Gutter Clean Out!!

This Saturday is Groundhog day and we will be having gutter clean out day. We will be meeting at Meadowbrook at 8:00am for breakfast and then at 9:00am we will leave to clean out gutters. We have a long list this year so, we can use all the help we can get. Get your work clothes on and come join us. Remember we start at 8:00am with a hearty breakfast.

Super Bowl Sunday!!!

Come and join us on Super Bowl Sunday for our Super Bowl Party. This Sunday come out for the game and we will have drinks and subs. Bring your favorite snack to the party and cheer that somehow neither team wins. February 3rd the game starts at 5:30pm so we will see you there.


The following week February 10th we will be back for worship. Invite a few friends and tell the first person you see. Come and join us at 5:00pm and we will have free food after worship.

This is a video from this past week. The song is Unfailing Love, by Trent

Blessed Be Your Name

This is the awaken band playing Blessed Be Your Name, by Matt Redman. Video was taken at the one year anniversary of Awaken this past Sunday. Andrew Taylor on Bongos and Congas and Djembe!
Come and worship with us.

Grace Like Rain

Awaken band playing Grace Like Rain, by Todd Agnew
Come and join us for worship on Sundays @ 5pm
at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church
Free Food for all following worship
See you Sunday! All are Welcome!!

Awaken: January 27th

This past week we celebrated the one year anniversary of Awaken: Worship Gathering. We are so thankful to be able to come and worship together each week in a little bit of a different style. We introduced a new song called "Awaken" by a band called Daydreamer. This week Rev. Kyland Dobbins was our speaker. Kyland spoke to us about anniversaries. We talked about anniversaries being a good time to look back to see just how far we have come. In our personal lives we have that opportunity to take look back at our lives and see were it is that we made need Jesus correction. In our mistakes, faults, and other. Jesus is our liquid paper that stains us clean. After the message Rev. Jim Chandler led us in communion. Then we made a special presentation to say thank you to our chef and the band. After worship we chowed down on some food. We had grilled cheese and soup and as a special bonus we had an ice cream sundae bar. Be on the look out for some videos from last night. Come and join us next week!

Special thank you to Claudia Roper for cooking us that awesome free food each and every week.
Special thanks to Tyler, Jerry, Matt, Andrew, and Patrick for leading us in worship every week.
Special thanks to all who have ever been apart of Awaken. Thank you!

Hallelujah Grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah all my stains are washed away.

This is the video from this past week of the song "Awaken" by Daydreamer. More videos to come!

Thank You!

Thank you everybody for the continued support for the Awaken Worship Gathering.
We celebrated our one year anniversary earlier tonight with a great crowd.
Thank you to all who keep us in your prayers and join us at Awaken each week.
Special thanks to Claudia Roper and her crew in the kitchen who cook all those wonderful free meals each and every week for all of us.
Thank you to the Awaken Band. Ya'll sound great.
Thank you to you all!

TOMORROW @ AWAKEN

Come and join us tomorrow at Awaken. 5pm in the the fellowship hall at Meadowbrook UMC. We are all very excited about celebrating our one year anniversary together with you. Invite a couple of friends and come out and join us. See you all soon!

How Great Is Our God!

This is a video from this past week at Awaken. The song is How Great is Our God and it is by Chris Tomlin. Come and join us next week for our one year celebration! Looking forward to this Sunday! See you soon!

ONE YEAR!!!! almost here.

This Sunday, January 27th, we will celebrate the one year mark at Awaken. This Sunday will be one year from the when we started Awaken here at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. It is such a joy to come on Sunday nights and see all of you here with all the energy that is in the room. We want to celebrate with a special Awaken service. This Sunday we will introduce a new song, sing some other songs, and worship together. After worship we enjoy a FREE meal! We want to encourage you to bring a friend to join us, because it is going to be a blast. Tell a friend, bring a friend, or do both! See you this Sunday. We will start at 5:00pm and we will be in the fellowship hall at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. Any questions you can email Patrick at patrick@mbrookumc.org. Come and worship with us!

Awaken: January 20th

We had a great time this past weekend. It was great to see so many people there. Rev. Jim Chandler brought us the message this week. Jim talked to us about hospitality. We talked about offering hospitality at all times and what that would look like. It was taco night and we had some awesome tacos. Come out and join us next week! See you all soon. Next time you are here take some flyers with you and give one to a friend and tell them about awaken. Then invite them to come.


This is a picture from Sunday.

The Great Debaters

Actor Denzel Washington brings some star power to local United Methodist church services in a specially produced video available for downloading at www.umc.org/greatdebaters.


