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Worship ServicesSunday, Aug. 208:45, 10, and 11:15 a.m.Pastor Katy Fitzgold“Hope in Exile” — Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, 11-14
Sunday, Aug. 278:45, 10, and 11:15 a.m.Youth Sunday!
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Here Come the Backpacks!Sunday, Aug. 20Sanctuary
That’s right: It’s time for Blessing of the Backpacks! All kids are invited to bring their backpacks to church for a special prayer and back-pack tag just in time for another year at school. Blessings will occur at all three services.
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You’re Invited to an Open HouseSunday, Aug. 2710 a.m.Great Room of the Children’s Building
Make plans now to hear the exciting NEW PLANS for Fall Sunday School & Kingdom Kids choir! Hear about changes happening this school year. Parents and children will have a chance to ask questions and meet the fantastic teachers joining us for 2017-2018! For information, contact Jenny Holm at [email protected].
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Go Tubing with the UMMSaturday, Aug. 26San Marcos
The United Methodist Men (UMM) have planned a tubing trip for Saturday, Aug. 26, in lieu of the August breakfast meeting. The plan is to meet at the church around 8-ish for a “grab & go” breakfast and then car/van pool to San Marcos for the tubing adventure. Details for this event and a sign-up sheet can be found in the Narthex. Please join us!
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Stewardship CornerSave the date — your RSVP is needed! Celebration Sunday is Oct. 22, when we celebrate offering our gifts back to God with a no-charge, catered, Gospel brunch including live music! Come join us in the Silver Dollar Saloon (aka Fellowship Hall). We need to share with the caterer how many will be attending, so please contact the church office at (512) 288-3836 or [email protected] with your name, how many will be attending, and after which worship service.
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Rada Cutlery Sale Nets $101 for UMWThanks to all who supported the Rada Cutlery sale recently. The Oak Hill United Methodist Women (UMW) were the benefactors of $101 from the profits for their missions!
AUG. 18, 2017
A PUBLICATION OFOAK HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
7815 Hwy. 290 W.Austin, TX 78736 • (512) 288-3836
Pastors Jim Roberts, Katy Fitzgold, Laura Smith Adam
“Young at Heart Travelers” PresentationMonday, Aug. 216:30 p.m.Adult Education Building, Room A203
You’re invited to enjoy a slide show presentation for the group’s next tour: “Discover Croatia, Slovenia, and the Adriatic Coast!” The dates are April 7-18, 2018 — 12 days of fun, fellowship, and fantastic scenery!
• Experience the wonder of 16 cascading lakes at Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park• Spend three nights in Dubrovnik, “the pearl of the Adriatic” (see photo below)• Stroll through Split to see the famous Diocletian’s Palace• And more!
For more information, please contact Kathy or Joe Gathright at (512) 288-0957 or [email protected].
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Still Needed: Singers for Sodalis, Englewood, and Legacy OaksFrom David Vernon: Since 2004 Cissy and I have done music outreach to long-term health care facilities in our area. We simply go and sing—as music is great therapy—and this is an opportunity to invite folks to join us.
The music at Oak Hill UMC is rich and strong, and over the years many in the church have participated with us. Our activity level waned about three years ago. Then last year after a little body work, (bioprothesis), we began to pick up our pace once again. I do feel an urgen-cy that I didn’t really feel before. I was also blessed with Sarah Jackson, a young cello player in our congregation. Having a high schooler in our group is refreshing and inspiring. We’ve already been pretty active, and we plan to finish the year with a regular visit to Sodalis, two hootenannies at Englewood, and Christmas music at Englewood, Sodalis, and Legacy Oaks. Our visits are sing-a-longs, as we have words to all the music and invite all to sing along. We sing “oldies but goldies” hymns, and at Sodalis Memory Care, this is a good way to reach people (there are some acute cases of dementia and Alzheimer’s here).
If you would like to join us for singing, or to just hold a hand, there is plenty of opportunity. We would love to have you! Current partic-ipants are Sarah Jackson, Amy Jackson, David Vernon, Cissy Vernon, Jan Roberts, Don Kerr, and Debbie Spurlock. Sodalis dates are: Aug. 20, Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 19, and Dec. 17. Englewood and Legacy Oaks dates will be announced when confirmed.
