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IN THIS ISSUE Mission & Vision
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From the Pastor’s Desk
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Sid’s Butterfly Flutterings
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Children’s Ministry
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Health and Wellness
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Letter From the Editor
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Notes From Missions
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Empowering Local Ministries
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What’s Coming Up
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Celebrations and Concerns
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Pastor’s Dear Friends,
We are launching our new “theme” for the church, “Make This Place Your Home.” This of course got me to thinking about my childhood home. I grew up on a street with mostly boys, and all but save one were older than me, so that wasn’t always easy. Also, my dad was a school principle, and so I would often catch grief for that. In addition, I didn’t have an older brother for “protection.” My best friend Donnie had an older brother Al, and so if you messed with Donnie you messed with Al. But I didn’t have that advantage. 3
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So, my neighborhood could be wonderful and glorious, but just as often dangerous and risky. Getting picked on or ridiculed or bullied was just the way the world was. Thus, “home” was a safe harbor for me. Both my Mom and Dad were nurturing, loving, caring parents. They loved me as I was. But at the same time, they challenged me, had high expectations for me, pushed me hard to be “better.” Perhaps this is what we mean by “Make This Place Your Home.” A safe place to come and be nurtured and loved on, and yet a place where we are challenged to grow, learn, transform, be “better” than we ever thought possible. This seems Biblical to me. Jesus demanded that people repent, change, pick up crosses, leave the past totally behind. To one he even challenged to “sell everything.” Wow. What is the old saying? Jesus loves us too much to leave us as we are? And yet in every Gospel story Jesus seems to start with where they are right now. Jesus would talk to anybody, give his life for everybody. Even the bully down the street.
About two weeks after I moved to Fredericksburg, I was introduced to someone down on Main Street. I said “I just moved here two weeks ago.” She shook my hand and said, “Well welcome home!” I’ll never forget how good that made me feel. I have no doubt that there will be challenges and even tears and pain ahead. That is just the way the world is. But I don’t want to be a perpetual visitor. I want to be home. I want to make this place my home. So, let’s do it, my friends. Let’s make this place our home. Let’s make this place a home for our friends, family, and community. Even for the bully down the street. I’m guessing he needs it just as much as we do. Proud to be Your Pastor,
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Rev. George Lumpkin has served as Senior Pastor of Fredericksburg United Methodist Church since June of 2015. He has been serving as an ordained minister in Texas for more than 25 years. fredumc.org 4
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am writing this in the month of February. The day after Ash Wednesday. So I am in the first day of Lent! I had a birthday five days ago—it was my 70th! So I am in the 5th day of a new year! I feel like I am in my 50’s but my body tells me I have overdone a few things like eating and stress—not the physical stress but the stress of years of living. So if the Lord is willing and the creek don’t rise, I will be another year older.
I no longer want any part of who I used to be. Thank God for giving me a brand new start in Jesus Christ. The past is past. I live for today, and I live for God!
Dear Reader of this epistle, I cannot do this without you. Meet me in the garden, please; and together we will witness all God’s creation letting go---it is called EASTER !!! Today & Now!
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I no longer want any part of who I used to be. Thank God for giving me a brand new start in Jesus Christ.
I learned something today. I had my quiet time outside…in the Biblical Garden. Things are really happening in that Holy space. By the time you are reading this (the first week of March) I am sure flowers, buds, trees, roses…everything will be calling out LIFE! There are at least two tulips in bloom today…that’s why in just a few more weeks with warm temperatures and a gift of rain, everything will be dressed in their Easter Best!
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Be Blessed, Pastor Sid PS: Seriously, if you have not visited the Biblical Garden, stop by the church. Pass the office. Continue down the hall past the Sanctuary to a wall of windows. Unlock the door. Walk past the tables on your right (watch your step, there is an incline) and head for the garden in front of you— behind the building…you will hear the splash of water from the fountain. You are on Holy Ground. Linger. Listen. God speaks in his Garden !!!
(It is going to have this beauty because of the gardeners like Peggy Benson and her volunteer disciples!) Back to the quite time in the garden. The sun was warm. The birds were signing. You get the idea. Then the Holy Spirit nudged me with this invitation. PUT YOUR PAST BEHIND YOU. Cannot you see that God is doing a new thing! The past is done. Nothing can be done about it. I look back thinking I wish I had done this or I wish I had not done that. I am in my own prison… dwelling on the past. If I continue to dwell on the past, I will resurrect the old me, which has room for more mistakes and even evil! –something I want no part of!
