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Aledo United Methodist Church
an edition of
The United Methodist Reporter
Two Sections, Section A071050 Vol. 158 No. 34 December 23, 2011
P.O. Box 126, Oak at Pecan St., Aledo, TX 76008 | www.aledoumc.org | 817.441.8329 Fax: 817.441.1352
Wednesday
Night Pastors
Bible Study
Gospel in Life: Grace
Changes Everything,
will be facilitated by Rev.
Jason Jones during Ignite
on Wednesday Nights
beginning Wednesday,
January 11th.
We will join author and
pastor Timothy Keller in
an eight-week video based
study of the gospel and
how to live it out in your
everyday life. Youll learn
how the gospel can change
your heart, your community,
and how you live in this
world.
Meals for our
Parker County
neighbors
On January 3, 4 and 5, our
church will be preparing and
serving meals to our neigh-
bors in need in East Parker
County. If you would like to
help, sign up in the narthex.
Without our Churches of
Hope, which includes prac-
tically every church in the
Aledo/Willow Park area, we
would not be able to provide
this service to our clients.
Discover real meaning this Christmas.
Inside
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Prayers
Tuesday Morning Study
Church Angel
PAGE 8
Childrens Ministry
HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE
Christmas Eve
December 24
5:00pm Family Friendly
Worship Service
7:00pm Communion
Worship Service
11:00pm Communion
Worship Service
Christmas Day
Sunday, December 25
Brunch 9:00
One Service 10:00
Recently I received a call from Prison Fel-
lowship concerning their Angel tree minis-
try. rough this ministry, an incarcerated
parent can request that a gi be given to
his/her child in the parents name. e
woman told me there were several children
in Parker County with a parent making
this request; did I think I could nd people
willing to provide a small gi? I told her I
thought I could and proceeded to share the
request with our Disciple 1 class and sent
an e-mail out to the UMW list.
e response was overwhelming! More
than 20 people oered to help. It turned
out only ve children were to receive gis
thought this ministry. But then I received
a request for gis for a few more children
whose parents recently nished their prison
sentences but were not able to provide a
Christmas for their children; could we
help? Aer talking to several of the rst
responders, we had the new list covered!
Shortly aer, we learned of several Weath-
erford children in need of Christmas, and
you guessed itwe were again able to nd
folks in our church family to surprise these
kiddos, too!
From that initial phone call, 23 children
in 10 families will receive gis this
Christmas, a tangible reminder of Gods
provision and Christian love. Many AUMC
families have given generously to the less-
fortunate during this holy season. Blessings
to all who chose to be the hands and feet
of Christ this Christmas!
Submitted by Trudy Smith
Aledo UMC responds to Angel Tree request for gifts
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TUESDAY, DEC. 27
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THURSDAY, DEC. 29
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 1
NEW YEARS DAY
9:00am Sunday School
10:00am Worsnip Sorvioo
Beginning January 8th,
tnis sormon sorios will
look at the Sermon on
tno Mount to nolp us
undorstand tno toaonings
o Josus and to apply
tnom to our livos. n tno
Sermon on the Mount,
Josus addrossos tno
strugglos tnat wo still aoo
today. Tno mossagos will
make you think and give
you nopo, as wo strivo to
livo as Josus' disoiplos,
living out our faithliving
tno paradox o lio.
next sermon series
Elevate:
Living the Paradox
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Our
Church
Home
ATTENDANCE
DECEMBER 4, 2011
2011 161 252
2010 149 287
DECEMBER 11, 2011
2011 197 303
2010 145 249
NEW MEMBERS
Dusty and Sarah Bush
Andrea Anderson
Staff
MINISTERS
ALL THE CONGREGATION
PASTOR OF TEACHING
AND VISIONING
JASON JONES
PASTOR OF DISCIPLESHIP
AND PASTORAL CARE
DEANDREA DARE
WEEKDAY PRESCHOOL MINISTRIES
JAYNE DAWSON
DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN
& FAMILY MINISTRIES
TRUDY SMITH
ASSIST. DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN &
FAMILY MINISTRIES
LEANN SCOTT
DIRECTOR OF STUDENT MINISTRIES
CLINT CHURCH
ASSIST. DIRECTOR OF STUDENT
MINISTRIES
LAURA GREER
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF MUSIC &
WORSHIP
EVAN FERIS
PRAISE BAND DIRECTOR
CHRIS MCLELLAN
PIANIST
KRISZTA KOVCS-TUBBS
OFFICE MANAGER
& BOOKKEEPER
SHARI BIRCHELL
ADMIN. ASSIST. TO THE CLERGY
KIM WATSON
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and you will. Mark 11:24
Concerns: Patrick Carter, Lauren Chapman, Beverly Rectors father Don
Coey, Don Duckering, Marshall Bryant, Jayne Dawsons mother Beth
Calfee, Cindy Mayelds mother Minta Simmans, Jan Hudler and her
mother Jo Morton, Cindy Tanners brother Bryan Futch, Betty Duvall,
Laura Marsdens mother Ruth Bueno, Ross Tanner and family, Rhonda
Rhine, Natha Lee Shannon, Aaron Gomas, Marla Jones mother Diann
Montgomery, Charlie McLains brother, Randy Gideon, Yvonne Stegall,
Jennie May, Robin Brown, Shannon Reynolds cousin Corrie McWilliams,
James Dorrell, Beth Calfee, Steve Bales brother-in-law Herschel Nelson,
Andrew Karnes, Jim Brittons dad Ellis Britton, Brandy Dietz, Laura
Abbott, Tanner Mathews, Jaci Mitchell, Kacie Brannen, Dean Thompson,
David Kent, Butch Fernstrom, Lance Holland, Jim Hanley, Kathy
Mayottes father, Edmond Gutierrez, Jr., Rita Burnett, Jim Olney, Roy
Pitcock, Pat Simon, Tammy Boutwell, Michael Finck, Cindy Vance, Je
Herron, Chad & Rena Tyson Family, Linda Malloy, John Rubenkoenig,
John Hartle, Sharon McCoys mother Laura Mae Barnard, John Breaux,
Tip Read, Dorothy Srba, Mary Harts brother John Roach, Nick Wright,
Alison Evers, Mark Strickland, Tina Stevens mother.
