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God’s Story at FUMC this holiday season

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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. –Romans 15:13

IN THIS ISSUE Advent Schedule

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From the Pastor’s Desk

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Music Ministries

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Youth Ministries

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Children’s Ministries

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Health and Wellness

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Letter From the Editor

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Calendar

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What’s Coming Up

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Celebrations and Concerns

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ell Church, The election is over and the results are in. As your pastor allow me to say this: in the days ahead, please continue to make me proud of you. Please remember that it is critical that we still strive to be united in Christ.

Please remember to see each person you encounter as being created in the image of God, loved and treasured.

Please let us respect one another, love one another, help one another.

Please remember that we continue to all be in this together, and as both citizens and Christians, we are mutually responsible for one another. Please remember that Christ is still on the throne, and more than ever the world needs the Church to be the Church; a place of healing, forgiveness, integrity, and protection. Remember, my friends, who we are and what we are called to be.

not in, but without a doubt, we have much to be thankful for. I can say that we are ahead of where we were last year.

I am especially excited that we have at least 28 who are pledging for the first time. Surely that is an indicator of spiritual growth in our church.

Amen. So, again, thank you for your generosity and faith. You are helping to make a difference.

Grace and Peace,

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.

On a different note, thank you everyone who helped make our Consecration Sunday a big success.

As I write this, all the numbers are fredumc.org 4

Christmas ake This Place Your Home”… for Christmas!

Imagine that you had a huge - very, very large family with many aunts and uncle and grandkids everywhere, and you were all gathering together for your big Christmas celebration.

How would that go, how would it happen and what would everyone be talking about and sharing? Kids would be gathering 5

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together and playing, maybe singing some… and the whole group would gather and celebrate the coming of Jesus! Stories of Christmases past would be told and tales of Santa Claus visiting in the middle of the night would be heard.

This is what will happen as our church family gathers on December 11th for one worship time at 10:30… a family gathering

for Christmas: Come Home to Christmas!

Our Chancel Choir, Praise Team and orchestra will be serving up some Christmas memories from our church family, having fun and sharing together about our traditions, past and present.

Christmas family gatherings are full of singing, laughing, telling stories and retelling the Christmas story of the baby in the manger.

You are invited to bring your own family and join the larger one so it will be a very, very large family time together. But we also want to get the word out to other families

that could join ours. Get the word out about Come Home to Christmas!

If you have any questions please email me at don@fredumc.org, or call me at 997-7679…

To God Be the Glory!!

Don Doss joined the FUMC staff in April of 2007 having served in several other Boerne and Kerrville churches. Don is FUMC’s Director of Music Ministries, and he oversees all of the musical groups and music ministry work that happens here. He personally directs the Chancel Choir and the Praise Team as well as the Kid’s Music Academy.

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Treat 2016

ow!!! This family really knows how to put on a great party for the kids and families in this community. Trunk or Treat was a great success! In total, we had about 600 people that came through, including about 300 kids.

It was a blast to see the kids enjoy and have fun with everything we had to offer. This wasn’t just an event for kids, large families came 7

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also. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings all participating with the kids, having fun and fellowshipping with each other.

The most exciting part was seeing how this church came together to put on a great event. You, church family, are the reason this event was so successful! You donated lots of candy, prayed for the event, worked the registration table, provided a huge amount of fun

games and activities, supervised the jump house, distributed candy, made and served hot dogs and popcorn, and made sure everyone was having a good time.

Some of you came knowing exactly what you were going to do and some of you showed up and helped out wherever needed. Someone has also offered her time to follow up on the registration cards that were filled out so that we can remain in contact with those who attended.

This event had the whole family working together: kids, youth and adults. What a blessing and a privilege to be a part of this family that comes together and loves each other and this community. Thank you church, looking forward to next year!

Joel Griffin

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

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RIVERS OF thankfulness s temperatures become brisk and leaves begin turning fiery colors, I start thinking about the upcoming holidays. Next up is Thanksgiving. It is a typical holiday for my family. Talking about our blessings, what we are thankful for, watching TV and eating way too much food. Of course, cultivating an attitude of gratitude really needs to happen every day of our lives. Sometimes that is 9

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hard to remember when we are busy or when difficult life circumstances happen.

It’s is easy to think about and be grateful for big things in our life like our family, a job, or our health. But it’s the little things that happen that get my wheels turning. Thinking about those little things often leads me to being thankful for other things. A cause and effect, if you will, that leads to a long list of thankfulness.

So, here is my list based off of something that happened a few weeks ago.