For more information, and to volunteer, please contact David Vernon at [email protected].
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Early Response Training OpportunitiesWhen disasters occur, the United Methodist Church is equipped with a team of volunteers ready to be among the first to help. In order that we actually help rather than get in the way, training is required.
Basic Early Response Training (ERT) is open to folks who have no previous training. This basic course will be offered Saturday, Oct. 7, at First UMC Austin from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The $30 fee covers cost of training, your badge, an official ERT t-shirt, manual, and a meal.
Advanced training for persons interested in joining the chainsaw team is available at First UMC Boerne on Saturday, Oct. 21. This pro-gram requires completion of Basic ERT training prior to participation. The session runs from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and the cost is $80.
If you have a badge that is not up to date, that means you need to renew your training, which can now be accomplished online at www.riotexas.org. Use this same website to sign up for either of the two training opportunities. You may pay the registration fees for the training opportunities as you register online or when you arrive at the training site for the event.
If you were previously trained, but are not interested in continuing to serve in this ministry, please contact Adam Matustik [email protected] or by phone at (512) 971-3539. You can also use this contact information if you have any questions.
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Our Presence, Our Gifts, and Our PrayersPresence (Aug. 6):
Sunday School — 1228:45 a.m. — 13510 a.m. — 6411:15 a.m. — 190Legacy Oaks — 36Sodalis — 17Worship Total — 442
Gifts (Aug. 6):
General Fund — $37,095Building Fund Debt Retirement — $260Communion Rail Justice for Our Neighbors — $497Deaf Ministry — $330Endowment Fund — $560Open Door Missions — $74
Presence (Aug. 13):
Sunday School — 1388:45 a.m. — 12610 a.m. — 6511:15 a.m. — 192Legacy Oaks — 40Sodalis — 0Worship Total — 423
Gifts (Aug 13):
General Fund — $22,900Communion Rail Justice for Our Neighbors — $23Deaf Ministry — $60Endowment Fund — $50Open Door Missions — $74
Prayers:
Lucy Cornell, Emma Fink (great niece of Lou Heavner), Col. Jim Foster, Doris Holden, Curtis Jarrell and family (on the death of his brother, Jim), Kathy Kulesza, Connie Masullo (Lynn Sampsell’s sister), Mary Ethel Moore, Dea Powell, Don Spencer (Tim Spencer’s father), Bob Stapleton, Karen Seuser (friend of Susan Shineldecker), family and friends on the death of Wanda Slaughter, family and friends on the death of Mary Thompson, Nancy Tiller.
Stephen Ministers care for people facing tough times through confidential, one-to-one Christian care. They provide the emotional and spiritual care needed when someone is faced with a crisis or difficulty such as grief, spiritual needs, health issues, relationship problems, job situations or other life challenges. If you are in need of someone to share your concerns, please email Rae Barho at [email protected] or call her at (512) 589-5871 and ask about speaking with a Stephen Minister. For more information: www.oakhillumc.org/stephen-ministry/.
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UMW Book Club Looks at “The Handmaid’s Tale”Thursday, Aug. 3110 a.m.Panera Bread (4625 W. William Cannon Dr.)
The August United Methodist Women (UMW) Book Club selection is “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. This book, firstpublished in 1986, has lately been revived as we consider the role of women and diversity in society. Join us! Please contact Diana Goodloe at [email protected] if you have questions.
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Don’t Miss the Debut of Theology Pub!Sunday, Sept. 35-7 p.m.Waterloo Ice House (9600 Escarpment Blvd.)
Theology Pub. Family friendly. Informal. Conversation about lived faith. Social time. Beginning in September on the first Sunday of every month, we’ll meet at Waterloo Ice House with childcare in tow from 5-7 p.m. Join us!
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Reconciling CornerAt Annual Conference the Rio Texas Reconciling Ministries Team staged a peaceful protest to the discriminatory language against LGBTQ in the “United Methodist Book of Discipline.” We sang the hymn What Does the Lord Require of You. The second verse says “to seek justice and love kindness and walk humbly with your God.” It’s important to note it says seek justice; not hope for justice or depend on others to bring about justice, rather we are to seek justice.
