Please allow me to formerly announce that I have been
reappointed to Medina for a 17th year!
Methodist pastors are appointed one year at a time.
I have been thinking about the last 16 years. I’m not the same person I was when I first came to Medina. You have seen me at my best and you have seen at my worst. We have laughed and cried together. Together we have learned the POWER of FELLOWSHIP rooted in Christ and I have been humbled how God is able to do abundantly beyond I could ever think or imagine. (Ephesians 3:20)
Funny, I wasn’t sure I was going to like Medina when
we moved here. Now I can’t imagine being
any place else. God has really used you
to bring out the best in me and I can only hope that I have been half the
blessing you have been for me.
You have been such a blessing to my entire
family. Thank You. I am so grateful to be your pastor and am
excited about what the future holds for us…
Speaking of my family…
Kaitlin Stegemueller is the recipient of this year’s Dan Matthew’s Memorial Scholarship. The leaders of the church unanimously voted for her. What was exciting for me is that YOU (the Church) played a very important part raising her. That’s the power of Christian Community!
I want to take a moment of pastoral privilege and
share some of her application with you:
Community Service Activities:
MUMC
Sunday School Teacher
MUMC Director of Education
MUMC Nursery
School: Texas State University 2014 – current Major: Integrated – Curriculum & Instruction Certification: EC-6 ESL Generalist GPA: 3.46 Status: Senior
I am a current student at Texas State
University with the status of Senior. I have almost 5 years under my belt and
have one more semester to go. My major covers early childhood through 6th
education, and I would like to bring this skill to Medina to be used in this
town’s school system. I grew up here and have been here for nearly 16 years
now. My hometown is important to me and I would like to do whatever it takes to
give back to it after all the love and kindness it, and its people, have given
to me over the years. For the time being I give back to the community by
holding the title of “Director of Education” and running the primary age Sunday
school class. However, I feel like this is just a stepping stone to the things
I could actually do for Medina. Becoming a teacher for Medina Elementary School
would be the stone that makes a splash. By granting me this scholarship, you
will have helped to aid me in that mission, to get my degree. So please, help
me make this dream a reality and help fund my student teaching this fall.
Kaitlin is just one of
many examples of the lives that you have touched, and just one of the many
reasons I am honored to be your pastor.
Bill Stegemueller preaching at Medina United Methodist Church as we celebrate and pray for Deer Creek Camp and their Counselors. Scripture is Ephesians 5:19 (This year’s memory verse for Deer Creek Camp)
Bill Stegemueller preaching at the Dedication of Medina United Methodist Church’s NEW Sanctuary from 2 Chronicles 7:14 in a message entitled, “If My People…”
