 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!     What a powerful Easter morning!!! More than 1,300 people joined us at Kerrville First United Methodist Church and Light on the Hill on Sunday morning to join together to celebrate our Risen Lord! Every morning is Easter morning from now on! There is a song that says, “I’m just a nobody, trying to tell everybody, there’s a somebody, who can save anybody.” And that name is JESUS. May we go out as the Easter People that we are and share the hope of Christ with everyone we meet!  Kerrville and Ingram will be in the path of complete totality for the 2024 Solar Eclipse and are predicted to have prime totality times, Kerrville with 4 minutes and 24 seconds, and Ingram with 4 minutes and 26 seconds. Go to the city of Kerrville’s website to learn more. KFUMC and Light on the Hill love our community!
In support of the first responders, who will be working diligently to keep everyone safe in our community, Light on the Hill will be providing free meals to 200 first responders, three times a day, on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Thank you to all of the volunteers helping us, and thank you to Sysco for their Nourishing Neighbor’s Grant, which is helping us purchase food for this outreach initiative. We will also be hosting first responders and visitors from NASA at Light on the Hill from Thursday through Tuesday. Plus, the KFUMC gym and assembly room will serve as an additional command center for first responders. Please join us in praying for a safe event in our community!  Join us for Sunrise Service at Light on the Hill at 7am. (610 Methodist Encampment Rd.) Shuttle bus will run from parking lot up to the cross beginning at 6:15am.  Palm Sunday Celebration Recap 
Join us at Light on the Hill on Sunday, March 24 from 3 – 5pm for the PALM SUNDAY CELEBRATION! Easter egg hunt, live music, bunny petting area, bounce houses, face painting, crafts area, popcorn and ice cream! All FREE! Bring your family, neighbors and friends! 
Always grateful for our many unpaid servants helping at Mustard Seed Food Pantry!  Join Us, We love our Volunteers!  Calling all Kerrville VolunteersAre You a Volunteer in Kerrville? If so, we'd like to invite you to join in a group photo shoot of Kerrville volunteers THIS Saturday, March 23rd at 2pm at the Museum of Western Art on Bandera Highway. Whether you volunteer on a regular basis or just on a project, we want you to be a part of this celebration that leads up to April's National Volunteer Month. The Mayor will be welcoming the group prior to the photo and there will be light refreshments and complimentary museum tour afterwards. We welcome all ages of volunteers - adults as well as youngsters. In addition, throughout the year we'll be spotlighting those who volunteer for our fabulous non-profits, either in health, education, social services, animal welfare, military or other worthy organizations. We've always felt that Kerrville is the most giving community in the Hill Country. Your participation will help us prove it!   Do you remember that song, “I’ve got that joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, where? Down in my heart, where? Down in my heart to stay!” I used to sing that song with my kids when they were young, and then when they got older, if they were in a bad mood, I would sing it just to aggravate them. But in all seriousness, if we have Jesus, we have everything we need to have joy. Sometimes, when we are going through a difficult time, we need to be reminded of this. I pray joy over each of us today! Thank you to all of our amazing unpaid servants who blessed our community with wonderful food on Monday at the Mega Food Pantry! You brought joy to many! Thank you to all of our new unpaid servants who served at Mobile Mustard Seed on Tuesday! Methodist Healthcare Ministries Leadership Meeting!  Mark your calendars for the Palm Sunday Celebration! Want to help? Contact Beth at [email protected] or call (830)459-5847  
We are not looking for a shallow joy but rather a joy that comes from faith. This joy grows through unselfish love and respects the fundamental duty of love of neighbor. Alleluia!
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