The Bible has a lot to say about justice. Just a few of the many passages:
• “You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy 16:20• “The godly speak wise words and promote justice.” Psalm 37:30• “Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend
the rights of the widow!” Isaiah 1:17• “This is what the Lord says “Promote justice! Do what is right!” Isaiah 56:1• “Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate!” Amos 5:15v• “He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be
faithful, and to live obediently before your God.” Micah 6:8• “But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God!”
Luke 11:42v
Justice means fairness, equity, impartiality. God expects us to work for justice. It takes the actions of those in the oppressing group (yes, that is we Methodists), who after realizing the injustice, work to accomplish change. And it is not an excuse to say we personally don’t oppress so we don’t need to do anything. Not seeking change for injustice is the same as condoning it. As executive coach Sara Caputo says, “If you permit it, you promote it.” Martin Luther King stated, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemy but the silence of our friends.”
— In the fight for women’s right to vote it took men to join to bring about change.— In the civil rights movement it took white Americans to join to bring about change.— The Reconciling Movement in the United Methodist Church requires all justice seeking Methodists to call for the discriminating
language in our “Book of Discipline” be removed.
In the immortal words of Mahatma Gandhi, “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Will you stand with us to tell the Methodist Church to be just?
It’s time.
Patti CharltonReconciling Ministries [email protected]
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UMW Wednesday Morning Study Group Begins Sept. 13All are welcome! The United Methodist Women (UMW) will resume Wednesday morning studies Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. in Room 206 of the Adult Education Building. The first study is “The Wesley Challenge” with Jeannine Inbody leading, and it will continue through Sept. 20 and 27.
“The Wesley Challenge” is about going beyond words to develop the spiritual habits, practices, and actions that can lead toward a thriv-ing Christian life. Using the 21 questions developed by John and Charles Wesley, you’ll be challenged to work with one question a day for 21 days. For each question you’ll receive a few practical ideas to help you develop a healthy, sustainable rhythm of faithful Christian living.
With fast-paced emphasis on graphics and short content bits, “The Wesley Challenge” will inspire us to a new kind of commitment—one that is more authentic, vulnerable, and soul shaping, resulting in a renewed passion to discover deeper levels of commitment to God and others.
If you would like to participate, and would like to order a book, please contact Gail Jones at [email protected] or call her at (512) 906-0790. Cost of the book is $10,and the deadline to order is Sept. 3.
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Mark Your Calendars!Saturday, Aug. 19 — Go! DaySunday, Aug. 20 — Blessing of the BackpacksSaturday, Aug. 26 — Tubing with the UMMSunday, Aug. 27 — Promotion SundaySunday, Aug. 27 — Children’s Ministries Open HouseSunday, Aug. 27 — Youth SundaySunday, Aug. 27 — Church Council MeetingSunday, Sept. 3 — Theology PubSunday, Sept. 10 — UMW SundaySunday, Oct. 22 — Celebration Sunday
Oak Hill United Methodist Church7815 Highway 290 WestAustin, TX 78736www.oakhillumc.org
The Cornerstone (USPS 012-959) is published by Oak Hill United Methodist Church at 7815 Hwy. 290 W., Austin, TX 78736. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Cornerstone, 7815 Hwy. 290 W., Austin, TX 78736. This newsletter issues weekly. Subscription rate: $12/year. OHUMC office hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. M-Th and 9 a.m.-noon Friday. Submit announcements and articles to [email protected].
Ministers All members of Oak Hill UMCPastors Jim Roberts
Katy FitzgoldLaura Smith Adam
Director of Music Ministries Suzanne PenceAssociate Director of Music Ministries Kati CoxPathways Worship Leader Greg GrahamHandbell Choir Director & Accompanist Cathy IngersollDirector of Preschool Ministries Jennifer BarkisDirector of Children’s Ministries Jenny HolmDirector of Youth Ministries Matt VillegasFinancial Administrator Angie BraggFacilities Administrator Daniel UrrutiaOffice Manager Kathy WilliamsonDirector of Communications Don KerrAudio/Video Technician Evan Ingersoll
