News Update Archive
 Corpus Christi District is hosting a
stewardship event November 16-17 at First
UMC, Corpus Christi. Our featured speaker
will be Rev. David S. Bell.
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"Board of
Pensions met November 1st. As I
understand it, they voted to keep the health
insurance rates the same, no
increase in the rates for
clergy, spouse, or family."
Last Sunday was the "last Sunday" in
October - whew time flies!!!!! Please
send me your Vital Signs report ASAP. Thank
you to all of you that have been so
prompt and sent your report in.
Please
check your Local Church Committees form that you
previously submitted at your Charge Conference.
If you did not furnish an email address for your
Chair of Trustees, please send it to me ASAP.
The Conference office is requesting this
information for their records. In fact, if
there are any email addresses that you did not
submit for any of your Chair persons,
please provide them and submit the forms again.
Year
end "Check Out" is already being prepared for.
(All together - groan!!!) I need your input as
to how you want to do it this year. It seemed
to go very well with everyone submitting their
information at their convenience, at their
office & computer. I know a few of you came to
the district office for assistance and that
worked out real well too.
Do
you want to continue with that procedure or do
you miss the everyone coming together at one
location for an all day affair and
fellowship? Some time back I know it used to
be combined with a Pastors/Professionals day and
we could certainly do that again if you wish. I
am open to your suggestions and am willing
to do it either way. Let me know what you
think.
You should be receiving a brochure
for the mid winter camps at Mt. Wesley. The
district office has received five (5)
scholarships for the mid winter camp
at $45.00 each. If you have a youth that
needs one of these partial scholarships,
please let the District Office know.
Do any of you have any of the Peace
with Justice envelopes left over from last
June's special offering? Call or
email the District Office.
NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER NEEDED
If you
haven't sent
your November Newsletter to be linked from
our website, please do so prior to November 1st.
If possible, send it by email as an attachment.
If you can't send it by email please contact me
so we can work together on this project.
Thanks.
helen@umcmcdistrict.com
Sponsored
by:
METHODIST BORDER FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION
JOINT WORSHIP
SERVICE
and LUNCH IN REYNOSA, MEXICO
You are invited to join the
Ø
McAllen District, SWTX
Conference
Ø
Southern District, Rio
Grande Conference
Ø
San Pablo District,
Methodist Church of Mexico
at
EL BUEN PASTOR in Reynosa, Mexico
Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.
If you would like to caravan with the group...
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Please make the following change to your
calendar: The Clergy Appreciation Dinner previously
scheduled for Friday, November
2nd at
FUMC Mission has been changed
to Friday, November
30th
at FUMC Mission.
Anyone traveling from the valley
to the Victoria area
First United Methodist Church in Harlingen
has donated approximately 75 choir robes to
be sent to churches in the New Orleans area.
We have
churches in New Orleans ready to receive the
robes, but I need
assistance transporting the robes from
Harlingen to Victoria.
If anyone is traveling from the valley to
the Victoria area, please contact Rev.
Marilyn Roeder (FUMC-Victoria) at
361-578-2701 or Jona at 956-423-0540
(FUMC-Harlingen). Your assistance is greatly
appreciated.
Blessings, Marilyn Roeder
Just sharing that I have a new cell phone
number. It replaces my former 373 number.
My church or home phone is still preferred
and probably quicker since I'm not one to
carry my cell phone with me to the
office. My cell phone lives in my purse so
it's with me when I hit the road.
Rev. Roberta B. Goodman
Several of the Charge Conference packets are
being returned without the Lay Member to Annual
Conference Registration form being completed.
Please make sure to complete that form, send a
copy to the conference office and include a copy
in your Charge Conference folder for Larry.
Thanks.
2007-2008
McAllen District Directory has been updated
online effective 9-1-07. If you find any
corrections that need to be made please let me
know asap. ... thanks... Helen
helen@umcmcdistrict.com
Don't forget, our next
Pastors/Professionals meeting will be
Wednesday, September 5th at 9:00 a.m. at St. John UMC, Rio Grande City.
Lunch will be provided at $5 per person. We look forward to seeing
you.
DYPS from Rusty!! - Rusty would like us
to ATTEMPT to have a DYPS meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 26th
from 11 to 1 here at FUMC, McAllen . If people could come on their
lunch hour, that would be GREAT! Could ya'll please get the word out?
I would like a list of people doing youth work now in the district. I
know we've had much turnover. So, if either of you know that, could you
please send it to me?
J'Nevelyn Lloyd
<jjlloyd@mcfirst.com>
Your
August Vital Signs report is now
due. Thanks to all of you that have already sent in your report.
The First United Methodist Church of Harlingen and The Endowment
Committee invites you to a seminar entitled:
“Putting Your House in Order”
– an interesting and informative seminar for all adults young and old.
