• Henry and Chula Hubble’s 40th Wedding Anniversary!
• Jim and Pam Behling has an anniversary!
• Corky McHaney’s Birthday
• Linda and Heidi’s Birthdays this week.
• Dorothy LeStourgeon is glad to be here!
• The good work done on the church grounds… thanks Bill Lacey.
• Happy Birthday to Bill Lacey

PRAYERS

• Gary Neilsen: Cancer
• Sandy
• Steve Murphy: Stage 4 Cancer and Treatment
• Youth of our country
• Leaders
• Julie Smith: Lumpectomy tomorrow
• Beth Keating in a lot of pain due to a fall.
• Steve Smith admitted to Methodist hospital with severe pain.  He’s fighting a rare form of cancer.
• Friendships that have been lost to be renewed.
• For the chains of addictions to be broken.
• For protection for Taylor Dabney as he serves our country.  The Taliban has declared the “fighting season” has begun.
• From Brooks: “Prayers for Paw Paw while he is at work.”
• Clara Ann

• Great to have our Costa Rican (Ray and Lidia Zirkel) Missionaries with us to share what God is doing in the mission field.
• The NEW BIG SCREEN in church.
• Karen and Lewis Crawford’s joy of being in an atmosphere of prayer for their daughter AMY and her Lupus treatment.  Their son Gary has found employment.
• Joy Akins second grandchild just born. (Aaliyah born 6lbs 15oz)
• Bill Lacey’s work at the church.
• Bandera Coop Grant for $25,000 for our Little League Lights.  Thank Pete for all his hard work.

PRAYERS

• Our Election and Leaders
• Our Military
• Melissa McElvanine: Cancer
• Paul Nilson (Pain from arthritis)
• Steve Murphy: Stage 4 Cancer patient in treatment
• Kimbeau Keating
• Jonathan Burger was shot in a hunting accident (He’s a junior from Menard High School.)
• Syliva Orth (Mary Myers mother) Cancer
• From Nancy Wojnowski Carson Wells is one year old who has been having strokes from birht.  Recently fell and hit his head on coffee table and was fine, but next morning was unresponsive.  They air lifted to SA and is unknown condition.
• From Clara Ann: The Gilpatricks.  He survived the flesh eating disease a few years ago.  Now he has lung cancer and wife is being treated for kidney cancer.
• Unknown:  “I need your prayers.”

First United Methodist Church in Kerrville

District Event Offers
Opportunities for Learning!

Equipping the Saints 2012 has a great lineup of workshops and classes.  There is something for everyone in your church!

This year, E.T.S. will be in Kerrville.  We have plenty of space for plenty of people!

Some of our workshops are “old favorites” and some are brand new and exciting.

Our presenters are a great group of talented and experienced lay people and clergy from around the Kerrville District and the Southwest Texas Conference.

We are combining our “Equipping the Saints” training day and, new this year, Faith in Action spotlights during the lunch hour.

Kerrville Faith in Action Luncheon

On January 28, 2012, in conjunction with the annual Equipping the Saints workshops, we are presenting something new!

Around the district we have heard many stories about “Faith in Action” – the ways in which our churches are reaching out to those beyond our walls and our membership.  Sometimes this is actually within the walls (as in a day care or a food pantry) and sometimes it is outside the walls or bounds of your community as some of yours travel long distances on a mission trip.

This year’s District Celebration (the luncheon at Equipping the Saints) will focus on these ministries to others – the ways in which we are being “El Buen Samaritano”, the good Samaritan/neighbor who cares for the needy.

In place of the Laity Awards we will celebrate our missions, engaging our neighbors in need in the many ways of our churches.

This event will be held at 11:45 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. A great lunch will be provided at a cost of $12.00 for all who attend.

An R.S.V.P. is required for lunch. Call the District Office at (830)896-6400 (no later than January 20th).

That is your only cost for the day since the workshops are free!

To download a complete brochure go to this LINK

• Great crowd of family and friends
• Birthdays: Diane Taylor, Judy Schmitt, Chris Harvey
• 25 years of being cancer free for Linda Coates.
• Two year anniversary for Suzanne (Coates) and Keith Taylor
• Thankful for being in a prayerful church.
• Great to have Carolyn Penland back in church!

PRAYERS

• Leaders
• Military
• So many people who are suffering with cancer.
• Karen and Lewis’ daughter: Amy
• Steve Murphy: Stage 4 Lung Cancer.  Now in treatment.
• Elections
• Glenna Spain: pancreatic cancer.  Pray for healing and direction.
• From Diane Taylor: Sharon – the mother of our niece. She has a mass on her kidney.  Surgery on Jan. 23rd.
• Clovis Barker
• Chuck Thomas’ Dad
• The Core
• Clara Ann McWilliams

NEXT SUNDAY we will be having our Costa Ric-an Missionaries: Ray and Lidia Zirkel to give a presentation during church!  We will follow it up with a POT LUCK immediately after church!

