 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!
Thank you Church!We are so grateful for the generosity of our faith community! You heard of the need for diapers for babies in our community and you answered the call. Many boxes and packages of diapers and wet wipes have been donated. In fact, over 6,000 diapers will be shared with moms for their little ones! Thank you! Light on the Hill and Methodist Healthcare Ministries continue to reach out and walk alongside families in our community. Last week, we partnered with the Texas Department of Health and Human Services to host car seat inspections and help with updated car seats if needed and we shared diapers and wipes!
 Emmaus Events Other Events & Activities  Isn’t Pastor David’s sermon series, “Attitude of Gratitude” so good?!! Always a message I need, just when I need it. I love how our prayer warrior, Jane Davis shares this morning, too… Blessings, Beth I am praying for you this morning… Summer brings such an abundance of tasty crops… Strawberries, juicy and sweet. Tomatoes, flavorful. Peaches, luscious. Sweet corn, crisp and delicious… For me, abundance and gratefulness go hand-in-hand. We are in need… God provides. Do we remember to be grateful? Or, do we just take His mercy, grace and provision for granted, and move on? Stop right here. When we give gifts to our children, do we appreciate it when they say “thank you”? God loves it when we, His children, recognize and appreciate what He gives to us… Constantly. When we are grateful, it’s hard to complain. When we are grateful, it’s hard to feel sorry for ourselves. When we are grateful, it changes our attitude… About everything. “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 “And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8  We are approaching Memorial Day Weekend. Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, Memorial Day is a day for remembering those who have died in service to our country. I hope we can all take the time to be thankful for all of the brave men and women who paid the ultimate price for the freedoms that we all have in America. It has been said that bravery is the absence of fear, but real courage is being afraid and still sacrificing for others. Thank you! You defended us with your lives and we are forever grateful!  Upcoming Activities    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 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!
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