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On May 14th, we were entertained by Danny DeMoss with gospel songs. A special

thank you to our hostesses; Peggy Harryman, Enda Burroughs, Mary Weaver and

Nadine Johannes. A great attendance of 67 including visitors: DeMoss, his wife Ju-

lie, daughter Alise, Joyce Gunder, Lois McDowell and Lloyd Statton.

Joyce Statton announced the dates for the annual garage sale and lunch fund-

raisers. The garage sale is August 29th with set up on the 28th. No furniture or

clothing please. The lunch is September 13th.

We will host an AARP Safe Driving Course on June 27th, 8am- 3pm. Cost is $15 for members, $20

for non-members. Contact Joyce Statton about this.

Upcoming possible outings include: Quilt Show on July 17-18 at the Cox Center at the Fairgrounds.

The Senior Follies in August at UCO. Fin and Feather Craft Show at Lake Tenkiller on Sept 26th. The

Senior Cabaret at Hillsdale Bible College in November. If you are interested in any of these events con-

tact Gerald Krows or Landon Heath.

Planned trips include: June 29-July 2nd Village Tour to Kansas City & the Arabian Steamboat Mu-

seum followed by a historical estate visit in Independence. Then all aboard an Amtrak to St. Louis and

Alton, IL where there’s a city tour of this historic river town. Next the group will board the steamboat

Spirit of Peoria for a day cruise up the Missouris and Illinois Rivers as they enjoy food and entertain-

ment before heading home. July 21st - Oklahoma City Museum of Art for “Faberge: Jeweler to the

Tsars” Exhibit, leaving at 9am. October 20-22 will be the fun trip to Branson. This will include Presley’s

Country Jubilee, the Bretts, New Jersey Nights, Statler Brothers, and Clay Cooper’s Country Express

plus great food. Invite friends to join us for pot luck luncheons every second Thursday and for group

travels.

What’s Happen-ing At UMW

What happened to the May

General Meeting? Sadly,

members of our church went home to the Lord

and the meeting was cancelled in respect to

the families and celebrations of their lives.

Hopefully, we will be able to re-schedule hear-

ing about our AGAPE youth. The All Daugh-

ters Banquet was again a beautiful event for

women to connect with women, the speaker

gave a wonderful report about the Asian

branch of OU’s Wesley Foundation and how

we can support a Chinese student and help

bring them to Christ. Thank you Joyce and

Heather, UMM, Richelle, and all that helped

for making this a fun night in Christ.

UMM Dodgers Baseball

Night Out - Sunday, June

14th at 6pm. See Kevin Prescott to purchase

tickets!

Who is on the cover? Those are our new Project Transformation in-

terns for this summer! Read more about them

on pages 8 & 9!

VBS & Sunday School News

Pg. 4

What’s for Dinner this week?

Pg.5

Calendar Pgs.6&7

Meet the PT Interns

Pgs.8&9

Church News Pg.10

Classifieds Pg.11

Memorials & Honorari-ums

Pg.12

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Wow, what a church! This is such an exciting place to serve. I am blessed that I have been ap-

pointed to serve another year here. We are living in an exciting era in the Oklahoma Confer-

ence. Our Bishop is a man of God whose faith is on fire and he has called his pastors to go out

into the churches we serve to burn with what John Wesley called the ‘fire in the belly.’

In the second chapter of Acts, we read about a church which was set on fire by the Holy Spirit.

In that church, a deep sense of awe came over them all as they performed many miraculous

things and met together to join in prayer and share what God had given them. I too am in awe

of all the miraculous things our church is doing as we meet together to share the gifts that God

has given us.

Being a Christian is not a passive thing. It is exciting and adventurous. Everyone who calls

upon the name of Christ is called to be Christ-like. God has given each of us a specific gift

which can and must be used to further the Kingdom. For some it is out front, for some it is be-

hind the scenes. Whichever it is for you, God needs all of us working together to bring about

the cause of Christ.

We are standing at the horizon of a new spiritual breakthrough in the lives of those in our con-

gregation, in our church and in our community. At Annual Conference Bishop Hayes called us

to be “On Fire to Serve.” This exciting call is upon us and should be central in our prayer life

as each and every day we take another step closer to Christ in our journey of discipleship.