An anonymous donation was made by a child. On the envelope was written, “Bible class makes me happy. I love going.” At first this may look like a little thing, but it is huge. This child loves learning about the Bible at our church! The impact that will have in this child’s life is what we are all about. The child’s statement covers both our mission and our vision. His or her life is being transformed by the power of God’s Word.

That leads me to our vision statement regarding this community that is growing and committed to loving each other as we serve the world for Christ. On Sunday mornings, Wednesday afternoons or special events, I want to thank those who show up to love kids and make the glory of God known.

Vicky Schmidt, Caroline Eidson, Sandy Hamilton, Joseph Barr, Brenda Lumpkin, Sharon Massey, Cathy Collier, Sherry Freeman, Becky Reeves, Rene Griffin, Danielle Hallford, Jack Stephens and Florence Brown, thank you for all you do.

I want to say a special thanks to our Sunday morning nursery workers: Lorrie Stewart and Joyce Fielder. These two women have been serving in the nursery for over 25 years. Working in the nursery is a big job. To care for, love and pray for these little ones is a tremendous blessing for them and for us.

It takes a diverse group of gifted individuals to lead children for Jesus. These people have greatly blessed my life and the lives of the children who come to our church. They tell Bible stories, play games, lead in song, prepare snacks, pray over, pick up from school, and so much more. I am thankful for these people, their willingness to serve Christ, the impact they have on a child’s life and what that means for their future, and their various gifts that they share with the kids.

Which leads me to a big thing that I am thankful for, my job. I really do love my job. What a blessing it has been to me and my family to a part of this church. Thank you!

As I am writing this I started thinking about the recent rains. It starts with one drop that turns into a river. The drop of a child’s declaration of loving to go to Bible class turned into a river of thankfulness for all those who were a part of that statement.

Think about the little things, a drop. It may turn into a river of thankfulness.

Blessings, 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 10

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ear Church Family,

It is nearing the end of year….so I thought I would share the events and highlights from 2016, plus the various committees and such I participate throughout the year.

Throughout the year, I serve on several committees; Creating a Healthy Community Council, SHAC, Hill Country Senior Coalition, Interagency, Gillespie County Health Board, and Family Consumer & Science, which for the most part meet at least monthly or quarterly.

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Creating a Healthy Community Council expanded to Red in Fred and put on heart health awareness events in February, as well as holding a Focus Group (September) which led to a Community Summit for a community needs assessment (October).

This committee is responsible for free A1C screenings, which have been available at various events locally for the past two years.

In fact we held an event at FUMC on October 8th with 31 participants.

A task force which includes Wesley Nurses, the director of the Wellness Center, an Extension agent, and HOSA teacher/ students from FHS, provided the local middle school with approximately 15 health/wellness vendors to provide handson experience. Many of the comments from teachers and parents were, “my kids never come home talking about school, however many children were excited about the experience.” The HOSA teacher is already thinking of new programs for next year, which the students can pair up with new topics and present to other students. Great networking for all...Next year the event will be at the elementary school for the 4th graders.

Wesley Nurses has been a member for the local senior coalition for several years now, however this year we decided to become a non-profit organization (Hill Country Senior Coalition). In doing so, we are now able to assist seniors in the community with various

needs (many seniors are on a fixed income).

We raised money with a health fair and a raffle. HCM did 39 A1C's, flu vaccines 32, and total of 132 participants (vendors and participants).

WN was able to partner with an Extension agent, HCM Hospital, Breast Center, and community health workers to organize a “Friend to Friend” event which was held at Fredericksburg UMC. The event was attended by approximately 130 women. We were able to schedule 40+ mammograms and 70+ pap smears. A new Ob/GYN in the area gave a presentation to the community attendees and answered questions from the audience.

Here are some interesting statistics from an event put on by WN, an Extension Agent and a community health worker in conjunction with the Baptist Church and the Mobile Food Pantry: • 38 child safety seat inspections conducted • 3 children arrived correctly restrained (parents had been to a previous inspection) • 27 new seats issued • 14 old/unsafe seats collected • 6 children arrived totally unrestrained or inappropriately in a seat belt WN partnered with Walgreen's, where we were able to use 38 vouchers for uninsured members of the community and administered a total of 42 flu vaccines. HCM Hospital was there too and did a total of 12 A1C's during the event, free of charge.

In regard to professional development, I, along with three other members of my team, for many months prepared a poster presentation called “Finding Solutions Through Collaboration” which was presented at the Health Ministries Association national conference as well as a WN Forum in San Antonio. In 2017 we hope to publish an article in conjunction with the poster.

