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E D This week I want to lift up to you someone in the history of the Christian church who lived out a vision.

During the 16th Century Saint Theresa was given a vision by God. This was during a time of tension and turmoil from books that were banned by her government. Jesus came to Saint Theresa in a vision and said to her, “Fear not, for I shall be with you like an open book.”

God gives us all a vision in His way, and as a church, it is a joy to watch God’s vision for you come to fruition. Our Lord’s Acre, Fun Run, VBS, Senior Ministries, Trunk-or-Treat, Glen Lake Camp, McCurdy School, Youth Program, Children’s Wednesday night camp, future Single Adult Ministries and all of the great missions of our church are all part of God’s vision for us at OUMC.

It is a joy as your pastor to watch you go out and build God’s kingdom through Matthew 28.

Yes, your pastor believes in the vision God gives us.

In Christ’s Love,

Pastor Joel (Proud Pastor of the most prolific, dynamic church in all of God’s Kingdom, Ovilla United Methodist Church)

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4 Our next meeting is Thursday, November 17 at 7pm in The Fellowship Hall. The meetings usually last about one hour. Anyone who would like to be a part of the mission planning for our church is encouraged to attend. Mission Momentum Senior Fellowship News

Senior Fellowship will be going to the Methodist Children’s Home, and Boys Home in Waco, Texas on Oct. 6th. We will leave the church at 8:30am MISSION MOMENTUM and arrive at the Children’s Home around 10:00. After touring the Children’s Home we will eat lunch at Luby's, and then tour the Boy's Ranch Rejoice! Glen Lakes Church Camp in Glen Rose, Texas has seen the “EXTREME before returning to Ovilla. MAKEOVER TEAM” this past week. With the advent of 42 strong from OUMC, Transportation will be provided. Everyone is invited. Ages 0 - 100. the camp has seen many renovations. The group, under the leadership of Fran and Peggy Schieffer, Russ Granzow and Riley and Cheryl Sullivan, have landscaped, Please let Riley, Cheryl, Jan, or Marce know if you are planning to attend. painted, sewed, cooked, cleaned, built and rebuilt! The ladies made and hung new curtains in 8 cabins. The guys landscaped, repaired and renovated a swimming pool Fourteenth Annual OUMC Golf Tournament tower, built a new building for storing camp ropes, and lots of electrical projects. Many much-needed repair jobs were done. Why , even Tom Gibson added his artistic touch by painting the Methodist cross and flame on the camp gym front!(Did OUMC’s Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2011. T- I not see this pic on Facebook challenging the other central Texas UM churches to off will be at 8:00 a.m. This year the tournament will be held at the Brickyard Golf follow suit and help get this camp in tip-top shape!! Go Christie Robbins!) A great Course in Ferris, Texas for the very first time. There will be teams of four players, big thanks to all who participated by giving up your time and using your talents to and the format will be “Florida Scramble” where the best ball plays on every stroke. help spread THE GOOD NEWS! However, you don’t have to be on a team to sign up, and you don’t have to be a great golfer. Individuals or groups less than four will be assigned to teams, which ONGOING COLLECTIONS will have members of varying skill levels. Snack bags, a cold soft drink, and 1. Campbell soup labels and box tops for education for McCurdy School in bottled water will be available for each player. A pizza and award presentation New Mexico. Our goal for this year is 6000. Keep clipping. luncheon will immediately follow the tournament in the club house dining room. 2. Used cell phones for Brighter Tomorrows. These phones are used by Sign-up sheets are in the OUMC foyer, and the cost is $65 per person. Make victims of abuse to call 911. checks payable to OUMC, and make a notation that the check is for the golf 3. Deodorants(male or female), shampoo and toothpaste for North Ellis tournament on the memo portion of your check please. This event is always a County Outreach in Red Oak. whole lot of fun and a great opportunity for Christian fellowship. Please contact 4. Used eye glasses for Lions Club International. tournament coordinator Jimmy Granzow at 972-352-0647 for further information. 5. Fabric and crafting supplies for The Wycliffe Linguistics Center in You may also contact Jim Turner at 972-979-4657, or the Church Office at 972- Duncanville 617-8840 for additional information.

