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Jacksboro Parish 115 N. Knox St. P.O. Box 716

Jacksboro, TX 76458

(940) 567-3735

jackparish@att.net

Visit us on the web at www.jacksboroparish.com

First Presbyterian Church & Memorial Christian Church: A combined ministry for

over 40 years.

2017

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church office stay

informed of all

schedule and event

changes by calling or

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become available.

Thank you!

Inside this issue: - Youth Schedule - Upcoming in Worship - Men & Women Groups - MDO Info _ Sept. Calendar - Pool Party Recap - A Thank You Letter - Minister’s Article

Aug. Attendance

Aug 6th — 50 Aug 13th — 51 Aug 20th — 50 Aug 27th — 38

The Jacksboro Parish

August Financials

Giving: $71,912.84 Expenses: $28,001.55

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Susan Diamond

Book Event

9:45a | FUMC

Youth @ FUMC

MS | 5-6:15p

HS | 5:45-7p

4

Labor Day

Church Office

Closed

5 6

7 8 9

10

Youth @ FUMC

MS | 5-6:15p

HS | 5:45-7p

11

12

13

MCC Board

Meeting | 6pm

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15 16

17

Parish Council

12:15pm

Youth @ FUMC

MS | 5-6:15p

HS | 5:45-7p

18

Food Pantry

2:30pm

19 20

Soul Support

12 Noon @

Salmon Home

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22

1st Day of

Autumn

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24

Youth @ FUMC

MS | 5-6:15p

HS | 5:45-7p

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Graceists

7pm @ Pat

Loftin’s Home

Men’s Group

7pm @ Salmon

Ranch

28 29

JHS

Homecoming

30

September

SOUL SUPPORT (Sept 20th, noon) will be hosted by Martha Salmon at her home.

(252 W. Live Oak) Lunch will be served. Suzanne will be leading our time together as we

think about our impact outside of ourselves.

GRACEISTS (Sept 27th, 7pm) will be hosted by Pat Loftin at her home (1018 W. College).

Snacks and drinks will be served. Suzanne will be our facilitator as we talk about the best

average day.

All women are welcome. If you need childcare for any of these events, please contact the

church office ONE WEEK PRIOR so we can assist you and your family.

Women’s Groups:

M2 | Men & Meat Group | Sept. 27th | 7pm

The men will gather for a time of food and fellowship,

hosted by Jim Salmon at his ranch (1103 Tony Pettit

Lane)

Dear Rev. Dr. Castle, & the wonderful congregation at Jacksboro Parish,

Thank you so much from all of the residents at Juliette Fowler, young

and old. Your beautiful gift each year makes such an important

difference! Thanks to you the spiritual life program thrives at Fowler,

providing support and care for residents and their families. Because of

you, residents enjoy life enrichment that engages them and enhances

their health. You help the young women of the Ebby House, who have a

danger of becoming homeless, access education, spiritual support, good health and valuable

mentoring. You are all a part of these programs that would not exist without you!

Thank you all and thank you for your prayers for Fowler residents. Come visit us anytime!

Warmly,

Ashley Brown

JF Foundation

Are you a creative leader in your church or in your business? Join with the Trinity-Brazos Area as they help you grow and expand your leadership potential.

In this workshop, you will understand how growth works, and how to can develop yourself to become a more effective leader and individual. You will learn how to build up your sense of purpose. This is your prime opportunity to learn about growth, so that you can grow yourself, and then others.

The principles in this workshop will help you begin to define potential you and your church have. Dr. Suzanne Castle is a certified John Maxwell Leadership Trainer, and she will encourage and challenge you to work to be the leader you are destined to be.

The event will be held at the Trinity-Brazos Area Office in Fort Worth: 1000 Bonnie Brae Avenue on Sat, October 28, 2017, from 9a-3p. Your cost is $45 and includes materials and lunch.

To register, go to EVENTBRITE.COM and search for Trinity-Brazos Area, or call the area office today as there is limited seating.

September and October are going to be inspiring for us at The Jacksboro Parish.

In addition to the sermon series that Suzanne and Nick are preparing for September we have several highlights for October involving each of you.

October 1 is World Communion Sunday. October 31 is Reformation Sunday which is the 500th Anniversary of the date when Martin Luther posted his 100 Theses. We are planning special music for that day including stringed instruments, Reformation hymns, and meditations.

November 5 is All Saints’ Sunday. We need your contributions to make this a very special Sunday. Our talented Suzanne and Lindsey will create a photo montage video of all who we remember as saints who have gone before us. These can be family members or friends from our church, spiritual leaders who have made a difference in your life, or anyone whose memory you hold dear. Your help is needed to turn in any photos of those you want to remember in this presentation. We do have some photos which were kept from several years ago, but please check with Lindsey to make sure yours is included. The deadline for the photos to be in Lindsey’s office is October 1!! Needless to say this will be an inspiring presentation.

We hope you will join us in September and October for these inspirational times!

Upcoming in Worship submitted by Lanna Moxley

MDO Xtreme

The new school year for MDO Xtreme kicks off September 5th! Our staff spent hours last

week completing training, as well as getting the classrooms and materials ready for children

to play and learn. We currently have all necessary staff positions filled, but have several

vacant spots for children. Help us spread the word!

