1689 Old St. Augusne Road Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 877-1738 www.johnwesleyumc.com The John Wesley Journal John Wesley United Methodist Church, directed by prayer and the Holy Spirit, shall be a worshipping, caring group of believers who makes and equips disciples for serving Jesus in the community and beyond. January 2019 A Message from Our Pastor Thank you for an amazing December! December began with our Alternave Christmas Market that ended up collecng over $42,000 for God’s work! Thank you to everyone who helped set up, worked booths, cleaned up, and shopped. It was wonderful to work with you and do this ministry. Thank you to everyone who helped with our Cantata! I love that we share our talents together to tell the sto- ry of Christ’s birth each year. Thank you to those who sang, played instruments, and worked in the back- ground to make this service happen. Thank you to everyone who put together our Christmas Eve service. Thank you to those who sang, read scripture, played instruments, and worked to welcome people before and aſter our service. Thank you to our staff (paid and unpaid) who helped our church to run smoothly through such a busy season. I know that you, too, had homes that needed decorang, giſts that needed wrapping, and family events that required their own planning. I am so grateful that you spent your me and talents here to help John Wesley UMC spread God’s word through our many events. And thank you to all of you who stopped by, sent cards, or gave giſts to me and my family this Christmas. We love you, too. I love being your pastor! And I look forward to serving God with you in 2019. Rev. Bethany Douty Senior Pastor John Wesley United Methodist Church
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1689 Old St. Augustine Road Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 877-1738 www.johnwesleyumc.com
The John Wesley Journal John Wesley United Methodist Church, directed by prayer and the Holy Spirit,
shall be a worshipping, caring group of believers who makes and equips disciples for serving Jesus in the community and beyond.
J a n u a r y 2 0 1 9
A M e s s a g e f r o m O u r P a s t o r
Thank you for an amazing December!
December began with our Alternative Christmas Market that ended up
collecting over $42,000 for God’s work! Thank you to everyone who helped set
up, worked booths, cleaned up, and shopped. It was wonderful to work with you
and do this ministry.
Thank you to everyone who helped with our Cantata! I love that we share our talents together to tell the sto-
ry of Christ’s birth each year. Thank you to those who sang, played instruments, and worked in the back-
ground to make this service happen.
Thank you to everyone who put together our Christmas Eve service. Thank you to those who sang, read
scripture, played instruments, and worked to welcome people before and after our service.
Thank you to our staff (paid and unpaid) who helped our church to run smoothly through such a busy season.
I know that you, too, had homes that needed decorating, gifts that needed wrapping, and family events that
required their own planning. I am so grateful that you spent your time and talents here to help John Wesley
UMC spread God’s word through our many events.
And thank you to all of you who stopped by, sent cards, or gave gifts to me and my family this Christmas.
We love you, too.
I love being your pastor! And I look forward to serving God with you in 2019.
Rev. Bethany Douty
Senior Pastor
John Wesley United Methodist Church
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Alternative Christmas Market
A Word from Worship by Angie Williams
…And the word is EPIPHANY!
Many dictionaries define epiphany as “a major realization in life.” Have you had one of those
lately? Here’s one for you: There is no better place to be on a Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m.
than at John Wesley United Methodist Church! So, come join us in January as we usher in
the season of Epiphany with the arrival of the Magi on January 6th and commemorate the
baptism of Christ on January 16th. The rest of the month will be pretty special, too!
This year at the Alternative Christmas Market many people commented that they felt the
presence of the Holy Spirit. There was a gracious, generous spirit there and it is noted in the
$43,000 raised for the agencies. There will be a final number in January as more money is still
coming in.
We wish to say a special thanks to John Wesley members and friends who worked and vol-
unteered at the market. Susan Marvin and volunteers did calligraphy, Judy Denham and Claire
Forjet manning the cafe, John Menge, lunch on Sunday, Lucy Baer and Gina Whitfield, the
ACM card and craft shop, Terry Denham and Cheryl Davis collecting monies, copier Janet and
Craig Dennis, Jay Davis organizing, counting and proofing information, Charlie Clark and Mark
Mahoney (Peace Corp) setting up, taking down, moving tables and chairs and cleaning,
Melissa and Kelly, church foundational support, and Pastor Bethany for being involved
throughout the whole process and praying for all of us.
