CONCERNS FOR THIS MONTH

HEALTH CONCERNS: Tom Clark’s dad, Mellisa Clark’s mom, Pattye

Hopkins, Reagon Warrick, Jana Cranmer, Terri Bigham Gill, Mary Mayes

IN CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY: the family of Betty Urbanzek—mother of Kathy

Rogers (Bill), the Reyher family—Rick’s mother Joyce Reyer, the family of

Lane Thomas

JOYS: Jason & Jennifer Lester expecting another child, The Neals—2

foreign exchange students, Choir started back up, Kyla Matthew home from

Glorieta NM, rain, Pattye Hopkins here in Canyon, welcome back WTAMU

students, I Heart Canyon event successful

OTHER CONCERNS: Karen Middleton, Woodard’s travel mercies, rain,

Ferguson, Missouri,

ANNIVERSARIES: Tyler & Dede Looney 8/5 , Dennis & Darla Rice 8/12,

Rick & Laura Reyher 8/13, Rick & Cat Enns 8/14, Bob & Barbara Schneider

BIRTHDAYS: Rick Reyher 8/, Meghan Brooks 8/4, Josiah Asbill 8/5, Carly

Behrens 8/6, Jamee Bye 8/12, Dylan Peace 8/8, Jamie Nickell 8/17Bob

Schneider 8/25

ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS: Brynn McPherson, Dylan Brown, Shelly

Gross, Milt Hudson, Dick Elliott, Glenda Abernethy, Lou Ann Barnhart, Betty

Hill, Dorothy Cook, Glen Miller, Carolyn Mason, Beth Sanchez, Dorothy

Haley, Judy Gilliam, Tata McCartney, Kimberly Conrad, Kathy Noel, Keith &

Dorinda McCormack, Bruce Fields, Anna Overhulser, C.W. Stubblefield,

Terry & Helen Gamblin, Betty Ketchersid, Merrell Winstead, Martin Mordecai,

Waylon Malone, Gib Satterwhite, T.K. Baker, Erin Green, Christie Wilhite,

Dusty Koehler, Shirley King, Donny Cook, Guy Crenshaw, Brandi Sustaire,

Patti Kolb, Bobby Altman, Diane Reid, Kingston Marr, Kason Gabbard,

Alisann Smookler, Addi Martinez, Hope Ramos, Virginia Tovar, Anna Ruth

Erwin & Mel Wessels

ADDITIONAL INTERCESSORY PRAYERS: President Obama and our

country’s leaders, Costa Rica Team, Backyard Missions, War-torn Countries,

the economy, our policeman and firemen, those in the military and the need

for a local drug and alcohol addiction recovery treatment center.

Please email fumcpray@gmail.com or call 806-655-2851 with all prayer

requests, joys, concerns or updates. If you have requested someone be

added to the Ongoing Prayer Concerns, please update us on that person

occasionally; especially if that person needs to be removed from the list.

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Worship Leaders for the 9am Service September 7 Janice Cranmer September 14 Darla Nickell September 21 Joe Lombard September 28 Donna Woodard

Acolytes for the 9 am Service September 7 Jordan Wilhite & Kristian Wilhite September 14 Danielle Burns & Kelsey Blaskowski September 21 Charlie Neal & Shane Neal September 28 Abigail Ruiz & Karlie Venhaus

Prayer Room September 7 9:00—Jan Cowan 11:15—Tyler Looney September 14 9:00—Doug Cowan 11:15—Max White September 21 9:00—Kathy Rogers (J) 11:15—Nona Townley September 28 9:00—Jackie Blair 11:15—Ronay Bach

Hosts September 7 8:45 Floyd & Terrie Hartman, Don & Kathi Lee 11:00 Steve & Donna Woodard, Jan Winstead, John Barnhart September 14 8:45 Gerry & Darla Nickell, Vanda Paris, Jackie Patterson 11:00 Earl & Jackie Blair, Darin & Brooke Barnes September 21 8:45 Joan Schurke, Lezlie Cooper, Rich & Connie Hopson 11:00 Betty Hudson, Betty Brown Johnson, Joe & Babs Lombard September 28 8:45 Mary Clare Munger, Judy Welch, Marilyn Dees, Linda Elliott 11:00 Scott &Vickie Robinson, Clois & Dorothy Rowland

(If you are unable to fulfill your obligation in any of these areas, please find a replacement and call the church office and let them know the change. Thank you.)

