
enrollment form or call Shawnna
Seewald at 479-474-6424 or email
at sseewald@heritage.church.
ENCOUNTER SERVICE We will resume this Wednesday,
July 19th at 6 pm in The Block.
ROOTS CLASS Want to better understand the
Hebraic roots of our Christian
faith? Join us Monday, August 14th
at 6 pm in room 133. Lucy Barry
will facilitate.
BLESS THE KIDS The number one need for children
going back to school is tennis shoes.
As you clean out your closets and
do your school shopping, consider
donating new or gently worn tennis
shoes of all sizes for ages 6-18. We
will donate them to local schools.
Please put them in the box on the
stage in the Fellowship Hall.
AUDIO/VISUAL MINISTRY We are looking for volunteers
interested in the audio/visual
ministry. Ages 15 and up, even
married couples, can volunteer
together. It's a great service for our
church, and if you think this might
be for you, please see Fred and
Michelle in the sound booth this
Sunday.
THE INVITATION to The Devotional Life of a Disciple
Invitation is a 90 minute workshop that provides motivation and a practical
plan to help people spend quality daily time with God in His Word and
prayer. The Heritage Discipleship Leadership Team along with Mr. John
Wallace will provide this opportunity on Saturday, August 5th, from 8:30-10
am at Heritage. It is your invitation from God
To enjoy a relationship with the One who weighs the mountains in His
hands and cares for the fallen sparrow.
To a relationship with the One who is eagerly waiting to transform
your life to be more like Jesus.
To a relationship with the One who wants you to enjoy His company
through loving communication and closeness.
Are you willing to RSVP to God’s invitation? Please call or email Pam
James at pjames@heritage.church or 474-6424.
WE NEED YOUR HELP We need food prep volunteers for
our Fall kickoff on Sunday, August
20th at Adoni Tsuri (John Poole’s
place with an air conditioned
kitchen ) We will meet for a
n i g h t o f f a m i l y f u n a nd
music. Contact Becki Kneeland at
bkneeland@heritage.church if you
can help!
BACKPACK SPONSORS NEEDED Sponsors are needed to support our backpack program. Thanks to you, this
program has been a great success in past years. Please sponsor a child by
stopping by the church and picking out a child’s name from the wall by the
children’s wing. We ask that you purchase a backpack, a pair of inexpensive
tennis shoes, socks, and underwear for the child(ren) you sponsor. We will
fill the backpack with school supplies once it is returned. Please return
the backpacks to the church office by Tuesday, August 1st.
If you prefer not to shop, donations will be gladly accepted and we will shop
for you. Just drop off your donation at the office, or put it in the offering
plate in an envelope marked, “BACKPACK”. If you have any questions,
please contact Tara Teague at 414-5775.
JOY SEEKERS The Joyseekers are travelling to Crystal Bridges Museum on Friday, August
4th to see the Chihuly: In the Gallery and In the Forest exhibit. We will
leave from Heritage at 9:30 am. The cost is $25 which covers your exhibit
ticket and transportation on the church bus. We will each lunch (Dutch treat)
at the museum ($7-$15). To reserve your spot, sign up and pay this Sunday in
the Fellowship Hall. Checks can be made out to Heritage Church.
Deadline is Sunday, July 30th. Everyone is invited. It is not limited to the
Joyseekers. For questions, contact Alta Poppe at 471-1780 or Vesta Everitt
at 471-5476. For more information on the Chihuly exhibit, go to
crystalbridges.org/exhibitions/chihuly.
YOUNG AT HEART If you are 55 or older, please join
us for a time of food and fellowship
Thursday, July 27th, from 6-8 pm in
the Welcome Center. Bring a dish
to share!
DINNER FOR 8 If you are looking to meet new
people and to make new friends,
make your reservations this week
in the Fellowship Hall for Dinner for
8. Dinner for 8 is designed for us to
connect and/or reconnect to one
another. Begin the journey this
summer! Don’t miss out.
ASIST Many in our community, our schools, and even our congregation have been
touched by suicide. Suicide is preventable. Anyone can make a difference. If
you could recognize people at risk of suicide; talk to them, hear their
stories, and understand their situations; and help them stay safe with a life-
affirming intervention would you? Want to know how?
Heritage is hosting a two-day ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills
Training) workshop August 10-11. It is open to anyone 16 or older and is
widely used by both professionals and the public, ASIST offers something to
every participant, no matter how experienced. It is especially helpful for
counselors, chaplains, law enforcement, and teachers.
Register today—there are only 45 seats available-at www.heritage.church/
events. The cost is $5 and includes lunch both days.
God’s Power at Work! “Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to His power that is at work within us,” -Ephesians 3:20
A few weeks prior to my
graduation from Ozark Bible
College I was asked to choose a
verse of scripture that would
become the theme verse for my
life and ministry. I chose the
above verse of scripture from
Ephesians. It is a salute to God,
who is able to do much more that
any of us could even imagine when
the power of His Holy Spirit is at work in us.
I have a great imagination. Upon graduation I had some
grand plans for my life. During the years I worked
toward my degree I also spent time studying the stronger churches in America and in some instances
learning from their Pastors. I had the privilege of
spending an entire morning in the company of W.A.
Criswell, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas,
Texas. At that time, it was the largest congregation of
Christians in America. He shared many of the methods
used in growing the church. That experience alone gave
me many great and wonderful ideas for church
growth. Let me repeat, “I have a great imagination.”
It will soon be fifty-two years since my graduation. The
words of my theme scripture have been fulfilled many
times over. I will not bore you with stories of how God
has used His power in my life. I will simply say that He
has been wonderful to me.
I have been able to do many things that I could not have
even imagined. I have been places, done things and seen
God do things that took my breath away.
So, this article is just a tiny salute to God for what He
has done in my life. I am what I am because of His great
love for me, love so great and undeserved that it goes
beyond my wildest imagination.
What about you? Are you allowing the great God of the
universe to have His way in your life? Are
you allowing Him to work out His good
pleasure in your life? I highly recommend
it.
Max Goins Congregational Care Pastor
THE BEAT (grades 6th-8th)
Upcoming activities:
7/19: Prayer/Worship & Ice Cream
Sundaes
7/26: Dinner & Prayer/Worship
7/30: Pool Party at the Kneeland’s
F o r m o r e i n f o , g o t o
heritage.church under the ‘What
We Do’ tab.
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