Tickets are available from cast members, on Sunday morning, and in the church office during the week.

Performances are:

• Thursday, August 5, 7:00pm
• Friday, August 6, 7:00pm
• Saturday, August 7, 7:00pm
• Sunday, August 8, 2:00pm

Tickets:

• $10 per person for ages 11 and up
• $8 per person for ages 10 and under

As always, we’ll have ICE CREAM for intermission!  You can make a monetary donation or bring homemade ice cream to ANY of the performances!  For more information, contact Carla Rouse at jcrousehouse@att.net or 689-9986.

• Spread the word.
• Bring a friend.
• Bring a towel.
• Join us for food, fun, and fellowship.

Sunday, June 20 – 4806 Dickens St

Sunday, June 27 – 4806 Dickens St

Sunday July 4 – NO SUNDAY SPLASH due to Independence Day!

Sunday, July 11 – 2953 S. Shepherds Glen

For more information, contact the Youth Director:
Jeff Ginn
(jginn@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x230)

• Cooking Breakfast (Connie Rosenburg & Erica Conner)
• Painting the Riverside Cemetery Fence (Erica Conner, Rev. Pellikan, and children of Adventures in Mission (AIM-1))
• Texas Ramp Project 1 (Rev. Sims)
• Texas Ramp Project 2 (Alan Ballard & former Youth Pastor, Dana Coker)
• Texas Ramp Project 3 (Elizabeth Yeager)
• Imagine No Malaria Car Wash (Youth of FUMC)
  In fact Jeff Ginn and our youth spearheaded this event that raised over $300 to help eradicate malaria on the continent of Africa by 2015)

Check out pictures below:

THANK YOU TO OUR YOUTH FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN OUR WORLD!

Roughly L-R:  Jeff Ginn, Bryan Press, Jerry Rouse, Ethan Rouse, Dylan Haynes, Collin Brauner, Ross Hammond, Hope Rouse, Ashley Tate, Robby Press, Millicent Paris, Emma Knight, Corbin Ginn, Diane Montano, Breanne Press, Claire Baer, Hollon Meaders, Anthony Davis, Keeley Trevino, Macy Bretschneider, Faith Cooper, Drake Davis, Haley Knight

• UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief) & VIM (Volunteers in Mission) (Monday Lunch)
• Highland Park United Methodist Staff (Monday Lunch)
• Bishop, Cabinet, Extended Cabinet, Dignitaries, Preparation & Qualifications Committee, Ordinands, & Those Being Commission (plus family and mentors of all of the above) before the Ordination Service (Monday Supper)
• North Texas Conference Order of Deacons (Tuesday Lunch)

THANK YOU to our youth for your service and for representing FUMC so well!

Thank you, also, to Bryan Press of Monarch Catering (and FUMC Member) for the delicious food!

• Air Academy High School, Colorado – Commencement was held Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 6:00pm in Colorado;
• Burkburnett High School – Commencement will be Friday, May 28, 2010 at 8:00pm in the Kay Yeager Coliseum;
• Rider High School – Commencement will be Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 2:00pm in the MPEC; and
• Wichita Falls High School – Commencement will be Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 5:00pm in the MPEC.