Rev. Sid Spiller has been our associate Pastor at FUMC since July of 2014. He served as a pastor for over 35 years, and focuses primarily on pastoral care and senior adult ministry here in his retirement.
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hen I think of home as a child, I remember a place that I felt safe, accepted and loved. A place I could laugh or cry, a place of comfort and joy. It was, of course, my parents who provided that for me by making sure 7
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we spent quality time together. My favorites were game night, hiking and going to the lake. Then I started thinking about the house and yard. After school, climbing a giant sycamore tree and being able to climb higher and higher as I got older.
Picking sweet fruit from a plum tree growing outside my bedroom window was a special treat. About every two years, while I was gone at summer camp, my mom would redecorate my room. I was always surprised when coming home to find my room with beautiful new wallpaper, paint and bedding. There are three that I remember the most, one was blue, one green and another in purple. Maybe that’s why those are my favorite colors today. As I think back about how much work my mom put into redecorating my room, I ask myself, “why?” She loved me of course, but why was it important for her to do this for me? It was because she was creating an environment for me where I felt and knew I was loved, cared for and safe. A place where I wanted to be. And I did. I loved being at home and in my room. When I was asked to think about how home relates to children’s ministry, it wasn’t difficult to connect the dots. What an incredible opportunity we have to create
an environment (physical, emotional and spiritual) where children want to be. A place where they feel welcomed, safe, accepted and loved. A place they can make their home. We have a great start with some people who are investing themselves in the lives of our children. Some are faithfully showing their love and God’s love to these kids every week. There is more work to be done. The children’s wing is in need of physical restoration. It is amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do, both for the room and the child. We need more helpers for both Sunday School and Pioneer Club. Consider and pray about how you can accept Jesus’ challenge when He said, “Let the little children come to me.” Let’s work together to make this place a home for children. Lisa Lisa Davis serves as Children’s Director for FUMC. During the last 7 years , she has taught God’s Word to children as a children's leader at Bible Study Fellowship, Sunday School and at multiple VBS programs. This has developed a passion in her for the Bible and for children to know it. She is excited to bring children and their families closer to Christ. fredumc.org 8
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5. Healthy eating patterns limit added sugars. Less than 10% of your daily calories should come from added sugars. ChooseMyPlate.gov provides more information about added sugars, which are sugars and syrups that are added to foods or beverages when they are processed or prepared. This does not include naturally occurring sugars such as those consumed as part of milk and fruits. 6. Healthy eating patterns limit saturated and trans fats. Less than 10% of your daily calories should come from saturated fats. Foods that are high in saturated fat include butter, whole milk, meats that are not labeled as lean, and tropical oils such as coconut and palm oil. Saturated fats should be replaced with unsaturated fats, such as canola or olive oil 7. Healthy eating patterns limit sodium. Adults and children ages 14 years and over should limit sodium to less than 2,300 mg per day, and children younger than 14 years should consume even less. Use the Nutrition Facts label to check for sodium, especially in processed foods like pizza, pasta dishes, sauces, and soups. 8. Most Americans can benefit from making small shifts in their daily eating habits to improve their health over the long run. Small shifts in food choices—over the course of a week, a day, or even a meal—can make a difference in working toward a healthy eating pattern that works for you. 9. Remember physical activity! Regular physical activity is one of the most important things individuals can do to improve their health. According to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, adults need at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity each week and should perform muscle-strengthening exercises on two or more days each week. Children ages 6 to 17 years need at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day, including
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aerobic, muscle-strengthening, and bonestrengthening activities. 10. Everyone has a role– at home, schools, workplaces, communities, and food retail outlets – in encouraging easy, accessible, and affordable ways to support healthy choices. ◦At home, you and your family can try out small changes to find what works for you like adding more veggies to favorite dishes, planning meals and cooking at home, and incorporating physical activity into time with family or friends. ◦Schools can improve the selection of healthy food choices in cafeterias and vending machines, provide nutrition education programs and school gardens, increase schoolbased physical activity, and encourage parents and caregivers to promote healthy changes at home. ◦Workplaces can encourage walking or activity breaks; offer healthy food options in the cafeteria, vending machines, and at staff meetings or functions; and provide health and wellness programs and nutrition counseling. ◦Communities can increase access to affordable, healthy food choices through community gardens, farmers’ markets, shelters, and food banks and create walkable communities by maintaining safe public spaces. ◦Food retail outlets can inform consumers about making healthy changes and provide healthy food choices. Learn more at www.health.gov
Blessings of Health, Tammy Amerson-Wilson, Wesley Nurse 830-997-9849
Tammy joined the FUMC family in 2005 after working as a hospice case manager for HCM for 1.5 years and at Children’s Medical Center for 17 years before that. fredumc.org
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The Not So Fun Stuff
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ello Church! Your friendly neighborhood communications director here. If you haven’t noticed, our 12th, that’s right, TWELFTH volume of The Thread is all about the word home, specifically making this place your home. I’m sure so many of you can speak to that. We each have our own unique experiences of home at each stage in our lives from childhood, through adolescence, through young adulthood and all the way through retirement.
