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 28 2006

                                                                                                                  Vol. 56, No. 9

 

 

                    WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE!

                     April 5, Dinner:  5:30 p.m.

        Nancy J. Twigg, Guest Speaker, 6:30 p.m.

 

Nancy J. Twigg, author of Celebrate Simply:  Your Guide to Simpler, More Meaningful Holidays and Special

Occasions; and editor of Counting the Cost E-zine, will be our guest speaker. 

      

Menu:    Pork chops, mashed potatoes, pinto beans,

               cole slaw, salad & potato bars, & assorted

               cobblers for dessert.

 

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

               maximum of $16.00.

Reservations:  By Noon Tuesday

 

 

TOM’S GOING TO SUDAN!  Our pastor, Tom Seay, will leave April 16th for a 10-day mission to Sudan and other African countries.  The trip is jointly sponsored by the Holston Conference and UMCOR, to explore burgeoning ministries in the Sudan.  They will listen to church leaders and pastors from Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan and Kenya, to lay the ground-work for a mission team trip in November.  Please pray for travel mercies, health and safety, and a successful mission.

 

                      MISSION NEWS UPDATE

 

--Dot & Hoyt Steed, Daleta Sawyer & Mike Cohen,

Tommy & Marilyn Edwards, & Mike Sherrill were busy this past Saturday preparing and serving lunch at the Volunteer Ministry Center. Team #4 - Nancy & Jessica Counts, Nina & Jim McPherson, Fran Love & Kristen Lusby – will serve on April 22.                               

--FISH Wednesday, is April 5th. Please call Sue Arnhart

if you can deliver (588-5045). Thanks!  (No experience needed just 1- 1 1/2 hours of your time.)

--Sponsor a hole at the golf tournament, get a team together, and support the Costa Rica mission trip!  Call

Shea McClure for information at 588-6562

--Pond Gap Summer Ministries - What can you do to support this ministry?

--Thank you for a wonderful IHN set up this past Sunday!  A record 16 people helped set up & it was done in less than an hour! Now let's do the same for Take Down - this Sunday at 7:00 AM.

 

 

FLOWER CROSS.  Worshippers at any (or all!) of the Easter morning services are invited and encouraged to pick flowers from their own garden, pluck blooms from a neighbor’s yard, or purchase them from their favorite florist or grocery store.  The Worship Team is providing a large six-foot cross to be included in the sanctuary beauty on Easter.  Select the time of your appropriate arrival, and before that time, to the choir room vestibule to place your flowers in the cross.

 

LILIES.  We will decorate our facilities with lilies on

Easter Sunday, April 16th.  The cost will be $14.50 for each lily.  (The price increase is due to the fact that our florist had to secure lilies from a different vendor this year since last year’s vendor lost their crop of plants.)

If you wish to purchase a lily, please fill out the form in

Sunday’s bulletin or contact the church office, 588-6562.

 

 

 

 

       

                        FROM THE PASTOR

 

Grace Amazing! 

 

This week as part of our worship plan for the season I am going to share about the amazing Grace of God.  This will be a great time to become an “Andrew” and invite to church someone who is unchurched.  Perhaps there is someone you know or are related to that is struggling with purpose, basic life issues, or the ultimate question of life and death.  Maybe there are questions about the nature of God.  This Sunday might be the time to invite and plan to spend extended time with these precious folk!

 

I promise not to hammerlock, brow beat, thumb screw, or use any other erstwhile torture methods.  On the other hand I hope to share about something that is the most important and life enriching experience known, The Love of God in Christ Jesus that we call Grace!  We are going to sing a really hard to sing Charles Wesley hymn, “And Can It Be,” number 363.  You may want to memorize it by Sunday (just a thought …).  We will also sing some stuff we all know as well.

 

Blessings,

                                      In Christ,

                                      TLS 

   

                       FISH REPORT FOR MARCH

Total Calls Received                                                             29

Number of Food Deliveries Made                                           28

Number of Food Requests Picked Up at Church                      1

Number of People Helped (61 adults, 55 children)                116

Number of Bearden Volunteers (15 adults, 16 youth)              31

 

The commitment of the 25 churches that operate Knox County’s FISH program is to provide (usually deliver) emergency food for three days to individuals and families, with the quantity proportional to the number of adults and children in need.

 

The nutritionally selected food is always canned or boxed groceries plus fresh (frozen) bread.  Although non-food items are not part of our mandate, many churches also provide some “specials” or “extras” including soaps (laundry, dish, and hand), toilet tissue and diapers.  From Bearden’s affiliation with FISH in 1983 Bob Milford kept these at his home, as did Connie Mills for three years until 2001.  The purchase price of the “specials” was paid out of the Bearden UMC FISH account when bought; each month the cost of those expended was split into thirds and reported to three adult Sunday School classes, who reimbursed the church.

