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June 15, 2016 St. John the Apostle United Methodist Church 5450 Mansfield Rd. Arlington, TX 76017 817-468-8484 Office Hours: Mon. - Thurs. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fri. - Closed Visit our web site: www.sjaumc.org Click here to see our facebook page! Youth Ministry SUNDAY SCHOOL - Sunday Mornings (9:45 a.m.) Senior High: Room 125 & Junior High: Room 121 If you get to Sunday school early (or any youth event) - feel free to hang out all together in the Youthatory (from the "Latin" for the place between youth activities… or maybe that's not real... but that's what we called it) or room 123. Please say THANK YOU to our Trustees for helping us get our fancy closet so we can now fully enjoy this room. Help us by keeping it clean and taking care of it :) COMING SOON Mandatory Meeting Saturday June 18, 7-9 pm This is more than our usual packing of the vans, we will break into teams and get our job assignments for the week. Missing this is not an option!!!! You've known about this for MONTHS :) It will be worth your time! Mission Trip - Pirate Style!! Commissioning 11 o’clock ser vice, leaving 3:00 p.m. Return from mission trip will be around lunch time on Friday, June 24th. Wildcard Wednesdays / CORE (7:00 - 8:00 p.m.) Packing Party Need some volunteer hours? Want to come hang out and be helpful? 7-8 we will be working on mission trip pre packing. You do not have to be going on mission trip to come and hang out with us :) OTHER UPCOMING CHURCH / COMMUNITY EVENT: Do you know of anything? We are always looking for ways to plug in to the church and community. Mission Trip: June 19th - 24th Saturday, June 18th - MANDATORY Mission Trip Meeting. We will reveal teams, load vans, go over rules and there are no excused absences. We will be leaving later on Sunday, so you can celebrate Father's Day, but it means we MUST have EVERYONE (ADULTS TOO!) ATTEND on SATURDAY Adult Volunteer Opportunities Want to come hang out with us? Come anytime! COMMUNICATIONS - IMPORTANT UPDATE: the church has decided to do a weekly code for the youth… we will text it out at 5:00 p.m. weekly! Please make sure you are on our text list so you receive weekly code update information. Children’s Ministry Reminder Dates Quick Links Have a prayer request? Click here to submit it. Find an Adult Sunday School Class! Click here to find a class that fits your needs. Online Giving Click here to access electronic giving. Recent Sermons Miss a sermon or want to hear one again? Click here to listen. SJA Digital Directory Get your copy of our SJA Directory. This is available digitally through the following options: Sign up on the computer : click here. To get the app: Apple device: Click here Android device: Click here Kindle Fire: Click here Search for Instant Church Directory if you are downloading it in your app store. If you prefer a printed version, contact Darla in the office. 817-468-8484 Children’s Quick Info Youth Quick Links & Info Contact Information For info, contact our Director of Children’s Education, Lindsey, at [email protected] or call 817-468-8484, ext. 305. Receive text messages from Children’s Ministry Text @38ek2 to 81010 to receive text messages from the Children’s Ministry. Fellowship Groups Merry Mixers Open to all adults that meet for a potluck dinner, games and fellowship. Please bring a potluck item to share. W e would like to have enough for everyone. Join the fun on Tuesday, June 28, at 6:30 p.m. in room 127. For questions, call Diane Grossman at 817-784- 0005. SJA Singles Open to all Single Adults Come join us for Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. in room 152. June 18th Our Patio Challenge continues - The Oasis at Joe Pool Lake. Meet at the church to carpool at 6:00 p.m. June 25th No events are planned. July 4th Celebration at the Formagus' home... Details soon! For more information on any of these events, contact Prissy at 817- 692-2110 or [email protected]. For information on UMC Singles events, check the website www.umcsingles.org. Mandatory Mission Trip meeting this Saturday. For those who are new to youth mission trips or just want a refresher, the tool training is from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. All adult and youth participants must attend the meeting at 7:00 pm. Facebook Updates Get updates daily on our Facebook page. You do not have to “like” our page to view it. Click here for our Facebook page. Communications To sign up for text alerts - this system allows us to quickly relay details to youth and parents for any new information and changes in events. Text JOIN SJAYOUTH to 40650 Please direct any questions to [email protected] or call Kelli Krueger 682-553- 5565 or Amanda 817-675- 2526. Register for Vacation Bible School Now! Now you can sign your kiddos up for Vacation Bible School! The registration forms will be located in the