ONGOING MISSION ACTIVITIES Lord’s Acre Quilt Raffle Tickets Oct. 5 – Manna House from 10am until noon. We sort and hang clothing in The Thrift Shop Oct. 12 – Wycliffe linguistics Center, 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. – various The Lord’s Acre quilt raffle tickets are now ready to sell. The raffle quilt has been projects from 9 am until noon. hand quilted by several ladies in our congregation. We are asking each family to Each of these activities are usually followed by lunch together at a nearby sell at least 20 raffle tickets. Cindy Dormier, Lois Turner or other volunteer will be restaurant. Come join us. Call Peggy Schieffer for details – 972 223 9351. distributing packets of quilt tickets in the foyer before and after each service. Please pick up at least one packet of 20 tickets and sell as many as you can. Smaller NEXT MISSIONS MEETING amounts of tickets are available on request. The quilt raffle drawing will be during the auction intermission at Lord’s Acre. For additional information or special orders you may contact Cindy Dormier at 972-217-1147 or Lois Turner at 972-217- 6706.

Hoag’s Notes – Music News Upcoming Meetings and Events

Bells of Inspiration rehearsal will move from Monday nights at 7 to Manna House Workday – Wednesday, October 5th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Tuesday nights at 7 beginning this week. There were several for whom Monday Manna House in Midlothian. presented challenges and this change also makes one less day of cooling or heating Church Meal and Wednesday Night Bible Study– Wednesday, October 5th. the sanctuary. We still have 2 positions that need to be filled in bells. If you have a Meal is at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall and Bible study is at 6:00 p.m. in the good sense of rhythm and the interest you can be taught to ring bells. The bells will Sanctuary. play in both services on Oct. 23rd. OUMC Children’s Around the World Adventure – Wednesday, October 5th after Chancel Choir has begun work on the Christmas Cantata. We will begin dinner in the Youth Building from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. p.m. For children in rehearsing one cantata song at approximately 8:15 each Wednesday evening. As we Kindergarten through 5th grade. get closer to December 11th we will have Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon for Senior Fellowship to Methodist Children’s Home – Everyone is welcome to join extra rehearsals. If you can learn the music with the practice CD and will attend us this Thursday, October 6th. We will leave the church parking lot at 8:30 a.m. and extra rehearsals and the rehearsal with instruments on Dec. 10th at 10 a. m. then we carpool to the Methodist Children’s Home in Waco. We will be gone all day. would love for you to join us for this worship experience. Don’t forget to save Purl’s Meeting – Saturday, October 8th at 10:00 p.m. in Sunday school room #3. December 11th at 7 p. m. and attend: “There is a Rose” by Robert Sterling Church Council Meeting – Monday, October 10th at 7:00 p.m. in Sunday school and John Parker. Our Cantata will be here at OUMC in the Sanctuary. room #3. Staff Meeting – Tuesday, October 11th at 1:00 p.m. in Pastor Joel’s office. “Come let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our Missions Workday at Linguistics Center – Wednesday, October 12th from 10:00 salvation.” Ps. 95:1 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. See Peggy Schieffer for details. Church Meal and Wednesday Night Bible Study– Wednesday, October 12th. See you in the choir loft! Meal is at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall and Bible study is at 6:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Marcia OUMC Children’s Around the World Adventure –Wednesday, October 12th after dinner in the Youth Building from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. For children in Kindergarten through 5th grade. A Few Things… Women’s Fellowship – Thursday, October 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Though we have many Christmas decorations for our tree, it would be nice to have Please join us for dinner, meeting and short devotion. All ladies welcome! some new ones to add when we have our "Hanging of the Greens" service on the OUMC’s 14 th Annual Lord’s Acre Golf Tournament – Saturday, October 15th at afternoon of November 20th. The decorations made by children and family 8:00 a.m. Sign up in the foyer or call the church office. $65.00 per person. members are especially precious and would be a welcome addition to our tree. See Consecration Sunday and BBQ/Potluck – Sunday, October 16th. Hand in your Marcia if you would like to get ideas from the decorations we already have. Plan pledge card for 2012 and join us for lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the 2nd now to be a part of this service. If you have never been involved in lighting to service. Finance Committee will provide BBQ main dish, everyone else is asked to Advent Wreath and would like to do that in either service on one of the four Advent bring side dishes and dessert. Sundays please send me an email or speak to me on a Sunday morning. OUMC Fall Revival - Staff Meeting – Tuesday, October 18th at 1:00 p.m. in Pastor Joel’s office. Thank you to those who have helped with the weekly clean up and replenishment of Ashmore HOA Meeting – Tuesday, October 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship supplies in the pews. This is an area that could use some more people. Please give Hall. your name to Sara Plemons or me if you would be willing to help with this service. Church Meal and Wednesday Night Bible Study– Wednesday, October 19th. Meal is at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall and Bible study is at 6:00 p.m. in the Marcia Haugarth Sanctuary. OUMC Children’s Around the World Adventure – Wednesday, October 19th after dinner in the Youth Building from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. p.m. For children in Kindergarten through 5th grade.

