After School Program offers Student Enrichment

The First United Methodist Church in Hemphill has opened The Seed Patch, an after school enrichment program.

Students registering for the program will be picked up at the school and brought to Hemphill FUMC. A snack will be provided along with tutoring. When time permits, students will also participate in Bible study or craft time. Amanda Drennan, program director, states, “The main focus of the program is getting homework done.”

Monthly tuition is charged based on the number of children attending per family. For one student the cost is $180 per month; for two children the cost is $150 per student per month; and for three or more children, the cost is $130 per student per month.

The after school enrichment program serves students in Pre-K through 8th grade.

The First United Methodist Church is located directly across from Hemphill ISD Administration on Milam Street in Hemphill.

For more information, contact Drennan at 936-596-6048.

A Cheerful Giver

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion,  for God loves a cheerful giver.

“In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.”

Flora Edwards, American Author

Remembering those . . .

A Prayer for the Anniversary of 9/11

by the Rev. Jeremy Pridgeon

 

O God, our hope and refuge,

in our distress we come quickly to you.

Shock and horror of that tragic day have subsided,

replaced now with an emptiness,

a longing for an innocence lost.

We come remembering those who lost their lives

in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania.

We are mindful of the sacrifice of public servants

who demonstrated the greatest love of all

by laying down their lives for friends.

We commit their souls to your eternal care

and celebrate their gifts to a fallen humanity.

We come remembering

and we come in hope,

not in ourselves, but in you.

As foundations we once thought secure have been shaken,

we are reminded of the illusion of security.

In commemorating this tragedy,

we give you thanks for your presence

in our time of need

and we seek to worship you in Spirit and in truth,

our guide and our guardian. Amen.

 

from http://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/a-prayer-for-the-anniversary-of-911

Welcome to New Members, Praise and Thanksgiving

 

On Sunday, August 30, 2015, Jack & Renita Harris and Janette & George Young joined our church family.

Renita & Jack Harris

Janette & George Young