Main Street United Methodist Church The Main Stream Volume 2014, Issue 22– November 4, 2014 The Ministry of Prayer at Main Street “Pray continually” -1 Thessalonians 5:17 Prayer is to the church as breathing is to the human body. It’s the one job that anyone can do, and everyone must do. The church will only go forward on its knees. Prayer is also an amazing privilege, a gift of grace that is granted to the people of God. The Creator of the entire Universe loves to hear our prayers and delights in meeting our needs. At Main Street United Methodist Church, we have a number of ways to engage in prayer: E-mail Prayer Chain: Currently there are 184 persons on the prayer chain who receive specific prayer requests immediately through email. To make your prayer concern known, simply call the church office. If you would like to be included on the e-mail prayer chain, please contact Charity Goff, Administrative Assistant, at [email protected]. Oasis Worship Service (Wednesdays at 5:30 pm): A full list of prayer requests (two pages long) is shared. Our Stephen Ministers provide anointing with oil and healing prayer as Holy Communion is shared. Wednesday Morning Prayer Group: Join a small group of Main Street members in the Fellowship Hall at 7 am on Wednesdays. Wednesday Morning Bible Study: Usually led by Pastor Rick, this group meets in the Parlor at 10:30 am to pray for current requests and study the Scripture for the upcoming Sunday sermon. Thursday Morning Men’s Breakfast: Prayer requests are shared as the men start breakfast. Complete Prayer List: The church staff maintains an updated list of all prayer requests, including persons who are homebound, serving in the military, facing surgery or cancer treatments, and those who have suffered the death of a loved one. This list is available in the church office. Prayer Cards in the pews: On the back of each pew in the sanctuary, you can find cards that say, “Main Street UMC Visitor and Prayer Request Card.” If you have a prayer request, fill one of these out and drop it in the offering plate, or take it to the Welcome Desk. Prayer Shawls: Our prayer shawls are knitted by hand and prayed over by members of the prayer shawl ministry team. If you would like to receive a prayer shawl, please call the church office. And beginning this Sunday, we will be inserting an abbreviated prayer list in the bulletins for all three services. Our hope is that you will place this insert in your Bible as a bookmark…or place it your pocket or purse…and lift up these current prayer requests in your daily personal prayers. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. -Philippians 4:6-7 NLT Myrtle Beach Christmas Extravaganza Thursday, Dec 4-Saturday, Dec 6, 2014 The Heritage Club is planning a Christmas Coach Tour (via Christian Tours) trip to Myrtle Beach. It is open to anyone who is interested in going. It includes three fantastic shows—The South’s Grandest Christmas Show at Alabama Theatre; Carolina Opry Christmas Special; and Christmas Dinner Show at Pirates Voyage. Meals included with the cost include two breakfasts and two dinners. The cost for three days and two nights will be: Single $495; Double $445; and Triple $439. If you are interested, please send Pastor Dale a check for the full amount made payable to Christian Tours along with the name of your roommate. Please call Pastor Dale at 992-9891 with questions. Check should be mailed to Rev. R Dale Hilton, 6765 Old Valley School Rd, Kernersville, NC 27284. Share Your Faith This Christmas Sharing the good news of Jesus’ birth is one way to make a difference in a hurting world. Cantata Sunday is an opportunity to invite those who might not normally be in worship to come experience a special sharing of that good news through music. Perhaps you have a song in your heart but are not currently involved with a choir or have never been part of a choir? Come Ye Faithful is based on traditional carols and is the perfect starting place for new singers. Christmas is a busy time of year, but sharing the good news is really what the season is all about. And one of the wonderful surprises of the season is that singing in a choir brings as much joy to the singer