Attendance Record: August 3

9:00 am Traditional Worship………………………………………………….228

10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………..238

11:15 am Contemporary Worship………………………………………...…..109

TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………..…337

Attendance Record: August 10

9:00 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………..191

10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………..213

11:15 am Contemporary Worship………………………………………….….. 98

TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………......289

Attendance Record: August 17

9:00 am Traditional Worship…………………………………………………..310

10:10 am Sunday School…………………………...…..……………………..271

11:15 am Contemporary Worship………………………………………….…. 96

TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………......406

Attendance Record: August 24 CHURCH PICNIC

10:45 am Combined Service …...………………………………………….….339

TOTAL IN WORSHIP………………………………………………………......339

Schedules Joys and Concerns

CHURCH STAFF

SENIOR PASTOR………………………………….……..….……Rev. Rick Enns

PASTORAL CARE …………………………………………………...Angela Asbill

DIRECTOR OF DISCIPLESHIP………..…………………………...Roman Asbill

DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY……………….…………….….Tyler Looney

DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES………………………..Kim Hopson

CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR………………………………..…….......Bill Rogers

FINANCE MANAGER………………………………………….……Christi Ybarra

MUSIC DIRECTOR………………………………………………..Melanie Brooks

ORGANIST……………….………………………………….…..Cameron McMinn

ACCOMPANIST………………………………….…………......….......B.J. Brooks

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP LEADER…………………………..Jason Lester

KITCHEN COORDINATOR………………………………..…….Charlotte Wilson

IHH CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR……………………Brenda Shepherd

Desperate: 1. Reckless or dangerous because of despair or

urgency: 2. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: 3. making a

final, ultimate effort; giving all.

We’ve all felt desperate before. Usually that desperation is the

result of lack of hope and something that has taken place in

our lives that leaves us out of control. I’ve seen it when

couples come and talk to me when their marriage is falling apart. I’ve seen it in

hospital and hospice rooms when life is hanging on by a thread. I’ve seen it in the

eyes of teenagers when angst has left them wondering who they and if they will

ever feel differently again. Some of you reading this right now feel desperation. My

prayer is that you will sense the presence of God in this moment.

As a pastor, I have felt desperate for the church’s future. Usually that desperation

comes when I forget that I am not the one responsible for the future of the church.

God is in control – not me. My call is just to be faithful.

But I want to call each of us to a renewed sense of desperation. But not the type of

desperation I just wrote about above. Read again the definitions of desperation at

the top of this article (Go ahead…I’ll wait). I want to call each of us to a renewed

sense of desperation – not one born out of hopeless and grief. But a desperation

born out of an urgency…out of a desire…out of a need for God. The world needs

Christians who are desperate for God. The church needs members who are

desperate for God.

Transformation of lives is born out of a desperation for God and His Kingdom.

What type of desperation do you want to live under?

O Lord, help us to be desperate for you! Help us to have an urgency of your Spirit

working through our lives daily for your glory. I know that you desire a church that

has at its core a desperate longing for your presence. So come O God, and infuse

within us this desire, this urgency, this need for You. Amen!

A Note From the Pastor Wednesday Night Meals starting September 10th

Please join us 5:30 - 6:15 p.m.in the Fellowship Hall!

Everybody is welcome!

New for this season, the charge is $3.00 per individual or $10.00 per family

to help cover costs of food. To-go boxes also available.

September 10th

Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Monkey Bars

September 17th

Chicken Fajitas, Brownies

September 24th

Enchiladas, Cookies

Blessing

of the

Backpacks

2014

Church Directories are here!! If you had your picture made

for the directory you may pick up your FREE copy in the

church office or on Sunday mornings. Please only ONE per

family.

If you did not have your picture made for the directory but

would still like a copy, the cost is $5.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Please bring your empty shoeboxes to

the church office. Summer has come to

an end and spare time is running short,

so let’s get them wrapped with

Christmas paper and ready to be filled

in the coming months.

YOU CAN GIVE YOUR

TITHES &

OFFERINGS ONLINE

Just scan the QR code on

your smart phone or go to

our website

(www.firstchurchcanyon.com) and click on the “Donate

I can’t believe it! Summer is gone and school is here! I want to thank each of you who helped support I Heart Canyon last week. We had a great turnout and many of our own children were blessed by your prayers and support. Good Job

FUMC! I pray that our blessings over the backpacks on Sunday will remain with the all the kids and families as

they begin this school year.

