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“Now to Him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

-Ephesians 3: 20-21

IN THIS ISSUE Mission & Vision

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From the Pastor’s Desk

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Youth Ministry

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Children’s Ministry

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Letter From the Editor

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Notes From Missions

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Letter From The Trustees

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What’s Coming Up

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Celebrations and Concerns

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PASTOR’S ear Friends, By the time you read this, many of you will have seen the article in The Fredericksburg Standard on the closing of our Child Development Center, and the recent related incidents. Please allow me to share a few thoughts.

First, this congregation has great leadership. I am so proud of not only our elected committee chair leaders and the members of those committees, but the many who have stepped up, volunteered, prayed, donated, you name it. This has been a 3

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great challenge to work through, but the “saints” among us have risen to the occasion. Thank you Church.

Second, I truly believe we are going to be okay. More than okay. Victorious. God is still good, Christ is still Risen, and the Holy Spirit is still in the neighborhood, the Church is still sound. A friend of mine recently told me, “never waste a crisis.”

In other words, a crisis can provide opportunities to make things better, and that is how we need to work through this. Let us have eyes to see what opportunities are being presented to us in this so that we

can become stronger, better, more faithful.

Finally, remember that nothing good comes from fear. Maybe that is why throughout the Bible it is often repeated, “do not be afraid.” Again, God is still good, still on the throne. So, please keep your church and everyone in your prayers.

Your faithfulness and unity is especially important during this time. And thank you all for allowing me to be your pastor. It continues to be my privilege and honor.

Yours In Christ,

Pastor George 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.

“Now to Him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

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INTRODUCING OUR

2016 CONFIRMANDS!

ast month we welcomed seven new members into our church. Our sixth grade confirmation class publicly confirmed their faith in front of the congregation at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 15th. Thank you, Church, for your faithfulness to our youth ministry program.

Please keep supporting and loving on these young people as they grow deeper in their walk with Christ.

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Riley Rizzo

Haley Cole

Jalyn Baskin

Christopher Davis

Lauren Benfield Taylor Baskin

Joel has served as director of Youth Ministries at FUMC since August of 2012, and has been in fulltime youth ministry for 15 years. Joel’s passion is to see teenagers connect with the love that God has for them.

Reese Griffin

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WHEN GOD

speaks through his children exas in the spring! I love this time of year. Seeing God’s amazing creation wake up from its winter slumber reminds me of how great our God is. God speaks clearly through His creation. His power is displayed in thunderstorms, His beauty in the wildflowers, and His faithfulness in the return of migrating birds. I could go on. Meditating on how God has displayed His glory through creation makes me smile and brings joy to my heart. Try it!

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Of course God speaks to us through the Bible, so I hope you’re reading it every day. He will also speak to us through our circumstances. Lately, God has provided a friend with an encouraging word or kindness just when I need it as I go through a challenging time. But what I want to share is another story of God speaking to us through our circumstances.

In April, our after school program, Pioneer Club, had the privilege of hearing about the Kairos

Prison Ministry for women. Julie Roseberry was our speaker, and she shared her passion for the women in prison and her desire for them to know Jesus. The children had a lot of good questions for her and really showed an interest in what Mrs. Roseberry shared.

After they learned about the ministry it was time for the kids to share their love with these women. Mrs. Roseberry was about to go to a prison and do a four day retreat where they minister to the women and feed them really good food. For each meal they need a new placemat. We had a stack of paper placemats and lots of markers. The kids got busy. They drew beautiful pictures and wrote encouraging words. Mrs. Roseberry told the kids to sign their art work with their first name and age. This simple gesture spoke volumes of God’s love to one woman who attended this retreat.

Mrs. Roseberry called me the day after she returned from the retreat to share her excitement and what a success it was. The women really enjoyed the placemats and the cookies we made. Then she shared about one woman’s experience. This woman struggled with whether she should attend the retreat or not. Thoughts of unworthiness and shame plagued her. She was reluctant to go to the retreat, but she did. She came to the dining area and sat down for her first meal. She began to look at the placemat when something jumped out at her. The child’s name who decorated the placemat was Izzy, and she was 8 years old. As the woman looked at this, she knew that she was right where God wanted her to be. This woman’s name is also Izzy and she has been in prison for 8 years. She knew God had spoken to her through the art work of a child. During those 4 days she experienced God’s love like never before.