as it does to the hearer, maybe even more! Consider being a part of the Christmas choir, and join us this week in rehearsal. Main Street offers identical rehearsals on two different nights: you may choose Mondays or Wednesdays, from 7:30-8:30pm. A listening CD is available. The choirs of MSUMC will present Come Ye Faithful, a Service of Carols on December 14, 2014 at the 8:30 and 11:00 Services. Breakfast with Santa at Main St. United Methodist Church in the Fellowship Hall (aka The North Pole) Saturday, December 6 from 9:00AM to 11AM The cost for this event is $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. Come and join us for pancakes with all the toppings, sausage biscuits, and don’t forget to bring your camera! Santa will arrive around 9:00am. Choose a breakfast reservation time of 9:00AM or 10:00AM at www.mainstreetumc.org Breakfast with Santa is sponsored by Circle #7. All proceeds go to local missions. You Can Bring in, Turn in, or Email your Pledge Cards The Fall Stewardship Campaign began on Sunday, November 2 and will go through Sunday, November 23 . Please prayerfully consider making a contribution pledge for our 2015 annual ministry budget. You may return your pledge cards to the church office, on worship on Sunday, or email your pledge to Susan at [email protected]. The total amount pledged will be announced on Sunday, November 23 at our Church-wide Thanksgiving Covered-Dish Dinner. One Item More...Each Time in the Store Crisis Control Ministry’s Item of the Month: 2lb Sugar or Whole Wheat Flour (Please place in collection boxes in Narthex, Chapel, or Fellowship Hall.) Page 2 Dear Main Street, Thank you so much for being there for me and my family with the passing of my father. Your thoughts, prayers, food, cards, and flowers meant so very much to us all. —Richard Eskridge Thank you to everyone who helped with this year’s Pumpkin Patch. Whether it was by working a shift, helping unload pumpkins, buying your pumpkin from us or telling your friends and neighbors about our patch, you made a difference. The money raised will enable our children, youth and adults to be involved in missions to our community and beyond. —Amy Burton and Wayne Purdy BBQ Pork for Sale Cub Scout pack 940, Den 5 is having a BBQ fundraiser for their Yorktown Trip. They will be selling chopped BBQ for $10.00 a pound from 10:00 until it is all gone on Sunday November 9, 2014. Second Harvest Food Bank Needs Our Help If you would like to help load, unload, and fill the shelves at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem, We Need You! The group going to the Food Bank on Saturday, November 8 at 8:30am from our parking lot. The Second Harvest Food bank is located at 3610 Reed St, Winston-Salem and we will work from 9:00am-noon. We will be back at the church by 12:30pm. Some jobs require a strong back but others are much less physical. No open toe shoes. Children twelve or older must be accompanied by an adult. We will travel by van unless you wish to travel separately. Call Dennis Garman at 971-7710 to register or ask questions. It’s Time to Talk TURKEY Our 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Meal and Christmas brunch will take place on Thursday, November 27 and Thursday, December 25. These meals are for anyone who doesn’t want to be alone during the holidays. Everyone is invited and it is open to MSUMC members as well as members of our community. United Methodist Women General Meeting November 18 at 6:00pm in the fellowship hall the UMW will share a pot luck meal, have fellowship time, and announce this year's Mission Pin Recipient. For more information please check out our page on our website or call UMW President Lynn Makepeace at 457-6918. To make this year’s dinner a HUGE success we need everyone’s help. If you can help prepare the food, set-up, serve, and clean-up, we need you! Monetary donations will be accepted for the cost of the turkeys or you can donate a turkey. Call Michelle Higgins at 926-1873 to volunteer or for more information. visit our website today at www.mainstreetumc.org Page 3 Children’s News Created by God Human sexuality is one of God’s greatest gifts to people. Created By God is a