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A Safe Sanctuary Church
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The Bearings Bearden United Methodist Church 4407 Sutherland Avenue Mail: P. O. Box 11065, Knoxville,
TN 37939 Tom Seay, Pastor June 27, 2006 Vol. 56, No. 21 |
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REPORT
ON HOLSTON ANNUALCONFERENCE The theme of the
Conference this year was a salute to women in the clergy. This is the
fiftieth anniversary of full clergy rights for
women. About 250 women serve as clergy in Holston Conference. Good news! Rev. Seay has
been returned to Bearden for another year! Bearden contributed 143
kits of school supplies for Zimbabwe, and the total conference contribution
was 6,778 kits of clothing, food, health and school supplies. We gave $460 for Change
for Children as a part of the total of $55,800. Half of this will be used
within the conference, and $ 3500 of this was awarded to Bearden for our work with
Pond Gap. Actions by the Conference
included adoption of the Mission Statement, approval of a $ 15.9 million
budget, and approval to purchase a building in Alcoa for the Conference
offices. Bearden was recognized as a Five Star Church in meeting our Fair
Share Apportionment for 2005 and received the
Silver award for excellence in evangelism. --Dick Kelso BEST WISHES .
. . to Whitney McKenzie and Adam Brockman who were
married by Rev. Tom Seay on Saturday, June 24, at
Concord United Methodist Church. Whitney
and Adam
will be residing in Greensboro, North Carolina. BAPTISM Emily Pearl
Ernst,
daughter of Donny and Shawnda Ernst,
was baptized at our altar on Sunday, June 25, at
the 11 o’clock worship service by Rev. Tom Seay.
VBS NEEDS: 1)
Old Styrofoam coolers
that can become blocks of ice 2)
Empty, clean, clear
and/or white milk jugs 3)
Kitchen workers for
simple snack supper 4)
Van drivers – must be
over 21 years of age SPORTS CAMP NEEDS
: 1)
Basketballs 2)
Soccer balls 3)
Portable basketball
goals (these items
will be marked and returned to owner following camp –
portable basketball goals can be picked up and
returned following camp)
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FROM THE PASTOR VBS! The Kids Need YOU! Yes, that means you old
man, woman, young man, young woman, middle type man, middle type woman, and
any/everybody left undescribed. Give
a week, give 1 day, give 2 days! But by
all means, give! We expect the largest VBS
in church history the week of July 10! We have a chance to really make a
difference by planting spiritual seeds in the lives of these children. But, for all this to occur there needs to
be a bunch of volunteer adult leadership.
Yes – You!!! Think of this column as
not being from me but from God (I know that is a stretch). The fact is that God is calling all of
us. See you at VBS. In Christ, TLS YOUTH NOTES FROM SHEA On Sunday, June 30th
the Youth meet at the church at 12:30 pm to go bowling. Bring money for
bowling and snacks. We should return by 3:30 pm. NOT TOO LATE. It is not too late to sign up for Jr. High and Sr. High Assembly. The
youth group is funding $80 of the cost. Your cost to go is $110 and covers
all meals and boarding for the week of July 10th – 14th.
We will be leaving Monday July 10th and returning Friday July 14th.
Please Contact Shea McClure if interested. The registration form for camp can
be found at http://www.holstonconference.com/youth/forms/standardregistration.pdf.
For more information on the camp visit the following website. http://holstonconference.org/youth/assemblies.html Youth this Sunday Night at
6 pm. – FISH night. THANK YOU! Through their service of reliability, 61 volunteers
brought God’s love to our three Interfaith Hospitality Network guest families
last week. We give thanks for a
spirit-filled week and to God be the glory. IHN Need:
If you have or know of someone who has a good usable recliner that they
may want to donate, please contact the church office. Harley House, the “day center” for IHN
families, could use one. Thanks! KIDS
CLUB Thanks to all the Sunday School classes who helped
to make Kids’ Club at Pond Gap School such a success during the month of
June. The children had a great
time. It’s heart-warming to see
Bearden at work in the community. |
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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 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
June 29 10:00 AM Bible Study, Ginny Pletz Class Room 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics,
Fellowship Center Friday June 30 12:30 PM Youth leave to go bowling. Sunday
July 2 8:20 AM Early
Riser Choir, Choir Room 9:00 AM
Worship 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship 6:00 PM Youth, Third Floor 6:00 PM Crossroads I, Odds & Ends Class
room 6:00 PM Crossroads II will not meet. Monday
July 3 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship
Center Tuesday July
4 – INDEPENDENCE DAY The
church offices will be closed. Wednesday
July 5 – FISH Work Day 8:30 AM FISH Staff Arrives,
Choir Room 12:30 PM FISH Deliverers Arrive 1:00 PM FISH Deliverers Arrive 1:30 PM FISH Deliverers Arrive 4:00 PM Vestal
Boys & Girls Club Chorus 7:00 PM Chancel
Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room Thursday
July 6 10:00 AM Bible Study, Ginny Pletz Class
Room 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship
Center PRICE INCREASE The Flower Peddler, the florist from
whom we receive our altar flower arrangements, has
informed us that beginning July 1, the cost of the altar flowers will be $40. (We really can’t complain since this is
the first price increase in over 15 years!) |
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
Knoxville,TN
Permit No. 39
WE SUPPORT
BEARDEN
By Our Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For Our Church Family Jennifer Noll, Home Don Bailey – He will be leaving on July 28 for Kuwait and will be gone for eight months. By Our Presence . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . For June 25 Worship 9:00 A.M. 68
Sunday School 162 11:00 A.M 179 Total
Worship 247 By Our Gifts . . . . .
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. . . For
June 25 Operating $ 6,342.75 Sunday School $ 65.50 Carpet 965.00
Costa Rica 150.00 FISH 2.00 Building
100.00 Pond Gap Ministry 502.00 TOTAL: $
8,232.25 By Our Service . . . . .
. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . For July 2 Ushers 9:00—Ralph Beeler (lead), Ed Anderson Wade Mitchell, John
Whited 11:00—Ben
(lead) & Dale Rivers, Ann Beaver, Andy Middleton, Paul Sherbakoff Communion Assistants 9:00—Nancy
Mitchell, Jeremy & Christy Tucker 11:00—Bill & Carol Balch. Betty McDow Acolytes 9:00—Chance Cox 11:00—Lauren
Love, Hannah Thomas Coffee
Stewards— Friendship Class Altar
Flowers—Bill & Linda Powell 1—Greg Brown, Sandy
Kaiser, Bill & Lisa Waller 2—Duane Counts 3—Emma Claiborne, Keegan
Peterzell, Blake & Bonnie Fultz, Buck & Linda Vaughn 4—Leigh Cheek, Linda
Millis, Brenda Mozur 5—Kenny Hines, Al Matz 6—Dakota Balch, Steve
Jones, Chris Millis 7—Steve Dockery, Chris
Huggler, Larry Masters, Paula Mossman, Rip Powell, Betty Tilley, Reed & Vicky Preston 8—Vicky Preston, Sandi
Thompson, Jim & Sandra Bell IT’S
IN THE STARS I never behold them [the
heavens filled with stars] that I do not feel I am looking in the face of
God. I can see how it might be
possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I
cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no
God. –Abraham Lincoln |
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