Friday, February 3, 2012:  [ MIDWINTER 4 mixed ] 06:00 PM
 
Opportunities to Serve

The Community-Wide Thanksgiving Meal is a great oppurtunity to give back to our community and to each other. We have several positions that need to be filled in order fo rthis meal to be a success. Please consider volunteering for one of the following jobs:

Food servers
Table hosts
Clean-up crew
Decorating
Greeters
Deliverers of meals to the homebound

We have many other opportunities to serve this fall. So, come on in and talk to Beth Palmer here at the First United Methodist Church at (830) 257-0803. Help to make a difference in the lives of others. "They will know us by our love." 

Jesus called us - his followers - to love one another as he loved us: selflessly, actively, sacrificially. Jesus said that the world would know his disciples by our love - not by our perfectly lived lives, or our deep understanding of doctrine, or even our unfailing devotion to Him. He didn't say those things were bad, he didn't say those things weren't important parts of faith. They're just not how people recognize his followers. No, it's love that sets apart Christ-followers from everyone else.

"So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples." - John 13:34-35
Love.
But love isn't just a feeling. It's an action. It's demonstrable. It's noticeable. And Jesus modeled in John 13, one of the best ways to demonstrate love - to make love noticeable - is through service.

"And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you." - John 13:14-15
My Mission (or Methodist Youth Mission) is a one-week, inner city mission camp sponsored by the SWTC Council on Youth Ministries. Any Jr or Sr. High student who is serious about being in mission and representing Christ to this community can attend. (Camp limited to first 80 persons registered.) Although the name is "MY" Mission, our philosophy is based on Acts 20.24 - “to consider MY life worth nothing to me...” MY Mission is not about us, it’s about loving others for Christ.
Here are some other service opportunities throughout the year:
  • Ash Wednesday Service
  • Sweetheart Banquet
  • Easter Egg Stuffing & Hiding
  • Easter Sunrise Service
  • Kairos Cookie Baking
  • Relay for Life
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Mission Trips
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Church Rummage Sale Set-Up/Take-Down
  • Youth Sundays
  • Trunk or Treat
  • Deliver Thanksgiving Meals
  • Hanging of the Greens
  • Prison Angel Tree Shopping & Wrapping
  • Caroling to Shut-ins
  • Live Nativity
  • Make & Send Cards Throughout the Year
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