The
weekly newsletter of Broadway United Methodist Church
December 18,
2007
Volume 4, Number 47
“The
Gift
The fourth Sunday of Advent is here.
We have put up greenery, sang and heard Christmas music and pondered our
relationship with God. God wants to have a relationship with us. God has
sent His Son to pay the price for our sins and teach us about love and
grace. Sunday we will discover and hopefully claim that we are part of
God’s family. When we accept Jesus our lives are changed for the better.
However, too many accept Jesus and then fall back into selfishness and
sin.
Sunday we will explore the precious gift God has given in His Son Jesus.
We will see what we must do to proclaim the gift. If you claim the gift
of God’s Son you will proclaim Him in the way you live. We have too many
Christians today who are not growing in the faith and making any
difference for God’s kingdom. What must we do to claim and proclaim the
transforming nature and power of
Jesus? Come Sunday and receive a blessing. Come and claim the gift God
wants you to have.
Blessings,
Congratulations Katie!
Congrats to Katie Sylvester. She will be traveling
to Chicago this week with the Maryville Intermediate School Wind
Ensemble. They will be competing in the Midwest Clinic-An International
Band and Orchestra Conference. Safe travel and prayers Katie, good work.
In Memory
Harry Brooks: M/M Bobby Davis - FRInS
Kay Rumbley - Helping Hand
Ginger Manley
Mrs. Hoyt Waters - Helping Hand
Al McBride Edith Leitch: M/M Bobby Davis - FRInS
Mrs. Hoyt Waters - Helping Hand
Kay Rumbley - Helping Hand
M/M Ed Deal - Choir
Raymond & Jean Smoot
Hazel Goddard
M/M Bruce Watt
Doris Badgett
Wayne Hutton
Zelma Copeland
Darla Donald
Betty Weathers - FRInS Dot Bratton: Mrs. Hoyt Waters - Helping Hand
Anita Mock, former member:
Kay Rumbley - Helping Hand
By the WAY
Youth News.
January 13, 6:30-7:30 - Resurrection pre-trip
meeting. All parents and youth, please attend.
Invitation to Romans
Without the book of Romans, Christianity today would have
a very different look. The book of Romans provided the grist for many of our
major doctrines formulated by church formers and re-formers like Augustine,
Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Wesley.
In Romans we observe a very specific understanding of Jewish life in Paul’s
time, a view which, over the centuries, has been somewhat skewed. It would be
refreshing to study Paul’s letter to the Romans as if it were received in the
mail just this morning. What does this letter say to us today, not just to those
who have interpreted it over the centuries, but to us personally - people
wanting to meet Paul and his faith for the first time?
If you would like to encounter Paul as he plans to visit the church in Rome, a
church which he had never seen and with people he had never known, this study is
for you. Why would all these infamous theologians use Romans as a basis for
their understanding of God and God’s relationship with his people? Come and see
what God is saying to you through Paul’s introduction of Christian doctrine to
the early church in Rome.
This short 8 week course on the book of Romans, taught by Bob Ergenbright,
begins with an orientation and course sign-up on Sunday, January 13, at 6:00pm
in the Wesley Fellowship Classroom (Room 405). The class sessions will continue
on Sunday evenings through March 9. A cost of $15 will cover the course
materials.
Music Opportunities Resume In January
All music groups will resume their regularly scheduled
rehearsals during the first full week of January. The following chart will help
determine when your group resumes:
Epworth Bells January 8 7:30pm
Children’s Choir/Son
Beam January 9 3:30pm
Children’s Handbells/
Discovery Club January 9 4:15pm
Chancel Choir January 9 7:30pm
Old Chimers January 10 9:30am
Wesley Ringers January 10 4:00pm
If you or anyone you know would like to join any of these ensembles, contact Bob
Ergenbright through the church office or just come to a rehearsal. You are
always welcome.
Rejuvenation Station8:45 AM
ConductorCharlie
Wimmer
Sunday School
9:30 AM
Traditional
Worship
10:30 AM
Rev. Dan Moore
Scripture
John 1:9-14
Sermon
“Accept the Gift”
Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service
The service will begin at 7:00 p.m., Monday night.
Bring your family and friends and begin your Christmas Eve in God’s
House. “Jesus is the reason for the season.”
Looking For A Tax Deduction?
If you are looking for an additional charitable
gift for 2007 the Finance Committee recommends you consider a gift to
the elevator fund. The current balance on the loan is $46,920.03. Early
payment saves us interest.
Knit-wits Schedule
The Knit-wits will not meet on December 24 and 31
but will resume at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 7, 2008.
Wednesday Fellowship Suppers Return
Our Wednesday Fellowship Suppers will begin again
on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. At 6:30 the children from
the Hispanic Ministry will entertain us.
Cost: Adult - $6.00; children - $4.00; family - $18.00. Reservations
must be in by 10:00 Tuesday.
Holiday Schedule
The church office will be closed December 24 and
25 for Christmas and January 1 for New Year’s. Our Administrative
Assistant, Judy Wood’s, will be on vacation December 26.
The Messenger Schedule
We will not have a newsletter the week of December
24th. There will be one the week of December 31, however, all articles
must be in the church office by 8:30 on Monday, December 31, to be
included.
In Honor
Mrs. Sam Roberson has made a donation in honor of
our ushers.
With Much Appreciation
Dear Friends,
Words can not express how much I appreciate all your letters, cards,
phone calls, food and prayers you sent our way during Harry’s illness
and passing. It is truly a blessing to be a member of Broadway.
Frances Brooks and Family
Dear Friends,
I would like to thank everyone in the Broadway family for keeping me in
their thoughts and prayers and for the cards during the past few weeks.
I am successfully recovering from my surgery and have the worst behind
me. Broadway has always been a HUGE part of my life and I’m so lucky to
have you. I’m honored to call Broadway home.
Sincerely,
Keith McBride
A Note Concerning Tax Laws
December 31. Donors must deliver or mail (and
postmark) checks on or by this date in order to claim a charitable
contribution deduction for 2007. Checks that are placed in the church
offering on the first Sunday of 2008 will not qualify for a charitable
contribution deduction for 2007, even if the check is predated to 2007
or was actually written in 2007. However, checks that are written,
mailed, and postmarked in 2007 will be deductible in 2007 though they
are not received by the church until 2008.
Attendance:
December
16
Sunday School
118
Worship 8:45
86
Worship 10:30
205
Worship Total
291
Schedule
Sunday, December 23
8:45 am - Rejuvenation Station
9:30 am - Sunday School
10:30 am - Worship
5:30 pm - Financial Peace
Monday, December 24
OFFICE CLOSED
7:00 pm - Christmas Eve Communion and
Candlelight Service
Tuesday, December 25
OFFICE CLOSED
He Is Born!
Sunday, December 30
8:45 am - Rejuvenation Station
9:30 am - Sunday School
10:45 am - Worship
Tuesday, January 1
OFFICE CLOSED
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wednesday, January 2
6:00 pm - Wednesday Fellowship Supper
6:30 pm - Hispanic Children
Thursday, January 3
6:30 pm - Disciple
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
This weekly copy of Broadway
Messenger is complete, however it has been re-formatted to allow for its
publication to the internet. Some Stewardship (financial) information
has been omitted due to its sensitivity. If you desire a copy of that
information, please contact the
church office.
“The
Gift
