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I am so excited that The Master’s Storyteller is going to be here in August. Wesley Putnam has been a friend of mine for years and I love his ministry. When he visited my last church, I was delighted to see a church full of Methodists in the pews every night! Now, in my book, when you get Methodists to come to church on a weeknight, it is a good night! People were talking about these meetings for weeks after he left. Bottom line . . . God used him to make a difference. That is why I’ve asked him to come to Christ Church. His stories are fun, full of humor, very well-presented and effective in communicating God’s love to this generation. Those who came to church on the morning he delivered his message to Christ Church on Grand Slam Sunday know that we are in for a great event. Want to know more? Visit his website, keep up with his travels and listen to his music. Follow him on Twitter and “like” the Wesley Putnam Ministries Facebook page. Download some of his songs on iTunes for an added blessing. And remember to put these dates on your calendar and start inviting your friends now!
THE MASTER’S STORYTELLER IS COMING TO CHRIST CHURCH AUGUST 11 - 14!
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(You can learn more about “The Master’s Storyteller” at his website, www.wesleyputnam.org and by listening online to his latest album, “Treasures.” August 11 – 14 will be the time when Putnam returns to present his Dayspring Revival, which will include a very special ministry to children called “Bible Quest.” Putnam’s ministry is supported by love offerings.) ...throughout His ministry to impart eternal truths in a
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way the people could understand.The art of storytelling has the ability to engage audiences of all ages, and to Christ United Methodist Church penetratewww.cumcsl.org even the hardest of hearts. That’s the spirit behind The Master’s Storyteller.
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WEEKLY WORSHIP SCHEDULE - SUNDAYS CONTEMPORARY • 8:15 AM • SANCTUARY TRADITIONAL • 9:45 & 11:05 AM • SANCTUARY the hub • 11:00 AM • FAMILY LIFE CENTER GYM YOUTH WORSHIP • 6:00 PM • FAMILY LIFE CENTER GYM
GOD’S STORY, YOUR STORY WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY THURSDAYS, JULY 11 - AUGUST 15 • 9:30 - 11:30 AM VOLUNTEER CENTER
CELEBRATING HOLY COMMUNION
• All services, every first Sunday • Every Sunday in the Chapel, 8 to 8:15 am • Every Sunday in the hub, 11:15 to 11:30 am
JULY HEALING PRAYER WORSHIP SERVICE TUESDAY, JULY 9 • 7 PM • SANCTUARY
The best way to spiritual wholeness and health is to walk with God in all of life, in good times and also in bad times. God wants to be present in our lives so that healing may come. When we walk with God we discover Christ has already been walking with us. Come and meditate on God’s Word. Come rest in the quietness of prayer. Come meet Jesus the Healer.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES GAME DAY WEDNESDAYS, JULY 3 - 24 • 10:30 AM - 1 PM • ROOMS 11/12
Want to play? In July we will be having Game Day every Wednesday. Invite a friend and/or grandchildren, bring a sack lunch and gather with us for some fun. We play a variety of games, including Bridge and Mexican Train. Lunch includes a roundtable discussion of Scripture and faith. STAY COOL AND DANCE ON - SUMMER DANCE SERIES JULY 9 - AUGUST 1
Shannon Doerr, dance graduate from Sam Houston State University, is offering dance classes through the Fine Arts Academy: Beginners (4 - 8 yr) meet Tues & Th. July 9 - Aug. 1 for 1 hr.; Advanced (8 - 12 yr) meet M - F July 8 - 12 for 2 hrs.; Advanced (13 - 19 yr) meet M - F July 8 - 19 for 3 hrs. Please contact Tracei Wilson for more information 281.690.4759 or tracei@cumcsl.org
CONNECT MEN’S LUNCH THURSDAY, JULY 11 • 11:30 AM • BAYTOWN SEAFOOD
Men of all ages, join the Older Adult Men for lunch and fellowship at Baytown Seafood (2409 FM 1092; Missouri City). This is a wonderful cross-generational event as well as a great way to find out what is going on in our church, our community and beyond. WANTED: MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE HURTING
Stephen Ministry wants men and women who are hurting to consider becoming part of a confidential, one-to-one, Christian caregiving program. The program provides you with a Stephen Minister someone who is specially trained to walk alongside you, listen to you, and journey with you to a better, less hurtful place, in your life. The program generally calls for you to meet with your Stephen Minister for one hour a week, for as long as you need. For more information, contact Referrals Coordinator, Sally McKnight, at 713.306.1719. 2013 SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS
Hey, kids … if you’re age 3 - 1st grade, come join us this summer for camp! This year’s themes are: God’s Wonderful World of Imagination, Biblical Bugs, God Created the Heavens and the Earth, and Exciting Experiments in God’s World. For camp details and online registration, visit www.cumcsl.org/camp. Contact Kim Ripley at kimr@cumcsl.org or 281.690.4765.
