Christmas party note

Hi Y'all,


I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday. I wanted post a few things about the Christmas dinner. I think most of you have been here before, the address is 101 San Mateo Ct, Allen 75013. Wayne has informed me there is lots of good football on this upcoming Saturday. Guys rest assured we will have a football watching room available for those who wish to partake in some male bonding. Sherrye has done a great job of arranging for Dickeys to provide all the food. You are welcome to BOYB or bring anything else you may like.

Lastly Erin's workplace is collecting canned food for the Samaritan Inn, Collin County's only homeless shelter. If you would like to bring any canned or nonperishable food the night of the Christmas dinner it would be appreciated. I thought that we could make this a fun little contest. Whichever couple brings the most canned food will win the choice number 1 spot in the ornament exchange. Most of us have witnessed the cut throat ornament stealing that goes on during the exchange. The ladies want to have that number one pick.

Have a great week and we will see you on Saturday.

Julie

Head Start Family Info

Ok everyone. I realized I did not have everyone's email addresses handy so I'm posting everything here. We have til Dec. 9th to collect the gifts but if possible I would like to get as many of them on Dec. 7th as possible.

Gifts are suggested to cost b/t 25-75 per family member. Please keep gifts unwrapped. I will put the suggestions they mentioned at the bottom of this email. (Wood's & Hlavaty's - since we only have one couple each Ashlea and I will get walmart gift cards for both couples with the help of the treasury if everyone is ok with that) If anyone still wanted to participate but hasn't yet they can take spot 2 or 8 and just let me know. What is in parentheses below is the family's suggestions.

1. Dave Franco (Age 4) - 1. Glover, 2. Burkett (Shoes-sz 11, sweat suit size 6, bike)
2. Carina Franco (Mom) - 1. Hlavaty's, 2. __________ (turkey, walmart gift cards, bath towels - Shoe size 8, clothing Size L)
3. Nimrod Franco (Dad) - 1. Lincoln's, 2. Oldham (Ham, Walmart gift cards, comforter-queen shoe size 8, clothing size 8)

4. Elizabeth Juarez (Age 6) - 1. Kuykendall's, 2. Taylor's (Clothing Size: 8, Shoe Size: 12-13, full comforter, barbie doll, bike)
5. Emily Juarez (Age 5) - 1. Lax's, 2. Wilkins (Clothing Size 6, Shoe size 9.5, Sheets, full, barbie doll, Bike)
6. Sophia Juarez (18 months) - 1. Garcia's, 2. Naser (Clothing Size 24 months, Sweat suit, Doll & Doll Stroller, Tricycle
7. Aurelia Juarez (Mom) - 1. Allison's, 2. Compton's (Shoe size 7.5, Gift card for Walmart or Fiesta, Cookware, King comforter)
8. Esdras Juarez (Dad) - 1. Wood's, 2. ________ (Clothing Size Lg, Gift card for Walmart, Cookware, Bath towels)

The teacher's name is Kristi Vest and if you have any questions or need some help with ideas you can email her at kvest@pisd.edu.

Gift suggestions they list are: Food baskets with canned goods, staples such as flour, sugar, rice, beans & pasta, breakfast foods, turkey or ham); Personal Care baskets with clothes detergent, liquid soap, shampoo, toothpaste, bath soap, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, paper towel and toilet tissue.

They suggest gift cards for shoes or gift receipts. Also jackets, sweat suits, gloves, caps, scarves.

Games & Toys suggested are Picture books, caryolas, markers, writing drawing paper, scissors, stamp booklets, videos.

Thanks everyone. Call me or email me if you have any questions.

Jason
972.523.9697
jason.lincoln@gmail.com

Friday Night Friends Reminder

We have the following for this coming Friday, December 5th.

Sandwich Platters: Oldham's
Vegetable Platters: Hlavaty's
Fruit Platters: Wilkin's
Cheese or Meat Platters: Taylor's
Cookies/Dessert: Wood's, Kuykendall's
Rolls/chips: Allison's
2 Liter Softdrinks: Compton's

Please drop them off at the church on Friday the 5th before 5 p.m. If possible use disposable trays.

If you have any questions Judith Jolly is coordinating. 972.618.3450 x247 or fridaynitefriends@crumc.org

Jason

Christmas Party RSVP List

Here's the list of RSVP's I have for the party:
Ashlea - Jason
Sherrye - Dan
Sarah - Nick
Michael - Janessa
Karla - Keenan
Lesley - Chad
Virginia - Lane
Wayne - Julie
Martha - Paul
Erin - Chris
Eileen _ Brett

Please let me know by Friday if your name is not on the list and you plan to attend. You can e-mail me or call if you would wish. Thanks to all and have a great Thanksgiving!
snaser@tx.rr.com 214-675-1618

Class Election Voting Deadline - this Sunday, 11/30

Gang - thanks to everyone who have submitted their votes for the upcoming officers. We are getting close to announcing our new officers. Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday I will keep voting open until end of day this Sunday, 11/30 - so there is still time for those who have not submitted votes and would still like to do so.

