  VBS 2025 Sign up NOW if you are in Pre-K through completed 2nd grade for Vacation Bible School. Don't miss out on joining our amazing children! Adults and older youth, sign up to serve as leaders and helpers. It'll be a BLAST!!!  SAVE THE DATE! Camp Wesley is coming soon for completed 3rd through 5th graders!   A Big Thank You!A Big Thank You! to both Ingram Tom Moore and Tivy High School students for helping serve at Light on the Hill this week!
    What a wonderful time of worship this past Sunday! Every service was overflowing with love and encouragement for our graduating high school seniors and that gift of encouragement was contagious in the very best way! I love that we were able to write notes of encouragement both last week to our college graduates and this week to our high school graduates. I know that God filled me with the Holy Spirit to remind myself to share words and deeds that encourage and bless others. There are so many ways to encourage each other and I pray that together we can make a difference in the lives of many! Blessings, Beth     What a Great Month to Serve! April is Volunteer Appreciation Month, and at Kerrville First United Methodist Church and Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley, we are overflowing with gratitude for our unpaid servants! Our church family was many places, serving many people and epitomizing what being the hands and feet of Christ is all about. We had folks helping serve our neighbors at the San Antonio Food Bank’s Kerr County Mega Food Pantry, where we were blessed to share over 40,000 pounds of food with 350 families and almost 1,000 individuals! Our Mobile Mustard Seed unpaid servants were at a senior apartment complex providing friendship and healthy food for the residents. Our Saint’s Alive Choir blessed residents at local care facilities, too! We had unpaid servants all over town sharing homebound communion, visiting folks in the hospital, delivering food and meals, sending cards, making calls, driving and riding on the buses, teaching Sunday School, and just showing up to serve wherever needed. Thank you to everyone for sharing your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and your witness to bless so many! We appreciate all you do! If you want to learn more about opportunities to serve... Contact: Kerrville First United Methodist Church at (830) 257-0800 - or - Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley at (830) 315-6104 Thank you!!! Blessings, Beth Our Wonderful Unpaid Servants at Light on the Hill at Monday’s Mega Food Pantry!!!Special Events Food PrepBack to School Volunteers! Mustard Seed Volunteers!
Trail Volunteers! Saints Alive Choir!
New Dawn Volunteers!  Important Calendars   From Jane Davis I am praying for you this morning…It’s Resurrection Tuesday. May we always remember what Jesus did for us…not just Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday. Sunday was a day of celebration…it brought promise, life and hope. Why do we so easily pack it all away in a “box” until next year? Jesus is still risen, as He said He would be. I’ve asked Him to renew His resurrection in our hearts every day. To give us reminders of what He did for us… Everyday. Reminders of the hope He gives us… Everyday. Happy Easter Tuesday. We are Easter People. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3  We are Easter PeopleEaster gives us hope – a hope that promises fullness of life! Easter People believe the resurrection of Jesus shows that suffering, disappointment and death can be transformed into new life! This week we remember that we are Easter People all year long! We thank you, God, for showing us that nothing can separate us from You. Not death, not sickness or fear, not darkness or pain, can ever keep You from us, for we know that: Christ is risen from the dead, glory hallelujah! We give thanks for Your loving care, and we pray for everyone who is sick or suffering, that they may be healed; we pray for everyone who is mourning, that they may be comforted, for we know that: Christ is risen from the dead, glory hallelujah! We give thanks for Your peace, and we pray for all who govern or who are in authority, that they may work for justice, for we know that: Christ is risen from the dead, glory hallelujah! We give thanks for the church, and especially for this faith community, and we pray that it may be a place of welcome, healing, and reconciliation, for we know that: Christ is risen from the dead, glory hallelujah! We give thanks for our friends and families, and we pray that their hearts may be lifted and joyful today; we pray also for ourselves, that the spirit of Easter may remain with us, for we know that: Christ is risen from the dead, glory hallelujah! Blessings, Beth Palmer  Mega & Mobile Mustard April  Join Us, Home Dedication  He is not here! He is risen! He is risen, indeed! We are Easter people. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the basis of the gospel. We believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose on the third day. This is the foundation of our faith and if we want nonbelievers to hear the gospel, Easter is a great Sunday to invite them! Invite your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors to join us this Easter Sunday. We would be honored to have the privilege of sharing with everyone the promise of the hope in Christ and His resurrection! Easter Worship *Sunrise Service – 7:00am @ The Bolivian Cross at Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley. (610 Methodist Encampment.) *Shuttle bus will begin running at 6:15 at the Light on the Hill parking lot to take people up to the cross. You are also welcome to walk up to the cross, but please do not drive your vehicles up to the cross. Traditional Worship – 8:15am and 10:45am in the Kerrville First United Methodist Church Sanctuary. (321 Thompson Dr.) Contemporary Worship – 9:30am in the Kerrville First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. (321 Thompson Dr.)     