Sociologists are calling this current age the Post-Christian era, because churches have lost

their position as the center of American community life. For many people the church has no

real place in their lives, and faith is something they never consider. Half of those who you pass

have no church affiliation and little if anything on which to base a faith commitment.

Yet when it comes to weddings, baptisms, funerals or crisis, most people still believe the

church is suppose to be involved. They just do not know how or why. It is sad, but there are

times when I speak to a family after the death of a loved one, that the room becomes uncom-

fortably silent when I ask about the faith of the deceased. Many of us leave this world having

never shared their faith with anyone, not even with those whom they love the most.

This is why it is so important that we as a community church in the

“Heart of Moore” make a difference and be at the “Heart of Ministry.’

Luke 10:27 tells us to “Love God with all your heart, and with all

your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and

your neighbor as yourself. ”Jesus says “Do this and you will live!”

May the Holy Spirit set us on fire as we share our stories of faith

and make a difference for our neighbors here in Moore and around

the world.

Blessings,

Pastor Rob

On Fire to Serve

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VBS Menu

Monday Night : Himalayan Hamburger Stacks, Tots,

Green Beans

Tuesday Night: Summit Sandwiches, Chips and Coleslaw

Wednesday Night: Mountainous Mounds of Nachos

Thursday Night: Peak Potato Bake

Guide children as they embark on an icy expedition where kids

overcome obstacles with God’s awesome power. Anchor kids in

rock-solid Bible truths that will guide them through life’s chal-

lenges by joining our team!

Mark your calendars for our VBS meeting—Wednesday, June 3

@ 6 pm! Come learn all of the details about VBS and meet other

team members.

Our Vacation Bible School outreach ministry will take place

June 22-25 during the evening hours. Each year we offer VBS

to children ages 3 through youth and approximately 60% of

participants are community members who are NOT a part of our church. This is a

great outreach ministry!

Please be in prayerful consideration about taking part in Vacation

Bible School! We have leadership opportunities available as well as

behind-the-scenes and prep work opportunities.

Bible Story Tellers for Elementary or Pre-School

Crew leaders for Elementary or Pre-School

Running Video equipment

Music Leader

Game leader for Elementary

Decorators

Video station leaders for elementary or pre-school

Join our team! Our VBS planning meeting is Wednesday, June 3 @ 6. We hope to see

you there!

What’s Going on In Sunday School This Month…

Toddler & 2’s— will be exploring the stories of the

New Testament and discussing the importance of

dads.

3 & 4 year olds & Kindergarten class— are explor-

ing what it means to be caretakers...of God’s crea-

tion, of our resources, of our selves, and of others.

The memory verse for this month is “You’ve let

them rule over your handiwork, putting everything

under their feet.” Psalm 8:6

1st—6th Graders will be learning about Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abednego

through cooking, video, and

more!

June 7 will be our water

play day for Rotation Sun-

day School participants.

Dress in play clothes.

Dear Family and Friends, This month marks 17 years on staff at Moore First. I

am so blessed to be called by God to serve here.

When young adults finish high school/college we of-

ten expect them to know what they are going to do for

the rest of their lives. I like to tell them, to pray on it

and listen. Try what you think you are most interested

in but be open to the Holy Spirit guiding you. When I

graduated high school, I wanted to go into the medical

field (or so my hs counselor said). After a few years

of college and a tour of the anatomy lab, I discovered

I wasn’t so fond of blood. I took several electives and

discovered I was interested in nutrition. I changed

majors, colleges and graduated with a degree from

Immaculata College (go Mighty Macs!) I completed

an internship in Dietetics in Baltimore, MD. After

taking my boards, I became a Registered Dietitian. I

worked in Neonatal Intensive Care Units with prema-

ture infants, Pediatrics, Oncology, and Intensive care

units. My jobs were great but something was missing.