I can’t express to you how excited I am to let you know that your generosity is allowing me to purchase over $1500 worth of books and Bibles for our children’s rooms!!!!! Thanks so much for those who have brought books as well. I have already been reading them and I can’t wait to share them with the kids. My heart is so full and it is because we have the best church family ever. I hope that you have been able to visit our children’s

rooms, if you haven’t taken the time to do so, my invitation is still standing. In the next few weeks you will be able to check out the new books too! Stop by if you

want a personal tour!

As we begin this school year and our Wednesday evening activities, I am looking for a great men and women to minister to our kids, K1 and Club 56 specifically. If interested please contact me. I will be

waiting to hear from you.

Psalms 25:5 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the

day long.

Dates for your Calendar:

Sept. 3 @ 7 pm – Wednesday evening leader meeting

Sept. 10 @ 5:30 – Wednesday evening activities BEGIN

with dinner and classes begin at 6:15.

Sept. 24 @ 5 pm – 4th Grade Bible Study Begins – New

Testament Focus

Oct. 12 @ 5:30 pm – 5th Grade Worship Study Begins

Upcoming Events

Children’s News

Monday, September 1

CHURCH/OFFICE Closed—Labor Day

Wednesday, September 3

2:00 p.m. UMW Book Review—Library

6:00 p.m. UMW Executive Board Meeting-Room #222 7:00 p.m. Kids Club Leader Meeting-Room #203 7:15 p.m. First Wednesday Choir Rehearsal Thursday, September 4 6:30 p.m. Women of Worship—Sanctuary/Parlor Monday, September 8

6:00 p.m. SPRC Meeting—Library

Wednesday, September 10 5:30 p.m. First WNF Meal

6:15 p.m. WNF Activities Kick Off

Monday, September 15

6:00 p.m. Finance Meeting—Room #113

Wednesday, September 17

5:30 p.m. WNF Meal

6:15 p.m. WNF activities begin

Monday, September 22

6:00 p.m. Trustee Meeting—Room #113

W.O.W. Women of Worship

When: September 4, 2014

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Where: Sanctuary - FUMC Canyon

Address: 1818 4th Ave Canyon, TX

What’s up? A gathering of area women,

young to mature, to fellowship, worship the

Lord, food (snacks) and fun!

Come One, Come All!

Bring at least 2 friends and

make new friends!

Every woman desires to fellowship with other

women for the sole purpose of worshipping the

Lord. The “Soul” purpose of W.O.W. is to

glorify the Lord!

UMW Book Review Wednesday, September 3

Church Library at 2:00 p.m.

Greetings! I trust that you are doing well and prepared for the Fall. I wanted to share with

you our new youth shirts for the Fall. Our youth shirt designs are not random and in fact are great reminders to our youth of what we are talking about. This next semester we are going to be talking about “Getting Real”. The idea is to help the youth come into a realization of where God is calling them to be in the future. In order for believers to

get where God wants them, they have to know where they have been and where they are. Believers also have to know who they are, hints the C-O-G in the design, which stands for Child of God. The reason for the robot lettering and Robby the Robot on the back is to remind the youth to not live like robots going through the motions, but live intentionally. So, this Fall when someone ask you what the meaning of our shirts are you can explain it. Please be in prayer for our youth this Fall! -TL By the way if you would like a shirt you may contact me at (806)336-

1699.

Youth News

“Sharing God’s Story for 125 Years”

Your Records and History Committee hopes that you are looking forward to the month-long celebration this October when we celebrate our 125th birthday. Here’s a sample of what to

look for:

1. Under the leadership of John Barnhart and his committee, we have produced our 125th year pictorial directory which has now arrived.

Watch for more details soon.

2. Under the leadership of Scott Robinson, we have sent off the proof of the Christmas ornament marking our 125th year. Each ornament will cost $15.00. Add these to your

Christmas list for all your family and friends.

3. Displays are going up in the Narthex and the Parlor which detail the happenings of our church. Many people have already enjoyed the Fellowship Quilt. This quilt was started in 1954 by the Naomi Hare Circle. Blocks were purchased by church members, and the Circle members embroidered their names.

Names in gold were for deceased members.

Greetings Church! Choir began on Sunday, the 24th for Picnic Sunday. On Wednesday, the 27th of August, we will begin our usual rehearsal schedule beginning at 7:15. We have a very exciting season ahead of us including a Christmas cantata. All are welcome and invited to attend. God bless and see you soon! Mel Brooks Chancel Choir Director bjandmel@mac.com

Thank You Notes

FUMC members,

I want to thank you so much

for the prayers, calls, cards

& wonderful food you have

given me during my

shoulder injury. I have had

surgery and it is healing

well, but still needs therapy

to getting it to work like it

needs too. It helps having

friends & family helping you.