I learned a lot of things that summer. I mean I’m talking I could write a book about it and would still have more to tell you about what I learned. But I think if I had to sum it up in one word, as all good writers should be able to do, I learned about grace. All of the time I spent feeling like a misfit, an outsider, unaccepted, different, like I was never going to find my place or my people, suddenly made sense.
Instead of trying to make myself fit the mold based on where I was and who was This is actually a word that I’ve kind of around me, I needed to make myself look struggled with. I spent the beginning of my more like this man who sacrificed his perfect childhood years living in Germany, and and blameless life so that my messed up one when we moved to Texas when I was nine could have purpose. Whoa. You all know by years old, it was real rough, now, that realization changed my All of the time I life. But having that realization at friends. I experienced some serious culture shock, and I spent feeling like a camp made that place significant to blamed Texas for it. So misfit, an outsider, me. To this day, pulling down the much so that my distaste unaccepted, different, winding gravel road marked with for the state carried all the potholes and passing our familiar way into my junior year of like I was never going camp horses grazing in the big to find my place or high school when it was my people, suddenly pasture fills me with peace and joy. time to look at colleges. I wanted the heck out of The second summer I worked at made sense. Texas. I started looking at camp, my prayer for our campers schools on the East and West Coasts, finally was that Charis was a sanctuary for them the compromising with my parents on Columbia way it was for me. A safe place. A place to College in Chicago. feel loved unconditionally. A place to feel accepted. A place to play and learn and grow When we traveled to the city for the and be surrounded by a family who cares for college visit, I fell in love. I knew right away, you deeply. The first summer I didn’t work this was IT. I had found my place. So when I arrived as a freshman a year later, I was at camp, but instead worked a not-so-fun job surprised at how homesick I felt by October. full-time and took a semester’s worth of By the same time my sophomore year, classes in less than twelve weeks, I visited Chicago was no longer it. I needed to try Charis for a weekend to keep a promise to again. I made the decision to transfer to UT. I my favorite camper. Less than 24 hours into mean I was kind of made for Austin, right? my visit I was in a corner sobbing as I But something happened in between. I spent watched campers praise God during a summer in a little town north of Denton, worship and felt my own bone-weary soul Texas called Sunset working at camp. And start to heal and find rest. friends, I found the missing piece. It wasn’t a place I was looking for, it was Jesus.
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That was July of 2014. Four months later, I had the courage because of my camp experience to take a leap of faith and move to Fredericksburg. I don’t think there is a more relevant phrase in the English language than “make this place your home” to describe this season of my life. I accepted this job, got in the car two days later, jumped headfirst into this community and never looked back. I never struggled to feel connected to Fredericksburg. That was immediate. Maybe it’s the German charm, or just that it’s stunningly beautiful, but I think it has a lot to do with you, friends. I’ve been embraced, I’ve been welcomed, I’ve been affirmed, encouraged, challenged, nurtured, blessed. You’ve allowed me to make mistakes. You’ve allowed me to be vulnerable. You’ve accepted me as I am and loved me for it. And I hope you know how much I love each of you, how deeply I care about you, and how passionately I feel about empowering you to share the love of Christ with every single person we encounter. Last March, I went back to Charis for a weekend family camp. I felt the familiar warm and fuzzy feeling wash over me as I pulled in after a long day of driving through bad weather. It was a great weekend. Though it was hard work, long hours and the grounds were cold, wet and muddy, I left on Sunday afternoon with another long drive looming feeling refreshed and inspired. As I reached the end of the drive back to Fredericksburg, pulling onto 290 in Johnson City and soon after that passing the nowfamiliar wineries between here and Stonewall, I felt that feeling wash over me again. Five months after moving to Fredericksburg, driving into this little German-Texas town felt like coming home.