I serve as the chair of the WN education committee, and we meet monthly via Skype and hold face-to-face meetings twice a year in San Antonio.

Our next event coming up in 2017 is Walk Across Texas. We have already started getting an 8 person team together! Kick off to be determined.

Please provide referrals of the least served in our area and if there are any areas in the community to “fill a gap”.

As always I am available to all, MondayFriday 8AM-5PM, please call or stop by my office to visit.

Blessings of Health Tammy Amerson-Wilson

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

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. Friends, there are days in this life that are difficult. We get frustrated. We get discouraged. We get impatient with one another. There are days in this life that are heartbreaking. We witness hate, and violence and terrible grief.

A close friend of mine recently experienced a tragic and unexpected loss. As another friend and I held her between us, I felt my heart break, for her, for the situation, for the hopelessness so many people in this world are feeling. But oh friends, there is so much hope. That hope was there, in that moment, radiating between the three of us as we shared in the grief, but laid it before the King of Glory, the Prince of Peace.

God. I trust that He is so, so good. I trust in His promises. I trust in the HOPE of His Son, our Lord and Savior.

As we head into this season of Advent that represents joy and thanksgiving, I will cling fast to that hope. I will ask the Lord to humble me, to change my heart and mind to make them more like His. I will rejoice in His mercy and goodness, and thank Him for His good gifts. I will ask Him to guide me on a path that leads myself and others to hope, understanding, compassion, and kindness. I will ask Him to help me speak only words of healing, forgiveness, truth, love and life.

I will ask Him to reveal the pride, envy, hate and fear that are rooted in my own heart and cast them out. I will ask Him to help me turn away from temptation and evil. I will seek to encourage, serve, strengthen and protect others. I will In this life, there will be tough stuff. From everyday irritations, And hope does not hold tightly to loved ones, and remind them they are valued and cherished. I will to overwhelmingly devastating put us to shame, let myself be broken by things that are heartache. When the rest of the world gives into fear and hate. because God’s love has heartbreaking, and lay them at the foot of When the rest of the world been poured out into the cross. I will choose to walk in the light, lashes out in anger and speaks our hearts through the to seek His mercy and justice and devote myself to His will. harsh words. When the rest of Holy Spirit, who has the world gives into pride and It is only by His will that any of this is arrogance. This is where we been given to us. possible. It is only by His will that cling to the example of Jesus. anything at all is possible. There’s a place This is where God is at work, in —Romans 5:5 in the bible where a man is asking Jesus to the hearts of those who seek a heal his son, and though I never can remember the different way. exact story or the exact words, he says something along the lines of “make belief of my unbelief.”

It’s not easy, friends. Let me tell you, I fail in the Basically, “I don’t even know if I fully believe that silly little things every single day. But God. But it’s all going to be okay, but I’ve heard about you God. His power is beyond anything I can and you are my last hope. Please help me believe comprehend. And that power is in us! The power you are who they say you are.” to turn away from hate, to pour out love and mercy, not just on the people we’re particularly Though we may be weak, tired, broken, and fond of, or the people who look like us and think maybe even lacking in faith, we have a strong like us, but on the people who drive us crazy, on God, and that’s all we have to know. He is our the people who are sometimes difficult to love, on hope, even when it’s just a thin, thin thread. Not the people who declare themselves our enemies, of our own strength, but of His, we overcome. on the people who scoff at our beliefs, on the There is no room in our hearts for despair or people who we don’t understand and whose hopelessness, dear friends! The King is still on the choices we can’t make sense of.

Throne! Christ, the hope of glory, is in us! His goodness and mercy and peace and the fullness of There are two questions I have heard repeated life He intended for His people are so real. In over and over in the last several months in various every circumstance, He is our everything, and His contexts. “How did this happen?” and “Where do love wins. we go from here?” I certainly don’t always understand the hows and the whys, friends. God’s Peace, Tricia ways are not my ways. But I trust my God to be

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21 6:30am Bacon & Eggs GroupGroup-FH 10:00am Music Club Board Meeting 12:00pm Alcoholics Anonymous 12:00pm Lunch BunchBunch-Rm 2 12:00pm Rotary Group 2:00pm Hannah CircleCircle-Rm 2 6:30pm Disciple 1 7:00pm Boy Scout Meeting

22 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 4:00pm Kid’s Music Academy 5:30pm Girls Basketball 7:00pm Chancel Choir Practice

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Special Events Appreciation Gathering Sunday, December 4th Fellowship Hall during Agape Time *An appreciation gathering is planned for those who have served and supported the former Child Development Center in order to offer our gratitude to all those who offered their time, talents and leadership to this ministry of our church.

