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FIRST UNITED
METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday, Jan. 11 -Sat., 17
PRAY Everyday 12:00noon*
Mon-Thu -9am Walk/Fitness, FH
Sun.-8:30am PeaceTime Worship
9:45am Sunday School
10:55am Worship, Sanctuary
5:30p Youth Choir followed by UMYF
5:00pm Adult Fellowship, Parlor
6:30pm Evening Worship, Sanctuary
Mon. 1:30pm Staff Meeting
5:45-8pm Women’s Bible Study, Parlor/Fellowship Hall
Tue. 7am Morning Glory for Students!-FH
8:45-11am Women’s Bible Study, Parlor, Fellowship Hall
12 noon– Bulletin insert deadline
3:45-5pm Women’s Bible Study, Parlor, Fellowship Hall
Wed . ****WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE
A Peak in Your Week!
5:00pm WNL Meal, Fellowship Hall
5:45pm Bible Study-Children Activities,
Youth & Adult Small Groups
Thu
Fri.
Sat.
Sunday, Jan. 18-Sat., Jan 24
PRAY Everyday 12:00noon*
Mon-Thu 9am Walk Fitness, FH
Sun. 8:30am PeaceTime Worship
9:45am Sunday School
10:55am Worship, Sanctuary
5:30p Youth Choir followed by UMYF
5:00pm Adult Fellowship, Parlor
6:30pm Evening Worship, Sanctuary
Mon. OFFICE CLOSEDRev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Birthday Observance
5:45-8pm Women’s Bible Study,
Parlor/Fellowship Hall
6:00pm Men’s Club Dinner
Tue. 7am Morning Glory for Students!-FH
8:45-11am Women’s Bible Study, Parlor, Fellowship Hall
12 noon– Bulletin insert deadline
3:45-5pm Women’s Bible Study, Parlor, Fellowship Hall
4:00pm Evangelism Committee, Parlor
4:00pm – Newsletter Deadline
Wed. . ****WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE
A Peak in Your Week!
5:00pm WNL Meal, Fellowship Hall
5:45pm Bible Study-Children Activities,
Youth & Adult Small Groups
Thu.
Glad Tidings
Potter’s Wheel
January 8, 2015
by Rev. Tom
"Unfortunate Past, or Blessed Future?"
I have a past. So do you. And for most of us, our past is not
something we're entirely proud of.
But compare your past mistakes to the blunders made by these
smart people.
In 218 b.c., Hannibal, the great military leader, was trying to convince his troops that a particular passage in the Alps was safe to
take. He struck a snowdrift with his cane for effect. The result
was an avalanche which killed nearly 1/3 of his men. Oops.
In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with 600,000 men.
Winter set in, and by the time he and his army retreated to Poland, he had lost 400,000 men:100,000 killed in battle, and
300,000 who froze to death.
In 1941, Adolph Hitler, who considered himself a military historian and who idolized Napoleon, made the same mistake. He
invaded Russia (The Soviet Union, technically) with 3.5 million
troops. He lost 800,000 troops just trying to capture Stalingrad
and spent four years retreating all the way back to Berlin.
In 1962, Decca records rejected The Beatles, telling their manager that they "Have no future in show business."
In 1970, "someone" at NASA accidentally taped over the original
footage of the first landing on the moon in 1969. NASA didn't admit this until 2006.
Point is, we've all done stupid things. We've all made grave errors in judgment. Everyone is guilty of making costly mistakes.
Fortunately, God is not interested in our past. Rather, God promises us a future with Him.
"For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans
for your welfare and not your harm, to give you a future with
hope." Jeremiah 29:11, NRSV
Let's start 2015 by looking toward our future with hope-as Christians and as a congregation..
See you in worship Sunday.
In Joy,
Tom
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Sunday School * 2015 Breakfast Hosts
2015 scheduled offering counters
Don’t forget to stop in the Fellowship Hall for a quick breakfast
and fellowship before class…. For those of you who have children and don’t know it, (Pun intended!) we offer Sunday School
for all ages from birth to 125!
January—Henry Brister & Travis Carpenter
2015—January-Parlor Classes: Word 4th & 11th;
Wesley-18th; John Rundle-25th
*Each class, please remember to clean up after breakfast.
If you feel led to serve as a counter or want to be
removed from the list, please contact our office
at 226-3148.
2015 scheduled Communion Stewards
January-Boyd & Jill Massey
February-Frank & Jean Collins
Women’s Spring Bible Study
5pm-Meal
5:45-6:45pm Bible
Study for all ages:
Adult Bible Study-”Heaven” begins in
January. We meet in the Fellowship Hall.
Youth– Small Group Bible Study
And Children activities
January 14 Menu:
Homemade chili
Homemade pimento cheese sandwiches
Crackers
Oreo fluff
January 21 Menu:
Chicken & dumplings
Mixed veggies
Rolls
Chocolate cake
The
meals are
designed
by our
talented
Chefs
Terry &
Jennifer.
We are so
blessed!
Our Women’s Spring Bible Study will be
Beth Moore’s new study “Children of
the Day” 1 & 2 Thessalonians. It is a
very exciting study that is very pertinent
to our Christian walk today. Beth says,
“Grocery shopping, strolling through a
park, or grabbing a cup of coffee——
you are never without His light”. The
New Testament believers carried the
Spirit of God as they walked along the
shores of Thessalonica, just as you carry
that light today. Shine brightly as you are
in this 9 week study.