Everyone have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. Also, we are planning on having class this upcoming Sunday.

Take care.

--Dan

Joys & Concerns 11/23

Hello,

I want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you all get to enjoy some time with family and friends. Here are the joys and concerns for the week as passed onto me by Wayne.

Michael and Janessa both will be starting new jobs the first week of December.

Very happy news for the Glovers, Eileen is expecting their first child in May. Congratulations guys we are very excited for you both.

Sarah's brother is expecting twins in June.

Sarah and Jarod's baby girls are going to have to be monitored very closely as it was determined they are growing at different rates.

Angie's grandfather has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will begin treatment soon

Safe travels to anyone on the road or flying this week.

Take care,
Julie

Christmas Party Reminder

Hey everyone! Just a reminder our annual Christmas party is at Julie and Wayne's house this year Saturday Dec. 6 and if you haven't RSVP'd yet please do so we can get a head count to order the food from Dickey's BBQ. Cost is $10 per person or $20 per couple and includes a lot of food. Also, we usually set the ornament price range at a maximum of $10. If you have any questions please feel to e-mail me at snaser@tx.rr.com. Thanks to all and have a great Thanksgiving!

P.S. Special thanks to Julie and Wayne for hosting and Martha helping me get everything together.

Joys & Concerns 11/16

Here are the joys and concerns for the week:

- Jason Lax is back from Korea, and Sam is doing well!

- Karla's friend, Melinda- her grandmother has cancer

- Karla's former coworker, Sonya- had a house fire and lost everything

- Karla will be traveling this weekend

- Eileen's coworker, Erica- lost triplets over the course of several weeks

- Chad & Lesley's friend, Taralee- father passed away unexpectedly

- Prayers for companies going under and employees getting laid off

Have a great rest of the week! :)

Officer Elections

Gang - All nominee responses have been gathered and ballots finalized for the upcoming term (Jan '09 - Sept '09). Please only vote for one individual per office.


President -Chad Wood, Michael Wilkins, Jason Lincoln

Vice President - Jason Lincoln, Karla Allison

Treasurer - Ashlea Lincoln, Jarod Oldham

Missions - Karla Allison, Wayne Rodriguez

Social - Lesley Wood, Ashlea Lincoln, Chad Wood, Jason Lax

Membership - Jason Lax, Lesley Wood, Ashlea Lincoln

Pastoral - Eileen Glover, Karla Allison, Ashlea Lincoln, Martha Kuykendall

Historian - Janessa Wilkins, Keenan Allison, Sarah Oldham, Chad Wood, Jason Lax


Also, just a quick note we will be traveling (again) this upcoming weekend so I just want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels to all traveling next week. We look forward to seeing everyone the following Sunday, 11/30.

Good luck to all candidates!

--Dan

Holiday Missions Blitz

Ok, gang! It's that time of year. The holiday's have arrived and it's time to make a final push through the end of the year for missions. Tax write-off, feel good action, get off Santa's naughty list, whatever the motivation I think this year we can all agree our missions are probably more needed than ever.

We have 3 things going on right now:
1. November coat drive. Bring your used coats to class any Sunday in November and they will go to a local shelter to help keep the homeless warm through the winter. As we discussed in class, the church is not having a church-wide food drive for Thanksgiving so we are doing this instead.

2. Head Start Adopt-a-Family - due Dec. 7th - We have two families, info below. We are asking for two couples per person but may amend that depending on response.
- Family of 5: Emily Juarez & her two sisters and mother & father
- Family of 3: Dave Franco & his mother & father

3. Friday Night Friends Holiday Banquet (Friday Dec. 5th) - FNF is holding it's annual Christmas party on the 5th of next month. They will be feeding 140 kits and 110 parents and our counting on SS classes to help feed the crowd. Food & Drink will need to be dropped off at the church before 5 p.m. on the 5th. If you're interested in helping setup, serve or clean that is also available. Sign-up info is below.

