May 2019 Newsletter

May 2019

From the Pastor
Dear Church family,
I hope you've all heard by now that May 19 we are having a special Combined Worship Service at 11am
followed by a Picnic out at the Hwy 61 Property to celebrate our 175th anniversary.
As it happens, in the United Methodist Church, May 19th is also known as "Heritage Sunday", so it is a great
time for us to be celebrating our heritage as well.
On Heritage Sunday we remember the preaching of John Wesley, the Hymns of Charles Wesley, which
highlight the important beliefs and priorities of Methodists. On Heritage Sunday we remember the clergy and
laity, the men and women who have worked, prayed, and struggled to live faithful lives, to pass along the faith
to the next generation, to build up the Church, and to help people discover the salvation from sin and eternal
life that Jesus alone brings.
None of us would be here today without the efforts of our forebears in the faith, and this is a great time to
celebrate and remember those who came before, to give thanks for the gifts they've passed down to us, and
also to remember our obligation to faithfully pass that faith on to others.
May the Lord Jesus Christ bless and keep you+
-Rev. Daniel
The founder of the Methodist movement. John Wesley (1703-1791) was born at Epworth,
England, the son of a Church of England clergyman. He was graduated from Christ College,
Oxford, England. In 1738 he had an intense religious experience at a meeting on Aldersgate
Street, London. Following this he began to preach throughout the country. He was a prolific preacher and writer, and
his writings provided a core of standard doctrine and interpretation to guide the new Methodist movement. In 1784,
he sent instructions to America for the formation of a separate Methodist church for the United States.

What’s Happening

What’s Happening
On Sunday, April 7 th , David Slater was presented his Eagle
Scout rank in a Court of Honor held in the SFUMC
sanctuary. The rank of Eagle Scout is the highest
achievement in the BSA; only one in five scouts earn this
rank. David was also presented a bronze and gold palm to
go on his Eagle badge to signify that he has earned ten
merit badges beyond what is required for Eagle. David has
been a member of SFUMC since 2003 and a member of
Troop 61 since 2013.
BSA Troop 61 is sponsored by the St. Francisville United
Methodist Church-United Methodist Men

Adult Ministry

Youth Ministry
St. Francisville UMC would like to
congratulate the following 2019 graduates:
Cody Barron
Collins Bryant
Amelia Percy
Peyton Bickham
Elizabeth McKinney
Caroline Smith
Parker Varnedoe
Blessings for a bright future ahead!
YOUTH GROUP VOLUNTEERS
Date
Group
Assistant
Meal Prep &
Serve
May 2 Sandy Fiser Sandy Fiser
May 9 Corey Gilfoil Corey Gilfoil
May 16
Stephanie
Ferguson
Stephanie
Ferguson
SFUMC JR & SR Youth Leader
Must be 23yrs of age or over.
To discuss, please contact Lee Smith
Lee.m.smith@emerson.com
or 225-802-3871

Children’s Ministry

April 2019
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
9:00 am Ladies Bible
Study (RH)
2
3 4
7:30 am
UMM Prayer
Breakfast (FH)
5:45 pm Prayer
Gathering (S)
5:45 pm Children’s Unity
Night (FH)
6 pm Adult Studies (RH-N)
5:45 pm Youth
Group (FH)
Children’s Book
Fair in Parker
Park
5 Senior Recognition
8:30 am Worship (S-N)
9:30 am Fellowship (FH)
9:45 am Sunday School
10:45 am Worship (S-N)
12:00 pm Senior
Recognition Luncheon (FH)
6 7
5:00 pm Care &
Nurture Mtg (RH)
7:30 pm AA (FH)
8
9:00 am Ladies Bible
Study (RH)
5:45 pm Prayer
Gathering (S)
6 pm Adult Studies (RH-N)
9
5:45 pm Youth
Group (FH)
6:00 pm LIFT
Movie Night &
Taco Bar (FH)
10 11
12 Mother’s Day
8:30 am Worship (S-N)
9:30 am Fellowship (FH)
9:45 am Sunday School
10:45 am Worship (S-N)
13
5:30 pm Board of
Trustees (RH)
14
11:30 am ACTS
Luncheon (FH)
7:30 pm AA (FH)
15
9:00 am Ladies Bible
Study (RH)
5:45 pm Prayer
Gathering (S)
6 pm Adult Studies (RH-N)
16
5:45 pm Youth
Group (FH)
17
3:00 pm CHASE
Celebration (FH)
18
8:30 am Ladies
Quarterly
Breakfast (FH)
19
11:00 am Worship on
the Grounds (Hwy. 61)
12:00 pm Church Picnic
(Hwy. 61)
20
5:30 Finance
Committee Mtg
(RH)
21
7:30 pm AA (FH)
22
6 pm Adult Studies (RH-N)
23 24 25
26
8:30 am Worship (S-N)
9:30 am Fellowship (FH)
9:45 am Sunday School
10:45 am Worship (S-N)
27
Memorial Day
Church Office Closed
28
7:30 pm AA (FH)
29
6 pm Adult Studies (RH-N)
30
5:30 pm Church
Council Meeting
(FH)
31
Notes
S-Sanctuary
N-Nursery Provided
RH-Robb House
FH-Fellowship Hall