In the video, Washington tailors a greeting to United Methodist congregations and thanks them for a “legacy of support” on behalf of the 11 historically African-American colleges and universities long sustained by United Methodism’s Black College Fund apportionment.

The five-minute video also features excerpts from Washington’s new film, “The Great Debaters.” Set in Marshall, Texas, the movie stars Washington as Melvin B. Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate coach. In 1935 Tolson inspired Wiley College students to form the school’s first debate team and challenge the University of Southern California (shown as Harvard in the film) in a national championship. Despite incredible odds, Wiley beat Southern California—and a score of other oratorical powerhouses.

Although church crowds may seem an odd audience for a Hollywood movie appeal, Washington notes that “The Great Debaters” is a “David and Goliath story” tackling issues that leave many audiences feeling as if they’ve had a spiritual experience.
“My faith,” said Washington, “has made me realize there are things much more important than just making movies. It’s important for me to tell stories that people will benefit from: stories about life, about actions and about consequences.”

To get the latest information on “The Great Debaters” and to learn more about Wiley College and other institutions supported by the Black College Fund, please go to:

www.umc.org/greatdebaters
http://www.gbhem.org/bcf
www.thegreatdebatersmovie.com

Movie is still in theatres!

Awaken: January 13th

At the beginning of this year Rev. Kyland Dobbins joined the staff here at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. Kyland is the associate pastor here and we are so excited to have him with us! Rev. Dobbins brought us the message last night at Awaken. Kyland brought one of his favorite CDs with him, "Room for Squares" by John Mayer, and he talked about being a "square" in this world and how we are square pegs trying to fit into a round hole, and in order to do so we let God mold us and shape us. We took some special time this week to remember our baptism. After worship we chowed down on some pancakes, sausage, and bacon. Don't you just love breakfast for dinner! Come out and join us next week at Awaken for some worship, fellowship, and more FREE food. I hear that Tacos will be on the menu for next week. Tell a friend about Awaken and bring them for some tacos and worship next Sunday at 5:00pm. We meet in the fellowship hall at Meadowbrook. See you all soon!

Awaken this Week!

Come on out to Awaken this week. Rev. Kyland Dobbins will bring us the message. After worship we will have pancakes for dinner. The meal is FREE so come out and join us. We will be in the fellowship hall at Meadowbrook UMC and we start at 5:00pm. Bring a friend or two and we will see you there. Stick around afterwards and we will play some football or volleyball in the community life center.

One Year Anniversary!

Awaken is about to celebrate our One Year Anniversary!!!

We will celebrate this on January 27th and we would love for all of you to be at this special Awaken Worship service.

See you all Sunday!

Thank You from the Youth!

The youth and myself would like to thank everybody very much for helping us with the Youth Room remodel. We are now calling the youth room "the Loft". Thank you for all of those long days of hard work. All of the painting and pulling up that carpet that just didn't want to come up was needed. It has all really paid off. We love our new room! If you haven't had a chance to see the finish product you can see these pictures, or just drop in and say hello and check it out. We could not have done it with out you. Thank you so much!

-Patrick
patrick@mbrookumc.org

Awaken: January 6th

What an excellent start to a brand new year! It was great to see so many of you this past Sunday. Our bass guitar, Jerry, was out this week, but Matt stepped in and played both bass and electric guitar. Thanks Matt! We sang several songs, Jim spoke to us this week, and then we had some altar time. After worship we ate some wonderful chili dogs and frito pie. Love to see you all next week! Bring a friend this next week to Awaken.

Completely, consume me Lord
Completely, consume me Lord
I am the clay, you are the Potter
I am the child, you are the Father

Awaken: December 23rd & 30th

Two excellent weeks!

We would like to thank everybody that helps make Awaken happen each and every week. To all the wonderful people who help out in the kitchen and cook those amazing FREE meals each and every week, to all of those who help out with the set up every week, to all of those in the band and sound crew, to all of our guest speakers and regular speakers, and to everybody who has ever been to an Awaken service. It couldn't happen without all of you so eager to help and be a part of the service. We thanks God for each and every one of you!

December 23rd... This week Jim was the speaker and he talked to us about the Great Christmas story. We sang a few songs and threw in some carols. We then ate a whole ton of Christmas Pizza (it was regular pizza, but why not call it Christmas pizza).

December 30th... We had a great turn out for the last Awaken of 2007. We watched a video from the Rob Bell nooma series, sang several songs, and then we had some meatball subs.

Come on out to Awaken on January 6th and worship with us and then eat with us. Tell a friend or two about us and then bring two more. Awaken is for all ages. See you all soon!