The weekly newsletter of Broadway United Methodist Church

“Are You Good Enough For Heaven?”
The Scribes and Pharisees of Jesus’ day were obedient and faithful but often their own self righteousness would get in the way. They were the interpreters of God’s law and very often showed little of God’s grace. They wanted to cut away the unrighteous and make God unobtainable. God had to work around them by raising up humble, obedient, and simple persons, who only wanted to allow God’s spirit to live in and work through them. Is God’s spirit living in you?

Do you realize that heaven is available now? We can get a taste of heaven if we are living for Jesus now. God is looking for persons who realize they are not good enough and need God’s grace and forgiveness. Sunday we will look at Gospel rather than Law. We will be challenged to receive heaven new. Come and receive a blessing. We hope to see you Sunday.

                                                In Christ,

Join Us For WFS
Make plans to attend our next Wednesday Fellowship Supper on April 16 at 6:00 p.m. Following our meal Carol Ergenbright will present a program on the Blount County Adult Education Program and the Literacy Council.

Menu: Lasagna, tossed salad, green beans, bread and dessert. Cost: $6.00 - adult, $4.00 - children, $18.00 - family. Reservations must be made by 10:00 a.m. Tuesday.
 

Spring Golf Tournament Is Announced
The United Methodist Men is sponsoring the annual Spring Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 19, at Rarity Bay Golf Club. The first tee time is 12:00 noon. All golfers, regardless of skill level, are encouraged to play.
The cost for the tournament is $60 per player, which includes greens fee, cart, balls, and a goodie bag. Individual sponsorships and hole sponsorships are also available. Entry forms and sponsorship forms are available in the Narthex. Feel free to contact any UMM member or Kevin Teffeteller for more details.
 

April 13 5:00-7:00- Youth Choir (please be
on time) No Youth

April 20 4:00-5:00 - Cornerstone
5:00-7:00 - Youth Choir, No Youth

April 25-27 Retreat!!!
We will travel to Galax, Virginia, and visit Camp Dickenson. The retreat will be part work, part fun and all worship. Cost is $25.00. Registration forms are available in front of Charlie’s office.

May 4 Youth Sunday/Senior Recognition at both services
4:00 - Youth Choir presents “Voice of Truth”
 

Summer dates
June 6 American Cancer Society, Relay for Life
June 7-11 Project Cross Road Mission Trip
June 16-19 VBS
July 7-11 Junior & Senior High Assembly, Early bird (before 5/6/08) cost is $140.00

Kid’s Day At The Woods, May 10
Camp will host a day of fun at camp. This is a great time to visit camp, check out the cabins and meet some of the summer staff. The event is free, but please register by calling the church office.

With Much Appreciation

Dear Friends,
Jan and I want to thank all of you for your prayers, e-mails, cards, phone calls and thoughts during my recent recovery period from falling off of a ladder. We especially want to thank the Upper Room Sunday School Class for the delicious prepared food, the food shopping and lawn mowing that they have provided during my recovery. It is always nice to know that we have such caring and loving friends at Broadway.
Bill & Jan Dempster

An Elephant Size Thanks

Thank you for everyone that brought items to the sale. Special thanks to the youth that spent many hours in preparation for the sale and then got to the church at 7:00 a.m. and spent most of the day here on Saturday. The sale brought in $1,300.00. 10% of all youth fund raisers go to the “Youth Service Fund.” Most of this money will go to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life with some going to support the Estonia mission trip this summer.

Just A Reminder

Don’t forget the hike to Whiteoak Sinks which is planned for this Saturday, April 12. The UMM is sponsoring the hike. Participants will meet in the church parking lot at 8:30 a.m. while the UMM has a brief meeting, then we will head to the Smokies. Any questions call Bob Hayes, 984-5149.

and Special Auction

On Wednesday, April 30th, you are invited to the UMW 5th Wednesday Evening Dinner for a real treat! This is always a special occasion with delicious food, but this month’s will be extra special! Why? Because it will be a fund-raiser for Greg, Nancy, Allison and Rebecca Bradley, who will be going on a short-term mission to Estonia this summer. The children, young people and church school classes are helping raise funds for their trip.

