Gruene UMC NEWS October 2018

The Monthly Newsletter for Gruene United Methodist Church

October 2018

Gruene UMC Pumpkin Patch... more than just pumpkins!

This Month • Missions Update • Fall Festival • Pumpkin Patch Open • Be The Church

The

Calendar Missions & Muffins Arts & Crafts Vendor Show October 27th 9a.m.-3p.m.

Family Promise October 14th - 21st 2nd Pumpkin Delivery October 14th after 9:40 a.m. Service Pastor Appreciation Day October 14th Administrative Council Meeting October 15th at 6 p.m.

Women’s Walk to Emmaus October 25th - 28th Fall Festival October 28th 5-7 p.m.

Annual Church Conference November 11th at 5 p.m.

By Pastor Brock

Steve’s Pantry is in need of canned Vegetables. You may drop off your donations during Steve’s Pantry hours. Thank you for helping our friends in need.

We are collecting Laundry items for Michelle, RN Wesley Nurse from First United Methodist Church. We are collecting LAUNDRY SOAP PODS, DRYER SHEETS and QUARTERS. The donation station is located in the gathering space hallway next to the Steve’s Pantry donation station. Thank you in advance for your prayers and donations. For more info, please contact Michelle, RN, Wesley Nurse at (830) 627-9665.

Gruene Tree Learning Center

I am reminded as we have gotten to know our GTLC kids this month, that the qualities

God gave His children are so amaz-

ing! Here are a few that I have come across…

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A child is innocent.

A child is trusting.

A child believes without complication.

A child has not had time to allow the preconceived notions of the world to form his decision-making process.

A child receives with joy, forgetting herself with light-hearted abandonment.

A child is humble.

A child is content in the little things.

A child has the faith to move mountains.

A child is awed by majestic splendor.

A child takes to heart God’s Word in all its simplicity.

Oh to be a child again…wait…

WE ARE…no matter the age we will always be His children! AMEN!

Rebecca Goossens Gruene Tree Learning Center (GTLC) Director

gruenetreelearningcenter@gmail.com

Hello Church! We hope you have been enjoying the Mission Moment given by the Pastors. We are hoping to highlight all the different Missions that are going on around the church. These may be Missions that occur once a week, once a month, or even once a year. Thank you for your generous response to Steve’s Pantry. At least 8 new volunteers signed up to be trained.

At our September meeting we voted to contribute $5,000 toward a Living Water well. We are hoping that a group of volunteers will travel to El Salvador in 2019, but final plans have not been made. Stay tuned for more information and dates.

If you have ideas to share with your Missions Team, join us the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm in Steve’s Pantry or contact Pastor Aaron at aaron@grueneumc.org or Sarah Krull at srkrull4@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you.

OCTOBER 14th-20th Have you been looking for a way for you and your family to get involved with GUMC? Family Promise may be the answer!

The mission of Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels is to support, guide, and lift families out of homelessness and into safe housing, gainful employment, and independence. Local churches (including GUMC!) host these families a few times a year for a week.

We provide beds, showers, and meals while these families get back on their feet. Ways to get involved include helping with set-up/tear-down, bringing a meal, or helping to stock the fridge for the week that they are here. The next week that GUMC will host is October 14th - 20th.

If you would like to help (or get on the Family Promise email list for later dates that we host), please send an email to gumcfamilypromise@gmail.com, or call/

text Kristi Morris at 719-310-2292.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The Gruene UMC Pumpkin Patch is now looking for volunteers to help with decorations, set up, crafts, clean up, hayrides, and sales. All money from the sales of the Pumpkins goes towards Youth, Children & Family Ministries, and Missions. Sign up online using the following link. (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d45a9af2d6-gruene2 ) For more information, contact Ashlea Allsup at ashlea.allsup@gmail.com.

THANK YOU to all of you who volunteered to help unload the pumpkins on September 23rd!! Be sure to mark your calendars for Sunday, October 14th for the second Pumpkin delivery.

Gruene UMC Annual Church Conference Sunday, November 11th 5 p.m.

Please come join us at Gruene UMC Annual Church Conference.

All are welcome and child care will be available.

What is a Church Conference? It’s a time for you to come and hear about all that goes on at Gruene UMC. We celebrate ministries; we set goals for the following year; we nominate new leaders; we discuss financial information; we pray for new ministries; we vote on clergy salaries; we “show off” a little for our District Superintendent. Finally, we will praise God for all that God has done, is doing and will do through Gruene UMC. Please come and listen. Come and hear / know / pray / dream where God might be leading Gruene in 2019.

Rev. Dan Harrington - Senior Pastor Dan@grueneumc.org

Brandi Carnes - Nursery Director brandi@grueneumc.org

Rev. Aaron Carter - Associate Pastor aaron@grueneumc.org

Amy Howell - Children and Family Ministry Director amy@grueneumc.org

Rev. Debbie Head - Associate Pastor Debbie@grueneumc.org

Melissa & Ben Davis - Directors of Youth students@grueneumc.org

Nadia Hoffman – Administrative Assistant nadia@grueneumc.org

Rebecca Goossens - GTLC Director gruenetreelearningcenter@gmail.com

2629 E. Common St. New Braunfels TX 78130 (830) 625-7200 Fax: (830) 625-7208

www.grueneumc.org OFFICE HOURS M-F, 8:30 - 4:30

SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES 8:30, 9:40 & 11:00 a.m. (Main Worship Building) 9:40 & 11:00 a.m. (Mission & Outreach Building) “Come…be you, be filled , be loved. Go…be joy, be hope, be love. Be His! ” See What’s Happening There are so many fun and exciting groups here at Gruene! To find out what’s going on, check us out on the Gruene UMC facebook page or on our website, www.grueneumc.org.