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Fairview United Methodist Church

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Address 1013 Westover Drive

Danville, Virginia 24541

Telephone: 434-792-3391

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 434-792-2115

Website: www.fairviewumcdanville.org

Administrative Assistant: Adrian Smith

Music Director: Greyson Clifton

Director of Christian Education: Katherine Lewis

Director, Becky’s Kiddie Kollege: Susan Ratliff

Youth Director: Juli Odell

Senior Pastor : Rev. Kathleen Monge

Pastor Telephone: 434-710-0360

March greetings dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

The days of winter are winding down and as March arrives there

is an internal sense that spring is approaching. The yard at the house has

many daffodil plants in various places of their development. There are

several plants that grew fast and were blooming the first week of

February, prior to the bad storm. I had been excited to see the bright

yellow blossoms. But now those blossoms are lying on the ground,

fading away. Yet, other daffodils plants have just green shoots, others

have buds that are almost ready to open and then, there are just those

few standing tall and bright and in glorious bloom!

How precious it is to me that the LORD continues to speak the

message of hope – the message of resurrection in and throughout

creation. Through these ordinary plants I am reminded how day to day

weather can alter the growth and the time of individual daffodil plants

developing and blooming. These daffodils do remind me that each and

everyone of us are also developing and will bloom at the right time – that is “God’s time” not our time! I

am trusting that because the master gardener, (yes, God Almighty, creator of the universe) is the one

who created and loves every single one of us. This realization helps me to have patience with myself and

From the Pastor Page 1

Easter Service Sched. Page 2

From the Youth Dept. Page 2

From the DCE Page 3

2015 Mission Report Page 4

Fairview News Page 5

March Calendar Page 6-7

United Methodist News Page 8

Becky’s Kiddie Kollege Page 9

From the Music Dept. Page 10

2016 Scholarships Page 10

Anniversaries Page 11

Birthdays Page 11

Attendance Page 11

Contributions Page 11

Worship Volunteers Page 11

Fairview Directory Page 12

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To transcend our human frailties through the worship of God

and the proclamation of God’s Word.

To transform people into faithful disciples through the spiritual

disciplines of study, fellowship, and service.

To transmit the love of Jesus Christ to a broken world through the ministry of

hospitality and evangelism.

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Rev. Kathleen Monge

Monthly Attendance and Offerings

Average Weekly Giving in February:

$ 9,256.90

Average weekly giving Year to Date 2015:

$ 7,299.49

Weekly Contributions Needed to Meet Budget:

$ 10,379.87

2016 Budget Approved by Admin. Council:

$ 539,753.00

Sunday

8:30 11:00 Offering

Feb 7

122 65 $ 16,074.00

Feb 14

99 61 $ 5,030.00

Feb 21

110 70 $ 6,666.70

Feb 28

March Anniversaries

6th

Kenny & Margaret Sage

9th

Jan & Barbara Grogan

11th

Andy & Bobbie Nordon

29th

Gary & Debra Tucker

2 Martha Crane

4 Lucille Roberts

5 Forrest Williams

6 Gia Bucchi

Lynn Clark

8 Sue Chattin

Katherine Tortotella

9 Brandon Ferrell

13 Mike Lewis

15 Jarrod Grogan

16 Rafe Thomas

Carolyn Whitlock

Arnold Brandon, Jr.

18 Margaret Calos

Parker Holt

19 Sara Parrish

Beverly White

21 Forrest Burton

22 Laurie Ann Scearce

23 Carter Dillion

Carol Hobbs

Cathleen McGarvey

24 Jennie Adams

Garland Stretch

26 Jennifer Thomas

28 Mary Sue Patterson

Kenny Sage

Evelyn Moore

29 Christopher Boles

Brandon Merricks

March Birthdays Cont. from Page 1

with others as well. As I continue to read and re-read the Bible, it gives me hope and assurance, that the

loving God who keeps promises over centuries also has patience with every person in scripture itself. Some

individuals learn and incorporate God’s teachings easily while others take decades and often turn away

from God for one reason or another, repent, and then mature to be amazing servants. Just as the cycle of life

in a daffodil bulb, this parallel in God’s Word gives to me the humbling realization that the very same God

who created everything also knows all about each of us and is willing to never give up on any of us. That is

GOOD NEWS!