biblically based program retreat designed to communicate to fourth and fifth graders that we are a fantastic creation made by God. This retreat will be November 14 & 15 (4-7 on Friday and 9-2 on Saturday). Cost is $15, which covers the book, dinner Friday and lunch Saturday. Please register with Amy by Sunday, November 9. Sunday School Teachers Needed! We are in need of some additional teachers for several of our children’s Sunday School classes. The classes and open dates are: Kindergarten & 1st Grade: November 30, December 28, January 4 & 25, February 8 & 15, March 8 & 29, April 26, and May 10 & 31. Kernersville Little Theatre Presents Charlotte’s Web Join us for the heart-warming story of a special friendship between a lovable pig and everyone’s favorite spider. November 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 7:00pm November 16, 22, 23 at 2:00pm James Fitzpatrick Auditorium, Kernersville Elementary School Come out and support the MSUMC cast members as well as the Kernersville Little Theatre. 2nd & 3rd Grade: April 5 & 26, and May 3 & 31. All materials and supplies are provided. If you can help with any of these dates, please contact Amy at [email protected]. CareNet Volunteers Needed CareNet Counseling of Kernersville is in desperate need of volunteers to welcome the clients of the center. As a volunteer you will greet and show the client where to wait for their appointment. This would be a great time for you to finish a book, work on your Christmas list, play on the internet, crochet or knit a prayer shawl, or just enjoy the peaceful calm of the Chapel Hall. For more information and to become a volunteer please email Scott Dunn at [email protected] or [email protected]. Look forward and be hopeful, look backward and be thankful, look down and be helpful, look up and be humble. —unknown Page 4 LET’S MAKE IT A CRANE’S NEST CHRISTMAS! Main Street UMC will be collecting donations of new unwrapped toys that will be delivered to Crane’s Nest, VA. Think about picking up a new toy for Crane’s Nest the next time you are at the store! The deadline for the toy collection will be on Monday, November 24. The church office will be on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 for the Thanksgiving Holiday Gifts to Main Street Given in memory of Julie Alexander to the Building Up Reaching Out Fund by the Cornerstone Sunday School Class and the Bethany Café Crew Given in memory of Richard Smith to the Building Up Reaching Out Fund by Helen Holt and Thurman and Ruth Hinson Given in memory of Richard Smith to the Memorial Fund by Richard D Smith Given in memory of Jean Blink to the Kitchen/ Hospitality Fund by Robert & Thelma Moser, Roy and Sandra Sell, Gloria Sanner, Jill Ann Myers, Allan and Patricia Hanson, Susan and Terrence Patrick, Regan and Karen Reynolds, Jini Bilyeau, and Jean Thorp Given in memory of Jean Blink to the Adult Mission Trip Fund by Connie Trainer Given in memory of Richard Smith to the Adult Mission Trip Fund by Mary & Leroy Spangler Given in memory of Richard Smith to the Memorial Fund by Connie Trainer, Cecil and Ann Brown, and Hugh Martin Given in memory of Richard Smith to the Cemetery Fund by Louise Sapp Go on a Shopping Spree at Kernersville Moravian Church On Saturday, November 8 from 10am-3pm Kernersville Moravian Church will be hosting a Shopping Spree. You can Shop, have lunch, and Shop some more while you select items from 20 vendors. Items available will be: Moravian Chicken Pies, Advent Wreaths, jewelry, Moravain Stars, handmade crafts, baked goods, bird houses, cookbooks, small furniture items, and more! Home party vendors include Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, 31 bags, and Premier Jewelry. Lunch will be available for $4. Choice of Pimento Cheese or Chicken Salad Croissant, chips, and a drink. Upcoming Concerts and Events Nov. 21 at 7:30 pm Messiah, presented by the Kerner Chorale ($15 adults) www.thekernerchorale.org Dec. 5 at 7:00 pm Kernersville Christmas Stocking Fund Benefit Concert at Main Street UMC Dec. 12 at 8:00pm Bel Canto Company Christmas Concert ($22 adults; $20 seniors, $5 students) www.belcantocompany.com Dec. 14 at 8:30 & 11:00 am Christmas Cantata: Come Ye Faithful, a Service of Carols, MSUMC Combined Choirs and Chamber orchestra Dec. 24 at 4:00pm Family Christmas Eve Service Dec. 24 at 7:00 & 11:00pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service Feb. 