 

With Bearden’s change in 2001 to six rotating FISH coordi-nators, “specials” were not assured.  After a couple years of offering our clients only what non-food items happened to have been contributed to the pantry (usually not a variety), the West Knox Pantry churches (led by Central Baptist of Bearden) started stocking non-food items.  The laundry soap we deliver was bought for a dollar, the dish soap for 87 cents, and the toilet tissue for 35 cents.  The variety has been increasing.  A dentist used his connection to acquire a large stock of tooth-paste and toothbrushes, and a small quantity of baby food in jars has recently appeared.  If you know of an economical source of baby cereal, please tell us.

 

Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.

 
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 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

Sunday             April 2

  8:20 AM           Early Riser Choir, Choir Room

  9:00 AM           Worship

10:00 AM           Sunday School

11:00 AM           Worship

  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             April 3

11:00 AM           Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center

  3:45 PM           Youth tutor at Wesley House.

  6:00 PM           CONTACT Training, Room 204

  6:00 PM           UMW Executive Committee, C.R.

Tuesday            April 4

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           Joyce Stewart Team, Conference Room

  9:00 PM           Co-ed Softball Practice @ Karns

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

Wednesday      April 5 – FISH Work Day

  8:30 AM           FISH Staff Arrives, Choir Room

12:30-1:30 PM   FISH Deliverers Arrive

  5:30 PM           WNL! Meal

  6:30 PM           WNL!  - Nancy J. Twigg, Guest Speaker

  6:30 PM           Kids For Christ – Adventure Playhouse

                          Little Lambs will have regular program.

  7:30 PM           Chancel Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room Thursday          April 6

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

11:00 AM           Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center

  4:00 PM           After School Program Chapel

  6:00 PM           Child Care Board, Ginny Pletz Class

Friday               April 7

  8:00 AM           Golf Tournament, Avalon Golf Course

 

 

       Bearden’s Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 15th at the church from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. for children through fifth grade.  Invite your friends to join us as we welcome them to this fun outreach event.  Miss Donna is asking for candy donations to be placed in the plastic eggs.  You may bring your donations to Miss Donna’s office any time.

                   

BIBLE OLYMPICS awards will be given out during the worship service on April 9th.

 

 

                                                                     Non-Profit Org.

                                                                    U.S. POSTAGE

                                                                               PAID

                                                                        Knoxville,TN

                                                                       Permit No. 39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
                              WE SUPPORT BEARDEN

 

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

 

By Our Presence . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .For March 26

      Worship      9:00 A.M.      120      Sunday School           17

                      11:00 A.M       136      Total Worship           256

 

By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For March 26

     Operating           $ 8,198.75         Sunday School       95.50

     Sudan Mission         275.00         FISH                      52.00                        

     Building                    100.00         Tape Ministry          2.00 

     Costa Rica Mission  322.00         Missionaries         200.00

     UMCOR                   210.00 (One Great Hour of Sharing)

TOTAL:  $ 9,455.25

 

By Our Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .For April 2

Ushers   9:00—Ralph Beeler (lead), Ed Anderson,

                          Audrey Carroll, Wade Mitchell

             11:00—Ben (lead) & Dale Rivers, Andy Middleton,

                         Paul Sherbakoff, Haynes Smith

Communion Assistants  9:00—Sue Arnhart, Betzy Elifrits,

Nancy Mitchell; 11:00—Marty Rodgers, Shelbie Thornton

Acolytes 9:00—Chance Cox

              11:00—Lauren Love, Hannah Thomas

Youth Snack Supper—Janette Burgin

Coffee Stewards—Searchers Class

Altar Flowers—Frances Herbert          

                  

 

                             

 

1—Brennan Ogle                                 

3—Sue Arnhart, Robert Hahn, Gene Wier, Wes & Pat Worley

4—Madison Cashion, Peter Corallo, Henry Jones, Chris Lum,

     L. E. Stone, Shelby & Ashley Perry

5—Caroline Adam

7—Robert Smith, Brooks Little

8—Eli Hunter, John Lockerby, Patty Murphy, Marguerite Walch

 

JOYCE STEWART MISSIONARY FUND.  The Joyce Stewart Missionary Fund will be meeting on Tuesday, April 4th at 7 p.m. in the Conference Room.  If anyone has a request from this fund, submit your request in writing prior to the meeting.  Requests can be mailed, left in the church office or placed in the Missions mailbox.  Thank you.

 

                     LEISURE CLUB OPPORTUNITIES

 

On April 29th the Leisure Club will be attending The Miracle Theater in Pigeon Forge for the 2 p.m. performance.  Tickets are $30 each and reservations must be made by April 10th.  The group will stop for dinner after the play.  Cumberland County Playhouse will be their destination on May 20th to see the 2 p.m. performance of “Steel Magnolias.”  The cost is $20 each and reservations must be made by April 10th.  They will have dinner after the play.  If you are interested in participating in one or both activities, please fill out the form in Sunday’s bulletin or contact Betty Broyles, 584-4015.