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HERE June 20th-24th Can you believe it’s already June?!

Our Children’s Ministry Team has been gearing up for Vacation Bible School all Spring! Join us June 20th24th from 5:30-8 p.m. as we journey to ancient Egypt and follow Joseph on his adventure from prison to the palace. To volunteer, register or learn more, contact Larissa Hallford at hcgarden@yahoo.com Isn’t that amazing? I stopped believing in coincidence a long time ago, this was a Divine appointment. God is so sweet in how He orchestrated these circumstances to tell Izzy that He loved her. Sometimes we really have to pay attention to how He is speaking to us, other times He makes it so obvious that we can’t ignore it. How is God showing His love for you today?

May God’s love be lavished on you,

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

HERO OR ZERO? Vacation Bible School hildren are living in an age resplendent with colorful plastic “heroes.” Most are clad in variations of red, white and blue. One is huge and totally green! All are ultra muscular and possess mind-blowing superhuman powers. Let’s just say...they don’t look like my Dad, that’s for sure!

I hesitate to point this out, but I was taught that true HEROES were those who faced impossible situations, felt the chill of icy despair, then chose to move forward anyway.

There was no flying over, under or around! A true hero met the enemy of fear face-to-face.

Let’s bring the old heroes back! Let’s show children strong men and women who look like them and feel like them, but somehow have the ability to dominate their situations with powerful determination and immovable hope!

How about a 17-year old hero name Joseph (you can find his story in Genesis 37:27-36, 39:1-20). He was sold into slavery...now get this...by his big brothers. Then he was sold a second time to a man whose malicious wife propels the innocent Joseph into prison!

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Incredibly, Joseph remains steadfast in his reliance on God. Through an amazing turn of events, Joseph achieves the impossible. He rises to enormous power, only to face the ultimate moral dilemma: should he embrace chance at revenge? Should he deal in death or choose life? What does Joseph do? What would YOU do?!

That’s a HERO story! Help us bring a “new” understanding to the vision of HERO. Help us teach children how to live with courage, faith and absolute reliance on the grace of a loving God. Join us the week of June 20th-24th for Vacation Bible School. All ages meet in the Sanctuary at 5:30 p.m. to share the story of Joseph’s journey from prison to palace. Come to help or come as a family for dinner, music, games and laughter! Hear inspired storytelling! Experience the mystery of Egypt! Witness by your presence! Be a HERO for a child to see! Questions? Contact Larissa Hallford at hcgarden@yahoo.com, or Lisa Davis, children’s director at

lisa@fredumc.org.

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The Not So Fun Stuff

Tricia Small is one of the newest member to the FUMC family. She graduated from UT Austin with a journalism degree, and joined the staff in November of 2014 She is passionate about transforming lives by sharing the love of Christ.

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ello Church! Your friendly neighborhood communications director here. I’m writing to you on a Monday afternoon. And I have to tell you, I’ve had a really hard time focusing on anything for more than a couple of minutes today.

Last night, I spent several hours at Hill Country Memorial with a friend who broke his arm. Earlier that afternoon, I watched him rush past me after receiving a phone call from his wife to get to wherever she needed him to be. A few hours later, three of my friends and I were getting ready to watch a movie when we received a message with a photo of a shredded hunk of metal that vaguely resembled his silver sedan. He had taken a turn too quickly, and hit a tree at 55 miles per hour.

Friends, it was the type of photo that makes your stomach drop to your knees, your breath catch in your chest, your hands shake.

“Broken left arm,” the message read. That’s all? Thank God. You don’t look at a photo like that and think “broken bone.” You think words like “shattered, crushed, punctured, critical condition.”

It’s been difficult not to imagine how differently yesterday could have gone. You don’t see a car ripped to shreds and not wake up to the fragility of human life and the reality that our bodies are so easily broken. It was easy to praise God in those hours laughing with those four wonderful friends.

It was so easy to say thank you, Lord, that Your plan was just this broken arm. (Although I’m sure if you ask my friend, there were many, many moments throughout the whole ordeal that he may not have felt so warm and fuzzy about the whole broken arm thing).

And while I have had a hard time today trying to keep from wondering if it would have been so easy to praise God in sorrow instead of relief and joy, I can only continue to remind myself of all there is to be thankful for today and every day.