From the Youth Director Women’s Fellowship

At Fuel we are in the middle of our "TEN" series. This series has been The next meeting of the Women’s Fellowship will be on Thursday, October centered around the TEN commandments. Over the past three weeks we 13th at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. A light meal will be served while have talked about how the relationship always precedes the rules with God. we enjoy fellowship with other members. Next on the agenda will be our We made the observation that you can learn a lot about someone by the business meeting including election of officers for 2012. This will be rules they set. And so, we are looking at the TEN commandments to see followed by a devotional period. All the women of the congregation are what we can learn about who God is. We have looked at the first three invited to attend. We hope to see you there. commandments, and we will be covering the rest in the next couple of weeks! We had a very successful Heritage Day. Several members of the congregation donated many delicious baked goods. We earned over $700.00 If you are a parent and have not received an email from me - then please let from the Bake Sale and cookbook sales. We extend a big thank you to all me know. Email me. I hope that the parent cue's are going well - let me who participated! know how they are going. I am in my new office and still getting it all set up. If you haven't already then please drop by and say hi! Upcoming Events; mark your calendar: Ladies of the 80’s is scheduled for Saturday October 22nd from 11:30 a.m. – Blessings. 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. If you know any “Lady of the 80’s” that you think would like to be included, please contact Sandy Morton. Also let Patrick Turkett Sandy know if you would like to help with organizing this event. [email protected] 817-614-7188 Lord’s Acre – Saturday, November 5th. Location will be on our property on the corner of Ovilla Rd. and Westmoreland. Sunday -4:00pm - FUEL worship band practice Christmas Sock Exchange – Sunday, December 4th. -6:00pm - Dinner (UMYF) -7:30pm - FUEL Additional details of these events will be communicated as they become Wednesday available. -6:00pm - Jr. High Bible Study -7:00pm - Sr. High Bible Study The Women’s Fellowship supports North Ellis County Outreach (NECO). We will now concentrate on 3 items for donation; deodorants for males and females, shampoo, and toothpaste. NECO is counting on us so please consider what you can do to help. All donations are greatly appreciated. Sunday School Information Joys and Concerns K-5 (meets in the Youth building): Led by our great band of volunteers. Currently studying: Pre-school is learning about the growth of God’s family through the rock To be on our prayer list, please call the church office with the name and th Solid curriculum. Our K – 5 Grade classes dre discovering how stories of reason for joy or concern. Names are rotated off every few weeks so that we faithful kings help us to be faithful leaders for God – “The LORD is king! Let the have room for everyone’s needs. earth rejoice!” Psalm 97:1. College Age class (college age ; meets in the Youth Director’s office): Led by 9-25-11 JoAnn Leath. Currently studying: Study by Adam Hamilton: Christianity and Other World Religions. Laura Giambrone – cousin of Nita Kees – difficult times with chemotherapy Junior high (grades 6-8; meets in the Youth building): Led by Lori Green. Mark Fryar – friend of Michelle Campbell – laid off this week. Is an Currently studying: (no information submitted.) architect & looking for work Senior High (grades 9-12; meets in the back room of the Youth building): Led by 10-2-11 Jim Bob Green. Currently studying: (no information submitted.) John & Rebecca Austin – Martha Moran’s parents – in Korea as Veterans to Contemporary Topics adult class (meets in Education building, room #1): Led by mark the end of the Korean War different class members. Currently studying: (no information submitted.) Ongoing Fellow Seekers adult class (meets in the front classroom in the Fellowship Hall): Dyrk Burcie – friend of Tommy McKee – little boy with cancer Led by Grant Jacobs and Don Lindop. Currently studying: Tradition and Wisdom: Billy Sullivan – son of Riley Sullivan Tradition and Wisdom: The Superiority of Wisdom. Laura Abbott – District Admin. Asst. – on leave of absence for stage IV Time Out adult class (meets in Education building, room #3) : Led by Tom cancer Gibson. Currently studying: (no information submitted.) New Life adult class (meets in Education building, room #2): Led by Jim Turner. Recovery efforts in Japan Currently studying: The Book of Luke. Terry Lynn Hendricks – Nelda’s daughter-in-law – cancer treatment Friendship adult class (meets in Education building, room #4): Led by Bob Roger Hilburn – still taking chemotherapy Green. Currently studying: The Faith of our Forefathers; The Role of the Christian Estell Griffin – David Griffin’s mom Faith and the Founding of Our Nation (moderated by Rick Hart.) Chad Jackson – health issues Marilene Jean – Haiti resident in US for treatment Jim & Louise Garner – health issues Lord’s Acre Donations Robert Strafford – Jennifer McKee’s dad – continued healing for heart trouble Lord’s Acre is scheduled for November 5th; this is the first Saturday in Del and Cindy Jones – health issues and adjusting to new way of life November. We really need to know as soon as possible what your donation Home Bound will be for the Auction or Country Store. You will find the donation forms Dorothy Pope in the weekly bulletin and also on the table in the church Foyer. Please Church Ministries complete a form for each item you will be donating and place it in the Jerri & Bill Savuto – UMC Missionaries in Africa offering plate or basket in the foyer. If you have any questions you can New Day UMC – New church start in East Mansfield contact Marlice Peabody at 972-217-0402, Lois turner at 972-217-6706 or Haiti recovery ministries call the church office at 972-617-8840. Military Michael Mercado, Michael Winn, Harry Evans, Steven Culley, Brian Culley, Brandon Boyce, John David Dirk, Bobby Hodge, Audrey Webster, Stan Murphy, Freddie Shoemaker, Cody McKee, Gregory Austin, Casey Joshua Booth, Blake Womack 2nd Annual OUMC 5K and Fun Run/Walk Get Your Carpets Cleaned and Help Our Youth Group

Patrick Paluga with Ameri-tex Carpet Cleaning is offering his services again to help out our Youth. If you call him to clean your carpets (with a ticket over $158.00) he will donate 10% of that ticket to the OUMC Youth Group. So if you need your carpets cleaned call him at 972-217-1773 and let him know you’re from OUMC. Ready…Set…Mark your calendars!