I get that feeling now every time I come in from out of town. I get it when I step into my apartment and am greeted by my dog after a long day. I get it when I walk into the sanctuary on Sunday mornings. I get it when I walk into the Fredericksburg theater anticipating the start of production for another play. I get it when I am surrounded by the friends who have made me part of their family. The word home is so multifaceted. Just to me alone it can mean peace, unconditional love, healing, fun, comfort, vulnerability, responsibility, relationship, joy, hospitality, a place to wrestle with tough stuff, I mean the list goes on. So we’ve started on this journey, friends. Of adopting this word and taking ownership of it and making it ours. And it’s going to be a journey. A long, winding, sometimes-we-are-going-to-get-lost kind of a journey. When that happens, when we seem to lose our way, let’s go back to God in prayer and focus on the unique meanings home has for each of us, and remember why we’re doing this. It’s all to make Him known. It’s all to share with others that feeling that can only come from knowing Jesus. There are not enough newspaper articles or pretty graphics or great sermons or beautiful music or cool youth events or dare I say it, coffee options, to make true disciples of Jesus. It’s got to come from us listening intently and following the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit is moving. I know you all can feel it. I see it all over this church. Let’s go out and love on people and show them that whoever they are, and wherever they are in their lives, they are welcome to make this place their home. Peace, Tricia
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ave the date! The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is organizing an adult mission trip to Sager Brown, Louisiana next March. The exact dates are March 26 -31, 2017, so start praying now about whether God is leading you to be part of this trip! You might be surprised by His answer. To learn more about the trip, contact Brenda Miiller at lecrecep@hotmail.com. To learn more about UMCOR, visit www.umcor.org
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y son, Josh Marburger, and other Young Life organization persons, have been working for a year on the re-branding and improved marketing of the coffee from the Young Life camp, “La Finca”, in Nicaragua. The first obvious change is the name. Beyond Beans products will no longer be available, but rather all products will be purchased through 41&Change. The restructuring will have several benefits. First of all, it will remove from Young Life program staff the burden of responsibility for the coffee, and transfer that responsibility to a more business-like, autonomous “foundation-type” board of directors, who will be seeking to extend this model to other countries where Young Life has ongoing ministries. Hence, the name change, to allow for the inclusion of products other than coffee. The name “41&Change” is derived from the year Young Life was founded…1941 (celebrating 75 years of ministry this year, now reaching over 600,000 youth worldwide)….and the fact that they are indeed “changing” lives. The re-branding is also giving them the opportunity to modernize their products and packaging. Instead of the one pound bags used for Beyond Beans, the standard new package will be a 12 oz., re-sealable pouch, with an “air-expressing” valve, to help maintain better freshness. For institutions, restaurants, etc., there are also 5 pound bags available. They will be offering five different coffees, each available either as whole bean or ground (up until now, we have had a very limited supply of ground coffee for the more casual coffee drinkers, who do not have a coffee grinder at home). These choices will include the traditional light and dark roast selections that we have had (but now as blends with premium coffees from locations other than La Finca, to further enhance the flavor), and other coffees that we have not previously had available, including an espresso and a decaf. And,
one more highly anticipated product: K-cups (in a 36 count box)! We plan to order fresh-roasted coffee each month, ensuring even better quality to an already exceptional coffee! By ordering each month, we can also respond to consumer demand and requests. A very important change: When we were selling Beyond Beans coffee, all profits above the base cost of the coffee was going to support Young Life Nicaragua, primarily to help send youth to camp. The new “41&Change” program is structured to encourage organizations like FUMC to use the coffee sales as a fundraiser for themselves. Therefore, from the profits on the coffee we will now be selling, typically $1.00 will go back to Nicaragua, and the rest ($5.00 on most of the 12 oz. pouches) will stay with FUMC. Now here is where the possibilities are limited only by the enthusiasm and participation of our congregation. If the Mission Ministries team continues to have the full responsibility for coffee sales, the proceeds will become theirs to disperse as they see fit (and most likely their energies will be exhausted, and they will not be able to maintain the program). Mission is proposing that other groups or community organizations take responsibility of the coffee sales at the church for two to four month blocks of time, and the proceeds then go to that endeavor. In addition, coffee will be available on the first and third Sunday of each month, allowing more opportunities to both purchase and fundraise! An added bonus is that that group gets that time to present themselves to our congregation, with the potential for garnishing additional financial and volunteer support. Our first ministry to benefit from this is the Belize Mission Group, who will head up coffee sales in March and April. Any group that is interested in participating can contact Brenda Miiller, Missions chairperson, or any member of the Missions team. Submitted by Gary Marburger
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Special Events Coming Home Sunday Sunday, February 28th Worship at 10:30 a.m. Chili Lunch at 11:30 a.m. Family Life Center *Join us in celebrating the exciting things God is leading us to as a church and as the body of Christ. Stick around after the service for fun, fellowship and food!
