Across the District→
April 2009
FROM CHURCH TO CHURCH, AMEN!
AMEN
to San Benito UMC for
holding Taize services weekly during Lent. The
services are being led by Rev. Jane Lovette-Porr, retired UMC
pastor.
San Benito FUMC Taize Service Communion
Elements
AMEN
to Riviera UMC for
securing and operating a Medical Clinic for the community that is
exhibiting concern for health as one of the Four Major Foci emerging
from Quadrennium 2008-2012.
Riviera
UMC Weekly Health Clinic
AMEN
to Mission FUMC for
continuing to be involved in the Mission Service Project, the annual
ministry outreach of the McAllen District.
AMEN
to Valley Praise of Harlingen FUMC who baptised 11 people in a
make-shift baptistery (a water trough) on Palm Sunday.
The response was joy and thanksgiving not only by those
baptised, but by the congregation.
AMEN
to Mercedes FUMC for having a Cooperative Parish Good Friday Service
with combined choirs of Weslaco FUMC and Mercedes FUMC.
AMEN
to San Benito FUMC for
hosting Girl Scout Sunday.
San Benito
FUMC Girl Scout Sunday
San Benito
Girl Scout Sunday
AMEN
to Port Isabel FUMC for
continuing Prayer Shawl and Prayer Blanket ministries along with
their Hug-N-Buddies ministry. Stuffed animals
are donated to sit in the worship services and then are taken to
folks in need of a hug with a note attached. The
note reads, “I have been in worship and have heard the scripture
read and the prayers said.”
AMEN
to La Feria FUMC’s UMW
for hosting a Native American Study jointly with
the youth of the church. They studied Indian
customs by having a “potlatch” meal, planting beans, and learning
the “3 Sisters” approach to planting crops and living.
La Feria FUMC Native American Study
AMEN
to Zapata UMC for having
12 members at the McAllen District Training Event in
Laredo.
AMEN
to Brownsville FUMC for
holding their “Faith In Action” Sunday. Over 100
people participated. The group gathered at
worship time but left to go out into the community to help others.
Brownsville
FUMC “Faith In Action”
AMEN
to Pharr UMC for holding
Monthly Health and Legal Assistance Clinics that include the Justice
for Our Neighbor ministry as well as information and help from local
agencies.
AMEN
to Alice FUMC for
continuing their community youth coffee house with youth activities
including Host a Murder (costumed characters), Dirty Games Day
(playing in the mud), and Clean Games Day (playing in the coffee
house room).
Alice FUMC Community Youth Coffee House
AMEN
to Wesley UMC and Harlingen FUMC for having combined Maundy Thursday
and Good Friday services.
AMEN
to St. John UMC for
continuing to find places for children and youth in the life of
their church. They routinely have youthful help
as candle lighters, scripture readers, and instrumental soloists.
They also continue to have Boy Scout activities--most
recently a “mad scientist workshop.”
AMEN
to Trinity UMC for
continuing to be in ministry with the other congregations
that meet in their building (Iglesia
Cantico Nuevo of the Christian & Missionary Alliance and the Korean
Presbyterian Church). They recently held a
combined worship service that included songs, prayers and messages
in English, Spanish, and Korean. This was
followed by a potluck luncheon.
Trinity UMC—Communion during the
Ecumenical Service
AMEN
to Los Fresnos UMC for
planning a Junior High youth mission trip with BIG HOUSE, a
United Methodist
Church
program.
AMEN
to Laredo FUMC for
planning to fund and include community children in their VBS.
Church members are asked to become ($20) shareholders in
children’s growth by “adopting” one child or more for the event.
AMEN
to Brownsville FUMC for “trading places”. Their
pastor recently preached the Sunday Worship service at El Buen
Pastor UMC while El Buen Pastor’s pastor came to preach at FUMC.
AMEN
to the McAllen District
for having good Lay Speaking Ministries Training and to Luvy
Carrasco for recording this reminder of God’s presence there.
View during dinner at the Lay Speaking
Ministries Training
Do you
have an AMEN to share about the McAllen District?
If so, contact Mary Howard by phone or email.
(956-421-3630 or yard23@aol.com)
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