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Permit No. 130

January 2018

from The Official Newsletter of First United Methodist Church, Canyon, Texas

phone: 806 655-2851 • web: www.firstchurchcanyon.com • prayer request email: fumcpray@gmail.com

HEALTH CONCERNS: Kelli Marr, T.J., Father Robert Busch St. Ann’s priest, Evan, Shenell, Kylee Khan, Jeremy Woisley OTHER JOYS/CONCERNS: Karen Middleton, thankful for Janice Cranmer and the shoebox ministry, engagement of Myles Smith & Hannah Yock, Marilyn Stone UMW Membership pin winner, parent in Theresa Bye’s class had a stroke, Abbey Spruill interview with CISD, Raymon Mendoza’s parents house burned down IN CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY: Scott Downing family on his passing, Greg Curry and family on the death of his father, the Gibson family on the passing of Ed Gibson, Brad Reeves & family on the death of his mother Velma BIRTHDAYS: Terrie Hartman 11/26, Ayla Tirey 12/14 ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS: Dylan Brown, Shelly Gross, Dick Elliott, Lou Ann Barnhart, Betty Hill, Carolyn Mason, Beth Sanchez, Judy Gilliam, Kimberly Conrad, Kathy Noel, Keith & Dorinda McCormack, Terry Gamblin, Betty Ketchersid, Merrell Winstead, Martin Mordecai, Waylon Malone, T.K. Baker, Erin Green, Priscilla Delatte, Christie Wilhite, Brandi Sustaire, Bobby Altman, Kingston Marr, Kason Gabbard, Alisann Smookler, Addi Martinez, Virginia Tovar, Mel Wessels, Lynn Guy, Kelli Marr, Becca Hill, Clois Rowland, Dean Hawkins, Carol Turner, Rachel Stockstill, Rachel Musgrave, Kenneth Schlabs ADDITIONAL INTERCESSORY PRAYERS: President Trump and our country’s leaders, Costa Rica Team, Backyard Missions, War-torn Countries, the economy, our policeman and firemen, those in the military, unchurched men, women and children and the Wesley Foundation. Please email fumcpray@gmail.com or call 806-655-2851 with all prayer requests, joys, concerns or updates. If you have requested someone be added to the Ongoing Prayer Concerns, please update us on that person occasionally; especially if that person needs to be removed from the list.

Schedules Joys and Concerns

CHURCH STAFF

SENIOR PASTOR………………………………….……..… Rev. Rick Enns

PASTORAL CARE ……………………………………………...Angela Asbill

LAY MINISTER …………………………………………..……...Roman Asbill

YOUTH AND DISCIPLESHIP MINISTER ………………….....Charlie Keys

YOUTH ASSISTANT ……………... ……………………………..Kayla Irlbeck

YOUTH INTERN …………………………………………….Stephen Williams

YOUTH INTERN ………………………………………………Carolyn Castro

CHILDREN’S MINISTER ………………………………………..Kim Hopson

CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR…………………………..…….....Scott Dillard

FINANCE MANAGER…………………………………….……Christi Ybarra

MUSIC DIRECTOR…………………………………………..Melanie Brooks

ORGANIST……………….…………………………….…..Cameron McMinn

ACCOMPANIST…………………………….…………......….......B.J. Brooks

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP LEADER……………………..Jason Lester

KITCHEN COORDINATOR………………………………….Charlotte Wilson

SENIOR PASTOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT………….Sarah Tirey

