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CITY POINT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 7301 Glenview Drive, North Richland Hills, TX 76180
www.citypointumc.org 817-284-9371 [email protected]
“City Point United Methodist Church will be a Biblically faithful and caring community without walls, responding to God’s grace and reflecting Christ’s life.”
THE
POIN
OCTOBER
2021
News
letter
Senior Pastor: Rev. Dr. Jeff May ~ [email protected] Administrator: Laurie Thompson ~ [email protected]
Director of Program Ministries: Sharma Castillo ~ [email protected] Ministry Assistant: Lynn DeMoss ~ [email protected]
Organist: Candiss Krug ~ [email protected] Music Intern: Kathryn Piña ~ [email protected]
Sound Tech: Justin May ~ [email protected] Nursery Lead: Misty DeMoss ~ [email protected]
Building Superintendent: Bill Munson ~ [email protected]
To add someone to the prayer list please email Laurie at [email protected] or leave a voicemail on the church office phone at 817-284-9371.
CHURCH FAMILY
FAMILY & FRIENDS PRAISES: Katie Snowden, Dande’s Snowden’s
granddaughter has made it back to the US! FAMILY OF KATELYN VANHOOZER -
Rev. Jana Wear’s is a friend of many here at the church MARK CLARK & FAMILY - friends of Ronda Hantz
ANA CHRISTINA REYMUNDO - Ampa Hinson’s daughter
DON LEWIS - Sharma Castillo’s dad MADELYNNE NEWCOMB -
friend’s daughter of Doug Dugan
Expressions of love and sympathy are extended to Beth Doty and family in the passing of
Beth’s dad on Friday, October 1.
Expressions of love and sympathy are extended to Tim & Joan Truman and Patty & Henry Hawkins
in the passing of Tim & Patty’s cousin, Dr. Mike Truman. A Memorial Service will be held at the church
on November 20 at 2:00 p.m. If your OCTOBER / NOVEMBER birthday is not listed please contact the church office.
October 2 Tracie Wilkins
October 5 Karen Bridegam Phil Cromeans
October 8 David Wynn October 9 Jim Sharp
October 10 Nancy Allen Ella Labreck Julie Nguyen Eunice Soden October 11
Jesse Hackfeld October 12
Louis Murray Dakota Rudzik October 13 Mona Bailey Beth Doty
October 14 Sue Haynes October 15
Emma Labreck October 26 Leigh Ivey
October 27 Jana May
Heather Rudzik October 29 Tim Truman October 30
Marletta Tucker
November 2 Betty Scott
November 6 Pat Lloyd
November 7 Richard Bates Doris Gillard
Mike Umphress November 11
T.J. Wilkins November 12
Jim Keel November 15 Tyler Wilkins
November 18 Linda Harden Cullen Turner November 20 Ramon Castillo
Trey Doty November 21
Amy Tate-Almy November 22
John Witt November 23 David Peters
November 24 Alice Hancock
Jeannie Treviño-Teddlie November 26 Ralph Houy
GIFTS GIVEN
MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of: Frank Kirkland
Given by: Marlaine Ingham, Phillip & Freda Markley, Clayton Youth Enrichment
RAMON CASTILLO PHIL CROMEANS DENEEN DAVIS
GEORGIA DUNCAN JACK ELROD
DORIS ELLIOTT KIM JORDAN
BETTY MERCER GARY TOLBERT PEGGY ZEIMAN
CIRCLE MEETINGS Rainbow Circle: 11:30 a.m. - October 7 in Duncan FLC
Contact: Linda Harden
Inez Reeves Circle: 2nd Tuesday of month, 9:45 a.m. Contact: Wavah Fore
Craft Group: Contact: Karen Murray
Executive Meeting, 1:00 p.m., Room 104: October 5 & November 9
United Methodist Women are actively involved in the commu-nity and in the life of the church. Some of the many ways we support local, national, and worldwide mission efforts are…
At CPUMC • Gifts for homebound and nursing home patients • Blankets for CPUMC hospitalized patients/in need • Prayer squares and prayer beads for hospital
ministry and homebound members • Cards of encouragement
In the community • Support for Binion Elementary – school supplies,
jackets, teacher appreciation, volunteers at school and the Clothes Connection
• 775 masks for Binion Elementary students/staff • 240 shorts for children • Support for the Community Meal • United Community Centers – Thanksgiving baskets,
donations for technology & general fund • Donations for NEED: pantry items and cash • Presbyterian Night Shelter, blankets, scarves, mit-
tens, socks, ponchos, and 525 pillow cases
In the world • Annual pledge to mission and additional giving • Prayers and cards for missionaries • Donation to UMCOR for disaster relief
City Point United Methodist Women is pleased to
make an additional gift to mission through the Burning
of the Candle at the Central Texas Conference UMW Annual Meeting
in honor of:
Rev. Dr. Jeff May Sharma Castillo Lynn DeMoss
Jana May Kathryn Pina
Coleton Evans
Laurie Thompson Candiss Krug Bill Munson Justin May Isaiah Allen
Mission Giving - Where does the money go?
