First United Methodist Church
PUMPKIN PATCH Rosenberg, Texas
CLEAN UP DAY
IS CANCELED! November 3, 2009  Volume 24, Issue 42
First United Methodist Church
Mailing address: 1106 Fourth Street
Phone: 281-342-3333 or 281-232-3246
Sanctuary: 1127 Third Street
Web site: www.fumcrosenberg.net
Rosenberg, Texas 77471
Please Pray For One Another Ramblings:
Fax: 281-342-3333
The Big Day
Concerns: (10-11) Dovie Werlla, Wayne Morris, Linda Moody, Elaine
Yesterday we had a big day at the
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Bergman, Karen Setliff, Pat Baggette and family, Suzette Scott, the family
church. First, it was All Saints Day.
in color!
of Donna Kelley This is the day that we remember we are
(10-18) Bill Castillo, Bob Whitley, Al Liebman and family, Larry Bolton, not alone in this journey with Christ. As
Paul put it:
Selma Danklefs, Cynthia Balzen’s father and her aunt, Clay Wittneben, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by
such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw
Henry Wittneben
off everything that hinders and the sin that
(10-25) Robert Hill, Beau and June McGuire, Linda Seay’s prayer team so easily entangles, and let us run with
perseverance the race marked out for us. Let
efforts
us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and
perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set
(11-01) June Gammage, Scott Davis, Susan Scarborough
before him endured the cross, scorning its
shame, and sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.”
Christopher Bailey Hebrews 12:1-2
Jason Berdou We remembered the saints who “have
Scott Cayton fought the good fight,” “finished the
race,” and “have kept the faith.” We
Jason Johnson paused at both services to remember our
Jeremiah Judkin friends and family who died this past
Rachel Miller year.
Pete Caldwell Jr.
Dannielle Pope Needler Emma Carter
Cash Radowick Tommy Sue Foerster
Sandy Harger
Rubye Hill
Henrietta Krc
Marilyn Meiners
John Milton
Nell Norwood
Ben Reimer
Clarence Wagner
It is important to remember that these
people may have left our physical
presence but that God promises us that
they are with him forever. He also
promises us that he is with us forever.
Therefore, if we are with him and they
are with him, they must be with us
forever as well.
This can really be expressed through
another big part of the service we
experienced yesterday: Holy
Food pantry items for November are soup and Communion. Holy Communion is much
meals in a can (chili, spaghetti, beef stew). The pantry is in need of more than some bread and juice (we use
almost everything! We are out of peanut butter and spaghetti sauce. grape juice instead of wine in the UMC
Please make a donation if you can. Thanks! because we want to invite everyone to
www.fumcrosenberg.net
the table). We understand that the table
belongs to God and not to man or
denomination. It is a timeless place. A
place of God’s grace and assurance. It is
at this table that we can experience a
special time with God and with all the
people who have been to that table (and
with the ones who will be at the table in
the future). It is at this place that the
whole body of Christ comes together. It
is because of this special relationship
with Jesus Christ that we have a special
relationship with those who have come
before and those who come after.
This connection was expressed
through another big part of the service
we experienced yesterday: the
consecration of our financial
commitments to God through our
church. Many people believe that
pledging our support for the ministry of
the church is just done so the finance
committee will know how much they
have to spend next year. If you are one
of those people you are missing the
point.
We make our commitments not just to
our church, but to that great cloud of
witnesses who have gone before and to
the untold number who will follow us. It
is only through our giving that the
ministry of the church happens. It is
only by our giving that people are added
to the great cloud of witnesses. Each of
us is here because of the faithfulness of
those who have gone before. Their
giving made it possible for us to have
the wonderful facilities and programs
that enabled so many to come to an
understanding of God’s love and grace
through Jesus Christ. We must continue
their work so the rest of the saints can
join us in the future. If you didn’t turn in
your commitment card Sunday, bring it
with you this Sunday and join the cloud.
IGS,
John