IHH CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR………………Brenda Shepherd

A Note From the Pastor

Lay Leaders for the Traditional Services December 24 10:50—Donna Woodard December 31 10:50—John Barnhart January 7 8:30—Lezlie Cooper 10:50—Galen Chandler January 14 8:30—Janice Cranmer 10:50—Floyd Hartman January 21 8:30—Bob Lee 10:50—Darla Nickell Prayer Room December 24 8:30 a.m. Jo Jackson 10:50 a.m. Brenda Havens December 31 8:30 a.m. Joe Lombard 10:50 a.m. Jane King January 7 8:30 a.m. Kelly Nusser 10:50 a.m. Roman Asbill January 14 8:30 a.m. Amy Roberts 10:50 a.m. Lezlie Cooper January 21 8:30 a.m. Kathy –Jeff—Rogers 10:50 a.m. Brenda Havens Hosts and Welcome Desk December 24 10:35 West Door—Mary Blare Munger & Janice Cranmer East Door Laura & Bryan Smith Welcome Desk Debi & Carol Marriott Modern Welcome Desk—Avery Enns December 31 10:35 West Door—East Door—, Welcome Desk—Scott Dillard, Modern Welcome Desk—Niki Dillard January 7 8:15 West Door—Linda & Mike Heard East Door—Jo Jackson & Toye Ann Stubblefield, Welcome Desk—Scott & Niki Dillard 10:35 West Door—Johnny Back & Crystal Harriman, East Door—Donna & Dan Warrick Welcome Desk—Scott & Niki Dillard Modern Welcome Desk—Kristin & Adalyn Gerber January 14 8:15 West Door—Joe & Babs Lomard East Door—Steve & Sally Lewis, Welcome Desk—Ronay & Ray Bach 10:35 West Door—Lori & Robert Wilhite East Door—Jon & Rhonda Behrens Welcome Desk—Kent & Karen Powell Modern Welcome Desk—Eric & Emily Hammer January 21 8:15 West Door—Barbara Blackwell & Mary Rice East Door—Jerry & Kay Roach Welcome Desk—Brooke & Darin Barnes 10:35 West Door—Pam & Joe Young East Door—Guylene & Bobby Griffin Welcome Desk—Lori & Pat Williams Modern Welcome Desk—Kristine Keys

(If you are unable to fulfill your obligation in any of these areas, please find a replacement and call the church office and let them know the change. Thank you.) December 3 8:30 am Traditional Worship……………………………………………………. 204 9:40 a.m. Sunday School ………………………………………………………..297 10:50 am Modern Worship…………...…………………………………..……...118 10:50 a.m. Late Traditional Worship……………………………………………140 TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………........462 December 10 8:30 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………….223 9:40 a.m. Sunday School ………………………………………………………..265 10:50 am Modern Worship…………...…………………………………..……...104 10:50 a.m. Late Traditional Worship……………………………………………145 TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………........472

December 17 8:30 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………….215 10:50 am Modern Worship…………...…………………………………..……...104 10:50 a.m. Late Traditional Worship……………………………………………111 TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………........430

Moving Forward

I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every

day I will bless you, and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord,

and greatly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall

laud your works to another, and shall declare your might acts.

– Psalm 145:1-4

What a year we have had at FUMC Canyon. We truly are a blessed community

of faith. God continues to work in and through us. It’s hard to believe my family

has been here for 6 ½ years. I look forward to the years ahead with much antici-

pation and excitement.

Below are some of the highlights from 2017.

1. Staff – Our staff is absolutely incredible. We are blessed with an amazing

group of dedicated disciples that serve inside and outside the walls of the church.

I feel like this is one of our biggest blessings. We have had some staff adjust-

ments this year with the movement of Roman out of Adult Discipleship and his bi-

vocational role here at the church. He is currently focusing on preaching, teach-

ing, social media and video for the church. Further, Charlie has taken over the

role of Adult Discipleship along with his Youth Ministry roles. We have been able

to bring on two Youth Interns (Stephen Williams & Carolyn Castro) along with a

Youth Ministry Assistant (Kayla Irlbeck) to help Charlie with his added responsi-

bilities.

2. Congregational Care – We have a great team of people who are intentionally

visiting the sick and those that are home bound. Our “Home Friends” team is a

group of laity that adopts our homebound and makes connections with them

monthly. Further, we have 5 people, both staff and laity, who have been trained

and sent forth to make hospital visits and visits with Assisted Living (Angela As-

bill, Roman Asbill, Rick Enns, Ed Smith and Jane King).