Class times:
Monday night-5:45-8:00pm, Jan.12, 2105, FH
Tuesday morning 8:45-11:00am, Jan. 13, 2015,
Parlor
Tuesday afternoon 3:45-5:00pm, Jan. 13, 2015
Parlor
Email Jill [email protected] or Lynn
Brister at [email protected] (Jill needs
email for contact list)
Contact if you are coming and need a book
($25) with checks made to FUMC.
Hope to see you.
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Dear Grenada 1st UMC friends,
I appreciate the warm welcome you gave when I visited on the Sunday before Christmas. I
enjoyed worshiping with you and sharing about the ministry of Wesley Foundation at MSU.
Thank you for the contributions given in support of Wesley Foundation at State! Your gifts
will help us help State students to grow in discipleship. Financial support can be mailed to us at
the address below. In addition, we offer the convenience of online giving and automatic drafting.
We’d like to keep you informed about our campus ministry. If you would like to receive our
occasional newsletter by mail or email, please share with your mailing address or email address
by contacting us at 662.323.1778; PO Box MY, MSU, MS 39762; or [email protected]. For
more information about our ministry, visit 222.StateWesley.org.
If there’s ever any way I can serve your church, please let me know.
Hugh Griffith
Brent Harbin, son of Sally Harbin
Krag Rodewald, husband of Ginny DeHart Rodewald
Betty, cousin of Bonnie Brunt of Camden, TN
UMW News
The Executive Committee met December 29th. We planned exciting
mission projects and programs for 2015. All projects require financial
support from our members. Our pledges were much less in 2014. We'd
like to encourage every UMW member to make a monthly or yearly
pledge to support our mission projects. There is so much need in Grenada and at times within our church. We want to continue to help God's
people and be the church that has "left the building". Make your checks
to UMW and give to Jill Massey, our local treasurer. Please feel free to
contact me or any Executive Committee member with any questions or
comments. Many thanks!
In J e s us ’ Na me ,
Renee Geiger, UMW President
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Sundays: Youth Choir 5:00pm
UMYF 5:30-7:30pm
Meal…..Games…..Worship!
Youth Choir Practice- Project
96 back January 4-5PM in the Choir
Room Sunday evenings! We practice
for 30 minutes each Sunday before
UMYF. Next Date to sing: Sunday,
January 25—Worship at 6:30pm here
at First United Methodist Church.
Morning Glory on Tuesdays ! At
7:00am Start your day with a delicious
breakfast, a message and plenty of
time left over to get to school. Place:
Fellowship Hall Who: You and (by the
way) bring a friend! Why not? We have
a lot to share.
Wednesdays: Small Group Bible
Studies!
Church wide dinner begins
at 5PM and Small Groups begin
Thanks to Chris
Miller, Jeri
Moore, and
Shannon Potter
for all of your
help!
Coming Up This Sunday….
Members of our United Methodist
Youth Group will share during BOTH
morning worship services about their
recent Breakthru retreat in Alabama.
In addition, Dr. John Neihof, President of Wesley Theological Seminary in Jackson, will be our guest
preacher at 10:55. Please be prepared for a love offering in support of
their ministry of educating ministers
for the future of the Church.
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“Small Talk”
Children’s Ministry
SUNDAY SCHOOLS: Our teachers are (Early Elementary) Cathy Haltom, Becky Taylor, Elin Juchheim, (Middle Elementary) Michelle Crawford,
(Older Elementary) Renee Geiger, (Tween) Lynsie
Carpenter & Glenn DeHart
Acolytes:
– Jan 11 - Evey & Gracie
Jan 18 - Bratton & Ethan K
Jan 25 - Carson & Drew K
Feb 1 - Russ & David Cr
Feb 8 - Phillip Cr & Josh M
WEDNESDAYS:
Children will start working on VBS music.
crafts - Lindsey Carpenter / lesson - Sarah Miller /
music with Derry - Pam Chandler/5&6 gradersJeri M
A gracious thank you to all who gave
on behalf of my generous Christmas
bonus.
Jeri Moore
DEBT REDUCTION FUND
DECEMBER 31, 2014
The following is a report of our outstanding debt at
Regions Bank with regard to our property purchases
and parking lots. Reduction of this debt and the
amount paid in interest is made through your offerings
in pledges and Debt Dollar donations.
BEGINNING LOAN
BALANCE—AUGUST 2010
$366,500.00
PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS2010 THRU 2013
161,500.00
INTEREST PAYMENTS2010 THRU 2013
$36,483.57
LOAN BALANCEJANUARY 1, 2014
PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS2014
__________
$205,000.00
48,000.00
INTEREST PAYMENTS2014
$ 7,298.20
TOTAL INTEREST
PAYMENTS (12/31/14) $43,781.77 _________
LOAN BALANCE—
DECEMBER 31, 2014
$157,000.00
Our current monthly interest cost at a rate of 3.85% is
$503.71.
U N I T E D
GLAD TIDINGS
F I R S T
M E T H O D I S T
C H U R C H
Samaritan Fund
The Samaritan Fund will receive donations every “first”
Sunday (February 1). Please
prayerfully consider giving to
this fund. The money collected
is well spent helping people in
need in our local community.
Soup Kitchen
Donations continue to be
needed for the Soup Kitchen.
Every “second” Sunday we will
collect non-perishable items
(specific need of whole kernel
corn and mixed vegetables)
(January 11).
December 21
Sunday School —112
8:30 service- 65
10:55 service—197
6:30 Service– 19
WNL (12—17) - n/a
How can you….reach out?
December 28
Sunday School-91
8:30 service—49
10:55 service-122
6:30 service– n/a
WNL (12—31)-n/a
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