This year we have been overwhelmed with applications to utilize our Scholarship Fund. Due

to the number of families that have requested assistance, we were only able to grant partial

scholarships in order to help the most number of families. We are in the planning stages for

fundraisers this year and will release details to you as we know them. Please consider a

monetary donation to the MDO Xtreme Scholarship Fund in order to ensure a child can

continue reaching their developmental and academic goals in our preschool. Thank you for

your support. It is very much appreciated!

Youth Fall Camps,

Schedule, and Updates

This fall, we have made a few changes to UCYF (our joint youth

group between the Parish and FUMC). We will be meeting from

5 to 6:15 (for middle school) and 5:45 to 7pm (for high school) on

Sunday evenings. We will be using this time for games, discussion,

and discipleship. Dinner will also be provided. It will be a great

opportunity for youth to spend time with friends, have fun, and reflect

on what God is up to in the world and in our lives.

On the next page, you will find a schedule of these youth events! We

have two camps this fall, one for our middle school / Chi Rho and one

for our high school / CYF. Our middle school / Chi Rho camp is

November 3rd-5th and is called God can take it. Our high school / CYF

camp is November 10th-12th and is called The Lord’s Prayer.

Registration forms and more information will be distributed as the date

comes closer. Both of these camps are at Disciples Crossing in Athens

and we will be transporting the youth to camp Friday evening and back

Sunday. Youth often cite camp as one of the best times they have at

church.

These camps will be a chance to be with other youth from our area, to

walk away from the stresses and issues of their lives back home, and have

breakthrough moments with God in a place that is supportive and

encouraging. We hope as many youth can attend as possible and ask that

you let me know ASAP if you have any difficulties or reservations about

going. We hope that the Church can provide assistance for whatever these

issues may be. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to

contact me or find a time to meet with me. My contact info and schedule is on the board

outside of my office. Peace,

Nick Koontz

All events are on SUNDAYS during

regular youth time (5pm – 6:15pm for

MIDDLE SCHOOL and 5:45pm – 7pm for

HIGH SCHOOL) unless otherwise noted.

We will be at FUMC for our events.

August:

27th: Following Jesus: “Why should I?”

September:

3rd: Following Jesus: “I don’t want to be a sheep!”

10th: Following Jesus: “It’s my life, I want to find happiness my way!”

17th: Game night

24th: Letting Go ofO Worries

October:

1st: Letting Go ofO Shame

8th: Letting Go ofO Selfishness

15th: Real Prayer for Real People: What good is prayer? (Registration for Chi Rho camp due)

22nd: Real Prayer for Real People: Better prayers, better relationships (Registration for CYF camp due)

29th: Halloween celebration (More info on this soon)

November:

3rd – 5th: Chi Rho (6th-8th) Camp “God can take it”

10th – 12th: CYF (9th-12th) Camp “The Lord’s Prayer”

19th: Big Questions for Big Growth: Grace or guilt?

26th: Big Questions for Big Growth: Why do I doubt and what can I do about it?

December:

3rd: Big Questions for Big Growth: Why Don’t Christians always look like Jesus?

10th: Big Questions for Big Growth: Do I have what it takes?

17th: End of the Year Celebration

No youth on Christmas Eve or New Years.

The annual Parish & Methodist Pool Party was a

huge success! The attendance was fantastic, as well

as the burgers, sides, and treats. Thank you to

everyone that had a part in making this such a

wonderful time of fellowship. We hope you enjoyed it! RECAP

Suzanne

I am writing this from my hotel room in

Orlando as I share space with several

thousand people who came to hear John

Maxwell speak. I am so humbled to be

one of his certified speakers and

trainers. Do you know of his work? He is

a platinum best-selling author of over

100 books, and has changed countless

lives. He has helped to form me into the

leader I am, and I wanted to take a

moment to share a great insight he has

for us, in this time, as we share the fear

of Harvey for the devastation that will take years to recover from, and as we embark on living out a

future of possibility in mission and service to Jacksboro with our emerging new facility upgrades.

Here's what he noted this week to me as we talked about moving from a SURVIVOR mentality to a

SUCCESSFUL mentality:

First, you must VALUE THE PERSON. In other words, people will rise to your level of belief in them. It

becomes one of our mandates to value who people are and where they are as we live out our call to

welcome ALL to the expansive table of love.

Secondly, John spoke at length at how we need to GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO. I think about

this as we assist those that have lost everything. Are you already at work, church? Thinking about

money, resources or time you can donate to this cause? Can we help dream into being new programs

and ministries that will help the people of Jacksboro know the love of our Savior? How will you DO

that work?

Finally, we would do well to remember that everything we do and engage in should be ABOUT

RELATIONSHIPS. We follow a way that made time for people, cared for their needs, and lifted them

to a different and more fulfilling way of living. I believe that relationships keep people in the right

place. Who do you need to reconcile with? Who do you need to invite to worship?

As we share life together this fall, I hope we finally move out of our survivor mentality that keeps

everything in a scarcity mindset, to one of successful mentality that gives things away and loves on

everyone. Let's do this together!

From the desk of….

Rev. Dr. Suzanne Castle