The Broadway Knit-Wits Knitting/Crochet Group will have themed baskets for auction at the dinner and you will have the opportunity to bid on baskets with at least one hand-made item by the Knit-Wits. Some of the themes include a Beach bag with items for the pool or beach, a Wintertime basket with cap/scarf/mittens, a Kitchen strainer filled with hand-made kitchen items, a Christmas tote fill with cap/scarf/Christmas tree decorations and hand-painted Christmas cards, a Tailgate tote with “big orange” items for your first football game, a Snuggle-down-and-read basket with a lap-robe/pillow/bookmarks and devotional book, a Foot Care basket with hand-made items and a foot treatment donated by Genny Pope...and much, much more made for your pleasure by Broadway’s Knit-Wits.

PLUS all these items will be auctioned off by our Auctioneer Extraordinaire, The Rev. Bob Hayes! (Could he possibly be a Knit-Wit?) Come and help raise funds for the Bradley’s by making a big bid on these items!

If you are not aware of the Knit-Wit Group, we will be two years old this fall, and have donated knitted and crocheted items to many mission projects, including Fran Lynch’s mission in Alaska, Wesley House Community Center in Knoxville, Holston Home for Children, pink chemo-caps and scarves for Breast Cancer Survivors at Blount Memorial Hospital, caps/scarves to the Hispanic Community in the Maryville District, scarves to sailors on the USS Greeneville when they moved from Southern California to New England in the wintertime, blue square to the “Knit-a-River” Project in England to encourage the G8 to provide clean water/toilets for countries that don’t have them, (over 100,000 blue squares made up this knitted river, which was taken to No. 10 Downing St. prior to the meeting), caps, scarves and afghans to a local women’s shelter, many prayer shawls and lap robes to church members and local nursing homes, plus Barbara Larason has made hundreds of premie caps/booties and baby blankets as her personal mission for hospitals here and in other areas. We helped the Girl Scouts earn a badge by teaching them how to knit a square to make blankets for a mission in Mexico. We are a busy group of ladies that have a good time working on projects to help others, and we hope each stitch will bring God’s love to the recipients of our wares. We meet each Monday morning at 10:00 in the Church Parlor. Join us and you can be a Knit-Wit, too!

Rejuvenation Station                                    8:45 AM

Conductor                                       Charlie Wimmer

Sunday School                                             9:30 AM

Traditional Worship                                    10:30 AM

                                            Rev. Dan Moore, Pastor

Scripture                                              Matthew 5:20

Sermon         “Are You Good Enough For Heaven?”

Mexico Luncheon Planned
Hope Bruce will be traveling with Rev. Jim Dougherty, May 6 - 12, as part of the Mexico Medical Mission Team. The Chancel Choir will host a luncheon immediately following the 10:30 worship service this Sunday, April 13, in the W. R. Allen Hall to help Hope with her expenses. The menu will include tacos, rice, beans, nachos, and assorted desserts. Donations will be accepted. You may call the church office, 982-6192, to make your reservation.

Tickets Are Still Available
We still have tickets for the Cumberland County Playhouse production of “First Baptist of Ivy Gap” which is being sponsored by the Faithful Men from Fairview UMC at Fairview on Thursday, April 24.

Tickets are $25 each. The play begins at 7:30 with the doors opening at 6:30. We will leave the church at 6:15 and return to the church following the play. Your ticket will be reserved when payment is received and is non-refundable. If you don’t drive after dark, call Judy, 982-6192, to work out arrangements.
 

Baking For The Bradley Family
Please join Square One on Sunday, April 20, in our effort to raise funds to help send the Greg Bradley family to Estonia this summer. We will offer a variety of baked goods from desserts to casseroles including reduced fat and sugar-free items. These will be available for purchase in the W. R. Allen Hall immediately after Rejuvenation Station, Sunday School and the Traditional Worship Service. Come early for the best selection and take home a delicious baked good for a wonderful cause.

