A Safe Sanctuary Church

 

The Bearings

 

Bearden United Methodist Church

4407 Sutherland Avenue

Mail:  P. O. Box 11065, Knoxville, TN  37939

 

Tom Seay, Pastor

 

                                                                                                                 March 21 2006

                                                                                                                  Vol. 56, No. 9

 

 

CAN YOU SERVE.... during the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) week? Our host week begins this Sunday, March 26, and we are still in need of workers.  IHN unites religious congregations to assist homeless families. We are expecting four families - a mother and her 2 daughters (17 and 14 yrs old) and son (6); a mother and 3 daughters (6, 2, 1 yrs. old); a mother and two sons (11 and 8 yrs old) and daughter (9); a mother and a dad and their 17 month-old son. The families will arrive Sunday at 5 p.m. and spend 7 nights in our church. During the day family members will attend school, work, or return to the Day Center where they receive help in searching for jobs or housing. Each evening the families return to the church where they can relax, socialize, do homework, take showers, do laundry, eat meals, watch TV, and sleep.

Our church becomes their home for the week.  The success of the IHN week depends on the prayers, efforts and enthusiasm of you.   Will you put time aside from your regular routine to serve this week in one of the following ways?

 

Set Up - March 26, 11 a.m. - Help with converting

Sunday School rooms to bedrooms. Go to early service, Sunday School, and then help set up. You will be finished by lunch time!

Take Down - April 2, 7 a.m. -- Help with changing bedrooms to Sunday School rooms. You will be finished

by 9 a.m.  Donuts will be ready by then!

 

Morning Van Driver - March 29 - Using the IHN van, transport the families & non-school age children to the

Day Center on Harley Dr. (located adjacent to Church of Ascension on Northshore).  Leave church at 7 a.m. and return van. No special license required.

Afternoon Van Driver - March 29, 30, 31 - Pick up the families at the Day Center at 5 p.m. and return to the church. No special license required.

 

Evening Host - April 1; 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.  Eat and socialize with the guests, assist parents' with children's needs, help guests with dinner clean up; assist a guest with a particular need.

Overnight Host -A male host is needed for March 29th and April 1; 8:30 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.  Spend the night at the church; be available in case of emergency.

Saturday Host - April 1; 7-10:30 a.m.; 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m.;

2 - 5:30 p.m. - Assist families with children or a particular need, help with special activities; play games with children.

 

Games - March 31, April 1 - Help children with arts & crafts, play games, supervise outdoor play. Anytime you can give will be a great help!

 

Laundry - Pick up a bag of sheets, blankets, and towels

at the church entrance foyer on April 2 to take home and wash. Return before next host week.

 

Although most hosts are adults, youth can and are encouraged to participate as well, particularly with arranging activities for young children and helping older children with schoolwork. 

 

Help Provide a Meal - Contact Nina McPherson at 691-0148 if you can serve, contact Fran Love at 673-6673 or

Charla Sherbakoff 450-5078. Just before each IHN week

 

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                           FROM THE PASTOR.

 

Sunday School is for living!  Sunday School has made a difference is countless lives!  I believe that Sunday School is making and will yet make a difference in dozens, hundreds, and thousands of lives across the United Methodist Church.

 

In Sunday School there is a body of instruction.  But just as importantly there is a tacit instruction of the class.  One person said, “Faith is caught as much as it is taught!”  George Hunter of Asbury talks in a number of books about the “contagious” nature of the gospel.  Maybe we need to pray that our classes would become contagious.  Wow!

 

In Sunday School we connect with sinner, seeker, and saint.  You or I might be in anyone of these categories.  In the class settings bridges of faith, trust, acceptance, and love are built.  For new folks this is vital.  For we who are on the inside this is a garden of nurture.  In both cases the harvest is awaiting.

Sunday School Is For Living!

