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June 29, 2009 |
Have Fun, Fellowship on
the Fourth with the Pulse Single Adults from Lovers Lane
UMC
 July 4 -
Fireworks and Fellowship with the Pulse
Singles.
We'll meet at 7 p.m. at Lovers Lane UMC, corner of
Northwest Highway and Inwood Road on that Saturday to carpool
to Fair Park. We'll enjoy the junk good, people watching,
great fireworks and fellowship in the Esplanade area.
And why not start Independence Day off right by waking up
with the Pulse Singles. We're gathering for breakfast at
Kel's Diner, 800 N. Coit Road, about 9-9:30 a.m.
  Saturday, July 11 - Movie night with
our own Gordon Smith, a well-known
film historian and video producer. We'll watch "E.T.: the
Extraterrestrial," and then discuss the great spiritual
implications
from Director Steve Spielberg.
Join us at 7 p.m. in The Foundary, 2nd floor, Christ
Family Center, the first building as you pull into the Inwood
Drive side of the campus.
Sunday, July 12, "A Chorus Line," Dallas
Summer Musicals. See deadline for tickets
above.
For more information on any of our
fellowship events, contact Rev. Mai Le or Terry
Fromm.
By joining the Pulse Single Adult Ministry
at Lovers Lane UMC, you'll never be bored
again.
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Pulse
Singles' Moment of Inspiration
Using
Solitude
4 ways to ensure you don't let solitude
kill friendships
For many single adults, we spend
plenty of time by ourselves. Depending on how we use that
"aloneness," naturally, depends on how we view solitude.
Some single people hate being by themselves, while others
relish just the right amount of "alone time" to sort through
the junk in their head.
Some, however, get carried away with solitude and then
find that they've let their friendships die on the vine.
Solitude is not all bad, depending on how you work it,
experts say.
Preparing
for enriching times
Time spent alone can prepare us for more enriching times
with others. Solitude can be thought of as an extended form of
prayer, because it offers us an opportunity to pause, reflect,
give thanks, and understand out current needs so that we can
be a better friend when we then re-engage with the people we
care about.
"In solitude, we want consciously not to do things - not
watch television, not clean house, not do things that distract
us," says Dr. Amy Miller, a New York City psychologist.
"Simply think about what our lives look like at this very
moment and why our friends are important to us."
Treating
friendships like plants
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addition to a healthy attitude, relationships require a
healthy dose of human effort. Just like the single adults in
the picture at left who showed up at a recent dance sponsored
by the Pulse Singles.
"They're a little like a house plant: they just don't
jump us and tell us they need attention," says
Sharon Scott, a licensed marriage and family therapist in
Dallas who wrote How to Say No and Keep Your
Friends. "But if we ignore them for too long, they
wither, atrophy -- and maybe even die."
Unfortunately, for many of us, many activities and
concerns compete for the time we would otherwise give to our
relationships. Jobs to be done, kids to raise, groceries to
buy, mortgages to be paid.
Scheduling,
resolving, praying
Here are ways to ensure you don't let your friendships
die:
- Work out a schedule. Set times each
month for people who importan tto you who you
otherwise wouldn't see.
 Make
resolutions. Resolve to limit your activities
that you do by yourself so you have time for your friends.
Don't overbook.
- Anticipate change. When one member of a
relationship undergoes a life transition, like marriage,
divorce or a new career, talk about it. Maintain your
relationships with the people and focus not on your new
differences, but what you have in common.
- Pray with friends. We don't set out to
pray solely to build relationships, but lifting our worries
and concerns to God with another person forges a powerful
bond. "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will
fulfill the law of Christ," says Galatians 6:2.
-- From Prayer, Faith and
Healing: Cure Your Body, Heal Your Mind and Restore Your
Soul, with additional information from Steve Smith, Singles Connection editor.
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Divorce Recovery
Group
Going
through a divorce? Recently divorced? Need some support or
just need to vent? Divorce hurts and can turn your life upside
down, but you don't have to endure alone.
You'll find many people going through what you're
enduring. Where? In the well-known Divorce Recovery Group
at Lovers Lane UMC.
Join the group, led by trained
facilitators, from 7:30-9 p.m.
every Tuesday, Room 215-217, Epworth Hall.
If you know a family member, coworker or friend who
is going through a divorce, let them know about our
divorce recovery group, a safe, confidential place to
find how how to navigate through the stormy waters to come out
on the other
side.
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Forward this e-newsletter to all your
single friends and invite them to join this fun-loving,
spiritual group of singles!
 Visit our unique Sunday School
classes for singles 35+ to find out about their own social
events!
For instance, the Salt & Light Class will start
having its own social events, which will be announced in
class.
