The GOOD News from Duncan’s First United Methodist Church

2300 Country Club Road Duncan, OK 73533

Phone: 580-255-3353 Fax: 580-252-8693

www.duncanfumc.org

VOLUME #15 August 26, 2015 ISSUE #34

OUR

MINISTRY STAFF

Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle, Senior Minister

greg.tolle@duncanfumc.org

Rev. Kathy Gibson, Associate Minister

kathy.gibson@duncanfumc.org

Winifred Bailey,

Director of Traditional Worship & Music

winifred.bailey@duncanfumc.org

Tara Cook,

Director of Children’s Ministries, Preschool/Mother’s Day Out &

Nursery Coordinator tara/cook@duncanfumc.org

Sean Forehand,

Business Administrator sean.forehand@duncanfumc.org

Verna Wilson,

Church Secretary verna.wilson@duncanfumc.org

Steve Taylor,

Director of Media Ministry steve.taylor@duncanfumc.org

Dr. Thomas Labé, Pianist/Organist

Betty Davis, Church Hostess

Jerry Marlar, Custodian

THIS SUNDAY’S

SCHEDULE

9am

Sunday School

10am

Connexion Worship

10:15am

Traditional Worship

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(t-shirt color is turquoise)

T-shirt $10 must be prepaid before

ordering your size. We have all the sizes to look at or try on

in the church office

Apron is $15 **************

Come order your shirt or apron in the church office.

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We have taken our summer break and now we are ready to meet, eat and start working in earnest on preparations for our Election Day Pancake event. More details to come, so please reserve this Sunday morning for our meeting.

We can still make a place for you in one of the classes if you

call now!

CALL KATHY AT

THE CHURCH!

Purchase the book for

BELIEVE

In the office

$12.00

MEN’S BIBLE STUDY Tuesday, September 8

6:30pm

In the Conference Room all men are invited to come

UMW General Meeting

Tuesday, Sept. 1st 6:00-7:30 pm FUMC Parlor

Dinner

Devotional

Fun and Games!

Please RSVP to

Merlene Orme at

580-736-5875

Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle, Senior Minister

From the Rev. Kathy Gibson, Associate Minister

Winifred Bailey

Director of Traditional Worship and Music

About a month ago, our Learning Team made a presentation in worship on what we’ve learned about our church and barriers that may prevent growth. Over the past month, we have continued our learning process and will make presentations this Sunday. Team members will take 5-10 minutes at the beginning of each Sunday School class to share information on cultural trends, pertinent demographics and thoughts from community leaders on our church and community. Those who don’t attend Sunday School classes will meet in the sanctuary at 9:30 for the same presentation. Besides sharing the information, the team will be seeking brief feedback on the information that is presented. Our goal with the whole process is to identify those things that prevent growth and create a plan of action to overcome them. We intend to have a report with an action plan to Church Council in October. We appreciate everyone’s prayers and participation.

May God’s Peace Be with You,

Greg

Kathy’s Corne

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Fall is in the air! Of course, we can feel it and sense it some days more clearly than others, but we know it is coming. It is always exciting for me when the seasons change, but I especially look forward to fall and the start of school and all the events and activities that go with this time of year. We also start new programs and activities and ministries in our church life in the fall. Many of them are mentioned in articles in the Proclaim. Please prayerfully consider getting back into the church “habit” this fall. We have covenanted to support our local church with our prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness – all five, not just a couple of them here and there, but all of them all the time! I look forward to seeing you on Sunday mornings and evenings and Wednesday evenings as we gather to worship and study and to spend time together which strengthens and equips us to live each day out in the world as those who join with God in “making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!” See you Sunday!

Shalom, Kathy

No, this is not a study on the theology of Paul Harvey! This is what we hope will be a time together in which we can share our own stories of where we have seen God at work in our lives during the past few days. We have so many opportunities to study and to read the Bible and to gain “information” about our faith. We also can benefit from having a time to share moments of “transformation” with one another and to encourage one another on our walk with God through our daily lives. Anyone who is interested in sharing in this type of group is invited to join us from 7:20 – 8:20 on Wednesday evenings in the chapel beginning September 16. There is no curriculum, just a time of sharing with one another: in the words of John Wesley, “how is it with your soul?” Kathy Gibson and Marilyn Hugon will be facilitating this time together.

Hey Church! If you have not heard the news yet, Bryan

Gerhart and I (Gus Echols) have taken an interim position in

taking care of the Youth and Connexion. If you don't know

us come find us, we would love to talk to you. Sunday,

August 23, we had a Youth Council Meeting and a Parent

meeting. I believe they both went smoothly and will be a big

help for the year to come. This Wednesday, August 26, the

first Elevate will kick-off at 6:15 with the youth. We are so

excited to see what God has in store for this ministry. We

ask that you keep praying for the students and teachers as

school begins and that God is seen in us in the classrooms,

halls, and everyday lives. Thanks Everyone!

Gus Echols and Bryan Gerhart

Worship Leader & Youth Director,

Co-Interims

First Student Ministry

The music for Sunday, August 30, includes an

arrangement of “Amazing Grace” entitled,

“Grace.” This lovely setting puts the words of

the beloved hymn to a folk tune, “The Water Is

Wide.” The Introit will be a solo by Jai Brancich.

Jai has put together his arrangement of “What A

Wonderful World.”

Come and worship with us through fellowship,

music, prayer, scripture and the spoken word.