Just because we I am thankful for those four beautiful friends, and the rest of my don’t always community. I’m understand how Fredericksburg thankful for modern medicine, good God works doesn’t painkillers and nurses who administer them responsibly. I’m thankful for a mean he’s not God who awakens us to his mercy on the days we are guilty of forgetting it. working.

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But that’s not what God had planned for my friend yesterday. He had some scrapes and a left radial fracture, and had lost some personal items when the car inevitably went up in flames. We learned he would need surgery in the morning to put in a metal plate to make sure the bone healed correctly.

When he was finally out of the ER and settled into a room, my three friends and I filed in and bunkered down to give his wife and parents a reprieve.

The slightly awkward and somber tone quickly turned into fits of giggles, which even more quickly escalated into full on tears-rolling-downyour-cheeks-the-nurses-have-to-come-shut-thedoor belly laughter. Maybe it was the relief of knowing everything was going to be okay. Maybe it was that it was getting late, and we were all tired. Maybe (okay probably), it was the drugs the nurses had given him to manage the pain, but church, I don’t remember the last time I laughed that hard or felt that much joy.

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The entire day was a reminder that our lives are always about perspective. God doesn’t change. His mercy and love don’t change. His redemptive plan doesn’t change. We have to allow prayer to change our minds and hearts to see things his way in all circumstances. Easy and challenging. Joy and sorrow. Calm and stormy. He is still always sovereign, and working for our good and is worthy of all praise. Just because we don’t always understand how God works doesn’t mean he’s not working.

I don’t know about you, but I am guilty of not always acknowledging that. I get caught up in the grind of everyday life, and my eyes stay blind to all of the incredible mercies God pours out on us every single day. It takes discipline to stay wide awake to God’s workings. And sometimes it takes a few hours of exhaustion/drug/relief-induced laughter in a hospital room to get us to pay a little more attention.

Peace, Tricia (P.S. The surgery went very well. My friend was discharged later that day and is at home recovering smoothly.) fredumc.org 12

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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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UPCOMING COMUNION

RAIL OFFERINGS Ju ne 5th – A ll do natio ns will b e n efi t th e Fr e d e ricks b ur g Foo d Pa ntr y.

July 3rd – Mis io n D e Ca nd elilia:Fo r th eir n ew b uildin g

A LETTER FROM

Board of Trustees

ear Church Friends, Home ownership is one of the great privileges we are lucky enough to enjoy in this country. This privilege comes with many joys, but can also involve sacrifices. Homes must be updated and repaired. That same idea can be applied to our church home. We are ALL responsible for the church and its upkeep.

Most of us don't see all the hard work that goes into the care, concerns and upkeep, but just ask one of the Wonder Workers who faithfully gives his time to keep up with general maintenance, the work crews who volunteer in the gardens, the trustees who work with vendors and make arrangements for bigger projects or repairs, or anyone who has ever been the one on-site during an emergency (roof leaks, broken water heaters, etc.), and they will tell you how much time and money goes into keeping our church home safe, in good repair and looking nice!

The money to keep up with repairs and improvements to our building is always difficult to come by. Most people assume that the money coming in goes primarily to pay salaries and support the various ministries and missions of the church. However, there is always a need in the annual budget for money specifically set aside for the general caretaking of our church.

Direct need and overseas missions are often what stirs us to extra giving. However, we do a lot of ministry right here at home! We serve children and youth through our Wednesday afterschool and evening programs, we host Boy Scouts, we are the home of the noon Rotary Club, we have a girls basketball team that practices in our gym, our sanctuary is filled with music arranged by the Fredericksburg Music Club each month, we provide space for weddings, baptisms, funerals, committee meetings, bible studies, Sunday school, music lessons, the list goes on! Please consider an unglamorous gift to the church that will directly impact the maintenance and repairs of our facility. We have a beautiful church that needs to be lovingly cared for.

Have you ever thought of a line in your will that would leave a much appreciated amount of money for a wonderful and long-lasting project at the church? Or perhaps a random love gift bookmarked for a maintenance concern (our bell tower really needs some love right now, for example). What a wonderful legacy that would be. Please give this idea some thought, and together we can make some miracles happen around our church. Remember, we are all making this place our home!

