Church Office: (512) 259-1284 Mother’s Day Out: (512) 259-0544

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

1 Vacation Bible School

2 Prayer Requests; Prayer Meeting; Online Giving; Food n Fellowship; Pastor’s Perspective; Welcome New members

3 Calendar; Birthdays

4 United Methodist Men; Notes & Thank Yous; Women’s Ministries; 50+ Ministry Luncheon; Church Family Camp

5 Youth; Parent’s Night Out; BLAST!; Mothers & Ministry; Children’s Church

6 Church Picnic

JULY 2017

107 S. West Drive Leander, Texas 78641 www.leanderumc.org office@leanderumc.org

JULY 17-21, 2017 9:00 AM-NOON

REGISTER ON OUR WEBSITE (WWW.LEANDERUMC.ORG)

The best week of the summer – VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL – is this month! Children will discover that God made them the way they are and for a purpose too. Children will experience new friends, amazing experi-ments, creative games, lip-smacking snacks, surprising adventures and incredible music that will help their faith flow into real life. Our registration has reached capacity, but you can get your name on a waiting list by emailing Karen Saxer (karen.saxer@gmail.com) with your phone number, your child’s name and age. Based on current registrations, we will be serving 270 children. This is only possible through your generous support with your funds, your time, and your volunteer hours staffing this event.

STUFF WE NEED DONATED: Gift cards to HEB, Lowe’s & Walmart Peg Board Tin Cans (gallon size with lids and 32 oz. or bigger) Cardboard building blocks Clear flexible tubing (A/C or dryer vent) Paint sticks Plastic lids (all sizes) Pool noodles (skinny ones) Duck tape (metallic and regular gray) Clear strapping tape Big poster board (white or colored) Magnets (any kind and size) Pipe cleaners Plastic sandwich bags (100 count boxes) Empty plastic coffee cans with lids (any size) Small hand sanitizers (4 oz x 48) Lysol spray 6 - 4” PVC connectors Used tennis balls or other balls about the same size Potpourri Fiberfil stuffing (for small pillows) There is a donation bin in the breezeway of the Educa-tion Building.

WORK DATES: Come help us transform the fellowship hall and the church into the awesome world of gadgets, gizmos and gears that is Maker Fun Factory. Saturday, July 8 at 9:00 am (stage set up) Saturday, July 15 at 9:00 am (room set up, deco-

rating, stage set up)

VBS BIBLE STUDY: In order to prepare the VBS volunteers in a deeper way, Renee Purvis is leading a Bible study & discussion of the stories that we will cover in VBS. We will also be focus-ing on ways to effectively share Jesus with children and have some time to bond as a VBS team. We meet in 7 at 6:30 pm.

Wednesday, July 5: “Jesus Dies and Comes Back to Life”

Luke 22:66-24:12) Wednesday, July 12:

“Abigail Brings Peace” (1 Samuel 25)

If you have questions or want to volunteer, please contact Renee Purvis: purvishrph@earthlink.net or 512-565-3836.

CHURCH PICNIC

JULY 23

(DETAILS ON PAGE 6)

We will not have a regular Food n Fellowship in July. Please join

us for our Church Picnic on Sunday, July 23 at 11:00 am. Bring a side dish or dessert to share.

BEREAVEMENT:

• Jaycee & family, Linda Brandimarte’s great-niece whose 2 month old baby passed away in his sleep

CONCERNS:

• Carol Suchan, health concerns

• Roger Brandimarte, dealing with back pain

• Rita, Cindy Kainu’s mother who is recovering from surgery

• Amber Segebart’s best friend who is moving to live with her

• Paul, Glenn & Carol Suchan’s son, life struggles

• Michael, Glenn & Carol Suchan’s nephew, life choices

• Bill, Jeri Hilsabeck’s colleague who is undergoing treatment for cancer

• Alyssa, Jerry & Pat Dunnivan’s granddaughter who is expecting a baby

• Rose, friend of Jerry & Pat Dunnivan who is having surgery

• Sue Behm, going on a Girl Scout trip to Europe

• Lucy, Jerry & Pat Dunnivan’s sister-in-law who is undergoing treatment for cancer

• Bruce, friend of Kevin & Ruth Murphy who was hospitalized in ICU for a bacterial infection

ONGOING NEEDS:

• Kathy Nielsen, health concerns

• Nellie Smyth

• Jennifer Welker

• Chris Day

• Don, Lukas, Erika and Sonya, loved ones of Susan Doyle’s who need prayers

• Suzanne, friend of Andy & Jennifer Welker who is having knee replacement surgery

• Betty, Bob Strode’s 98 year old mother who has pneumonia for the 2nd time

• Jeanne Heffern, health concerns

• Eliza Bushn¸ being treated for back issues

• Christian, the son of Cindy Kainu’s friend who had brain surgery and continues to suffer seizures

• Weldon, Cindy Clem’s dad who has health concerns

• Florencio, friend of the Ulloa family who is dealing with some life struggles

• Ken, Lacy Dyke’s grandfather who had a fall and hit his head

PASTOR’S PERSPECTIVE

“Two things in particular are a great help to amendment of life- a forcible withdrawal from any vice to which our nature inclines, and a fervent pursuit of any grace of which we stand in particu-lar need. Especially study to avoid and overcome those things that most displease you in other people.” (The Imitation of Christ, Kempis)

How often are we displeased by the words, choices, and behaviors of others? If you are like me, it happens more frequently than I would like to admit. Sometimes it occurs from watching the news or listening to the radio. Other times it happens just being “out and about.” We are in a time of frequent mudslinging, unfair characteri-zations, and division.

The above quote from Kempis was an invitation to me and I hope to us all to find Christ in the midst of those experiences of “displeasing.” May we respond to feeling insulted by wanting to lift another up in prayer. May we respond to a feeling of disgust as an opportunity to do something positive. If we are frustrated at an elect-ed official, may we use the moment to support another elected official.

Friends, I can be guilty of the word most often used to negatively describe the church- “hypocritical.” May I and may we all accept the freedom the Spirit offers us from our hypocrisy, becoming obedient to the God of Love. Our God comes to us in our brokenness and heals us and make us new, being moved from stone throwing to kingdom-building by God’s grace.

In Christ,

Pastor Jon

CHARLES & CHRISTY DAY

CONFIRMANDS: ELLA HICKS, AUSTIN CANTWELL, MAX PRITTS, RHETT BRONSTAD

SATURDAY, JULY 22 10:00-11:30 AM

All are invited to our monthly Prayer Meeting. We’ll meet in the sanctuary where we’ll read a scripture passage together then have a time of reflective meditation and prayer for any concerns that God has placed on our hearts. All will be invited to have a personal prayer time anywhere on campus, inside or out, then we will convene in the fellowship hall for a time for sharing.

ONLINE GIVING OPTION: Giving is easy with our online donation page. To give online, use the “Online Giving” link located on our website (leanderumc.org) or just scan the QR code with your smartphone.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

8 am Methodist Men

2 8:30/9:45/11:00 Worship

9:45/11:00 Sunday school

5:00 Youth

3 9:30 am

Emmaus Group

7:00 pm Boy Scouts

4 Church Office

Closed

5

6:30 pm Trustees

6:30 pm Mothers & Ministry

6:30 pm VBS Bible Study

6 6:30 pm

Band Practice

7

8 9 am

VBS Work Day

9 8:30/9:45/11:00 Worship

9:45/11:00 Sunday school

12:15 Outreach Team

5:00 Youth to Zilker Park

10 9:30 am

Emmaus Group

7:00 pm Boy Scouts

11 9:30 am

Mary Martha Circle

12 6:30 pm

Finance Committee

6:30 pm VBS Bible Study

6:30 pm Grounds Crew

Meeting

13 6:30 pm

Band Practice 14

12:00 pm 50+ Luncheon

15 9 am

VBS Work Day

16

8:30/9:45/11 Worship

9:45/11:00 Sunday school

5:00 Youth

17 9:30 am

Emmaus Group

7:00 pm Boy Scouts

18

19 6:30 pm

Mothers & Ministry

20 6:30 pm

Band Practice

21

22

10 am Prayer Meeting

23 10:00 Worship

11:00 Church Picnic

5:00 Youth Movie & S’mores

24 9:30 am

Emmaus Group

7:00 pm Boy Scouts

25 6:30 pm

Cub Scouts

26 6:30 pm

Church Council

27 6:30 pm

Band Practice

Church Family Camp

28

Church Family Camp

29

Church Family Camp

30 Church Family Camp

8:30/9:45/11 Worship

9:45/11:00 Sunday school

5:00 No Youth tonight

31 9:30 am

Emmaus Group

7:00 pm Boy Scouts

7/1 Chris Gaines

7/1 Arden Weir

7/1 Ashlyn Weir

7/7 Izzy Jezewski

7/8 Sam Alexander

7/10 Betty Walker

7/11 Megan Altman

7/11 Derek Edwards

7/19 Patricia Bruce

7/21 Norman Briggs

7/22 Alison Weir

7/23 Julianne Snape

7/23 Andy Welker

7/28 Barbara Balevre

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Vacation Bible School (9 am-noon)