Macy Bretschneider	Born:  Wichita Falls, TX School:  WFHS Favorite Class:  Human Anatomy Plans:  Attend Texas A&M to pursue a degree in Biomedical Engineering Clubs / Organizations:  Student Council; Yearbook; Senior Class President; Band (Drum Major); Cross Country; Quill & Scroll; Math / Spanish Club Honors:  Ranked 3rd in Senior Class; National Honor Society; Scholastic Letter Award; WFHS Who’s Who of Spanish, Physics, Anatomy, Calculus; Academic All-State Cross Country; Young Texanne Scholarship Finalist; All District & All Region Band; State Solo & Ensemble; Voted Senior Class “Most Intelligent” Church Activities:  Choir (12); VBS; Praise Band; UMYF (Council President); UMYF Mission Trips; Bible Study Favorite Memory:  Flipping off the dock during YAW and landing “less than gracefully”
Jared Fadow	Born:  Wichita Falls, TX School:  Home & MSU Favorite Class:  Mr. Ginn’s Sunday School Class Plans:  Attend MSU to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering Church Activities:  FJM Sunday School; UMYF; TV Ministry Favorite Memory:  Skeet & Archery during YAW
Nancy Farabee	Born:  Wichita Falls, TX School:  WFHS Favorite Class:  Science Plans:  Attend UT Austin to pursue counseling / social work Clubs / Organizations:  Young Life; Yearbook Honors; National Honor Society
Corbin Ginn	Born:  Sylva, NC School:  WFHS Favorite Class:  Physics Plans:  Attend MSU to pursue a degree in Early Childhood Education Clubs / Organizations:  Newspaper; Cross Country; Quill & Scroll Honors:  Voted Senior Class “Most Daring” Church Activities:  Choir; VBS; UMYF; UMYF Mission Trips; Nursery; Bible Study Favorite Memory:  San Marcos Mission Trip
Dylan Haynes	Born:  San Antonio, TX School:  Rider HS Favorite Class:  Music Theory Plans:  Attend the University of North Texas Clubs / Organizations:  Martial Arts Club; Band Honors:  National Honor Society Church Activities:  Choir; Ringers; Orchestra; VBS; Praise Band; UMYF (Worship Leader); UMYF Mission Trips; SYM Tech Crew Favorite Memory:  Jammin’ Blues with Pappa G
James Hinze	School:  Air Academy High School, Colorado Plans:  Attend University of Colorado Clubs / Organizations:  Varsity Football Honors:  Voted Most Valuable Teammate, Varsity Football; Colorado FBLA State in Economics
Derek Montano	Born:  Bitburg, Germany School:  Rider HS Favorite Class:  Lunch Plans:  Navy; Special Warfare Combat Crewman Clubs / Organizations:  Soccer; Track; Swim Team; Water Polo Team Church Activities:  UMYF; UMYF Mission Trips
Spencer Riley	Born:  Wichita Falls, TX School:  Rider HS Favorite Class:  Anatomy & Physics Plans:  Attend University of Arkansas Clubs / Organizations:  Soccer; Guitar; Young Life Honors:  All District & Academic All State Soccer Church Activities:  Acolyte Favorite Memory:  VBS
Merideth Selvidge	Born:  Wichita Falls, TX School:  Burkburnett HS Favorite Class:  American Sign Language Plans:  Attend MSU then continue to USAO to pursue a degree in American Sign Language Clubs / Organizations:  Student Council; Drama; Boomtown Babe’s Drill Team; Project Graduation Honors:  National Honor Society; Who’s Who in Foreign Language; Theater Honors; State UIL Prose & Interpretation Church Activities:  Choir; UMYF; Youth Council; SYM (7 seasons); Bible Study Favorite Memory:  Lock-in with Floral Heights UMC when I fell asleep on the pool table. . .
Alexander Curlin
Anthony Davis

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:

As a part of the primary program time, parents and grandparents came to share the experience with their 6th graders.  Thus, all were able to consider the importance of every member of the body of Christ, the church.  When one is not there, the tasks before us are more difficult – sometimes impossible!  Plus, as members of the same body, we have to learn to work together in sharing and using our gifts for the good of all.

After supper, the eleven Confirmands worked on their own Affirmation of Faith in their own words, and this creed will be read for the first time in worship on Confirmation Sunday, April 25, 2010.  Then, after a bit of free time, they watched the theatrical version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and considered how John Wesley’s basic theology is summed up in that movie!

Special thanks go to six youth helpers (Andrew Beltchev, Drake Davis, Breanne Press, Hope Rouse, Courtney Tate, and Keeley Trevino) and three adults (Jeff & Holly Ginn and Wilma O’Connell) who worked with Rev. Troy Sims to make this event a success.

The Confirmands that attended this trip include Paul Acosta, Collin Brauner, Emma Knight, Mason Lamb, Lauren Meaders, Ali O’Connell, Millicent Paris, Cory Press, Myrah Rogers, Ashley Tate, and McKinley Thacker.

Check out the pictures below!

• Friday, April 23, 2010
• 6:30-10:00pm

Wear your PJs and bring a game and a snack to share!

For more information, contact Rev. Lydia Pellikan
(lpellikan@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x272).

To sign up, fill out the form below!

• Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 5:00-8:00pm
• Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 1:00-4:00pm

For more information, contact the Youth Director
Jeff Ginn (jginn@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x230)