Thanks everyone. I know it hasn't been the best missions year but we have an opportunity to close out strong. - Jason

Head Start:
Dave Franco (Age 4) - 1. Glover, 2. Burkett
Carina Franco (Mom) - 1. Hlavaty's, 2. __________
Nimrod Franco (Dad) - 1. Lincoln's, 2. Oldham

Elizabeth Juarez (Age 6) - 1. Kuykendall's, 2. _________
Emily Juarez (Age 5) - 1. Lax's, 2. Wilkins
Sophia Juarez (18 months) - 1. Garcia's, 2. Naser
Aurelia Juarez (Mom) - 1. Allison's, 2. Compton's
Esdras Juarez (Dad) - 1. Wood's, 2. ________


Friday Night Friends Banquet: (We don't have to fill this list but if you have the time sign up where you can).
Setup (5-6 p.m.):
Serve (6:30-8:30):
Cleanup (8:30-9:30):

Sandwich Platters: Oldham's
Vegetable Platters: Hlavaty's
Fruit Platters: Wilkin's
Cheese or Meat Platters:
Cookies/Dessert: Wood's, Kuykendall's
Rolls/chips: Allison's
2 Liter Softdrinks: Compton's

Christmas Party 2008 Final (maybe...)

Hey everyone! I think we finally have a game plan for the Christmas party: We will all meet at Julie and Wayne's house at 6:00 on Sat. Dec 6 for a BBQ dinner followed by our traditional ornament exchange. Dinner will be catered by Dickey's BBQ and will include the following: Each plate will have 2 meats (beef & ham), 3 veggies (baked beans, potato salad and mac & cheese), dinner rolls, pickles, onions, relish and apple cobbler for dessert. Tea as well as plates, cups and silverware will also be provided. If you wish to bring any other drinks or desserts feel free to do so, however we will have plenty of stuff if you just want to show up.

The cost per couple will be $20 (or $10 per person). Delivery for the food is scheduled for 5:45 so if everyone could be there by 6:00 the food will be hot and ready to eat. Please RSVP to me by Sunday 23rd so that we can place our order with Dickey's. Hope to see ya'll there!

Sherrye

Christmas Party '08 revised

Spoke with the Rodriguez's this a.m. and they have graciously volunteered to host the ENTIRE event at their house. Same date, more details to follow.

--Sherrye

11/9 - J&C's

Hello gang-

This past Sunday we continued our study on the book of Galatians. We had a good lesson/discussion on Chapter 2 and afterwards went out for pizza for our monthly 2nd Sunday luncheon. Next week we will continue our Galatians study with Chapter 3.

Please keep the following in your prayers:

- Michelle Taylor has a student, Eric (15 yrs old), who is scheduled for surgery 11/20 to help heal a sore on his leg. Please pray for quick healing and recovery.

- Kenan's grandma fell and is currently in a Ft. Worth hospital with a leg would and kidney failure. Please pray for quick healing and recovery. Kenan's parents are also in town searching for a home for her. Please keep Keenan's family in your prayers during this stressful time/transition.

- Jason Lincoln has a nephew that unexpectedly dropped out of college and moved to San Antonio. Please keep Jason's nephew in your prayers and pray he seeks God for guidance.

- Cindy Haley recently had another miscarriage. Please continue to keep John and Cindy in your prayers and pray for God to comfort the Haleys during these hard and unfortunate times.

- Jason Lax returns from Korea this Friday. Please pray for safe travels.

- The Nasers will be travelling the next two weekends. Please pray for safe travels.

Looking Ahead:

Saturday, 11/15, 7-9 a.m. Fellowship Hall - United Methodist Men Breakfast and Meeting
Sunday, November 30 - First Sunday of Advent
Saturday, December 6 - TwoBecomeOne Christmas Dinner (Time:TBD Location:TBD)

Have a great week!

--Dan

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:26)

Reminder - Class Nominations close end of day Monday, 11/10

Thank you to everyone that have submitted their nominations for the upcoming term.

Just a quick reminder that class nominations close end of day Monday, 11/10 - so there is still time for those that have not submitted nominations and would still like to do so.

Take care.

-Dan

11/2 J&C's

This past Sunday we began a new study on Galatians as Chad led our lesson/discussion on Chapter 1. For next Sunday, please read Chapter 2 as we will continue our study on the book of Galatians.

