270 Main Street
Savannah, Tennessee 38372
First United Methodist Church
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
NEWSLETTER
March 19, 2015
RON BROWN, Pastor
Parsonage: 731-925-3224
WENDY GANNON, Nursery
Worker
Cell: 731-412-9881
MARTHA SMITH, Pianist –
Organist
Email: [email protected]
JOHN HEROD, Pianist
BOB BROWN, Worship, Music & Youth
Director
DEBBIE NEYMAN, Assistant
Pianist
Email: [email protected]
NATHAN VAUGHN, Custodian
GEORGIE ANN VAUGHN, Secretary
Email: [email protected]
CHURCH WEBSITE
savannahumc.org
SUSAN HORTON, Bookkeeper
CHURCH ADDRESS
Email: [email protected]
270 Main St.
Savannah TN 38372
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This Week at our Church
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
7:00AM--Youth Lenten Breakfast in the Youth Center
1:00PM--Wesleyan Circle meeting at the home of Sue Brown
4:00pm--CAM meeting in the Youth Center
7:00PM--Scouts
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, OFFICE CLOSED
First Day of Spring!
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
9:30AM--Holy Communion in the sanctuary
10:00AM--Sunday School for all ages
11:00AM--Worship
4:00PM--Youth Choir
5:00PM--Youth
MONDAY, MARCH 23
Newsletter articles due by noon!
10:00AM--Faith Bible Study meeting in the Choir Room
5:30PM--Covenant Bible Study in the Salt & Light SSC
TUESDAY, MARCH 24
10:00AM--Staff meeting
12:00PM--Rotary in the Youth Center
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25
10:30AM--Covenant Bible Study in the Salt & Light SSC
5:00PM--Chancel Ringers, Covenant Prayer, Youth Bible Study
5:45PM--The fellowship meal will be chicken tenders, green beans, mac & cheese
& a roll from the Hickory Pit. Cora Gene Miller SSC will have set up, clean up,
and desserts.
6:30PM--Choir, Bible Zone
THURSDAY, MARCH 26
7:00AM--Youth Lenten Breakfast in the Youth Center
7:00PM--Scouts
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, OFFICE CLOSED
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
9:00AM--Spring UMW Meeting at Waynesboro FUMC
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, SIXTH SUNDAY OF LENT
PALM SUNDAY
9:30AM--Holy Communion in the sanctuary
10:00AM--Sunday School for all ages
11:00AM--Worship
4:00PM--Youth Choir
5:00PM--Youth
HOLY COMMUNION
OFFERED EACH
SUNDAY IN THE CHURCH
9:30 – 9:55 AM
(EXCEPT 1ST SUNDAY COMMUNION
SERVED DURING WORSHIP)
Continue checking the weekly
newsletter for our next Lunch Bunch
destination!
Faith Bible Study meets on
Mondays at 10:00AM in the
Choir Room.
Sunday,
March 22, 2015
John 12:20-33
“God Finds Glory in Interesting
Places”
FUMC PRE-SCHOOL SUNDAY
SCHOOL CLASS
The FUMC Pre-school Sunday School Class is taught by
ATTENDANCE SUNDAY, MARCH 15
Sunday School: 99
Worship: 124
Pam Wolfe, Wendy Gannon, and Cynthia Clement. We
combine learning God’s Word with play. At this time, the
children’s favorite activity is using play dough to show
God’s creation. Class members are Riley, Cole, Annalise,
William, Evere'e, Georgia, Mason, Vera, and Knox.
If you have a child who is pre-school age and you would
like to ﬁnd out more information, please contact Cynthia
Clement at 607-5138.
STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY, MARCH 15
GIVING for the week of 03/15/15 $ 5,538.00
YTD projected budget needs
$80,082.75
YTD budget offerings received
$72,755.05
JESUS ACTS OF KINDNESS WITNESSED THIS WEEK
73+
A total of 9 people reported Jesus Acts of Kindness.