Mary Rice

Dear Church Family,

We greatly appreciate all the

gifts, prayers and support

you have given us during

this trying time. Words

cannot express how much

you have meant. It’s

amazing how God takes

really good care of us. You

truly are the hands and feet

of Jesus. Thank you so

much.

God Bless,

Lynnette and Bette Jalufka

Dear FUMC Church Family,

Thank y’all for the

scholarship and for the

support over the years. Y’all

have meant the world to me

and I will miss y’all dearly.

The scholarship will come in

handy and I greatly

appreciate it.

Thanks again,

Coleman Curry

Dear FUMC Canyon,

Thank you so much for the

scholarship—this will help

greatly with college

expenses and in my efforts

to become a nurse. Thank

you for the support over the

years. May God continue to

bless this church and my

church family.

Blessings,

Sierra Ybarra

FUMC Canyon was able to award seven

$450 scholarships. Money came from

designated funds for the scholarships.

Those that applied and received the

scholarships were Lorin Barnes

attending WTAMU, Kole Bryan

attending McMurry University, Rachel

Clark attending WTAMU, Coleman Curry

attending Texas A&M, McKayla

Robinson attending Amarillo College,

Andrew Spring attending Amarillo

College and Sierra Ybarra attending

Amarillo College. Congratulations to the

graduating class of 2014 and may God

guide and direct you on your new

journey!

Dear Friends, We want to invite you to join one of our growgroups this Fall. As a church our calling is to GLORIFY God in worship, GROW in like-ness of Jesus and GIVE our lives in love of Jesus. Growgroups at FUMC are what we call all of our “small group” ministries. Our goal is to have everyone involved in some type of group. We don’t expect you to be in more than one group a week, but we do expect you to be in a group. We offer the following types of growgroups.

Sermon-based groups - Smaller groups of 10-12 disciples that covenant to go deep together through study, prayer, account-ability and mission. Sermon-based groups discuss the sermon from the previous Sunday as well as alternating in other specific curriculum for the overall spiritual development of the participants.

Topical groups - Groups that meet at various times throughout the week. These groups cover a specific topic or curriculum. Examples of a topical growgroup would be Beth Moore, Disciple Bible Study or other approved material.

Sunday morning groups - Groups that meet Sunday mornings at our church at 10:10 a.m. These groups are also known as Sunday school.

Below is a list of our Fall growgroups starting in September.

Finances as of July 2014

Income—Year to Date—$530,790.76 Budgeted $579,64.60

Expenses—Year to Date—$509,844.63 Budgeted $585,992.35

Income/Expenses—Year to Date—$20,946.13

GG #1—Starts September 10th -- Singles/Couples

Enns: Sermon-based Growgroup Wednesdays 6:15–7:30 pm (Room 111) Cost: None Facilitator: Rick & Cat Enns GG #2—Ongoing group -- Singles Single Vision Sundays 6:00 -7:30 pm Baptist Singles House 1712 2nd Ave, Canyon Facilitator: Kay Brenwalt GG #3—Starts September 7th -- Women Children of the Day Sundays 3:30 –5:00 pm (Room 222) Cost: $20 Facilitator: Brenda Havens GG #4—September 10th -- Women When Godly People Do UnGodly Things Wednesdays 6:15-7:30 pm (Room 113) Cost: $16 Facilitator: Charlotte Bellah

GG #5—Starts September 10th -- Singles/Couples Alpha through Omega: A Journey Through Scripture Wednesdays 6:15–7:30 pm (Room 125/127) Cost: None Facilitators: Rick and Laura Reyher

GG #6—Starts September 10th -- Singles/Couples 4th Ave Project—Core Leadership Track Wednesdays 6:15—7:45 pm (Room 121/123) Cost: None Facilitator: Roman Asbill GG #7—Starts September 10th -- Singles/Couples Navigating Your Finances God’s Way Wednesdays 6:15–7:30 pm (Library) Cost: $39 (single) $49 (couple) Facilitator: Scott and Niki Dillard GG #8—Starts September 12th -- Women FRIDAY Noon Bible Study Friday 11:30am–1:00 pm (Room 113) Cost: $10 Facilitator: Francie Pittman

NEW Sunday School Class – Beginning Sept. 7th Sunday Mornings at 10:10am College and Career - (Room B16 in basement) Target Age of Class: 20 Something For More Info: Call Aaron Tudyk 210-861-6478

Church

Picnic

2014

Church and Church Office will be closed in

observance of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 1.