19 Donors were seen and 16 units of blood were given at our Chapel Hill UMC Blood Drive last August… Those numbers are twice those for March 2011!! People were blessed through our August Blood Drive at Baylor Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, North Texas Community Hospital/Bridgeport and communities throughout the Metroplex.

Sunday, March 18, is our next opportunity to share. Carter Blood Care will be ready for us after we have enjoyed worship and food and fellowship during the March Potluck.

This coming Sunday, March 4th, Miss Chequetta Hall with Carter Blood Care will share with us during our worship….. the meaning and importance of sharing our best with others through Carter Blood Care.

‘til then,
Iris Shivar and the Outreach Team

If you enjoy singing - singing the beautiful, poignant music of Lent and the exhilarating, exciting music of Easter - then I invite you to join the Chancel choir on March 7 through April 8.

I can promise you the music we will be singing through Lent and up through Easter will thrill your soul, lift your spirits, and make you thank God for giving you the ability to sing.

So come on, join our wonderful, fun-loving Chancel Choir and join us in lifting your song to

Praise God through music!

Kathy Guttierrez
Director of Music

Our communion offering this Sunday will go toward supporting The Family Place. The Family Place is the largest family violence service provider in the Dallas area reaching out to thousands of victims of family violence each year and award-winning programs that keep women and children safe. For 33 years, The Family Place's mission to end the epidemic of family violence has remained constant.

Please help us support this worthy cause through your generous donations.

The United Methodist Men will meet after church on Sunday, March 11 for a lunch meeting. All men of the church are invited to join us for lunch and fellowship.

Children’s Easter Celebration

What can you do?

• You may bring candy from March 4th – March 18th.
• You may stuff eggs on March 18th after the pot luck lunch.
• You may sign up to help lead an activity.
• You may bring kids on Saturday, April 7th from 9:00 am – 11:00 am.
• You may buy lunch from the youth group after the Children’s Easter Celebration.

When: Monday, March 5th
From 5:30-6:30pm

Location: Mallon Park @ Josey Ln. & Millwood Dr.
across Josey from Janie Stark Elementary

Let’s have a Picnic and Feed the Ducks!

Bring:
*A sack lunch or fast food meal for yourself
*Old bread for the ducks
*A sweater, if it’s cool weather

Heidi Tolle, CHUMC Youth Director

Thanks to the dear, brave souls who offered their time and talents for the upcoming March Mentors program. I believe we have just the right amount of willing folks to make this a wonderful experience! I can't wait!

Last Saturday the Youth delivered our Souper Bowl of Caring items (nearly 600 canned food items) to the Metrocrest food pantry. The staff on duty was extremely grateful for the generous donation made by our Congregation! They gave the kids a very nice tour of the facilities while we were there. We look forward to working with this organization often.

God's Grace and Peace to You and Yours this week!

Heidi Tolle
CHUMC Youth Director

Thank You, Thank You

I continue to be amazed with the generosity of Chapel Hill. Thanks to you we raised all the money ($1540) for our children to go to choir camp in June.

Last year, the children went to choir camp a little wary about what exactly was going to happen during the five days: was it really going to be fun like Ms. Kathy said, would they like their new friends, and what music class would they be in. Some of them had never attended any camp.

But this year, June can't seem to get here soon enough for them. They know they will have LOTS of fun, sing GREAT songs, meet New friends and have so much fun that they will be talking about choir camp for years to come. So thank you, thank you Chapel Hill.

This experience that you are affording our children will be with them always!

Lenten Journey is a personal, spiritual and creative experience offered in a community setting. Eight meditation centers provide an environment and instructions for a private and self-paced meditation on the Seven Last Words of Christ.

Chapel Hill United Methodist Church will hold our Lenten Journey 2012 event on Tuesday April 3 & Wednesday April 4, 2012.

Two sessions will be held each day with hours for both days at 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. Bulletins from Spiritual Ministries Institute are being prepared showing all local churches that are holding the event for 2012, and Chapel Hill UMC will be listed among them.

We will distribute the bulletins to the surrounding churches and communities as we did last year, inviting everyone to come.

You won’t want to miss Lenten Journey 2012. Meanwhile, look at the photos taken at Lenten Journey 2011 held at Chapel Hill UMC.

Next

Not interested in a high falutin’ lunch at the Meyerson? Chapel Hill UMC is committed to serve lunch at the Stew Pot ON THE SAME DAY as the "Empty Bowls luncheon", March 9 at 11:30 am. Be one of 5. Sign up in the foyer.

~Outreach