Backpack Ministry/Weekend Food for Children
Our church has long cared for the members of our community. Due to that, Rev. Tracey Beadle asked the Men’s Wednesday Bible Study and...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Sep 122 min read
The Pumpkin Patch
I can’t begin to recall all the people I have met in our community all the way from Georgetown to San Marcos who when I mentioned our...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Sep 103 min read
Such as These
The roots of contemporary praise music at Manchaca United Methodist Church stretch back 30 years. Around that time there began a trend...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Aug 302 min read
Stitches from the Heart
Imagine a woman sitting alone in her upstairs bedroom alone and suffering from the pain of a recent surgery when the doorbell rings. She...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Aug 153 min read
Vacation Bible School Memories
Similar to most children who grow up in this church, I imagine, I have a lot of amazing memories from Vacation Bible School over the...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Aug 81 min read
Notewriters
Texting, emailing and phone calls are wonderful, but it is so very special to receive a beautiful handwritten card from someone who...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Jul 182 min read
Crafting a Better World
When I first walked into the MUMC Craft Group it was a beehive of activity in my want-to-be artist heaven. Bins filled with beautifully...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Jul 112 min read
God Makes Beautiful Things
The band Gungor sings, "You make beautiful things out of the dust....You make beautiful things out of us." This melody comes to mind when...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Jul 32 min read
Broadway on 1626
Thanks to the vision and creative talents of Suzanne and Dennis Holcomb, the Sanctuary choir (along with a few other musical members of...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Jun 272 min read
Sanctuary Stained Glass, Part 3
Hidden Windows (After much inspection and consideration, this author is speculating that the windows in the hallway next to the Choral...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Jun 202 min read
Sanctuary Stained Glass, Part 2
There are three areas that were originally planned to have stained glass windows that are hidden from most of the congregation’s view...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Jun 132 min read
Sanctuary Stained Glass, Part 1
You must look up to see the beauty of the stained glass with their white lines embellished with golden lines in the form of curves and...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Jun 61 min read
Parlor Windows
Our present sanctuary was built between two existing buildings. This created the “bell room” that has no windows and a parlor with...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
May 301 min read
Stories in Glass
She had been working with stainglass for 10 years when MUMC approached Martina Hill about designing and installing the stain glass...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
May 161 min read
The Bell and Steeple
Did you know that our church has both a bell and steeple? No, the bell is not located in the steeple, but in the small tower just west...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
May 91 min read
Build Serve Grow
MUMC has a long history of congregant support to expand the church campus and refurbish the existing structure. One recent project was...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
May 21 min read
The Fire
The sanctuary that was begun in 1956 served the Manchaca area for about 30 years. Season after season went by in the beautiful, cozy...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Apr 252 min read
"The Day My Grandson Discovered Jesus"
My husband and I had just recently discovered MUMC when we found out about the Contemporary Services held in the Family Life Center. At...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Apr 41 min read
Our New Sanctuary
When the church decided we needed a bigger sanctuary, the question was, “How do we pay for it?” We hired a retired pastor, Wimpy Smith,...
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MUMC 150 History Committee
Mar 211 min read
Unexpected Building Help
The one room wooden church stood watch over the fledgling congregation for the next half century … through two world wars, the roaring...
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