Judy To Be Out Of Town
Our Administrative Assistant, Judy Woods, will be attending the 26th annual Professional Association of United Methodist Church Secretaries (PAUMCS) Conference in Dayton, Ohio, April 16-20. Judy is the out-going Chair of the Nominations Committee. We will not have a Messenger next week.

Sunday, April 13
  8:45 am - Rejuvenation Station
  9:30 am - Sunday School
10:30 am - Worship
11:30 am - Mexico Mission Lunch
  5:00 pm - Youth Choir
  5:00 pm - Positive Parenting Seminar
  5:00 pm - Hispanic Congregation meets here
  6:00 pm - Bible Study
 

Monday, April 14
  8:30 am - PDO
10:00 am - Knit-wits
  6:00 pm - Boy Scouts
  6:00 pm - Finance Committee
  7:00 pm - Administrative Board
  7:00 pm - Hispanic Congregation meets here
 

Tuesday, April 15
  8:30 am - PDO
  9:30 am - Transformers
  3:30 pm - Kindermusik
  6:30 pm - Wills and Legacies
  7:00 pm - Community Chorus
  7:30 pm - Epworth Bells
 

Wednesday, April 16
  8:30 am - PDO
  3:30 pm - Children’s Choir/Son Beam
  4:15 pm - Children’s Handbells
  4:15 pm - Discovery Club
  6:00 pm - Boys’ Bible Study
  6:00 pm - Wednesday Fellowship Supper
  6:30 pm - Program - Adult Education
  7:30 pm - Choir
 

Thursday, April 17
  8:30 am - PDO
  9:00 am - Kindermusik
  9:30 am - Old Chimers
10:00 am - UMW Bible Study
12:00 pm - UMW Executive Board
  4:00 pm - Wesley Ringers
  6:00 pm - Bear Den
  6:30 pm - Disciple
  7:00 pm - Scout Round Table
 

Friday, April 18
  2:00 pm - Home School 4-H
 

Saturday, April 19
10:00 am - UMW Unit Meeting
12:00 pm - UMM Gold Tournament

Sunday, April 20
  8:45 am - Rejuvenation Station
  9:30 am - Sunday School
10:30 am - Worship
During the morning - Square One Bake Sale
  4:00 pm - Cornerstone Youth
  5:00 pm - Youth Choir
  5:00 pm - Positive Parenting Seminar
  5:00 pm - Hispanic Congregation meets here
  6:00 pm - Bible Study
 

Monday, April 21
  8:30 am - PDO
10:00 am - Knit-wits
  6:00 pm - Boy Scouts
  6:00 pm - Finance Committee
  7:00 pm - Administrative Board
  7:00 pm - Hispanic Congregation meets here
 

Tuesday, April 22
  8:30 am - PDO
  9:30 am - Transformers
  3:30 pm - Kindermusik
  7:00 pm - Community Chorus
  7:30 pm - Epworth Bells
 

Wednesday, April 23
  8:30 am - PDO
10:00 am - FRINS
  3:30 pm - Children’s Choir/Son Beam
  4:15 pm - Children’s Handbells
  4:15 pm - Discovery Club
  6:00 pm - Boys’ Bible Study
  6:30 pm - Bible Study
  7:30 pm - Choir
 

Thursday, April 24
  8:30 am - PDO
  9:00 am - Kindermusik
  9:30 am - Old Chimers
  4:00 pm - Wesley Ringers
  6:00 pm - Success by Six
  6:15 pm - Odyssey
  6:30 pm - Disciple
 

Friday - Sunday, April 25-27
Youth Retreat
 

Saturday, April 26
  2:00 pm - Piano Recital

Pastor: Daniel F. Moore
Dir. Of Program and Music: Robert Ergenbright
Dir. Of Children and Youth Ministries: Charlie Wimmer
Director Parents Day Out: Laura Kolarik
Administrative Assistant: Judy Woods
Organist: Gail Hafner
Financial Secretary: Karen Harville
Custodian: Vanessa Ingle
Church Phone:(865) 982-6192
Fax: (865) 982-6142
e-mail: office@broadwayumc.net
Web Page: www.broadwayumc.net
Parents Day Out: 982-1183

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