National Mission Institutions - who care for children, educate and develop youth, create economic opportuni-ties and transform neighborhoods. Regional Missionaries - focusing on issues of health, gender equality and elimination of violence among women and support for the uprooted and marginalized through training programs, workshops, strategic planning and networking. Grants and scholarships - International & National Mission Grants, Cultivation Grants for UMW Missionary Conferences, Social Justice Issue Grants, Theressa Hoover Service & Global Citizenship Award and International & National Scholarships - used to create possibilities. And so much more: Climate Justice, Criminalization of Communities of Color and Mass Incarceration, Deacon-ess/Home Missioner, Leadership Development, Transformative Education (Ex. Mission u) We have been challenged to increase our mission giving. Our participation matters!
In Memory of: Lynda Homer and Inez Howe
UMW Recognition Pins Pins were given on
Sunday, September 26 Deneen Davis Tracie Wilkins
Jana May
A gift was given in honor of Mary Knowles to the Legacy Fund to support the mission outreach of future generations of the UMW, addressing the
needs of women, children and youth of their day.
THE LUNCH BUNCH
The Lunch Bunch meets the third Monday
of each month at 11:45 p.m.
OCTOBER 18 Chicken Salad Chick
520 Grapevine Hwy #500 Hurst, 76054
Everyone is invited! Contact Wavah Fore
for more information!
Thursdays 10:00 a.m. Starting back October 21
Room 104
Meet with others to fold the bulletins and pray over the names on the prayer list as well as pray for that week’s Sun-day service. This group will also put to-gether cards to send out. This is a great fellowship time of friendship and prayer. Come when you can, once a month or every week. Contact Laurie for more information.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - 2:00 A.M.
Now that things are starting back we want to make sure everyone is up-to-date on MinistrySafe. If you will be serving in any ministry with children, youth, and/or vulnerable adults you will need to take the MinistrySafe Training and fill out the needed paperwork. If you have taken MinistrySafe Online Training in the past and will need to have it updated, be
watching for an email from the church with subject line “Awareness Training.” For any information in regards to Ministry Safe please contact Laurie at 817-284-9371 or [email protected]. Minis-try Safe is a required abuse prevention system for all churches in the Central Texas Conference. If you have not taken MinistrySafe training in the past and plan to serve in any of the areas with chil-dren, youth and/or vulnerable adults contact Laurie and she can start you on the volunteer process.
Thank you to all those that have taken part in this program to serve in these important roles at the church.
City Point UMC is a MinistrySafe Church
Community Meal Wednesday, November 17 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
I cannot believe it's time to start collecting donations for this year's drive- through Community Meal. This year we will be giving out food boxes with more food in it for all Binion families. Each food box will cost $30.00. We plan to hand out 200 food boxes. We are asking for money donations so that we can make sure every box has the same amount of food in each one and that way we can also buy in bulk. Make your donations to the Community Meal Food Box. For more information contact Sharma.
HUMAN RELATIONS OFFERING Funds help support neighborhood ministries through Community Developers, community advocacy through United Methodist Voluntary Services and work with at-risk youth through the Youth Offender Rehabilitation Programs.
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING OFFERING Funds help lay the foundation for all UM Committee on Relief (UMCOR) by covering the costs of doing business. This means all contributions designated for specific programs can go 100 percent to those programs because UMCOR’s basic expenses are covered. By giving to UMCOR this allows response for local and global relief.
