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Hilda United

Methodist Church

WEBSITE

www.hildaumc.org

Sunday Worship

11:00 AM

Sunday School

10:00 AM

Wednesday Prayer

9:00 AM

PASTOR’S INFO

Rev. Wade Powell

14201 Ranch Rd. 783

P.O. Box 1404

Mason, TX 76856

Cell: 325-347-7219

arcwade@gmail.com

Open Hearts

Open Minds

Open Doors

Hilda Herald MARCH 2015

Newsletter Editor:

Jan Appleby

janell@ctesc.net

Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us there is a season for everything under heaven. Well,

in the Powell household this is certainly true….however, these seasons often

revolve around sports! We just wrapped up basketball season. Ethan played

8th grade basketball, and had a successful season. Sara was a starter on the

varsity basketball team that became the bi-district and area champions. And,

now we are on to tennis. Ethan played in a champ/superchamp USTA tour-

nament and won consolation. Sara will compete at the regional team tennis

tournament on March 6th and 7th. Oh, in addition to sports, Sara has also

been working on One Act Play in hopes of defending their state champion-

ship title from last year.

What about seasons of the church year? Well, we are a few weeks into the

season of Lent. Lent is the season of reflection and repentance leading up to

Easter. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to say that we “celebrate” Lent; I

guess saying we “observe” Lent is more accurate. At a time when our Chris-

tian holidays tend to get co-opted by commercialization (Christmas &

Easter) no one has really found a way to capitalize on commercializing Lent,

unless you count all-you-can-eat fish Fridays at some restaurants. So, with

Lent, we can’t hide behind Santa or the Easter Bunny; we are simply ex-

posed in our relationship with Christ. We journey with Him to the cross and

ask for forgiveness for our sins, which are surely forgiven. We are given

this time of opportunity and reflection as a preparation for going out into the

world to proclaim the Good News of our Lord, just as Jesus was led into the

wilderness for 40 days before his ministry began.

May you draw near to Christ in this season of Lent as Christ draws near to

you.

God bless you,

Pastor Wade

For Everything There Is a Season

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HILDA UMW The Hilda UMW met on Tuesday, February 10th in the

new Fellowship Hall. Janis Friedrich was our program leader.

The program was “A Call to Prayer & Self-Denial”. Hostesses

were Jan Appleby with Leatrice Haley, Gerry Daniel, and

Carol Sattler helping since the other hostess, Linda Kesler, was

in the hospital.

Our March 10th special program meeting will be held in

Fellowship Hall at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This will be our an-

nual Study and Nanci Gibbons will be our program leader and

will present “The Church and People with Disabilities”. Host-

esses are Carol Sattler and Janis Friedrich and we will be serv-

ing lunch. Ladies from First, Trinity, and Art UMCs are in-

vited.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

Janice Friedrich, Program Leader

HILDA UMW ANNUAL STUDY March 10, 2015

“THE CHURCH AND

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES”

10:00 a.m. ~ 3:00 p.m.

Nanci Gibbons will be leading us in this study.

Ladies from

FUMC, Art & Trinity

are invited as well as all ladies of Hilda.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MARCH, 2015

Sunday, March 1 - Communion Sunday; Choir prac-

tice following Communion

Wednesday, March 4 - Lenten Luncheon @ TBA -

6:00 p.m. - Lent Bible Study - “I Am the Light of the

World”

Sunday, March. 8 - Choir practice after church

Tuesday, March 10 - UMW in new Fellowship Hall -

Study by Nanci Gibbons 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. includ-

ing lunch

Sunday, March 15 - Choir practice after church

Tuesday, March 17 - HAPPY ST PATRICK’S

DAY

Wednesday, March 18 - Lenten Luncheon @ TBA -

Noon

6:00 p.m. -Lent Bible Study - “I Am the True Vine”

Friday, March 20 - Hilda Community Club -

6:30RR783 Clean-Up - 5:00 p.m. with supper & meet-

ing following clean-up - We need volunteers to help

with the clean-up if you’re able and available!

