HAPPENINGS this week at CPFUMC
04/05/2017
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Pillars of Lent: Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving
The real “work” of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about
me.
Henry Nouwen
PRAYERS
for Help and Healing :
Prayers just added:
Bea Baldwin & her daughter, Ellen , colleague of Jodi Blount, whose daughter is going into hospice care for
cancer
Bob Packard, for healing & health as he continues his treatments as the PT scan results were discouraging
Danny Long, came through chemo treatments each day last week at Texas Oncology in Austin
Deb Pauly, Jill Lundstom’s aunt, breast cancer surgery followed by chemo and radiation
Eric Mullen, PET Scan clear after having immunotherapy for the melanoma.
Kimberly, daughter of Par’s friend, had a double lung transplant & heart surgery on Tuesday
Kris Uglum, Carol Slater’s niece, on feeding tube as a result of cancer & unable to see her dad before he died.
Parker King, daughter of Sarah King, had spinal surgery at Dell Children’s Hospital
Poppie Swart, sister of Corrie Van Rensburg, with breast cancer; lives in South Aftrica
Prayers of Sympathy
Anita Martin’s sister, Carla Mitchell in Maine, died this morning at 1:15 a.m. There will be a memorial funeral for
her in Sioux Falls, SD, later on.
Andy , Andrea, David & Renee Carver, all the family of Brigitte Carver, whose Life Celebration was on April 1st
(Andy Carver; Lakeline Oaks, 1905 S. Lakeline Blvd. #118; Cedar Park, TX 78613)
The Slater family on the death of Carol’s cousin, Jim Uglum.
Continued prayers:
Carmelo Perez, prayers requested by Edna Soto
Donna M, Rosa D, Mina, Cosamina & Connie friends of Monica Moser, needing prayers
Serita Enney, Child’s Haven mom surgical biopsy was “clean”
Sue Beall, sister-in-law of Par Keys, moved to rehab & progressing.
Martha Vinson’s brother, Steve, struggling with dementia.
Cosamina & Connie, Donna M, Rosa D., Mina, friends of Monica Moser, need our prayers for health and
strength
Pauline Eng, healing from shoulder fracture, no driving for a couple of months
Steven and Meleah request prayer as they settle here in Cedar Park
Geraldine Shaw, Susan’s mom, diagnosed with lymphoma… Chemotherapy starting
Steven Wehlmann, Carolyn Smith’s brother-in-law, diagnosed with kidney cancer
Rev. Tina Carter
Diane Kelly
Duke Squibb
Ruth West
PRAYERS
THANKS
THANKS
Clara Crank
Martha Orr
Alan Thompson
Carol Wyatt
Sterling Hartman
Bob & Carol Slater
Marsha Venable
Mary (Grover) Williams
Marilyn Hartman
Beth Spaulding
Adalid Verastegui
JoAnne Wilshusen
of THANKS!! :
From Pam Burks: To My Church, I just wanted to express my gratitude for your support with
prayers for my father for the last few years. I also want to express the shear feelings of
light that surrounded me and my family during our time of desperate grief. God was
ready for my daddy and I was more understanding of that by being with my church family
for the last 4 years.
A special thanks to members who provided food. My brother and I would have been lost
without your help.
From the Brigitte Carver Family for the love and hospitality extended to our family and friends
at the memorial service
Please RE-MEMBER
NOW!!…..
EASTER EGG HUNT WRAPPED CANDY
APR 16TH
For the Easter Sunday Egg Hunt!!!
Needed: Wrapped candy (chocolate is OK!!!)
Please place in the box in the Narthex ….
Apr 5
Creating a Culture of Kindness
LISD/Child’s Haven
Join us at Cedar Park FUMC at 6:30p for dinner & fellowship to learn more about LISD’s bullying prevention
program…
 Using teachable moments that relate everything back to kindness & caring..
 Please RSVP to our /Evite to register for this event: http://evite.me/JFDDnSpZZM
 Children are welcome to attend. There is no cost associated with this event….
APR. 5TH
BE THE CHURCH
T-Shirt Orders
If YOU would like a T-Shirt contact Pastor Bonnie today!!!
More Be The Church information below…..
APR. 8TH
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
LOVE IN ACTION
Women organized for Mission with women, children, and youth.
