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Times are A-Changin’ When it Comes to Discipleship! With no experience, you can jump in with both feet and be a disciple! Call them small groups, life groups, or Covenant Discipleship Groups. It does not matter. We are just people who “disciple” together. What does it look like to “disciple” together at KFUMC? Maybe you are interested in our various food ministries. Maybe you enjoy making hospital visits. Maybe you are interested in delivering flowers to homebound members. Maybe you would like to offer communion to those in nursing facilities. Maybe you love to sing, but cannot, so you are thinking about joining Haley Montoya’s Sing-a-Long group. Maybe you are good at home repairs. Maybe you love to read to others. Maybe you are a genius when it comes to second-grade math and can offer your skills as a tutor. Maybe you like to fold and sort clothes at Mustard Seed. On September 4th, KFUMC has a new group starting. This will be our 7th group in three short years! We are making a difference in our community, one group at a time!!! If you are interested in meeting some new people, forming new friendships, and “discipling” together, please come to our first meeting to learn more. I will be in room 203, on the second floor of the education building. You do not have to commit yet. Just come and check it out. See you on Sept. 4 at 5:30 PM! Blessings, Rev. Monica O’Donnell  Mega Food PantryWe are so thankful for the San Antonio Food Bank and Amazing Unpaid Servants! Mustard SeedWe love our neighbors! Joyful Noise! Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. (Psalm 100) When people ask what I do for a living, and I reply that I’m a singer and music director, the most common comment I hear is “Oh, I can’t sing! I can’t carry a tune in a bucket!” and I inevitably reply with “just make a joyful noise!” Getting caught up in perfectionism (a personal affliction of mine) is an all-too-common human condition. Perfectionism gives us false hope that, if we try hard enough, we can be “good enough” for God, or for others. Perfectionism makes us think we can earn our worth and value; something that only comes from the Lord. God blesses all of us with something to give and, when we offer our loaves and fishes, God multiplies whatever seemingly insignificant things we hold in ourselves, and He feeds His people. So come, make a joyful noise! Sing with someone to remind them that they still matter (try our Sing a Long group). Lighten someone’s depression or anxiety by spreading the joy of music (sing with Saints Alive). Help bring someone to the present moment by singing an old, familiar song with them. It’s okay if your voice is like a 1982 Oldsmobile, rusty and hard to start. It’s okay if you sang in a choir 40 years ago but haven’t kept it up (come to a choir rehearsal). It’s okay if you’re not good enough, God will take care of that. If you feel called, then come, make a joyful noise! How YOU can make a joyful noise with KFUMC:  Sing a Long: this group meets at a different care facility each Wednesday mid-morning and sings old and familiar hymns and popular tunes. No music reading is necessary, but volunteers must enjoy singing and laughing with people. Easy commitment (come when you can) and the session runs from September through May.  Saints Alive: This group meets on Tuesday mornings at the church and rehearses easy to read hymns and familiar tunes then presents concerts at each care facility in Kerrville. The fall and spring sessions run 12 weeks each. Must be willing to wear a red polo shirt and goof off.  KFUMC Choir: This group meets on Wednesday nights from 6:30-8:30 and prepares music to sing on Sunday mornings at the 10:45 service. This group has a wide spectrum of music reading abilities so if you are at all curious about how you will fit in, please meet with me, or come to a rehearsal and see. This group also prepares music for the Christmas and Easter Cantatas.  KFUMC Cantata Choir: This is a lighter commitment choir that meets on Wednesday nights from 7:00-8:30 for the10 weeks before Christmas and the 10 weeks before Easter. This group is great for singers who cannot commit to year-round rehearsals or Sunday mornings.  8:15 Service Music: Musicians are welcome to share their gifts during offertory/communion at the 8:15 service. Instrumentalists and singers alike, please contact me if interested!  KFUMC Ringers: Rather ring than sing? This group meets Wednesday evenings before choir practice and prepares music for Sunday services in the fall, spring, and summer. This is a lower commitment group with sessions approximately 3-7 weeks long. This is a great group for those that read music at a somewhat intermediate level. Get in touch with me and come see where you can make a joyful noise! Haley Montoya KFUMC Director of Music [email protected] 830-257-0809     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! Joy filled the Mega Pantry this week because of all of the amazing unpaid servants, the wonderful food that was delivered by the San Antonio Food Bank, and our awesome neighbors that we had the privilege to share with! And thanks to the the super Girl Scout Troop #672 helping at Mega! Get ready for our BACK TO SCHOOL free event coming this August!  Nurse Theresa and Community worker, Emily, shared information about our Back to School Bash at the Glory Community Garden’s “Burgers in the Garden” event!        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  It’s the start of a new school year in Costa Rica! Mega Food Drive next week! Illuminate in March!  I read a good article in Outreach Magazine from Michael Kelley. He is the author of the book Growing Down: Unlearning the Patterns of Adulthood that Keep Us from Jesus. I was reminded of this article as I am praying about how to make this year the best ever as many of you are, too. And here we are…it’s the beginning of a new year! And because we are, most of us are considering resolutions. There are the standard promises of healthier diet, more exercise, more reading, and a host of others. Chances are if you are like me, you’ve made one of these resolutions before. Maybe it worked out, and maybe it didn’t. If it didn’t work out, then perhaps you’re doubling your efforts this year. Maybe you have some kind of plan that will make this year different. And maybe, because you do, you are like me and you are repeating the same resolution you’ve done before. As followers of Christ, there is one resolution we should indeed repeat over and over again. There is one thing we need this year as much as we did last year. Share the gospel this year. Share it with yourself and share it with others. Share it with the Christian and non-Christian, share it with the one who has believed for decades and to the one that is still considering. Share about the hope and the love and the grace and the mercy of a Savior that gave His life for even a wretch like me and you. And then, do it again. And again. And sometimes even use words. And when we’ve done it for a year, we will turn around and do it again. It is for the child and the adult, for the student and the retiree. It is for the people who are so much like us and for the people that are very different from us. The life-giving message of Jesus Christ is for everyone. This is the message we need to hear in 2024 just like we did in 2023. This is what’s most important for our forgetful hearts and lethargic souls. Make a resolution, then, but let it be a lasting one. Resolve to do the same thing you did yesterday and then to it again tomorrow. Share the gospel over and over again until faith becomes sight.  The second week of Advent focuses on peace. Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace! We pray for peace… "God of peace, as we light the second Advent candle of peace, may Your peace fill our hearts and our world. Help us to be peacemakers in our relationships and communities. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen." It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at KFUMC and Light on the Hill!   |
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