Please Pray For One Another First United Methodist Church
Rosenberg, Texas
Concerns: (8-30) Barb Nippler (Kim Spano’s mother), Kody Spano
recovering from second knee surgery
September 22, 2009  Volume 24, Issue 36
First United Methodist Church
Mailing address: 1106 Fourth Street
Phone: 281-342-3333 or 281-232-3246
(9-13) Jim Mathews, Raymond Chachere, Margaret Richardson, Wayne
Sanctuary: 1127 Third Street
Web site: www.fumcrosenberg.net
Morris, Linda Moody, Elaine Bergman, Mary Malone, Cynthia Balzen’s
Rosenberg, Texas 77471
Ramblings:
Fax: 281-342-3333
father Jerry Alford, Sophie and Ben Oldag, Hellen and Jake Bellais,
Robert Hill, Kris Woldy’s father, Elizabeth Nelson, Karen Setliff, Raul &
Maria Elena Aguilar (Enrique’s parents), Melanie Linder and her family Remember the Sabbath Day and Keep it Holy
(9-20) Bill Castillo (Lou & Ellie Cumings’ son-in-law), Bob Whitley, This promises to be a particularly busy week
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for a lot of people. In my world I can’t seem to
in color!
Al Liebman and family, Nova Tropeano, Joe Balzen’s mother Jan Owens
run fast enough. This morning I had to get four
kids to the dentist, clean up a mess around the
Christopher Bailey house (I caused it, I cleaned it), and fix a door
for Misty at her classroom. In the next few
Larry Bolton minutes I still need to write a column for the
Scott Cayton newsletter, go to the staff meeting, pack for my
Jason Johnson trip to Lakeview (Pastor’s Retreat) and drive
the 192 miles to Lakeview. I’ll be back late
Jeremiah Judkin Wednesday and leaving again Thursday
Rachel Miller afternoon to go on The Walk to Emmaus which
will last until Sunday evening. (I’ll be driving
Dannielle Pope Needler back Sunday morning for the worship services
Cash Radowick and then back to the retreat for the
conclusion.)
With all that I have going on I know many of
you have it just as bad or worse. But the
amazing thing about all that I have going on is
that I’m not stressed about it at all. I probably
should be, but I’m not. Now I’m not sure why
this is the case, but I think it may have
something to do with keeping a promise to
myself (and more importantly to my God)
about having a Sabbath.
For sixteen years I have been following the
same routine. I call it Holy Procrastination. I
have set aside Saturday night for sermon
preparation. Most weekends I have waited for
the kids to go to bed and then headed up to
the church to work on the sermon. I usually
finished and made it back home around 3 am.
With the alarm ringing at 6:30 it made for some
serious napping that afternoon. Many people
thought I was crazy, but I have to say it worked
well for me. Most of the time. But then God
Food pantry items for September are canned spoke to me two weeks ago.
vegetables and canned fruit. The pantry was hit hard at the end of I was reading the passage in Exodus about
August and is in need of almost everything! Please make a donation the Israelites longing for food and God sending
this week. Thanks! them quail and manna. He provided for them
for six days and told them to rest on the
seventh. He promised that the provisions he
gave them would last the whole seven days. I
Please remember your portrait appointments have read that passage many times and it
never spoke to me this way. I realized that I
Thursday, Friday and Saturday for our new pictorial directory.
was not doing what God said to do. By being
Report to the Education Building at least 10 minutes at the office everyday, I was not following God.
before your scheduled appointment time. Having a Sabbath wasn’t something God
suggested, but what God commanded. I guess
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it’s only natural to be stressed when you aren’t
following the boss’ orders.
Last week I made a conscious decision to
have a Sabbath. I instituted a Thursday
midnight deadline. I decided that I would have
everything done for the services by midnight
Thursday night. I hated it. I had to move
several things around in my schedule and had
to cancel some things, but I did it. Friday was
my Sabbath and after the twelfth or thirteenth
time I thought to myself, “I need to run by the
office for…” I finally settled down and enjoyed
the day with just me and God. I prayed and
listened (not all day, but more than I have in
any day I can remember lately).
Nothing happened that day and yet
something happened that day. I didn’t
accomplish anything and yet I felt like I had
really done something great. Saturday was
busy with a meeting of my mentor group in
Cleveland. It felt great to be well rested and
not to have the threat of a long night hanging
over my head. Sunday came and though I was
nervous about not having gone over the
message for the past two days, everything
seemed to go well.