The promise is given that they will “renew their strength” by mounting up with “with wings as eagles.” The term “mount up” literally means to rise to another level. As the eagle is able to soar to spectacular heights on wind currents, the child of God will gain new heights by being uplifted by the Spirit of God. As we approach Easter, I am renewed by this promise of hope. Pastor David’s messages on Sunday mornings have been exactly what I needed to hear to renew my soul and the testimonies given at the all-church meeting on Monday about all God is doing in our faith community were so encouraging to my spirit. I hope you can feel it, too! So, let’s keep praying, keep serving, keep being faithful, keep being obedient, and keep sharing our stories. With God, all things are possible! Easter & Other Activities  The Rio Texas Conference Confirmation Rally Many of you have asked about how to help our neighbors to the south who received so much rain and flooding last week. Please consider donating to UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief.) 100% of donations go directly to serve the people and places in most need. You may give by check to KFUMC and put UMCOR in the memo.  Emmaus KERRVILLE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ZIRKEL FAMILY MINISTERING WITH THE METHODIST CHILDREN’S HOME OF COSTA RICA History of the Methodist Children's Home In 2006, through means which we can only attribute to God’s grace, we were able to purchase a small farm located in Patio de Agua, Coronado. The property has lovely rolling hills, several large flat areas, a small river, and access to public roads, water and utilities. Our vision for this farm is to build five homes, a multi-purpose building, an open-air chapel, a soccer field, basketball court, and playground. The Home is a refuge for children who have been abandoned by their parents and need safe, loving, Christian environment to call Home. When completed we will be able to minister to 60 children. The Children's Home Today The Children´s Home is being built by mission teams from Methodist Churches in the United States. These volunteers come to Costa Rica throughout the year and help local construction workers to build the homes. In March 2011, we completed the first home on the property (Casa Esperanza), and in April 2014, we opened the second home (Casa Fe). On March 31, 2022, we dedicated our new Ministry Center at the Children's Home. This beautiful new building serves as a school for the children who live at the Home as well as an outreach center to our community. Today, we have 28 children from 6 months to 17 year’s old living at the Home. 
Thanks to your second mile giving, support was sent to Ray Zirkel Ministries to fund the materials needed and to hire locals to provide the labor for work at the orphanage. Unfortunately, due to circumstances, our mission trip to Costa Rica in May has been cancelled, but the work will continue. Our faith community has also been able to provide new sleeping bags for the Costa Rica Methodist School Senior Class Trip! Thank you for your support! We are already looking forward to our next mission trip to Costa Rica in the summer of 2026!
     We were blessed to spend last weekend with one of our grandsons! Braxton is 3 and he is so much fun! One of his favorite things is putting puzzles together. I enjoyed watching him look at each piece and then figure out where it fits in the puzzle. And if it didn’t fit, he would pick up a different piece, and study it, and try again. And he celebrated each time a puzzle piece fit. As I watched him, I thought about how life is like putting a puzzle together. We pray, we study, we try, we try again, and again, and we are grateful and we celebrate. Yesterday, my friend, Jane Davis, used puzzle pieces in her prayer and I wanted to share her good words with you. Blessings! FROM JANE DAVIS…  I am praying for you this morning… Puzzles speak to me in so many different ways… Hundreds of pieces, some upside down, others right side up…some edges, some corners. Some, when fitted properly together, complete a beautiful picture. Is your life like this puzzle sometimes? Mine often is.x Lots of unanswered questions. Calendars filled with softball games, Dr appointments, school functions, volunteering, traveling… The puzzle pieces keep piling up, but don’t seem to be fitting together. Then God whispers in my ear… “Give it to me. I’ve already figured it out. Everything will work out, according to My Plan for you.” “You just have to give it to Me.” Once we do that, piece-by-piece, things start falling into place. Not our way…but, better yet, His way. “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 Easter 2025 Want to volunteer to help? Contact Tina at (830) 315-6104 - or - Beth at (830) 459-5847  Come to the KFUMC Gym this Saturday and cheer on our Women’s Pickleball Tournament Participants! I LOVE THIS OLD MAP OF CAMP WESLEY!  As you can see we have lots of grounds at Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley. If you enjoy working in flowerbeds or pruning shrubs and trees, I have some volunteer opportunities for you!! Let me know if you are interested in helping us. Contact Beth at 830-459-5847 - or - [email protected]  REFLECTION, REPENTANCE, RECONCILIATION This past week, I have been spending time organizing closets at both my home and at Light on the Hill. I procrastinated for a while and finally just jumped in and started doing it. While I have been doing the work, I must confess, I have regretted doing this several times. But after I have completed the tasks, I am so glad that I did it! This reminds me of our Lenten journey. Lent is a 40-day period of preparation for Easter when Christians reflect on their faith and prepare for renewal. The season of Lent offers followers of Christ time to give attention to reflection, repentance, and reconciliation.
Other practices of Lent include prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Lent helps us practice the virtues of faith, hope, and love. All of these practices help Christians develop a closer relationship with God. Lent is a time of self-examination, forgiveness, and preparation for Easter. It's a time to learn or relearn the story of salvation, which is a story of rescue, restoration, and reassurance. Lent is a time to reflect on the suffering and death of Christ, and to sorrow and repent for sins. It's also a time to be aware of God's presence and to be freed from the bondage of sin. I encourage each of us to spend time reflecting, repenting, and reconciling. It is like spring cleaning…no one is fired up to do it, but once you do, you are so glad you did!    |
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