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R. Don Ross , Pastor
Volume XXV - Sep. 10, 2008
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Our beloved church and parsonage survived the storm with limited damage to our buildings, but great damage to our trees and grounds. Check our web site for pictures. We’ll be cutting limbs and moving debris to the side of the road for quite a while. Come and work when you have the time. Talk with me if you don’t know where to start.
This Sunday, the Rev. Darryl Tate, the head of our Conference Disaster Response Team, will be with us at our 11:00 A.M. service. He will give a brief announcement about what our conference and UMCOR are doing, and what we can do to help our neighbors.
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Let us know of your needs for assistance. We want to help you and help our neighbors. We as a congregation can help a few, but our connection to the conference and the general church is a very large pipeline of assistance and workers.
The first thing we need in our area is an assessment of the help needed. If you are available and are interested in being an assessor, contact me immediately. For those able, we will travel to Lafayette on Thursday for a day of training where we will learn how to travel in pairs to affected areas of our community to determine what type of assistance is needed. We will return to Houma and train others who will join us in this preliminary stage of recovery. The big pipeline of our connection will focus resources, experience, and labor to rebuild our community.
First United Methodist Church of Houma will be a leader in rebuilding the homes in our community. We will be a gathering site for others in our connection to go to work in our larger community. A shower trailer will be built in Houston and delivered here in a couple of weeks for the 50 or so volunteers who will come to work from our church.
I only have praise and thanksgiving for the thousands of volunteers and out of town workers who have come to our community to reconnect our lines of communication & electrical power; for those who are feeding the workers and residents; for the corps of engineers who are covering houses; and for good neighbors, who have not waited to be asked to offer assistance to help one another. God is very pleased with His children.
I look forward to being with each of you on Sunday as our worshiping community gathers for worship at 8:45 and 11 A.M. We have so many reasons to praise God.
Blessings on each of you,
Bro. Don |
FELLOWSHIP TIME Coffee, Donuts, Milk and Juice!
Join us between services (9:45AM) in the Fellowship Hall for refreshments and fellowship!
SUNDAY SCHOOL for all ages from nursery to 5 adult classes. There is a class for everyone.
AGAPE BIBLE STUDY CLASS
The Agape Bible Study Class will resume on Monday, September 15, at 9:30AM in Room 403 in the Activity Building. The class plans to begin this session with Beth Moore’s Bible Study on Daniel. If you are interested in joining this group in joining this study, please call Mary Geoffroy @ 860-2994
WELCOME HOME!
We are so glad to be back in the church office, things are up and running, and even the phones are working! Church will be OPEN for both services Sunday, September 14!
MUCH WORK has been done to clear path ways to and around the church by willing hands (which includes the hard work of the UMCLC staff). MUCH WORK still must be done to clear an AMAZING amount of debris on church property. This will take place as soon as possible. We are patient!
Thank God for your safe return from the evacuation! We pray that all is well with you and your families! Property can be replaced! Precious family is irreplaceable!
COVERED DISH LUNCHEON RESCHEDULED
Due to the Hurricane, the Luncheon has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 21.
IMPORTANT MEETINGS RESCHEDULED!
Finance Committee - Monday, 9/15, 6:00PM, Room 403.
Church Council - Monday, 9/15, 7:00PM, Fellowship Hall.
SPR Committee Meeting 9/23 has been postponed!
Ecumenical Songfest 9/28 has been postponed!
OUR CHURCH FAMILY
DEATHS-We extend our Christian sympathy to our church family in their time of sorrow. May God comfort all.
*Bill and Joyce Thibodeaux and their family! Bill’s father, Wilson Thibodeaux, passed away Friday, September 5.
*Jason Thomas, son of Rhonda Garcia, grandson of Don and Ramona Tipton, died this week. Jason’s visitation service here in the church will be 6-9:00PM Friday, September 12, and 8-10:00AM Saturday, September 13. The funeral service begins at 10:00AM Saturday.
*Bobby Guy, beloved mother of Lisa Hoekstra, passed away last week after a lengthy illness.
BIRTH– Congratulations to Jonathan and Andrea Hebert on the birth of their son, Jack Henry Hebert, on August 27, 2008. Proud grandparents are Timmy and Martha Hebert, and A.J. and Lorrie Frazier. Delighted great-grandparents include Norman and Shirley Hebert.
Our Stewardship for 2008
WK36 9/07/ 2008 Attendance Sunday School
Offering $ 5,890 YTD $ 254,950
Building Fund $ 75 YTD $ 71,214
Apportionments Due $ 45,605 Paid YTD $ 12,550
IN WORSHIP Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Music:The Chancel Choir
The Sermon: Pastor Don Ross
Readings: Exodus 14:19-31; Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35
THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS OF LOVE TO THE:
New Power Point Computer by M/M Larry Matherne.
Operating Fund in memory of Roy Baker by Mark Baker Fleniken and Family. Gifts in memory of Steven Eschete (Pat & Nolan’s son) and Takeko Koike by M/M Wayne Reid.
In memory of Takeko Koike and Steven Eschete by M/M George Shely.
Apportionments in memory of Takeko Koike by M/M Gene Milford.
UMW Flood Buckets in memory of Steven Eschete by M/M Gene Milford.
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