NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION US POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 46 Mocksville, NC 8:45 AM 9:50 AM 10:55 AM Early Light Sunday School Tradional Worship Family Life Center Various Sanctuary MAIL TO: FIRST CHURCH NETWORK JANUARY 2017 First United Methodist Church 310 N. Main St. | Mocksville, NC 27028 336.751.2503 Fax: 336.751.1120 Preschool/Afterschool 336.753.1900 www.firstumcmocksville.org STAFF Dr. Glenn L. Myers, Jr. Senior Pastor Natalie Gray Director of Chrisan Educaon Barbara Basham Director of Music Preschool Director Allison Gupton Director of Aſterschool Ministries Tommy Dunn Organist/Technology Teresa Lakey Financial Administrator Shane Butcher Financial Assistant Natalie Sanders Custodial Staff Philip Morris Custodial Staff
6
Embed
FIRST CHURCH NETWORK JANUARY 2017firstumcmocksville.org/clientimages/57726/NEWSLETTER 1-2017.pdf · 1/15 George Snyder, layton Peele Jimmy Kelly, Dave Salmon ... 1/8 Mike Hendrix
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION US POSTAGE
PAID Permit No. 46 Mocksville, NC
8:45 AM 9:50 AM 10:55 AM
Early Light Sunday School Traditional Worship
Family Life Center Various
Sanctuary
MAIL TO:
FIRST CHURCH NETWORK JANUARY 2017
First United Methodist Church 310 N. Main St. | Mocksville, NC 27028
Dr. Glenn L. Myers, Jr. Senior Pastor Natalie Gray Director of Christian Education Barbara Basham Director of Music Preschool Director Allison Gupton Director of Afterschool Ministries Tommy Dunn Organist/Technology Teresa Lakey Financial Administrator Shane Butcher Financial Assistant Natalie Sanders Custodial Staff Philip Morris Custodial Staff
First Church JANUARY 2017 First Church Network JANUARY 2017
GREETERS FOR 8:45 AM 1/8 Alice Hanes, Patti Woods 1/15 Philip & Bobbie Morris 1/22 Vickie Hendricks, Shirley Wicker 1/29 Nancy Payne, Kathy Curry USHERS 8:45 AM 1/8 Chris Hanes, Rodger Woods 1/15 George Snyder, Clayton Peele 1/22 Jerry Hendricks, Carl Wicker 1/29 Frank Payne, Shane Butcher MORNING PRAYER 8:45 AM 1/8 Pastor Glenn Myers 1/15 Joeff Williams 1/22 Belinda Brewer 1/29 Lynne Byerly CHILDREN’S MOMENT 8:45 AM 1/8 TBD 1/15 TBD 1/22 TBD 1/29 TBD CIRCLE OPPORTUNITIES Deborah Circle
GREETERS FOR 10:55 AM 1/8 Tommy & Jenny Turner 1/15 Dave & Diane Salmon 1/22 Dave & Diane Salmon 1/29 Youth USHERS 10:55 AM Mike Hinshaw, Carroll Foster Jimmy Kelly, Dave Salmon PRAYER 10:55 AM 1/8 Pastor Glenn Myers 1/15 Shirley Cottle 1/22 Jayne Walker 1/29 Angie Jordan CHILDREN’S MOMENT 10:55 AM 1/8 Mike Hendrix 1/15 Meg Markland 1/22 Patsy Crenshaw 1/29 Elizabeth Rosenbaum ACOLYTE 10:55 AM 1/8 Evan Hendrix 1/15 Patrick Foil 1/22 Lauren O’Connor 1/29 Nevan Ellis
THOSE WHO SERVE From the Pastor
We have just come through a blessed period of Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas and New Year’s.
We have much to be thankful for. I appreciate so much the great music we enjoyed which was
evidence of both a great deal of talent and diligent preparation. I’m grateful for the mission-
minded outreach done by our church family during this time of the year and also throughout the
year. I’m grateful for the involvement of children, youth and families during this season and
throughout the year. Personally, Susan and I are grateful for the many kind expressions of love
you shared with us during the Christmas season.
As we begin the New Year, I want to take the opportunity to welcome two new staff members.
Phil Morris was hired as our custodian and began December 15. He will be responsible for our
facilities’ upkeep and maintenance. Phil and his wife, Bobbie, joined our church in September,
2014. They attend the Early Light service and are involved in the Faithful Workers SS Class. Phil
worked for AT & T and Cisco Systems in computer software before retirement. He is knowledgea-
ble in construction, maintenance, electronics, computer, radio and software. Phil has an electrical
license, is a “do-it-yourselfer” and likes to fix things.
Natalie Gray has been hired as our Director of Christian Education and will begin her work here on
January 17. She and her husband, Brian, live in Salisbury. Natalie comes to us from Rehobeth
UMC in Terrell, NC where she has effectively served since 2012 as Director of Youth and Children’s
Ministries. Prior to that she was a fulltime youth volunteer at First UMC, China Grove. After re-
turning from a mission trip to Guatemala in 2012 she experienced a call to ministry. Natalie has
previously worked with the American Red Cross and the Rowan County Health Department and
was responsible for health, wellness and safety training programs with an emphasis on youth.
