 Back to School Bash Was Awesome!!!Thank you to everyone for supporting this event. More than 500 children received free backpacks filled with school supplies, new shoes, great clothes, haircuts, connections to local resources, and snow cones! We pray for every child in our community to have a wonderful school year! We pray a blessing over every teacher, administrator, coach, bus driver, support staff member, cafeteria worker, and more! Thank you for all you do!  I am so grateful for Pastor David's leadership in our Kerrville community and most especially in our faith community. Please continue to pray for him and our entire staff as we are committed to serve those hurting and affected most by this tragedy. We have an amazing community and it is so heartwarming to see how everyone is working together to help our neighbors in need. We have an even more amazing God and we continue to lean into the peace and love and grace that only Christ can provide. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and for being the hands and feet of Christ. We are blessed to be able to serve others at a time such as this. Blessings, Beth Rev. Laura Heikes from Myers Park United Methodist interviewed our very own Rev. David Payne about the flooding in our county. If you would like to watch the interview, click the link below. From Jane Davis... I am praying for you this morning… Grief. Exhaustion. Courage. Strength. Grace. Hope. So many feelings… They swirl around in our heads, and cycle around, again and again. GRIEF overtakes us at unexpected times, in unpredictable ways. It’s important for all of us to experience it in our own way, and not push it down. It’s a normal feeling when tragedy strikes. EXHAUSTION…from worry, lack of sleep, working until you can’t lift one foot in front of the other. COURAGE to do the unexpected. To go the extra mile. To go places you don’t want to go…but have to. STRENGTH…that inner power, that only the Holy Spirit can give. Strength to go on. To move forward. To look up. GRACE. When feelings surface, and loving forgiveness is waiting. HOPE. No matter how the events of the past week have affected all of us, we all need to focus on the hope we have in Jesus, and His eternal presence with us, every minute. Let’s focus on the last one today…hope. Hope that the lost will be found. Hope that families will be comforted and find some peace. Hope that the thousands of amazing search, rescue and recovery workers will have what they need today. Hope for the countless volunteers providing whatever is needed, when it’s needed. Hope for tomorrow and the tomorrow’s to come, as our beautiful Hill Country becomes beautiful again. “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles…” Isaiah 40:31  UMCOR TRAINING As the flood waters recede, we will activate our Early Response Teams to come in and help with cleaning up and securing the areas affected. HOW TO REGISTER: 1. Register for Zoom Training: 2. Prior to the date of training, you MUST complete the following prerequisites:
Follow Rio Texas Disaster Relief or www.riotexasresponse.org for current updates. NOTE: We will be hosting the second part of the training on Saturday, July 19 at 8am at KFUMC activity center (assembly room and gym) After this in person training, we will go over what are the next steps. Other News & Resources
  This summer we are blessed to have five awesome student interns serving at Light on the Hill and Kerrville First United Methodist Church! Some of the initiatives they are helping with are food relief, Camp Wesley, VBS, life guarding, and preparing backpacks and clothing for the Back to School Bash. I wanted you to all meet our interns! Blessings, Beth Get To Know Our Interns! Say hello to our amazing summer interns! We’ve rounded up some of their favorite things to help you get to know them a little better...  Meet Brooklyn Drane Ice Cream: Sea Salt Caramel Animal: Sea Turtles and Dogs Color: Turquoise Snack: Reeses’s Peanut Butter Cups Hobby: Showing 4-H Project Hogs Scripture: John 1:16 “For from His fullness, we have all received grace upon grace.”  Meet Ainslee Gilbreath Ice Cream: Brownie Batter Dough Animal: Elephant Color: Purple Snack: Nerds Gummy Clusters Hobby: Thrifting Scripture: Romans 8:18 “Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory that He will reveal to us later.”  Meet Ava Lea O'Donnell Ice Cream: HEB Mexican Hot Chocolate Animal: My Cat, “Johnny Cash” Color: Pink Snack: SweeTart Ropes Hobby: Singing! And Reading Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun.”  Meet Anthony Sanchez Ice Cream: Strawberry Animal: Rhino Color: Forest Green Snack: Cheese Curds Hobby: Video Games Scripture: Exodus 14:14 “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”  Meet Jake Zirkel Ice Cream: Krazy Kookie Dough Animal: Snow Owl Color: Royal Blue Snack: Nutter Butters Hobby: Flying an Airplane Scripture: Hebrews 12:1 “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” These friendly faces are around all summer! Don't be shy... Say hi! Events & Activities   
  While school is out for the summer, we are already working on our Community Back to School Bash at Light on the Hill! Save the date: Saturday, August 2 from 9-11! We will be sharing new backpacks, new school supplies, gently worn clothing and shoes, haircut coupons, and snow cones! Everything is free! We want all children in our community to have the BEST start to the new school year in August!
   Other Activities & Events   Do NOT forget to join us this Friday for our first Summer Family Movie Night! Bring your chairs, blankets, favorite snacks, and prepare to get tangled up in laughter as we kick off summer fun together. See you soon!