Opportunities To Serve
Tuesday, Nov. 3:
10:00 a.m. - Growth Group meeting
5:30 p.m. - Young Families
7:00 p.m. - Women’s Prayer Group
Wednesday, Nov. 4:
5:00 p.m. - Children’s Choirs
6:15 p.m. - Handbells
7:30 p.m. - Sanctuary Choir rehearsal
Thursday, Nov. 5:
6:30 p.m. - Women’s Growth Group
7:00 p.m. - Praise Team rehearsal
7:00 p.m. - United Methodist Men’s executive board meeting
Friday, Nov. 6:
10:00 a.m. - 49ers games and lunch
Saturday, Nov. 7:
Anahuac Work Day
8:00 a.m. - United Methodist Men’s quarterly breakfast
Sunday, Nov. 8:
8:30 a.m. - Blended Worship Service
9:40 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages
10:50 a.m. - Traditional Worship Service
5:00-7:00 p.m. - Youth (grades 6-12)
6:00 p.m. - Growth Group meeting
Monday, Nov. 9:
9:00 a.m. - MOMS
10:30 a.m. - Prime Chimers
7:00 p.m. - Staff Parish Relations Committee meeting
7:00 p.m. - Boy Scouts
Come and see what God has done: he is
awesome in his deeds among mortals.
Psalm 66:5
Hotdogs for lunch: One component of the
Convoy of Hope experience on Nov. 21 is a free
lunch served to all guests and volunteers. This
requires a grand total of 5,000 hot dogs. Three
Rosenberg churches (First UMC, First Assembly
of God and New Covenant Fellowship) have
been asked to supply the hot dogs. Buns and
condiments are coming from other sources. We
have found a source for the hot dogs at a great
price and are collecting donations to pay for
them. If you feel this is one way you can help,
please write a check to First UMC Rosenberg
and write hotdogs in the memo line.
Connection Team/Prayer Tent: volunteers to
interact with guests as they exit, inquiring how
the event was, as well as asking if the guests
have any prayer requests (you wouldn’t think
many people would want this, however, most do),
guests will also be asked if they have a church
home. Also, need volunteers to pray with the
guests requesting prayer. “Connection Churches”
will be matched to and follow up with those indi-
cating they desire a church home. FUMC
Rosenberg has volunteered to be such a follow-
up/connection church.
This is the only volunteer opportunity that
requires advance training which will be held Nov.
10 at 7 p.m. at First Assembly of God in
Rosenberg. Training will last about 1 ½
hours. Volunteers in the prayer tent will work in
pairs – you can partner up in advance or be
assigned a partner that day – anyone over 13
can participate as youth will be partnered with an
adult.
FUMC needs to report a head count prior to
the training so please call Judy Morris at 713-
248-5128 by Nov. 9 if you even think you
might be attending the training!
Judy Morris will be serving as a coach in the
prayer tent, so you will have her as well as the
other coaches available should you run into
“hard” questions or situations you can’t answer or
are unsure of.
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Blessings
Our late service Sunday
was blessed by the special
Follow-up Efforts: connection churches are to
attempt 3 visits in 3 weeks with each referred
person and provide spiritual mentoring for 1 year.
Visitation efforts are noted and shared with the
Convoy of Hope office. This is an opportunity for
individuals or groups (Sunday School classes,
growth groups, etc.) to “adopt” an individual or
family. As a connection church we are expected
to make face-to-face contact with our referred
people within 24 hours of the event, then for the
3 weeks following make face-to-face contact and
perform a weekly act of kindness. We are to
continue with contact for 12 months providing
spiritual mentoring and assisting our referred
individuals/families with accessing programs
within the church. Examples would be: inviting
them to church, Sunday School, growth group,
etc; offering to pick them up the first few times or
meet them at the door to help with the fear of
meeting new people or the uncertainty of where
to go or what to do; sitting with them at church
and answering questions (or using a resource)
about the Methodist Church, FUMC Rosenberg,
being a Christian or any concern they might have
that would be a spiritual impediment. Please
contact Judy Morris (713-248-5128) or Debra
Radowick if you or your group is interested in
being part of the follow up; a short (30 minute)
training will be Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. at FUMC
Rosenberg for those interested or committed to
follow up.
Hey, Youth!
This past weekend I went to visit a friend of mine who just started at Sam Houston State University
(Eat 'em up, Kats!) and we were just hanging out at a Sonic catching up since we hadn't seen each
other in a while. He was telling me about some hard times he was going through with a group of
people in some of his classes. They aren't Christians and they've been giving him a hard time about
the things he believes. But my friend looked at me and said "The meaner they are, the more I can
show them the love of Christ." Awesome! That's what I'm talking about!
Ok so it's not fun to have to go through hard times but every hard time is a chance to show other
people God's love and His strength. We can't do it on our own...we know that. But when it gets really
dark God's love and strength fill us with a light that we can use to light our way back to happier
times...and hopefully we'll be able to be a guiding light for others too. This world can seem like a dark
and formless void (shout out to Meg!) but God created us to be filled with His light.
Matthew 5:14 says "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden." As Christians,
as a youth group, as a church, and as the body of Christ we are called to be a light for God showing
other people the way to a better life in Him.
You should know that I am one of those people who will listen to a CD over and over again and
that is exactly what happened when I got my newest one. It's Britt Nicole's The Lost Get Found. We
listened to the title track a couple of weeks ago at youth and I liked it and found the CD on sale and
boom...now I have a new obsession. Because I am loving this music! Well currently (it varies by
day) my fave song on the CD is called Glow. Fave part:
"Turn the lights down so we can
Glow, glow
Watch us come alive
We're gonna
Show you something real
Like a city on a hill
Oh, oh
We're gonna glow!"
So this week light up and be a beacon for others and try and see that every moment of darkness is
really a gift from God because it is a chance to glow for Him!
In His Love,
Becca
Youth This Week: Movie Night!
Christmas Greenery
is on sale now!
Youth will sell greenery until Nov. 15 as a
fund raiser. Please talk to a youth at church
Sunday to place your order. There will be a
table set up in the Education Building
where you can view samples of the wreaths
and other decorative greenery. Your order
will be shipped directly to your home
address or as a gift to another address.

FIRST CHURCH STAFF Saturday, Nov. 14

music during the offertory,
provided by Katrina Berdou
Coming Soon!
9 a.m. to noon
JOHN R. BLACK………………………………………….…...Pastor
ADRIANE GRAY…………………………….....Nursery Coordinator
and Meg Black. Their piano
offerings were beautiful.
Watch for details!
DEBRA RADOWICK……………..…....…. Administrative Assistant Lunch will be served. If your child or grandchild
KRIS WOLDY……………..………….…..………..…Music Director Nursery available. – or yourself, for that matter
JOSE LUNA ……………………….……..………...Church Custodian
GAYNELL PSENCIK………………….…..…….Financial Secretary
– has a talent to offer during worship, please let
Our Angel Tree
JESSICA MYERS………………….…………………..…….Organist Inside and outside jobs us know. God’s gifts are for sharing, and we’d like
BECCA HYDE………………….…………………..…Youth Director to be done. to share yours! Talk with Kris. will be up on Nov. 15.