May the remainder of this Lent, the remembrance of Jesus’ passion, and the celebration of our

Lord’s resurrection bless you now and through your life.

God bless,

Pastor Monge

March Worship Volunteers

Subject to change. Thank you to all who volunteer! If you would like to serve, contact Adrian at [email protected] or 434-792-3391.

March 6

March 13

March 20

Palm Sunday

March 27

Easter

8:30

Greeter

Mary Turpin

Christi Ragsdale

Kathy Connor

Mary Connor

11:00

Greeter

Marilyn Booth

Peggy Soyars

Carol Black

Evelyn Collins

8:30

Lay Reader

Pete Ferguson

Carrie Jack

Shaffer Boles

Jarrod Brown

11:00

Lay Reader

Jeanette Knick

Pat Ferris

Susan Fulk

Andy Jones

8:30 Ushers

Jamie Holt

Mike Lewis

Patty Barker

Jim Mitchell

11:00 Ushers

Herb Weatherford

Andy Nordon

Bobbie Nordon

Marvin Fuqua

We will be headed to Camp Chestnut Ridge in Efland, NC on March

30 - April 1 for our Fairview Youth Retreat. All youth ages 6th -12th

grade are invited to attend. The cost of the retreat is $95 which

includes all meals and supplies for the weekend. A $50 non-

refundable deposit is due to sign up by March 6. Scholarships are

available.

Wednesday nights have begun again! Join us at 5:30 p.m. for dinner and youth to follow at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is $5.

We will serve at VFW on March 4 at 5:30 p.m. Please let Juli know if you can attend.

Don’t Get Flocked! The youth have started a fundraiser to help with the cost of our mission trip to Mississippi. You

may pay $10 to have the youth put flamingos in the yard of someone

of your choice. However, you may also purchase flamingo insurance

for $10 and if someone has insurance we will not be able to put them

in their yard. If they end up in your yard you may pay $10 to have us

move them to someone else. Please see Juli Odell to get your

insurance today!!! 2

Mar Dinner Help

6 Campbell, Harden Shawn Harden

13 Christi Ragsdale Neal Ragsdale

20 Aron, Salmon Mark Aron

27 NO UMYF NO UMYF

Juli Odell,Juli Odell,

Youth DirectorYouth Director

If your birthday/anniversary is incorrect or omitted,

it is because we do not have the correct information on file.

Please contact the church office to update your records. Thank you!

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Mark your calendars! Input it into your smart phone, tablet, or computer.Mark your calendars! Input it into your smart phone, tablet, or computer.Mark your calendars! Input it into your smart phone, tablet, or computer.

Invite your neighbors to join us every Sunday morning and for the following:Invite your neighbors to join us every Sunday morning and for the following:Invite your neighbors to join us every Sunday morning and for the following:

Holy (Maundy) ThursdayHoly (Maundy) ThursdayHoly (Maundy) Thursday Thu, March 24Thu, March 24Thu, March 24ththth 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm

Good FridayGood FridayGood Friday Fri, March 25Fri, March 25Fri, March 25ththth 7:00 pm7:00 pm7:00 pm

Easter Egg HuntEaster Egg HuntEaster Egg Hunt Sat, March 26Sat, March 26Sat, March 26ththth 10:00 am10:00 am10:00 am

Day of ResurrectionDay of ResurrectionDay of Resurrection Sun, March 27Sun, March 27Sun, March 27ththth Sunrise Service at Sunrise Service at Sunrise Service at

Danville MemorialDanville MemorialDanville Memorial

Gardens at 6:45 amGardens at 6:45 amGardens at 6:45 am

Christian EducationChristian EducationChristian Education Katherine Lewis, Director of Christian Education

Greyson Clifton, Music Director Music Ministry

2016 College Scholarships

Applications are being accepted now through April 1st, 2016 for the Evans Scholarship,

Cox-Hardy Scholarship*, UMW Scholarship, and Edna Davis Scholarship.