Women, is there a cohesive storyline to the chaos, confusion & clutter of your daily life? According to well-loved author Max Lucado, the answer is a resounding yes! Join Debe Fannin as she leads this 6-week study for an unforgettable journey woven with New Testament stories and contemporary examples of God’s beautiful story-making skills. Orientation and material handout will be on June 20 with classes scheduled July 11 - August 15. Register online. Questions? Contact Debe Fannin at debe23@aol.com. PUT IT IN WRITING THURSDAY, JULY 25 • 10 AM • CHURCH LIBRARY
Our lives are full of stories. One way to secure those memories for ourselves and future generations is to “put it in writing.” Jan Randolph will lead this monthly writers’ workshop designed to instruct, inspire, encourage and support participants in the writing process. Our explorations will include (but not necessarily be limited to) memoirs, journal writing, prayer journals, faith stories, family narratives, and poetry. Just bring paper and pencil and your mind full of stories. OFF THE BENCH SPORTS CAMP JULY 8 - JULY 12 • 5 - 8:15 PM
Children’s Ministries is excited that UW Sports Ministry will be returning to Christ Church this summer! The Ministry team provides quality coaching while sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. • Football is available for boys currently in 2nd through 5th grades. • Soccer is available for boys and girls currently in K through 5th grades. • Cheer is available for girls currently in K through 5th grades. • Basketball is available for girls and boys currently in 2nd through 5th grades (limited space). • A special Team 45 Camp is available for children that will be age 4 or 5 by camp date. Cost is $65. Register at www.cumcsl.org/camp. Sign up today!! If you are a youth or adult and have an interest in sports and/or children, this is a great SERVE opportunity for you. We need volunteers for the following areas: Coaching, Prayer, Registration, Security, Snack and Team 45. Contact Kim Ripley at kimr@cumcsl.org or 281.690.4765. A STUDY OF “GRACE” BY MAX LUCADO SUNDAYS, AUG. 4 - SEPT. 15 • 8:30 AM • BRIDE’S ROOM
Grace. We talk as though we understand the term. The bank gives us a grace period. The seedy politician falls from grace. Musicians speak of a grace note. We describe an actress as gracious, a dancer as graceful. We use the word for hospitals, baby girls, kings, and premeal prayers. We talk as though we know what grace means. But do we really understand it? Have we settled for wimpy grace? It politely occupies a phrase in a hymn, fits nicely on a church sign. Never causes trouble or demands a response. When asked if you believe in grace, who could say no? Max Lucado asks a deeper question: Have you been changed by grace? Shaped by grace? Strengthened by grace? Emboldened by grace? Softened by grace? Snatched by the nape of your neck and shaken to your senses by grace? God’s grace has a drenching about it. A wildness about it. A white-water, riptide, turn-you-upside-downness about it. Grace comes after you. It rewires you. From insecure to God secure. From regret riddled to better-because-of-it. From afraid to die to ready to fly.
