the Word A publication of First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, Inc. 204 Sixth Avenue West, Hendersonville, 28739 828.693.4275 fumchvlnc.org March 2016 That All May Know Christ, Grow in Faith and Serve Others Holy Week Palm Sunday, March 20 8:30 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary) 9:30 a.m. Worship Service (BCLC) 10:55 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary) 4:00 p.m. Concert (Sanctuary) Monday, March 21 8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel) 1:30-8:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC) Tuesday, March 22 8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel) 1:30-8:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC) Wednesday, March 23 8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel) 11:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC) Maundy Thursday, March 24 8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel) 11:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC) 6:30 p.m. Worship Service (Chapel) Good Friday, March 25 8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel) 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC) 10:00 a.m. Crosswalk (Hot Cross Buns to follow) 12:00 p.m. Worship Service (BCLC) Easter Sunday, March 27 7:00 a.m. Sunrise Service (Mem. Garden) (Easter Pies to follow) 8:30 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary) 9:30 a.m. Worship Service (BCLC) 10:55 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary) The Lenten Labyrinth Workshop Come learn more about this creative form of contemplative pray- er and the experience of the labyrinth at the Walking the Laby- rinth Workshop on Wednesday, March 23, 10:30 –11:30 a.m. in the Barber Christian Life Center. This workshop includes a short introduction to labyrinths and then will follow with a group experience on the labyrinth based on the Lenten poetry by Ann Weems. Core Value #3 Demonstrate Purpose Christ-Centered Worship In the month of March, we will experience the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This gives us opportunity to relish one of our core values. Through our many Holy Week services and culminating in the triumphant worship of Easter morning, we will no doubt experience Christ-centered worship. Easter Resurrection and Holy Week passion do indeed belong together. We are tempted to rush past the dark shadows of the cross to get to the bright garden of Easter Sunday. Yet, this is mistake. It is in the cross that we encounter the depth of God’s love for us. The cross is the place where God comes to us. Even though sin separates us from our Heavenly Father, God risks everything to reconcile us to Himself. We might compare the cross to a bridge that God constructs plank by plank in order to come to us and set us once again on the right path. I came across some beautiful words by the French mystic Simone Weil: “God wears Himself out through the infinite thickness of time and space in order to reach the [human] soul…. The soul starting from the opposite end, makes the same journey that God makes towards it. And that is the cross.” In the highest of high holy days – Good Friday and Easter Sunday – our worship and our lives find their true purpose, their ultimate meaning. Words so often fail men during this time of year, that I find myself appealing to song. None evokes the meaning of Lent and Easter than the plaintive – and deeply personal -- questions of the African-American spiritual: Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? When I served St. Timothy UMC in Brevard, one of our members was inspired to pen a sixth stanza for this spiritual. Were you there when God raised Him from the dead? My dear friend had it exactly right. Cross and Resurrection belong together as does the worship we will share throughout Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Warmly, Mark
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the Word A publication of First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, Inc.
204 Sixth Avenue West, Hendersonville, 28739 828.693.4275 fumchvlnc.org March 2016
That All May Know Christ, Grow in Faith and Serve Others
Holy Week Palm Sunday, March 20
8:30 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary)
9:30 a.m. Worship Service (BCLC)
10:55 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary)
4:00 p.m. Concert (Sanctuary)
Monday, March 21
8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel)
1:30-8:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC)
Tuesday, March 22
8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel)
1:30-8:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC)
Wednesday, March 23
8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel)
11:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC)
Maundy Thursday, March 24
8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel)
11:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC)
6:30 p.m. Worship Service (Chapel)
Good Friday, March 25
8:15 a.m. Morning Devotion (Chapel)
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Labyrinth (BCLC)
10:00 a.m. Crosswalk
(Hot Cross Buns to follow)
12:00 p.m. Worship Service (BCLC)
Easter Sunday, March 27
7:00 a.m. Sunrise Service (Mem. Garden)
(Easter Pies to follow)
8:30 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary)
9:30 a.m. Worship Service (BCLC)
10:55 a.m. Worship Service (Sanctuary)
The Lenten Labyrinth Workshop Come learn more about this creative form of contemplative pray-
er and the experience of the labyrinth at the Walking the Laby-
rinth Workshop on Wednesday, March 23, 10:30 –11:30 a.m. in
the Barber Christian Life Center. This workshop includes a short introduction to
labyrinths and then will follow with a group experience on the labyrinth based on
the Lenten poetry by Ann Weems.
Core Value #3 Demonstrate Purpose Christ-Centered Worship In the month of March, we will experience the mystery of the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. This gives us opportunity to relish one of our core
values. Through our many Holy Week services and culminating in the triumphant
worship of Easter morning, we will no doubt experience Christ-centered worship.
Easter Resurrection and Holy Week passion do indeed belong together. We are
tempted to rush past the dark shadows of the cross to get to the bright garden of
Easter Sunday. Yet, this is mistake. It is in the cross that we encounter the depth
of God’s love for us. The cross is the place where God comes to us. Even though
sin separates us from our Heavenly Father, God risks everything to reconcile us to
Himself. We might compare the cross to a bridge that God constructs plank by
plank in order to come to us and set us once again on the right path.
I came across some beautiful words by the French mystic Simone Weil: “God
wears Himself out through the infinite thickness of time and space in order to
reach the [human] soul…. The soul starting from the opposite end, makes the
same journey that God makes towards it. And that is the cross.”
