A team effort went into the 36th Annual Senior Adult Luncheon to honor the senior citizens of our church for past and current support of our church.  The event began with a tasty meal of orange glazed chicken, rosemary potatoes, sauteed vegetables, a roll, and red velvet cake prepared by Bryan Press of Monarch Catering.

Then, Payton Beggs (a Junior at Old High) took the stage, wowing the honorees with her beautiful voice on old-time and modern country tunes.

Next, awards were given:

Potted Flowers:

Thanks to a generous donation of Tammy & Kristian Kowing of the Exodus Sunday School Class, someone at each table received a potted flower that served as the center piece for each table!

2009-2010 Sunday School Attendance:

• 100% – Harry & Evelyn Kinkead (Win-Some);
• 98% – Barbara Davis (Win-Some); and
• 96% – Ed Kuhn (All Saints) & Mary Leath (Fidelis).

J.B. & Joyce Barham Award for Dedicated Service to FUMC:

Mary Nell Taylor joined FUMC on September 19, 1954 and has been very involved in the Win-Some Class, Women’s Fellowship 4 (aka Creative Creatures), Library Board, Heritage Committee, and YES events.

Tom Golden joined FUMC on August 29, 1999 and has participated in and helped lead discussion in the 3rd Thursday St. Simeon Group. Likewise, he is serving his 3rd year as President of the Bi-the-Way Class where he leads / teaches classes and has gotten the class involved in the Annual Fall Food Drive and the Mt. Calvary UMC Power Meals.

This event would not have been possible without the following people:

• Tammy & Kristian Kowing (of the Exodus Sunday School Class) and their daughter Kelsey who decorated the tables;
• The FUMC Youth and Jeff Ginn who helped setup, serve food, and cleanup;
• Members of the Young Adult Singles of The Journey Sunday School Class who served drinks and helped cleanup;
• Members of the Genesis Sunday School Class who helped serve food, cleanup, and washed the dishes;
• Payton Beggs for providing the entertainment; and
• Bryan Press for the great food!

Check out pictures of this great event here:

Join the Bi-the-Way Sunday School Class in the Undercroft, Rm 17-U, beginning April 11 for a 4-week overview of the Apocalypse of John led by Rev. Troy Sims.  Bring your Bibles!

We’ll debunk some of the misinterpretations of this symbolic biblical text as we consider what this book meant to the people who read or heard it for the first time!

For more information about this class or study, contact Tom Golden (544-2433 or golden@srcaccess.net).

Join the Bi-the-Way Sunday School Class (ages 50 and up) beginning Sunday, February 14 at 9:15am in Rm 17-U of the Undercroft (below the Sanctuary) for the latest Adam Hamilton study:  24 Hours That Changed The World. We’ll consider the last twenty-four hours of Jesus’ life.

Each session is designed to help the reader experience and understand the significance of Jesus’ suffering and death in a way you have never done before.

For more information, contact Tom Golden: 940-544-2433 or golden@srcaccess.net.

The Keystone Class provided desserts; the Journey Class provided servants to serve the meal; the Bi-the-Way Class provided the main course and servants to serve the meal.

That’s how it happened at the Monthly Power Meal at Mt. Calvary United Methodist Church in Wichita Falls, a ministry to provide a hot, nutritious meal for the less fortunate in our community.  These groups served about 30 people who are finding themselves in the midst of hard times.

THANK YOU TO THESE CLASSES FOR THEIR SACRIFICE!

“. . . for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. . . .  Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”

Jesus in Matthew 25:35, 40

The Bi-the-Way Sunday School Class will begin a study on Sunday, September 20, 2009 of how to understand the Gospel according to John.  Rev. Troy Sims will lead this study.

In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), Jesus primarily talks in short sayings or in parables when he teaches.  However, in John, Jesus is depicted as talking in long speeches with deep metaphorical meanings.  Jesus in John gets quite upset when people take these too literally.

This distinction is just one of many differences in these books of the Bible; thus, John needs to be read and interpreted differently than the other 3 Gospels.  This study will help you know how to do it!  Join us!

On Sunday, April 5, 2009 the Bi-the-Way Class began a new study on John Wesley’s General Rules for Methodists.  The study is called Three Simple Rules for Christian Living.  It is a DVD guided study that helps us learn now to:  1) Do all the good we can; 2) Do no harm; and (3) Stay in love with God.

For more information, contact the class president, Tom Golden: 940-544-2433.