LUNCHEON

FRIDAY, JULY 14 @ NOON In the Fellowship Hall

Join with folks 50 and older for food, fun, fellowship, and an

opportunity to get to know a lot of people. We will mingle, have lunch and hear from a noted community speaker. COME JOIN US

WITH YOUR FAMILY OR GUESTS!

SPEAKER: David Broker

“Your Digital Afterlife” (your computer info after you die)

PLEASE RSVP Karen Tepovich

myfiftyplus@yahoo.com or (281) 812-5330

THERE IS NO COST TO ATTEND, BUT DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED

UNITED METHODIST MEN

JULY 1

8:00 AM

Join us in the fellowship hall on the first Saturday of each month for fellowship, coffee, breakfast and community service projects. The United Methodist Men’s group is open to men of all ages.

WOMEN TOGETHER

Women Together is taking a break over the summer and will resume again in the fall.

METHODIST WOMEN MARY MARTHA CIRCLE

Tuesday, July 11 | 9:30 am | Fellowship Hall

The Mary Martha Circle meets on the second Tuesday of each month for fellowship, refreshments and a variety of service projects. The July meeting will be a split program. A representative from PETS (Personal Energy Transportation System) will be sharing the progress the program has made since last year. In addition, the youth will give a presentation recounting their adventures and experiences at the Sager-Brown UMCOR Depot mission trip in June. For more info about the Martha Circle, please contact Holly Briggs: (512) 566-2106 or hollyjbriggs@gmail.com.

LADIES’ QUILTING GROUP

The Quilting Group is taking a break over the summer and will resume again in the fall.

CRAFTERS

The Crafters are taking a break over the summer and may or may not resume again in the fall. Check back for updates on the Crafters!

NOTE & THANK YOUS!

Dear Congregation,

A quick note to say thank you very much for the cards and prayers on my recent surgery. Thanks to Pastor Ray, Pastor Jon and Elizabeth Edmiston for being there during my surgery. Also, a special thanks to the Tangible King-dom group for the wonderful gift.

Blessings,

David A Hinojosa

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Thank you to Nancy Eckert, Warren & Kathy McCracken, and Kevin & Ruth Murphy for decorating, cooking and cleaning up after the Confirmation Celebration Dinner; Iris Castillo for substitute teaching kindergarten & 1st grade Sunday School; Rhonda McFarland for substitute teaching 2nd & 3rd grade Sunday School.

Ed and Kathy Nielsen, Leander UMC members who are homebound, are celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversary on July 6, 2017. If anyone would care to send a card or note, please send to this address:

Ed & Kathy Nielsen 4964 Fiore Trail Round Rock, TX 78665

Thank you to the May Hospitality team. May is a rough month to serve Hos-pitality, yet you did it well and with grace. Thank you for all of you who showed up to donate food and/ or help serve it. It's not easy feeding our large and growing church family, but you served with joy. It was a pleasure serving with you. Thank you also to everyone who donated food for the Food and Fellowship meal. We also had several people who were not on the team, but came in and helped regardless. Thank you.

Karen Saxer

All family camp registration fees must be paid by July 9. Be sure all campers aged 12 or older have signed up to work either a cooking shift or a clean-up shift. The HEB Foundation provides the camp to us at no cost, so we must do our best to keep it at its very best.

GET CONNECTED: Are you getting our e-mails? Have you “liked” our Facebook page? These are great ways to stay connected and learn about what is happening at Leander UMC. You can sign up for emails or connect to our Facebook page from the home page of our website: leanderumc.org.

UMYF for youth (6th-12th grade) meets 5:00-6:30 pm on Sunday evenings for fellowship, devotionals, games and service projects.

