Courtland United Methodist Church

The Mississippi Fellowship of United Methodist Evangelicals along with the General Conference Delegates ask us to join them Wednesday, July 29th, in a day of prayer, fasting, and repentance. We will have a prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 6:30 in response to this call. If you can’t join us at Courtland for the prayer meeting, please consider fasting that day and take some time to pray for our church, our conference, and our denomination.

Youth News-

Thank you to everyone who let the youth “raid” your pantries! They were able to collect a lot of food for a very greatful food pantry! Also, thank you to Marty & Lisa Tolbert and Melissa Welch for driving the teams from house to house!

Tonight is the Ice Cream Social fundraiser and 4th Sunday Singing! It starts at 6, so bring your sweet tooth and join us!
If you’d like to bring ice cream or toppings, please let Diana know. We still need a few volunteers!

Today is the final showing of Beauty and the Beast at the Panola Playhouse. If you haven’t seen it yet – go today at 2:30! Our own Marianne and Sheranne McGraw are awesome in the play!

Don’t forget to bring your paper and cardboard weekly for the youth’s recycling project.

Youth News-

UMYF this evening at 6:00

The youth will be having a Food Drive Scavenger Hunt next Sunday evening. We need adult participation.  There is a food list available.  Ask Diana for more info.

Sunday, July 26th, the youth will be hosting an Ice Cream Social fundraiser and 4th Sunday Singing!  We’ll start at 6:00.  Do you know how to make homemade ice cream?  Let Diana know if you can help!

The youth will be starting a recycling project in the very near future.  Please start preparing to get actively involved with the youth as they learn, and teach us, to be good stewards of God’s blessings.

Don’t forget our regularly scheduled Administrative Board meeting today at 6:30 p.m. Members of the board are listed below…

Diana Herdt

Carolyn Roberts

Cliff Olson

Clara Mae Olson

Marcy Keith

Marty Tolbert

Mildred Sisk

Kristen Olson

Gail Meek

John Hubbard

Bob Fife

Everyone is invited to stay for lunch after the 11:00 worship service.

We have removed all the names from the prayer list. If there are any names you would like to see returned to the list, please let Carolynor Bro. Allen know.

The Courtland administrative board will meet Wednesday evening at 6:30. Please make every effort to attend.

Youth News-

We are happy to have Meredith Welch home from her trip to Canada. Be sure and ask her about the fishing.

UMYF will meet tonight at 6:00.

Don’t forget, next Sunday is first Sunday. Come prepared to stay for lunch after the worship service.

Next week we will remove all the names from the prayer list. If there are any names you would like to see remain on the list, please let Carolyn or Bro. Allen know.

Youth News-

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Dad’s Day Truck Wash yesterday. We had a blast.

UMYF will meet tonight at 6:00.

Sorry about the multiple emails/text messages. I performed an update on the website to eliminate some of the spam attacks we have received lately, and as a result, some of you may have received multiple messages. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Allen

Don’t forget our regularly scheduled Administrative Board meeting this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Members of the board are listed below…

Diana Herdt

Carolyn Roberts

Cliff Olson

Clara Mae Olson

Marcy Keith

Marty Tolbert

Mildred Sisk

Kristen Olson

Gail Meek

John Hubbard

Bob Fife

I hope everyone had a chance to see the newsletter distributed yesterday. If you didn’t, you can read it online at www.courtlandumc.org/newsletters/vol1_num1.pdf . Hopefully we can make this a monthly newsletter, but it will require your help.

Here are some things to think about…

• Your testimony or other life lessons
• Reflections on particular Bible passages or themes
• Current church activities/projects you’re involved with
• Poems, original short stories, drawings, etc.
• Cartoons, jokes, etc.
• Anything else I haven’t thought of

Also, if there is anyone you would like me to mail or email the newsletter to, send me the address.

Blessings

Allen

The soldier send-off for Mississippi Army National Guard Delta Company 2-198, organized by members of the Family Readiness Group, will be held tomorrow at the Batesville Civic Center at 9:30 a.m.

If you would like to volunteer to assist the family members of our deployed soldiers, please see Topper Olson. Keep in mind that, since this is a year long deployment, this will be an ongoing need in our community.

If you have old cell phones and would like to donate them to a worthy cause, bring them and place them in the collection box in the fellowship hall. Those collected will be given to the “Cell Phones for Soldiers” campaign. For each cell phone collected, a private company will provide a 60 min phone card for use by our troops overseas.

The United Methodist Women made up 14 Easter Baskets for Faith Hospice and others. We would like to thank everyone for their donations. This means so much for those who can’t get out as they once were able.

Don’t forget to make plans to attend the Good Friday service tomorrow night at 7:00. We will be having a Tenebrae (Latin for “shadows”) service. The purpose of the Tenebrae service is to evoke the feelings associated with a world plunged into darkness at the betrayal, arrest, trial, torture, and crucifixion of Jesus. It prepares us to more fully appreciate the Glorious Dawn on Easter morning. To read more about this service go to http://www.kencollins.com/question-39.htm .

Please come, and bring a friend.