August 2016
Coming Up...
Saturday, July 30
6:00 p.m. Reconciling Ministries potluck - The United Methodist Church has made much ado about full inclusion in 2016. North Texas Reconciling pastors are preparing discussion points for us at this Saturday's potluck at St. Stephen UMC. If you'd like to carpool from Lakewood to St. Stephen, please be at the church by 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. See below for more information.
Tuesday, August 2
7:00 p.m. Knitting Group
Sunday, August 7
4:00 p.m. Arrive at church parking lot to volunteer with us at Gayle's Kitchen Angels, the homeless meal ministry at Oak Lawn UMC! If you prefer, you can meet us at Oak Lawn at 4:30 p.m. For more information about Gayle's Kitchen Angels, contact the church office at office@mylakewoodchurch.org.
Monday, August 8
6:30 p.m. Finance meeting
7:30 p.m. 90th Anniversary Committee meeting
Tuesday, August 9
6:30 p.m. UMW/Wesleyan Guild - You are invited to have a potluck dinner with the UMW and to hear Carol Ann Ravert's most interesting story. Carol Ann will share her experiences as a volunteer with the Casa de Vida program at North Park Presbyterian Church. She works with the Alzheimer's and Dementia Respite Care group.
Sunday, August 14
11:30 a.m. (ish) - Stay with us after worship for a hot dog lunch (with ice cream for dessert) and a hymn sing! We look forward to sharing this time of fellowship with you.
Pool Party at Gayle and Dave's House
Gayle and Dave recently hosted the kids in our congregation for a pool party. Here are some pictures of the fun they had:
Reconciling Ministries Potluck at St. Stephen UMC
If you'd like to carpool from Lakewood to St. Stephen, please be at the church by 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
90th Anniversary Celebration
Lakewood UMC will celebrate its 90th anniversary on Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and 11, 2016! We are excited to have this opportunity to share our ministry both within the congregation and throughout our neighborhood.
Celebration Weekend
On Saturday, September 10, we will host a community event on our property from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Representatives from StrayDog and Oak Hill Animal Rescue will bring dogs, which will be available for adoption, and we will have other fun activities for all ages to enjoy.
On Sunday, September 11, we will continue our celebration with a special worship service and lunch for the congregation.
90 Good Deeds
In the two weeks leading up to our anniversary, we will share our celebration with the world by performing 90 Good Deeds. Your good deed can be any act of kindness – holding the door open for a stranger, helping a loved one with a project, making someone smile when they need it. Colorful bracelets will be available for each good deed performed, and we hope you will pass some bracelets on to people so that they can be reminded to do good deeds for other people. We will start this project on Sunday, August 28 and hope to be able to provide a visual representation of our 90 Good Deeds for people to see on the weekend of our anniversary.
We look forward to our anniversary weekend! For more information, contact Eva in the church office at office@mylakewoodchurch.org.
90th Anniversary T-shirts
Lakewood UMC will celebrate its 90th anniversary on Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and 11, 2016, and we will have t-shirts to help us get in the celebratory spirit! Our design will be available on a blue t-shirt (pictured below) as well as a red one. We would love for you to order one, or even more than one! Please send in your orders no later than Monday, August 8 so that we will have time to order and distribute our shirts before the anniversary weekend.
A Note from Finance Committee
Once again the faithfulness of our church family is showing. After a slow start in collections this year we actually gained ground in June (when there are several vacations). Please try to remain up-to-date on your giving as we make our way through the remainder of the summer.
We have a major fund raiser coming in the Craft Fair and we are looking into the possibility of having a Pumpkin Patch this fall as well. If you are willing to help look into and organize the Pumpkin Patch please contact me (email: csvcastle@gmail.com or cell: 469-773-1239).
Thanks,
Chris Venable
Happy birthday to...
Herb Sheaner 8/12
Gayle Landis 8/24
Gail Davis 8/27
Mark Ridlen 8/27
Kathryn Bagley-Whitson 8/29
This month we pray for...
Rev. W.W. McNeill, Forrest Oliver, Gail Baldwin, Martha Williams, Amy Duncan, Rebecca Biggs, Alan Smith, Elizabeth Robbins, Erik Galvan, Betty Watson, Alice Barnett, Adelaide Hart, Cailey Still, Louise Williams, Wilma Elrod, Nancy Fomby, Geneva Claxton, Robin Robbins, Jean Fowler, Michael Broberg, Alfred Walker, Bill Dozier, Marie Miranda, Linda Castor, Linda Simmons, the Wade family, Kelly Smith, Mike Miranda, Kevin Ogletree, Carolyn Miracle, Susan Price Barbara Lay, Travis Smith, the family of Marilynn Bassett