In the highest of high holy days – Good Friday and Easter Sunday – our worship
and our lives find their true purpose, their ultimate meaning.
Words so often fail men during this time of year, that I find myself appealing to
song. None evokes the meaning of Lent and Easter than the plaintive – and
deeply personal -- questions of the African-American spiritual: Were you there
when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when the sun
refused to shine? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
When I served St. Timothy UMC in Brevard, one of our members was inspired to
pen a sixth stanza for this spiritual. Were you there when God raised Him from
the dead?
My dear friend had it exactly right. Cross and Resurrection belong together as
does the worship we will share throughout Holy Week and Easter Sunday.
Warmly,
Mark
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Singles Dinner Group The Singles Dinner Group will gather
at a local restaurant on Friday, March
11, at 6:30 p.m., for food and
fellowship. New folks are welcome.
Contact Steve Webb at 697-9548 or
Sue Nations at 698-0068 for more
information and to reserve a place.
MS Walk The Western NC MS Walk will take
place in Fletcher Park on April 3rd. I
am registered to walk (in my
wheelchair), and I need sponsors. If
you would like to join the effort to
STOP Multiple Sclerosis, please write
a check to “The National MS Society”
and mail it to me:
Cathy Sigmon
108 Michael Drive
Hendersonville, NC 28791-1040
My thanks and God bless you!
Cathy Sigmon
Pastoral Visits If you would like a pastoral visit while
you are at Pardee Hospital, you must
let the registration desk at the
hospital know you are a member of
FUMC Hendersonville (not Brevard),
so the Chaplain Office can alert us to
your presence in the hospital.
You Said It, and We Listened!
“I don't need any more THINGS, but I do need some things done…” We heard this statement
in many versions at last year's Relay for Life silent auction, and we listened!
We are in the process of putting together lists of needed services and people willing to
provide a service for a RFL donation. Some suggestions: housecleaning, window washing,
closet organizing, hemming pants or skirts, homemade soup for the freezer, digitizing/
archiving old photos, landscape planning, mulch spreading, home decorating advice, special
meals or desserts, babysitting, running errands, etc.
If you have a service you would be willing to offer, or if you have a suggestion of a service you'd like to have offered, please
Surf’s Up! Monday, June 20-Thursday, June 23 Children will …
Experience God’s amazing love
Explore God’s mission for their lives
Encounter powerful water stories from the Bible
Discover ways to live out God’s amazing love!
Adult Sunday School
Class: New Marriage
Series for Parents Our class enjoys
video based lessons
on modern religious
topics, followed with
lively open
discussions. Next
month we will be
watching the Adam
Hamilton "Marriage
series".
About Love to Stay: Falling in love is
easy, but staying in love takes courage,
hard work and lots of grace. Adam
Hamilton explores the ups, downs, and
how-to’s of marriage and how, with
God’s help, we can make love
last. Hamilton draws on the latest
research in the field, wisdom from the
Bible and stories from his own ministry
and marriage to explore what it takes
to create and sustain healthy,
meaningful romantic relationships over
the course of a lifetime.
We are open to all.....so stop in and
enjoy our fun group.
The 2016 Vacation Bible School Design Team How very thankful we are to have Beth Edwards, Kristi Goodrum and Amie Shillinglaw as our VBS Design Team for Surf Shack!
For the past two years, they have served on the VBS Design Team offering such dedicated, loving and strong leadership!!
What a wonderful joy it is to welcome them back for VBS 2016!
We welcome and want Vacation Bible School to be a church-wide ministry involving children, youth assistants and adults of all
ages!
Palm Sunday Parade March 20, 2016
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
Come join the parade on Palm
Sunday! All children and their
families are invited to wave
palm branches, as we remem-
ber and praise Jesus on this very
special Sunday! Along with the
joy of having our children and
their families, anyone in the church, no matter the age, is welcome to join us for
this parade. How special it would be for different ages and generations to come
together for this parade – just like it was on the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem
many years ago!
The Easter Flower Cross Easter Sunday, March 27
The Flower Cross is a beautiful Easter Sunday morning tradition in our church!
Everyone is invited to bring flowers and/or greenery from your yard to help deco-
rate the flower cross when you come to church on Easter Sunday. To us as well as
to those passing by our church on Easter Sunday, the Flower Cross will stand as a
beautiful visual sign that Christ is Risen!
Easter Sunday - Children’s Sunday School Activities Easter Flower Cross: During Sunday School, the children’s classes will walk
to the cross to help decorate with flowers. Please have your child/
children bring some flowers and/or greenery from the yard to Sunday
School. Thank you!
Fun Confetti Eggs: While outside at the Flower Cross, the children will be
given a brightly colored confetti-filled egg (all biodegradable) to gently
crack and throw confetti up in the air in celebration of Easter!
Special Easter Treat: It’s a Sunday School tradition for the children to have
Easter Egg-shaped donuts with sprinkles on Easter Sunday morning.
Eggs are a symbol of new life! We are always so happy to have the chil-
dren at Sunday School and especially to celebrate this very special time
of the year for all of us who love Jesus!
To join the parade: Please gather in the Roy Johnson Room by
10:45 a.m. Children need to be accompanied
to the Roy Johnson Room by their families. The
parade will end in the hallway behind the Pulpit
area where the Cross Wall is located. We will
line up for Children’s Celebration (ages 3 –
Kindergarten) at this time as well.
Watch for dates & details: Pretzel Sunday and Easter Egg Hunt!