Thank you for providing food, welcoming folks, shopping, manning booths, doing calligra-
phy, being gracious, praying, and sharing God's love.
Pat Davis and Susan Capelouto
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Come to our Musical Dinner for Medical Missions
Wed. Jan. 16 in Hawkins Fellowship Hall 5:45-7:15 pm
20 10 am Worship 11 am Sunday School 11 am Connections
21 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
OFFICE CLOSED
22 6:30 pm Joy Circle
23 10 am LLP 12 pm Prayer 7 pm Choir
24 6 pm Line Dancing
25 26
27 10 am Worship 11 am Sunday School
28 11:30 am LFJ Bible study
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30 10 am LLP 12 pm Prayer 7 pm Choir
31 6 pm Line Dancing
January 2019
Little Lambs on Christmas break
OFFICE HOURS MONDAY - THURSDAY
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27
Nursery during
worship (10 a.m.)
Kristen Power-
Blaiklock
Louise Hudson
Kristen Power-
Blaiklock
Lucy Baer
Kristen Power-
Blaiklock
Ann Handley
Kristen Power-
Blaiklock
Judy Landers
Nursery during
Sunday school
Kristen Power-
Blaiklock
Kristen Power-
Blaiklock
Kristen Power-
Blaiklock
Kristen Power-
Blaiklock
Sunday school
(11 a.m.)
Cindy Cosper
Jann Pettway
Jan Peters
Nkeche Ichite
Debbie Rivenburg
Liz Jordan
Barbara Williams
TBD
Children’s Ministry volunteer s for JANUARY
JANUARY GREETERS
Jan 06 Eve Williams
Jan 13 Louise Hudson
Jan 20 Judy Landers
Jan 27 Jack and Ann Handley
Janet Dennis 8
Ann Handley 10
Barbara George 15
Angelyn Hirai 20
Ziyi Wang 5
What is your favorite thing to do at school?
Play with Trinity.
What is your favorite thing to do at home?
Play with my brother.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
I don’t know.
...say “hello to our Little Lamb
Hartsfield Elementary School has requested our help with their 2ndAnnual Parent and Family Engagement Conference “Creating Connections: School, Family and Community” on Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26. The following items are needed to feed approximate-ly 150 kids: Pop tarts Juice boxes Granola bars Yogurt Gold fish crackers Chips If you would like to help please contact Jann Tucker-Pettway or Will Pettway [email protected] or (850)-877-0718. Items are due by January 22, 2019.
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Money Matters
Do you shop online?
Did you know that you can send micro-donations to John Wesley UMC when you shop online and it won't
cost you a thing? You can!
If you use Amazon, sign in to your account through Smile.Amazon.com and choose John Wesley United
Methodist Church as your charity. Once this is complete, our church will get a few pennies every time you
shop and those pennies add up to ministry.
Also sign up at UMCMarket.org to send us micro-donations when you shop at other vendors (Sam's Club,
LL Bean, and Target, among others). Choose John Wesley United Methodist Church as your charity and we
will get 1 - 10% every time you shop.
Apportionment Update
Every month, John Wesley UMC sends about $2,000 of the money in our offering plates to the Florida
Conference of the United Methodist Church as part of something that we call apportionments.
Apportionments are the funds used by the local and global United Methodist Church to do ministry around
the world. Each month we will highlight one of the funds our apportionments support. John Wesley has paid
100% of our apportionments since 2015, and we are on track to do so again this year. It is our joy to send these
funds off each month!
January’s Apportionment Highlight: District Work Fund
John Wesley will contribute over $4,000 toward the District Work Fund this year through our
apportionments. This money goes toward supporting the District Offices, their staff, and supplies. This mon-
ey is also used for District events for laity and clergy each year - training and worship events. Thank you for