A new class will be offered this fall called “Glenwood Membership Matters”. Each week, this class will allow an attendee to meet the elders, staff, and ministry leaders of Glenwood, who will discuss their roles and specific works within their respective ministries, along with presenting Glenwood’s core values and providing basic biblical doctrinal principles and instruction.
One key goal of the class is to assist attendees in identifying their spiritual gifts and work interests. This will be a 13 week class that begins this fall. A sign-up sheet for this class will be available in the Foyer in front of the Worship Center.
For more information, please contact Tommy Gilbreath, Dewayne Manning, or Chris Neel.
As Glenwood’s Season of Transition continues, the elders want to assure you that trusting in God to work through us and in us and for us is still our best course of action. This congregation has been extremely blessed by several groups of people during these months, including:
A. Our short-handed ministry and support staff who have worked extremely hard to help us maintain the level of ministry and equipping and caring that we are known for.
B. Our guest speakers who have ministered to us through the sermons and lessons that God has placed on their hearts for us.
C. Our young summer interns who have shouldered huge responsibilities and provided much-needed leadership of our Children’s Ministry and Youth Ministry programs.
D. And, the dozens of volunteers who have stepped up their involvement to serve on the Search Teams, to teach classes, to welcome visitors, to care for the hurting, and to lead in ministry to our children and youth group.
At this time, the Preaching Minister Search Team has reviewed recommendations and information on dozens of prospects and is in the process of interviewing viable candidates. The Children’s Minister Search Team has done a large amount of research and has prepared a survey to receive congregational input about our ministry to the younger members of the Glenwood family.
Recently, the decision has been made to form a Search Team for the Youth Minister position, based on input we received from the congregation. On an interim basis, the Youth Ministry leadership has been organized from a combination of experienced volunteers, elders, ministry staff and committed parents to form a Task Force to ensure this ministry continues to function well during the next several months. Likewise, the Children’s Ministry is being coordinated by volunteers and staff who are fully devoted to loving and ministering to our children.
Despite the uncertainties, Glenwood continues to attract new families to our membership, attendance and contributions continue to meet or exceed prior years’ levels for these summer months, and our new and existing ministries continue to thrive. We ask you to continue to pray and to work for the unity of this body. We are eagerly looking forward to the time when we will again be fully staffed, but this Season has reminded us that all will be well when we place our complete trust in the LORD! Grace and peace to all!
The Glenwood Elders
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Please make plans to join us this Sunday night, July 4, at 6:00 p.m. on the grounds by the FLC for a Homemade Ice Cream supper and cookout! We will have a Homemade Ice Cream Contest – so bring your best recipe! We will enjoy each others fellowship and food before dismissing for fireworks that evening. Please contact the office with a count for your family if you did not have a chance to sign up at a Sunday service.
Following is a list of Events for our Children this Summer. If you have any questions, please contact Tara Tesseyman in the church office at 903-509-9494.
Monthly Events
Sunday – Kids of the Kingdom – June 6 – August 15 @ 6 to 7pm
- entering 2nd through entering 6th grade (or currently 1st – 5th)
- Children’s Worship Room
Monday – Girls’ Bible Study
- June 7 – August 9 @ 2 to 3 pm
- entering 2nd through entering 6th grade (or currently 1st – 5th)
- 4th grade classroom
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The countdown to VBS has begun! VBS will take place over the course of several Wednesday nights. We will meet beginning June 9 through August 4, from 6:30 -7:30 p.m. This is for all those that are 3 years of age through those entering 6th grade. We look forward to taking our kids on a journey through Egypt! If you have any questions, contact Tara Tesseyman in the church office at 903-509-9494.
Please consider attending the Journey to Generosity this Saturday, May 1, 9 A.M. – 1 P.M., in the Gathering Place.
Living a life of generosity is a process and a journey. Many of us want to be generous people, but we do not always know where to begin. If you want to move farther on the journey toward generosity, then we encourage you to join us on Saturday. We will look at practical ways to manage finances, look at testimonies from those who are embracing lives of generosity and spend time focusing on ways God is leading us toward lives of good fruit.
This seminar will be presented by Rick Carder, Minister of Life Stewardship at Richland Hills Church of Christ. Child care will be provided. Cost is $10 per person or $15 per couple, but please don’t let the cost keep you from attending. For more information or to register, visit www.glenwoodchurch.com > Events > The Journey to Generosity. Please contact Ben Siburt if you have any questions.
This is the sixth Sunday built around our 40 days of prayer and fasting.
Week 1- Wayne Propst urged us in our transition time to recognize The Blessing of God that can occur while we pray and fast. Especially in the fast paced world we live in, we should be still and wait before our God and know He is with us.
Week 2- Dewayne Manning urged us to let our time of approaching Gods be without any agenda and to sincerely seek The Voice of God
Week 3- Reggie Howell asked us as the People of God to put away our frantic busyness of schedules and empty ourselves so we can be truly be God’s people.
Week 4- Gregg Grubb reminded us that God’s Spirit is poured out on all of His people and throughout history it is God’s Spirit that enters our lives and when that happens everything changes.
Week 5- Wayne helped us to look at the kind of leadership that we seek is one that reflects the one true and living God.
Glenwood will present a seminar
‘The Journey to Generosity’ Saturday, May 1
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Gathering Place.
Generosity is a journey. Nobody ever comes to a place in their life and says, “I’m generous, now what can I work on?” With generosity, there is no destination. Although, we know generosity is much more than money, finances play a major role in determining where our hearts truly are – therefore, financial generosity will be a main point of discussion. It is my hope and desire to encourage those who are not on a journey, to put the habits in place in their lives so they can live generously and to encourage those on a journey of generosity to move further along. As Hebrews 10:24 says, “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”
This seminar will be presented by Rick Carder, Minister of Life Stewardship at Richland Hills Church of Christ. Child care will be provided. You must register any children so we have a count for babysitters. (No meals will be provided). We look forward to your attendance. Please contact Ben Siburt if you have any questions.
Area Vocal Groups Come Together for Free Community Concert
From Classical to Jazz, Barbershop to Gospel, area vocal groups of all sizes and genres come together to celebrate the beauty and magic of the human voice at the East Texas A Cappella Celebration. The free community concert will be held this Saturday, April 10, at 6 P.M., in the Glenwood Church of Christ auditorium. Participating groups include The Blessing (women’s contemporary worship), Clearly Vocal (five-voice vocal jazz), Faithful Praise (gospel), John Tyler High School Choir, Then & Now (barbershop quartet), TJC A Cappella Choir and UT Tyler Patriot Singers. Performers will combine for a grand finale, conducted by Dr. Cameron Rose, Director of Choral Activities for the University of Texas at Tyler. The event is presented as a partnership between UT Tyler and Clearly Vocal. (more…)
About Paul Faulkner
Paul Faulkner is founder and principal owner of Resources for Living, Ltd. (RFL), an international counseling and consulting company located in Austin, Texas; Quebec City, Canada; and Mexico City, Mexico. As a major provider of counseling to and through such major corporations as Wal-Mart, Kroger, and IBM, over three million individuals in North America can access mental health services through RFL. The company also provides nonprofit counseling to churches and other charitable organizations including the United Methodist Church, the Catholic Church, and World Vision. (more…)