Sunday, March 22 - Choir practice after church

Tuesday, March 24 - Martha Circle - 6:00 p.m. -

Place TBA

Wednesday, March 25 - Lenten Luncheon @ Noon -

HILDA IS HOSTING @ St. Paul Lutheran Church

6:00 p.m. - Lent Bible Study - “ I Am the Way, the

Truth, and the Life” Sunday, March 29 - PALM SUNDAY

!

APRIL, 2015

SUNDAY, APRIL 5 - EASTER SUNDAY

6:45 a.m. - Sunrise Service @ Brandenberger

House & Continental Breakfast in Fellowship Hall

following the service

11:00 a.m. - Easter Service in the sanctuary with

Easter Egg Hunt following service

April 10, 11, 13, 14 & 15 – Library Book & Bake

Sale – More information to come

Sunday, April 12 - Choir practice after church

Tuesday, April 14 - UMW in new Fellowship Hall -

Linda Kesler is Program Leader and hostesses are

Gladys Lively & Pat Tucker

Friday, April 17 - Hilda Community Club @ 6:30

p.m. in the Hilda Clubhouse on RR 783

Saturday, April 18 – Mason County Republican

Women’s Tour of Homes – Details TBA

Sunday, April 19- Choir practice after church

Saturday, April 25 - Mason County Cancer Benefit

– Heritage Park - Hilda’s Hope has a team - See page

7 for more info on how you can join or help out

Sunday, April 26 - Choir practice after church

Tuesday, April 28 - Martha Circle - 6:00 p.m. -

Place TBA

SEE PAGES 7 & 9 FOR

MORE MARCH

EVENTS

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Sunday School Class Continues Study “When Helping Hurts”

North Americans are some of the most generous people in

the world but efforts to help can miss the mark.

Join us at 10:00 on Sunday mornings to explore what the

Hilda UMC can do to address the needs of people in our

community who are materially poor in a meaningful way!

There are always homemade refreshments and coffee during this hour!!

MARCH BIRTHDAYS

Carol Sattler - March 2 Debi Loeffler - March 3

Teresa Walker - March 11 Connie Witt - March 28

Special Music for Lent and Easter

WE NEED EVERYONE

who loves to sing to be a part of the amazing Hilda UMC

choir. Join the choir for this season or a lifetime You do

not have to read music or sing a special part. If you en-

joy singing in the shower or whistling a happy tune, we

need you!

Choir practice is immediately after church and we are

usually done within 45 minutes so you can still have

lunch or see the game.

ATTENTION

***** If you’ve not seen

your birthday in the newsletter, this means

we don’t have it! Please give your

birth date to Carol Sattler (Not the year)

The English as a 2nd Language Class surprised Nanci with a birthday feast!

Feliz cumpleanos!

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FELLOWSHIP

HALL

CORNERSTONE

The new rockwork

has been com-

pleted around the

beautiful corner-

stone that was do-

nated by member

James Feuge.

Many thanks to

James for this re-

cord of when the

hall was built and

when it was conse-

crated.

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USHERS - 2015

March - Ken & Janis Friedrich

April - Clyde & Leatrice Haley

May - Linda & David Kesler

June - John & Carole Flournoy

July - Don & Gerry Daniel

Aug. - Randall & Peggy Brown

Sept. -Henrich Family

Oct. - Larry & Dian Willmann

Nov. - _________________________

Dec. Danny & Mona Hyde

SCRIPTURE READERS

Tom Gibbons

Nanci Gibbons

Jan Appleby

Carole Flournoy

T.J. Mitchell

Randall or Peggy Brown

Danny or Florence Smith

Sara or Ethan Powell

______________________________

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NEED USHERS & SCRIPTURE READERS FOR 2015

There is a copy of this sign-up sheet in the front of the sanctuary on top of the or-

gan. Please sign up if you are willing to do one of these tasks - thanks!

Please sign up for Communion Prepara-tion on the first Sundays of the month.

(SIGN-UP SHEET IS IN FOYER OF SANCTUARY)

This entails pouring the grape juice into the plas-

tic communion glasses and goblet and placing the

bread on the plate (prep is in old fellowship hall

kitchen) as well as taking the elements back to the

kitchen following worship service and washing

them out. (Plastic cups go in recycle box on the

back porch). SEE PAGE 9

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Dear Friends at Hilda:

The 2015 Mason County Cancer Benefit will be Saturday, April 25. “Heroes

for Hope” is this years theme.

