The event, Purses for a Purpose Silent Auction, will be July 29th, in the Williams Memorial Youth Center from 7:00 – 9:00 pm with over 200 purses on display!

Tickets are $15 in advance or $25 at door. To purchase advanced tickets come by Williams Memorial UMC Good Treasure’s bookstore or email kerri.crocker@gmail.com.  Starbucks will be serving complimentary drinks and desserts. Childcare is provided

If you have any name-brand purses you’d like to donate for this event, please email Kerri.Crocker@gmail.com and bring to the bookstore and leave for Kerri to pick up.

Donations accepted until July 25th

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Williams Memorial UMC is located at 4000 Moores Lane, Texarkana, Tx 75503

Thursday July 15th at 7:00 p.m.

Free Admission – Love offering accepted

Chuck is a former student of Leon Blake’s. “He was a good player on district and bidistrict champs”, said Coach Blake, who coached him at Annona High School in basketball in 1964 and 65. Later, Chuck moved to Georgia after high school and is part owner of a chain of food stores called Jet Foods. He has been singing and performing for several years. Chuck sings Christian music and is doing concerts around Fort Worth, as well as Valliant, OK and Broken Bow, OK.

Here are the current listings:

Full-Time Youth and Children director
Tapp UMC is currently seeking a Full-Time Youth and Children director. Candidates can submit there resume via email:iveyrd@gmail.com

Youth Director
St. Luke’s UMC in Kilgore is seeking a youth director. Contact Darwood Galaway at 903.984-3576

Director of Ministries with Young Adults and Youth
Grace Crossing UMC in Longview is seeking a full time Director of Ministries with Young Adults and Youth.  This person will assist the lead pastor in the general ministry duties of the church. Please send inquiries and resumes to johnw@gracecrossingumc.org

Part Time Worship Leader-
Greggton United Methodist Church in Longview is searching for a part time worship leader for the “Connect” contemporary service. Contact Greggton UMC at 903-759-3831 or dougw@greggton.org for more information.

Director of Children’s Ministry-
Tennison Memorial UMC – Mt. Pleasant – is accepting applications for director of children’s ministry, a part-time position.  For more information, please contact the pastor, Chuck Huffman, at 903-563-6163.

Christ Fest

Saturday July 17, 2010, Christ Fest in the Kilgore, City Park

A fun filled day of Free music, guest speakers

Meredith Andrews and Shana Strange in Concert at 6:30 PM

We still need sponsors for this event.

If your business, church or organization would like to sponsor Christ Fest, please

contact Robert Adams 903-720-7546 radams1a@yahoo.com

Jason Crabb

Saturday, July 24 Jason Crabb From the Crabb Family and the Gaithers will be on stage here in Kilgore at St. Luke’s Methodist Church. Shana Strange will open for him.

Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door

Tickets can be bought through www.itickets.com

Doors open at 6PM, Concert begins at 7PM

For more information on any and all of these events, please

go to www.33theministry.com or contact

Robert Adams 903-720-7546 radams1a@yahoo.com(www.itickets.com) and $20.00 at the door.

www.33theministry.com

Our Speaker:  Rev. Michelle R Hall Wiley College Chaplain

Location: The NEW Hardy UMC 6203 North Kings Highway Texarkana, Texas

Time and Date: Monday, August 9th 6:30-8:30 PM

Childcare available with RSVP (903) 838-3507

You can purchase field box seats in our groups tickets through your district office. They are $22.00 each and must be ordered and paid up front. Please check with your district office for the deadline to purchase those tickets.

This will be an exciting game between the Astros and Pirates, plus our own Bishop Janice Riggle Huie will be throwing out the first pitch.  You won’t want to miss it! See you there!

Pre-Registration is now open for Annual Conference 2010. Register early to indicate your preferred format of the Pre-Conference Journal.

To Register:

1. Contact the district office to obtain our district password. (Contact info)

2. Go to this link and when asked enter the password.

3. Follow the rest of the steps on the site.

The deadline for pre-registration will be May 15th at 12:00 noon (central time). After this point the system will be closed and cannot be reopened.

For additional information about this year’s event, lodging, and relevant forms, please go to www.txcumc.org/2010acforms.

2. Send donations to the UMCOR International Disaster Response Advance #418325.

For more read United Methodists Respond with Prayer, Aid for Haiti posted on the Texas Conference Website

Church from the Mt. Pleasant quadrant gathered for a training event at First Methodist Church in Pittsburg, Tx on Sunday. Photos from the event have been posted on the District Facebook Page. Please note you do not have to have a facebook account to view these photos.

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