Our Healthy Church Initiative (HCI) self-study is in full swing. The date has been set for our consultation weekend: March 4-6, 2016. The HCI team has been meeting and dividing up tasks that have to be completed six weeks prior to this weekend. Here’s what we’ve learned so far: We have received our ‘Stats’ from the General Council of Finance and … Read More
Special Guests-Sawyer Family Band
Our special guests this Sunday will be the Sawyer Family Band. You are invited to come hear them at our 9:30 a.m. service. They will be at the Reilly Springs Jamboree the evening before. On Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., Miss Devon along with the Sawyers, will host a children’s music workshop at Wesley. All children are invited to bring an … Read More
Be a Barnabas
Be a Barnabas: Be an Encourager! Imbedded in the Acts of the Apostles is a “sub-story” that the writer, Luke, shares with all readers. Along with Simon Peter and the Apostle Paul, the two main persons in this early history of the Christian Church, is a man named Barnabas. His name literally means “Son of Encouragement” and every time we read … Read More
Update on Healthy Church Initiative
On September 10, your HCI (Healthy Church Initiative) Team met with Gloria Fowler from the North Texas Conference to be trained to put together our Church Self Study encompassing the past twenty years at Wesley UMC. Statistics from membership, Sunday School, Worship Attendance, and Monetary Giving will be included in this self-study. This will be the first phase of … Read More
Lifetree Café: A New Ministry of Wesley UMC
Wesley UMC is proud to announce a new ministry: Lifetree Café. LOCAL “TALK SHOW” EXPLORES LIFE AND FAITH (Sulphur Springs, TX)— Everything from politics to prayer will be featured at a new weekly experience called Lifetree Café. This “conversation café”—located at Coffee Off the Square—is part of a national network of locations that offer participatory events related to life and faith. … Read More
First-Year Observations of Wesley UMC
As noted the second Sunday in June, I announced to Wesley Church that I had been re-appointed as your Pastor for a second year beginning Sunday, July 5. I had no reason to doubt that reappointment, but with Methodists, it is only official when our Bishop “sets” or “fixes” the appointments. So here I am again. My first year has … Read More
From Pastor Steve
From the Barber Shop to the Pulpit… Being Methodists in Hopkins County Some of you know I get my hair cut at Briley’s Barber Shop just across from the courthouse in Sulphur Springs. But not until my last haircut had the owner, Mike, cut my hair. As I sat down in the chair and Mike was draping the “hair apron” … Read More