Information about the District Equipping the Saints Workshop.
In place of the Celebration Luncheon we will have a ministry spotlight on Faith in Action! (Something were scheduled to do next month!)

Bible Study Opportunities
Tuesday at 7:00 AM – Men’s Bible Study at the Core (Luke 5)
Wednesday at 10:00 AM – Women’s Bible Study at Recca Gillette’s house
Wednesday at 6:00 PM – Pastor’s Bible Study at the Parsonage (1 Thess 2)

United Methodist Women this Wednesday at 2:00 PM in Fellowship Hall
*For a list of all activities go to our calendar on our website: www.medinaumc.org

Before Thanksgiving her doctor ran some labs on here and found out she had systemic lupus and it appears to be advanced. Amy is not only in pain from the lupus but also her doctor feels it is attacking her brain. She is having seizure activity, personality changes and memory loss. Amy is 29 yrs old and a single mom with a 3, 6, 9 yr old and is truely having a very difficult time. She has an appt Jan 26th or something like that. Please pray that whatever is going on can be cared for with medication with no progression.

Thank you for your prayers. I know Amy appreciates them and we do as well. I’m frustrated because I can’t fix it. I’m also need wisdom and discernment to know when she needs my help and not my interferance.

Karen and Lewis

• Birthday’s: Christi is going to turn 18 years!
• Anniversaries: Chuck and Leigh Thomas 35 years!
• Ruthie’s joy about being a part of a church that is a church of prayer.
• Bill Lacy’s testimony last Sunday.
• Good Ad Council Meeting.

PRAYERS

• Rain
• Nation and Government
• Economy
• Military
• Dan Cearly: Heart procedure tomorrow. They are going to be stopping and restarting to restore rhythm
• Godly Wisdom, courage and strength to speak up for what is right and good.
• Geri (Friend of Ann Leonard) Operation tomorrow for an unknown mass in her stomach.
• Roy:  A “bug” that won’t go away.
• All those suffering from “cedar fever”
• Those with financial problems and problems of the heart.
• Safe Travel
• Brittany Selement: Surgery Sunday afternoon at Peterson Memorial Hospital.
• Travel blessings for Rob McFarland
• Families in Crisis.
• John (Alicia’s Husband) recovery from rotator cuff surgery.
• Clara Ann: Health and Healing
• Carolyn Penland: Recovering in Wichita Falls.
• Faith in Action preparation.
• The Core.
• The new Bible Study opportunities.

• NEW YEAR!
• Jack and Nickie’s 50th Wedding Anniversary
• Clara Ann McWilliams back in church
• Family and Guests in Church
• Tom and Donna Brown
• Clint Bock’s Birthday
• Lou Chancey’s joy of surviving cancer!

PRAYERS

• Our Nation!
• Revival in the Land
• The Famiy of Fred “Cuatro” Groff
• Brook Ortiz
• Mark Stahl – In Hospice Care in Houston (Friends of Jack and Nickie Binion)
• Sandy F. – Battling Cancer (Third Round of Chemo)
• Susie Patterson
• Bob Cooper and Family
• Health and Happiness for all in the New Year
• Our government and military leaders to make wise decisions
• Peace
• Clara Ann: Pain, Swelling in most of her joints
• Corina Myer (Geoffry Meyer is the chaplain at the County Jail) – Battling Cancer

**NEW Wednesday Night Bible Study at the Parsonage on 1 & 2 Thessalonians beginning January 11th at 6:00 PM.

**NEW Adult Sunday School Curriculum:  Louis Giglio’s 4 part video series on GRACE!

**NEXT SUNDAY: Ad Council immediately after Church.

• Family and Friends
• Good Health Report from Clint’s brother.
• Wonderful Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
• Sybil’s Family
• Jessica McCain’s special music.
• Chula’s Birthday next week.

PRAYERS

• Safe Travel for those on the Road
• Military serving overseas
• Clara Ann McWilliams
• For All Families
• Kimbeau Keating
• Those grieving this Christmas
• Mildred Havey (Jim Harvey’s Mother)  She came home from rehab last Saturday and was doing great and had a stroke that Monday.  She is in Plaza on the River in Kerrville.
• Amy (Karen and Lewis’ daughter) for strength in the midst of her pain to carry on when she doesn’t have the strength.
• Jean Paul (Friend of Clint Bock) who has Pancreatic Cancer.

Medina UMC Website 
Medina UMC Podcast (Updated with Chrismas Eve and Christmas Services)
Pastor Bill’s Blog

** Christmas Day we will have a single service at 11:00 with NO Sunday School.

Merry CHRISTmas.