Dear Church Family,

​We are grateful that our Mustard Seed Food Pantry can help our neighbors throughout the year with food assistance, but especially during the most recent government shutdown. Thousands of families in Kerr County are affected by the suspension of SNAP benefits.

During the month of November, we will be collecting non-perishable food donations in the lobby area at Kerrville First United Methodist Church. Shopping baskets will be available for you to drop off your donations throughout the week and on Sunday mornings.

Some food items that are needed are canned chicken, canned chili, canned stew, macaroni and cheese boxes, canned spaghetti sauce, beans and rice.

If you want to give a monetary donation, please make your check out to KFUMC and put Mustard Seed in the memo or you can give electronically through the KFUMC website. Just go to GIVE, then click on Give Online and scroll on down to Mustard Seed Ministries.

Thank you for your generosity!

Beth Palmer

​Trunk or Treat was spooktacular! Between the cool trunks, creative costumes, and plenty of candy, our community came together for a night full of laughter, love, and a little spooky fun!

Thank you to all who helped make Trunk or Treat so super sweet!

Saturday was a day filled with fun at our Harvest Festival!

We loved spending time with our community this past weekend—playing games, dancing to DJ David, enjoying hayrides, getting our faces painted, sharing food, and so much more. What a wonderful way to celebrate the new season and spread the Lord’s love throughout our community.

A huge thank-you to everyone who helped make this event possible. What a truly blessed day of faith, fellowship, and friends!

River Trail Cleanup - UGRA.org
​UGRA is sponsoring a post-flood river trail and park cleanup on Nov 15 from 8 AM to 12 PM.

The KFUMC ERT is putting together a team to work on this project and we would love to have you participate. If you decide to join us, please register for the event, select Group A which covers Tranquility Island, and let Ray or David know. Thanks!

Each group has a limited number of slots so please register as soon as possible.

Ray: [email protected]
David: [email protected]

Don't Miss Out on Harvest Festival This Saturday!

Come join us on Saturday, November 1 from 10am-2pm for the
Harvest Fest at Light on the Hill!

Live music, food, fun and games, hayrides, petting zoo, face painting, and connections to local resources.
This is a free event for our entire community!

What a Great Outpouring of Support!
What a great outpouring of support for our community at the San Antonio Food Bank's Kerr County MEGA Food Pantry at Light on the Hill!

Hundreds of unpaid servant showed up to share 37,000 pounds of food with our community on Monday!

THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVE!
Thank you to those who serve others! You are each an inspiration to everyone who is blessed by you and a testimony to the goodness of God.

Many of you are serving in so many beautiful ways. Some of you help with food relief initiatives at LOTH and KFUMC. Others are part of our ERT efforts. Some of you share the love of Christ through children’s or youth ministries. Many bring the joy of music to those in care facilities. Some offer comfort to those in the hospital through your visits. Others serve through our flower ministry or bereavement ministry. Many of you help guide those in our transitional housing program.

You also show up in outreach ministries like Back-to-School, Prison Angel Tree, or our Costa Rica Mission work. Some of you are raising children or grandchildren. Some are caring for a loved one. Many of you walk alongside others in difficult times. And many of you extend care in everyday ways—helping friends and neighbors whenever there is a need.

We were created to worship God by loving Him and loving our neighbors. I am so blessed to be a witness to all of the MANY ways that each of you share the love of Christ with so many! Together, your acts of love and service shine God’s light in countless places.

Thank you for your faithful example that encourages all of us.
You are a blessing!
​
Beth Palmer

Lucky Draw! Blood Drive at KFUMC | Sunday, October 5 | 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM

There are so many people, churches and organizations continuing to work so hard to help our community on the journey to recovery after the devastating flood. I am so inspired by all of the resilient folks that make Kerr County such a wonderful place to live and work. ​

David, Lori and I were blessed to attend UMCOR disaster case management training last week. We learned so much and are now better equipped to help our community as we move forward in the long-term recovery.

More people in our community will receive this same great training when UMCOR brings it to Kerrville in a few weeks.

We are so grateful to be able to share and equip others with this knowledge. Even if you are not a trained case manager, the core principals of "Do no harm," and "Show compassion," are the ways we show love for our neighbors every day. 

Our Emergency Response Team under the leadership of Ray Dunton, has been making an impact in our community. Thank you to all of those amazing unpaid servants!

If you want to get involved see Ray's call for help below...

 Team,

We're going to need one more day of work to finish the Center Point house.