Eligible applicants include students of sound morality, faith, and direction who are committed to academics,

civic involvement, and spiritual leadership. The selected recipients shall receive a $500.00 scholarship to be

applied toward educational expenses incurred in the pursuit of any level of higher education (undergraduate,

graduate, or seminary). Applicants may either be members of Fairview United Methodist Church or a relative

of an active member.

Applications and instructions are available upon request in the church Welcome Center.

*Applicants for the Cox-Hardy Scholarship must be local Danville/Pittsylvania County graduates.

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I am finding it hard to believe that we are entering the month of March. I remember

back to many of you saying to me when we adopted Nate, “Don’t Blink! Time will fly by.” No truer words have been

said. I really just can’t wrap my head around how quickly things are moving and changing both in the professional

and personal parts of my life.

January and February for me were spent in “planning mode” A huge thank you to everyone who has already

helped us start to establish a little of what will come in the year ahead. As a staff we have been doing some staff

development sessions with Don Nodtvedt. I feel like he is challenging us all to evaluate ourselves and our style of

leadership and helping us work together to strengthen our ministry team to better serve God, this congregation and

eventually our new pastor. We also attended a worship seminar in early February. There was so much information

given there that I am still trying to process and some great ideas that I can’t wait to develop and share. Be watching

for some new things to come in the area of worship.

Our church has agreed to host the monthly gathering for the Dan River Emmaus Community. That will be

here at the church on Saturday March 5th. Please plan to attend. It will be a great time of worship and fellowship. The

gathering will start at 6:00 in the sanctuary. We would love to have you join us. We also need some help with set up

and clean up of the Social Hall.

Wednesday Night Suppers will continue during the month of March. We will have them on March 2nd, 9th and

16th, and then will resume the first week of April. The Pastor’s Bible study seems to be going well. Please let me

know if you would like to facilitate a study on another topic.

We are also planning to do the “Backpack Buddies” program for Park Avenue for the week of Spring Break.

We will be hoping to send out 3 sets of bags with food for these children in our community to help their families

provide for their needs. We are currently still working on the grant writing process to fund this for the entire school

year but I need your help to make this happen for this particular week. If you would like to make a donation to help

with this it would be greatly appreciated. $7.50 will help go a long way to help with one bag for one child.

With an early Easter this year all of our Holy Week activities will happen during March. I will have empty

eggs for people if you would like to fill them with candy for our Easter Egg Hunt or if you would rather you can drop

candy by my office and we can fill the eggs for you. The Easter Egg Hunt will be at 10 a.m. Place to be determined.

I am looking forward to our Holy Week services. They always are very special and a great time to reflect on

the sacrifice Christ made for each of us. Be watching your bulletins for more info to come.

I am working on some new ways to do our Safe Sanctuary training and hope to have that up and running by

mid-March. I will be in touch with each of you about renewing this important training.

I will leave you with a list of upcoming events. As always I am continually in need of volunteers for our

weekly things like Sunday School Floater, Children’s Church Helper, nursery at either service as well as for our

larger and special events like Super Saturday, Wonderful Wednesday, Get Rak’d, Vacation Bible School, and many

others. Please let me know if you are able or would like to serve in any of these areas.

March 5 - Acolyte Training March 26 - Easter Egg Hunt

May 8 - Graduation and Scholarship Sunday May 22 - Operation Mission Possible Kick-Off

June 1 - First Wonderful Wednesday for Summer 2016

Date TBD - Get Rak’d July 21-22 - Helping Hands Richmond

July 24-28 - Vacation Bible School July 31 - Children’s Sabbath & church-wide picnic

August 3 - Last Wonderful Wednesday for Summer 2016 3

Greetings Fairview friends!