Looking at the week ahead I see that there
are quite a few things that I have to do and yet
for the first time in a long time I’m not worried
about getting it all done. I am setting tomorrow
as my Sabbath. When other preachers are all
meeting at the different seminars I will be
ignoring them completely. I am setting this day
aside for God. I’m still keeping my Thursday
midnight deadline for the service. This way I
will be ready for worship while I am helping
others get closer to Christ on the Emmaus
Walk.
I would like to ask you for two things.
Examine your life and put aside a Sabbath day
for you and your family. You will be amazed at
what it can do in just a short amount of time.
Second, pray for me as I get used to this new
way of doing things. Pray that God will speak
to me in ways that help us all follow where he
is leading. And pray that I would be more
faithful to him so I can lead you better.
IGS,
John
Opportunities To Serve
Tuesday, Sept. 22:
7:00 p.m. - Women’s Prayer Group
Wednesday, Sept. 23:
5:00 p.m. - Children’s Choirs
6:15 p.m. - Handbells
7:30 p.m. - Sanctuary Choir rehearsal
Thursday, Sept. 24: CHURCH DIRECTORY PHOTOS
7:00 p.m. - Praise Team rehearsal
Friday, Sept. 25: CHURCH DIRECTORY PHOTOS
Church Office Closed
8:00 a.m. - County Fair Parade
Saturday, Sept. 26: CHURCH DIRECTORY PHOTOS
Anahuac Work Day
8:00 a.m. - Pumpkin Patch Unloading Day
Sunday, Sept. 27: Pumpkin Patch Kick Off Sunday
WEAR YOUR T-SHIRT!
8:30 a.m. - Blended Worship Service
9:40 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages
10:50 a.m. - Traditional Worship Service
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Pumpkin Patch open
Noon - Meet in the Pumpkin Patch for a congregational photo
3 p.m. - Field Trip Training
4 p.m. - Sales Training
5:00-7:00 p.m. - Combined Youth (grades 6-12)
6:00 p.m. - Growth Group meeting
Monday, Sept. 28:
9:00 a.m. - MOMS
10:30 a.m. - Prime Chimers
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Pumpkin Patch open
7:00 p.m. - Lay Leadership Committee meeting
7:00 p.m. - Boy Scouts
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
he restores my soul.
Psalm 23:1-3a
FIRST CHURCH STAFF
JOHN R. BLACK………………………………………….…...Pastor
ADRIANE GRAY…………………………….....Nursery Coordinator
DEBRA RADOWICK……………..…....…. Administrative Assistant
KRIS WOLDY……………..………….…..………..…Music Director
JOSE LUNA ……………………….……..………...Church Custodian
GAYNELL PSENCIK………………….…..…….Financial Secretary
JESSICA MYERS………………….…………………..…….Organist
BECCA HYDE………………….…………………..…Youth Director
In memory of Tommy Sue Foerster
by Dixie and Wayne Moore; Johnnie
COUNTRY STORE AND HARVEST CAFÉ
and Joan Cooper; Charles and Nancy Saturday, October 17, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Spano; Merrie Talley; Linda Seay; Bill In conjunction with our annual Pumpkin Patch, our church will host our
and Gladys Simmons; Gene and 4th Country Store and Harvest Café on October 17. It will be held in our
Lucylle Allen; Mr. and Mrs. Connie fellowship hall and, weather permitting, out on the courtyard. The church
Black; Becky and Tracy Gallimore; will sponsor a booth for homemade craft items (such as needlework,
Bess and John Matthys; Richard and Jan Elliott; Hurley and Ginger John- wooden items, canned goods, pot plants, quilts, artwork, Fall and Christ-
son; Bob and Cindy Peters; Mrs. Billie Teel; Clay Panova; Gloria Wilson; mas holiday crafts, etc.) for those who do not want to rent an entire booth
Jeffrey Dyess; John and Nita Gay Rogers; Carolyn Culpepper; Cliff Terrell; for themselves. The Celebration group will, again, host a bake sale table
Burienne and Margaret Stuart; John and Bridget Yeung; Fort Bend Finan- and will welcome any items for their table. If you want to donate items to
cial; Esther Buls; Grace Talley-Redifer; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ives; Lydia these booths, all are welcome.
Barker; Judy and Wayne Morris If you would like to purchase your own table, the cost is $20 per 6’ table.