 

                                      In Christ,

                                      TLS 

   

                  UNITED METHODIST WOMEN NEWS

 

Bearden has 3 members who are attending the Annual Young Women’s Event in Pigeon Forge this coming weekend.  They are asked to bring sample sizes of the following items to put in personal care bags for outreach ministry:  shampoo, deodorant, mouthwash, lotion, band-aids, and hand sanitizer.  If you are able to provide any of these items please place them in the UMW basket in the workroom by Thurs., March 23.

 

The Knoxville District Time Apart Observance will be Saturday, April 1, at Kodak United Methodist Church with a coffee hour from 9 to 10 a.m. followed by the program from 10 to11:30 a.m.  The Reverend Brenda Holloway will be the speaker.  Our commodity for this event is toilet tissue.  Please leave tissue in the UMW basket in the workroom.

 

Women of Joy Retreat:  If you are attending this retreat in Gatlinburg on April 7-9 and would like to carpool; please contact Anne Beaver (558-8972) or Nancy Cooper (603-4708).

 

Mark your calendars Monday, May 8th for the Spring General Meeting.  Details will follow.

 

RUMMAGE SALE.  The UMW spring rummage sale will be held on Sat., April 1 at 7:30 a.m.  Workers are needed on Wed., March 29th immediately following WNL! to help unload the storage building and begin the set-up process.  Volunteers are also need on Thurs. and Fri., March 30th and 31st at 9 a.m. to help with set-up, too.  Please put these dates and times on

your calendars.  No experience necessary; we offer on-the-job training!  Your help will be greatly appreciated.

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when there are so many tasks at hand, I am reminded of the verse in Galatians 6:9, "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest."  Also Christ's words in John 13:14:  "Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set for you an example that you should do as I have done for you." A week of ministry opportunity is at hand!

               --Charla Sherbakoff - IHN Coordinator

 
BEARDEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

P. O. Box 11065

Knoxville, Tennessee  37939-1065

Telephone (865) 588-6562; Fax (865) 588-6989

E-Mail: info@beardenumc.org

Web Page: http://www.beardenumc.org

 

Tom Seay, Pastor   tom@beardenumc.org

Bill Balch, Minister of Counseling, 558-8150

Donna Lewis, Director of Children & Family Ministries

donna@beardenumc.org

Shea McClure, Director of Youth Ministries & Recreation

Janice Blair, Church Secretary  janice@beardenumc.org

Nan Proctor, Financial Secretary  nan@beardenumc.org

Ellen Raines, Director of Music Ministries

Barry Wallace, Director of Drama

Nancy Cauthron, Director of Food Services, 454-0043

Traycee Maynard, Director of After School Program, 588-6717

Jennifer Somerville, Director, Early Enrichment Program, 588-1492

 

                         CHURCH CALENDAR                                 

Thursday          March 23

  9:30 AM           Senior Highs visit ETSU

10:00 AM           Bearden E.E.P. Chapel

11:00 AM           Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center

  4:00 PM           After School Program Chapel

Saturday           March 25

 10:30 AM          Team 3 prepares & serves lunch at

                           Volunteer Ministry Center.

Sunday             March 26 – One Great Hour of Sharing

  8:20 AM           Early Riser Choir, Choir Room

  9:00 AM           Worship

10:00 AM           Sunday School

11:00 AM           Worship

  3:00 PM           Pickup Basketball, Fellowship Center

  5:00 PM           Handbells, Choir Room

  5:30 PM           Singles Small Group, Searchers class

  6:00 PM           Jammin’ in the Gym (no snack supper!)

  6:00 PM           Crossroads I, Odds & Ends Class

  6:00 PM           Crossroads II, Ginny Pletz Class

  6:00 PM           Youth, Third Floor

Monday             March 27

11:00 AM           Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center

  3:45 PM           Youth will not tutor at Wesley House.