hallway. Please note: both the back and the front page must be fill out completely, if applicable. Click here to sign-up online. Looking for VBS Volunteers We are also looking for some volunteers to come and enjoy an amazing week with all the kids. Volunteer forms are located in the hallway along side the registration forms. Sunday Morning for Kids Kids' Connection (9:45 a.m.) Children's Worship for K-5th grade. We begin with worship in the Sanctuary then transition after the Children's Message to the backroom. Adventure Zone (11:00 a.m.) Rotation based classes for ages 3 (since last Sept 1) through 5th grade. We meet in room 127 then break into groups for Bible study, craft, and games. SJA Sunday Opportunities Hey Kids! Invite friends, cousins, and neighbors to Vacation Bible School at St. John the Apostle! Watch the video then sign up on-line or in person at church. Click here to sign-up online. Ages that can attend are 3 years (must be potty trained) through completing 5th grade. Come play with us! This is a weekly reminder of dates for reference. Dates/ times are subject to change on occasion. An asterisk (*) indicates that more info is found in this eNews. June 15 Wednesday Sounds of Grace Rehearsal 6:00 - 7:00 pm Youth - Volunteer Hours/Hang out* 7:00 pm June 16 Thursday June 17 Friday Quilting Ladies 9:00 am June 18 Saturday Tool Training for Mission Trip* 6:00 pm MANDATORY Mission Trip meeting 7:00 pm SJA Singles: Patio Challenge at the Oasis at Joe Pool Lake June 19 Sunday Worship Services 8:30, 9:45 & 11:00 am Youth - Leave for Youth Mission Trip* June 20 Monday Bible Study w/ Conrad 10:30 am & 7:00 pm Youth Mission Trip June 21 Tuesday Youth Mission Trip Please note committee meetings and Life groups are not listed. See the “SJA building Usage” calendar for more dates. SJA Building Usage Calendar Looking for an available room for a meeting? Want to know what room the meeting/activity occurs? Click here to access the SJA calendar. Ministry of the Month: SJA Library Mandatory VBS volunteer meeting! June 26 - right after the 11:00 a.m. worship service, meet in room 127. Pizza and salad that will be served. If you are volunteering with VBS this summer, you must be at this meeting! God’s greatest work will be done through you. We Need VBS Volunteers! Please volunteer to come help our kids and enjoy an amazing week Volunteer forms are located in the hallway along side the registration forms. Donation needed for VBS: Children's ministry currently needs empty plastic water bottles with the lids. Please make sure they are clean and dry. You can place them in the boxes under the VBS table. Please do not place items on Mrs. Lindsey's desk. Find Your Next Bible Study in the Library! If you are a part of a small group or a Sunday School group, you can find many DVD’s, leader guides and participant books in the SJA Library. Each study is available to check out for the duration of your study. There are full sets to just a single book to choose from. Click here to see what the library currently has. If your group chooses a Bible study from the SJA library and you need more materials, you have two options: 1. Contact Linda Formagus at 817-468-8484, ext. 303 or [email protected] and she can order the needed quantities. If purchased through Linda, you must donate the study materials to the SJA library. 2. If purchased by individuals or group and are paying for it yourselves, then you keep the extra materials. (Donations of the book is always appreciated, but it’s your book.) Ulster Project Ulster is coming to St John the Apostle Join us and cheer on the American and Northern Irish teens in a friendly game of soccer! Friday, July 1st at 7:00 p.m. Come out to St John the Apostle and learn about this great opportunity. What is Ulster? Check out upatx.com and see how your son or daughter can have the summer of their life in 2017! Applications are being accepted to be a host family in 2017. Any questions please call Pete Sanders 817-269-3686 Coming Soon - Our Next Occasion Worship Service Mark your calendar! Our next Occasion Worship Service will be Wednesday evening, June 29th at 7:00 p.m. We will have a theme on patriotism and freedom with great music under the pavilion. Dress for the heat and plan to stay for a pre-fourth of July cookout on the patio. The church will provide cold drinks, baked beans, potato chips and a grill for cooking. You provide your main course for grilling, ie: hamburger patty, frankfurters, bratwurst, chicken and appropriate bread or bun. New Nametags! All volunteers (youth and adult) that work with our children or youthies and have gone through the Ministry Safe training and/or background check, have a new green name in the tag holder in the hallway. Those of you who have gone through the proper steps/ training and don’t have a new green name tag, please contact Lindsey Ecke: 817-468-8484, ext. 305 or [email protected].