March is upon us! And with that, I just want to give you all a friendly reminder that Easter

Sunday is March 27th this year! Please plan to attend our Holy Week services this year as we remem-

ber the trials of Jesus Christ on the cross and his glorious resurrection.

IMPORTANT! Your Worship Teams for Contemporary Worship are changing! In cooperation

with the Youth Department, we have established an All-Youth Praise Team that will perform every

first Sunday. The youth will next sing on March 6th and the rehearsals for that service will be March

1st at 7:30 p.m. and March 6th at 7:30 a.m. Attendance at both rehearsals is strongly recommended

but only one rehearsal is required. If you can only make the rehearsal prior to service on Sunday

morning, that's fine, but you must do your part to learn the music on your own so that you are ready

to sing come Sunday morning.

All youth that were members of praise teams in the past are no longer members of those

teams. With the youth group singing every first Sunday each month, there will be two other teams

that I will call A and B. A team currently consists of Callia Richardson and Jarrod Brown. B team

currently consists of Connie and Bob Howard and Joanne Ferguson. Adrian Smith will be a floater

and will sing on whatever team is up whenever her work schedule allows participation. Keep in

mind that this is the current composition of the teams and changes can and will be made as need aris-

es. We are also always looking for new voices and talent so feel free to contact me if you are inter-

ested! A calendar for scheduling purposes has been distributed, so be sure to check your emails for

that.

And finally, this is a reminder that all music ensembles are now back in session! I am in des-

perate need of a few handbell players for our full handbell choir that meets on Mondays at 6:00 p.m.

Please join us! The Children's ensemble will be performing soon and the adult choir is hard at work

preparing an exciting cantata! You won't want to miss it! Be on the lookout for dates and times.

2015 Mission Report Little Mission Church

Month Mission Amount

January Abuse shelter $66.99

All God’s Children Camp $562.16

February UMCOR Kits $97.25

March Stonewall Therapeutic Camp $241.00 (sent 5 children to camp)

April Snacks for dialysis patients $181.00

May Imagine No Malaria $258.00

June Supplies for homeless shelter $135.82

July God’s Pit Crew $175.00

August Park Avenue Elem. supplies $300.00

Park Avenue Elem. cash $100.00

September BKK Scholarships $114.00

October BKK Scholarships $102.00

November Backpack Buddies $392.00

December Backpack Buddies $184.00

Holiday Bazaar

Mission Money/Items Collected

Backpack Buddies $110.00

Animal Rescue $207.00

God’s Storehouse 87 pounds of food

Youth Missions $250.00

Missions $827.00

Other 2015 Mission Projects

Collected 33 cases of bottled water for God’s Pit Crew

Collected 92 blankets for dialysis patients

Fed homeless shelter once a month

Distributed 530 Christmas stockings for Salvation Army

Delivered gifts for 25 local children through Angel Tree Prison Ministry

Provided medical appointment transportation to 10 people

Collected 27 cell phones for the military and abuse victims

Collected 25 pairs of glasses for Honduras

Becky’s Kiddie Kollege

A Self-Supporting Ministry of Fairview UMC

As a member of the staff of Fairview, I sometimes forget that I get to see parts of the

working of the church that others do not. One of those parts is our awesome preschool ministry.

During the almost six years that I have served here at Fairview, I have had the opportunity to

watch this self-supporting ministry grow and flourish. When I started in July of 2010, we had

around thirty students, many of whom were only here at preschool for half days. At that point,

we only had two full-time and three part-time employees, and we were really excited for

growth. Over the last few years, our hours of operation have changed and grown as well as the

ages we serve.

During the month of March, we will open summer and all registration to people in the

community. I wanted to tell you a little about BKK and what we have to offer so you can tell

your friends, neighbors and coworkers. We’re currently open from 7:30 am -5:30 pm Monday

through Friday. We take children as young as 6 weeks of age all the way through 5 year-olds

preparing for kindergarten. We employee 13 staff members, most of whom work between 30-40

hours a week. We currently have 65 children enrolled in our program . Most of these children

are here for the full day. We are happy to have people come in and tour the center and call to

ask questions. The best person to contact is Susan Ratliff, the Preschool Director. Here

telephone number is 434-548-5848. If you have questions or need more information about

summer or fall registration, please see me or Susan.