Our team is Hilda's Hope. If you would like to be on our team, Suzanne

Bjork and/or Peggy Brown will have a sign up sheet at church starting this

Sunday. There is a $10.00 registration fee and you get a T-shirt.

If you are a Survivor, you can fill out a different form and will receive a free

Survivor T-Shirt.

If anyone has any fundraiser ideas or have any items to donate for a raffle,

please contact Suzanne or Peggy.

100% of all the money raised will help families in Mason County.

Blessings to you and your family,

Peggy Brown

MASON COUNTY CANCER BENEFIT “HEROS FOR HOPE”

SATURDAY, APRIL 25th

Friday, March 13 – Museum on the Square – Texas History Speakers – Author

Scott Zesch will speak at 10:00 a.m. and Retired Texas Ranger, Joe Davis will

speak at 11:00 a.m.

March 9-13 – MISD Spring Break

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UMW WEST TEXAS DISTRICT MEETING February 21, 2015 @ Hilda

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FIRST SUNDAY COMMUNION STEWARDS

March 1 Jan Appleby April 5 Cindy Powell May 3 Leatrice & Clyde Haley June 7 Suzanne Bjork July 5 Carole Flournoy August 2 Peggy Brown September 6 Danny & Florence Smith October 4 __________________ November 1 __________________ December 6 __________________

WEST TEXAS UMW DISTRICT MEETING The Hilda UMW & Martha Circle hosted the annual spring meeting of the West Texas District on Saturday, February 21st. Forty-two women from Art, Castell, Bronte, San An-gelo, Brady, Mason, and several other towns attended as well as Pastor Wade, who made 43 attending. As you can see from the photos on the previous page, we had a day full of fun, food, and fellowship! Thanks to Rebecca Dodson who played the piano and to Linda Scott who played the accordion!

We had four large baskets filled with hygiene items that the guests brought for the Ma-son School Nurses. The offering was taken to donate to Bluebonnet CASA. A business meeting was held following a delicious lunch of chicken spaghetti, mixed green salad, fruit salad, and broccoli cornbread with lots of incredible desserts! We also had door prizes that were donated by Linda Kesler so twelve ladies won some really nice prizes. A big THANKS to Linda for the door prizes and the beautiful decorations! We’re wishing her a quick and complete recovery after her surgery!

Saturday, March 21 – Mason County Historical Society Rummage Sale – Profits go towards

Fort Mason’s Roof Repairs/Replacement - 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. @ 417 Pecan St. (home of

Schoenfeld’s) You can go west on Westmoreland and turn L on Pecan or go down College

and turn R on Pecan.

Saturday, March 7 – Riata Rummage Sale – Legion Hall – Begins at 8:00 a.m.

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FEBRUARY YOUTH LOCK-IN The Mason County Ministerial Alliance held their annual lock-in on the first Saturday in Febru-

ary. Students from Mason County had the opportunity to play games and fellowship and hear testi-

mony from guest speakers as well as a Christian band. The event was open to all students in Jr High

and High School. The featured speaker was Sarah Hill who came all the way from Hawaii to speak

to our youth. Sarah was featured in the blockbuster movie, Soul Surfer. It is the story of professional

surfer Bethany Hamilton who lost her arm in a shark attack. Sarah was Bethany's youth pastor, and

she was portrayed in the film by singer/actress Carrie Underwood.

Sara Powell, Cason Dudney, Rudy Martinez,

Corbin Norris, and Ethan Powell with Sarah Hill

Rudy, Corbin, and Ethan with the singer of the band.

The band plays on!

Making s’mores with Sarah Hill

The lock in is an exercise in organized chaos!

Playing games at the lock-in.

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Ethan recently played in a champ/

superchamp USTA tournament

and won consolation!

CONGRATS Ethan!

MASON COWGIRLS ARE

BASKETBALL AREA CHAMPS!

Sarah Powell puts on the moves

at a recent basketball game.

CONGRATULATIONS

to Sarah & the Mason

Cowgirls Basketball Team!

Feeding the 5,000 at the lock in...well, not quite 5,000.

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Hilda United Methodist Church

P.O. Box 1404

Mason, TX 76856