“Are
You a Courageous Example?” It has been said that
Christians today do not have the courage to stand up against evil and
unrighteousness. When we do not communicate with God through prayer and
worship, we lose our courage. A Christian life is one of service and
living by the guidance of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. We would still
rather be served than risk our faith. Christians must face a death that
is very uncomfortable and challenging. Jesus asks us to die to self and
give Him our obedience and service. Christians are reluctant to commit.
Are you a good example of Christian faith? Are you living by the
teachings of Jesus? Is your life a shining example of faith, hope, and
love that Jesus spoke of? Do you have the courage to live like Jesus,
who even gave His physical life for the cause of God? Come and be
strengthened. Come and be renewed.
In Christ,
One Great Hour of Sharing -
Offering To Be Taken This Week This Sunday, March
18, at both services, we will collect the One Great Hour of Sharing
Offering. The money received from this offering will be used by UMCOR to
help with emergency relief throughout the U.S. and around the world.
They also help with other programs world wide. Please be generous.
Let’s Do Lunch
The Odyssey this month will be going to the Lakeside Tavern in Concord
Park for lunch on Thursday, March 22. We will leave the church at 11:15
a.m. Each person will order from the menu and pay for their own lunch.
We will collect money for gas on our return. Please make reservations by
calling the church office, 982-6192, by Tuesday, March 20.
Attendance:
March 11
Sunday School
125
Worship 8:45
48
Worship 10:30
155
Worship
Total
203
Attention To Those Helping WithFashion Show
Ladies who are preparing food for the Fashion Show on
March 24, please have your food to the church by 4:30 p.m., Friday,
March 23. We will be preparing the plates on Saturday morning.
Gentlemen who are serving at the Fashion Show, please wear navy or black
pants, dress shirt and tie and be at the church between 10:15 and 10:30
a.m. on the 24th.
Go Take A Hike!
The United Methodist Men are sponsoring a church-wide
hike into Whiteoak Sinks on Saturday, April 21. We’ll meet at the church
at 8:30 and carpool to the Smokies. Bob Hayes will be leading this hike
which takes us 2 miles up the Schoolhouse Gap trail, then down into
Whiteoak Sinks where we’ll see a couple of caves, a gravesite, beautiful
wildflowers, and a unique waterfall which disappears into a cave behind
it. We’ll climb out of Whiteoak Sinks and intersect the Schoolhouse Gap
trail a mile from our cars. The 4-mile hike requires some climbing. Be
sure to wear comfortable shoes. Some of us plan to eat at the Riverstone
Restaurant in Townsend after the hike. You may prefer to make other
arrangements.
Please e-mail Bob Hayes, rajah819@aol.com, if you want to go on the hike
and also indicate if you’d like to eat at the Riverstone so we can give
the restaurant some idea of how many to expect. Join us for a good time.
Spiritual Enrichment Experience Is Planned
This year’s Holston Conference United Methodist Women’s
2007 Spiritual Enrichment Experience will be Saturday and Sunday, May
19-20, at Lake Junaluska. This year there will be only one event.
Registration forms are on the bulletin board to the left of the doors to
the W. R. Allen Hall. All registrations must be in by April 15.
Schedule
Sunday, March 18
8:45 am - Rejuvenation Station
9:30 am - Sunday School
10:30 am - Worship
4:00 pm - Confirmation Class
4:30 pm - American Sign Language
Sunday, March 18 - Tuesday, March 20
Jubilation in Kingsport
Monday, March 19
8:30 am - PDO
10:00 am - Knit-wits
1:00 pm - U.T. Extension
3:30 pm - Art Class
5:30 pm - Webelos
6:30 pm - Boy Scouts
Tuesday, March 20
8:30 am - PDO
9:30 am - Transformers
4:30 pm - Kindermusik
6:00 pm - Success by Six
TBA - Square One
7:30 pm - Epworth Bells
Wednesday, March 21
8:30 am - PDO
2:00 pm - Art Class
3:45 pm - Children’s Choir/ Son Beam
4:30 pm - Discovery Club
6:00 pm - WFS
6:30 pm - Studies
7:30 pm - Choir
Thursday, March 22
8:30 am - PDO
9:30 am - Old Chimers
11:15 am - Odyssey
3:00 pm - Girl Scouts
3:30 pm - Kindermusik
4:00 pm - Wesley Ringers
6:00 pm - Wolf Den
6:30 pm - Disciple
Friday, March 23
Set Up for Fashion Show
Saturday, March 24
11:00 am - UMW Fashion Show
Weekly Worship Opportunities
Rejuvenation Station 8:45 a.m.
