Aledo United Methodist Church

an edition of
The United Methodist Reporter
Two Sections, Section A071050 Vol. 157 No. 42 February 18, 2011

P.O. Box 126, Oak at Pecan St., Aledo, TX 76008 | www.aledoumc.org | 817.441.8329 Fax: 817.441.1352

Take

MYTHBUSTERS
NOTE

Notice of Called

misconceived
Sunday Charge Conference
Contemporary Worship:
There will be a Called Charge

living
8:45 am
Conference on Wednesday,
Sunday School for all ages:
Feb. 23, 2011 at 7:30pm.
10:00 am
Purpose of the meeting:
Traditional Worship:
Consideration of purchasing
11:00 am
property on Rolling Hills
Childcare to children with special Drive.
needs is available during the 8:45
a.m. service and 10 a.m. Sunday
F R O M T H E PA S T O R
school hour. Attention: All Youth
This upcoming Sunday, look at three common myths that control
we begin a new sermon our lives. We will search to see if those and Youth Parents
Staff series: Myth Busters: myths are busted, plausible, or confirmed. Sunday, Feb. 20 at 2:30 pm,
MINISTERS - ALL THE CONGREGATION Misconceived Living. In I am reminded of the words of Jesus as he Pastors Jason and DeAndrea
PASTOR OF TEACHING AND VISIONING invite you to a meeting as
JASON JONES the show with the same is speaking in John 8:31-32: Then Jesus
we discuss the future of our
PASTOR OF DISCIPLESHIP AND theme, the hosts take on said… “If you continue in my word, you Student Ministries. This is
PASTORAL CARE - DEANDREA DARE
WEEKDAY PRESCHOOL MINISTRIES popular beliefs, internet are truly my disciples; and you will know an exciting time in the life of
JAYNE DAWSON rumors, or other myths. the truth, and the truth will make you free.” Aledo UMC, and we want to
CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES
LAURA GREER They experiment and test the myth and then In this series, we will search God’s word spend a few moments with
YOUTH MINISTRIES - TRUDY SMITH come to the conclusion that the myth is together, discerning that truth which sets you discussing it. The parents
MUSIC AND FINE ARTS
either busted, plausible, or confirmed. each of us free. will be in the gathering room
DAVID EDMONDS
and the youth will be in the
PRAISE BAND DIRECTOR   Each of us has a set of myths by which See you Sunday.
CHRIS MCLELLAN chapel.
we live. We get caught up with the myths May the Lord bless you and keep you,
PIANIST - KRISZTA KOVÁCS-TUBBS
OFFICE MANAGER & BOOKKEEPER of society, the media, and others. In the
SHARI BIRCHELL
Mythbusters’ experimenting and testing,
ADMIN. ASSIST. TO THE CLERGY
BECKY LAWRENCE they employ several techniques to come to OUR
their conclusion. What techniques do we CHURCH
use to reflect on our own lives? Rev. Jason M. Jones
Inside   In this three-part sermon series, we will Senior Pastor
HOME
Page 4 ATTENDANCE
The 7 ‘Ups’
February 6, 2011
New Member and Prospective-Member Lunch
Prayer Concerns
Calendar 8:45 173 11:00 328
Total 501 Last Year 467
Page 8 Sunday, February 20 at 12:15 in the Aledo UMC Chapel February 13, 2011
Youth News
8:45 141 11:00 282
New Members   If you have been visiting AUMC for a more acquainted with our staff and learn Total 423 Last Year 455
Mission Chicks while or have joined in the past year, we about where God is leading Aledo UMC.
invite you to join us for lunch and a time of   Please RSVP to Becky Lawrence in GENERAL COUNT
fellowship on Sunday, February 20 at 12:15 the church office at 817-441-8329 or February 6: $22,775.61
in the chapel. This will be an informal time BeckyLawrence@aledoumc.org. We look
to visit, get to meet new friends, become forward to seeing you on the 20th!