SERVE WHEN DISASTER STRIKES - EARLY RESPONDER TRAINING OR RE-CERTIFICATION SATURDAY, JULY 20 • 8:30 AM - 4 PM • ROOMS 11/12
Does God urge you to take action when you watch the TV and witness the aftermath of a disaster? If so, then this training may be for you. Early Responders are trained and equipped to enter a disaster site soon after emergency/rescue response teams. Cost of $30 includes lunch, manual, t-shirt and a photo-ID badge. You can save $10 if you bring your own device that has a port for a USB thumb drive. Attendees who are not already Safe Sanctuary Certified must complete an online Safe Sanctuary course at www.txcumc.org/pages/detail/705 - this course takes about 30 minutes. Once completed, please print out your certificate and bring it with you to the training. If you are already a trained Early Responder, we will also be holding a re-certification class on the same day from 8:30 am to noon. Cost of $20 includes manual, t-shirt and a photo-ID badge. You can save $10 if you bring your own device that has a port for a USB thumb drive. If you are interested in either class, please register online at www.cumcsl.org/ ert. For questions, call Renee Teel at 281.690.4755. FORT BEND FAMILY PROMISE NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK SATURDAY, JULY 13 • 6:05 PM START TIME • SKEETERS GAME AT CONSTELLATION FIELD
On Saturday, July 13, our Sugar Land Skeeters will present Fort Bend Family Promise Night at the Ballpark, as the Skeeters take on the Somerset Patriots at Constellation Field. Discounted tickets are $12 and can be purchased online at www.sugarlandskeeters.com. Half of the ticket price will be donated to Fort Bend Family Promise. Use Special Offer Code: PROMISE. Get your tickets NOW and enjoy a fun night out while helping FBFP meet the immediate needs of homeless families in our county... and GO SKEETERS! UM ARMY MISSION TRIP JULY 21 - 27 • ANGLETON, TX
Join us in the summer of 2013 for our UM ARMY Mission. During this week, participants will be assigned to work teams which combine their unique strengths and gifts in order to meet the home repair and maintenance needs of the less fortunate in the area. This is an amazing mission that allows us to share the Gospel message of love and hope offered by Jesus Christ through our hands and our hearts. Parent volunteers and adult drivers are needed. Price of $275 will include all food, transportation and lodging. WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT!
During the Empty Bowls event last month, Ginny Schabacker received the East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry Volunteer of Year award for serving 787 hours during 2011! God bless you, Ginny, for spending so much time being the hands and feet of Christ.
ITS S.O.S. TIME! SUNDAYS, JULY 7 THROUGH JULY 28 • MINISTRY CENTER
It is S.O.S. time again! For many years, this congregation has made dreams come true and given children right here in Fort Bend County the confidence and tools needed for success in school. S.O.S. provides new, prepackaged school supplies to low income, qualified students in grades K-12. We work in conjunction with EFBHNM to reach these deserving students. Ministry leader Pam Bluestein writes: “New school supplies are a big deal to children. When my own children were little, they loved playing with and lining up their new school supplies. They were so excited for the first day of school every year, in part, because of something so simple - new supplies. To this day, I have fond memories of watching my girls play with and take pride in their new supplies. What we are asking you to do is this - please give another parent and child this same great memory. New school supplies give a child confidence and create excitement about going to school every day.” Suggested donation levels are as follows: $35 buys supplies for one elementary student $70 buys supplies for one elementary and 2 middle/high school students $100 buys supplies for 3 to 4 students (depending on grade level) $500 buys supplies for nearly a full classroom! You will find volunteers in the Ministry Center to answer your questions or to take your cash/check donations. You may also place a check in the collection plate; just make a note of SOS on the memo line. Sunday School class donations can be transferred directly into the SOS account, or can be placed in the class donation envelope. Thank you so much for supporting this wonderful ministry and for being a blessing to a child! Questions? Please call Pam Bluestein at 281.343.9913 or Elaine Huffer at 281.499.6648. ADOPT A CRAFT FOR MEXICO VBS CALL MEXICO MISSIONS ASAP!
