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It’s No Joke

Dr. Allen Schneider

Office: 918-224-3006 Web: www.sapulpafumc.org

April 2018

April 1st is often referred to as April

Fools Day and is a day for playing

tricks and pranks. But for us, April

1st will be Easter Sunday - a day of

celebration of Christ rising from the

dead. The resurrection (a fact of his-

tory) is no joke!

There were some, in the time of these

events, who thought the resurrection

was some sort of prank. Some pro-

claimed that the disciples stole the

body and then announced a resurrec-

tion. Others thought that possibly

Christ did not really die as a result of

the flogging and crucifixion; that

somehow he “recovered” while in the

tomb and came back to his disciples.

But the folly of these two theories

have long since been exposed. No,

the only logical explanation is that

Christ came back to life, just as he

said he would. And thus his predic-

tion that, “I am the resurrection and

the life” was literally fulfilled. On

April 1st we won’t tell jokes, but we

will proclaim, He is Risen for all to

hear.

Morning Messages

Apr 1 - Those Who Have Lost Hope, (Matt. 2:1-12)

Apr 8 - Mary Magdalene, (Jn 20:11-18)

Apr 15 - Guest Speaker

Apr 22 - The Disciples, (Jn 29:19-23)

Apr 29 - Thomas, (Jn 20:24-29)

Guidelines

Available

A “Guideline Booklet” is prepared

each quadrennium for use by the var-

ious work areas and committee’s of

the church. We have recently pur-

chased the entire Guideline set on

DVD and have made hard copies for

each committee and council in the

church. If you are the chair of a

committee or work area, we have a

guideline book for you in our church

office. Further, if after reading

through the book, you would like a

copy for each of your group mem-

bers, simply let Tracy know how

many copies you need and she will

prepare them for you. Please note,

that these guidelines do not offer an

“insisted upon way” for your group

to conduct it’s business, rather it pro-

vides an over all description of the

role of each group and recommenda-

tions as to how you can proceed with

your work throughout the year.

Easter Sunday

Easter, this year, comes on the first

Sunday of April; April 1st. This

will be a wonderful day of celebrat-

ing the resurrection of our Lord.

The sanctuary service that day will

include special anthems by both our

choir and bell choir along with the

great resurrection hymns of the

faith. In the Family Life service the

praise of Easter will be shared with

more contemporary style praise

songs. In both services Holy Com-

munion will be served.

Change the World

Easter Sunday will mark the conclu-

sion of our Change the World

change jar offerings. The jars will

remain in place through that Sunday

morning. Please place change, mon-

ies, and checks in one of our jars

and these will all go towards one of

the various missions supported

through our Conference apportion-

ments.

Birthdays! 5 Jeffrey Dale Fletcher, Judy Bundy

6 Paul Inbody

7 Natalie Fletcher

8 Logan Van Maren, Luanna Denton

9 Jordan Tuttle, Katy Cole

10 Greg Weisz

11 April Petersen

12 Amy Rogers, Fowler Jacobs

13 Griffin Hershberger

14 John Taylor

15 Angie Chaffin, Brenda Evans, Michelle

Gordon

16 Hannah Jackson, Rachael Short

17 Perry Collins

18 Cory Keller

19 Chris Drymon, Jackie Robertson,

Robert Lively

20 Brenna Mullins, Tom Lucas

21 Amy Morgan, Ernie Selser, Jennie

Bock

22 Sue Coonce

23 Dorotha Satterfield

26 Evan Jackson

27 Amanda Shirey, Angela Shirey, Bob

Davis

28 Dakota Neal

29 Muriel Helms

Prayer Concerns The Family of Belinda McCormick

Nancy VanWinkle

Carlie Shoemaker

Judith Michaels

Jo Holman

Dierdra Romine (Daughter-in-law of

Susie Romine)

Cliff & Wendy Wheaton (Susie Ro-

mine)

Alice Carwell

Suzanna Smith

Jackie Robertson

Patrick Wolff

Ray Conners

Johnie & Mary Jo Raines

The Family of Kay Lawson

Jennifer Lake (daughter of Judy James)

Joan Buttler (Kay Arbenz’ sister-in-law)

Betty Webb (Kay Arbenz’ cousin)

Randy Brashear

Floyd & Pat Elwell

Jerry Herd

Children’s Director

Tabitha has recently shared with our SPRC and Children’s Council that though

she loves her position as children’s director, it is simply too much for her to do

this job as well as teach school full time and take care of home responsibili-

ties. She has agreed to one of two possibilities: If we can find someone to

take her place as Children’s Director, she would be happy to assist with vari-

ous responsibilities as a volunteer. The other possibility is if someone would

be willing to share the Children’s Director responsibilities with her, she would

be open to dividing the position and serving as a co-director. That way one

could cover the bases if the other one needed to be gone for a specific Sunday.

