Promotion Sunday is the day our Children and Youth are promoted to the next grade in Sunday School and we celebrate the beginning of the new school year!

PreK - 5th Graders and their parents will meet in the Social Hall (north side) in the Sanctuary Building for a light breakfast at 9:45am. At 10:00am, the teachers will take the children to their new classrooms.

6th Graders will also meet in the Social Hall with Irene at 9:45am. At 10:00am, Janelda will take them over as a group to their new Youth class in the Family Life Center.

7th - 12th Graders will meet upstairs in the Family Life Center at 10:00am, starting with breakfast and then a lesson and welcoming the new 6th graders.

All children (grades PreK-5th) are invited to Ultimate Air from 1:30-3:00 pm. Parents should come with their child(ren). A waiver will need to be completed before children are allowed to jump.

For more information about our Children's Ministries, please email our director Irene Upson at iupson@fumcstw.org For more information about our Youth Ministries, please email our director Janelda Lane at jlane@fumcstw.org

There will be a Children's Ministry: Sunday School Teacher training on August 9th for the beginning of a new school year. If you are interested in serving our children and their families through this important ministry work, please contact Irene Upson at iupson@fumcstw.org for more information.

Thursday morning, 12 of our youth and adults joined Church of the Servant to serve at The Urban Mission in OKC. They served 300 families in 2.5 hours, loading carts of food into their cars!

Here’s how we scored last week with the opening of our new sermon series,
“Get in the Game!”:

Weekend Food Sacks – 30 responses
Community Dinner – 10 responses
Shower Ministry – 3 responses
Hope House – 5 responses

Each week, I’ll help us keep score so we can celebrate the wins in helping people get connected to serving in the name of Christ. This Sunday, our focus will be on weekend serving opportunities. You can get more information about our music ministries, greeting before worship, serving Communion and more. Once again, there will be a response card in your bulletin and online through our app. You can let us know you’re ready…to get in the game!

I’m proud of you, Stillwater friends. You are stepping forward to serve and setting a great pace for our congregation to stay strong in ministry. I look forward to this week’s sermon about practicing the basics. This is why every sport runs “drills.” Even when you’re the best of the best, you still have to practice the basics. What are the basics of our faith? Come on Sunday and find out.

Don’t forget to wear your team colors! I look forward to our time at the Communion Table together.

See you Sunday, Pastor Charla

We will be hosting our quarterly blood drive on August 10 at our Family Life Center in rooms 107-109. Your donation saves lives! To sign-up please visit www.obi.org

What if you could immerse yourself in another culture and never leave Stillwater? On Sunday, Aug. 10, 11:00 am, the Closer Talk Sunday School class invites you to join them in the FLC room 220 for a journey to an intriguing destination within the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region—an area rich in tradition, flavor, and unexpected charm. Learn about the culture, sample the cuisine, broaden your horizons. You are invited to travel without the cost of a plane ticket.