March 18, 2015 - First United Methodist Church

The
Word
A publication of Dyersburg First United Methodist Church
Volume XLI
Pastoral Thoughts
March 18, 2015
Dr. David Russell, Senior Pastor
Rev. Dell King, Associate Pastor
The Congregation, Ministers
Rules for Being Human
1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours
for the entire period this time around.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school
called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to
learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and
stupid.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and
error experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of
the process as the experiment that ultimately "works."
4. A lesson is repeated until it is learned. A lesson will be presented to you
in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it,
you can then go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not
contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6. "There" is no better than "here." When your "there" has become a
"here," you will simply obtain another "there" that will, again, look
better than "here."
7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something
about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or
hate about yourself.
8. What you make of life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources
you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside you. The answers to life's questions lie inside
you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
10. You will forget all this.
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Sunday Servants
SUNDAY, MARCH 22
8:30 A.M.
10:50 A.M.
ACOLYTES
Sydney Schroeder
Dylan Stewart
CROSS BEARERS
Olivia Hayes Mary Grace Jennings
SMALL TALK
Amelia Wilkes
PRAYER WARRIORS
Amy Perkins
Sandy Prince
SOUNDBOARD
Steve Guttery
Catherine Moore
VIDEO DIRECTORS
Patti Lou Parker
Josie McLaurin
VIDEO RECORDER
John Tucker
(Taken from Michael D. Powell, Look, Listen, Love, and Live)
Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content
with whatever I have. I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is
to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of
being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:11-13
Peace,
PALM SUNDAY
As is our tradition, our children
will process in on Palm Sunday,
March 29, waving palm branches
at both morning services during the
singing of the first hymn. Children
should gather in the foyer at the
back of the sanctuary to get their
palm branches and line up for the
procession.
...Keith and Sherry Guthrie and
family in the death of their son,
Mr. Grant Guthrie, who died
March 13, in Charleston, South
Carolina.
RECORD OF LOYALTY
ATTENDANCE 3/15/15
8:30 A.M. Worship
169
10:50 A.M. Worship
154
Combined Morning Worship Total
323
Sunday Evening
N/A
Sunday School
231
Salt & Light Attendance
128
Salt & Light Meals Served
116
OFFERING
Annual budget 2015
$1,025.028.00
Needed to date
216,832.77
Received as of 3/15/15
180,046.43
Amount over/under Budget
-36,786.34
“Imagine No Malaria” This Week 200.00
Total to Date
10,402.95
CHURCH DIRECTORY PICTURES
RESCHEDULED
Directory photography dates that were cancelled due to
the weather may be rescheduled for Wednesday, April 1
through Saturday, April 4. Photography dates that were
scheduled for the end of March are still available.
Sacristy Fund
Recently, the Church Council approved repurposing
the former Couples Sunday School classroom
(adjacent to the sanctuary) for storing vestments,
worship appointments and communion ware.
Currently, these items are stored in several locations
around the church building. Besides serving as a
central location for worship appointments, this room,
or sacristy, will serve as a place for the acolytes, the
cross bearers, and the ministers to vest prior to the
worship service and will serve also as a central
location for the preparation of the elements used in
Holy Communion.
Since the funds needed to reconfigure the room are
not funded through the church’s annual budget,
contributions to fund the sacristy are being solicited.
If you would like to contribute to this project, please
direct your donation to the “Sacristy Fund.”
SAUSAGE AND BISCUIT FUNDRAISER
The Seekers Class will serve sausage and biscuits on
Palm Sunday, March 29, between services and Sunday
School. Donations will be accepted to help fund missions
projects the class contributes to throughout the year. The
class is not only involved in church missions but projects
and organizations throughout our community and hope to
reach out and touch lives even more so than before. Let’s
enjoy breakfast and a time of fellowship with everyone!
EASTER LILIES
If you would like to order an Easter Lily to be displayed
Easter Sunday, April 1, in memory or in honor of a loved
one, please call your florist. Lilies should be wrapped in
gold foil with an ecru ribbon and delivered Friday, April
3. Don’t forget to call the church office (285-6454) to let
us know by Wednesday, April 1.
FLOWERS FOR THE FLOWERING
CROSS
On Easter morning the Flowering Cross will
bloom with flowers. Please bring fresh cut
flowers or fresh cut bouquets from the store
on Sunday, April 5, for the Flowering
Cross.
Salt and Light News
5:00 P.M. —Wednesdays
Menu: Chicken Alfredo, Rolls, Salad Bar, Dessert
Servers: Koinonia Class
HOBBIES CLASS: David Hayes will share his interest
in photography in the Hobbies Class on March 25.
Y C O R N E R Heather Kauffman
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a blog article she is writing. My task was to
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respond to the question, "What is one piece of
advice for people who want to thrive in
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their 20s?" This got me thinking, and the advice I
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I would share it with each of you hoping it will be
helpful for more than just her blog audience.
My advice was this: "Stop comparing your life
and success to those around you." As a twentysomething, there is this constant tendency to look at
people I graduated college with and feel like they
have their lives all together. Many are married
and have already landed the perfect, moneymaking job immediately after graduation. Other
friends have found themselves not using their
degree at all and working a job they hate. Some are
faced with the need to move back home to start paying
off student loans. Most twenty-somethings like me find
themselves comparing our lives to each other or the
place where our parents were at this point in their lives.
