Three Things Our Church Needs to Thrive
Hallsville
United
Methodist
Church
A thriving church is one that is living into the potential that Christ
desires for all churches. It’s members are diving deeper into
scripture, prayer and the loving care of the faith community.
A thriving church is benefiting the communities that it is a part
of. The church is shaping its communities through its presence in
the community; present in its schools, governance, neighborhoods,
sporting programs and organizations. Sunday morning worship is a
Spirit filled time of transformation, change, joy and
repentance. Lives are being changed as people encounter the
Risen Lord in passionate worship. Faith is taught as Christians
enter into Bible studies, small groups and classes. Churches thrive
when a majority of Christians in the church decide three things.
Decision #1- The Gospel of Jesus Christ contains power to live and
die by! You know Jesus’ story and it is deeply intertwined into your
own story. You know that Jesus’ life, death and resurrection provide
you with the power you need to move past a life of sin and death
and into a holy, grace-filled life. You believe that the Gospel is the
only thing that will turn our world from darkness and towards
goodness. Every decision made for the Gospel is an opportunity to
celebrate God’s kingdom coming on earth as it is in heaven.
Decision #2- You can make a difference! You aren’t the Messiah
but you know that God has gifted you and called you to good works
in the lives of other people. You believe that your life matters. Your
good words matter. Your participation in the life of your church and
your community matters. You know that God has made you both a
priest (1 Peter 2:9) and a representative (2 Cor. 5:20) of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ.
July
Newsletter
Decision #3- We can make a difference! You see the potential in
the giftedness and experiences within every one of your church
brothers and sisters. We are like minded in our desire to have a
thriving church that helps people experience more deeply the love of
Jesus Christ. Joel Osteen might offer a better sermon on Sunday
morning, but “church on the couch” doesn’t offer the immense love,
support and compassion that our church offers. You know and
believe that you are a part of a group of Christians that have the
potential to do a greater good together than you could have ever
done apart from one another.
All it takes is three things: believe in the Gospel, believe in yourself
and believe in us. See, becoming a thriving church is much easier
than you thought it was. Get to believing.
Pastor Jim Voigt
Sermons in July
Sundays In July
In July, our communion weekend will once again be the 2nd weekend
(10th) instead of the first weekend. We will have a guest speaker on the
3rd and Pastor Jim will teach a 4 week series on the book of Galatians the
last four weeks. Paul writes to the Christians in Galatia because they are
being deceived. Christian posers have moved into Galatia and are
teaching the young church that they have Christianity ½ right. So, these
posers are teaching the Church in Galatia the importance of being a Jew
first and then a Christian. Paul is not pleased to learn that the Galatians
have so quickly bought into this different gospel. In July we will talk about
Paul’s wise words to the Christian community in Galatia. You are
encouraged to read Galatians throughout the month in preparation for
each Sunday.
July
3rd- Guest Speaker- Robert Gordon - “The Gift”
10th- “Another Gospel” - read Galatians 1
17th- “He Died For Nothing” - read Galatians 2
24th- “Spirit Trumps the Law” - read Galatians 3 and 4
31st- “Transgressions” - read Galatians 5 and 6
HUMC In Haiti 2016
Upcoming Events
Beth Moore Bible Study
On Thursday, July 7, 2016, at 6:30 PM, at Hallsville United Methodist Church, we will begin a new
Beth Moore Bible study, titled, "When Godly People Do Ungodly Things," and anyone and everyone
is welcome to join us to study God's Word.
Our classes normally end at 8:30 PM, and will continue for 6 weeks. We hope to see you there! If
you have questions, please call Karen Wade, 696-2971. Hope to see you there!
Hallsville Inter-Church Council (ICC) Baked Potato Bar
Saturday, July 9, at the Hallsville School Intermediate Commons from 5-7 pm. The proceeds go to
provide school supplies free of charge to kids in the community. We serve over 400 children each
year through this program. Help the kids in our community start their school year well equipped!
The Hallsville Food Pantry Fund
This fund provides a sack lunch for any child in the Hallsville District wishing to participate every
Friday in July at the Hallsville Park from 11:30-12:30. Please call 310-435-6619 to place an order by
Wednesday of each week in July.
The Inter-Church Council (ICC) Back to School Bash
Back To School Bash provides school supplies free of charge to kids in our community will be held
at the LeMone building on Saturday, August 6 from 4-6 pm. We serve over 400 children each year
through this project! We also provide fun activities that day for them to enjoy. Volunteers to aid
families in finding the supplies on their list, helping with fun activities, and various other ways are
needed! Please call Connie Reedy at 881-1382 if you would like to help with this wonderful project!
Or sign up on the sign up sheet at the mission table!
We’re excited to bring an incredible day camp experience filled with excitement and unforgettable adventure
right in your own backyard! With two full days of amazing activities, caring and enthusiastic staff, and engaging Bible studies, campers experience the best
Spark Mobile Mini Camp has to offer.
The camp will be held at Hallsville United Methodist
Church on August 13th-14th! For kids 6-12 yrs. It’s free
to be involved!
Talk it up to friends, family and neighbors! Volunteer
and children sign ups coming soon.
You can register online at: www.nextgenumc.org/#!
spark-mini-mobile-camps/pzecs
2016 Annual Conference Report to the Church
This year’s Annual Conference, held again, in Springfield, MO, has come and gone, and was considered very
successful.