Adopt-a-Craft Day - it’s a great family project! We need 4 families or individuals, each willing to come up with 2 VBS crafts for children in Mexico. You’ll be asked to purchase enough supplies to allow 350 children to make your crafts (you would have a $250 church budget), plus make some completed samples of each. No need to purchase markers, crayons, pencils, scissors or glue - the church will provide the children with these supplies. Your craft supplies and completed samples would need to be delivered to the church by the morning of July 8 so that they could be loaded into vans heading for the Mexico border. This is a great way to help the children of Mexico from your own casa! Contact Mexico Missions at 281.690.4755 or Olinda Jehovics at 713.385.8685 as soon as possible, as these 4 chances to serve fill up quickly!
HELP FAMILIES IN FORT BEND JULY 21 - 28 • FAMILY LIFE CENTER
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The week of July 21 - July 28, Christ Church will once again serve as a host church for Fort Bend Family Promise, a local program assisting families displaced from their homes. Qualified clients will have dinner & stay the night at church during our host week. Many volunteer opportunities are available. You can be “hands on” or “behind the scenes”. Contact Kira Halcarz at 832.654.9356 or kira.halcarz@gmail. com. A family in crisis needs your Christian love and hands to serve.
BY REV. LINDA SUMMERS PIERCE EXECUTIVE PASTOR
Enter worship through a castle! Relive the story! Hear the music! Visit the children’s activity tables! Relearn lessons of love, trust, faithfulness, and service. We’ll recall the tales from Disney’s “Magic Kingdom” all through the month of July in order to learn more about God’s Kingdom and our place in it! You don’t want to miss a single Sunday in July as each one will feature something - or someone - quite special! • “Finding Nemo” will be the featured Disney film on July 7. Based on Luke 15:47, the sermon will highlight how knowing his father loved him so very much inspired Nemo to make the right choice so he and his dad could be reunited. Nemo had help, of course, from Dory, a special friend of Nemo’s father, who was able to lead Nemo home. We’ll celebrate what it meant for Nemo to be reunited with his father and what it means for us to be reunited with our loving father. • Princess Merida, in Disney’s “Brave,” had to learn things won’t turn out as hoped when we call on the world’s powers to gain our own freedom. She also had to grow up and discover that any change of fate begins with a change of heart. On July 14, our featured text, Ephesians 4:14-16; 5:1-3, and “Brave” will teach us that with forgiveness comes transformation and true freedom in God’s power. Scottish music, including that played by a Scottish bagpiper, will be featured. • On July 21, the movie, “Cinderella”, and the text, Matthew 25:1-13, will remind us we’re always supposed to be prepared, wise, and ready since some things in life can’t be borrowed. It will be “Princess Day” at the church so if you have a princess in your family, encourage her to come dressed as the princess she is. • On July 28, “Peter Pan” and Acts 6:12-16 will teach us that Simon Peter’s shadow and Peter Pan’s shadow have a lot in common. Each one had special influence. We, too, cast shadows, and we’re called to cast shadows of good, positive effects, to be the light of Christ reflecting the shadow of Christ onto others’ lives. This is how we influence the world for Christ. You may want to bring a camera on this day. There’s going to be something exciting happening every Sunday in July. So unless you are out of town, you’re encouraged to come in casual summer dress, bring your children and grandchildren, and invite your neighbors and friends. Come learn what it means to live in God’s Kingdom!
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YOUTH WORSHIP SUNDAYS • 5 - 8 PM • GYM
All middle school & high school youth are invited to join us in the Family Life Center Gym every Sunday night from 5 - 8 pm. During that time we will have dinner, games, worship and Bible study. Our youth worship service begins at 6 pm. Bring $2, and enjoy dinner with us. 412 - THE ENCOUNTER • WEDNESDAYS • 6:30 - 8 PM • CHAPEL
High school students are invited to this weekly Bible study, Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 8 pm in the Chapel.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES 8:30 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES CRUSADERS
This class is composed of singles and couples of all ages with a participatory format and Bible-based studies. Meets in the Bride’s Room. 9:45 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES ADVENTURERS
This class consists of couples in their 30’s - 50’s, with children of all ages. This group is a discussion-oriented class studying a variety of Biblical topics. We use study guides, videos, guest speakers and music to enhance our studies. Meets in room 302/303 in the Family Life Center. BARNABAS
This class is a friendly community consisting of adults in their 40’s - 60’s united by a shared belief in Christ, seeking and providing encouragement to one another through prayer, Bible study, topical studies and lots of fellowship. Meets in the Chapel.