Gathers on the Second Saturday of each month – second Saturday 9am
April 8th at 9am in the MMB Conference Room: Reading Program & Cleaning Buckets on the Agenda…..
Saturday, April 8
ONE DAY WORKSHOP
Welcoming Prayer
The Welcoming Prayer: Consent-on-the-go for Everyday Life
Cedar Park First United Methodist Church Contemplative Prayer Group
Saturday, April 8, 2017 9:30-3:15
Presenter: Pamela Begeman : Heart of Texas Contemplative Prayer
Location:
Cedar Park First United Methodist Church (Sanctuary)
Registration:
Onsite the day of the retreat with a suggested love offering of $15 (cash or check).
Light breakfast and fellowship offered from 9:30 until 10:00.
Questions:
Lynne Roy:
[email protected] (preferred contact) OR 909-528-1165
MARK CALENDARS
CHILDREN’S SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
nd
Apr 22 ….6pm Empower (PreK-5th)
June 19th – 23rd….5pm VBS Mega Sports Camp
July 24th-28th ......... 8am-3pm Arts Camp
INFORMATION ON CHURCH FINANCES!
APRIL 2017
Anticipated expenses
Contributions (1/4 Sundays)
Needed (Surplus):
Additional Giving
Capital Campaign (Parking Lot)
$2 For 20
True Vineyards (Rwandan Widow)
Communion(UMCOR)
HCCM
CROP Walk
$ 18,500.
$ 4,800.
$ 13,700.
$ 265.
$ 53.
$ 14.
$ 110.
$
5.
$
.
APR. 23RD
Sign-Up at this site:
BE THE CHURCH
https://signup.com/client/invitation/6775657374/1841657/false#!1841657/false/false
ALL Volunteers for BTC Sunday Projects, will meet Sunday, April 23 at 8:30am under the Heritage Oak near
the Cedar Park City Center for Worship and Sendoff. 875 Quest Parkway Cedar Park, TX. Parking at post
office, and surrounding businesses. Bring a lawn chair, and meet up with your service team! From there,
we will head out to the various service projects around town.
Possible Projects:
Assemble Cleaning/Flood Buckets (:00am - 9:00am)
We will be gathering to assemble cleaning buckets for UMCOR. Join us in assembling relief buckets for disaster
preparedness for our communities. Family Friendly and Handicap accessible project.
Hospitality Team (8:00am - 12:00pm)
Gather and deliver refreshment to work teams at various project sites. Need volunteers that are capable of lifting cases of
water bottles, and distributing snacks, possibly across varying terrain in parks and community service sites.
Prayer Team (9:00am - 12:00pm)
Prayer Warriors, and warriors in training. Let's cover this day and His people in prayer.
Building Project at HCCM-Adults needed (9:30am - 12:30am)
Skilled labor needed to build a new ramp and replace moldy ceiling tiles. Simple construction skills required. Adults Only.
Gifts for the Homeless (9:30am - 12:00pm)
We will be distributing supplies and food to the homeless at church under the bridge in Austin.
Janet Bartles Park Clean Up/potluck (9:30am - 12:30pm)
Park Clean Up and Neighborhood Cookout.
1100 Buttercup Creek, Cedar Park
Women’s Shelter Clean Up: Hope Alliance (9:30am - 12:00pm)
Women’s Shelter Clean Up and Clothing Closet Organizing. Adult Volunteers Only
Austin Dog Alliance (10:00am - 12:00am)
Site cleanup, minor repairs and meet and greet the Animals. All ages, no specific skills.
Frozen Yogurt and Bingo Social (10:00am - 12:00pm)
Join an area nursing and rehabilitation facility in playing Bingo and serving frozen yogurt! All ages are welcome
Open My World Therapeutic Riding Center (10:00am - 12:30pm)
Pull weeds from trails, clean up rocks from riding arena, misc yard work tasks at Horse Ranch.
Park Clean up (10:00am - 12:00pm)
We will walk the Veteran’s Memorial Park & trails to pick up trash and thoroughly clean all tables and benches
Veteran’s Park Community Garden (10:00am - 12:00am)
Pull weeds, plant, and clean up in anyway requested by the park!
Dog Wash at Veteren's Memorial Dog Park (10:30am - 11:30am)
Wash dogs and pass out treats and water and interact with pet owners. Veteran’s Memorial Park.