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm Wingate University Choir & WSSU Choir in Concert Get your Christmas shopping started or even finished this weekend! Page 5 Upcoming Worship Helpers Record of our Faithfulness 11-9 11-16 Team 2 Team 3 Blair Howard Craig Montgomery Caroline Kuebert 10-19 10-26 Sunday School 268 253 Jenna Lang 8:30 Worship 160 179 Katherine Hanks & Hannah Bullard Sydney Parsons & Cami Woodlief 8:45 Jubilee!! 103 83 Jacob Hanks Kailee Edens 11:00 Worship 289 235 ALTAR GUILD Kay Bare Ann Brooks 552 497 8:30am CRADLE Gretchen Pizzino Mandy O’Brien Total Worship 9:45am CRADLE Meredith Vaughn Connie Trainer 10-19 10-26 11:00am NURSERY Connie Trainer Kathy Webb 8:30am GREETERS Amy Cook Priscilla Lang 8:45 am GREETERS Bubba Hutto Vicki Horner Building up/ Reaching out YTD 11:00am GREETERS Chuck & Betsy Dagenhart Elaine Frost & Suzanne Hill Weekly Contributions Ed & Priscilla Lang Sam & Caroline Martin Contributions YTD $911,045 Counting Committees 8:30 am Prayer 8:30 am ACOLYTES 11:00 ACOLYTES Crucifer PRAYER w/the PASTORS OUR PRESENCE: OUR GIFTS as of: $635,221 $19,500 $16,717 SOUND Michael Whicker Kevin Bixby Budget YTD $961,720 WITNESS Curtis Campbell & Heather Camp Sandra Fincher Difference ($50,675) *Joys and Prayer Concerns: Please remember the following people in your prayers. Extended Care/Home Friends Carolyn Pullen (Countryside Manor), Juanita Higgins (Countryside Manor) Paige Weavil (Kerner Ridge), Helen Fulp (Arbor Ridge), Mary M. Parsons (Kerner Ridge), Mary Haviland (Pennybyrn), Pete Neugent (Trinity Glen), Catherine Bellamy Keys (Kerner Ridge), Flo Johnston (The Stratford), Ida Carson (Reynolda Park), Magilene Doggett (Robinwood), Glennie Oglesby (River Landing), Sue Atkins (Heritage Care), Lee Rountree (Bradford), Goldie Laughridge (Kerner Ridge), Betty Smith (Bradford West), Thurman Hinson, Willi Miller, Maxine Wallace, Terry Tilley, Howard & Ruth Martin, Lucille Porter (Kerner Ridge), Ruth Ingram, Martha Crawford, Lucille Richards, Sarah Jones, and John & Joan Bingham Joys Recently Ill / Hospitalized / Undergoing Treatments Wayne Boger Dr. JC Grose Livi Howard Cameron Poston Zac Price Gail Ray Sharon Stamper Meredith Vaughn Ida Carson Author Craddock Betty McAdoo •Our Nation, its leaders, and our military •Nations suffering from famine, violence, and natural disasters Missionaries Prayer requests on this list will Connie DiLeo (Dominican be removed after two weeks. If Republic), Esther Mueller (Canada), Nick & Katie Riddle, you wish to have it remain for a longer period of time, please (Nigeria), Grant and Jenna call the church office. Wemyss Hodgins (Guam), Etta Grace Moore (Nicaragua), Daryl & Leah Burnette (Mozambique) Worldwide Concerns •All who are serving currently in the Armed Forces •The Christian Church around the world *We share our full list of prayer requests every Wednesday at our 5:30pm Oasis Worship Service. Page 6 Calendar for November 88-30, 2014 A Full List of Events can be found on the church website. Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:00 AM Food Bank Work Team Sunday, November 09, 2014 Scout Barbecue Sale 8:30 AM WORSHIP 8:45 AM Jubilee! 9:45 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM WORSHIP 4:00 PM A & O Choir 5:00 PM Youth Mtg Monday, November 10, 2014 7:00 PM Christ Care: Heartstrings 7:00 PM Chorale Rhsl Tuesday, November 11, 2014 7:00 PM Singles Planning Wednesday, November 12, 2014 7:00 AM Prayer/Bible Study 10:30 AM Pastor Rick's Bible Study 5:30 PM Oasis Worship Service 5:45 PM WNL Dinner 6:00 PM Circle 8 6:15 PM Cherub/Carol Choir 6:15 PM Angel Choir 6:40 PM Pastor Claude's Bible Study 7:30 PM Chancel Choir Thursday, November 13, 2014 7:30 AM Youth Breakfast 8:00 AM Men's Bible Study/Bkfst 9:30 AM Prayer Shawl Mtg 5:30 PM Jubilee Rhsl Friday, November 14, 2014 9:00 AM Newsletter Deadline 4:00 PM Created by God Saturday, November 15, 2014 11:30 AM Bethany Café Sunday, November 16, 2014 8:30 AM WORSHIP 8:45 AM Jubilee! 