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June 15, 2016 St. John the Apostle United Methodist Church 5450 Mansfield Rd. Arlington, TX 76017 817-468-8484 Office Hours: Mon. - Thurs. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fri. - Closed Visit our web site: www.sjaumc.org Click here to see our facebook page!

Youth Ministry

SUNDAY SCHOOL - Sunday Mornings (9:45 a.m.)

Senior High: Room 125 & Junior High: Room 121

If you get to Sunday school early (or any youth event) - feel free to

hang out all together in the Youthatory (from the "Latin" for the

place between youth activities… or maybe that's not real... but that's

what we called it) or room 123. Please say THANK YOU to our

Trustees for helping us get our fancy closet so we can now fully

enjoy this room. Help us by keeping it clean and taking care of it :)

COMING SOON

Mandatory Meeting Saturday June 18, 7-9 pm This is more than

our usual packing of the vans, we will break into teams and get our

job assignments for the week. Missing this is not an option!!!!

You've known about this for MONTHS :) It will be worth your

time!

Mission Trip - Pirate Style!! Commissioning 11 o’clock service,

leaving 3:00 p.m.

Return from mission trip will be around lunch time on Friday,

June 24th.

Wildcard Wednesdays / CORE (7:00 - 8:00 p.m.)

Packing Party Need some volunteer hours? Want to come hang

out and be helpful? 7-8 we will be working on mission trip pre

packing. You do not have to be going on mission trip to come and

hang out with us :)

OTHER UPCOMING CHURCH / COMMUNITY EVENT: Do you know of anything? We are always looking for ways to plug

in to the church and community.

Mission Trip: June 19th - 24th

Saturday, June 18th - MANDATORY Mission Trip Meeting.

We will reveal teams, load vans, go over rules and there are no

excused absences. We will be leaving later on Sunday, so you can

celebrate Father's Day, but it means we MUST have EVERYONE

(ADULTS TOO!) ATTEND on SATURDAY

Adult Volunteer Opportunities Want to come hang out with us? Come anytime!

COMMUNICATIONS - IMPORTANT UPDATE: the church

has decided to do a weekly code for the youth… we will text it out

at 5:00 p.m. weekly! Please make sure you are on our text list so you

receive weekly code update information.

Children’s Ministry

Reminder Dates

Quick Links

Have a prayer request? Click here to submit it.

Find an Adult Sunday School Class! Click here to find a class that fits your needs.

Online Giving Click here to access electronic giving.

Recent Sermons Miss a sermon or want to hear one again? Click here to listen.

SJA Digital Directory Get your copy of our SJA Directory. This is available digitally through the following options:

Sign up on the computer: click here.

To get the app: Apple device: Click here Android device: Click here Kindle Fire: Click here Search for Instant Church Directory if you are downloading it in your app store.

If you prefer a printed version, contact Darla in the office. 817-468-8484

Children’s

Quick Info

Youth

Quick Links & Info

Contact Information For info, contact our Director of Children’s Education, Lindsey, at [email protected] or call 817-468-8484, ext. 305.

Receive text messages from Children’s Ministry Text @38ek2 to 81010 to receive text messages from the Children’s Ministry.

Fellowship Groups

Merry Mixers

Open to all adults that meet for a potluck dinner, games and

fellowship. Please bring a potluck item to share. We would like to

have enough for everyone. Join the fun on Tuesday, June 28, at 6:30

p.m. in room 127. For questions, call Diane Grossman at 817-784-

0005.

SJA Singles Open to all Single Adults

Come join us for Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. in room 152.

June 18th Our Patio Challenge continues - The Oasis at Joe Pool

Lake. Meet at the church to carpool at 6:00 p.m.

June 25th No events are planned.

July 4th Celebration at the Formagus' home... Details soon!

For more information on any of these events, contact Prissy at 817-

692-2110 or [email protected]. For information on UMC Singles

events, check the website www.umcsingles.org.

Mandatory Mission Trip meeting this Saturday. For those who are new to youth mission trips or just want a refresher, the tool training is from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. All adult and youth participants must attend the meeting at 7:00 pm. Facebook Updates Get updates daily on our Facebook page. You do not have to “like” our page to view it. Click here for our Facebook page.

Communications To sign up for text alerts - this system allows us to quickly relay details to youth and parents for any new information and changes in events. Text JOIN SJAYOUTH to 40650

Please direct any questions to [email protected] or call Kelli Krueger 682-553-5565 or Amanda 817-675-2526.

Register for Vacation Bible School Now! Now you can sign your kiddos up for Vacation Bible School! The

registration forms will be located in the hallway. Please note: both

the back and the front page must be fill out completely, if applicable. Click here to sign-up online.

