Mark your calendar now for a very special Sunday morning celebration. On Sunday, October 17, two of our former associate pastors, Karen Horan and Terri Swan, will return to Stonebridge UMC to share in our worship services. Karen is now pastor of Gruene United Methodist Church in central Texas and Terri is the associate pastor of Salem-Ladue United Methodist Church in St. Louis. On the 17th, we will be having our Commitment Sunday for the 2011 stewardship campaign, “The Joyful Journey of Faith.” Pastors Karen and Terri will be reminding us of the road that has brought us to where we are as a church family and the road that will take us into the future that God has envisioned for us.
For that Sunday only, we will be having one Celebration Service in Celebration Hall at 9:30 and one Bridge service at 10:45 in the RAC. Terri and Karen will be in both services. (We will have a shortened prayer service for anyone who comes at 8:15, but Terri and Karen will not be in that service.) There will be an opportunity for every family in our church to make their financial commitment for 2011. You should have already received your campaign materials in the mail that included the Joyful Journey of Faithcommitment card and the 2011 Trip Planner and Financial Road Map narrative budget. I hope you will prayerfully consider your financial support of the church for 2011, fill out your pledge card and bring it to church with you on the 17th.
We expect a full church on Commitment Sunday! To be able to fit everyone in, we will need to know which of the two worship services you plan on attending that Sunday. In the next two weeks, you will be receiving a call from one of our church family members asking you which service you plan to attend. Please make every effort to let them know your plans so that we can be prepared for appropriate seating in each service.
The theme of this year’s campaign is “The Joyful Journey of Faith.” Remember, it is through your giving that we are able to make that journey possible for you and your family as well as those who come to our church searching to be one that journey with their Lord.
Grace and peace,
John Mollet
P.S. We are pleased to announce that last year’s stewardship campaign was honored by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Dallas chapter with an Award of Merit at the 2010 IABC Dallas Quill Awards. Congratulations to Cindy Moreland, Amy Pawlak, Jay Prudhomme and Scott Oberle for their hard work!
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