Joys to celebrate this week:

• Wayne and Julie celebrate their 8 year anniversary on 11/4

Please keep this weeks concerns in your prayers:

• Meredith, a friend of Nick & Sarah, has been experiencing seizures and is going in this Wednesday for a procedure. She is also scheduled for surgery in January.
• Brett & Eileen have a family friend struggling with cancer who had surgery this past Friday
• Dan & Sherrye have a new neighbor that moved in recently. Her husband passed away 6 weeks ago. She is a single mom w/ two children (ages 8 & 12 - one with a learning disability) and currently unemployed looking for work.
• Eileen has a co-worker, Erica, who is experiencing a difficult pregnancy

Looking Ahead:

• Next Sunday, 11/9, TwoBecomeOne 2nd Sunday Luncheon
• End of day Monday, 11/10 - Class Nominations close
• Saturday, 11/15, 7-9 a.m. Fellowship Hall - United Methodist Men Breakfast and Meeting
• Sunday, November 30 - First Sunday of Advent
• Saturday, December 6 - TwoBecomeOne Christmas Dinner (Time:TBD Location:CRUMC)

Have a great week!

--Dan

Officer Nominations for Jan-Sept 2009 term

Hello Gang -

It's that time of the year once again to nominate our Sunday School officers for the upcoming Jan-Sept 2009 term. First and foremost I want to personally thank all of our officers as well as those who helped fill in our officer vacancies during the year for their time, effort, and hard work. Please join me in thanking these individuals for their dedication and commitment to making TwoBecomeOne a great place for our TwoBecomeOne family to share in worship and fellowship.

Second, as noted above we will be nominating upcoming officers to serve a 9 month term, from January - September 2009. This short term is necessary because starting in January 2009 CRUMC is transitioning the Sunday School year to parallel that of the academic school year. Therefore, officers will enter leadership in September of each year instead of January. To enable this transition, we will nominate new officers to serve a 9 month term, from January - September 2009, then in Summer 2009 we will hold another round of nominations for officers who would then enter leadership and serve from September 2009 - August 2010.

Third, I will keep nominations open through end of day next Monday, November 10th and plan to have members vote the following week with new officers to be announced after our Thanksgiving break.

Lastly, for those individuals elected to serve the upcoming term please make a future note that the Jan-Sept 2009 Sunday School Leader's Training is scheduled for the morning of January 10th, 2009.

Please email me your nominations for the positions below and place Nominations in the subject line to

Listed below are the officer positions including a brief description of duties as well as prior year officers as a reference for our newer members:

President ('08 Dan Naser, '07 Jason Lincoln)

• key class leader and class representative to the church
• sets goals and forms direction for the class
• leads weekly class agenda including making class announcements, guest/visitor introductions, closing prayer
• oversees all committees/officers to ensure all areas of class are working together to achieve class goals
• key contact for and works with the Adult Education Staff to ensure we are on the same page as the church

Vice President/Curriculum ('08 Chad Wood, '07 Dan Naser)

• Responsible for spiritual direction of class by selecting and scheduling appropriate curriculum for study and coordinating teachers
• Works with president to help set goals for the class
• Serves in leadership role if president is absent

Treasurer ('08 and '07 Jarod Oldham)

• Collects weekly offering and manages class bank account
• Responsibilities include gifts back to church (collections equally divided between church and class), reimbursements for approved special class needs, and gifts for missions
• Serves in leadership role if both president and vice president are absent

Mission Coordinator ('08 Jason Lincoln, '07 Martha Kuykendall)

• Responsible for coordination and implementation of at least 6 mission projects per year - some via personal service and some via gifts through donations
• Meets quarterly with the church mission committee
• Key communication link between class and on-going church mission projects
• Coordinates additional coordinator support from class members/volunteers as needed

Social Coordinator ('08 Sherrye Naser, '07 Brett Glover/Ginny Rushing)

• Build community by organizing class socials (6 activities per year, ideally in opposite months from mission activities) ranging from couples only to family events
• Help class members get better acquainted
• Helps to coordinate class participation in church-wide social events including publicity of events to class

Membership ('08 Ashlea Lincoln, '07 Erin Johnson)

• Reaches out to our weekly visitors, newest members, and existing members who we have not seen in awhile
• Enrolls new members
• Calls new prospects for the class
• Takes roll each week and records head count on attendance sheet
• Maintains class membership and keeps database of member contact information up-to-date (address, phone, email, etc)

Pastoral ('08 Suzanne Berger, '07 Karla Allison)

• Gather weekly Joys & Concerns
• Coordinate flowers, cards, class meals, etc for newborns, hospitalizations, members who suffered a loss, and/or other major life events

Class Historian ('08 and '07 Ginny Rushing)

• Maintain and keep up-to-date our TwoBecomeOne member website
• Coordinate class pictures and classroom decor

Again, please email all nominations to with Nominations in the subject line. Nominations will close at end of day next Monday, November 10th. Please make sure to thank all of this years officers the next time you see them and I am looking forward to a great and exciting 2009 for our class.

Thanks again for everyone's help.

--Dan