3. Worship – We were able to launch a second traditional service in late August

of this year. This has been one of our biggest goals for the past two years. With

this move, the Modern Service has been relocated in the Fellowship Hall. It has

been amazing to see all of our church jump in and help with this transition. It

hasn’t been easy! But it has been a blessing to so many in our church and com-

munity as we’ve added new times for worship for those who can’t come to an

earlier service. The biggest challenge of this transition has been the rotation of

preaching between Charlie Keys, Roman Asbill and me. It has taken all of us

some time to adjust to. I believe it is the best thing for us as we move forward in

helping us keep our unity. As I’ve said we have “one message – different voices”

or “one church – three services.”

Since we have launched the service our average attendance has increased dra-

matically. Below are some of our statistics since we launched at the end of Au-

gust.

Average attendance since launch – 450 vs. 380 in 2016 (18.5% increase) Traditional Service average – 325 vs. 270 in 2016 (20% increase) Modern Service average – 125 vs. 110 in 2016 (14% increase) We have had year-to-date 191 first-time guests and 105 second-time

guests.

4. Missions/Outreach – Our partnership with the Wesley Foundation has been

awesome over the past several years. We have such a great symbiotic relation-

ship in ministry. We are partnering with them in the Wesley Academy which is

training up young leaders in ministry. Further, we currently have 9 of our young

members who are in seminary.

Our “I Heart Canyon” outreach with other local churches has grown to a capacity

Pastor’s article cont. page 2

Upcoming Events

Children’s News—Kim Hopson—Children’s Minister—FUMC Canyon

Wednesday, December 20

Friday, December 22—Church and Church Office

Closed

Sunday, December 24

10:50 a.m. Modern Sunday Worship Service—FH

10:50 a.m. Late Traditional Worship Service

4:00 & 6:00 p.m. Candlelight Service—Sanctuary

Monday, December 25 & Tuesday, December 26—

Church and Church Office Closed

Sunday, December 31

10:50 a.m. Modern Sunday Worship Service—FH

10:50 a.m. Late Traditional Worship Service

Monday, January 1 and Tuesday, January 2—

Church & Church office Closed

Sunday, January 7

8:30 a.m. Early Traditional Sunday Worship Service—

Sanctuary

9:40 a.m. Sunday School

10:50 a.m. Modern Sunday Worship Service—

Fellowship Hall

10:50 a.m. Late Traditional Worship Service—Sanctuary

Monday, January 8

6:00 p.m. SPRC Meeting—Church Library

7:00 p.m. Bariatric Support Group—Room #113

Next Newsletter will be January 31 . If you

have any information you would like to put

in the newsletter please submit the

information no later than– Thursday,

January 25 by NOON. You can email

information to

cybarra@firstchurchcanyon.com.

Christmas is here! I love this time of year. It

offers times of reflections, pure joy, amazement, rest,

and total chaotic busy-ness! The lights and decorations

refresh my soul and builds up the joy in my heart. I turn

into the giddiest child this time of year. I’m up first each

Christmas waking everyone else. I can’t wait for the

excitement of everyone opening their gifts. The magic of

Christmas for me is in watching, watching the smiles and

squeals of joy as each present is opened. My challenge

to you this Christmas to sit and watch. Watch for the

smiles and joy! Listen to that voice telling you to stop,

the voice that says you are missing something, the voice

that says the busy-ness can wait, the voice of God!

Now in the same breath as my challenge to

you, I now write about some events that need to be

added to your calendar. These events are not to add

stress or add to the chaos, but they are to help our kids

and us draw nearer to God and build relationships in HIS

presence.