Laundromat Buy down and Car Drying (10:30am - 11:30am)
Bring your Quarters and Smiles! We are going into the community to help with Laundry and Car drying!
ACTS of Love Golf Goody Bag Stuffing (11:00am - 1:00pm)
Put together goody bags for ACTS of Love Golf Tournament Fundraiser.
Dog Wash at Veteran’s Memorial Dog Park (11:30am - 12:30am)
Wash dogs and pass out treats and water and interact with pet owners. Veteran’s Memorial Park.
Laundromat Buy down and Car Drying (11:30am - 12:30pm)
Bring your Quarters and Smiles! We are going into the community to help with Laundry and Car drying!
Collection for UMCOR Flood Buckets
5-gallon bucket with resealable lid
Liquid laundry detergent
Liquid household cleaner:
Dish soap: 1 can air freshener: Aerosol or pump
1 insect repellant spray
1 scrub brush:
18 cleaning wipes:
7 sponges:
5 scouring pads:
50 clothespins
Clothesline:
24-roll heavy-duty trash bags:
5 dust masks
2 pairs kitchen dishwashing gloves
1 pair work gloves:
All items must be new except for the actual bucket and lid.
CALENDAR OF EVENT
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WEDNESDAY, April 5
1:00p
Easy Line Dancing Class
6:30p
“Creating a Culture of Kindness” in Sanctuary
7:00p
Roman’s Bible Study in MMB Conference
Room
th
THURSDAY, April 6
10:15a Disciple IV
th
FRIDAY, April 7
9:00am Men coffee at Randall’s Cypress Creek
10:00a Weekly Women’s Coffee
th
SATURDAY, April 8
9:00am UMW Meeting in MMB Conference Room
9:30-3:15
Welcoming Prayer Workshop
th
SUNDAY, April 9 PALM SUNDAY Beginning of Holy
Week
8:30a
WORSHIP, Come, Celebrate, Communion,9:45a
Classes for all ages ; Children(MMB); Youth;
Seekers(Library); Followers(MMBCR);
Book Discussion (MMB);
10:45a WORSHIP Come, Celebrate,
Noon
Choir Practice
6:00p
Youth
th
MONDAY, April 10
7:30p
Contemplative Prayer
th
TUESDAY, April 11
9:15am Tuesday Trekkers
10:00am Lectionary Discussion in the Sanctuary
th
WEDNESDAY, April 12
Noon
Healing Service of Worship
1:00p
Easy Line Dancing Class
7:00p
Roman’s Bible Study in MMB Conference
Room
LOOKING FORWARD !!
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Apr 13
7pm Maundy Thursday Communion
Apr 14th 7pm Good Friday Worship
Apr 15th
10am Preparing the Altar
Apr 16th EASTER
7:00am Sunrise Worship in Outdoor Chapel
8:30am Worship with Communion
9:40am Egg Hunt for Children
10:45am Worship
Apr 17th
6:30p Trustees
Apr 19th
9:30a Membership / Hospitality
Apr 21st
Newsletter Input
Apr 22nd
8am Open Doors
Apr 22nd
6pm Empower (PreK-5th)
rd
Apr 23
Be The Church Sunday
Apr 29th
9am Congregation Work Day
Apr 29th
5pm Sock Hop!! Child’s Haven
May 1st
6:30p Church Council
June 19-23rd VBS Mega Sports
Please check the Calendar at our website: www.cpfumc.org
ON-GOING HAPPENINGS !!
YOUTH
Meals needed for Sunday night meetings .. talk to Rev. Bonnie!!
CHOIR
We will have practice after second service -
Thanks, Jodi; 512-633-0009
Sunday April 9th #2108
Holy Thursday – “Do This in Remembrance”
Good Friday – “What Love Is This?”
Easter Sunday (both services) “Do This in Remembrance” & “Gloria”
APR 29TH
April 30th - practice after second service
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May 4 - #2058
May 4th - practice after second service
June 4th -sing something - don't know what yet
SOCK HOP !!!
A CHILD’S HAVEN
Open Enrollment for A Child’s Haven, early childhood program begins Feb. 28th for the 2017-2018 school
year. Contact Director, Lesley Foyt, [email protected] / 512.335.9540 for more information..
Spring Fundraiser Sock Hop!!- April 29th, 5:00pm - - Silent Auction; Food; Fun; mark your calendar….