Thank you so much, The Board of Trustees Caretakers of the Church fredumc.org

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29 9:00am Contemporary Worship 9:30am Agape Hour 10:00am Sunday School 11:10am Traditional Worship Service

30 MEMORIAL DAY CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 7:00pm Boy Scout Meeting

31 7:00am Men's BreakfastBreakfast-City Cafe 8:00am Wonder Workers 9:00am Living Well Learning Center 9:00am Prayer Shawl MinistryMinistry-Library 12:00pm Al Anon - Rm 11 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 5:15pm Women's Emmaus Reunion Group 5:30pm Girls Basketball

1 9:30am Knopp Retireme 10:00am Fredericksburg 12:00pm Alcoholics Ano 6:00pm Chancel Choir P 6:30pm SemiSemi-Circle 7:00pm Overcomers Gro

5 9:00am Contemporary Worship 9:30am Agape Hour 10:00am Sunday School 11:10am Traditional Worship Service 12:15pm Alpha Small Group

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7 7:00am Men's BreakfastBreakfast-City Cafe 8:00am Wonder Workers 9:00am Living Well Learning Center 9:00am Prayer Shawl MinistryMinistry-Library 12:00pm Al Anon - Rm 11 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 5:15pm Living Well Learning Center Board Meeting 5:15pm Women's Emmaus Reunion Group 5:30pm Girls Basketball

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13 6:30am Bacon & Eggs GroupGroup-FH 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 12:00pm Lunch BunchBunch-Rm 2 12:00pm Rotary Group 4:30pm Child Development Board 6:00pm Stephen Ministry Leadership

14 7:00am Men's BreakfastBreakfast-City Cafe 8:00am Wonder Workers 9:00am Living Well Learning Center 9:00am Prayer Shawl MinistryMinistry-Library 12:00pm Al Anon - Rm 11 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 5:15pm Women's Emmaus Reunion Group 5:30pm Girls Basketball 5:30pm Mission Committee Meeting 6:00pm Finance Committee Meeting 7:00pm Church Council Meeting

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20 6:30am Bacon & Eggs GroupGroup-FH 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 12:00pm Lunch BunchBunch-Rm 2 12:00pm Rotary Group 2:00pm Hannah CircleCircle-Rm 2 5:30pm Vacation Bible School 6:30pm SPRC Meeting

21 7:00am Men's BreakfastBreakfast-City Cafe 8:00am Wonder Workers 9:00am Living Well Learning Center 9:00am Prayer Shawl MinistryMinistry-Library 12:00pm Al Anon - Rm 11 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 5:15pm Women's Emmaus Reunion Group 5:30pm Vacation Bible School 5:30pm Girls Basketball

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27 BASIC CAMP for Middle School youth 6:30am Bacon & Eggs GroupGroup-FH 10:00am Cards for Christ 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous Bunch--Rm 2 12:00pm Lunch Bunch 12:00pm Rotary Group 6:30pm Stephen Ministry Leadership

28 BASIC CAMP for Middle School youth 7:00am Men's BreakfastBreakfast-City Cafe 8:00am Wonder Workers 9:00am Living Well Learning Center 9:00am Prayer Shawl MinistryMinistry-Library 12:00pm Al Anon - Rm 11 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 5:15pm Women's Emmaus Reunion

29 BASIC CAMP for Midd 10:00am Fredericksburg 12:00pm Alcoholics Ano 6:00pm Chancel Choir P 7:00pm Overcomers Gro

9:00am Contemporary Worship 9:30am Agape Hour 10:00am Sunday School 11:10am Traditional Worship Service

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SUMMER CELEBRATION SUNDAY 10:30am Combined Worship– Worship– Lady Bird Park BASIC CAMP for Middle School Youth

6:30am Bacon & Eggs GroupGroup-FH 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 12:00pm Lunch BunchBunch-Rm 2 12:00pm Rotary Group 5:00pm Trustees Meeting -Rm 12

9:00am Quilters 10:00am Fredericksburg 12:00pm Alcoholics Ano 6:00pm Chancel Choir P 7:00pm Overcomers Gro

10:00am Fredericksburg 10:00am Knopp Retirem 10:30am Knopp Nursing 12:00pm Alcoholics Ano 6:00pm Chancel Choir P 7:00pm Overcomers Gro