Winifred

How Do You In reading and studying the book The Call by Adam Hamilton, the question, “How do you worship?” was raised. Hamilton suggests that as we enter the space for worship we should come expecting to be blessed. We should come expecting to be energized. We should come prepared to receive God’s call to each of us as we implement the plan that he has for our lives. Hamilton says that he brings a pen and paper to worship each time he enters the sanctuary. When God speaks, he is ready to write down the plan. If the minister of the church believes this strongly in the call to each individual at any time, and especially when we worship, shouldn’t we also?

Sunday, September 13th 4pm at First Baptist Church

A combined choral worship experience with the choirs from First Baptist Church and FUMC.

Weekly Activities for Children, Youth and Adults

Thursday, August 27 9am Pilates—Music Suite Mother’s Day Out—Children’s Wing & Nursery 6:30pm Preschool “Meet the Teacher” Night—Sanctuary Friday, August 28 8:30am Church office open till 1pm Saturday, August 29 10:30am Come and Go Wedding Shower for Randis Gallaway—Parlor Sunday, August 30 9am Sunday School—Classrooms 10am Connexion Service—FUMCenter 10:15am Traditional Service—Sanctuary 5:30pm Disciple II Bible Study—Adult Wing/Builders Classroom 6:30pm S. N. Y. F.—Youth Wing

Monday, August 31 9am Pilates—Music Suite 12noon Game Day—Music Suite 6pm Maranatha—Parlor Tuesday, September 1 9am Pilates—Music Suite Preschool/Mother’s Day Out— Children’s Wing & Nursery 6pm UMW General Meeting “Night On the Tiles & Words with Friends”/Parlor

Wednesday, September 2 9am Pilates—Music Suite Preschool/Mother’s Day Out— Children’s Wing & Nursery 3:45pm Handbell Rehearsal—Music Suite 5pm Wednesday Night Live Meal— FUMCenter 5:30pm Children’s Choir rehearsal— Music Suite 6pm Chancel Choir rehearsal— Music Suite Disciple I Fast Track—Adult Wing/Wesleyan Classroom Believe —Conference Room Immanuel, God With Us— Parlor Children’s Study—Children’s Wing 6:15pm Elevate_ —Youth Wing Thursday, September 3 9am Pilates—Music Suite Preschool/Mother’s Day Out— Children’s Wing & Nursery 4:30pm Meal for DHS Football Team— FUMCenter

This Sunday’s Sermon

MISSION CANDLE

The Mission Candle will be lit this Sunday

IN HONOR OF Blu and Sandy Miller’s

50th Wedding Anniversary

Given by Blu and Sandy

ALTAR FLOWERS

The Altar Flowers for this Sunday will be

IN MEMORY OF HER PARENTS

Given by Liz Wooldridge

1st Greg Tolle

Jamie Whitten

3rd Anthony Signer

Emma Thomas

4th Whitney David

Kaye Jones

5th Gary Ferguson

Pam Reid

7th Bobby Cook

10th Leah Berning

Graham Cox

11th Iva Jo Tindle

12th Brilen Davis

15th Brant Davis

Peter Thomas

17th Sherry Murphree

18th Kathy Metzer

20th Shawn Lockstone

Garrett Sneed

Wilma Williams

23rd Ariana Pitti

25th Daphne Goodson

James Warburton

26th Ed Pitti

Jenika Reed

27th Johnny McNabb

28th Eryn Bull

Jim Matthews

“No Substitutes” Exodus 20:4-6

Sermon Series by Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle

CAN YOU HELP!

Christians Concerned is in need of canned fruit. They have plenty of canned vegetables right now. They are in need of canned fruits. The baskets for Christians Concerned are in the south hallway, across from the church office. Thank you for your participation in this vital ministry of FUMC and our community.

FUMC TO HOST PRE-GAME MEAL FOR

DUNCAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM

Our church will be hosting a meal

for the DHS football team on

Thursday, Sept. 3 at 4:30. This is

the 8th year we have participated

with other churches in town to let

these young athletes know that

their community cares about

them! We will serve the players a

healthy, well-balanced meal

provided and served by our church

and prepared by Betty and her

staff. If you would like to help

serve for about an hour on Sept. 3,

please call Kathy at the church

office. Thank you for helping us

take advantage of this opportunity

to show hospitality to these young

people in our community.

SEPTEMBER

Non-profit Organization

Presorted Standard

U.S. Postage Paid Duncan, OK Permit #19

First United Methodist Church 2300 Country Club Road Duncan, Oklahoma 73533 Return Address Requested

TRADITIONAL WORSHIP 10:15am

Sanctuary

Sunday’s Worship Servants - (8/30)

8:45am-10:45am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult Wing and Narthex

Jane Johnson and Lynda Norman

Southwest Door

Glenda Hollingsworth and Mynan Hutto

9:45am-10:15am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanctuary Doors

Sherry Gossett (N) Guy Messersmith (S)

Liturgist:

John Ray Green

Ushers/Group 2: Ronny Powelson, Aaron Clifton, Kitty Clifton, Andy Flesher, Jimmy

Jones, Stan McCoy, Johnny McNabb, Craig Roddy and Cleta Taylor

Our Mission Statement :

To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

August 30, 2015 10:00 AM

FUMCenter

Come Worship

With Us!

USHERS/GREETERS:

MISSION MOMENT & SCRIPTURE READER:

Rev. Dr. Greg Tolle, Senior Minister

Gus Echols and Bryan Gerhart, Co-Interims –Worship Leader &

Youth Director

Our Church Family Beverly Morris

Eric Craig

Youth Ministry and Staff/Parish Relations Committee

Our Loved Ones and Friends

Lloyd Bradley, Friend of Claudette Hoatson

Dwayne Brittain, Friend of FUMC

Ann McCall, Aunt of Linda Raber

Rev. Norma Quinn, Minister, Centenary UMC, Lawton