News and Events

FEB. 5	National Wear Red Day - Show your concern for heart disease and your support of heart disease research and survivors
FEB. 13	Valentine's Dinner at 6 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Tickets are $10 per person. See Ron Failor for tickets or call the church office. Nursery will be provided
FEB. 17	Ash Wednesday Service at 6:30 PM

  EVERY MONTH

1st Sunday	Communion
1st Wednesday	Trustees Meeting at 6:30 PM in Huckaby Class.
2nd Sunday	Breakfast provided by Youth at 8:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall. No cost, but donations appreciated!
2nd Tuesday	Morning Circle meets at 10 AM in Quilters Room.
2nd Wednesday	Church Council meeting at 6:30 PM in Ruth Bible Class.
2nd Saturday	United Methodist Men meet at 7:30 AM for breakfast and fellowship.
3rd Sunday	Covered Dish Lunch immediately following Worship Service; bring your tastiest dish!
3rd Wednesday	Shalom Circle meets at 6:00 PM in the Ruth Bible Class.
4th Wednesday	Friendship Book Club meets at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall. In February, we will read and discuss books by Alexander McCall Smith.
4th Thursday	Inspiration Group for Senior Adults. In February, our guest will be singer and entertainer Jerry Stepp and we will enjoy a barbecue meal catered by Henry's.
5th Sunday	Youth Sunday and Lunch provided by Youth in the Fellowship Hall; no charge, but donations are appreciated!
5th Wednesday	Staff Parish Relations Committee Meeting at 6:30 PM in the Ruth Bible Class

  EVERY WEEK

Monday	Girl Scouts meets from 6 - 7:30 PM in Girl Scout room upstairs in the gym
Tuesday	Quilters meet at 10 AM in Quilter's Hut
Wednesday	Bible Study at 4:30 PM in the Huckaby Classroom
Wednesday	Supper from 5:30 - 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall; $6 for adults, $4 for children. Please make or cancel reservations by noon on Monday. Sign up sheet is on the door at the rear of the sanctuary, or you can call the church office at 246-4311.
Wednesday	Youth Group meets at 6 PM in Fellowship Hall; choir meets at 7:30 in sanctuary
Thursday	Quilters meet at 10 AM in Quilter's Hut
Sunday	Disciple Bible Study from 5 - 7:30 PM; Youth Group meets from 5:30 - 6:30 PM in Fellowship Hall

 

PLANNING AHEAD
March 6th at 9 AM - United Methodist Women Week of Prayer & Self Denial Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall.
Cost is $5. Guest speaker will be missionary Donnie Whitlock, who is the father of our CDC staff member Marie Campbell.
Please bring food items with pop tops; these will be donated to Triune Mercy Center.

March 19, 8 AM - 8 PM,  and March 20, 8 AM - 1 PM - United Methodist Men Spring Garage Sale
Place items at the back of the gym, or call Ron Failor at 294-9755 for pick-up.

April 23-24 - UMM Asbury Hills Retreat
Guest speaker will be Rev. David Beam from Pineville, NC

Saturday, May 8th - UMW Mother-Daughter Tea at Twigs on Woods Lake Road

Tuesday, August 17th at 6:30 PM  - UMW Covered Dish Education Program in the Fellowship Hall

Tuesday, October 19 at 6 PM - UMW World Thanks Day catered dinner in the Fellowship Hall

OF NOTE
If you would like to contribute to the United Methodist Committee on Relief effort in Haiti, simply write "Haiti" 
on the memo line of your check and place it in an offering plate on Sunday morning or drop it off in the church office.
Every dollar of your gift will go to the people of Haiti when channeled through UMCOR.

UMCOR would also welcome your donation of "Health Kits" to be shipped to Haiti. 
These simple kits can be easily assembledin a 1-gallon plastic zip bag and cost less than $12 per kit. 
Specific instructions on what to include and how to pack the kit are available on the table in the back of the sanctuary. 
You may bring your completed kits to the church office or leave them at the back of the sanctuary.

 
For more information on these and other church activities, please read our current newsletter.