Looking for VBS Volunteers We are also looking for some volunteers to come and enjoy an

amazing week with all the kids. Volunteer forms are located in the

hallway along side the registration forms.

Sunday Morning for Kids Kids' Connection (9:45 a.m.) Children's Worship for K-5th grade.

We begin with worship in the Sanctuary then transition after the

Children's Message to the backroom.

Adventure Zone (11:00 a.m.) Rotation based classes for ages 3

(since last Sept 1) through 5th grade. We meet in room 127 then

break into groups for Bible study, craft, and games.

SJA

Sunday Opportunities

Hey Kids! Invite friends, cousins, and neighbors to Vacation

Bible School at St. John the Apostle! Watch the video then sign up on-line or in person at church. Click

here to sign-up online. Ages that can attend are 3 years (must be

potty trained) through completing 5th grade. Come play with us!

This is a weekly reminder of dates for reference. Dates/times are subject to change on occasion. An asterisk (*) indicates that more info is found in this eNews.

June 15 Wednesday

Sounds of Grace Rehearsal 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Youth - Volunteer Hours/Hang out* 7:00 pm

June 16 Thursday

June 17 Friday

Quilting Ladies 9:00

am

June 18 Saturday

Tool Training for

Mission Trip* 6:00 pm

MANDATORY Mission Trip meeting 7:00 pm

SJA Singles: Patio Challenge at the Oasis at Joe Pool Lake

June 19 Sunday

Worship Services 8:30,

9:45 & 11:00 am

Youth - Leave for

Youth Mission Trip*

June 20 Monday

Bible Study w/ Conrad

10:30 am & 7:00 pm

Youth Mission Trip

June 21 Tuesday

Youth Mission Trip

Please note committee meetings and Life groups are not listed. See the “SJA building Usage” calendar for more dates.

SJA Building Usage Calendar Looking for an available room for a meeting? Want to know what room the meeting/activity occurs? Click here to access the SJA calendar.

Ministry of the Month: SJA Library

Mandatory VBS volunteer meeting! June 26 - right after the 11:00 a.m. worship service, meet in room

127. Pizza and salad that will be served. If you are volunteering with

VBS this summer, you must be at this meeting! God’s greatest

work will be done through you.

We Need VBS Volunteers! Please volunteer to come help our

kids and enjoy an amazing week Volunteer forms are located in the

hallway along side the registration forms.

Donation needed for VBS: Children's ministry currently needs

empty plastic water bottles with the lids. Please make sure they are

clean and dry. You can place them in the boxes under the VBS

table. Please do not place items on Mrs. Lindsey's desk.

Find Your Next Bible Study in the Library! If you are a part of a small group or a Sunday School group, you can

find many DVD’s, leader guides and participant books in the SJA

Library. Each study is available to check out for the duration of your

study. There are full sets to just a single book to choose from. Click

here to see what the library currently has.

If your group chooses a Bible study from the SJA library and you

need more materials, you have two options:

1. Contact Linda Formagus at 817-468-8484, ext. 303 or

[email protected] and she can order the needed

quantities. If purchased through Linda, you must donate the

study materials to the SJA library.

2. If purchased by individuals or group and are paying for it

yourselves, then you keep the extra materials. (Donations of the

book is always appreciated, but it’s your book.)

Ulster Project

Ulster is coming to St John the Apostle Join us and cheer on the Amer ican and Nor thern Ir ish teens

in a friendly game of soccer! Friday, July 1st at 7:00 p.m. Come out

to St John the Apostle and learn about this great opportunity.

What is Ulster? Check out upatx.com and see how your son or

daughter can have the summer of their life in 2017!

Applications are being accepted to be a host family in 2017.

Any questions please call Pete Sanders 817-269-3686

Coming Soon - Our Next Occasion Worship Service Mark your calendar! Our next Occasion Worship Service will be

Wednesday evening, June 29th at 7:00 p.m. We will have a theme

on patriotism and freedom with great music under the pavilion.

Dress for the heat and plan to stay for a pre-fourth of July cookout

on the patio. The church will provide cold drinks, baked beans,

potato chips and a grill for cooking. You provide your main course

for grilling, ie: hamburger patty, frankfurters, bratwurst, chicken and

appropriate bread or bun.

New Nametags! All volunteers (youth and adult) that work with our children or

youthies and have gone through the Ministry Safe training and/or

background check, have a new green name in the tag holder in the

hallway. Those of you who have gone through the proper steps/

training and don’t have a new green name tag, please contact

Lindsey Ecke: 817-468-8484, ext. 305 or

[email protected].