JESUS ACTS OF KINDNESS SEPTEMBER 2013 TO DATE
16,191+
Good Friday Tenebrae
Service of Darkness
Presented by the Chancel and Youth
MARCH LITURGIST
Creed McGinley
MARCH USHERS
Bill Goodyear, Danny Smith, Larry Carroll, Richard DeBerry
MARCH ACOLYTES
Ben Brown, Tia Gannon
Choirs
Friday, April 3 at 7:00pm
(Come and experience the final moments
of the
life of Christ through reading and song)
COUNTING TEAMS
03/22 K. Kemp, T. Smith, A. Forsbach
03/29 B. Goodyear, N. Smith
04/05 D. Hutchinson, D. Vaughn, Y. McGinley
04/12 S. Duren, D. McLean, J. Adams
*Please remember to arrange for a substitute if you are unable to attend.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Robin Cannon Adams
Patricia Aird
Joe & Patty Anderson
Betty Bellis
Daisy Blount
Charlie Lou Broyles
Lucy Burgess
Catherine Carroll
Jason Chenault
Tom Clement
Betty Lynn Collier
Brodie Davis
Jimmy Davis
Larry Davis
Anne Edwards
Anita Ewoldt
Fisher Family
Anita Fletcher
Dwana Pusser Garrison
Joe Gray
Agnes Handley Family
Larry Harrell
Teresa Harville
Gene Hissong
Amy Holland
Stan Holt
James Huddleston
Karenina Kemp
Wendy Lard
Todd Lassiter
Chuck Medlin
Tracy Anglin Morris
Jimmy Qualls
Patricia Qualls
Cathy Cromwell Rains
Lamont Robinson
Melissa Rodola
Vickie Rose
Michelle Singleton
Katie Sumner
Nells Tanner
Jane Tate
Lydia Tigrett
Mike Wills
ONGOING NEEDS
Regina Alexander
Russ Alexander
Jimmie Allegood
Gwin Anderson
Earnest Bacon
Dr. Ron Brown
Ronald Casey
Cynthia Clement
Betty English
Jimmie Freeman
Amy Garner
Latonia Gilbert
Jesus Acts of Kindness Ministry
Missionaries & Christians in Iraq
Our Leaders
Our Country
Steve Harrison
Dr. Charles Lull
Dr. Pat Newhouse
Charles Pannell
Vilenda Parrish
Dorothy Rainey
Bonnie Shelby
Michelle Singleton
Mary Morgan Stanley
Ann Stricklin
Tommy Wolfe
Our Church
Our Church Staff
Our Military
Our World
The Hardin County Ministerial Association Holy Week Services
Monday through Friday,
March 30 - April 3, 2015 at 12:00pm
at First United Methodist Church
Monday
Jerry Milliken
First Assembly of God
Tuesday
David Baker
Saltillo Church of Christ
Wednesday
Helen Hamilton
Cumberland Presbyterian
Thursday
Ronnie Sanders
Living Word Fellowship
Friday
Dr. Ron Brown
First United Methodist
The Easter Sunrise Service will be at 6:30am at Olivet Cumberland
Presbyterian Church at 6095 Hwy 226 (Airport Rd.). Gerald Davis
will be the speaker.
The Youth Lenten Prayer Breakfasts will be held on
Thursday mornings at 7:00am in the Youth Center. The
last breakfast will be on March 26.
Note change of date!
HOW TO ENRICH YOUR LIFE THROUGH STEWARDSHIP
Through giving, we oﬀer ourselves in service and devotion
to God. This makes us stronger in our faith, more aware of
the needs of those around us, and gives us the experience
of sharing Christ with others.
The next meeting will be
Sunday, April 12th
At 9:00AM
in the Youth Center.
Bring a dish to share!
The next Wesleyan Circle
meeting will be on Thursday,
March 19th at 1:00pm at the
home of Sue Brown.
The fellowship meal for Wednesday, March 25th will be chicken tenders,
green beans, mac & cheese and a roll from the Hickory Pit. The cost is $6
per person. The Cora Gene Miller Sunday School Class will have set up,
clean up and desserts.
Please remember to make your reservations by signing up on Sunday’s
attendance pad or by calling the church office at 925-3436 by noon on Monday, March 23rd.
There will be no fellowship meal on Wednesday, April 1st due to Holy Week
and Spring Break. Our next fellowship meal will be on April 8th. The Salt
& Light Sunday School Class will be in charge of the menu, set up, clean up,
and desserts.
First United Methodist is responsible for donating canned meat
for CAM. Please bring your donations and place them in the
basket located downstairs as you
enter the back door. You may
also bring your donations on the
first Sunday of each month and
place them in the narthex. Thank
you for helping in this important
ministry!
SATURDAY
APRIL 4, 2015
10:00AM
CARROLL/LEDBETTER HOMES
ON
COLLEGE ST.
1) Take time out to play board games with senior citizens at a
nursing home. Sixty percent of them never receive a visitor
during their stay.
Given in memory of John Weatherford by Harv & Shawn Stricklin.
2) Listen intently to what others are saying. This shows that
Given in memory of David Anglin by Joseph & Anne'e Hurd.
you care how they may be feeling.
3) Remind yourself daily that everyone is ﬁghting their own
struggles.
FLOWERING OF THE CROSS
4) Write your husband, wife, or children a list of things you love
This is just a reminder to everyone that on Easter Sunday, we
will be “Flowering the Cross”.
Don’t forget to bring your beautiful flowers with you to church!
about them.
Nothing you have not given away will ever be really yours.
C. S. Lewis
What’s in the Bag?
ALTAR FLOWERS
March 22nd Brenda Schomburg
03/22 This date is available
March 29th Dottie Hutchinson
03/29 Don & Jenifer Edwards
April 5th Pat Newhouse
April 12th Patty Russell
04/05 This date is available
04/12 David & JoAnne Taylor
April 19th Susanna Brown
April 26th Alyssa Irons
Anyone who would like to volunteer to help with the “What’s in the
Bag?” ministry, please call Betty Lynn Collier at 607-5757.
The altar flower sign up sheet for 2015 has been passed around the Sunday School classrooms. We still have many open dates available. Those
available in March are: March 22nd. In April: April 5th & April 19th.
If you would like to sign up for one of these dates or for one later on in
the year, please call the church office at 925-3436.