While I can only speak for myself and my close
friends, I feel as though this may be an issue we all
struggle with. I have come to learn that comparison sucks
joy out of our lives. It keeps us from the joy God wants
for us because it takes the focus off of God and puts it on
us. Not only this, it leads us to sin in our anger, jealousy
and dissatisfied attitudes. I think the apostle Paul knew
this was the case and made it a goal of his life to find
contentment in whatever he faced. He wrote, "I know
what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have
plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any
and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether
living in plenty or in want" (Philippians 4:12).
Have you learned the secret of being content in
every situation? The secret is joy and faith in what you
have, not what you do not. Comparison kills joy. Be
joyful this week!
Blessings!
Heather
Sunday, March 22nd
5:30-7:30PM- Combined UMYF
Wednesday, March 25th
5:00-6:30 PM- Salt & Light Meal
6:30-7:30 PM- Dayspring
*Deadline to sign up for Saturday's Paintball Trip!
Joe Wolfe
Louise Hendrix
Joli DeLaughter
Jim McClure—Dyersburg Healthcare and Rehab. Room
217
Carole O. Whitnel—The Highlands, Room 206
Brenda North
Jane Sharpe Carl—Susan Hedge’s mother
Bob & Peggy Mayfield
Bonnie Holt
Gary Hall
Dennis Miller
Tanner Holcomb
Destiny Kennedy—Brian and Sandi Stahl’s
granddaughter
Richard Swaim—friend of Jere Ozment
Green Smitheal
Peg Schwartz—Sandi Stahl’s mother
Helen Haynes—Jack Haynes’ mother, Canterbury Place
Renee Young—Sarah Sullivan Deere’s mother
William Paul Enoch
Braxton Farrow—St. Jude
Cynthia Blevins—Desiree Dolan’s mother
Naomi Rushing
Melissa Langston
Labone Stewart—Mary Well’s sister
Chris Bell
Jane Yates Moll
Marie Hardy (mother of Elaine McCormick)
Ryan Breedlove
Carol Hendren Disney
Please remember our homebound members. A list of
homebound members will be included in the newsletter
periodically. Please call the church with updates for the
prayer list when someone becomes sick or their health
improves.
NEWS ABOUT RELAY FOR LIFE
Reminder: If you are a cancer survivor, please call Sandi
Hendren (731) 676-7577 to make sure she has your name
on the list for the Survivor Dinner.
ATTENTION: Sunday School Classes and Individuals –
We are once again asking your help to provide the meal
for the Survivor Dinner for cancer survivors. We are
asking Sunday School classes to contribute $100 (or
more, as able) and individuals to give $25 to sponsor a
meal for a cancer survivor. The meal will be served here
in our church on Thursday, May 28. Please mark your
check “Relay for Life” and it will be directed to this
fund. These survivors were so grateful and appreciative
last year. Many said they had never been treated so
well. Thank you for your generosity in caring for
“strangers who were sick and you looked after them.”
UPWARD FUND
MEMORIALS/HONORARIUMS
PASTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In memory of:
Given by:
Grant Guthrie
Koinonia Class
Glendell Melton
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Legan
Ed Smith
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Legan
Harold Workman
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Legan
GENERAL FUND
In memory of:
Lula Kate Estes
Gibby Gibson
Russ Maher
Glendell Melton
Shirley Noble
Ernest Riley
Harold Workman
Given by:
Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Heckethorn
Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Heckethorn
Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Heckethorn
Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Heckethorn
Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Heckethorn
Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Heckethorn
Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Heckethorn
In memory of:
June Cooper
Given by:
Jan Kelt
Memorials not listed this week will be in next week’s
issue.
FAMILY LIFE CENTER NEWS
From Andy Fisher
FUMC MEN’S SOFTBALL
The time is rapidly approaching! It is time for softball
sign up. This is a “wood bat league” that is for church
members 14 years of age and older. If interested, please
sign the team roster and waiver in the Family Life
Center or let Paul Stewart know.
PANTRY FUND
In memory of:
Gibby Gibson
Glendell Melton
Given by:
Mr. & Mrs. Errol Hook
Elizabeth Fowlkes
YOUTH FUND
In memory of:
Grant Guthrie
Given by:
Mr. & Mrs. Dawson Whitkopf
MUSIC FUND
In memory of:
Helen Stafford
Given by:
Jan Kelt
IMAGINE NO MALARIA
In memory of:
Grant Guthrie
Given by:
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kirby
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51:1-12’
Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33
SUNDAY SERVICES
9:45 A.M. Sunday School
8:30 & 10:50 A.M. Worship
John 12:20-33
“Wherever I Am”
Rev. Dell King, preaching
5 P.M. Evening Service
Jeremiah 31:7-14
“A Better Day Tomorrow”
Dr. David Russell, preaching
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
Wednesday, April 1
5:00 p.m.—Meal
6:30 p.m.—Easter Cantata
Friday, April 3
Noon— Good Friday Service
Ask your florist to deliver lilies after the
noon service.
Sunday, April 5—Easter Sunday
6:30 a.m.—Sunrise Service
8:30 & 10:50 a.m.—Easter Services
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