Weekly Update

November 11 2019

Happy Veterans Day!   Thanks to all veterans for your service!

*We have a church that has been gifted a sound system and wondered if anyone is interested in their old system, call Cheryl if you think your church could possibly use it?

*Prayers for JD Cain(recovering from appendectomy), Jennifer and John Garrot, Wilkes Family....

 

 

**************************************Please see the attachment, this came to Rev. Sparks and he is sharing it with the district....***************************.**************************

Stephen,

Please feel free to push this out to the district as well as anyone in the Church whom you feel would want to attend.  There is an Eventbrite link in the flyer which will allow people to register.

 

Ron

 

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I am excited to share that the Senatobia District is receiving a missionary through the General Board of Global Ministries November 18-20.  Marcel Sachou, from the Ivory Coast serving in the Central African Republic will be with us and you have several opportunities to meet him and hear him share about his work planting churches in the CAR.  Please mark your calendars and make plans to attend...
# 1.  November 18th Desoto Cluster Meeting at Hernando
# 2.  November 19-NWCC Wesley Foundation Lunch AND
A reception (all clergy and laity invited) at the district office from 2-4 in his honor...
(He will also go with MATTHEW 25 MINISTRIES as they minister to the homeless that evening)
# 3.  November 20-'meet and greet' coffee at Clarksdale!.
 
Please promote these opportunities in your congregations and make plans to attend!  Let’s welcome him to our District!
 
 DATES TO SAVE!
1.  November 24-Special Day Offering:  United Methodist Student Day
2.November 25-28-Thanksgiving Break-office closed(Cheryl will be in office all this week, (Rickey traveling), next week I will be busy with missionary and then I start vacation......I will be checking email and messages throughout our holiday break, and you ALL have my cell!)
3.December 8-Special Day Offering:  The Methodist Children’s Home
 4. December 8-Service of lights at Independence UMC! Its gonna be great!

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Please see the attachment concerning the February 8th Lay Servant School!  Please note that EVERYONE is invted, even of they are not part of the Lay Servant Ministry, even if they are not Methodist!  Advanced course Good(and much needed) information for all folks, we are working on getting CEU's for the Advanced course for clergy!

If you would like one of the task force members that have designed the advanced course to come make a 'plug' at your church PLEASE call me, they are ready and willing to come!

If you need hard copies of the flyer, please let me know!