NATIVE AMERICAN MINISTRIES OFFERING Funds help to develop and strengthen Native American ministries in the Annual Confer-ences, Native American rural, urban, reservation ministries and communities relating to the General Board of Global Ministries. It also provides scholarships for Native Americans attending United Methodist schools of theology. This fund is distributed by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministries.
WORLD COMMUNION OFFERING Funds are used for scholarships for young scholars and seminarians. Donations equip racial and ethnic-minority students in the United States and international students to transform the church and communities. One half of the proceeds from the offering is for World Commun-ion Sunday Scholars administered by the General Board of Global Ministries. The remaining one half is to be used for the Ethnic Scholarship Program and the Ethnic In-Service Training Program, which are administered by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
CONFERENCE SPECIAL ASKING ~ MONTH OF OCTOBER
This Special Offering for October will go toward six Special Asking Offerings for 2021. You can choose the ones you wish to give to and label your giving as preferred or you can give just to Special Offering and the funds will be divided equally among the six offerings. For more information about each see below.
UNITED METHODIST STUDENT DAY OFFERING The funds received from the offering go into the United Methodist Student Loan Fund to underwrite scholarships for United Methodist students. Currently, there are over 70 scholar-ships available for United Methodist students. The fund is administered by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM). Students can apply for scholarships or loans at gbhem.org/loansandscholarships.
PEACE WITH JUSTICE OFFERING Peace with Justice is a faithful expression of shalom in the Bible. It calls the church to strengthen its capacity to advocate publicly in communities and nations throughout the world. It aims to make shalom visible and active in people’s lives and communities by setting people free from bondage.
CONTACT LYNN DEMOSS [email protected]
Academy 4 connects churches to schools and communities through mentoring 4th graders in leadership. Through Academy 4 a mentor for EVERY 4th grader in provid-ed in economically disadvantaged schools. An Academy 4 volunteer serves together once a month for 90 minutes and mentors the 4th graders in leadership. They express love and care and provide the student with a positive relationship with a dependable adult. City Point UMC has partnered with Academy 4 with Binion 4th graders. Mentors are needed from the community. You can join the Brown Bag Lunch Zoom meetings each Thursday from 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. to hear more about Academy 4. For more information contact Lynn DeMoss at [email protected].
There are many opportunities to serve at City Point UMC! Where is God calling you to serve? Here are a few ways you can serve.
Sign up to help fellow church members who need help around their homes. * Yard Work * Minor Home Repairs
Sharma will send an email when she has been contacted and you then would respond to that email by saying yes you can do the project or no you are not able to. You would then schedule a time with the church member. Please let Sharma know if there is cost on materials.
Card Ministry You can send cards from home or from the church. There will also be a time of prayer and sending cards on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Visitation Ministry Call or visit our members in need of care. Currently hospi-tals and facilities have re-strictions on who can come in so it is always best to call first.
BINION MINISTRIES
Send Affirmations/Pray for teachers and ad-ministration at Binion.
Shop for sales or pick up orders (school sup-
plies, coats, shoes, clothing, different food needs)
Deliver Sonic drinks (9/16, 10/14, 11/11,
12/2 Help with meals and deliveries (coats, Teach-
er appreciation, food boxes after Community Meal, Christmas gifts.
Contact Sharma for more information about these ministries.
The church office is currently open by appoint-ment only. Please set an appointment or call before coming up to the office. This helps in making sure the staff member you need to meet with is available and helps us not have too many people in the office area at the same time so that we will be able to help you with your needs when you arrive. If you call the office and do not reach anyone please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Laurie will be on vacation and will not have access
to email or phone from 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 6
until 8:00 a.m. Monday, October 18 In case of emergency
you can leave a voicemail on the church number, 817-284-9371,
and staff will get back with you.
We highly encourage you to wear face masks at all church
gatherings and meetings at this point in time.
HOMELESS MINISTRIES
PNS Sandwich making takes place on the second Tuesday of each month in Reeves Hall Kitchen at
1:30 p.m. (October 12)
There will also be an opportunity to assemble Agape bags in Reeves
Hall to hand out to the homeless.
City Point UMC will be an Election Day Site on Tuesday November 2. For those in Tarrant County voting on November 2 you can come to
Reeves Hall that day to vote.