9:00am Quilters 9:30am Windcrest Retire Retir 10:00am Fredericksburg 12:00pm Alcoholics Ano 5:30pm Vacation Bible S 6:00pm Chancel Choir P 7:00pm Overcomers Gro

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9 8:30am Biblical Garden Workday 9:00am Living Well Learning Center 10:00am UMW Executive Meeting 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 5:30pm Girls Basketball 6:00pm Praise Team Rehearsal

10 CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

16 9:00am Living Well Learning Center 9:30am Helen Tainter Circle 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 2:00pm Friendship Circle 5:30pm Girls Basketball 6:00pm Praise Team Rehearsal 7:00pm Boy Scout Leaders

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Special Events Summer Celebration Sunday Sunday, June 26th at Lady Bird Park Combined Worship at 10:30 a.m. *Join us for our annual Summer Celebration at Pioneer Pavilion at Lady Bird Johnson Park. We will have a covered dish lunch following worship.

(If you bring a dish to share, no pineapple, please!)

Belize Mission Trip June 4th-10th *Please be in prayer for all those making the trip to Belize this week. They will be traveling to the community of Bella Vista to minister in the schools, invite local kids to Vacation Bible School, build bunk beds, distribute food and make some structural improvements to the church building.

Youth

Middle School Mission Trip BASIC CAMP from June 26th-30th *Contact Joel Griffin at joel@fredumc.org for more details

Wednesday Youth Group & Youth Sunday School Regular youth activities on Wednesdays and Sunday will pick back up in August. Stay tuned for more special events throughout the summer!

Children Vacation Bible School June 20th-24th from 5:30-8 p.m. *For all children K-5th grade. 3 & 4 year olds with adult supervision. Adult bible study also available. REGISTER NOW

by clicking this link or contacting Lisa Davis at 997-7679

Middle School Lock-In June 2nd-3rd *All middle-schoolers are invited for a multiple-church lock-in beginning Thursday evening and lasting through Friday morning. Please contact Joel Griffin at joel@fredumc.org for more information.

Fiesta Texas Trip Tuesday, June 14th *Contact youth director, Joel Griffin, for details about travel times and price.

Children’s Sunday School Sundays 10-11 a.m. *Contact Lisa Davis at 997-7679

Music Chancel Choir Rehearsal Wednesdays at 6 p.m.

FUMC Sanctuary

Praise Team Rehearsal Thursdays at 6 p.m.

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Financial Learning First You Dream Christian Financial Literacy Money, scripture, and personal financial accountability are not topics which inspire most of us to action. It can be daunting, intimidating, uncomfortable to talk money in a group setting. First You Dream was designed specifically to overcome those fears! In conjunction with the Foundation, we will offer First You Dream on Wednesday, June 1, 8 and 15th from 6-8 p.m., and Friday June 3, 10 and 17 from 9-11 a.m. To learn more about the program, visit fredumc.org, or contact Debra Hadsall at financialfreedomparty@gmail.com

41&Change Coffee Sales Coffee for camp sales are now the FIRST and THIRD Sunday of each month. That means more opportunities to stock up (if you didn’t know already, they are now selling K-cups!), and more opportunities to fund YOUR ministries. If you want to take over the sales to help raise money for your missions, contact Brenda Miiller at lecrecep@hotmail.com

Audio Visual Tech Help

Rio Texas Conference Kids Camp

Our praise team is growing! That means our audio and video team occasionally needs some help. If you are interested in getting involved with the worship service in a new way by helping with sound, running the Sunday slideshow, or producing our live stream, contact our communications director, Tricia, at tricia@fredumc.org

July 21-24th Mount Wesley, Kerrville, TX

Serve on Sundays

In the Community

*For all kids in the Rio Texas Conference from 4th-6th grade. REGISTRATION DEADLINE is JULY 7, 2016. To register or learn more contact Pam Elliott at 830-8966400 or email kdum@kdumc.org

Opportunities To Serve

We have a lot of opportunities to get you plugged in on Sunday mornings!

You can volunteer as a greeter at the door or the welcome desk, join an usher team, serve communion, read the scripture during service, or help with Sunday School or in the nursery (background check required for any volunteers working with children).

Vacation Bible School June 20-24th from 5:30-8 p.m.

There is a place for everyone at Vacation Bible School! We can use volunteers in the kitchen, as group leaders, activity facilitators and prayer warriors! If you’re interested in helping out, please contact Lisa Davis at lisa@fredumc.org.