Either way is a possibility, depending upon finding the right person for the

position. If you have interest, or if you know of someone who might be inter-

ested in being either a part-time Director of Children’s Ministries, or be a Co-

Director of Children’s Ministries, please contact Pastor Schneider.

Pre-Conference Finance Meeting

Our Annual Conference is facing ongoing budget concerns as the revenues for

Conference operations continue to decline. A number of current proposals

and possible future proposals are now being considered. (As an example, one

of the proposals, to be considered this year, is a reduction in Health Care ben-

efits for retired clergy beginning in June of 2019.) All interested parties are

invited to a Pre-Conference presentation to be shared Sunday afternoon, April

29th at 4:00. This meeting will be led by Norma Quin, who is the current

Comptroller for the Conference. It will be held at Faith United Methodist

Church. Conference delegates, if at all possible, should plan to attend this

meeting. But, members of the church, Finance Committee, and Church Coun-

cil are also invited.

Rummage Sale

Thank you to all who helped make this year’s UMW Rummage Sale a huge

success. Nearly $4,000 was raised this year through the efforts of those who

donated, organized, managed, and cleaned up.

For The Record

Our Presence Our Gifts

Worship SS General Family Life

March 4th 114 73 7,204 830

March 11th 105 74 7,476 3,275

March 18th 128 92 4,417 300

March 25th 185 85 4,123 350

Calendar

Monday, April 2nd 10:00am While Away

Tuesday, April 3rd

6:30pm Trustees Meeting

Thursday, April 5th

6:00pm UMW Joy Circle

6:00pm UMM Meeting

Sunday, April 8th

6:30pm Children’s Council

Monday, April 9th

6:30pm Worship Committee

Thursday, April 12th

9:30am UMW Esther Circle

1:00pm Prayer Shawl Ministry

Monday, April 16th

10:00am Membership Committee

6:30pm Finance Committee

Thursday, April 19th

10:30am Women’s Book Club

Monday, April 23rd

6:30pm Missions Committee

Tuesday, April 24th

6:30pm Church Council

Thursday, April 26th

1:00pm Prayer Shawl Ministry

Recurring Worship Calendar Sunday Schedule 9:30am Sunday School

10:45am Morning Worship

3:30pm Discipleship Study

5:00 pm Youth Group Meeting

Mondays

12:00pm Women’s Sharing Group

Wednesday Evening Schedule 4:00pm Youth After School Study

5:15pm Women’s Sharing Group

5:30pm Youth Group Meeting

6:00pm Praying in Color

6:15pm Pastor’s Study

6:15pm Chancel Ringers Rehearsals

7:00pm Praise Band Practice-FLC

7:25pm Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal

Saturdays

7:30pm UMM Bible Study

For links to our ONLINE GIVING

PROGRAM please visit our web-

site at www.sapulpafumc.org or call

the church office at 918-224-3006.

United Methodist Women

The women of Sapulpa FUMC are involved in missions and invite you to join

a UMW Circle for fellowship, and to be involved in the ministry of the church.

Joy Circle meets Thursday, April 5th at 6pm in the Parlor. Esther Circle meets

Thursday, April 12th at 9:30am.

The Spiritual Growth Retreat is April 6th - 8th at Crosspoint Camp. Register

at https://okumc.reg.brtapp.com/spiritualgrowthretreat2018. The cost for this

Retreat is $130. Carpool will leave the church on Friday at 2:30pm. Please

call Ann Cornelius at 972-816-8626 if you have any questions.

Wednesday Study

The Wednesday night study group is

now doing a video study featuring

Max Lucado titled, Come Thirsty.

The sub-title is “Receive What Your

Soul Longs For.” This group meets

from 6:15 to 7:15 and is led by Pas-

tor Schneider. All are invited.