Blessings,

Katherine Lewis

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The Little Mission Church

donations in March will benefit

Stonewall Therapeutic Summer Camp.

This local organization offers activities

and summer camps for people with

impairments. Because of medical and

rehabilitation bills, many families are

unable to afford to send their child.

Donate what you can, or sponsor

a child’s week at camp for $50.

The Mission Committee will

also be collecting used cell phones

for the military.

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Fairview NewsFairview News United Methodist NewsUnited Methodist News The Bishop’s Convocation on Prayer will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church (903 Forest Avenue,

Henrico, VA 23229) on March 5th. The convocation will include a plenary address on “Changing the Way We Do

Church: Praying for Discernment” by The Reverend Dr. Frederick W. Schmidt, Jr. who holds the Rueben P. Job

Chair in Spiritual Formation at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.

When people walk through the doors of our churches, the implicit message that many

hear is, “Welcome, it will be interesting to see how your being here changes you.”

We should be saying, “Welcome, it will be interesting to see how your participation

in our community changes us.” All the former requires is an “org chart.”

The latter requires prayers of discernment and those can change everything.

In addition to Dr. Schmidt’s plenary presentation, there will be 11 workshops on

different aspects of spiritual formation. Participants may choose two of these workshops.

Visit signup4.net to register, or see Adrian for a full brochure with descriptions of each workshop.

For more information, please contact the Rev. Marc Brown at [email protected].

The Office of Justice and Missional Excellence has

received a request from the provisional conference of

the United Methodist Church in South Africa for

churches/faith communities in the Virginia

Conference who would like to explore being part of

new partnerships with churches and districts in the

growing UMC movement in South Africa. The need

is for lay leadership training, especially young adults.

Also there is a request from the United Methodist

Women for helping establish pre-schools in the rural

areas and support for programs for the elderly.

The most important request they have made is for

churches to enter into long term relationships that

would first focus on praying for one another so the

partnerships may grow and be blessed in serving

God’s mission.

If your church is interested in this new mission

opportunity please contact Rev. Glenn Rowley in the

Office of Justice and Missional Excellence.

[email protected] 804-521-1143.

Art Notecards for the Elderly

You are invited to help make notecards to take to the

shut-ins and elderly in nursing homes. We want to keep

a supply of homemade cards in the Welcome Center for

anyone to take on their communion visits, nursing home

visits or visits to the sick and shut-ins. For more

information, please call James or June Scheier at

434-685-5065. We need your help!

On behalf of the Upper Room, we ask all of you to join

us in covering the upcoming General Conference with

prayer. Upper Room has launched 60 Days of Prayer, a

prayer community beginning on March 31st.

“Dear brothers and sisters in the United Methodist

family, we know that our prayers matter, and in that

certainty, I invite you into a 60-day prayer journey as

you prepare for the 2016 General Conference.

Church leaders, delegates, and interested others will

soon gather in Portland to listen to one another, to

discern God’s will for The United Methodist Church,

and to make decisions that will guide United Methodists

around the world in fulfilling our God-given purpose. As

they and you seek to open your heart and mind to God’s

guidance, these meditations offer a communal practice

that is intended to nurture a spirit of unity and

discipleship. Pray with the assurance that others are

offering the same prayer.”

- Sarah Wilke, Publisher, The Upper Room

You can sign up to get daily meditations by email or

text, as well as additional information at

60daysofprayer.org.

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We will recognize One Great Hour of Sharing on

Sunday, March 6, 2016. This Special Sunday offering

supports the administrative costs of the United Methodist

Committee on Relief (UMCOR), our denomination’s

humanitarian arm. Pick up a special offering envelope on

the Little Mission Church Table,

or inside your bulletin on March 6th.

