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Volunteers are needed for each and every week at Glen Lake Camp this summer. Please visit the camp's website for more information or call 254-897-2247. Below you will find the list of weeks the camp will run:
| WEEK | CAMP | GRADE |
| July 26 - 30 | Voyager 3 | 5-6 |
| August 2 - 6 | Navigator | 7-8 |
This coming Fall, there will be a Disciple III class on Thursday nights. We will be studying the prophets and the writings of Paul. Contact the church office for more information or to sign up. No prerequisite to attend!
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JULY IS OUR HELPING HANDS MONTH |
Each year, our church volunteers to help out at Helping Hands during the month of July. They need volunteers on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays each week between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and offer a variety of jobs to do at the pantry. One of the jobs is to take bulk items and separate them into smaller bags for distribution. The jobs are simple and fun and you can sign up for the times you are available to work. Sign ups are in the church office and church entry ways. The sign up sheets are broken into 2 hour intervals. For more information about Helping Hands and our monthly collection item, click here.
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It’s that time again! Every year. our congregation helps out this worthy community mission by purchasing school supplies and clothing for children that attend BISD schools that cannot afford to purchase new items of clothing and school supplies.
If you are unable to shop, they will also accept monetary donations. Be sure to label your check ‘Apple Tree.
When you pick up your apple. be sure to fill in all the information on the sign up sheet completely. If you are making a monetary donation, do not worry about picking any of the apples. We will take care of that.
Deadlines:
Monday, August 9 - return items to church and put them in Elizabeth’s office. Please have them in by noon.
Sunday. August 1 - monetary donations due.
Supply lists are available at Wal-Mart except for High School. Pick up High School lists off the table when you pick up your apple.
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Round Rock Express is holding the first ever United Methodist Night on August 11th and there are special offers for UMCs on that day. There will also be rewards offered to help spark interest. Box tickets will be $8.00 each and berm seats will be $5.00 each ($2.00 of each ticket will go back to your church). If you are interested. please pick up an application for tickets from the church otlice. Sign up to ride the bus, too, if interested.
Below are upcoming lay speaker courses. These are open to all members of the Central Texas Conference - well, really any Methodist! The Basic course is required first and then advanced courses may be taken. The following churches have indicated that they are willing to host the classes. If your church is not one of them and you would like to host a class, if you have lay speakers who would like to teach classes, or if you have requests for certain courses, please let me know. It is easier to get me by email than phone. Who in your church could you encourage to be a lay speaker?
| Saturday Sept 11, 9-5 and Sunday Sept 12, 1-4 | Georgetown Wellspring | Youth Basic: This course will be for 16-20 year olds. Send your earnest youth for a fun and informative leadership opportunity. |
| Saturday Oct 9, 9-5 and Sunday Oct 10, 1-4 | Temple Oak Park | Basic: This basic course is a great all around informational course about Methodists, leadership, and serving your church. |
Check the Temple District UMC website now and then to see upcoming courses. Please contact the church office and let us know if you would like to be included in any of these courses so that we will be prepared with the resources for you.
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We have several new families in our congregation and several visitors, too. We are encouraging our church members to wear their name tags so people know who you are. You can make one to wear or if you want to purchase one at the Trophy Store (on Main Street across from the Catholic Church) for about $9. We have paper ones in the foyer Visitors are encouraged to put on a name tag, too.
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For many years on Sunday, our Adult Sunday School classes have been volunteering to stop at HEB and get doughnuts, juice and milk and then return to the church and make coffee so that these refreshments are ready by the time that our early worship service is over at 9:30 a.m.. They then return at 10:30 (before worship) and clean up the doughnuts and coffee pots. We would like for people to participate in this responsibility so that we can continue to offer these refreshments each week.
Therefore, we have placed a sign up sheet in the basement so that all of our church members have an opportunity to participate. It is really easy to set up for this but it does require getting to HEB by 8:45 a.m., picking up and paying for the doughnuts, juice and milk and then returning to the church to make coffee. We have the automatic drip coffee makers which are very easy to make coffee with and the coffee and supplies are located in the basement. If you save your receipt from HEB, bring it to the office with your name on it and Elizabeth will make sure you are reimbursed for the items you purchased.
The items you need to purchase at HEB are 2 dozen doughnuts and 2 boxes of doughnut holes, 1/2 gallon of milk and 1/2 gallon of orange juice (no or low pulp). This typically runs $18 to $24 but we will reimburse for up to $30 in case you need to purchase coffee or sweetener because we are out. Usually we try to have 3 pots of coffee ready (2 reg. and 1 decaf). We have written instructions on doing the set up and it is located on the wall above the coffee pots.
Thank you for considering to help out with this. Our visitors and members love this hospitality feature!
Here are the dates you may choose from to sign up:
PLEASE NOTE: There will be no doughnuts on the weeks that nobody signs up tp bring them!
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Do you like to plan trips? Our church is looking for someone to organize the outings for the Gadabouts. The outings are day trips to places of interest and beauty. Please call the church office at (939-5703) for more information.
We need someone willing to drive the bus and do all the planning, this need can be met by either one or two people (a planner and bus driver). Call the church if you want examples of things that have been done in the past or if you have other questions.
To see some pictures taken on past trips, click here.
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We are now able to set up your tithes / pledges as an automatic bank draft so that you no longer have to worry with writing a check. Please contact the church office if you have questions or if you want to set this up.
The Altar Guild is needing to be restarted. We had a great group that did this for several years, but they felt it was time to give someone else the chance to do this job. This involves polishing the brass crosses in the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary “Tidy Up” group needs some new volunteers, too. This has been clone on a quarterly rotating basis for years and has worked well, but again, we need some new people to help with this. This involves sharpening the pencils and restocking the giving envelopes in the pews.
Both of these volunteer opportunities can be done any time during regular business hours. We would rather not have individuals working after hours alone in the sanctuary br safety sake.
Call the church office if you would like to help or ii you have any questions. Thank you!
We need people who can come in and stuff the bulletins on Friday mornings (sometimes it will be ready on Thursday afternoon). This is a rotational position so you only come in about two or three times a month depending on how many are in the rotatIon. We currently have 3 that come in on a regular basis SO it would be good to get about 2 or 3 more people for this position. Please call the church office if you would like to help out with this. We like to schedule two people each week.
In January we will be starting a new schedule for Communion teams for 2010. This is not serving during the worship service, but is set up ahead of time and clean up after. We are in need of teams for both services.
At the present time each team has this duty twice a year. It takes about an hour of your time and is a special part of the worship experience. Please call the church office if you need more information, or if you want to volunteer.
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On Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning on September 2, 2010 and ending on May 31, 2011 our church will offer Mother's Day Out from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30. It is open to children 18 months to 3 years of age. For more information about registration and fees, click here.
We need people to provide our youth with a snack supper on Sunday evenings around 6:30 p.m. It is easy to sign up - just call the church office and we will put you on the calendar. We would like people to sign up in advance so we are not looking for people at the last minute to bring food. To get it in the Spotlight, please call no later than Tuesday.
You can prepare the food either at home or in our church kitchen or you can bring hamburgers or pizza from a local restaurant. We have drinks, cups, napkins, utensils & plates available for you to use. Bringing a dessert is optional!
Parents of youth usually sign up 2 or 3 times a year or more. You do not have to be a youth parent to sign up, however. Individuals, committees, Sunday School classes or other church groups are welcome to participate, too. There are usually around 18-22 youth that are served weekly.
To see what dates are available, please click on the Youth Ministry page and scroll down to the bottom.