I'm going to try Saturday 27 September to see if we can get some people who work during the week.

Please let me know if you're available to work on the 27th. Please respond directly to me, either by text or email listed below. You can either work all or part of the day as your schedule allows.

Thank you!

Ray Dunton
KFUMC ERT
[email protected]
(210) 781-9886

Found on the Guadalupe's efforts to reunite flood victims with their treasured objects. FOUND PROJECT

We are currently looking for volunteer support on Saturday, 9/27 from 10:30am-3:30pm in Ingram, TX. Volunteers will be committing to hard and dirty work that day so please keep that in mind when recruiting volunteers. We are looking for 5-10 volunteers to support us. Some notes below outline what your volunteers can expect for the day. Please let me know if you have any questions. We appreciate it!

lunch will be provided 
 
you will be cleaning hard goods & laundry found on the Guadalupe River. 
 
Please wear clothing that can handle:
    •    Car wash and power washing
    •    Being outside in the sun
    •    Handling items covered in dirt and mud
    •    Trips to the laundromat
 
Bring any personal items you may need such as hats, sunscreen, or water bottles. We highly suggest changes of shoes including water boots. We have gloves and aprons available, but if you’d prefer your own gloves or aprons, please bring them. Masks – we do not provide masks, so bring your own if you’d like to wear one.
 
The job is hard work. The bins are heavy, and the more people that show up, the easier the load .
 
Thank you for your consideration in helping!

Contact Angela Kennedy to volunteer or get more information 
Angela Kennedy 
Executive Director
Heart of the Hills Heritage Center 
[email protected] 
(830) 955-5034

Thank you, God, for giving us everything we need each and every day.
Amen.

Want to learn more about how you can help?

Contact:
Tina Box at 830.315.6104 or Beth Palmer at 830.459.5847

Want to learn more?

Contact:
Marquetta Pitts at 210.413.5503

Help bring joy to folks in care facilities and homebound
with a delivery of flowers!

Contact:
Dee Ann Foley at 830.459.4504

​Want to Help Visit Folks in our Faith Community who are in the Hospital?Contact:
Laura Shrader at 830.357.0800

Want to help pack nutritional food for students
to have over the weekends?

Contact:
Beth Palmer at 830.459.5847

This is our mission statement. Sounds simple, but living out this mantra takes daily intention. The good news? We don't have to do it alone. Together, we can embody this mission and make a lasting impact.

First, love God. Well, that seems like a no-brainer. But loving God is more than just an emotion. It involves a surrender of oneself to God's will and a commitment to living according to His teachings. This includes obeying His commandments, prioritizing His word, and actively engaging in worship and service. Loving God is about aligning one's life with God's purposes and demonstrating love for Him through actions and a transformed life. 

Second, love others. This means that we are to treat others with kindness and compassion, recognizing the inherent value and dignity of all individuals. If we truly love God, then we must love every one of His children, even the ones who think and act differently than us. Don't we want everyone to know how much they are loved by God? The way we treat others is a reflection of Christ's love. 
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Finally, make a difference. There are many ways to make a difference in the world and impact those around us. Making a difference as a follower of Christ essentially involves a holistic approach. It is about living out our faith, demonstrating God's love through our actions, serving those in need, and sharing the hope and transformation found in Christ. 
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Together, with God's help, we can live out our mission, both near and far!

The last 19 days have been unbelievable.
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I know that we have all been heartbroken, and on our knees, praying. But the response of the people who have shown up to help in big, and small ways, and everything in between, has been incredible. I thank God for the helpers. We have first responders from out of town staying with us at Light on the Hill and we are so incredibly blessed to be able to share our campus with these wonderful folks.

I know that many of you, in our faith community are asking how they can help? Again, thank you for the prayers and everything else you have been doing for the last two and a half weeks. I want to encourage you to continue praying. Continue to show up to serve our community.

Two opportunities we have coming up are Monday morning, July 28, beginning at 7am, we need volunteers to help at the Mega Food Pantry at Light on the Hill. On Saturday morning, August 2, we need folks to help greet and welcome families to the Back to School Bash at Light on the Hill beginning at 8am.

If you need more information about either of these events, contact Beth at (830) 459-5847 or [email protected]

We will continue to thank God for the helpers as we continue to help the hurting in our community and strive with God’s help to bring hope and healing.

Blessings, Beth

KERR TOGETHER is your central location for Kerr County Disaster information and resources.
Click the link below to the latest updates and notices.

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 Ava Lea O'Donnell
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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.”