CALENDAR:

JULY 2

9:45 am Sunday School lesson: “Essential Lessons from the New

Testament: Control Your Selfishness” taught by Joel & Esther

Salas

11:00 am Sunday School topic: “What Do You Do When Things Don’t

Work Out?“

5:00 pm Helping with the Homeless Hounds Project, to support

Makayla Spicer as she pursues her Silver Award.

JULY 9

9:45 am Sunday School lesson: “Essential Lessons from The New

Testament: The Rich Young Ruler” taught by Joel & Esther

Salas

11:00 am Sunday School topic: “Can Anyone Tell If You are a

Christian?”

5:00 pm We will be leaving at 5:15 to go to the Hillside Theater in

Zilker Park to see “The Wizard of Oz”. Bring a lawn chair or

blanket to sit on, a sack supper, and bug spray.

JULY 16

9:45 am Sunday School lesson: “Essential Lessons from The New

Testament: Stay On Track” taught by Joel & Esther Salas

11:00 am Sunday School lesson: “How Do You Help Those Who are

Hurting?”

5:00 pm Helping with the Homeless Hounds Project, to support

Makayla Spicer as she pursues her Silver Award.

JULY 23

9:45 am Sunday School lesson: “Essential Lessons from The New

Testament: Display Your Faith” taught by Dave Raaum

11:00 am Sunday School lesson: “What Makes You Unique?”

5:00 pm Movie & s’mores

JULY 30

9:45 am Sunday School lesson: “Essential Lessons from The New

Testament: God is Holy” taught by Joel & Esther Salas

11:00 am No Sunday School meeting today

5:00 pm No Youth meeting tonight

For more info about our Youth program, please contact Elizabeth

Edmiston: texasedmistons@gmail.com or 512-563-8840.

PLEASE NOTE: Parent’s Night Out will not be offered during the summer break, but will resume again on Friday, September 15.

BLAST! KIDS PLAY & PRAISE OUR GOD:

PLEASE NOTE: We will not have BLAST! During the summer and will resume again in September.

BLAST! is our one Saturday a month program for children ages 3 (potty-trained) through 5th grade. We do crafts, sing songs, play games, and hear stories all designed to help children learn about our Savior and loving those around us. There is no cost to participate!

CHILDREN’S CHURCH:

During the month of July, we will be reading several Bible stories. We will learn about Pentecost, how the world began and lots of things about Isaac, Jacob, Esau and Jacob’s wives. In addition, the children will be doing a simple activity, game or song to accompany the story and reinforce the lesson each week. We follow the scriptures listed in the Lectionary to select our focus for each Sunday.

CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL:

In Sunday, School, the children will be learning about the time Jesus calmed the storm, how Jesus healed a bleeding woman, how Jesus restored a girl to life, the day Jesus walked on water, and the Transfiguration. We use the “Dig In” curriculum by Group Publishing.

Join us on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month 6:30-8:00 pm in the upper room. Mothers & Ministry is a place for moms to build community with other moms, find support and encouragement, to grow spiritually, and to find opportunities for community service. Child care is provided. For more information, please contact Megan Altman: mealtman@yahoo.com.

Our Vision Statement:

We will be a hub through which the unconditional love and friendship of Jesus meets people where they are and transforms lives.

LUMC STAFF:

Ministers: All who worship & follow Christ

Senior Pastor: Rev. Ray Altman

Associate Pastor: Rev. Jon Snape

Director of Family Ministries: Elizabeth Edmiston

MDO Preschool Director: Maria Harrington

Music Director: Debra Carlson Administrative Assistant: Stephanie Uys

Custodian: Linda Brandimarte

107 S. West Drive Leander, TX 78646-0281 Church Office: 259-1284 Mother’s Day Out: 259-0544 www.leanderumc.org office@leanderumc.org

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PAID PERMIT NO 20

Leander, TX 78641

BRING A SIDE DISH OR DESSERT TO SHARE

BRING A LAWN CHAIR OR BLANKET,

SWIMSUIT, TOWEL, SUNSCREEN,

OUTDOOR GAMES

We will have only one worship service on June 26th at 10:00 am in the fellowship hall. The kids

will sing some songs they learned at Vacation Bible School. Following the service, we will

have a picnic outside on the lawn! All the children who attended VBS will be invited to come

and bring their families. We will not have Sunday school classes, but will have child care.