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November 10, 2019
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Sharing God’s love in Jesus Christ April 12, 2020
WORSHIP AND SUNDAY SCHOOL ARE CANCELLED AT ON OUR CAMPUS UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE, BUT YOU CAN WORSHIP ONLINE!
Two new options available (with tutorials) on our website:
THIS WEEK’S SERMON: “The First Easter Then and Now”
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HAPPY EASTER!
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Concerns: Marsha Fultz; Carole; Bill & June Shaw; Melody Schwindt; Loraine Cors; Dan Hess; Ron & Sue Habegger; Hall family; Cindy Ballard; Grandma; Kris Scott; Rick; Marty; Patricia Schultz; Annie; Erik; Bob Perry; Cora Williams; Grace Chalela; Judy Kreiler; Dave Helfrich; Gary Harrington; Trapp Truman; Colin; Melanie Kirkbride; Steve Wynegar; Janice & Sam; Ryan & Michelle Wagers; Johnnie; Hank Howell; Jeanne McGinley; Norm Hoger; Phyllis Wells; Terri & Don Casey; Tom Hindman; Peggy Bee; Harold & Holly; Jeff; Joshua; Gene & Mary Ann; Barbara Badali; Rick Davis; Dave & Kathy Paul & Kristin Van Skiver; Scott Viall; Rogan; Mason; caregivers; country & government; flu & virus victims; Pastor Kent & Carla; church family; leaders & staff; Merritt family
Active Military: Major Christopher Cashwell; Captain James Cashwell; Jennifer Cashwell; Taylor Downing; Emer-ald Fernden; Derek Gauldin; CWO Brent Hess; Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hoger; Master Sgt. Ryan Hughes; Stephanie Hughes; Christopher Kelly; Mark Orio; Pvt. Brian Power; Cody Shortt; Lt. Col. Michele Suggs; Senior Airman Bryon J. Swartz; Bryce Ward, Airman Christian Foote; Sgt. Victor Bacerra; Austin Stelly
Joys or Concerns? Email: [email protected]
Practice The Pause When in doubt , pause. When angry, pause. When stressed, pause. And, when you pause…
General Office ......................................................office@HudsonFirstUMC.org
Barbara Mathias, financial secretary ............... [email protected]
Don Word, co-worship director .......................... [email protected]
Joanne Kelly, co-worship director ..................... [email protected]
Kristie Freeze, administrative asst ...................... [email protected]
Martha Beneduci, facilities director .................. [email protected]
Nancy Hitt, business administrator ..................... [email protected]
Pam Jacobson, parish nurse .................................. [email protected]
Pat Deighton, organist ............................................ [email protected]
Pastor Kent Crow .................................................. [email protected]
Pray!
Hudson First UMC 13123 US Hwy 19 Hudson, FL 34667
727-868-6178 HudsonFirstUMC.org
Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 8:30am to 5pm
CHURCH STAFF EMAILs
Temporary change in office hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30am to 12pm
For the your safety and ours, we have closed the front office to people traffic until further notice. However, staff will be working remotely
and will be checking email and phone messages regularly.
PLEASE EMAIL KRISTIE AT [email protected] TO UPDATE ANY PRAYER REQUESTS.
We extend our hearts and prayers to the family of
Barbara Galbraith, who joined the church trium-
phant April 5th.
Sympathy Food Pantry will still be serving our community. How-ever, a drive-thru process will be used to distribute groceries. There are also different procedures for volunteers who put the groceries together.
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One of the vital ministries of the Red Bird Mission is the Red Bird Clinic. Many of the residents of this remote, rural area would have difficulty receiving needed care without the work of this clinic. The Health and Wellness ministry provides medical and dental services in an area that is chronically under served. In addition to in-clinic visits, the providers travel to the homes of patients to provide care for those who are home-bound.
Your donation is urgently needed to support these vital ministries. The Mission is currently facing a financial cri-sis that is making it difficult to continue all the areas of ministries they provide. Please mark your check(memo line) or envelope: Red Bird Mission. Thank you!
—Jean Alderman
Be encouraged that staff is still working and ministry is still tak-ing happening in the life of our church. We are so grateful for
our church family and their generosity as we contin-ue to pay our bills and navigate this unusual time. There are several giving options for your tithes and offerings: US mail, VANCO online giving, or drop off to the front office between 8:30am and 12pm, Monday-Thursday.
When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. Matthew 27:50–52 (NIV)
How come this detail doesn't get more notice? Many people came back to life on the day Jesus died. That’s a big deal! In all the Easter weeks I’ve spent in church, never once do I remember a single mention of the life that began at the moment of Jesus’s death.
