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Huntington United Methodist Church

April 13th was the fourth Sunday of Easter and the color is white.

Thought: Christ gives me authority as His ambassadors. Colossians 3:17.

May Birthdays: Bonnie Cain and Dee Allan the 2nd; Ashley Watson; Robert Shawn Hall 5th; Bob Bashaw, Rev. Kenneth Johnson and Sloan Evereth; Cole Lowery the 6th; Moss May the 8th. Gay McCarty, Landon also, Kathy Jessica the 9th; and Jared the 10th. Molly Herrington McClaren the 10th. Meagan Karissa Nunn 7th.

Anniversary Blessings to: Kenneth and Kathy Christian, May 9th.

Carolyn Black to Brownwood last week for several days to visit with her aunt who has cancer.

Librarian for Huntington I.S.D. and McMullen Library, Debra Bashaw will be in Dallas for a conference the week of April 14th.

Former member of this church and graduate of Texas A&M University, Ashlee Watson and husband, has given birth to twin boys. Betty Watson is her grandmother. Doyle and Rhonda Watson now of Kingwood are her parents.

Special "Get Well" prayers are with Carol Sheffield, Polly Trinkle, Margaret Martin, Betty Sammons, Margaret Lightfoot and other who are sick.

Congratulations to Calvin and Allison Thigpen on the birth of Abbee Cheyenne, 5 lbs and 10 ounces at 17.75 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Hubert and Pam Kirkland and great grandparents are Paul and Sue Nerren.

Over the next few weeks Martin Doran wi1l be compiling a list of Volunteers who carry out Ministries in our church. We will begin with Juanita Hopson who has written a weekly church newsletter for the Diboll Free Press concerning H.U.M.C. for over 40 years. Carolyn Black has been playing the piano for over 30 years.

A.J. Flores and Holly Cain invite you to share the joy of exchanging their marriage vows on Saturday, the tenth of May, at 5:00 pm.

The Priscilla Circle is a group of women who serve our church. We are an outreach of UMW. Where UMW serves the larger focus of worldwide missions our mission field is our local church and community. We take the name, "Priscilla", after one of the early leaders of the Christian church. Priscilla and her husband, Aquila, were tentmakers and teachers. Paul stayed with them in Corinth. She taught Apollos and became a great leader both at Corinth and Ephesus and later at Rome. In the latter two places she had a church in her home.

The purpose of our group is to support our church and our community in reaching others for Christ, whether it's serving food at a funeral or helping a family in need. One of our ongoing programs is feeding the children who meet at our church on Wednesday nights, the KIC (Kids in Christ) and Xtreme Teens. Our largest-fundriserfor the year is the Gifts 'n Gumbo, held the first Saturday in December. We sell out of all our homemade gumbo earlier every year, despite the fact that we make more each year.

Youth News: Our KIC (Kids In Christ) youth K,..5U1 and Xtreme Teens 6th - 12 are in full swing for spring. We met every Wednesday night from 5:45 7:00, starting with a lite mealy devotional, games, crafts, and other activities. We were fortunate to have Brother Adrian Neal from Oakflat Baptist to come in February and share his stories and slides from his trip to Israel last year, the kids and teens, KIC youth share in community service by hosting a Blood drive twice a year and always

sending cards and notes to our shut-in's and congregations members. We also host a one mile fun run in the fall for K-5th.

This past fall Xtreme Teens attended the Casting Crowns concert in Tyler at the Oil Center, a convoy of 3 vans holding 20 youth and excited chaperone had the most wonderful time, the teens will always try to make a concert when it is in the area

Plans are under way for Vacation Bible school and Summer camp for 4th grade and up. Watch the marquee for more youth and education opportunities.