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EXTENDING THE TABLE
An Important New Mission
The Church is beginning a new mission to extend the communion table to those who can not be in Church on Communion Sunday.
Teams from the Church will go out from the Church each first Sunday afternoon to take the blessed sacrements to members and others wishing to partake of Holy Communion.
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THE J. A. M.
"JESUS AND ME"
THE NEW WEEKLY CHILDREN'S FELLOWSHIP
This year is going to be " super exciting" with games, cooking, storytelling, art, and music/ movement.
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WELCOME
First United Methodist Church has stood at the heart of Clay County in Henrietta, Texas for 131 years. In that time, the City, the County, and the World has changed around us. The internet and this website is a great example of that change. However, our calling remains unchanged: to be disciples of Christ, to serve others, and to worship God.
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Welcome to the web extension of First UMC Henrietta
Our Church’s mission is to Cultivate Disciples of Jesus Christ, through Grace, Prayer, and Action, from the Heart of Clay County. No matter where you are in your Journey, from the Un-Churched person to the longtime Disciple, we all grow by God’s Grace, communion with God in Prayer and are then sent by God to act out the Gospel on God’s behalf. I look forward to seeing you on your journey with us!
In Christ, Rev. Chris Yost
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Abandoned: Haiti hospital is home to orphaned children
The doctors and staff at Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are caring for 10 to 15 children left “abandoned”—often parentless—by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.
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Q&A: Women leave streets behind, find new hope
In 1997 the Rev. Becca Stevens founded Magdalene, a residential program for women to escape a cycle of substance abuse and prostitution. She spoke with Bill Fentum about the rewards of that work.
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Q&A: Asbury a model for modern Methodists
Francis Asbury, whom many historians consider the “Father of American Methodism,” often does not get as much attention as John Wesley. Mary Jacobs spoke with historian John Wigger about Asbury’s tremendous impact on the church.
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Getting the job done: Mission volunteers eager to return to Haiti
Though Haiti’s fragile infrastructure has hampered aid efforts, UMCOR and Methodist churches with deep roots in the country are helping fill in the gaps. Bill Fentum has the story.
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COMMENTARY: Connectional Table affirms plans for holistic 21st-century church
For years we’ve heard grim diagnoses on the future of the United Methodist Church, but in the coming year, says Mary Brooke Casad, the Connectional Table is drawing up blueprints for a brighter future.
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GEN-X RISING: Trading new patterns for old
In the second of a multi-part series on the means of grace, Andrew Thompson explains how spiritual disciplines help our lifelong journey of salvation—and how our culture works against it.
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