Month: September 2008

Posted on

Bike Update

For those of you who read this blog for the cycling news; I just passed 500 miles biked instead of driven.

Posted on

Hurricane Relief

We’ll have an insert in the bulletin this coming Sunday about making donations to Hurricane relief through the United Methodist Committee on Relief. You can designate a gift to Hurricane relief by writing “UMCOR Advance #3019695, Hurricanes 2008” on the memo line of your check and dropping it in the offering plate or brining it into the church office (checks should be made out to First United Methodist Church). You can also give online at www.givetomission.org or call 800-554-8583 and donate by credit card.

Posted on

Hurricane Update

Jenny’s friend, the one from Texas that we were having trouble getting in contact with, is fine and in Wichita, KS with family.

Posted on

Flood Recovery Continues

We had a Montgomery County Long Term Recovery Organization meeting in Independence this morning. There is still much to be done and volunteers are still very much needed. There will be a great deal of construction work to be done, but there will also be a great deal of unskilled manual labor (such as moving people out of FEMA trailers and into new homes). Let me know if you can help.

Posted on

Habitat for Humanity

Received from Montgomery County Habitat for Humanity:
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County is very busy. The footings have been poured at the Cherryvale site. Forms will be set on Saturday, September 6. The annual church co-ed softball tournament has been scheduled for Saturday, September 20 in Cherryvale. Workdays for both the Cherryvale site and property owned in Coffeyville will be scheduled soon. For more information about how your church might enter the softball tournament and support the work of Habitat for Humanity in Montgomery County contact Jim Catlett at 331-1999 or 330-0098. Several new members have joined the Habitat Board: Brenda Sanchez, Delia Northup, Aleen Swart and Bob Sprague. The board is currently searching for someone with bookkeeping skills to serve as treasurer. Interested persons may contact Jim Catlett, Board Chairperson. Contributions are always welcome and may be sent to the P.O. Box listed above. The county chapter receives a greater portion of your gift to HFH when checks are made to Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County.
Jack Gregory
Church Relations Chairperson
Posted on

Prayers for Hurricane Victims

OK, one more post. Jenny and I keep getting an automatically generated notification of delayed delivery in response to an email she tried to send to a friend who lives between Galveston and Houston. It’s a reminder that we need to keep all the folks who were in the path of the storm in our prayers.

Posted on

Thanks to All Who Helped

The Parsons District Igniting Ministry Celebration was held today. We here at Coffeyville First hosted. I wanted to take time to thank all the people who helped with setup and clean-up.

Posted on

Parsons District 8th Annual Igniting Ministry Celebration

The Parsons District 8th Annual Igniting Ministry Celebration will be this coming Sunday, September 14, 2008, at Coffeyville First United Methodist Church. This promises to be a great event and we encourage everyone to attend.

A gathering including registration, conversation, and a Silent Auction will be from 2:00 to 2:20 pm. The celebration featuring a message from Bishop Scott Jones and special music by the Anderson Brothers will be from 2:30 to 4:00 pm. There will be a fellowship dinner from 4:15 to 5:30 pm with meat, drink and table service provided (everyone is invited to bring a dish to share).

Posted on

I Wanted to Find an Appropriate Prayer …

I wanted to find an appropriate prayer to share with you and pray myself on this anniversary of September 11, but everything I found seemed to come up short. Nothing I found covered all the bases. So I have decided to light a candle and take a moment of silent remembrance and prayer and I would encourage you to do the same.