Sunday, December 22nd

9:00am - Christmas Cantata in the Sanctuary

11:15am- Children's Christmas Pageant in the Family Life Center

The church offices will be closed from December 24th thru January 1st for the holidays.

Sunday, December 22nd

Cantata at 9:00am service in the Sanctuary. 

Children’s Christmas pageant at 11:15am in the Family Life Center.

Happy Birthday Jesus party for children at 10:00am.

 

Tuesday, December 24th

Christmas Eve services at 5:00pm and 7:00pm in the Sanctuary.

 

Sunday, December 29th

Join us for One Service - 10 am on the Sunday after Christmas. We will meet in the Family Life Center to sing carols, hear the Scripture and worship. Coffee will be served. If you've got leftover Christmas snacks, bring them to share.  

Join us for Las Posadas on Wednesday, Dec 18th!

We will have special visitors on Wednesday at 6:30pm. Members of El Buen Pastor UMC in San Marcos are including us in their Posada, a custom during which they reenact Mary and Joseph's journey to find lodging. They will come to the sanctuary door and sing some traditional songs for us (accompanied by accordion) and share with us the story. Afterwards, we'll share refreshments in the Fellowship Hall. Stop by, even just for a few minutes, and help us extend hospitality. Tamales, queso and bunelos will be served.

Last Sunday to purchase an animal for the Fill the Stable Project! Children can bring their offering banks to this Sunday's service or the service on Christmas Eve!

During Advent, the congregation at KUMC prepares our hearts for the Christ child by remembering that Christmas is not our birthday but Jesus' birthday. Our “Fill the Stable” mission focus for Advent reorients our giving in this season toward others in Jesus’ name. Instead of buying a poinsettia in honor or memory of a loved one, you can purchase an animal or a share of an animal through Heifer International to help “fill the stable” for Christmas Eve.

 

Heifer gives livestock and training to people around the world, following up on how they are doing, and transforming communities in the process. The most beautiful of the Heifer principles is called “Passing on the Gift.” After their projects are established, families that received resources from Heifer pass on these gifts to other families in need in their community, allowing them to help others as they have been helped.

For more information on Heifer International, visit https://www.heifer.org/

4 more poinsettias available! Contact Christie to order!

Christie and Katie Meyer are taking orders for Poinsettias for Christmas Services. Katie is raising money to travel to Hawaii with her dance team.

$13 each (cash or checks accepted). Make checks payable to Christie Meyer.

Email orders to Christie at [email protected] Make sure to list who it is from and if the poinsettia is in Honor or Memory of someone. You make take your poinsettia home after the 7:00pm service on Christmas Eve.

Sunday, January 5th - Epiphany Services with drama in the Family Life Center at 9:00am and 11:15am. 

Please stay after the 11:15am service if you’re able to help put away the Christmas decorations and prepare the church for the new year.

 

January Dinner Church will be Wednesday, January 8th in the Family Life Center. Soup meal will be served starting at 5:30pm followed by a message, music and table discussion starting at 6pm. Contact Pastor Stella at [email protected] if you'd like to help or provide food for the meal.

Grocery Distribution for those in need starts at 6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. Contact Shannon Taylor at [email protected] if you can pick up food from the Foodbank that day or help with the distribution.

Donuts and Fellowship

Let's start the new year with donuts/goodies every week. Time to sign up! The list is in the Fellowship Hall on the table next to the blue donation box. This way, everybody gets to participate!

Please sign up in the Fellowship Hall or talk to Jayme Bryson about how you can get involved!

*We are also in need of someone to take over Donut Coordinator job for Jayme for 2020! If you are interested in scheduling the donuts, please contact the office or Jayme Bryson.

Bible on Tap

Bible on Tap meets every Monday, 6:30pm at Aviator Pizza for an hour long bible study, which covers a current event topic that provides countless opportunities for discussion and biblical reference! All are welcome, not just members or people who attend KUMC! No bible needed and no homework/materials to prepare ahead of each meeting. 

Come join this wonderful group of non-perfect Christians who get together each week to support each other as they explore, learn, and go deeper into their faith. 

Faithful Heart Yoga

Instructor: Krystyn Jensen, 200-hr certification

Fourth Sunday of the Month

12:30pm – 1:30pm

KUMC Family Life Center

Open to anyone who wants to feel a Christian connection while working to heal and/or strengthen your body while building your connection to Christ!

COST: $5/person (for family rates, contact Krystyn Jensen, [email protected] ); 10% of all monies collected will be donated to KUMC!

The members of the Living the Questions Adult Sunday School class invite you to join in a study of John Wesley and Methodists, the beliefs and actions that started the group of believers called Methodists.

The class will consist of some readings, some presentations, and an extended dialogue about what it means to us today. Travel with us from Epworth, Lincolnshire in 1703 through time attending Oxford, during ordination in the Anglican church, on a trip to the New World in 1735 to preach in Georgia, and onward to return to England, Aldergate Street, and the continued the development of a group of Methodists, in both England and America, as Methodism was born. Live the Questions with us in the faith journey.

We invite you to join us at 10:00 on Sunday mornings in the Wallace Classroom.

KYLE UMW CHRISTMAS PROJECT

THANK YOU KUMC! Your generous support has resulted in wonderful gift bags for the elderly and disabled residents of Kyle Housing Authority located on 2nd Street in Kyle. 

The bags include a throw, popcorn, hot cocoa, a mug and other assorted holiday goodies. In fact, your response was so great that it resulted in more throws than were needed. The extra throws are being distributed to persons receiving Meals on Wheels. The route drivers making meal deliveries know which persons are most in need. Thank you again for sharing God's love and blessings with our community. 

United Methodist Women News

We invite anyone interested in learning more about what we do to in service and to share in God’s love to please come and visit our Circles. We welcome new faces and new ideas. We enjoy working on our ministries and helping support local charities; focusing on women and children’s needs. 

DECEMBER CHEER CIRCLE

The Cheer Circle will not formally meet in December but attend and enjoy the annual UMW Christmas party. The next meeting will be held on Monday, January 13 ^th at 11am in the FLC corner Classroom.

The Cheer Circle meets on the second Monday of each month at the time and location above. We share a monthly devotional, prayers, fellowship, friendship and a light lunch.

If you want to learn more about this wonderful opportunity of faith and service, please call Circle Leader Lynne Kyle at 512-504-3888. We can provide a ride too.

Sunday Night Youth Group

We will have our Lock-in at Epic Fun Friday, December 20th and then take a break for Christmas. Youth Group will start back up on January 12th.

Who wants to come hang out with some awesome youth?!? We are in need of adults to help with Youth Group. Can't help every Sunday? That's ok! Help when you're able. We have to have a minimum of 2 adults each Sunday for Safe Gatherings ratio so that gives us an opportunity to have lots of adults impact the lives of the kids in our growing youth group!

Can't help on Sundays? You can support our youth by providing meals and snacks.

If you'd like to volunteer or want more information, please contact Alissa Villarreal at [email protected] or 361-441-4206.

Our purpose is to serve God by dedicating ourselves to pray each day for each person, need and concern as listed in both the confidential prayer list and the persons named in the church bulletin and newsletter. We welcome anyone who would like to join us. For more on joining, contact Natha Caldwell.

Prayer request slips are available in the sanctuary pews and may be placed in the offering plate on Sunday to be given to the pastor. Persons may also contact Natha Caldwell (512-618-3908) , Joann Runkle (832-741-7237) or Pastor Stella Burkhalter (512-415-6708) with requests (please include both email and phone info for us).