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AUMC partners with

Broadway Baptist to
serve the homeless
The 7 ‘Ups’
Living out your faith from day to day can sometimes be difficult,
AUMC
CALENDAR
On the third Thursday of every
month we will serve a meal
at Broadway Baptist Church
especially when you are trying to care for someone else who needs
all the help, love, and encouragement you can give him or her.
OF EVENTS
Serving others in this way can be draining emotionally, spiritually, Sunday, February 20
in Fort Worth for our brothers
8:45am Contemporary Worship
and sisters who do not have a and physically. Here are some uplifting tips on how to maintain your 10:00am Confirmation Class
home to call their own. To sign own balance in these areas while helping others to do so as well. 10:00am Sunday School
up, or for more information, 11:00am Traditional Worship
please contact Celeste Abbott 1. Wake up! Decide to have a good day and make a commitment to live it to the fullest. 12:00pm Lunch with AUMC
at Celestecnj@yahoo.com or “This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 12:15pm New/Prospective
Member Lunch
at 817-629-5496. 2. Dress up! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to 4:00pm Stephen’s Ministry
improve your looks (and it can be contagious, too!). Training
“. . . for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord Monday, February 21
looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 9:00am Worship Team Meeting
3. Shut up! Try to say nice things and learn to listen. God gave us two ears and one mouth, so he 10:00am Staff Meeting
must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking. 6:30pm UMW Meeting
7:00pm Scouts Meeting
“The one who guards his mouth preserves his life.” Proverbs 13:3
7:00pm Missions Committee
4. Stand up! Stand up for what you believe in. If you don’t stand for something, you’re likely to
Tuesday, February 22
fall for anything. 10:00am Bible Study
“Let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, we will reap a harvest if we do not grow 6:00pm Cub Scouts Meeting
weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to Wednesday, February 23
Looking for an adult those who are of the household of faith.” Galatians 6:9-10 Wonderful Wednesday
Sunday morning class? 5. Look up! Look up to the Lord and know that he is the source of all your strength. 4:00pm Youth Begins
“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 5:30pm Dinner
It’s not too late to join in the 6:00pm Love and Logic
new Sunday school class at 6. Reach up! Reach up for something higher. Don’t settle for what is merely good, but strive for 6:30pm Praise Band Rehearsal
10am in room 207 of the the best in all you do. 6:30pm Bell Choir Rehearsal
Education Building. This class “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your 7:30pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal
is targeted for individuals in ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 7:30pm Called Charge Conference
their 20s – 30s and beyond. 7. Lift up! Lift up your concerns, your hopes, your fears, your dreams in prayer to the Lord. Lay Thursday, February 24
The first study is God Is Closer them at his feet and ask him to respond as he has promised he will. 9:00am Bible Study
Than You Think by John “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let Sunday, February 27
Ortberg. your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6 8:45am Contemporary Worship
10:00pm Confirmation Class
10:00am Sunday School
11:00am Traditional Worship
4:00pm Stephen’s Ministry
Training
Monday, February 28
9:00am Worship Team Meeting
10:00am Program Staff Meeting
6:30pm Stephen’s Ministry
7:00pm Scouts Meeting
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you receive it, and you will. — Mark 11:24 Tuesday, MARCH 1
10:00am Bible Study
In your times of prayer throughout the week, remember the people named below 6:00pm Cub Scouts Meeting
along with those mentioned during our time of Celebration and Concerns Wednesday, MARCH 2
Wonderful Wednesday
Concerns: Maurice Anderson, Alyce Bertrand, Bill Burt’s sister Rita Our special members who are unable to be with us for worship: 4:00pm Youth Begins
Skipworth, John Choat’s brother Richard, Glenda Flechtner, Eleanora Anna Boger, Rosemary Houser, Wynell Stevens 5:30pm Dinner
6:00pm Love and Logic
Martin, Jim Hanley, Kathy Mayotte’s father, Sharon McCoy, Rosemary Our Long Term Prayer Concerns: Judi Green, Kids Hope USA Children, 6:30pm Praise Band Rehearsal
Choate, Alta Fisher, Earl and June Dorrell, Edmond Gutierrez, Jr., Charlie Sheryl Glusing, Henry Davis, Wendol Hill, Brian White’s Family, Capt. 6:30pm Bell Choir Rehearsal
Calhoun, Rita Burnett, Jim Olney, Brandon Johnson Family, Glen Rector, Marc R. Bradle, PFC James Spurlock, Brian Hebert, Casey Tutt, Anthony 7:30pm Chancel Choir Rehearsal
Terry Taylor, Brian Rogers, Bruce Trietsch, Roy Pitcock, Pat Simon, Ameen, Lucas Potter, Sgt. Aavram Powell, Barbara Moore’s parents Thursday, MARCH 3
Tammy Boutwell, Michael Finck, Cindy Vance, Crystal Pelfrey, Laura Edward & Helen Farcus, Mason Gomez, Lt. 1st Class Jesse Spurlock, 9:00am Bible Study
Abbott, Laura Abbott’s father, Jeff Herron, Chad & Rena Tyson Family, Bryan Thomas, USMC Cory Applewhite, Sgt. Adam Novak, Sgt. Andrew 6:30pm Men’s Fellowship
Linda Malloy, John Rubenkoenig, John Hartle, Sharon McCoy’s mother Schneider, Pvt. 1st Class Ryan Hedblad, Johnny Rowell, Ben Weston, Please Note: Events are
Laura Mae Barnard, John Breaux, Tip Read, Frank Dryden, Dorothy Missionaries, Chase Peysen, Sgt. Joe Washam, Beth Fischer’s Mom, All subject to change at any time.
Srba, Mary Hart’s brother, Nick Wright, Ken Fisher’s Aunt Ruth Brooks Military Personnel
& Sister Lois Brooks, David Dickert, Cindy Tanner’s brother Brian Futch, Updates at
Alison Evers, Mark Strickland, Diana Barker, Wink Bennett, Tina Stevens If you have an emergency (life threatening illness or death in the www.aledoumc.org
family) and would like to speak to one of our pastors,
mother, Bill Marshall, Jerilyn Barnett’s mother Robbie Brooks.
please call (682)710-AUMC (2862).
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Mission Chicks: Welcome our New Members