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 A
chance to serve others
Help Us Feed the Homeless
On the second Sunday of every
month, the Pulse Singles serve dinner to homeless
people at The Bridge, the shelter in downtown Dallas.
We'll meet at the church and ride a church
van to the shelter.
You will be amazed at the good feeling you
have - and how you'll count your blessings - after
serving the meals to these grateful bunch of God's
children.
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 Looking for fellowship?
You've come to the right place.
Join the Pulse Singles on Facebook and in
Class!
The Pulse Single Adults
at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church are now on
Facebook.
Our program set the standard for church-related
single adult ministries in the Metroplex. We are a mix
of professionals from throughout Dallas and from
Carrollton to Rockwall and all points in between.
Find a rich array of programs and activities for
your spiritual and personal development.
Looking for fellowship? You've come to the right
place.
For more information about the Pulse Single
Adult Ministry at Lovers Lane United Methodist
Church, contact Rev. Mai Le, the singles pastor, at the
e-mail address and telephone number listed at the end of
this newsletter.
 To
check us out on Facebook, go here to sign
up or contact Cassie
Curnett, the
administrator!
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Get your weekend off to a good
start
 Breakfast and Lunch with the Pulse
Singles
We love to join together for some Saturday morning
fellowship over breakfast at some of Dallas' best
places. Join us at 9 a.m. every Saturday at the
following:
- July 4 - Kel's Diner, 800 N. Coit
Road. (See Fourth of July article above)
- July 11 - Poor Richard's, 2442
Avenue K, Plano
- July 18 - Cafe De France, 17370
Preston Road
- July 25 - Henk's European Deli, 5811 Blackwell St.
For more information on breakfasts, contact Hutch.
Honoring
visitors, new members at Sunday
Lunch
At lunch, we honor our visitors and new
members. Here is the Sunday lunch schedule:
- July 5 - Balls Hamburgers, Northwest Highway and Midway
- July 12 - Tin Star, Preston
Center
- July 19 - Souper Salad, northeast
corner of Central X-Way and Park Lane
- July 26 - El Fenix, Northwest
Highway and Hillcrest.
Lunch usually gets going about 12:30 p.m., after the
worship service. We either meet at the restaurant or at
the spire on the Northwest Highway side of the campus
near the Sanctuary door.
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Come visit us at the Pulse
Singles Ministry
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 Loving You Into a
Relationship with Jesus
Christ.
On behalf of the
Christ Family at Lovers Lane, we want to extend to you
the warmest of welcomes and a heartfelt invitation to
you to be our guest in worship.
Perhaps you are looking for a small group, a
class or fellowship in which to participate.
We want you to find a
relationship that lasts forever.
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| Contact Information |
The Rev. Mai
Le
Lovers Lane United
Methodist Church
9200 Inwood Road,
Dallas, TX
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Pulse Singles Sunday School
Classes
9:30 a.m. - Salt & Light, Room 202, Asbury
Hall, Epworth Hall.
A lively,
interactive class for single adults that discusses life
issues with a Biblical orientation. Class
members thoughtfully engage contemporary issues in
the light of timeless truths.
11 a.m. - Good News at
11, Room 213, Christ Family Center;
singles and couples.
Join a
group of people who are searching for answers concerning
life, its meaning, and the will of God for the church
and its people through Scripture.
 For
the next two months,
Tina Yoo, a member of the Pulse
Singles who loves to teach, leads the class on a
study of Solomon.
11 a.m. - Single Friends, Room 218, Epworth Hall.  Each
Sunday's lesson features a speaker, video or book study.
The class provides opportunities for spiritual
growth, discussion on contemporary issues, and
participation in outreach projects.
Class
members gather at 6 p.m. every Tuesday for dinner at La
Madeleine's, Northwest Highway and Midway
Road.
All classes enjoy lunch together and
social events throughout the
month.
Be sure to
check out the other Sunday school classes at Lovers
Lane UMC that welcome singles.
"Therefore, encourage one another and
build each other up."
- 1 Thessalonians
5:11
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 Join
us for Worship,
too
8:15 - Traditional Worship, Sanctuary
9:30 - Traditional
Worship with Holy Communion, Sanctuary
11 - Traditional
Worship, Sanctuary
11 - Contemporary
Crosswalk Service with Praise Band,
multimedia show, Asbury Hall.
 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Celebrate
Recovery worship service, Asbury
Hall. Recover from your hurts, habits and
hang-ups by engaging in a worship service centered on
the core belief that Jesus Christ as Higher Power is the
joy that we can celebrate as we walk the recovery road
together.
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 Got
questions, comments, constructive criticism about this
newsletter?
Then
contact the editor, Steve
Smith of
the Pulse Singles. Don't worry, his skin is thick.
Send the newsletter to all your
friends!
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