Home Team T-shirts We will have t-shirts with the new church logo available later this month for $10 each.

Shirts for kids under 18 are free. Pre-order with Tricia at tricia@fredumc.org

Fuel Your Fire, Join a Choir Become a Summer Hummer Each year, many of our choir members spend the summer traveling, which means we have lots of spots available!

If you have thought about checking out our chancel choir, but aren’t sure if you want to make the commitment, maybe just want to dip your toe in, or simply have a love for music, we would love to have you! Consider joining us just for the summer, and if you like it, we can always find a permanent spot for you.

Contact Don Doss at don@fredumc.org fredumc.org

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1 Audrey Kothmann 1 Dianne Cobb 2 Norma Heard 2 Kurtis Karr 2 Clara Mae Knopp 2 Kent Weinheimer 2 Nick & Gayle Longley 4 Jamye Davies 4 John & Myrt McCallum 5 Richard Laughlin 5 Michelle Reson 5 Kenneth & Jana Sultemeier 6 Jim Lindley 6 Fred Rowell 6 Shelley Weaver 6 Bettie White 6 Patty Odom 6 Shelly Weaver 6 Paul & Dorothy Panaceck 7 Aaron Cox 7 Kristin Hagelstein 7 David Kneese 7 Lynn Shaw 7 June Wicker 7 Jim & Carol Barnhouse 7 Jim & Linda Graham 8 Ann Barsch 8 Sharon Brunner 8 Anne Houy 8 Travis Houy 8 Heather Jacoby 8 James & Patsy Hejl 8 Tom & Trudy Hutton 8 Thomas Jacob Houy 10 Meta Carroll 10 Connie McCracken 10 Galen Neitsch 23 Vol. 15 June 2016

22 Margaret Duecker 10 Ronnie Williams 22 Nick Frisbee 10 Marsha Wille 22 David & Connie Whiting 10 Elgin & Geneva Tatsch 23 Paul Nixon 10 Quentin & Beth Smith 23 Judy Hickerson 11 Bonnie Stanley 23 Mardi Von Netzer 11 Troy & Ellen Wadzeck 23 Ryan Griffin 11 John & Marcia Draper 23 Dave & Clare Davenport 11 April & James Cade 23 Patrick & Jayne Elliott 12 Melissa Craig 24 Linn Brady 12 Michael McMahon 24 Gage Correa 13 John Batterton 25 Heather Davis 13 Larry Altman 25 Ray & Jane Tolson 14 Doris Behrends 25 Ronnie & Jan Williams 14 Ruth Kott 26 Karson Smith 14 Don & Dianna Blount 26 Izaya Cardiel 14 Alix & Ryan Crunk 26 A. J. & Suann Waight 15 Loes Williams 27 Audrey Cope 15 John & Peggy Benson 27 Rick Hoerster 16 Barbara Heinen 27 Patsy Hejl 16 Stanley & Janet Rabke 27 Dick & Judy Hoopman 16 Dale & Roberta Stackhouse 27 Ronald & Brenda Miiller 17 Mac Burnett 27 Danny & Jill Elliott 17 Gus Eberle 28 Ed & Sue Graham 17 Cameran Whiting 29 Beth Watson 17 Shannon & Tina Houy 29 Andrew Cole 18 Leanne Halford 29 Shannon Karp 18 Jan Peterson 29 Kenneth & Gwen Kordzik 19 Bill Gary 29 Linn & Beth Brady 19 Brenda Miiller 29 Barry & Joyce Trautman 19 Tom Walden 29 Ricky & Judy Moellering 20 Keith & Molly Wyatt 30 Linda Urbanec 20 Dorothy Knauth 30 Joe Ditges 20 Priscilla Althaus 30 Ayden Shaw 20 James & Joy Glazener 30 Danny & Mary Beth Richardson 20 Skip & Pam Smith 21 Gene & Betty Scott 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 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

OUR Missionaries

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

James Muncy Dennis Ray Phillips Chris Pieper Steven Ramsey Tyler Remini Cody Segner Jason Smith Bruce Stafford Perry Waters Charlie Watson Ash Westerfield Weston Williams Dara Wydler Steve York Joshua Weaver Ethan Waterman

Here I am.

Send me.

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.

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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) 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.