Children Treehouse Kids’ Club Wednesdays After School *Last day of the Fall Semester is Dec. 14th.

Contact Lisa Davis at 997-7679 or lisa@fredumc.org for more info.

Kid’s Music Academy Thursdays After School *Will meet Tuesday, Nov. 22nd instead of

Home for Christmas Musical

Thursday. Last day of the Fall Semester is Dec. 8th. Contact Don Doss at 997-7679 or don@fredumc.org for more info.

Sunday, December 11th at 10:30 a.m.& 3:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Children’s Sunday School

*Musical presentation by our Praise Team, Chancel Choir and orchestra sharing warm Christmas memories. Pastor George will do a prayer and praise service at 9 a.m., and the Belize mission team will serve enchilada soup to raise money for their June 2017 trip!

Sundays 10-11 a.m. *Contact Lisa Davis at 997-7679

Youth Poinsettia Sales

Christmas Worship Saturday, December 24th at 12 noon, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m.

Sunday December 25th at 11 a.m. *We invite you to join us for worship as we celebrate the joy of Christmas! We will have an informal service at 12 noon, a family friendly service at 5 p.m. and a traditional service at 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve. All will include candlelight and communion. We will also have an 11 a.m. service on Christmas Day.

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Sundays from Dec. 4th-18th Fellowship Hall during Agape Time *Can be given in honor or memory of loved ones, and will decorate the sanctuary on Christmas Eve. Contact Joel Griffin at joel@fredumc.org for more details.

Back Porch Nights Wednesdays in the youth room (back porch) *Contact Joel Griffin at joel@fredumc.org for more details. Last day before the Christmas Holiday is Dec. 14th.

Youth Sunday School

Church Prayer Day

Sundays 10-11 a.m. in the youth room (back porch)

Each Thursday, Pastor George invites you to join him in the sanctuary at 12 p.m. for prayer and communion. If you need prayer, or want to serve as a pray warrior for our church, our community, our country and our world, you are welcome!

*Contact Joel Griffin at joel@fredumc.org

Music Bell Choir Rehearsal Wednesdays at 6 p.m.

FUMC Sanctuary

41&Change Coffee Sales

Chancel Choir Rehearsal

Nov. 20th, Dec. 4th, Dec. 18th Fellowship Hall, Agape Time

Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

FUMC Sanctuary *Will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd instead of Wednesday

Praise Team Rehearsal Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.

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Music Club Concert Ava Pine, Soprano Sunday, Nov. 20th at 3 p.m.

FUMC Sanctuary *Free community event. Click this link to learn more about Ava Pine and the Fredericksburg Music Club.

You have three more chances to stock up on 41&Change coffee before Christmas! Beginning in January, sales will only be on the THIRD Sunday of the month. So stock up for yourself going into the colder months, or pick some up for the coffee lovers in your life as a Christmas gift. Remember that this high quality, Central American coffee is not only delicious, ethically sourced and a great way to raise money for local ministry, it also helps fund scholarships to send kiddos in Nicaragua to Young Life Camp so they can hear about the love of Jesus! Contact Brenda Miiller at lecrecep@hotmail.com to learn more.

Ministry Opportunities Community Mission Day Saturday, November 19th Meet at 8:30 at FUMC Contact: Jim Ryan (jnjaryan@yahoo.com or 990-2916) We need volunteers to help those in need in Fredericksburg. The assistance will go to members of our church, clients of the Meals-on-Wheels program, and we will also try to finish the Spring job at the Black Methodist Church on Main Street. There are jobs for all skill levels, so don’t worry if you don’t have experience! Your time is a wonderful blessing to people in our community.

Contact Jim Ryan to sign up or learn more.