Wednesday Evening Activities resume January 10

Thursday, January 18 5th Grade Worship Study group

will travel to Tulia to visit Kenneth Wyatt’s Art Gallery

*pick up afterschool, gallery, dinner, then home

Sunday, January 21

Morning events: 3rd Graders will receive Bibles (in the

service of your choice) All Acolytes will be recognized

(both traditional services)

5th Grade Worship Study participants will be recognized

(both traditional services)

2018 6th Grade Confirmation Class will be introduced

Afternoon events: Acolyte Training: time to be

determined

Evening events: Confirmation Parent Meeting and

Dinner @ 6 pm in Fellowship Hall

Tuesday, February 13 Club 56/Confirmands will be

cooking and serving for our annual Pancake Supper

Finances as of November 30, 2017

Income

Received Year to Date $866,569.59

Budgeted for November 2017 $887,019.04

Expenses

Actual spent November 2017 $868,345.99

Budgeted for November 2017 $886,627.51

Actual

Income vs. Expenses -$1,735.31

Budgeted Income vs. Expenses $391.53

Youth News—Charlie Hello Church Family,

I hope everyone has had a fantastic Christmas

and is well on their way to a happy new year! I am very

excited to share with you information about two

important events happening in 2018. I would like to

take a quick moment to share with you information

about our youth Ski Retreat and our annual Merge

Retreat.

The Uprising Ski Retreat will take place January

12-15 in South Fork, CO. Our goal with this trip is to

make sure it is not limited to just a ski trip but that it

would actually be a spiritual retreat. The students will

have a great time skiing during the day at Wolf Creek,

but will also have the opportunity to grow and be

refreshed spiritually each evening. Our theme for this

trip is “Whiter Than Snow”. Our guest speaker and

worship will be challenging the students to consider the

purity of their hearts and how their hearts affect their

actions. Please pray for our leaders and students as

we retreat to the mountains and seek the Lord.

The second event I am excited about is our

annually Merge Retreat for our confirmation students.

This year’s retreat will take place February 16-19. The

Merge Retreat is a collaboration between the children’s

ministry and youth ministry. The goal of the retreat is to

use it as a catalyst to begin friendships between the

confirmation students and the existing students in the

youth group. One way we try to begin these friendships

is by including and involving the youth leadership team

(Z Team) on the retreat. The youth leaders will be

involved in group discussion, breakout sessions, as

well as all the fun and games. I am also excited that

this year we are allowing any student grade 6-12 who

is interested in confirmation to participate and be

confirmed. Please pray for Kim, myself and all our

student leaders as we prepare for this important event.

As always THANK YOU so much for the prayers

and support you provide the The Uprising Youth

Ministry. What we accomplish would not be possible

without your help!

Chase the Lion,

Charlie Keys II

Thank You Notes ONCE A MONTH BAKING

We spend a day together in the kitchen with fun, fellowship, and filling the freezer with baked goodies to

use for our Sunday mornings hospitality.

If you would like to join us on one of our Once A Month Baking days, please e-mail kitchen coordinator Charlotte Wilson at usdkwilson@sbcglobal.net for more

information.

Upcoming baking days: Friday January 12th Friday February 9th

Thursday March 8th

WEDNESDAY NIGHT FELLOWSHIP MEALS 2018 Spring season starts January 10th. 5:30 - 6:15 p.m. in Fellowship Hall

$3 per individual, $10 per family

January 10th—Dinner for Breakfast! January 17th—Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon, Garlic Mashed Poatatoes, Creme Brulee Brownies January 24th—Chicken Tikka Masala, Rice, Chocolate Mound Cake January 31st—Tortellini Sausage Soup, Garlic Bread,

Peanut Butter Cake

LOST & FOUND

Please stop by the Lost & Found cart in Fellowship Hall Kitchen to see if any of those items belong to you. Anything unmarked left on cart by January 8th will be

donated away.