Natalie is a 2001 graduate of Appalachian State with a degree in psychology, a certified meeting
and event planner (UNC-Ch. 2006), and is currently a student in the Master of Divinity program at
Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury.
We are grateful for the talents and commitment that Phil and Natalie bring to our church and look
forward to our ministry together for the mission of Christ and our Church.
Blessings,
Pastor Glenn Myers
Thank you to all who have turned in your 2017 Every Member in Ministry Forms. If you haven’t
turned yours in yet, forms are still available in the church office and in the Narthex of the Sanctuary.
The forms will be processed during the month of January.
First Church Network JANUARY 2017 First Church Network JANUARY 2017
United Methodist Youth Fellowship
Sun. 1/8 5p-7p UMYF
Sun. 1/15 No UMYF - MLK Day Weekend
Sun. 1/22 5p-7p UMYF
Sun. 1/29 4:30pm UMYF The Compassion Experience
Youth will travel to Salisbury to visit The Compassion Experience at Life Church. Dinner at Village Inn Pizza Buffet. $7.99 each
If your childcare situation is changing with the turn of the New Year, we have spots available for After School Care. Remember we have part time and full time options available. Also, summer day camp registration will be here before you know it! Keep your eyes and ears open for more information! For any information about Ministry 22:6 Before and After School Care/Summer Day Camp, please contact Allison Gupton at 336-753-1900 or at [email protected]
The Stephen Ministry Leadership Team is
excited to begin the first Stephen Ministers’
Training on January 9, 2017. We ask each
of you to keep this new ministry on your
prayer list for God to lead us through His
Holy Spirit. Thank you!
Dear Church Family,
I want to thank you all for your love, encouragement, thoughts, and prayers. They have been felt by
Tracy, Reid and me. Things are going very well. I have been forgiven and I am being restored. God
is very gracious, merciful and loving. I am learning and re-learning a lot. The Lord is healing me
physically, mentally and spiritually. Again, thank you, and I love you all !
In Christ,
John Huneycutt 12/13/16
We are appreciative of your kindnesses of cards, food, gifts and thoughts throughout the Christmas
season. We enjoy our ministry at FUMC, and we are blessed daily by all that you do for us throughout
the year, and our prayer is that you had a wonderful Christmas and that you’ll have a fantastic 2017!
Glenn, Barbara, Teresa, Tommy, Shane, Natalie and Philip
Tilthia Hanes Clemmons Village #1 6401 Holder Road, Room 3 Clemmons, NC 27012
Isaac & Eli Markland 825 N. Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028
Jack Corriher 144 N. Wentworth Dr. Mocksville, NC 27028 Sara Campbell 142 Greenwood Ave. Mocksville NC 27028 Tanner Penley 6142 Northlakes Dr. Hickory NC 28601
Sylvia Kennedy 149 Forest Lane Mocksville, NC 27028 PROMISES TO KEEP PRAYERS
Please let us know of any additional names to be added or any names which should be removed. We wish for our Prayer List to be current and correct. To contact the Prayer Chain with a prayer request or to become a part of the Prayer Chain, please contact Lillian Sharpe (336.936.9014, [email protected]) or Judy Bailey (336.978.7763, [email protected])
PRAYER TIME
Thursdays at Noon
Family Life Center
Congratulations to two of our church members in being recent
recipients of the Longleaf Pine Award. Those recipients are Sandra Boyette and Lynne Byerly. The Order of the Long Leaf
Pine is among the most prestigious awards presented by the Gover-nor of North Carolina. The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is presented to individuals who have a proven record of extraordinary service to
the state.
Breakfast for Summer Food Bags FEBRUARY 11 7:30 am—10:00 am
First Presbyterian Church of Mocksville
Blair Routh needs volunteers for Summer Food Bags - More information to follow
THE MUSIC OF LIFE
Most often, in fact almost all of the time, there is some tune going on in my mind. It can be a classical
tune, a hymn, or just a “made-up” melody that just comes from nowhere! With this thought, I look at
human life as one big orchestra where we, you and I, are the players. Our composition to perform is
the “Symphony of Life.” In this piece, we have an infinite number of dissonances and melodies blend-
ing into one picture of harmony and magnificence. As players, we study the “music” and we practice
our parts until we are able to play in harmony and in “tune” with the Great Composer. Ask yourself
this question: “Am I playing the music, or just the notes?” We all know the technicalities of the print-
ed score, and we usually play with precision. But do we sometimes work so hard at something that
we lose sight of why we started it in the first place? It’s very easy to get caught up in “getting it per-
fect.” But in getting it “perfect”, we can lose touch with what brought us to this point in our lives.
Keep your instrument in tune. If our instruments are out of tune, or if we willfully insist on playing in
our own ways, regardless of the score, we create discord for ourselves and for others in this great
orchestra of life. These discords of our own making, and we cannot attribute them to the Great Com-
poser. The discords will last as long as we refuse to learn our parts and play them in tune with the
Great Score. Therefore, play the notes the best you can, but remember that making the music of life