  6:00 PM           CONTACT Training, Room 204

  6:30 PM           Pickup Volleyball, Fellowship Center

Tuesday            March 28

11:30 AM           Prayer Warriors, Prayer Room

  4:00 PM           Wesley House Children’s Choir

  6:30 PM           Line Dancing, Fellowship Center    

  7:00 PM           Staff Parish Team, Conference Room

  9:00 PM           Co-ed Softball Practice @ Karns

                          Sports Park [Yes, 9 p.m.!]

Wednesday      March 29

  5:30 PM           WNL! Meal

  6:35 PM           WNL! Classes & Activities

  7:30 PM           Chancel Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room

  7:30 PM           Rummage Sale Set-Up

Thursday          March 30

  9:00 AM           Rummage Sale Set-Up

10:00 AM           Bearden E.E.P. Chapel

11:00 AM           Senior Aerobics will not meet.

  4:00 PM           After School Program Chapel

Friday               March 31

  9:00 AM           Rummage Sale Set-Up

  4:00 PM           Rummage Sale for Members

Saturday           April 1

  7:30 AM           Rummage Sale

 

                    WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE!

                   March 29, Dinner:  5:30 p.m.

Classes & Activities for Youth & Children: 6:30 p.m.

      

Menu:    Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans,

              salad & potato bars, & banana pudding.

 

Cost:     $5.00 for adults; $3.00 for children; family

               maximum of $16.00.

Reservations:  By Noon Tuesday

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                              WE SUPPORT BEARDEN

 

By Our Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . For Our Church Family

By Our Presence . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .For March 12

     Worship      9:00 A.M.       107     Sunday School          213

                      11:00 A.M        188     Total Worship           295

By Our Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .For March 19

     Worship      9:00 A.M.        73      Sunday School         147

                      11:00 A.M        145     Total Worship          218

By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For March 12

     Operating           $ 8,941.50         Sunday School        98.15

     Interfaith Hosp.          25.00         FISH                     202.00             

     Building                    100.00         Helping Hand           5.00

     Landscaping            100.00            

TOTAL:  $ 9,471.65

By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For March 19

     Operating           $ 10,613.06       Sunday School        57.75

     Pond Gap                  300.00       FISH                      12.00                          

     Building                     100.00         

TOTAL:  $ 11,082.81

 

By Our Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .For March 26

Ushers   9:00—Lee Sherbakoff (lead), Sue Arnhart,

                         Joe Cox, John Whited

             11:00—Fred Johnson (lead), Greg Blackmon, Dick

                         Broyles, Ken & Tammy Knight

Acolytes 9:00—Will Walker

             11:00—Chris Cantor, Craig Wallace

Children’s Message—Bearden Puppeteers

Coffee Stewards—Pathfinders Class

Altar Flowers—Fred & Linda Warner

 

                             

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING AND UMCOR.   The One Great Hour of Sharing offering is essential to UMCOR (the United Methodist Committee on Relief).  UMCOR receives no World Service funds or any other apportionments.  Through their gifts to the offering, United Methodists can assure that when catastrophes cause suffering our church will be in the lead to ease the pain.  Gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing underwrite UMCOR’s operating costs, so that 100% of every dollar you donate to a specific UMCOR project can be spent on that project and not on home office administrative costs.  Offer-ing gifts over and above administrative costs are channeled where they’re most needed.

 

                             

 

25—Bessie Newman

26—Mary Martin, Eartha Wall

29—Allen Broyles, Douglas Demott, Jerry & Jennifer Noll

30—Steve Cliff, Gene Perry, Donna Sanders

31—Kendall Beaty, Butler Cooper, Will Walker,

       Bill & Deanna Sheffer

                                 

VOLUNTEER MINISTRY SATURDAY.  This Saturday, Team #3, will prepare and serve lunch at the Volunteer Ministry Center at 10:30 a.m.  Team #3 includes Hoyt & Dot Steed, Pat Orr, Daleta Sawyer, Darlene Bledsoe, & Al & JoAnn Matz.