Pray For Each Another (James 5:16)
“As members of St. Francisville United Methodist Church, we faithfully
participate in its ministries by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service
and our witness.”
Prayers for Healing &
Comfort:
Leslie Bickham, Sr.
James Blake
Jane Breland
Tanya Smith Brooks
Ruth Bryant
Kevin Bustamante
Albert Caldwell
Jean Caldwell
Billy Calhoun
Sheila Clausen
Cathy Combs
Gail Cooper
Ken Cooper
Sandra Cothren
Don Crankshaw
David Daniel
Judy Daniel
Lois Daniel
Walter Darnell, Jr.
William David
A. J. Ferguson
Rob Fischer
Jesse Lane Fudge
Ann Garris
Jana Smith Gillespie
Jesse Grant
Gertrude Graves
Joe Hahn
Debbie Hammack
Bob Honeycutt
Emily Honeycutt
Betty Hughes
Randy Jarreau
Christopher Jenkins
Vinci Kelley
Janet Kendrick
Blake Kennedy
Nancy Kennedy
Peggy King
June Lewis
Peter Major
Mary Malone
Faye Martin
Emma McDonald
Donna Morrison
Crystal Musgrow
Allison Netterville
Tommie Jo Netterville
Travis Norsworthy
Nellie Partin
Richard Peabody
Janice Piper
Pete Pittman
Tim Pohlmann
Laura Polis
Mamie Rawlins
Natalie Rawlins
Katherine Salter
Joe Salter
Scott Sanchez
John Harvey Slocum
Ken Smith
Roger Waddill
Prayers for Those in the
Military: ** Deployed
PO2 Beau Broussard
Col. Stuart Burruss
Lt.Cpl. Bret Cain
Lt.Col. Walker M. Field
Sgt. Bryce Kennedy
2nd Lt. Travis Odom
**Byron Turner
Prayers for Those Fighting
Cancer:
Jeannette Barron
Gerald Bates
Tammy Benjamin
Isabella Bertucci
Mary Beth Britt
Donald Broussard
David Burruss
Dawn Caldwell
Dennis Castleberry
Aaryn Olivia Chase
Clara Clemons
Amy Counce
Wayne Covey
Harry Davis
Jessica Enfinger
Sandy Fiser
Glory Folse
Stacie Guidry
Stewart Hardie
Donald Hartung
Mary Heine
Lori Jarreau
Elaine Joseph
Bob Kennedy
KC Leach
Lauren Mendenall
Daryl Miller
Kim Miller
Pam Morrison
Jimmye Norwood
Walter Oliveaux
Martha Robertson
Jody Smith
Shannan Spence
Sonny Sykes
Paul Thibodeaux
Sharon Tycer
Jim Waddill
Patricia Wells
Cathy Yaap
Prayers for Those in
College:
Barrow Clement
Caroline Cochran
Anna Field
Elizabeth Field
Walker Field, Jr.
Hagen Kirby
Kyle Kirby
Libby Leake
Claire Leming
Mary Quin Louviere
Catherine McKinney
Brittany Mott
Madison O’Brien
Jordan Percy
Claudia Posey
Emily Slater
Harrison Smith
Hunter Smith
Ben Souther
Emily Spillman
Chandler Sullivan
Taylor Sullivan
Avery Thomas
Everitt Williamson
Zoe Williamson
Prayers for Sympathy:
Family of Billy Honeycutt
Family of Patsy Dreher
Family of Marcel Valois
Family of Donald Kirk
-Names in BOLD are new to
the prayer list. If you know of
someone that needs to be
updated, please let the church
office know.
LORD, Please walk beside me through this day. Clear the heavy air with the lightness of Your Presence.
Guide my hands and steady my heart that I may give comfort when I cannot give hope, that I may give
relief when I do not have a cure, and that I may radiate Your healing peace when the limits of science,
time, and the human body overwhelm. Amen.