FEEDING THE HOMELESS

It is not always possible to calculate the right amounts of food needed for a large meal at our church and we sometimes end up with lots of leftovers. I have now started working with an organization called "Amarillo Brown Bag Runs" who daily takes food to hungry homeless living on the streets of Amarillo. They will gladly take any large amounts of leftovers and distribute to the homeless. For more information, or if you or your class/small group would like to get involved volunteering or donating, please visit their facebook page: https://

www.facebook.com/AmarilloBrownBag/

Charlotte Wilson, Kitchen Coordinator

Important Tax Deduction Information In order for you to claim a deduction for contributions you make in to the church in 2017, we must receive your contribution by the end of the year. Contributions that you make in 2018 cannot be deducted on 2017’s tax return even if the check is dated this year. There is one exception—a check that is written, mailed and postmarked 2017 can be deducted this year even if it is not received by the church until 2018. Our church will be following these rules in issuing receipts. If it is important for you to have your gift deposited by the church in 2017 please have your check to the church office no later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 29. If you are making a contribution via our online app please make sure you make the contribution 3 days prior to December 29. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Christi Ybarra, Finance Manager at 806-655-2851 ext. 224 or by email cybarra@firstchurchcanyon.com

Sunday Dec. 31 – Church

Service Times

Sunday morning services 10:50

Traditional in the sanctuary and

10:50 Modern in the fellowship

hall.

NO SUNDAY SCHOOL NO

8:30 Traditional Service

Sunday Dec. 24th Morning

Service Times

Sunday morning services 10:50

Traditional in the sanctuary and

10:50 Modern in the fellowship

hall.

NO SUNDAY SCHOOL NO

8:30 Traditional Service

(Pastor’s article cont.)

where we are going to have to change the way we do

it! It is amazing to see what God has done with this

ministry and we look forward to see where he will lead

us.

We are in our third year with adopting the Canyon

Intermediate School as our local mission. I have seen

incredible fruit born of this as the staff and administra-

tion truly appreciates our care, prayer and concern.

5. Camp NOVA – We had our second year of Camp

NOVA at Ceta Canyon. This camp is designed for 7-

12th grade and we doubled our numbers this year

(305 total). We see the camp continuing to grow next

year and anticipate having 400 campers for summer

of 2018.

6. Prayer – As one of the core values of our church,

prayer has been an important part of how we have

gotten to where we are. At the beginning of the year I

purchased 21,000 marbles and we committed to pray-

ing 21,000 prayers by Easter. Every time the following

prayer was prayed, people would put a marble in one

of the many jars that were around our sanctuary.

Those marbles were then put on our altar in the sanc-

tuary where we could see the prayers increasing each

week. I saw much fruit from this as our congregation

intentionally focused on the power of prayer.

It has been a blessing to be in ministry with all of you

here at FUMC Canyon.

In Christ,

Rick Enns

Sr. Pastor

The ‘In His Hands’ Christmas program and

fundraiser dinner was a huge success. Thank you

to Debbie Crown, Mike and Linda Heard, Bob and

Deborah Lee, Steve and Sally Lewis, Joseph and

Leigh Sexton and Robert and Lori Wilhite for their

beef donation. Thank you to Kendra Bell, Carly

Behrens, Rhonda Behrens, Sharon Brown, Calvin

Burns, Casey Burns, Lynn Burns, Theresa Bye,

Jan Cowan, Becky Harp, Brenda Havens, Aida

Ramirez-Jones, Danny Nusser, and Kelly Nusser,

for helping serve the dinner. Thank you to

Charlotte Wilson for preparing the wonderful meal.

Merry Christmas from ‘In His Hands’

Thank you for blessing our staff and loving us so

well—Canyon Intermediate School

Church family,

Thank you for the special Bible. It has already

brought comfort to both Kingston & myself. Also,

thank you for all the cards, phone calls, visits,

thoughts and prayers. We feel the love from our

church family. It gives me the strength to persevere

and warms my heart.

Blessings,

Kelli Marr

Thank you church family—what a blessing it is to

know that we are prayed for during our finals week.

Thank you for the box of goodies—Sierra Ybarra

UMW President

Terrie Hartman

with the 2017

Membership Pin

award winner

Marilyn Stone