I moved to working more closely with people, teach-

ing them about nutrition in college and as an outpa-

tient dietitian, eventually led grocery store tours. I

was getting closer but still wasn’t where I was sup-

posed to be. Many years later, I began volunteering

here at church. I LOVED it! The position of Youth

Director opened and I was asked to consider it. I

fought it for several months thinking that I went to

school to be a dietitian, that is what I was supposed to

do with the rest of my life . Eventually, I began listen-

ing to the nagging voice inside my heart (sorry God,

but You did nag!) I accepted the job and had a peace

unlike I ever felt before. After 14 years as the youth

director which I loved, the change to Director of Wel-

come and Outreach was at first difficult for me. We

sometimes get stuck in what we think we are sup-

posed to be doing and block out God’s voice. Eventu-

ally, I opened up and listened to God! Wow! When

we listen, the most amazing things happen! I love

serving God’s people! I love serving on staff! I LOVE

my job! I still do dietitian work as that is what I stud-

ied so hard to do but I am so happy that what I studied

overlaps with how I serve here! When you meet

someone who is moving onto a new chapter in their

lives, rather than ask ‘What are you going to do

now/for the rest of your life?” consider asking them,

“What new chapter is God leading you towards?”

Richelle Leibold

Director of Outreach and Welcome Ministries

FOOD

SOUL

Feeding your appetite physically, mentally

and spiritually.

First Course : Wednesdays 5:30—6:30 pm June 3rd Spaghetti & Meatballs

We offer a healthy option for those who are fol-

lowing the Daniel Plan, a gluten free diet, or

heart healthy diet. Please let us know if you

would rather have the healthier option than

the house option and we will make sure there

is enough each week for you.

Healthy Option: Pasta Primavera

June 10th (in Fellowship Hall)

Subs, Chips

Healthy Option: Cobb Salad

June 17th Chili Dogs, Mac & Cheese,

Corn

Healthy Option: Chipotle Black Bean Burger,

Quinoa & Cheese, Corn

June 24th (VBS WEEK)

Mountainous Mounds of Nachos

Healthy Choice: Slightly less mountainous

nachos!

Second Course: Wednesdays after dinner. Dry & Cool Indoor Walk with Friends

or Walk around the block! 6 - 6:45 pm

Musical Practices: Moment Band

PT Family Fun Night: June 17th Stick around and

see all the fun things the kids do during the day!

June 24th VBS Week

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Cancer Support Group Did you know that we have many cancer

survivors within our church? They are waiting

to help those who have been recently

diagnosed, move through the

treatment process and support them.

They are available to meet when you

need them. Rogene Miller heads up

our group and can be reached at 794-4892 or

contact Richelle or Elaine

794-6671 to let us know how we can be apart of

your recovery.

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Project Transformation: meet our interns.

Manu Medina: math & science coordina-tor.

I grew up in Purcell Oklahoma. I attend the University of Central Oklahoma and major in Psychology. I will be attending Graduate School and focusing on Child Psychology and Behavioral Analysis.

Myriah Hadnot: recreation coordinator. I Graduated from Bacone college with BA in business administration with a focus in management. I am from Austin, Texas. My hobbies are playing

basketball, working out and talking to family as much as possible since I'm always away. PT was a leap of faith and opportunity for me to grow

as a leader, a person and as someone who plan on having their own recreation center in the future.

Kat Evans: reading coordinator. School: OCU Major: Elementary Education, going to be a junior this fall PT: 2nd year! Position: reading coordinator Hobbies: alpha phi sorority, photography, cheerleading @ OCU Hometown: Yukon Oklahoma

Matt August: team coordinator. College: Oklahoma State

Major: Psychology Hobbies: Sports (Basketball, lacrosse, golf, tennis,) Videography, Moun-

tain biking Hometown: Tulsa, OK

Why pt?: I plan to attend graduate school for School Counseling and eventually work with middle school and high school students. I think PT

will give me a great experience with educating kids and will help prepare me for my career. Plus, I believe serving kids is a calling all of us have! It's our duty to help teach