Men’s Sharing

The Saturday morning men’s shar-

ing group meets each Saturday

morning, in the fellowship hall, for

study, prayer, and sharing. They are

currently doing a study titled,

“The Comeback” by Louie Giglio.

There is no charge to participate

with this group.

Women’s Sharing Groups

The women’s sharing groups are designed to encourage women to maintain the

daily practice of a “quiet time” (a time of devotion and prayer). Each week the

women in these groups share how God is speaking to them through their time

of devotion and exchange ideas as to how to enhance the quality of their devo-

tion and prayer life. Currently there are two groups. One meets on Mondays

at 12:00pm; the other meets on Wednesday at 5:15pm. Please call Kristi

Schneider for further details.

Sunday Bible Study

Pastor Schneider is presently leading a Bible Study group on Sunday after-

noons using a Bible study guide by Charles Swindoll titled, God’s Master-

work. This study involves a survey of the entire Bible. We are in the early

stages of this study and presently reading through the book of Exodus. This

class meets each Sunday from 3:30-5:00. All are invited. The cost for a study

book is $5.00. Please contact Pastor Schneider for details.

March was a great month for our Youth Group! Each week our

youth took turns giving devotions, lessons, and speaking about

the things God was laying on their hearts! We took a group of 8

to Angel Fire, New Mexico over Spring Break for a Ski Trip.

We had a great time! A big shout out to the Holmes' and Greg

Helms for being our adults for this trip! Our Easter fundraiser

"Egg My Yard" was a success we hid over 300 eggs at houses

that wanted their yards filled!

April will start off with some activity, too! April 6-8 we are tak-

ing a group of 15 to Branson, Missouri for Young Christians

Weekend! Throughout this month, we will be finishing up our 8

week confirmation class. While going through confirmation our

youth have learned a lot.

On a different note, looking ahead to Summer Camp. We will be

holding a Summer Camp registration date/parent meeting on

April 29, 2018 at 4:00PM. ALL students who are wanting to

attend camp MUST be there along with have a parent there. We

will discuss camp dates, items to bring, expectations, and fund-

raisers.

Our next fundraiser will be within the church walls! We will be

taking orders for Mother's Day roses! They will available on

Mother's Day at Church to pick up! Be on the look out for those

forms!

If you feel led to volunteer with our Youth, please contact our

Youth Minister, we have plenty of opportunities for you to serve

with us.

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Sapulpa FUMC Youth

&

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Ministry Team

Dr. Allen Schneider (Senior Pastor) allen@sapulpafumc.org

Tracy Henderson (Office Administrator) admin@sapulpafumc.org

Nancy Green (Financial Administrator) finance@sapulpafumc.org

Paul Tucker (Building/Maintenance)

Belinda McCormick (Music Director) bkmccormick1@cox.net

Jim Gregory (Organist/Bell Choir Director) jim@sapulpafumc.org

Trish Prine (Audio/Visual Director) 4prine@gmail.com

Kira Calhoun (Youth Ministry) youth@sapulpafumc.org

Tabitha McClanahan (Children’s Ministry) tabm@sbcglobal.net

Gina Blansett (Nursery Director)

Spring is here! I love the warmer weather and the

longer daylight hours! We will begin our month with

the celebration of Easter! Our annual egg hunt will be

on March 31, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. We will need a few

volunteers to help hide the eggs!

We are working on planning a School’s Out family

skating party in May. We are just waiting to see if

there will be anymore make-up days tacked on to the

end of May. We should know by mid-April when the

last day of school will be!

Vacation Bible School planning is in full swing! Va-

cation Bible School will begin on June 4th from

6:00p.m.-8:30p.m. We will need a lot of help to

achieve a successful Bible School. Please let me

know where you can help out!

What’s happening in Sunday School? We just com-

pleted Unit 1 – In the Name of the Lord. We will

begin Unit 2 – Go and Tell on April 1st.

We are in need of volunteers to assist during Sunday

School and Children’s Church so that we are in com-

pliance with Safe Sanctuary policies. Please let me

know if you can help one week out of the month for

Sunday School or Children’s Church or both!

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

Deadline for Mission Trip to Atlanta: March 28

Egg my House Fundraiser: March 31

Young Christians Weekend: April 6-8

NO YOUTH on April 8th