6 / WEEK
WHITESTONE ELEMENTARY
Remember: 2 Breakfasts 2 Lunches 2 Dinners & 4 Snacks
*** Needing: lunches, vegetables, fruits, milk ***
AWESOME !!!!
HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES
RED BAGS
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR “RED BAGS” FILLED FOR HCCM….
NEEDED: TOOTHBRUSHES, TOOTH PASTE, & TOILET TISSUE
TIDBITS
WHY SAY “THE BODY OF CHRIST, BROKEN FOR YOU”?
Why do they say "the body of Christ, broken for you"? Was His body broken?
Someone shared a question about a term heard in a communion service, that Christ's body was "broken for
you." That is not usually what is said in the United Methodist communion ritual. We do not say, "The body
of Christ, BROKEN for you." We say, The body of Christ GIVEN for you."
However, there are reasons for both terms. As the Rev. Taylor Burton-Edwards of Discipleship
Ministries explains, what is given has first been broken.
Here's why.
First, it is what the gospels report that Jesus said about the bread he broke and gave to his disciples at his last
meal with them. "This is my body, broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
Thus we remember the action of Jesus breaking the bread in the Great Thanksgiving.
Second, and more deeply, perhaps, is the understanding of sacrifice implicit in these actions — both what
Jesus was about to do himself, what Jesus was doing at that moment with his disciples, and what we are
doing as we offer ourselves to God in the Great Thanksgiving in union with Christ's offering for us.
Ritually, this is how sacrifices are celebrated in the Old Testament. The priest TAKES the elements to be
offered (whether grain, wine, oil or animal flesh), BLESSES God and seeks God's blessing upon them, and
then BREAKS and GIVES them to those who are present for the sacrifice to consume them together.
In consuming what has been offered and blessed by God, the whole assembly is nourished by God's presence
among them. Thus, when Jesus TOOK bread, BLESSED God, BROKE the bread, and GAVE it to his
disciples, ritually, he was enacting a sacrifice of thanksgiving in which it was understood the bread was his
body, and the cup was his blood. And when the disciples ate the bread and drank the cup, they were (and
we still are!) nourished by the presence of Christ in his body and blood.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN LAUNCH PROMO VIDEO, RESOURCESFOR ASSEMBLY 2018
CONTACT: JAY ROLLINS, COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCER FOR ASSEMBLY 2018 EMAIL JAY
A new promotional video and resources have been launched in anticipation of the 19th quadrennial Assembly of United
Methodist Women in Columbus, Ohio, May 18-20, 2018.
The theme for Assembly is “The Power of Bold.” The event will mark the official celebration of the organization’s
150th anniversary and will also be a return to the location of the first Assembly in 1942.
“Our movement was launched by the bold action of women who saw a need and claimed their power as disciples of Jesus
Christ to address it,” said Harriett Jane Olson, chief executive officer of United Methodist Women. “They sent women
leaders—Isabella Thoburn, an educator, and Dr. Clara Swain, a doctor—to India to serve women and children in
1869. This daring continued when leaders took a bold stand for racial justice and moved their first Assembly in 1942
to Columbus, where African-American women were welcomed at hotels and other public accommodations.”
The website and resources share this legacy and highlight the action-filled weekend where United Methodist Women
members, friends and partners will gather to worship and learn about the needs of women, children and youth in the
21st century. The new resources, available in color and black/white, may be downloaded from the
website, www.UMWAssembly.org/share. The video can also be viewed on YouTube at: http://bit.ly/UMWAssembly.
“The Power of Bold will be evident again at Assembly 2018, when 8,000 women come together in faith to address priority
challenges of their day: mass incarceration, economic inequality, maternal and child health and climate justice,” Olson
said. “We hope these resources will encourage our members to share the word, invite their friends and demonstrate
that when women unite, bold and courageous actions occur!”
The early registration fee for the 2018 Assembly is $295 with a November 30, 2017, deadline. After that date, regular
registration fee is $330. This fee includes two healthy lunches for attendees.
Assembly is a great value at $295 early registration fee. Few other faith-based conferences offer Worship/Plenaries
infused with music and performing arts, quality Workshops & riveting Town Hall Meetings with important leaders,
Action opportunities and Experience Hall with educational immersion experiences for such a low fee.
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