We’re Thankful The Monthly Newsletter for Gruene United Methodist Church
November 2018
Calendar Day Light Saving Time Ends
November 4th
Pastor’s Coffee November 4th at 5 p.m. Church Conference November 11th at 5 p.m. Home in a Week Build November 17th at the Mission & Outreach Building Pavilion Turkey Tailgate November 19th & 20th Church By The River November 24th at 8:45 a.m.
By Pastor Brock
Steve’s Pantry is in need of blankets & sleeping bags. You may drop off your donations during Steve’s Pantry hours. Thank you for helping our friends in need.
Gruene Tree Learning Center
Bringing joy to others is a form of service — so play is a child’s most natural act of service and kindness towards others. “ Author Unknown
I love this quote so much! Why you ask? Because at GTLC we love to encourage children to play…and to play with each other. I love the thought of it being such a natural act of service…even when they are this little.
I grow plants for many reasons: to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty, or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow.
David Hobson
Hello Church! We hope you have been enjoying the Mission Moment given by the Pastors. We are hoping to highlight all the different Missions that are going on around the church. These may be Missions that occur once a week, once a month, or even once a year. Thank you for your generous response to The Care Team. At least 14 new volunteers signed up. Thank you to the volunteers that turned out for Church By The River and then on to Be The Church. Working with some congregants from Casa Hermosa, we were able to complete some projects both inside and outside their building. We then shared a meal together. We look forward to growing in our relationship with them.
At our October meeting we voted to contribute $1500 to Any Baby Can. As the result of a donation match challenge, our gift will be doubled. Any Baby Can provides services to families who have a child or youth with a chronic illness, disability, developmental delay or health risk. Check out their website at www.anybabycansa.org. If you have ideas to share with your Missions Team, join us the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm in Steve’s Pantry or contact Pastor Aaron at aaron@grueneumc.org or Sarah Krull at srkrull4@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you.
Gruene UMC Annual Church Conference Sunday, November 11th 5 p.m. Please come join us at Gruene UMC Annual Church Conference. All are welcome and child care will be available. What is a Church Conference? It’s a time for you to come and hear about all that goes on at Gruene UMC. We celebrate ministries; we set goals for the following year; we nominate new leaders; we discuss financial information; we pray for new ministries; we vote on clergy salaries; we “show off” a little for our District Superintendent. Finally, we will praise God for all that God has done, is doing and will do through Gruene UMC. Please come and listen. Come and hear / know / pray / dream where God might be leading Gruene in 2019.
Turkey Tailgate is Coming! Yes, it is that time again…to go out and feed those in need! Turkey Tailgate is an annual event to feed families identified primarily by Communities in Schools.
The BBQ Ministry Team will need your help in the following ways:
1. monetary donations for turkeys - they are ordered in bulk to save money! 2. folks to sign up to bring can goods – green beans and cranberry sauce 3. folks to make and bring dressing – pans and recipe will be provided 4. folks to deliver the meals on TUESDAY (11/20) before Thanksgiving 5. folks to come help cook and fellowship in the parking lot on Monday 11/19.
Look for ways to sign up in the bulletin and at a table in the gathering space early in November! Thanks for all the ways you help other!
The Office Angels need volunteers to help fold Sunday bulletins on Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m., data entry, answer phones, and filing etc. Hours are flexible. For more information, please contact Nadia at (830) 625-7200 or email at nadia@grueneumc.org.
HOME IN A WEEK Service Opportunity Gruene UMC is hosting a Home In A Week “pre-build� day on Saturday, November 17th from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Mission and Outreach Building Pavilion. There are many opportunities to serve such as helping to build trusses to painting siding to preparing and helping serve lunch. For more info or to sign-up, please contact Pastor Aaron at aaron@grueneumc.org. Visit the Home In A Week website at www.homeinaweek.org or visit them on Facebook to learn more about this ministry.
Rev. Dan Harrington - Senior Pastor Dan@grueneumc.org
Brandi Carnes - Nursery Director brandi@grueneumc.org
Rev. Aaron Carter - Associate Pastor aaron@grueneumc.org
Amy Howell - Children and Family Ministry Director amy@grueneumc.org
Rev. Debbie Head - Associate Pastor Debbie@grueneumc.org
Melissa & Ben Davis - Directors of Youth students@grueneumc.org
Nadia Hoffman – Administrative Assistant nadia@grueneumc.org
Rebecca Goossens - GTLC Director gruenetreelearningcenter@gmail.com
2629 E. Common St. New Braunfels TX 78130 (830) 625-7200 Fax: (830) 625-7208
www.grueneumc.org OFFICE HOURS M-F, 8:30 - 4:30
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES 8:30, 9:40 & 11:00 a.m. (Main Worship Building) 9:40 & 11:00 a.m. (Mission & Outreach Building) “Come…be you, be filled , be loved. Go…be joy, be hope, be love. Be His! ” See What’s Happening There are so many fun and exciting groups here at Gruene! To find out what’s going on, check us out on the Gruene UMC facebook page or on our website, www.grueneumc.org.