Love and Chocolate
  At our next meeting on Monday, February 21 at 6:30pm in
the Gathering Room, we will have a speaker from Union Gospel
Mission to tell us about homelessness and the services they
provide to homeless people in our area. Our mission project will
be to provide a love offering of hygiene items for the residents and visitors to UGM. Please
bring soap, deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo and lotion. Travel sizes are preferable.
  And the chocolate part of the program? Bring your favorite chocolate concoction to share
with other chocolate lovers. Yum! All women of the church are welcome!

YOUTH NEWS
Attention All Youth and Youth Parents: Sunday, February 20 at 2:30pm, Pastors Jason and DeAndrea
John and Melanie Allen
320 West Gate
Aledo, TX 76008
invite you to a meeting as we discuss the future of our Student Ministries. This is an exciting time in
the life of Aledo UMC, and we want to spend a few moments with you discussing it. The parents will be John works in baseball. His phone number is 972-816-3251.
in the gathering room and the youth will be in the chapel. We hope to see you there! Email: jfallen30@hotmail.com
Melanie is the Regional Manager for Communication

Get ready for mission trip! Connections. Her phone number is 806-202-2182.
Email: Melanie.allen@commconn.biz

Senior High Mission Trip
June 12–18 in Arkansas
Aledo UMC senior high trip
is done independently, as we
usually have a significant
number of Aledo participants.
*You are encouraged to
register in advance for senior
high trips, and make regular
payments before final payment
is due.
Junior High Mission Trip
Register by 04/07/11 with John is transferring his membership from Trietsch United
$100 deposit. Final payment Methodist in Flower Mound. Melanie is transferring her
due 05/05/11. membership from First UMC Perryton.
ON-TIME: $210
Register by 05/05/11 with full
payment.

This year we will travel
to Arkansas to serve. Trip
Coordinator is Russell
Greer. Registration forms
available in the narthex and
Youth House. Watch for more
details!
EARLY BIRD/ON TIME
$250—Register between
02/01/11 and 04/05/11 with
$100 deposit.*
Final payment due 05/05/11.
LATE: $300
Register after 05/05/11 with
full payment.
Sometimes as a teenager, you might feel lost or alone. Call me if you want to talk; we can meet for a coke
or coffee. Call if you need someone to pray for you...or with you...God loves you. I love you. We are here for
you... Trudy Smith: 817-441-1627 (home), 817-680-0631 (cell); or Chris Butterfield: 817-832-1430.
July 17-22 Working on
Homes in Central Texas
This trip is done in
conjunction with CTCYM
(Central Texas Conference
Youth in Mission). We will
be combined with other
UMCs from the Central Texas
Conference and serve low-
income and elderly families.
Please note that the dates and
costs are set by CTCYM. See
their website for registration
info at ctcym.org.
EARLY BIRD: $200
Souper Bowl of Caring tops $1,700
Our Souperbowl Sunday offering brought in over $1,700,
thanks to your generosity! This money will go to fight
hunger in our own backyard: $500 to Center of Hope in
Parker County, $500 to Manna House in Weatherford,
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LATE: $225
Register after 05/05/11 with
full payment.
Deposit is transferable but
non-refundable. Fees revert
CHILDREN’S ENRICHMENT
Weekday Preschool
to $225 if final payment is
not received by May 5. No
of Aledo United Methodist Church
additions or refunds after
June 23.
Now Accepting Registrations
Scholarships Available
for Fall 2011
Check the CTCYM website
Monthly Tuition
for details on junior high trip
Two Year Olds
scholarships, and contact
Mon & Wed................................................$ 225.00
Trudy Smith for senior high
Three Year Olds
scholarship information.
Mon & Wed................................................$ 225.00
Mon, Tue & Wed........................................$ 325.00
Mon,Tues, Wed & Thurs............................$ 425.00
Pre-Kindergarten
Mon & Wed................................................$ 225.00
Mon, Tues & Wed......................................$ 325.00
Mon, Tues, Wed & Thurs...........................$ 425.00
All classes begin at 8:30 a.m. and dismiss at 2:30 p.m.
Registration fee for Two Days is $125.00. Registration fee for
Three & Four Day is $150.00. Registration forms may be picked

Thank you! and $741 to Tarrant Area Food Bank. Thank you for
sharing with those in need!
up on Jayne Dawson’s office door or at the church office.