Lenten Bible Study Wednesdays at 12 p.m. & 6 p.m. Through the season of Lent Led by Pastor George *Bring your own bible and sandwich
41&Change Coffee Sales Now the FIRST and THIRD Sunday of each month during Agape Time FUMC Fellowship Hall *Proceeds for March & April benefit the Belize Mission group.
Spring Forward Sunday, March 13th *Don’t forget the clocks get set forward at 12 a.m. on March 13th
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Easter Sunday Sunday, March 27th Sunrise Service at 7:30 a.m. Easter Brunch at 8:30 a.m. Contemporary at 9 a.m. Traditional at 11:10 a.m. *More information on our Holy Week schedule coming soon
Youth Middle School Youth Wednesdays from 5:30 –7 p.m. in the Youth Room
High School Youth Wednesdays from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Youth Room
Youth Sunday School Sundays at 10 a.m. for all youth 6th12th grade in the Youth Room
Confirmation Classes Sundays at 4 p.m. in Room 12
Children Pioneer Club & Kids Music Academy Wednesdays beginning at 3:30 p.m. *Contact Lisa Davis or Don Doss at 997-7679 for more information
Children’s Sunday School Sundays 10-11 a.m. *Contact Lisa Davis at 997-7679
Child Development Center
Miles for Mission
Weekdays from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. *Contact Amy O’Neil at 990-2320
On April 2nd, a group of us from the church are going to ride in the LBJ 100 bike tour. Some will ride 10 miles, some 30 or 42, some 62 miles (100 kilometers). The entry fees help preserve history at the LBJ National Park. Any extra donations will go to our upcoming Belize mission trip. As you have seen, the Belize mission has been life changing for both our church and the people of Belize. Your help makes a difference in the world! Our overall goal is to raise $20,000. The Youth Group has already raised $12,000. Let’s put them over the top! You can pledge online at fredumc.org, or call the church office at 997-7679
Easter Egg Hunt March 20th around 12:30 p.m. following Palmz in the Platz at Marktplatz
Music Wesleyan Bell Choir Rehearsal Wednesdays at 6 p.m. FUMC Sanctuary
Chancel Choir Rehearsal Wednesdays at 7 p.m. FUMC Sanctuary
Praise Team Rehearsal Thursdays at 6 p.m. FUMC Sanctuary
Music Club Concert Nathaniel Mayfield– Trumpet March 20th at 3 p.m. FUMC Sanctuary
Opportunities To Serve Lenten Clothing Drive Our missions committee is collecting used clothing to benefit those in need after a disaster strikes. Through March 13th, there will be a collection area in the Fellowship Hall for donations.
Welcoming Home Looking for an easy way to serve? We need greeters to welcome people as they come in for worship on Sunday mornings and ESPECIALLY to man to the Welcome Desk and answer questions for guests (or members!). We will provide all the necessary training, all you need is a smile! Sign up in the church office.
From the Wonder Workers As part of the long-term Wonder Workers project of upgrading all the old fluorescent light fixtures at church, we have accumulated an plethora of used T12, 40 Watt, 4 ft. fluorescent tubes. The accumulation grows weekly as the Wonder Workers proceed with the upgrade project. All of the tubes are still functional, and probably have many hours of useful life left. The church will have no use for these tubes after the lighting upgrade is completed later this year. If anyone has a need for some of these tubes, please contact John Doudna by phone at: 992-2180, or e-mail at: johndoudna@earthlink.net.