In memory of Ben Reimer by Ella and Joe Machac and family; Judy and The $20 serves as your contribution while profits from your sales will be
Larry Feinstein; John and Nita Gay Rogers; Carolyn Culpepper; L.C. and yours. We have several new vendors joining us this year with some won-
Cathy Courtney; Esther Buls; William Dawson and Evelyn Dawson; Linda derful selections of jewelry, candles, baby items, hair ribbons, baskets,
Homemade Gourmet, yard art and more!
Seay; Thomas James McMaster; Caleb and Payton Manuel; C.J. and
The Cafe will serve from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. We will need volunteers to
LaVerne Overgoner; Shirley Sellah and Al Greising; Edwin Hrncir; Charles
help with the church sponsored table as well as on the kitchen crew. If you
and Cynthia Bergvall; Bruce and Jeanie Austin; Wayne Jakubik; Bill and
would like to lend a hand, please see the contact information below. We
Jeanette Brown; Mr. and Mrs. John Jakubik and family; John and Cheryl
will work in two hour shifts on the 17th but you are welcome to sign up for a
Scott and the Texas City Dinner Group; Ruth and Pat Cox; Charles and longer time slot. If you cannot volunteer as a helper, this will be a great
Nancy Spano; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ives; Lydia Barker way to start your Christmas shopping! Invite your friends, neighbors & fam-
In memory of Betty Wleczyk by A.J. and Ester Eleczyk; Robert Hill and ily as this has become a FUN event and a wonderful outreach to our com-
Family munity. All proceeds benefit our Children’s Ministry program. Come help us
celebrate fall!
Hey, Youth! Table sales:
Kitchen coordinator:
Mandy Bryan mandyrbryan@gmail.com
Pat Shirk
713-305-6400
281-342-8248
Any one who talks to me for more than five minutes knows that I do A LOT of stuff with Store coordinator: Sue Mealus 281-734-8060
my family. In fact, my entire family lives here in Rosenberg and Richmond...both sets of Event coordinator: Jennifer Hartmann 281-342-5096
grandparents, my aunt, uncle, and cousins, and my parents...all of us! I’m constantly doing
stuff with my family...because I love them and I love hanging out with them! We like to get
together, eat, and play games. We just like spending time together. Sound familiar? It Pumpkin Patch and individually wrapped bags of
candy corn
should! That’s what the youth group is all about every Sunday night! We are a fam-
ily. That means we love each other, respect each, and help each other out. 1 Corinthians Important Dates 2. Bottled water
3. 2 liter sodas - all flavors, all
12:12 says “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the
body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.” We are the family of God and we Sept. 26 Unloading Day
kinds, diet and regular
**Candy donations needed by
are called to love and support one another like family. That means we have to spend time Sept. 27 T-shirt portrait day Thurs., Sept. 24th
together and do things together! Everyone has busy schedules (me too!) but if we don’t Oct. 3 Grand Opening **Water and soda donations
take time for family we can’t appreciate all the other great things we are doing...cause we needed throughout the months of
Oct. 10 Picnic & Pictures
will have no one to share it with. Once a month the youth will be having a B.I.G. Event, Sept. and Oct.
where we will be doing something outside of the church and we will need help to make sure Oct. 17 Country Store Donations can be left in the
that we can do all of these activities. Our first one will be on October 4th and we are going & Harvest Café Education Building under the PP
to Sugar Land Ice for some broom ball. Can’t make that one? Don’t worry...we have one Oct. 24 Fall Festival
bulletin board or in the Church
every month and there is sure to be one you can come too! So come be a part of our fam-
Oct. 31 Trunk or Treat
office. Thank you for supporting the
ily...and spend some time with us Sunday night! Pumpkin Patch!!
In His Love, *Work schedule is posted in the
Becca *Unloading Day is Saturday! Education Building - please sign
Be here at 8 a.m. Wear gloves up to work a shift. This outreach
This week we will be having a Pumpkin Patch Party! Wear something you don’t mind and bring along a wagon or project is labor intensive and eve-
getting a little messy...and come have some fun with your family! wheelbarrow if you can. ryone is needed to work a shift.
Parents and Volunteers! We will be having a meeting on Sunday, October 11 at *Donations needed: Training will be Sunday afternoon
4pm! Your presence and participation are crucial to the success of our youth group, so 1. Only the following candy: so no one can say “I don’t know
please plan to be there! smarties, tootsie rolls, dum dums, what to do!”