North to Alaska! $1500. will get you 8 days in Alaska, food, lodging, team fees, and airfare. We’ll be leaving on Friday July 23rd and return on Friday/Saturday July 30/31. We’ll be working at Birchwood Camp in Chugiak, which is just north of Anchorage where we’ll do light construction on a multi-purpose building. For more information, call Kathy Huffman at 903-563-6329 or email at katannhuff@yahoo.com
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Local Churches Host Concerts
Several local churches are hosting concerts in the spring.
Williams Memorial UMC will host Wayne Kerr on his “One Voice” tour. The concert is Sunday Evening, March 21 in Williams’ Wesley Hall and the doors open at 5:00 p.m. This event is a District Youth Rally, however everyone of all ages are invited to attend. Attendees will receive a download card to download the CD made from this concert free.
Spring Fling Christian Music Review Featuring local Christian Musical talent, groups, individuals and bands! Saturday, March 27. Music begins at 3 PM Food for Sale on site. Pirtle United Methodist Church Pastor: Rev. Dudley Plaisance Located South of Kilgore, Texas follow the signs. 903.522-1237
LaGrone Chapel UMC Concert: Homeward Bound with Shirley Jean. March 27 6 PM. Contact Pastor: James Fleet 903.431-0537
District Youth Update
Here is the North District Youth Rally schedule for the rest of the year. I still need a church from the Longview quadrant to host a night of district youth week, and also a church from the Marshall quadrant. Let me know!
Wayne Kerr will be in concert on Sunday March 21st at Williams Memorial UMC for our district youth rally!
Check it out on the new North District Youth Facebook Fan Page. Please encourage your youth and parents who have Facebook to join this page. You don’t have to have a Facebook account to view the page; just click on the link. Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-District-Youth/122179163413
Tommy Earl Burton
North District Youth Coordinator
tommyearlburton@gmail.com
903-701-7407 cell
Upcoming District Youth Rallies
Sunday March 21, 2010
Texarkana – Williams Memorial UMC (Wayne Kerr One Voice Tour)
Sunday May 16, 2010
Mt. Pleasant – FUMC Pittsburg
Marshall – FUMC Marshall
District Youth Week
Sunday June 6th through Thursday June 10th!
1 night from each quadrant then a fun day on Thursday!
Sunday – Williams Memorial UMC Texarkana
Monday – ? Marshall or Longview?
Tuesday – St. Andrew UMC Mt. Pleasant
Wednesday – ? Marshall or Longview?
Thursday – Daingerfield State Park from 10am to 6pm!
Cleaning For A Reason
If you know any woman currently undergoing Chemo, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE housecleaning – 1 time per month for 4 months while she is in treatment.
All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a note confirming the treatment. Cleaning for a Reason will have a participating maid service in her zip code area arrange for the service. http://www.cleaningforareason.org/
Please pass this information on to bless a woman going through any type of Cancer treatment. This organization serves the entire USA and currently has 547 partners to help these women. It’s our job to pass the word and let them know that there are people out there that care. Be a blessing to someone and pass this information along.
Downtown Youth Theater Holds Auditions for Spring Production
The Downtown Youth Theater in Texarkana will be holding auditions for their spring production of “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat”
Audition times are as follows:
Thursday Feb 11 6-9 P.m.
Friday Feb 12 6-9 p.m.
Saturday Feb 13 11 a.m. – 5p.m.
Sunday Feb 13 2-7 p.m.
Auditions will be held at First United Methodist Church in Texarkana. 401 N. Stateline, Texarkana, Tx
For more informatiom contact Eva and Forrest Garret at 903-792-7136, 903-794-9555 or Mindy Zwirn 903-306-0512
Have You Done a Family Vacation Bible School?
St. Mark’s UMC in Marshall is interested in having a Vacation Bible School this year that involves the entire family, not just the kiddos. If your church has done this, I would be interested in talking to you. Please call 903-926-7458. Thanks! Rev. Brenda Lucas
North District Lay Speaker Training
North District Lay Speaker Training will be held Saturday March 6, 2010 and Saturday April 10, 2010 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at FUMC Daingerfield. Both basic and advanced courses will be offered. If you are interested you should download the enclosed flyer and send to:
Teresa Fagan
TAPP United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 35
New Boston, Tx 75570
You can contact her at 903-628-2381 or by email teresaonamission@aol.com
The registration deadline is February 28, 2010
IRS Announces 2010 Standard Mileage Rates (via postie)
The IRS has released the 2010 Standard Mileage Rates
Here is the Basic Information
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:
50 cents per mile for business miles driven
16.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes
14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations
For complete information please read this from the IRS website
JOINT CHARGE CONFERENCES for November 22, 2009
JOINT CHARGE CONFERENCES for November 22, 2009
3:00 PM
Mt. Pleasant Tennison Memorial-Host Church
Renacer
Pittsburg First
Pittsburg Reeves Chapel
St. Andrew
West New Hope
CLERGY AND SPOUSES CHRISTMAS PARTY
CLERGY AND SPOUSES CHRISTMAS PARTY
Friday, December 11, 2009 6PM
Ore City First UMC
Food, Music, Fellowship
Childcare provided