In the Community The Academy for Spiritual Reformation March 6-8th at Obate Renewal Center in San Antonio *You are invited to a Taste of the Academy, a three-day event centered around Celtic Spirituality led by Mary Earle. Cost is $225 if you register by Dec. 14th. A limited number of partial scholarships are available for lay and clergy applicants. Contact Jackie Heupel at 830-990-1265 or 830-456-4270 to learn more about the event and how to register. fredumc.org

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15 Vernon Treibs 15 Rene Griffin 16 Gwen Kordzik 16 Karl & Mary Ransleben 18 George & Jo Murphy 19 Janet Wolters 19 Wayne Massey 19 Waylon & Connie Cowan 20 Earl & Kay Daigle 20 Jay & Anne Weinheimer 21 James Hejl 21 Jett Whiting 21 Jim & Pam Wilhite 21 Jim & Judy Ryan 22 Jayne Elliot 22 William Wunderlich 23 Lizzie Straker 24 Jonny Ohlenburg 24 Peggy Benson 25 Elliot Davis 26 Curtis & Sandra Houy 27 Carolyn Allen 27 Delton Novian 27 Daryl Whitworth 27 Virginia Crowell 27 Al & Lizzie Bispo 27 Calvin & Olivia Wissemann 28 Jack Arnold 28 Julie Ditges 28 Lee & Janice Dunsirn 30 Ken DeVos 30 J.D. Cole 30 Alex Detmar 25

Vol. 20

Nov. /Dec. 2016

1 Kay Daigle 1 Gerrie Sue Stein 1 Jacob Frisbee 1 Diego Neri 1 Elliot & Lisa Davis 2 Donna Cannon 2 Craig Sly 3 Jay Weinheimer 3 Bob Lee 4 Bill Tilley 4 Buzz White 4 Jim Harrington 4 Pat Weeden 4 Curtis Houy 4 Randall King 5 Patti Pavliska 7 Lydia Ramos 7 Judy Hoopman 7 Beth Brady 7 Gayle Harris 7 Galen & Martha Neitsch 8 David Lyngaas 9 Nellie Frisbee 9 Erika Andreassian 9 Ashtyn Shaw 10 Betty Sue Sturrock 10 Agnes Houy 10 Jessica Doss 11 Kenneth Williams 11 Teagan Collier 11 Lorne & Meredith Itz 12 Esten Cooke 12 Mike & Candy Campbell 13 Desmond Sagebiel 13 Susan Tilley

13 Paul Straker 13 Ian Kendrick 13 Zachary Carroll 13 Gail & Cyril Weich 14 Courtney Thompson 15 Dorothy Ketron 15 Maxie Hoerster 15 Ricky Moellering 15 Reagan Rabke 15 Geoffrey Jacoby 15 Kurtis & Patricia Karr 16 Alisha Wille 17 Bruce Itz 17 Carol Smith 17 Nick Wilson 17 Lula Smith 17 Dennis & Sandy Phillips 18 Haley Cole 18 Bill & Eunice Gary 19 Bill Wiginton 19 Chace Cade 19 Crawford & Phyllis Guthrie 20 Margaret Butler 20 Stormy Maner 20 Flo Schverak 20 Fred H. Witters Jr. 20 Robert Houy 20 Ashlyn Smith 21 Jim Warren 21 Stacey York 22 John & Sherry Freeman 22 Bill & Beverly Harrell 23 Elgin Tatsch 23 Suann Waight

24 Kristie Gedeon 24 Paul & Glenda Riefler 25 Jessica Eckhardt Burrow 25 Christopher Wehmeyer 26 Lena Mueller 26 Tom Hutton 26 Glenda Kothmann 26 Fred & Mary Segner 27 Jessi Smith 27 Buzz & Pat White 27 Tom & Kay Telle 28 Fred Segner 28 Rhonda Strelke 28 Richard & Bee Troxell 28 Reg & Linda Gartner 28 Larry & Bonnie Stanley 28 Danny & Nancy Thompson 29 Mike Campbell 29 Jill Telle 29 Nina Smith 30 Jack Miller 30 Joyce Crenwelge 30 Dottie Pieper 30 Beth Hughes 30 Ann Duecker 30 Michele Strelke 30 John & Judy Hutcherson 30 Richard & Virginia Crowell 31 Terry Hadsall 31 Steve McAnally ¡ Dates and names in bold are anniversaries.

CONTINUING CONCERNS Nursing Home & OUR Military Retirement Center Carolyn Allen Ruth Braeutigam Clarence Durst Carol Dwyer Imogene Friedrich Anne Houy 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

Here I am.

Send me.

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 ad 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@hotmail.com) Rev. J. Sidney Spiller……..Associate Pastor (sid@fredumc.org) Don Doss……………………Director of Music Ministries (don@fredumc.org) Joel Griffin…………………..Director of Youth Ministries (joel@fredumc.org) Sharon Massey……………..Director of Children’s Ministries (sharon@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 Friday from 8 a.m.—12 p.m. You can reach the office at 830-997-7679, or visit fredumc.org to learn more about our worship and ministries.