For more information, visit UMCOR.org.

POWRful Worship: Transforming Worship

Planning and Leadership

Featuring the Rev. Barbara Day Miller

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Join the 5 Talent Academy

on Tuesday, March 8, 2016

for POWRful Worship:

Transforming Worship

Planning and Leadership. At

this event we will worship

together and then the Rev.

Barbara Day Miller, the

Associate Dean for Worship

and Music at Candler School of Theology, will

guide us through reflection on worship using

the POWR model, a conversational model of

worship planning and leadership.

“This pattern of planning engages hearts,

minds and senses around the biblical texts,

a process that deepens the worship experience

and the spiritual life of the congregation.”

-Barbara Day Miller

This worship event features the Rev. Barbara Day

Miller, the Associate Dean for Worship and

Music at Candler School of Theology. Miller is a

deacon in the North Georgia Conference of The

United Methodist Church. She is author of

Encounters with the Holy: A Conversational

Model for Worship Planning.

Registration is $25 and includes lunch.

Register at vaumc.org.

Fairview is a remote hosting site for this event.

Volunteers are needed for registration, clean up,

and more. Registration fees will be waived for

volunteers. Let us know if you can help!

Our website offers digital access to all Sunday

morning bulletins and monthly newsletters as far

back as 2009.

Remember to check the church calendar on our

website as well for upcoming events

and last minute updates!

FairviewUMCDanville.org

Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday,

March 13 , 2016. Don’t forget to turn your

clocks forward one hour!

March EVENTSMarch EVENTS

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

28 8:30am Contemporary Worship

10:00am Sunday School

11:00am Traditional Worship

3:00pm Family Game Time

& Chili Cook-Off

5:30pm Intercessory Prayer

6:30pm Affirmation of Faith

29 11:00am Worship Committee

2:00pm Staff Meeting

6:00pm Handbell Rehearsal

7:00pm Administrative Council

1 10:00am Intercessory Prayer

10:00am Dan River Retirees

6:00pm Men’s Night Out

6:00pm Choir Rehearsal

7:30pm Praise Team Rehearsal

2 10:30am Pastor’s Bible Study

5:30pm Wednesday Night Supper

6:00pm Children’s Music

6:30pm Pastor’s Bible Study

3 10:00am Ladies’ Knitting

4 5:30pm Friendship Class

Meeting

5:30pm Youth Serving at VFW

5 5:00pm Emmaus Gathering

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8:30am Contemporary Worship




6:00pm UMYF


7 6:00pm Handbell Rehearsal

7:00pm Trustees Meeting

8 9:00am 5 Talent Academy:

POWRful Worship

10:00am Intercessory Prayer




1:00pm Men’s Prayer Vigil





1:30pm Grief Support Group

7:00pm Education Committee

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12 5:00pm Koinonia Spaghetti

Supper

13 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 8:30am Contemporary Worship




6:00pm UMYF


14

2:00pm Garden Club

6:00pm Handbell Rehearsal

7:00pm Finance Committee

15 8:00am Dan River Retirees








17 ST. PATRICK’S DAY

10:00am Ladies’ Knitting

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20 PALM SUNDAY

8:30am Contemporary Worship

9:30am BP Screening




6:00pm UMYF


21 6:00pm Handbell Rehearsal

7:00pm Administrative Council

22 April Newsletter Deadline


12:15pm BKK Board Meeting



23 1:00pm Men’s Prayer Vigil


24 MAUNDY THURSDAY 10:00am Ladies’ Knitting

7:00pm Maundy Thursday

Service

25 GOOD FRIDAY

7:00pm Good Friday Service

26 HOLY SATURDAY 10:00am Easter Egg Hunt

27 EASTER SUNDAY 8:30am Contemporary Worship





28 EASTER MONDAY

- Church Office Closed -

29 10:00am Intercessory Prayer



30

-No Wednesday Night Activities-


1 5:30pm Youth Serving at VFW

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