Our special members who are unable to be with us for worship:
Anna Boger, Rosemary Houser, Wynell Stevens
Our Long Term Prayer Concerns: Sara Reeds mother Paula Duckering,
PFC Logan Tidwell, PFC Travis Dare, Kids Hope USA Children, Sheryl
Glusing, Henry Davis, Brian Whites Family, Capt. Marc R. Bradle, PFC
James Spurlock, Brian Hebert, Casey Tutt, Lucas Potter, Sgt. Aavram
Powell, Barbara Moores parents Edward & Helen Farcus, Mason Gomez,
Lt. 1st Class Jesse Spurlock, Bryan Thomas, USMC Cory Applewhite,
Sgt. Adam Novak, Sgt. Andrew Schneider, Pvt. 1st Class Ryan Hedblad,
Johnny Rowell, Ben Weston, Missionaries, Chase Peysen, Sgt. Joe
Washam, Beth Fischers Mom, All Military Personnel
If you have an emergency (life threatening illness or death in the family) and would like to
speak to one of our pastors, please call (682)710-AUMC (2862).
e Nobel Peace Prize winner
and international icon of
reconciliation shares his vision
on why we can nd hope
and joy in the worlds darkest
momentsbecause we are made
for goodness and God smiles
upon us and blesses us when we
live up to this calling.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
has witnessed some of the
worlds darkest moments, for
decades ghting the racist
government policy of apartheid
and since then being an
ambassador of peace amidst
political, diplomatic, and natural
disasters.Yet people continue
to nd him one of the most
joyful and hopeful people they
have encountered. In Made
for Goodness, Tutu shares his
secret.
Written with his daughter,
Mpho, Tutu begins with Jesus
parableof the prodigal son,
nding in the role of the waiting
father, who forgets this dignity
of what is justly his in order to
run and embrace his repentant
son, the best symbol for
understanding who God is.God
has made us for goodness, and
when we simply start walking in
the direction of this calling, God
is there to meet us, encourage
us, embrace us.So tackling
our worst problems takes on
new meaning and is bolstered
with hope and the expectation
that that is exactly where God
will show up.Be ready to be
transformed.
Made for Goodness
And why this makes all the dierence
Tuesday Morning Bible Study
January 10March 27, 10:00-12:00
Facilitated by Rev. DeAndrea Dare
Church Angel
Kathy Mayotte
If youve enjoyed a breakfast
snack from the hospitality
table lately, make sure you
thank our church angel, Kathy
Mayotte! Kathy agreed to serve
our church by preparing the
hospitality table (started by
another angel, Mary Hart)
every week. She comes in early
to make sure it is ready for the
8:45am service, then restocks it
before the 11:00am service!
But Kathys generous service
isnt limited to this type of
hospitality; she has served on
many mission teams, from
junior high and high school
to adult mission trips, and she
oen subs in childrens Sunday
school classes.
anks, Kathy, for being a
faithful church angel!
CHURCH
Angels
@AledoUMC
Pastoral counseling available to community
AUMC oers pastoral counseling to the Aledo
Community. e Rev. Dr. Mitzi Ellington is avail-
able to see individuals and couples over the age
of 18 on Tuesdays from 12:00-4:00pm. Counsel-
ing is available by appointment only and will take
place in the Educational Annex. Fees are based
on income. For appointments, call 817-907-3243.
Rev. Dr. Mitzi Ellington is a pastoral counselor
in private practice at First United Methodist
Church in Fort Worth. She received her clini-
cal training and a Doctor of Ministry degree in
Pastoral eology and Pastoral Counseling from
Brite Divinity School. Mitzi is ordained and her
experience includes over twenty years of hospital
chaplaincy as a Board Certied Chaplain.
Whether it is depression, anxiety, stress, or
adjustment issues, her focus is upon helping per-
sons re-author their life story by addressing any
issue that is preventing them from living their
life with hope.
Page 8 Aledo United Methodist Church
Childrens Ministry News
Miles and Rylee Grubbs, along with their dad and grandpa, visit their Gramma
Hounsel, who resides at Holland Lake.
Long-time AUMC member Anna Boger visits with Club 45 members Andy Wright
and Andrew Carter.
5th grader Preston White meets a World War II veteran at Holland Lake Nursing
Home.
The children passed out Christmas cookies, sang Christmas carols, and walked
through the Christmas story.
Aledo UMC 4th and 5th graders took a road trip to Holland Lake Nursing Home to share Christmas with the residents there.
Thanks to all the moms and dads who helped bake cookies, drive and sing along! Club 45 meets next on January 8 at 4:00pm for
a New Years Party. All 4th and 5th graders are welcome!
Club 45 shares Christmas with Holland Lake residents
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