Three were from Archer City FUMC (Rev. Rick Davis,  Karen Aulds, and Leon Groves), one from Floral Heights UMC (Don Beeks), and one was the director of the Texas Ramp Project (John Laine).  The nine from FUMC were:

• Alan Ballard
• Will Barkdale
• John Bradshaw
• Kevin Folmar
• Troy Sims
• Tammy & Gary Sparks
• Brandon Vaughn
• Dawn Yadlosky

We met at FUMC at 8:00am and were at the home by 8:40am.  We were finished about 12:40pm!  It took a great team effort to make this happen!

THANK YOU to all involved!

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• Saturday, July 24, 2010
• 8am (meet in the FUMC parking lot)
• We should be done between 12noon and 1pm.

Most tools will be provided, but feel free to bring your favorites that fit your hands perfectly!

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Overcoming Life’s Disappointments: Learning From Moses How to Cope With Frustrations

Kushner’s idea is to explain the inexplicable in terms that turn negatives into ways of coping. He skillfully uses the tale of Moses to manage the oh-so-true statement, “Nobody gets everything he or she yearns for.” Forbidden to enter the Holy Land? Having wandered for 40 years and endured complaints and rebels, Moses was tired; another leader deserved to take the lead. Plus, reading into the Bible and other religious tomes, the author finds that Moses ignored his family–a critical element comprising the complete life. Moses is not the only example used. Abraham Lincoln was weighed down by depression–or, in his case, what doesn’t kill us makes us strong. In all, the universal lessons for overcoming disappointment remain simple yet profound: remember who you’re working for, substitute new dreams for old, keep promises, be humble, maintain life’s priorities, forgive and forgive, and always dare to dream.  CLICK HERE to preview this book for FREE on-line!

The cost of this book, if you need one, is $10, and we must receive payment before we can order the book for you.

To sign up for this study that meets once a month on the 2nd Thursday of the month, contact Rev. Sims (tsims@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x229) or fill out the form below!

HEAVEN: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife

According to various polls, most Americans believe in heaven even, as Miller points out, when they don’t know what heaven means. Miller, Newsweek’s religion editor, addresses what and where heaven is and why the concept endures. Having covered many aspects of religion and interviewed people of many different faiths, she offers portraits of famous and ordinary people as well as experts in religious studies to educe how their views do or, more commonly, do not reflect the “official teaching, whatever that is.” The crux of the book focuses on believers, not beliefs, “for how people imagine heaven changes with who they are and how they live.” Miller discusses the heavenly city, afterlife in the Hebrew Bible, resurrection, and salvation, includes a chapter on visionaries, and comments extensively on how heaven is portrayed in pop culture.

The cost of this book is $18, and we must receive payment before we can order the book for you.

To sign up for this study that meets once a month on the 1st Wednesday of the month, contact Rev. Sims (tsims@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x229) or fill out the form below!

• We’d like to make this a family trip with parents and children!
• Breakfast would be like cereal, granola bars, pop tarts, etc.
• Lunch would be like sandwiches and chips.
• Supper we’d go out to eat!
• Cost is TBD and dependent on number of folks interested – the more the cheaper!

Contact Rev. Sims (tsims@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x229) for more information!

If we get enough people registered, we hope to do a 4-week study using Justo L. Gonzalez’s book, When Christ Lives In Us. In this book, the author stresses that we are not simply to follow after Jesus but are actively to carry out the ministry of Christ who transforms our lives. He considers eight aspects of Jesus’ ministry and reflects on ways they can shape and guide our ministry as Christians: Calling, Praying, Feeding, Healing, Commissioning, Teaching, Witnessing, Giving.

We have 13 copies of this book, and so long as you are willing to donate it back to the church (notes, underlines, & scribbles included), the cost would be FREE. If you choose to keep the book, the cost would be $8.

Details about this class led by Rev. Sims:

• Day / Time: Thursdays, 10:30-12:00noon – Begins July 22
• Location: Rm 301 (Genesis Class)
• Book cost: $8 (or FREE if you are willing to donate it back to the church)
• Childcare available upon request.

• Canned Beans
• Peanut Butter
• Jelly
• Cereal
• Instant Potatoes
• Canned Meat (i.e. Chili, Tuna)
• Toilet Paper
• Paper Towels
• Laundry Soap
• Household Cleaning Supplies

You can take these items directly to Interfaith or drop them in the blue and red receptacles in the first floor hallway of the Education Wing (outside the church office).

	Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger:  Ridley Jones makes a decision to perform a good deed, which ultimately unleashes a chain of events that sends her on a thrilling journey.
	The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith:  Precious Raomtswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great misfortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana’s remote and striking Delta.
	Hannah’s List by Debbie Macomber:  On the anniversary of his beloved wife’s death, Dr.  Michael Everett receives a letter Hannah had written him. She requests that he marry again and provides a list of three women she has chosen for him to consider.
	The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer:  A grand love story set against the backdrop of 1939 Budapest and Paris, this is the epic tale of three brothers whose lives are ravaged by war.
	The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry:  Zee Finch, a respected psychotherapist, has to learn to find her way through uncharted waters to the place she will ultimately call home.
	The Murderer’s Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers:  Lulu and Merrry’s childhood, though never ideal, propels them into a nightmare when their father murders their mother and is sent to prison. When relatives refuse to take them in, the girls discover all they have is each other.

Here are recent memorials made to the Library:

• Judy Ballard in memory of Mert Jessel
• Judy Ballard in memory of Bill Sogard
• Ardella Johnson in memory of Mert Jessel
• Stewart and Mary Nell in memory of Helen Hoggard
• Stewart and Mary Nell Taylor in memory of Mert Jessel
• Stewart and Mary Nell Taylor in memory of Bill Sogard

The team members included Shari Schultz, Susan Tate, Amber Schacter, Emily Hays, and Teresa Rose.

Thank you for your service in our community and CONGRATULATIONS!