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January 19, 2010 Volume 2, Number 2 |
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In December, 2009, Broadway Helping Hand assisted 37 households with utility bills, totaling $803.90. We also helped two people with car gas, two with kerosene and one with prescriptions all totaling $100.
from Many People Missions would like to share with you some thanks in appreciation for our monetary gifts in the past few months. Both the Food Connection and the Food Pantry have thanked us for monetary giving as well as our food donations. The Boys and Girls Club has thanked us for our Christmas wreath purchase; for many years we have bought the wreaths that grace the entrances to Broadway from the Boys and Girls Club. Family Promise has thanked us for a year-end donation to their program of providing temporary shelter, food, and support services to homeless children and their families. They also thank us for our volunteer support of the program. We have received a gracious email letter from Alan and Dorothy Taylor for the monetary gift in their name to the Hope Center in Latvia. We also received thank you notes from the CBBC Bank and Heritage Office Supply for Christmas bread in appreciation for their cooperation with parking. And we received a wonderful letter from Harry Howe, head of Project Crossroads, for our dedication to helping those less fortunate in Virginia.
Please Keep The Office Informed When you or someone in you family becomes seriously ill or is in the hospital, please remember to call the church office so that our ministers can be kept informed and make their visits and contacts. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES: help us keep up with our sick; if your class is aware of a particularly serious situation, please call the church, just to make sure the office is in the loop. We don’t want anyone ‘slipping through the cracks’. Thanks.
Schedule
Sunday, January 24
Monday, January 25
Tuesday, January 26
Wednesday, January 27
Thursday, January 28
Monday, February 1
Tuesday, February 2
Wednesday, February 3
Thursday, February 4
Saturday, February 6
Greeters
Lunch and Learn
Tuesday, February 2nd
It’s that time of year again - it’s time to sign up for
Broadway’s Supper Club. We will be adding something new this time. We
will have some groups for families with children in addition to our
groups for just adults (singles and couples). Each group will meet once
a month in someone’s home for brunch, lunch or dinner at a restaurant -
whatever works best for your group. It’s a wonderful way to make new
friends and get to know other members of our Broadway family. We will
have sign up sheets in the bulletin this Sunday, January 24. Everyone
who signs up is invited to come and meet your group at a potluck dinner
at 6:00p.m. on Wednesday, January 27. You will be seated with your group
to get acquainted and plan your get-togethers. Looking forward to seeing
everyone with covered dishes and calendars in hand on January 27. If you
have any questions, please call Debbie Taylor at 983-8221 or Barbara
Tiller at 981-9006.
By the WAY: Youth News
January 22-24 Resurrection
Week II, Grades 9-12
With the change in the schedule for the Messenger we will
have a new deadline for articles being submitted. The new deadline will
be 12:00 p.m. on Friday. The next deadline is Friday, January 29. Evangelism Event The Holston Evangelism Conference is at Cokesbury Center in Knoxville, February 19 and 20. We will have more details in the next Messenger. Mark your calendars now to attend.
Ladies Retreat Spaces are filling fast for the Ladies Retreat February 26-27 in Townsend. Sign-up sheets are available around the church, OR CLICK HERE
“It’s not good for man to be alone.” Genesis 2:18 NIV The
celebrations of faith and family during Kwanza, Hanukkah, and Christmas are
over, yet attention to family is just as important in January as it was in
December. Since the family of the 1950's is no longer the norm, we as a church
need to ask what it means to be ‘family,’ how we support families, and how we
reclaim its importance. (Source: Focus on the Family www.focusonthefamily.com/)
References/Resources:
www.frc.org/ - Family Research Council (1-800-225-4008) promotes marriage, family, and human life through national policy
www.familyeducation.com/home/ - Family Education Network provides activities for children ages 0-18, advice for parents, and information on current family issues
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/ - Family Village: A Global Community of
Disability - Related Resources offers information on a wide variety of family
issues “Now, dear brothers and sisters, I appeal to you by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ to stop arguing among yourselves. Let there be real harmony so there won’t be divisions in the church. I plead with you, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.” 1 Corinthians 1: 10 NLT
Families, whether blood related or spiritually connected, are not
without conflict. Whatever the disagreement, use some common tools to work
through the difficulty. Really listen to the thoughts, feelings, and wishes of
the other person. Discuss differences of opinions and agree to disagree. If
approached properly, conflict can strengthen families by hearing and
understanding others. How do you handle conflict? How do you build your family?
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Rejuvenation Station 8:45 AM Conductor Charlie Wimmer Sunday School 9:30 AM Traditional Worship 10:30 AM Rev. Amy R. Probst, Pastor January 24 Scripture: Luke 4:14-21 Sermon: “What’s So Good About the “Good News”?