Prime Time Seniors Planning Committee Our second annual Prime Time Seniors event has been scheduled for April 28th, but to make it happen we need your help! If you are interested in helping, we invite you to a planning meeting at 4 p.m. on March 1st. For more information, contact Pastor Sid at sid@fredumc.org. fredumc.org 20
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1 Kathy Doerr 2 Deborah Sly 2 Kris Weaver 2 Jessica Habecker 3 Becky Wallace 4 Janice Langerhans 4 John Lawrence Dwyer 4 Carol Batterton 4 James Barnhouse 5 April Cade 6 Barbara Loyd 7 Tom Cleckler 8 Jerome Hubalek 8 Ellen Althaus-Day 8 Connie Cowan 9 Bill Borron 9 Eric Williams 9 Blake Neffendorf 10 Geneva Tatsch 11 Vickie Schmidt 11 Jan Williams 11 Sharon Massey
11 Dennis & Erika Benfield 12 Bud & Gayle Harris 13 Phyllis Guthrie 14 Bill Harrell 14 Robert & Agnes Houy 15 Charles Koym 15 Jennifer Doss 16 Cindy Harper 15 Elmer & Sharon Wahrmund 16 Joyce Fiedler 16 Jim & Jeanne Warren 17 Rachel Andreassian 17 Brandon Sanchez 19 Linda Treibs 19 Danielle King 20 Karen Cottingame 20 Wayne & Sharon Massey 21 Russell Rice 21 Hugh Reeves 21 Wanda Detmar
21 Dean and Julie Herbort 21 Bill and Bettie White 21 Gregg & Kristin Hagelstein 22 Noemi Cain 23 Fred Kunz 23 Daniel & Kathleen Norris 24 Jeffrey Hallford 24 Jim Johnson 25 Sandy Doudna 25 Crystal Fox 26 Linda Lee 27 Tom Canfield 27 Sue Graham 27 Bryan & Miranda Rogers 28 Chelsea Campbell 29 Adam & Kristi Stafford 30 Joseph Barr 31 Dan Geistweidt 31 Garet VonNetzger 31 Becca Allen 路 Dates and names in bold are anniversaries.
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CONTINUING CONCERNS Nursing Home & OUR Military Retirement Center Carolyn Allen Ruth Braeutigam Clarence Durst Carol Dwyer Imogene Friedrich Fred Mesch Desmond Sagebiel Mabel Teschner Romilda Jaimson
Audrey Kothmann Norma Peterson Marvin Prochnow Marvel Pospisil Auralia Schmid Melrose Sultemeier Jimmie Tree Fred Kunz
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Scott Benfield Khristy Brazell Roland Cleveland Adam Duecker Gary L. Goin Dylan Guess Houston Haley Chance Harling Wacey Holladay Mark Klaerner Bryce Klein Jason Loving Alec Maples Quentin Moellering
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James Muncy Dennis Ray Phillips Chris Pieper Steven Ramsey Tyler Remini Jeffrey Schmidt Cody Segner Jason Smith Bruce Stafford Perry Waters Charlie Watson Ash Westerfield Weston Williams Dara Wydler Steve York Joshua Weaver Ethan Waterman
Central Asia: Brian & Cynthia -Isaiah 6:8 Eastern Asia: Misti Ecuador: Ecuador: Tim & Daina We also want to Madagascar: Adam & Suzie, acknowledge Jana and Leigh, Phoebe, Emma, Baylee & River who are serving the Japanese Detroit .We support them Nicaragua: Sara & Joey, Risa, inwhen possible, and hope to Micah & Jace add them to our regular Philippines: Marsha support list in the future. Connect Online!
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Fredericksburg United Methodist Church 1800 North Llano Fredericksburg TX 78624-2917 **************************************
Connect with our staff Rev. George Lumpkin……Senior Pastor (glumpkin59@gmail.com) Rev. Sid Spiller……..Associate Pastor (sid@fredumc.org) Don Doss……………………Director of Music Ministries (don@fredumc.org) Joel Griffin…………………..Director of Youth Ministries (joel@fredumc.org) Lisa Davis……………..Director of Children’s Ministries (lisa@fredumc.org) Kenneth Vaughan…………Director of Media Ministries (notagadget@gmail.com) Tricia Small…………………Director of Communications (tricia@fredumc.org) Amy O’Neil…………………Director of CDC (methodistpreschoolfbg@gmail.com) Judy Hickerson……………..Organist Linda Klein………………….Office Manager (linda@fredumc.org) Selena Hendrix……………...Director of Finances (selena@fredumc.org) Florie Hernandez……………Custodian Tammy Amerson-Wilson RN………Wesley Nurse (TAmerson-Wilson@mhm.org)
Regular office hours are Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m.—5 p.m., closed 12-1 p.m. for lunch, and You can reach the office at 830-997-7679, or visit fredumc.org to learn more about our worship and ministries.