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August is Camp
Meeting Month! There
will be gospel-based preaching, old-time hymn singing and extra special
music as we enjoy foot stomping, hand clapping, raise the roof worship
at the 11:00 a.m. service. Come casual!
2010 marks the 180th anniversary of
West
Point
First
United
Methodist
Church
and
the
10th
anniversary
of
the
renovation of our Sanctuary. To celebrate these milestones,
we will end Camp Meeting Month with a Homecoming
Celebration
on
August
29. The Rev. Dr. Bill Burch
will bring the message at 11:00 o'clock and there will be an
old-fashioned covered dish lunch in the Zachry Center immediately
following worship .
Summer Sunday
School is in full swing and runs through August
15. We are studying "Building the Tabernacle," based on Psalm
122. This combination preschool-rising 6th grade class uses the
rotation format, including Games, Creative Cookery, Music and
Movement, Storytelling, Art and Science.
August 22 is Promotion Sunday
for all pre-school through rising 6th grade children. A light
breakfast will be served at 10:00 a.m. in the Zachry Center, followed
by a brief devotional, awarding of perfect attendance pins,
introduction of 2010-2011 teachers and the handing out of
certificates. At the 11:00 o'clock Traditional Morning Worship
Service, rising fourth graders will be presented with Bibles and the
2010-2011 Children's Department Sunday School teachers will be
recognized.
Get ready for
some good eats and lots of fun as Family Night Supper resumes with a Kick-Off Tail-Gate
Party, Wednesday,
August
11 at 6:00 p.m. in the Zachry Center. Volunteers
will have the tables decorated in their favorite high school, college
or pro team colors. Prizes will be awarded for the "Most
Original," "Tackiest," "Most Colorful," "Most Spirited," and "Best
Engineered Tables." A delicious tail-gate meal will served.
There will be special games for the children and flag-football for the
youth. Call or email the church office to make your reservation
and join us as we kick off Fall!
Our annual Family Fall Festival
to benefit the West Point Food Closet
will be held Sunday,
October
24 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Zachry Center. The
giant inflatable slide and the jumping castle will be here as well as
country-fair type booths. These will include Duck Pond, Bingo, Go
Fish! the Cakewalk, Putt Putt Golf, Toe Fishing, Ring Toss, Pin the
Tail on the Cat, Football Toss, Guess the Candy Corn, Face Painting and
Sand Art. Admission is $2.00 per person plus canned or staple
goods or cash/checks for the Food Closet.
Our 2010 Charge
Conference is Tuesday, October 26
at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Our new District Superintendent,
Rev. Carol Cook, will be the moderator. All Adminstrative Council
members are encouraged to attend and all church members are invited.
Trick or Treat
Family Night Supper returns on Wednesday, October
27 at 6:00 p.m. in the Zachry Center. All
children--toddlers through 5th grade--are invited to wear their
costumes. Following supper, there will be a costume parade on the
stage. Afterwards, there will be trick or treating around the
brightly decorated tables. Make your reservation by calling or
emailing the church office.
Every second Sunday, West Point First UMC
offers a Contemporary
Worship
Service at 8:45 a.m. in the Zachry Center. The Coffee
Bar opens at 8:30. Come ready to worship the Lord with live music,
powerpoint, and powerful preaching in a casual atmosphere.
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