January 31 Scripture: Luke 4:21-30 Sermon: “Managing Expectations”
Taizé Service of Music and Prayer
2010 Budget Approved On Monday night, January 11th, the Administrative Board approved the final budget as recommended by the Finance Committee. The 2010 budget is $450,466. This is a $47,000 (or a 9.5%) reduction in the prior year budget. Based on the feedback from members and increased pledged giving for 2010, the Finance Committee was able to avoid reducing staff salaries or fair share askings. As you can see in the summary budget below funding cuts will impact all other operating and program areas including:
· A bi-monthly “Messenger” instead of weekly
Angel Norman
Finance Chair
Lou Francis:
Patrick O’Bleness, son of Martha Tucker:
Fidelia Parham:
Mattie Dunlap:
Spaghetti Valentine Supper
Saturday, February 6 NO matter who you are for in that football game, here is a Super challenge that everyone can help with. The “Youth In the WAY” team will be collecting money and canned food items on “Super Sunday”. The money and food will go to local food pantries. Here is the easy part. You have already been paid for!! Yup, you got it, a fund raiser that you don’t have to pay for!!! The Youth are donating $1.00 for everyone in worship on February 7. It is just one way that the youth want to say thank you to everyone for your support. The youth will be at the doors on Sunday morning to say thanks, and if you want to be a super soup giver they will collect your donations. Go to www.souperbowl.org for more information.
The churches in the Holston Annual Conference have, for many years, supported the ministry of Holston United Methodist Home for Children by receiving a special FIFTH SUNDAY OFFERING. This provides a simple, sure way to share the responsibilities of providing care and compassion to children as we represent Christ to them at a time of crisis. Your generous gift on January 31st will make a difference!
New “Care”Support Group Starting “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) Are life’s burdens getting you down? Perhaps you’re out of work and feel you have nowhere to turn. Maybe you or someone you love is undergoing treatment for cancer. Perhaps you’ve lost a loved one or are struggling with depression or a recent divorce or the effects of aging. You are not alone! – and Broadway would like to reach out and provide Christian love and encouragement for you. A new weekly support group will be starting the last week in January, a day group at 10:00 a.m. on Monday mornings and an evening group at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings. Both classes will meet in the Wesley Fellowship Classroom on the 4th floor. This will be a time of sharing and encouragement in a completely confidential setting. Dianne Duchenois, an experienced Stephen Minister and small group leader who is new to Broadway will be the facilitator. For more information, you can email Dianne at dscent@mindspring.com, or just come to the first meeting! Everyone is welcome. Let your church family help you through this time. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and love to see you through.
Website Ministry Updates Requested
Our church website has become huge! It is loaded with ministry
information, contact forms and graphics. It is important that the information
that we provide over the website be up to date and that it totally reflects the
current activities and goals of each individual ministry. We would like each
ministry leader to review their areas and to contact Stan Turner and to work
with him to make the necessary changes. If you’ve seen something somewhere else
on another site that you would like to see incorporated into our site, we
welcome your ideas and positive feedback.
With Much Appreciation I want to thank all my church family who kept me in your prayers during my long healing. The sense of being surrounded by caring friends, as well as your many acts of kindness did much to keep my spirits up.
Margery Copenhaver
I wish to thank everyone that visited me, sent cards, flowers
and phoned during my several stays at the hospital and Asbury Place Health
Center. Reese Wills, Sr.
You WILL Be Called!
Many thanks to all of you who have volunteered to help with
Fall Festival this coming October. The Fall Festival dates are the weekend of
October 8, 9, and 10. Your response was overwhelming, and those who will be in
charge of coordinating the weekend at the church are very grateful. Rest
assured: you WILL be called, so mark the dates on your calendars now! If you
haven’t signed up yet, there will be plenty of opportunity to do so in
September.
Move Over, Please We’re a ‘welcoming’ congregation, and we’re usually seen greeting the church visitors and trying to make them feel comfortable in what could be a new environment for them. That said, there’s usually more that can be done, such as encouraging them to sign the attendance logs, with names and addresses if possible. And please don’t hesitate to give up your aisle seat for them. Nothing will make them feel more comfortable than a tug on their sleeve as they slowly walk down the aisle, looking for a friendly face or an empty place. Why not slide over, introduce yourself, and make them feel welcome. And GREETERS TAKE NOTE: you might need to leave your station in the foyer to help new visitors find a seat, especially if they come in just as the service is beginning. Thanks
Brrrr…It was cold at church—WHY?
Robert Russell, Chairman, Trustees
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Thank
You Responses
Sign-Up
For Supper Clubs
It’s
Not To Late To Join Us For Lunch We are still
taking reservations for our Odyssey Trip Thursday, January 28, to the Regas
Restaurant in Knoxville for lunch. We will leave the church at 10:45 a.m. and
order from the menu. Each person will pay for their own meal. Upon our return to
the church we will collect money for gas. Reservations are due by Monday,
January 25. In case of bad weather on that day we will cancel the outing.
Souper
Bowl Sunday
5th
Sunday Offering
