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Family Missions Day: Kids Against Hunger, Sunday, February 15

 
Our Family Missions Day benefiting the worldwide mission Kids Against Hunger is Sunday, February 15. All ages will be gathering together and working side-by-side as we prepare “meals in a bag” – assembly-line bags containing a variety of dry ingredients that are eventually mixed with boiling water to provide nutritious meals.
 

While many of the meals are shipped overseas, some groups in our own area are also recipients. This mission event is about providing finished bags to the Kids Against Hunger organization.
 
We will gather in the Family Life Center in three shifts starting at 9:45 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. There are still plenty of opportunities to pack meals during the latter two shifts.
 
Our goal is to pack 15,000 bags. Each meal costs 25 cents, and because of your generosity we have raised $2,000 towards the $3,750 we need for this project. Donations will be accepted in the bag packing area this Sunday. Thank you so much for helping us feed hungry people in all corners of the world. 
 
If you have any questions, please contact Donna Crawford. We look forward to all leaning into this project together as a church family on February 15!
 
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Arborlawn Children’s Academy Now Accepting Resumes

 
Arborlawn Children’s Academy is now accepting resumes for teaching positions. We will be looking for some degreed and non-degreed teachers. We will be hiring teachers for our infants, toddlers, 2’s, 3’s, and pre-k classes. The deadline to apply is March 16th. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Cordell at 817-731-0701.
 
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Connecting With Arborlawn Continues February 15 and 22

 
Guests are welcome to join us the next two Sundays as we continue Connecting With Arborlawn during the Sunday School hour in the Gathering Area outside the Family Life Center. This week we will focus on how to become deeper more devoted followers of Christ and next week we will look at the next steps to finding a place of connection here at Arborlawn. Come and meet our clergy Ben Disney, DeAndrea Dare, Bayard Pratt, Dave Brower, and Verne Fuqua.
 

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“Family Harmony: Anger in the Family” Seminar Sunday, March 1

 
We invite everyone to attend a special seminar on Sunday, March 1 presented by Arborlawn member Helen Williamson Elliott. The seminar, entitled “Family Harmony: Anger in the Family” will be at 6:00 p.m. in Room 271.
 
This special free presentation will be an overview of different things a family can do to help build a stronger bond and recognize ways family members may be inadvertently hurting others. There are patterns of behaving that we learn in our families of origin, but with some work, we can rewrite the patterns with a few behavioral tools which will be introduced in the presentation.  
 
Helen Williamson Elliott, M.S. LPC-Intern holds a masters degree in counseling, is a former upper elementary school teacher and the mother of three adult children in their twenties. She has been counseling for five years and now works with juveniles on probation and counsels individuals, couples, and families in Cleburne and Southlake. She especially enjoys working with teens and children. Given Mrs. Elliott has a long athletic history, she is a strong proponent of healthy choices for the body, and believes the mind, body, and spirit work together. She believes that faith plays a very important part in emotional healing.
 
Mrs. Elliott has been a member of Arborlawn UMC since the merger (and 2 years prior at Westcliff UMC) and has been involved in many activities such as mission trips to McCurdy School in New Mexico and UMCOR, has helped with snack sacks and habitat for humanity, has participated in numerous women’s bible studies, and worked with the praise band for three years. She regularly attends the Beyond 90 Days Sunday School class and the 11:11 Service.

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The Ascension Garden Project

 
Raised to date: $213,804
Estimated goal: $400,000
 
The proposed Ascension Garden project of Arborlawn is a dedicated and sacred space connecting the main Sanctuary with the Elizabeth Cramer Chapel. The project will include a beautifully designed columbarium, prayer labyrinth, and meditative garden, and will feature the Resurrection stained glass window from the former Westcliff campus.
 

Many of you may know that our own Paula Thomas was the catalyst and driving force behind the effort to create the Ascension Garden. It was her vision and passion to create a sacred and beautiful space so generations of people would have a place to honor their loved ones, to draw closer to God, to deepen their walk with Christ through prayer, contemplation, and meditation, and to secure a place of peace and quiet while surrounded and strengthened by the visible reminders and symbols of our Christian faith.
 
Those of us who knew and loved Paula have committed ourselves to completing the good work that God began in her. We promised her we would. That means we have work to do and promises to keep.
 
To date we have raised $213,804 in gifts and pledges toward the completion of the project ($52,500 for Niche Reservations). The total cost of the Ascension Garden project is estimated to be $400,000. If you wish to contribute to the general Ascension Garden fund, make a tribute gift (potential naming opportunity), reserve a columbarium niche, or if you would like additional information please contact the church office or speak with Kelly Keller or Ben Disney.
 
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WoW Book Club March 11

 
The WoW Book Club meets Wednesday, March 11 at 11:30 a.m. in Room 220. The selection for March is “Death Comes to the Archbishop” by Willa Cather, with a review by Ann Reeves. The April 8 book is “The All Girl Filling Station Last Reunion” by Fannie Flagg, with a review from Lee Smith. For more details about WoW Book Club, contact Susan Stevenson.