Each year when Good Friday arrives, the sky seems to hang lower, the atmosphere subdued by the weight of the uni-verse and eternity and loss. We can’t wait for Easter, when we can give a standing ovation for Jesus’s victory. The hope of Easter brightens the darkness of Good Friday.
I’ve always thought Jesus’s Father God waited until Easter to clarify His victory, but He did not! He began bringing His people back to life immediately. Eternal rebirth for humanity began immediately after Jesus paid the price for us.
Jesus won, a truth that unequivocally means life. Eternal life in all its healing, saving glory began on Good Friday.
Whatever the day looks like from your perspective, whatever season of happiness or sorrow you are in today, cele-brate His gift of your life as you thank Jesus for dying to buy you back from death.
FAITH STEP: Spend a few minutes imagining the scene in Heaven’s throne room after Jesus died as faithful followers were reborn. Thank Him for life.
A Devotion for Holy Week from Guideposts
The hope of Easter brightens the darkness of Good Friday.
by Erin Keeley Marshall
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These are trying times. If you are in need of prayer or someone to talk to, please call the church office and we will have a Stephen Minister contact you as soon as possible.
You can also contact directly Stephen Minister, Dave Viall, at home: 727-819-1139 or cell: 727-247-4988, or Yvonne Noel at 727-863-5118.
FOR YOUR SAFTEY AND OURS, THE CHURCH CAMPUS IS CLOSED UNTIL FUR-THER NOTICE. ONLY STAFF AND FOOD PANTRY WORKERS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE BUILDINGS.
NOTE: Calendar information is subject to change. Please be sure and check our website for the most up to date information.
Please call or send a card to…
4/12 John Francis 4/13 Dave Helfrich 4/14 Susan Smith 4/16 Robin Hollabaugh 4/18 John Maxell 4/18 Carol Nevins Corrections: 727-868-6178
You’ve probably heard on the news that economic impact payments (also called stimulus payments) will be sent out to help Americans during this time of economic slow-down. As with any new law, it takes time to make it happen and there is a lot of true and false information going around. There are also a lot of scams.
If you filed a tax return in 2018 and/or 2019, the payment should be sent automatically. If you had direct deposit of your refund, the IRS should deposit your stimulus payment directly into the same account. IRS plans to have a place on their website to securely change bank information if your bank account has changed or if you didn’t have a direct de-posit. Go to https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus to check for the most up-to-date information.
IF YOU GET SOCIAL SECURITY, PLEASE READ THIS SECTION. If you receive Social Security, you DO NOT need to do any-thing to receive the stimulus payment. It will be sent to you or deposited into the account where your SS is normally deposited. There are many phone scams going around. The FBI is warning not to give out any information on the phone. The scammers will call and tell people that they need to get their Social Security number and bank account number or they won’t get the stimulus payment. THIS IS FALSE. The IRS already has that information and will do the payment automatically. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION TO ANYONE ON THE PHONE.
—Nancy Hitt, Business Administrator
ECONOMIC IMPACT PAYMENTS
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Heart-to-Heart Women 9:30-11:30a, 3rd Saturday monthly Contact Barb (BJ) Hebda 727-860-4709 Open to all women—faith and friend-ship blend together in a time of Chris-tian fellowship.
Care Givers Support Group 10:30a 3rd Tues of month in CE10 Contact Laura: 727-863-0176 Care for caregivers—a place to laugh, learn, share, and care.
Encouragers Group 10:00a 2nd and 4th Thurs, Rm. CE10 Contact Ruth or Betsy: 727-868-6178 A safe place to share your grief or loss of any kind.
Kids connect with jesus Sundays: 8:45a Kid’s Sunday School 10:00a Kid’s Worship
Thrift Store Hours: (727-863-6742) Tues-Sat 10:30a to 4:00p Donations appreciated—adult clothing, jewelry, small kitchen items, and some furniture. Volunteers needed, contact Laura, 727-863-0176.
Food Pantry Wed, 9a - 12p, Howard Hall Serving households in zip codes 34667, 34668 and 34669.
Hudson Emmaus Men - 8am 3rd Saturday monthly Franks Restaurant Women - 11:30am 3rd Friday monthly Contact Dave Smith 727-247-9242
Exercise with Fran 9:30a Mondays—Flex and Balance 9:30a Fridays—Flex and Balance Contact Office: 727-868-6178 Cost? Bring a canned good for the Food Pantry!
Limitless (6-12th) 8:45a Sundays, Discipleship - 6p Limitless youth 6p Wednesdays, Small Group Where young people encounter Christ in themselves and their world.
The Encouragers
Cub and Boy Scouts Tues., 7pm, Howard Hall Contact: Russ Hagerman 727-364-4782
Prepare young people to make ethi-cal and moral choices by instilling the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.
Connections - Faith, Friends, Fun, & Fitness