Hello, New Adventures! Lord Jesus, we ask for Your help as children throughout our community begin the new school year. Allow each child to experience Your presence in the many blessings You put before them. Open their eyes to the new challenges and exciting opportunities that this new school year brings. Open their hearts and minds to new friends and new teachers. Place Your hedge of protection over all students and staff. Amen. Mustard Seed LIGHT on the HILL Mustard Seed and Mega Food Pantry Schedule August 5: Mustard Seed Closed August 12: Mustard Seed 9-10am August 19: Mustard Seed 9-10am August 26: MEGA 8-10am September 2: Mustard Seed Closed September 9: Mustard Seed 9-10am September 16: Mustard Seed 9-10am September 23: Mustard Seed 9-10am September 30: MEGA 8-10am October 7: Mustard Seed 10-11am October 14: Mustard Seed Closed October 21: Mustard Seed 10-11am October 28: MEGA 10am –Noon November 4: Mustard Seed 10-11am November 11: Mustard Seed Closed November 18: Mustard Seed 10-11am November 25: MEGA 10am-Noon December 2: Mustard Seed 10-11am December 9: MEGA 10am-Noon December 16: Mustard Seed 10-11am December 23 and December 30: Mustard Seed Closed    It was a great morning at the Back to School Bash! Thank you to everyone who supported this KFUMC community outreach at Light on the Hill!   Clean out your closets today and bring the gently used clothes and shoes that your kids have outgrown to the worship center porch at Light on the Hill so we can share with others. DEADLINE TO DONATE IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. We have lots of opportunities to volunteer! Contact Beth Palmer if you are interested in helping with this event.  Hill Country Emmaus Family, Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer and week! Our next Gathering is quickly approaching and we look forward to seeing y’all soon! Please mark your calendars for Monday, August 5th. We will meet at Light on the Hill. Please join us at 6pm for dinner and 7pm for our gathering. Please read below for more important information. We look forward to see everyone soon! Have a blessed weekend! Upcoming Gathering Monday, August 5th Food provided by Marquetta 4th Day Speaker David Nelson  Women's WalkWomen’s Walk September 26th-29th  We are getting so excited about our upcoming Women’s Walk! We have 23 pilgrims signed up and we have slots for 36. If you know of anyone wanting to join please help spread the message. Scholarships are available. This will be one of the best walks ever! This years walk leaders and helpers: Spiritual Director- David Payne ALDs (assistant lay directors) - Lori Payne, Carol Tucker and Michelle McGinnis. Music team - Kari Banks, Sara Lohmeyer and Dana Foster. You can drop off your agape in the Suzannah room at LOH any time between now and the walk. Volunteers: If you have been on a walk and would like to serve on the inside team please email Tina Box. Women's Walk Inside team meeting dates and times: August 2nd 5:30 to 8:30 Suzannah room August 16th 5:30 to 8:30 Suzannah room August 30th 5:30 to 8:30 Suzannah room September 14th 9:30 to 3pm Wilson Building Walk applications: Please click on the links below and turn in the completed forms to Tina at Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley 610 Methodist Encampment Rd, Kerrville TX If you have any questions please reach out to Tina Box at [email protected] Pilgrim application Team application What a wonderful morning at Light on the Hill! Thank you to all of the wonderful unpaid servants who pour out the love and grace of Jesus Christ on each other and our neighbors! God is so, so good! What a Great Week at Camp Wesley! Thank you to all of the unpaid servants who shared Jesus with so many children! What a blessing!!!     Back to School Bash, Loading...Back to School Bash is this Saturday, August 3rd!! Clean out your closets and bring the gently used clothes and shoes that your kids have outgrown to the worship center porch at Light on the Hill so we can share with others. We have lots of opportunities to volunteer! Contact Beth Palmer if you are interested in helping with this event.  This week I am having the privilege of sharing with Camp Wesley Campers about all of the wonderful ways that Mustard Seed Ministries serves our community! They are learning about the history of Mustard Seed and about all of YOU! Without your support, Mustard Seed wouldn’t have the impact in our community that it does. Thank you for your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service and your witness! Small things, great love! If you would like to know how you can get involved in our food relief efforts, please reach out to Beth Palmer beth.palmer@kfumc or Tina Box [email protected] and we can get you plugged in! We currently need more people to add to our home delivery team. Let us know if we can give you more information. Thank you!    What a great evening on July 4th at Kerrville First United Methodist Church! Back to SchoolWe are working hard to get ready for the BACK to SCHOOL BASH at Light on the Hill on Saturday morning, August 3! We are excited to be able to help children who would benefit from a “hand up” for the start of the new school year! We need volunteers to help before the event with things like praying over the backpacks and organizing the gently used children’s clothing, and we also need help at the event with giving free haircuts, serving popsicles, and welcoming and helping direct people to the different areas during the event. If you would like to help, please contact Beth Palmer at [email protected] or call 830.459.5847. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and your donations. What a joy it is to be able to share blessings! Camp Wesley  |
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