Do You Have A Plan For Your loves Ones? Give the loving gift of
preparedness to those you love. This seminar will include:
* 33 page workbook (cost $5.00) to guide you in making important
decisions
* Requirements for a valid will
* Simple inheritance planning tools
* Samples of a living will and other legal documents
Sept. 6 at 7 pm in Pletcher Parlor (park in front of church or in West
parking lot)
Reservations would be appreciated. Call 423-0540
We are receiving several large manila envelopes with "postage
due". The new postal rate that recently went in to effect now
treats large oversize envelopes differently.
The first ounce costs $.80 and each additional ounce costs $.17 cents. A
typical large envelope with two or three sheets of paper enclosed (i.e.
Transformation Survey) costs $1.14 (.80 for the first ounce and .17 each
for the next two ounces) . Several of you are only putting two $.41
stamps (.82) and that is not sufficient postage.
Please be sure to use sufficient postage on all of your large envelopes.
If you do not have one, you might consider purchasing a postage scale to
assist you in determining the correct postage. They are available thru
the Post Office or Office Depot and are very inexpensive. I have been
able to catch some of the envelopes and pay the extra postage but I may
not be able to catch them all. Your material may be delayed and sent
back to you for insufficient postage. Thanks for your help.
Several have ask if we wanted the complete
Transformation Surveys booklet returned to
the district office. Please copy the survey
question/answer pages and mail those to the
district office. You need to retain your
complete booklet.
We
have allocated about ten Walking With Jesus'
packets per District which were left over from
our Annual Conference promotion. ...more
Don't
forget, your Church Transformation Survey is due
in to the district office by September 1st.
Thank you to those that have sent theirs in.
El
Mesias UMC has now moved in to their new
facility. Their new address is ...more
FUMC
Weslaco has asked that we pass along the following information for an
upcoming blood drive...more.
Hurricane
Dean is headed for our area, creating an
immediate need for Early Responder training.
...more
Our
church has the following robes that are
available to any church that might be interested
in them. We are not selling the robes
...more
Resource
needed - Video for "Bible Survey: God and the
Covenant People" ...more
We
need your AUGUST 2007 Newsletter. Please
send it to us Now! Will accept through mail,
however we prefer you email to
newsletters@umcmcdistrict.com.
I
wanted to let you know the Charge Conference
Packets are going out this afternoon. The
Conference office had not given us the 2008
Pastor's Compensation Form and I just received
that this morning. I am stuffing envelopes this
afternoon and will get them to the post office
today.
Please let me know that you received your
packet.
...........Also included in your packet will be
copies of the new District Directory and a
hurricane preparedness brochure furnished by
Church Mutual.
Blessings, Linda
We
are currently updating the District Directory on
this website. Changes should be completed by
August 20th.
The
next Pastors/Professionals meeting is scheduled
for Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at St. John
UMC, Rio Grande City. We will meet at 9:00 to
12:00 p.m. Lunch will be served and as before
the cost is $5.00 per person.
Clergy
Appreciation Dinner - Friday, November 2, 2007 -
FUMC Mission
District
Convocation - South Padre Island - April 18, 19
& 20, 2008
Dear
Brothers and Sisters in Ministry,
I have enclosed a flyer for a important event
that the General Board is sponsoring in late
September directed towards Hispanic youth. I
have spoken to most of you about this wonderful
event and the possibilities that it holds for
...more
A
message from Larry...We
are forming Cooperative Resource Teams to assist
churches in significant aspects of their
ministry. ...more
A
message from Larry...I
have long been a supporter of Emmaus/Chrysalis/Kairos
events ...more
Please
see the attached birth announcement for the new
granddaughter of Rev. Camille Bryant at Trinity
UMC, McAllen. Olivia has been diagnosed with a
heart anomaly. (Note the weight. She was born
nearly two months premature.) She has a hole in
her heart. Please keep little Olivia, her
parents and grandparents in your prayers.
SWTC’s
Sept 15th Worship Workshops Event at Travis Park
UMC, San Antonio, is going to be an awesome
injection of vision, skill development,
networking and inspiration. You can influence
pastors, worship teams, music/usher/acolyte/lay
leaders and others to attend.
Do
you remember when you were young and spent
summer nights in the back yard? Do you remember
the soft glow of the Milky Way in the night sky?
Join us (UMM) September 13-17 2007 as we travel
through and explore one of the wildest areas in
Texas!
Kingdom
Kamp 2007 - Time is getting close!
Seeking
Mature, Energetic, Nuturing, and Creative
Full-Time Director of Youth
Join
Steve and Janne Clinton on their Trip to the
Holy Land 2008
With all
the flooding in our area and surrounding areas
of our conference, we can definitely see on a
personal level the need for these flood buckets.
Congratulations
to FUMC Raymondville, Zapata UMC, and FUMC
Kingsville on becoming a certified "Welcoming
Congregations"!
Check
out our Charge Conference Schedule
We
are trying to compile a list of food pantries in
our area and would like to know which churches
have food pantries, and what the days and hours
of operation are. .....Cathe Evins email:
caatperk@aol.com .</a>' |
