Some New Additions

You will notice some new additions to our landscape the next time you are at the church. One of our members gave a donation to make us a Super Sponsor of the Crape Myrtle Trails of McKinney. This puts our church on the Crape Myrtle Trail maps given to visitors to and residence in our community. Being a Super Sponsor requires us to have 200 crape myrtles on our property. We already had 30 trees which were planted as a part of our 3 building phases, and we have just added 63 more (also donated). The remaining 107 trees will be planted over the next few years. You will be able to read more about the unique planting design in the upcoming edition of Pathways. Let me thank the team that worked on this project: Kathy Stevers, representing our Trustees, Tom Pearce, church member and Crape Myrtle Trails board member, Kurt Roy, church member whose company, “Landscapes, Lawns and Beyond”, planted the trees free of charge, Susan Owens from the Crape Myrtle Trails board and Cindy Moreland from our staff. Great job in beautifying our campus while highlighting our church to the community.

Also, you won’t be able to miss the new 10 Commandments Monument as you come through the church office entrance on the north side of the church. We should have the monument in by the end of next week. This was a donation from the 2008-2009 Disciple One Bible Study Class. The class was taught by Bill Appleby and Dan Casey. Class members were Tim and Heather Brister, Alex and Michelle Carter, Christopher and Brandi Dooley, Kim Miller, and Jim and Keira Tollefsrud. Shannon Cain from the church provided and donated the concrete work. There will be a garden area that surrounds the monument. Interest earned from our Endowment Fund last year will help pay for the plants. Thanks to everyone involved for the spiritual guidance the commandments will give us every time we enter the Lord’s house and exit into the world.

One last thing, let me update you on our 2011 stewardship campaign. This week we received another 24 pledges to add to the 248 we received last week for a total of 268 pledges. Please help us break the 300 mark this week by offering your pledge this Sunday in worship, mailing it in to the church office or filling out an online pledge card through the "Give Online" page at www.mysumc.org. (Click here to go directly to the online pledge card.)Thank you for your generous spirit and your support of Christ’s ministries through this church.