On Opening Day, Bishop Schnase delivered his final Missouri Conference Episcopal Address. He reflected on
his 12 years in the Missouri Conference. He said that 800 churches were represented in the room, with over
600 active clergy, and more than 74,000 worship in our conference.
The Bishop suggested that the purpose of annual conference is leading congregations to lead people to actively follow Jesus Christ, and pointed out that churches do not exist to support the annual conference; but
rather, the annual conference exists to support the local church in ministry.
Bishop Schnase mentioned the recent General Conference, held in Portland, Oregon, and he felt that although all of our differences as a Church were not resolved, the global nature of the church was never more
evident, compared to recent years. The final message from General Conference was a formation of a commission, with an intent to deal head on with some of the most difficult issues of the day. Although Bishops
do not normally speak at General Conference, they did this year, and The Council of Bishops ended up creating a “Way Forward” commission that may call a 2018 special session of the General Conference, in order
to find a way for the church to move forward as a whole church.
This was a year of final service for both Bishop Schnase and our conference Lay Leader, Brian Hammons.
Brian shared the lay ministry team’s vision of creating spiritually engaged laity through the strategies of connecting & learning. Building on that vision, Mitch Ross, the chair of the Core Practices Team, offered to send
an advisor to local churches, free of charge to help develop a discipleship process tailored to fit the specific
congregation. The team hopes to reach some of the more than 70% of local churches in Missouri that do
not currently have processes for making disciples. Mitch said that number shows that “we’ve forgotten
what the main thing is.” Mitch even provided his personal phone number to anyone who was interested in
his plan!
Rev. Ron Watts is intent on creating the kind of church your children would want to invite their friends to
attend. In his own church, he began by recruiting and hiring young staff members, and they keep a close
eye on trends that younger people are focused on. He pointed out to us that contemporary music is only
temporary, and this year’s music may go by the wayside, and then here comes the music of the next year.
His church uses music currently playing on the radio, not what was played last year, because, remember,
contemporary is only temporary!
Both of the workshops I attended were concerning how we welcome those who enter our doors on Sunday
morning. First impressions are made within the first 90 seconds a guest arrives at your church, so those few
seconds are all we have to make a good, first impression, and we need to make the most of it. It is key to
have as many ushers as necessary, so that each new person can be shown where the sanctuary, class
rooms, bathrooms, etc. are located, so that they feel comfortable in our churches.
As a final note, I let Pastor Jim know that this will be my last trip to Annual Conference. I’ve been serving 810 years, and I feel it’s someone else’s turn. I am still willing to be a Lay Leader, if that works out numerically. Thank you for the support you’ve given me through these years, and I’ve loved serving.
Lay Leader to Annual Conference
– Karen Wade
Setting Up Automatic Payments for
Your Summer Offering
Summer months are often vacation months! Many
people and families make plans during the summer to take
trips and go see family or friends. This is a happy and
healthy practice within our American culture that leads to the
strengthening of family bonds and personal rest. Because
so many of us do catch up on this well needed time in the
summer many churches see a dip in worship attendance
and giving through the summer months. One way you can
help your church continue to go strong through the summer
is to set up your offering as an automatic debit from your
checking or savings account. This ensures that even while
you are away on well needed rest and family time that your
church is able to do all it needs to in order to sustain the
mission and ministry of the church. When you set up
automatic giving you are blessing your church by helping us
reduce the summer financial dip that normally occurs.
Along with this article in the newsletter is an “Authorization
Agreement For Automatic Withdrawal Of Funds” form. If
you already do a majority of your bills through automatic
withdrawal and can bless your church in this way then
please print out the attached form. Fill the form out with the
requested information, attach a voided check and return that
information to the church office. If you would like to mail it,
you can mail it to:
Hallsville UMC, 11700 N. Route B, Hallsville, MO
65255. Thank you for all of the ways you bless your church,
including your financial support! Enjoy your summer!
Help needed!
Hallsville Primary School collects new and gently used clothes for elementary children who
need them. They have asked for our help in sorting and organizing these clothes.
It will be a daytime project in the next week or two. If you can help with this project, call Connie Reedy at 881-1382 or email her at [email protected]. We will also need storage tubs if you
can donate those! Thank you for your help!
Usher Teams
Team McKenzie
Ray McKenzie
Dorothy McKenzie
Sheri Conrad
Keith Conrad
Vickie Helm
David Wade
Karen Wade
Sunday, July 3rd
Team McKenzie
Ray McKenzie
Dorothy McKenzie
Sheri Conrad
Keith Conrad
Vickie Helm
David Wade
Karen Wade
Sunday, July 10th
Team Cotton
Jerry Cotton
Jan Cotton
Richard Campbell
Kathryn Campbell
Martin Driskill
Cindy Driskill
Sunday, July 17th
Team Klemme
Jeff Klemme
Kathy Klemme
Korey Elkin
Lauren Elkin
Mike Stubbs
Joetta Stubbs
Sunday, July 24th
Team Bunton
Jim Bunton
Barb Bunton
Brittney Stevenson
Craig Stevenson
Larry Hall
Nancy Bagge
Sunday, July 31st
July 2016
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Wednesday
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Independence
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Thursday
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5-7pm
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6:30pm
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6:30pm
7:30am
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ICC Baked
Potato Bar
Women’s
bible study
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bible study
Men’s
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Women’s Bible
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