Kerrville District of the United Methodist Church

Happy Summer Everyone!

I’ve had a request from  Mt. Wesley to send out the following links to all of the  local churches.  Please publicize the information about the upcoming Conference Summer Camps at Mount Wesley.  Spread the word!

Link to Children’s Camps

http://www.umcswtx.org/events-umcswtx-childrens

Link to Jr. High and Sr. High Camps

http://www.reachingyouth.org/summercamps.html

See everyone next week in Corpus!

Liz

The Kerrville District Churches are invited to join in a campaign to put together 500 cleaning (flood) buckets to help those in need that have been recently devastated by the floods along the Mississippi River and from the tornadoes.

UMCOR is asking for cleaning buckets. It’s an opportunity for all of us to “pitch” in to help. Each church would contribute by giving one or more cleaning buckets or make a donation of $50 to help put a bucket together. The donation would go to The First United Methodist Church-Boerne, 205 E James Street, Boerne, TX 78006, with the check tagged cleaning bucket. FUMC-Boerne will use the funds to put together buckets in your church’s name. We would like to wrap up the donation by July 17, 2011.
What’s in a cleaning bucket: go to http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/getconnected/supplies/flood-bucket/
the list of supplies: 5 gallon bucket with resalable lid, 2- 25 oz or 1- 50 oz liquid laundry detergent, liquid household cleaner, 12-16 oz , dish soap, 16-28 oz bottle, 1 can air freshener, 1 insect repellant spray,6-14 oz, 1 scrub brush, 18 cleaning wipes, 7 sponges, 5 scouring pads, 50 close pins, clothes line (2-50 foot, or 1-100 ft, 24 roll heavy duty trash bags, 5 dust masks, 2 pair disposable waterproof gloves, 1 pair work gloves. Enclose $1.00 in each kit to help cover distribution costs.
The buckets will be consolidated at the Mt. Wesley Disaster Center and shipped to the UMCOR’s Sager Brown depot. Contact Robert Dibble, (rkdibble@gvtc.com) to let him know how many buckets you will be preparing. Let’s all join hands and demonstrate our faith through action.

The season of Lent is giving way to Easter in Christian churches throughout the world. Commemorations of Jesus’ crucifixion, death and resurrection are held in different ways in different churches, beginning this Sunday with Palm Sunday, remembering the day the Christ was welcomed into Jerusalem by crowds waving palm fronds. The Maundy Thursday service at First United Methodist Church includes the re-staging of the painting, “The Last Supper”, recalling the disciples’ shocked reaction to the news one of them would betray him, leading to his capture and death. Good Friday, the day of trial and execution, will be observed with a “Service of Darkness”, and then Sunday morning…Easter…comes with the good news that He is risen.

2011 Senior Christian Retreat Flyer