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Newsletter March 2016
Newsletter March 2016
Newsletter March 2016
of Barksdale and
Rocksprings, Texas
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FUMC BARKSDALE
FUMC ROCKSPRINGS
BIRTHDAYS in March
6Tracie Schneider
10Don Howell
21Cody Preece
22Tena Hunger
Colten Preece
Colista Preece
BIRTHDAYS in March
3Kathy Walker
19Kristin Shanklin
ANNIVERSARIES in March
10Don & Konoe Howell
29J.R. & Rosemary Boland
30Kathy & Mark Norvell
31Liz & Vic Mikulec
BARKSDALE
Yolanda Bird
Cindy Clements
Julie Colclasure
Fred Cox
Caleb Evans
Family of Miranda Hernandez
Gail McElroy
ALL PRAY
Jenna Milam
Our Military
Schools
Our Pastor
Dorothy Stotts
Schools
Gloria Turner
Peace on Earth
Scott Williams
Gods Will Be Done
ROCKSPRINGS
Justin Brock
Lorine Brown
Dillon Brown
Ro Clark
Sarah Crenshaw
Janice Edwards
Aubara Fotiades
Keith James
Scotlyn McDonald
RAIN
Maxine Sorrells
Tanner Walkermilitary going to Syria
ANNIVERSARIES in
March
21Jody & Chantz
Greene
and
SHANKLIN
Souli Sloan Shanklinborn February 26,
2016 to Ryan and Kristin. He weighed 7 lbs. 10
ozs. and was 20 inches long. He is the grandson of Souli and Patty Shanklin and greatgrandson of Lillie Shanklin.
This newsletter didnt come for a long time due
to the illness of the editor, who has just realized
another announcement needs to be made.
Therefore, we will report the birth of Azlyn Lillie
Shanklinborn October 1, 2015 to Asa and
Katy. She weighed 5 lbs. 13 ozs. and was 19
inches long. She is the sister of Saige, the
granddaughter of Souli and Patty Shanklin, and
the great-granddaughter of Lillie Shanklin.
COLCLASURE
Annie May Colclasureborn March 3, 2016 to
Julie and Andrew. She weighed 9 lbs. 5 ozs.
and was 22 inches long. She is the sister of
Sandy and the grand-daughter of Linda ONeal.
Praise God for them all!!
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Barksdale News
Nursery for Toddlers is provided in the back of the Sanctuary every Sunday
morning during worship, which begins at 9:00 AM.
Adult Sunday School takes place every Sunday after church in the Fellowship
Hall. We use the Adult Bible Studies curriculum and people take turns leading the
class. In March we will be studying:
6Powerful Faith, M ark 9:14-29
13Simple Faith, M ark 10:17-31
20Struggling Faith, M ark 14:26-31
27Resurrection Faith, mark 16:1-8
Childrens Sunday School takes place every Sunday after church in the
Sanctuary. All ages study together and adults take turns teaching.
Bible Study takes place on Monday nights at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Dinner
is provided. Ron Fulton teaches the class. They are studying The Parables of Paul.
Fellowship Hall. Those who wish to do so meet for lunch at a local restaurant
afterwards. Cindy Meador is teaching the class. They are also studying The Parables of
Paul.
Rev. ONeal,
and Kathy
Fulton give
the Nueces
Canyon EMS
a check for
$1050.00
from the
Shrove
Tuesday
Pancake
Supper
Fundraiser.
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Time
Nueces Canyon Community
Sing-a-bration
Saturday, April 9, 6:00 PM
This is the monthly newsletter of the First United Methodist Churches of Barksdale and Rocksprings,
Texas. Check out our web sites: fumcbarksdale.weebly.com & rockspringsfumc.weebly.com
Editor: Rev. Linda ONeal
revlindalee@yahoo.com
1267 CR 411
Home: 830-597-2114
Uvalde, TX 78801
Cell: 979-253-1592
Everyone is welcome to make contributions and suggestions to the publication of this newsletter!
Your input is solicited and most welcome!
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As I write this, I am still waiting to welcome my fourth grandchild into the world.
The baby was due to be born February 19. It is March 1 and we are still waiting. He
or she has a big sister, Sandy, who is 19 months old. My daughter, Julie, and her
husband, Andrew, and their daughter live in Morrison, Colorado, a suburb of Denver to
the west. I will travel there and time the trip so that I arrive when my son-in-law has
to go back to work. He plans to take off a week after the baby is born.
So I have been sort of on hold for about a month now. Sandy was born over 3
weeks early, so I have been anxious since about the end of January wondering whether
or not this one would be early too. I have preached many sermons about: Do not
worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (Philippians 4:6 NRSV)
I know exactly where to find that scripture in the Bible. I have pondered it, prayed it,
preached about it, and generally manage to live by it.
Until my baby and her baby are involved. Thats different. God NEEDS my help
in looking after them. They are going to be safe and secure precisely because I am
spending energy worrying about them. The truth that parental worry has a protective
quality may not be biblical, but it is nevertheless an incontrovertible factif a mother
worries about you, you are much safer and more secure than if you have no mother to
worry about you. The same is true for fathers.
Of course I am also praying. I am soliciting prayers from everyone I know.
However, here we are in the middle of Lent, the season of repentance, and I must
confess I am not living according to Philippians 4:6. I am worrying. I may be going on
to perfection, but I am not there yet.
I never could watch the movie The Passion of Christ. I dont know how God the
Father could sit by and watch what was happening to His boy. I cant watch it. I
couldnt watch someone doing that to my child, and I cant watch someone doing it to
my Savior. It will always be something of a mystery to me why it was necessary for
Jesus to die on the cross. God the Father doesnt do cruel, He does mercy. God the
Father chooses mercy over revenge every time. The main thing I figure is that God
the Father wanted us to see what it is we do to Him every day when we ignore Him
and let the world lead us into despair and degradation.
So when I am anxious and worried, I know I should let go and let God. Its hard
to do, so sometimes the best I can do is to confess over and over again that I want to
let go, but I am having trouble doing it. Even when I am doing wrong by being
anxious, I can keep praying and confessing. I can keep up the good fight to fully follow
God. I can confess that I really want to have my way in regards to my children and
grandchildren. I can confess that if I dont have my way, I am going to get really mad
at God. Yet even if I get mad, I will still hang on to God. Only God can give me the
strength to cope.
I am learning even more through all of this just how much God the Father and
God the Son love us. Jesus forgave His murderers, so that means His Father did too.
Knowing how deeply humanity can disappoint and just how evil we can manage to be,
still the Father and the Son reach out to us and offer us salvation and forgiveness.
How amazing is that? But then wed do it for our kids, too.
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