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Karen Salgado: afternoon activities coordinator. I am a 22 year old senior at the University of Central Oklahoma. GO BRONCHOS! I am currently pursuing a degree in Spanish Education with a minor in English. I will plan to start my career as a spanish teacher and then as soon as I aquire my masters in ESL Education, I hope and pray to God, to be able to work as ESL professor. As a Latina, My main goal is to give back to my community, to show them that we are able to accomplish a higher education. Which is why I want to serve low income inner city schools... if I can at least inspire, teach, or influence at least one kid... that is my mission in life. I am in love with running. I've done 3 half marathons. I decided to participate in Project Transformation mainly because this program is known for serving kids who were like my younger self... Who came from schools that maybe weren't the best or are barely ac-quiring the english language or simple just struggle with school or even maybe their homes are not good environments. Those kids just need that extra push, a little more faith... and a little more love. Which is exactly why I am part of this pro-ject and pursuing an education degree. I want to be a teacher that does more than teaching because thats what made the difference in me and I am beyond excited to start my mission!

Jordan Thomas: arts coordinator. My name is Jordan Thomas and I am from Yukon, Oklahoma. I go to school at a private Christian college in Missouri called College of the

Ozarks where I major in psychology. The cool thing about my school is we work jobs on campus to pay for our tuition. I currently have the

blessing of working as a Resident Assistant on campus and I love it! My hobbies are reading, catching up on my favorite tv shows, hiking,

hanging with my friends and family, being in the Word and going to church! I originally heard about PT from a friend, but the more I learned

about the program the more excited I got about getting to work with the kids and for the opportunity to grow in my faith! I am pumped to

be the arts coordinator and to get to make all kinds of cool crafts this sum-mer!

Project Transformation: meet our interns.

Adopt an Intern This summer, two young men and four young ladies will serve as our Project Transformation interns. Some of

them are local but some are not and they are all living away from home for this summer. We need church

families to ‘adopt’ them. This would mean you pray for them daily, check on them by calling them or stop-

ping by weekly, inviting them to dinner twice this summer or gifting them with dinner out. They provide an

awesome opportunity for us and the kids of our community. Lets help them be as awesome as they can possi-

bly be by showering them with Christ’s love! Contact Amy or Richelle to let them know if you want to adopt

one of our interns.

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FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT RECEIVE E-MAILS

about events, deaths and other important church

information and would like to have a call, please

notify the church office with your name and

number. We have a volunteer who has offered to

call when these e-mails go out.

You are cordially invited To the marriage of

Ms. Wendy Austin

To

Mr. Robert Krows

Saturday, the twentieth of June

Two thousand and fifteen

At six in the evening

First United Methodist Church of Moore

Reception immediately following ceremony in the

Fellowship Hall

AARP Safe Driving Class Saturday, June 27, 2015

9am-3pm

Fellowship Hall

All ages welcome. $15 for AARP members,

$20 for non-members. Sign up by calling

the church office or email [email protected].

UMW Save the Date: General Meeting, Saturday June 13 , 9 am.

Mary/Tener Circle is providing brunch.

Mission U, OCU, July 17-19 or 19-20

The Link

Church Council would like to stream line

the way the Link is delivered to you via

email or US mail. On June 7th &

14th, you will have an opportunity to

make your selection in the Welcome Center

or CLC Lobby. Thank you

Calling All Van Keys If anyone happens to have a church van

key, please return it to the church office

ASAP! Thank you!

UMW Summer Break July and August, UMW will be observing a sum-

mer break with no General Meeting and no Team

Meeting. This is a good time to stock up on your

sanitizers and tissues for a big beginning when

school goes into session again and we will start

back up for the new year.

Thank You! Appreciation to both musical groups, Exaltation and Singing Seniors, for your fine offerings on

May 3 by way of your enthusiastic and sincere dedication to music in our church. It was a

proud Sunday for me and I hope a rewarding day for each of you members.

Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers and gift cards. I am grateful to be your direc-

tor. Best wishes to all for a healthy and happy summer vacation. See you in September.

-Phyllis

Thank You!

Thank you so much for my finals care package that I received in the mail! I really appreciate

all of your encouragement throughout the past few years. Although I did not graduate this

year, I will be working full time until I decide how I want to further my education.

Love, Mercedes Manning

mailto:[email protected]

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Join the Project Transformation Team Cereal—its what’s for breakfast! Bring a

box of kid friendly cereal to donate. It’s a

great excuse to check out the new Sam’s!