9:20 AM Coffee Fellowship 9:45 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM WORSHIP 4:00 PM A & O Choir 5:00 PM Youth Mtg Monday, November 17, 2014 7:00 PM Trustee Mtg 7:00 PM Chorale Rhsl Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:00 PM UMW General Mtg 6:30 PM Preschool Board Mtg 7:00 PM Singles Book Discussion V#1 S CH S 201 FH CR 107 K P S FH P 421 321 CH CR Olympic FH L CH CH FH S CH FH S 201 FH P CR 7:30 PM Circle #5 P Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7:00 AM Prayer/Bible Study K 10:30 AM Pastor Rick's Bible Study P 5:30 PM Oasis Worship Service S 5:45 PM WNL Dinner FH 6:15 PM Angel Choir 321 6:15 PM Cherub/Carol Choir 421 6:40 PM Pastor Claude's Bible Study CH 7:30 PM Chancel Choir CR Thursday, November 20, 2014 7:30 AM Youth Breakfast Olympic 8:00 AM Men's Bible Study/Bkfst FH 10:00 AM Pastor Claude's Bible Study JCG 11:45 AM Older Adult Luncheon FH 12:15 PM Pastor's Book Club L 5:30 PM Jubilee Rhsl CH 7:00 PM Church Council Mtg FH Friday, November 21, 2014 No Scheduled Events Saturday, November 22, 2014 No Scheduled Events Sunday, November 23, 2014 8:30 AM WORSHIP S 8:45 AM Jubilee! CH 9:45 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM WORSHIP S 5:00 PM Covered Dish Thanksgiving Dinner Monday, November 24, 2014 7:00 PM Christ Care: Heartstrings 7:00 PM Chorale Rhsl CR Tuesday, November 25, 2014 No Scheduled Events Wednesday, November 26, 2014 7:00 AM Prayer/Bible Study K 10:30 AM Pastor Rick's Bible Study P 5:30 PM Oasis Worship Service S Thursday, November 27, 2014 Thanksgiving--Church Office Closed 12:00 PM Community Thanksgiving Meal FH Friday, November 28, 2014 Thanksgiving--Church Office Closed Saturday, November 29, 2014 No Scheduled Events Sunday, November 30, 2014 8:30 AM WORSHIP S 8:45 AM Jubilee! CH 9:45 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM WORSHIP S 4:00 PM A & O Choir 201 5:00 PM Youth Mtg FH FH 108 107 Page 7 Main Street United Methodist Church 306 South Main Street Kernersville, NC 27284 Phone: 336-993-3411 Pastor on call: 212-3892 www.mainstreetumc.org Non-Profit Organization US Postage Paid Kernersville, NC 27284 Permit #28 Return Service Requested Our Ministers: The Congregation of Main Street Our Church Staff: Wednesday Night Live Dinner Dinner is served from 5:45-6:30pm. Reservations are required. All meals are served with a vegetable/salad, dessert, and bread. *Gluten Free Options are available upon request *MENU Nov 5: Chicken Tetrazzini/ United in Christ/Holt-Sigmon Serving Nov 12: Ham & Bean Soup/JCG Serving Nov 19: Taco Bar/ Journey Serving Nov 26: No Dinner/Thanksgiving Reservations can be made by signing the reservation cards and placing them in the offering plate or by contacting Charity by phone at 993-3411 or by email at [email protected] . Please make your reservations on Monday by noon on for the week of the dinner. The cost is $5/adult, $2/children (12 & Under) or $15 maximum for immediate family members. **Attention Sunday School Classes: Please make sure to have your volunteers lined up for each WNL meal. This help in preparing, serving, and clean-up is an important part of the success of our WNL dinners. Dr. Claude Kayler, Senior Pastor Rev. Rick Carter, Assoc. Pastor Rev. Dale Hilton, Min. of Visitation Rev. Amy Burton, Min. of Christian Ed. Wayne Purdy, Director of Youth/College Ministries Nancy Blakemore, Dir. of Music Ministries Charity Goff, Admin. Assistant Betsy Tang, Admin. Assistant Susan Furmage, Business Manager JoAnn Clifton, Dir. MSUMC Preschool Rick Cobb, Jubilee Worship Leader Michelle Higgins, Kitchen Coordinator Tina Crew, Facility Assistant John Higgins, Media/Tech Coordinator Ruth Beeson, Nursery Supervisor Jenny Lail, Accompanist Brian Vannoy, Organist David Ramos, Rowland Brown, Devon O’Connor, and Willie Craven, Custodians Connie DiLeo, Missionary to Dominican Republic © The Main Stream is published biweekly by Main Street United Methodist Church, 306 South Main Street, Kernersville, NC 27284. All information herein is expressly for the use of our friends and members. Articles and comments may be directed to the editor at [email protected].
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