Service to the Church
May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26
Snacks
Dot Temple
Steve McKinney &
Doug Cochran
No Snacks
Elizabeth Johnson
Flowers D’Aquilla Family Hazlip Family Williamson Family Karen Berman
8:30 Liturgist Amy Louviere Dot Temple
Lorraine Kirk
No Lay Liturgists
10:45 Liturgist Theresa Stevens Kati Williamson Lee R. Smith
8:30
Acolytes
10:45
Acolytes
Brylee Broussard Lida Stallone Peyton Daniel
No Acolytes
Mae Hazlip Ruston Kleinpeter Ian Alberstadt
Children’s
Sunday School
Kelly D’Aquilla
& Linda Holmes
Ann Andries &
Liz Hazlip
No Sunday School
Corey Gilfoil
& Liza Bryant
-Give Thanks Always-
Thank you to Lewis Burruss for working on the CHASE bathrooms to help update them. Lewis has
been very busy helping with the remodel and a few other projects around the church campus.
A special Thank You to Linda Holmes for her many years of service to the children of Bains Lower
Elementary. Linda is retiring at the end of this school year. She will be missed by all at BLE.
Thank You to Beth Broussard for planning & organizing the Senior Recognition Luncheon. We have 7
graduates this year and we are so proud of their accomplishments.
Thank you to Mary Anne Bryant for planning & organizing the Ladies Quarterly Prayer Breakfast to be
held Saturday, May 18th in the Fellowship Hall. Mary Anne is such a blessing to us all.

Celebrations & Information
MAY Birthdays
May 1
May 2
May 3
May 4
May 6
May 7
May 8
May 9
May 10
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 16
May 17
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 30
Wil Andries
John Hazlip
Brandon Ashley
David Greenwood, Hannah Leming
Olivia Thomas
Leigh Hughes
Everitt Williamson
Bryce Kennedy
Ella McKinney
Mike Bordelon
Magruder Hazlip
Bryan Kelley, Davis Thomas
Liz Hazlip
Janice Piper
Paul Kirk
Margaret Ann Lott, Brent McConnell,
Shelby Peairs, Rae Lynne Thomas
Don Crankshaw
Trey Kirby
W.D. Spillman, Adam Theriot
Larry Miller
Karen Berman, Dylan Morrison
Bill Catchings, John Piper
Elvis Calhoun
April 7
8:30 am—63
10:45 am—102
Total—165
April 14
8:30 am—83
10:45 am—86
Total—169
Worship Attendance
Good Friday
6:00 pm—33
April 21
8:30 am—96
9:45 am—102
10:45 am—72
Total—270
April 28
8:30 am—67
10:45 am—111
Total—178
Mo Avg
205
YTD Avg
170

June 1
June 2
June 5
June 9
June 10
June 10-12
June 10-15
June 12
June 13
June 16
June 19
June 23
June 26
June 30
June DATES TO NOTE
Prayer Breakfast
Sunday Worship Services
Adult Bible Studies
Sunday Worship Services
Board of Trustees Meeting
Annual Conference, Shreveport, LA.
2019 Vacation Bible School
Adult Bible Studies
Staff Parish Relations Meeting
Father’s Day
Sunday Worship Services
Adult Bible Studies
Sunday Worship Services
Adult Bible Studies
Sunday Worship Services
5th Sunday Potluck
St. Francisville United Methodist Church Non Profit Organization
P.O. Box 2908
U.S. Postage Paid
St. Francisville, LA 70775 St. Francisville, LA 70775
Permit # 11
Address Service Requested
May 2019
St. Francisville
United Methodist Church
Sunday
Worship Schedule
8:30 AM Early Worship Service
9:30 AM Fellowship Time
9:45 AM Sunday School
10:45 AM Late Worship Service
Church Office Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon - Thu
Closed Fri, Sat & Sun
P.O. Box 2908
9866 Royal Street
St. Francisville, LA 70775
(225) 635-3763 office
stfrumc@bellsouth.net
www.stfrumc.org
Pastor:
Rev. Daniel Hixon
Cell Phone: (318) 791-3486
revhixon@gmail.com
Church Office Manager:
Tudy McCann
Cell Phone: 225-572-3329
stfrumc@bellsouth.net
Facilities & Janitorial Manager:
John Bel
Cell Phone: 985-969-5787
fbcateens@yahoo.com
Children’s Ministry Director:
Pam Rabb
Cell Phone: (337) 706-2321
pam.rabb@yahoo.com