nd th Attention New Members The 2 Annual 5K/1 Mile Fun Run/Walk is coming Saturday, October 29 . Cost Breakdown: If you are not pictured in our current directory please see Marcia Haugarth $15.00 per person for Fun Run / $25.00 for 5K before October 9th, after that date it on Sunday morning and have a picture made for the bulletin board. Very is $5.00 more soon there will be pages of our new members available for you to add to New this year! your pictorial directories.  Family discount ($50/family for fun run/$90 for 5K)  Cash prizes for 5K top three finishers

2011 Fall Revival Registration forms can be found on our church website or in the foyer. Register before October 9th to avoid late fees. Sunday, October 16 will kick off Ovilla UMC's Fall Revival. Rev. Christie Robbins will be preaching at the 8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. services. Dr. Trunk-or-Treat Thomas Q. Robbins, Rev. Tom Robbins, & Dr. John C. Robbins will be Immediately following awards ceremony. preaching Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday evenings (October 16th - October 18th.). Mark your calendars & invite a friend. Revival will start at 7:00 p.m. Children’s Mid-Week Program (Around The each evening in the Sanctuary. World Adventure)

Children’s mid-week world tour continues on Wednesday evenings this fall, right after dinner at 6:00 p.m. Over the last two weeks, the children traveled with David Cowger and Patrick Valentino to Mexico and Ireland. During the next two weeks, the children will explore China and Africa. See Joel Robbins if you are interested in participating in this important one-hour weekly outreach by helping with 2 weekly sessions-a few exciting countries left! Fall Stewardship Campaign, Church-wide Baptism for Thomas Q.C. “Tom” Robbins

Study Information, and BBQ Potluck Joel, Christie, Brandon, & Marion Ruth invite you to the baptism of Thomas Q.C. Luncheon "Tom" Robbins at 7 PM on Sunday October 16, 2011, in conjunction with the Ovilla UMC Fall Revival. On Sunday, September 11, we began a church-wide small group study emphasis called Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity. Safety and Security at OUMC! Please, Over a period of four weeks, we have been looking at some of the financial challenges facing us as a nation and examine our own spending, saving, and giving Everyone Read! habits. Each adult Sunday school class has been hosting discussions, and there is another small group session available each Sunday morning in the Fellowship Hall It has been brought to our attention more and more recently of instances starting at 10 am. In addition to exploring biblical principles of financial where our buildings have been left unlocked after events have occurred. management, we are learning ways to assess our financial situation and develop a Communication is key when leaving an event you have attended, weather you financial plan that will allow us to experience the true joy that comes through are the chair of the event or just a member that is attending. We want to simplicity and generosity. At the end of the emphasis, we will have the opportunity create a safe environment for all of those who attend church here, work here, to make personal commitments of giving for the coming year. We will consecrate or attend a function here. We have also purchased many new electronic items these commitments on Sunday, October 16. that if taken, would be expensive for our church to replace. We have tried to make electronic surveillance attempts to protect our interests. So, we are Here are some important upcoming dates: asking that EVERYONE make a conscience effort to check the locks when you leave a building at OUMC. It takes all of us to take care of what we have built  September 11, 18, 25, October 2 - Small group study sessions during and what God has entrusted to our care. Thank you for your quick response Sunday school to our request.  Return Commitment Cards - October 15th & 16th  Consecration Sunday and Church-wide Celebration Meal – Joel Robbins (Senior Pastor) October 16th – The Finance Committee will provide the BBQ, Russ Granzow (Trustee Chair) everyone else is asked to bring side dishes and desserts.

I encourage each of you to grow as we embark in this spiritual journey together. Please contact Tom Davis with questions at 972-268-5017 or email at [email protected].

David Griffin Stewardship and Finance Committee

Save the Date: 2011 Christmas Cantata

You are cordially invited to attend our Christmas Cantata on Sunday, December 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. We had previously scheduled this at 6:30 p.m., but have moved the time to 7:00 p.m. Join us for a night of Holy worship and refreshments afterwards. Bring a friend!