Juices—100% fruit juice is always a kids

favorite. Bring bottles to donate.

Prepackaged Snacks—Once a week, our

kids will be at the library and enjoy their

snack as they walk back. Donate prepack-

aged snack items.

Stickers and Stars—Kids will use stickers

to chart their book reading and stars to re-

view the books they read and gift away.

Bring fun small stickers or stars to donate.

Rainy Day Drivers—offer to drive vehicles

to Central Jr. High and back so the kids

don’t have to walk in the rain. Let Amy or

Richelle know that you are the one to call.

Character Book Readers—If you would

like to dress up and read to our kids OR

just read to our kids and make the books

come alive, contact us. We hope to share

stories with the kids in the afternoon as

well.

Trip Sponsors—A field trip to the Oklaho-

ma Children’s Theater at OCU costs ap-

proximately $5 per child. Swimming at

Earlywine Pool costs approximately $7 per

child and we hope to take them twice dur-

ing the summer.

Volunteer Reading Partners needed for

June 1—4th. From 9:30 am —12:00 pm.

We will also need partners the last week of

PT (July 20—23) and those who can be on

call in case we are ‘short’ on volunteers

from other churches.

Lunch Helpers on June 29—July 2nd—

Central Junior High is our typical site for

lunch but they will be closed this week.

Might you be available to help us make

lunch for the kids each day from 10—12/

Donations of items may be placed in the

brown hampers identified as PT collection

sites in the Welcome Center and CLC foyer or

the front office. Funding may be made to

FUMC memo line: D—Project Transfor-

mation. Questions or to volunteer to help, call

Richelle or Amy at 794-6671.

Adopt an Intern This summer, two young men and four young

ladies will serve as our Project Transfor-

mation interns. Some of them are local but

some are not and they are all living away

from home for this summer. We need church

families to ‘adopt’ them. This would mean you

pray for them daily, check on them by calling

them or stopping by weekly, inviting them to

dinner twice this summer or gifting them with

dinner out. They provide an awesome oppor-

tunity for us and the kids of our community.

Lets help them be as awesome as they can

possibly be by showering them with Christ’s

love! Contact Amy or Richelle to let them

know if you want to adopt a male or female.

See their bios on page 8.

VBS Kitchen Helpers Each night of VBS we will offer dinner to our

guests and volunteers. Might you help us to

make and serve these dinners. A food han-

dlers card and a willing spirit is all that is

needed. Contact Richelle, we will prep each

day beginning at 2 pm and finish by 6 pm. Worship Assistants Join the team of people who help to make

Sundays a wonderful worshipful day for God!

We are very much in need of training some

more people to run the videos during worship

for the summer months, especially in the

10:45 Heritage service. If you are able to push

‘Enter’ on a computer, and be present in wor-

ship, you are needed! Contact Hayley at 794-

6671. God and we need you!

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Your Staff in Ministry Senior Pastor: Pastor Rob Harris

Associate Pastor: Rev. Adam Shahan

CrossTimbers Pastor: Rev. James Hunt

Stephen Ministry Coordinator: Kenny Quenzer

Director of Christian Education: Amy Graves

Director of Welcoming and Outreach Ministry: Richelle Leibold

Director of Facilities: Tim Adair

Accountant and Business Manager: Renee Alton

Director of Member Care: Elaine Prior

Print & Digital Media: Hayley Leibold

Youth Director: Aly Shahan

Office Assistant: Sharla Payne

Director of Music: Bobbie Pierro

Accompanist: Eddie West

Director of the Singing Seniors and Exaltation Ringers: Phyllis Nichols

Childcare: Judy Rogers, Christie Akers,

Becky Lawton, Belen Mancilla, and Ashley DeBois

MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS

AS OF MAY 18, 2015

In Honor of Doral Hopper

From: Bob and Margaret McClain

In Memory Shirley Milligan

From: Betty Ruth White

Julie Julius

Shirley Brooks

Jess McCloud

M.M. Periard

Lawrence and Daisy Dickens

Bob and Margaret McClain

Linda and Danny Starling

In Memory of Argus Hamilton

From: Brick and Pam Briggs

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