Conductor Charlie Wimmer
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Dan Moore
Scripture Philippians 3:1-10
Sermon “Are You a Courageous Christian?”
Jubilation Bus Schedule
and Information
Please note the following Bus schedule for those riding the bus to
Kingsport for JUBILATION. Because of the 5:30pm sit-down dinner, a new
feature in this year’s retreat, we need to board the bus sooner than we
had originally planned.
1:00pm
Broadway UMC Parking lot
1:10pm Depart Broadway UMC
1:15pm Asbury Place Retirement Center portico
1:25pm Depart Asbury Place
2:00pm Church Street UMC Cumberland Street Parking Lot
2:10pm Depart Church Street UMC
4:15pm Arrive at MeadowView Resort Center in Kingsport
Please note that riders may take one suitcase and one carry-on due to limited luggage storage space in the rear of the bus. In addition, please bring $5.00 to cover the cost of gas for the trip. It would be good to be early for your designated loading time since the schedule will be tight.
Faithbooking, Telling
Your Faith Story
Faith books are a collection of pictures and stories that
demonstrate how alive and active God is in our past, present and future.
This will be an introductory class and will meet once weekly for six
weeks. You don’t have to be a “scrapbooker” to begin faithbooking. You
may decide not to put any pictures on the page at all, dedicating more
space to writing your story. For more information, contact Lori Wade.
Classes will begin on Wednesday evening, March 21, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
in the Upper Room classroom. Cost will be $30.00
Fashion Show Deadline
In order to plan for food and seating arrangements for
the Fashion Show, we would like to have any unsold tickets, along with
funds from ticket sales, turned into the church office by Thursday
morning, March 15th. The United Methodist Women Executive Committee will
meet at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, and it will be helpful to know the exact
number sold. We want to complete our plans this week, because several of
us are attending Jubilation next week. Ticket sales have gone well, and
we appreciate all those who are working hard to make the fashion show a
success for our mission projects. We look forward to a fun time with
Judy Gardner on March 24 at 11:00 a.m. in the W. R. Allen Hall.
Rehearsals for The Living Last Supper
Actors in the Maundy Thursday worship
featuring The Living Last Supper by Ruth Elaine Schram with drama and
choir are reminded of the three working rehearsals – Friday, March 16
(7:00pm), Thursday, March 22 (7:00pm), and Sunday, March 25 (1:00pm) –
and the two dress rehearsals – Wednesday, March 28 (7:30pm) and
Wednesday, April 4 (7:30pm).
Children’s Ministry Dates
Spring is right around the corner, so get
ready to bloom!
● Palm Sunday is April 1 (no fooling!) Be ready to bring the palm
branches into the sanctuary.
● Easter Egg Hunt coming on April 7! Watch for details!
● Don’t forget to mark your calendars for summer choir camp, June 20-22,
and VBS, June 25-29! We are going to have a lot of fun. Be sure to tell
your friends too.
By the WAY -
Youth News
March 25, UMY, 5:30-7:30 pm
March 30-31, Spring Retreat to Wesley Woods
April 7, Easter Egg Hunt
April 8, Sunrise Service
April 14, White Elephant Sale
White
Elephant Sale Is Coming Soon!
Start cleaning out those closets, basements and attics.
The youth will be hosting their White Elephant Sale on Saturday, April
14. You may bring items to the church anytime AFTER the UMW Spring
Fashion Show on March 24.
Choir Sings Swedish Folk Hymn
Sunday morning, the chancel choir will sing You Are Holy
by Per Harling. Mr. Harling is a Swedish Lutheran Pastor and musician
who has contributed many hymns and praise songs to the current worship
literature. This anthem setting of his hymn, focusing on God’s
ever-present blessings for God’s children, features one of the
signatures of his music, Latin rhythms and a refined sense of melody.
During Children’s Choir Camp this summer, they will learn another of Mr.
Harling’s hymns, For Livets Skull (For Sake of Life), written in Brazil
with a Latin flair.
Epworth Bells Ring Spiritual
The Epworth Bells join with Gail Hafner at the organ as
they ring the popular spiritual, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, arranged by
Janet Linker and Jane McFadden. The selection features bells, handchimes,
and organ and a swinging good time praising God. This is the kind of
music that would have made King David dance before the Ark of the
Covenant as it entered the Jerusalem gates.