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All singles are invited to join us. Meets in room 309 in the Family Life Center. COUPLES FOR CHRIST
This class consists of married couples in their 20’s - 40’s with or without children. It is a relaxed, yet engaging class that provides Christ-centered fellowship, support, and opportunities for service. Meets in the Bride’s Room (across from Sanctuary). GRACE ABOUNDS
All ages and stages of life are welcome (married, single, single on Sunday). This class has a participatory rather than lecture format. We love a great discussion! Study facilitators rotate among interested class members. Meets in room 301 in the Family Life Center. GRACE NOTES
This class is composed of choir members who love to study God’s word and discuss relevant issues. Meets in the Choir Room. H.O.P.E. 24/7 (HEAR OUR PRAYERS EVERYDAY 24/7)
Our name reflects our focus on prayer. Discussion-oriented studies cover a range of topics to encourage spiritual growth. Socials and missions round out our activities for members, ages 40’s - 70’s. Meets in room 311 in the Family Life Center. JUBILEE
This class is made up of mature individuals, ages 50+ who enjoy the fellowship of others and share in the nourishment gained from Bible-based studies. Lively discussions abound under the leadership of Jan Randolph. Meets in rooms 11/12. SEEKERS
This is a class of mixed ages with couples, singles, and single on Sundays that concentrates on Bible study, missions and lively discussion. Meets in room 308 in the Family Life Center. TGIS (THANK GOD IT’S SUNDAY)
This class is made up of couples and singles of all ages who enjoy lively discussion and fellowship. Topics range from Bible study to contemporary issues and books. Meets in the Scout Shack. WEAVERS
This class is made up of marrieds and singles, ages 55+, dedicated to Bible study, fellowship and service. This class is very mission-oriented. Meets in the Library (upstairs across from the Sanctuary). AUGUST 18 & 25 • 5:30 – 8 PM
Are you ready to learn more about Christ Church and what we value and believe? Please join us for our New Member Class. Dinner is included during the first evening. There is no fee to attend, and childcare is available. Register at the Welcome Center, by contacting Benita Sebesta at benitas@cumcsl.org or online at www.cumcsl.org/join.
WOMEN’S CLASS
This class is made up of women of all ages whether married, single, widowed or divorced. We primarily do Bible-based studies and various service projects. Meets in room 307 in the Family Life Center. AXIOM - YOUNG ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL Primarily for college and career aged, 18-29. Meets in room 310 in the Family Life Center.
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Rev. Mike Mayhugh, Senior Pastor Rev. Linda Summers Pierce, Executive Pastor Rev. Preston Morgan, Executive Associate Pastor Rev. Dan Conway, Exec. Associate Pastor - GROW Ministries Karen LaMotta, Executive Director - CONNECT Ministries Roland Huysman, Executive Director - Operations Lisa Mayhugh, Director - 412 Youth Ministries Ingred Lathrop, Director - Children’s Ministries Jan Randolph, Director - Older Adult Ministries Lahonda Sharp, Director - Music & Fine Arts Renee Teel, Director - Mission Ministries Beth Carter, Director - Christ Church School
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Your pastoral staff and leaders of Christ Church’s Member Care Ministries want to share in your joys and concerns. You might not know this, but hospitals do not contact churches – even when you give them your church name, address, and contact information. Part of this is due to HIPPA laws. So whether you’re about to enter the hospital or you’re celebrating the Wesley Putnam ser ved as a pastor for nearly nine years birth of a baby, please call Sandy White in the church office at 281.980.6888. She will forward your message to the pastors and appropriate member care ministry leaders.
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