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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
September 5, 2006 Vol. 56, No. 30
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE! September 13 - Dinner: 5:30 p.m.; Classes: 6:30 p.m.
*Menu: Dry rubbed pork tenderloin medallions, mixed beans, squash casserole, and cookies
Cost: $7 for adults; $3 for children; family maximum of $20.
Reservations: By 4:30 p.m. Monday! [This is very important.]
*The meal will be catered by Sweet Pea’s Catering.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Those joining our membership on Sunday, Sept. 3 were: Elizabeth Peters, who comes to us by transfer from Church Street United Methodist Church in Knoxville. Elizabeth resides at 1511 Southgate Road, 37919. Her telephone number is 524-3462. Daniel, Paula and Stephen Sarver, transfer from Asbury United Methodist Church in Lafayette, LA. Jacob has been placed on our preparatory roll. They reside at 5467 Lance Drive, 37909; and their telephone number is 766-0428.
IN APPRECIATION
Thank you , dear friends, for all the prayers, cards, visits, telephone calls and flowers. They were so comforting and meant ever so much to me during my stay in the hospital. My pacemaker is doing fine, and the lung injury has healed. Thank you again. Sincerely, Joan Frey
CONGRATULATIONS!
Betty McDow announces the arrival of a grandson, Cooper James Flemming, born August 5 to Mandy and Matt Flemming. He was welcomed home by big brother Jackson.
GEAR UP FOR A BUSY DAY!
This Sunday, Sept. 10th will be a very busy day at Bearden. Our Interfaith Hospital Network families will arrive so we need to begin setting up for them at 7 a.m. We will then have worship at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., with Sunday School at 10 a.m. You will want to join us. At 1:30 p.m. the Youth and other volunteers will stock the FISH Pantry. If you are unfamiliar with FISH, this food ministry feeds the hungry in Knox County. The Knoxville District Conference will be held in the afternoon at 3 o’clock. in our sanctuary. A reception in honor of the new District Superintendent, Rev. Doug Fairbanks and his wife Carolyn will be held in the Fellowship Center. The Pathfinders Class will have a picnic at the home of Janette Burgin & Brian Tankersley at 4 p.m. Get plenty of rest this week folks ‘cause Sunday will be busy!
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FROM THE PASTOR
Labor Day! Labor Day is a holiday designed to celebrate the hard work people do to earn a living. Last Sunday I tried to share thoughts about “God and working our 40.” Brilliant I thought. (OK, almost brilliant. OK, had possibilities.)
Nevertheless! I started thinking about what it takes in volunteer hours to carry out the ministries in which God has called us to be involved. Some are: FISH – 35 volunteers x 12 months = nearly 1500 hours Costa Rica Mission – 18 people = 4000 hours Adult Sunday School – 9 classes x lesson prep. & class leadership service = 2400 hours Choirs – Chancel/Tabernacle/Bells = over 4000 hours Keep adding Children’s Ministries, UMW, and . . . . !
And then! A bunch of you are giving hours and hours beyond the local church to community associations, Boys/Girls Clubs, hospital volunteers, coaching kids, civic and professional organizations, helping your neighbor, and …!
Wouldn’t it be interesting to see just how many hours are given beyond “The 40” by this congregation! WOW! Please know that you bring a smile to the face of God every time you take that ministry/service step!
In Christ, TLS
Children’s Ministry
Following are the room assignments for Kids For Christ on Wednesday evenings: Nursery, Room 209 Mary Lynn Ellison & Lia Buckner Little Lambs, Room 213 Kelly Forester & Rachel Martin K-2, Room 223 Nancy Mitchell & Brigigiitta Andrews Grades 3-5, Room 205 Laughlin Smith & Rachel Wright
Parents are asked to take their children to the assigned room. Children will be picked up in the Fellowship Center at 7:30 p.m. Children remain for choir practice must be taken to room 224. Volunteers are needed to work on costumes and scenery for the children’s Christmas musicals: preschool mini-musical, “Angels and Lambs,” and the K-5th grade musical, “Angels Alert.” Please contact Donna at the church office, 588-6562.
UMW NOTES. Our conference mission project this year will be School Kits for UMCOR. They will be taken to the Holston UMW Annual Meeting this month. Each circle is asked to provide at least one kit and we would love to have many more. The kit items are as follows:
1 pair blunt scissors (rounded tip) 1 30-centimeter ruler 1 hand held pencil sharpener 1 eraser, 2 ½” 6 unsharpened pencils w/erasers 1 box of 24 crayons 2 packs of 8 /12 x 11” ruled notebook paper 12 sheets construction paper
Please put your items in a 2 gallon plastic bag. Each bag needs an envelope with $1 in cash or check (made out to UMCOR Sager Brown) taped to outside of the bag. This is for shipping. Please include only those items on the list and nothing more. You may leave your kits in the office with Janice by Friday, Sept. 15th. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of children in need in our country and around the world.
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BEARDEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHP. 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 shea@beardenumc.org 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 Jennifer Somerville, Dir., Early Enrichment Program, 588-1492 Lisa Counts, Dir. After School Care Program, 588-6717
CHURCH CALENDAR
Thursday September 7 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 6:30 PM Bibles & Biking 7:00 PM Evangelism Team, Conference Room Sunday September 10 8:20 AM Early Riser Choir, Choir Room 9:00 AM Worship 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship 1:30 PM Stock FISH Pantry 3:00 PM District Conference, Sanctuary 4:00 PM Pathfinders Picnic, Brian & Janette’s 5:00 PM Handbells 6:00 PM Crossroads I, Odds & Ends Class room 6:00 PM Crossroads I, Ginny Pletz Class room 6:00 PM Youth will not meet. Monday September 11 10:00 AM Ruth & Susanna Wesley Circles, Ginny Pletz Classroom 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 5:00 PM Education Team, Ginny Pletz Classroom 7:00 PM Trustees, Conference Room 7:00 PM Esther Circle meets with Polly Mossman. Tuesday September 12 11:30 AM Prayer Warriors, Prayer Chapel Wednesday September 13 5:30 PM WNL! Meal, Fellowship Center 6:30 PM Academy Classes 7:30 PM Chancel Choir, Choir Room Thursday September 14 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 6:00 PM Child Care Board, Ginny Pletz Classroom 6:30 PM Biking & Bibles
THE YOUTH will leave after the 11 o’clock service on September 10th to go eat lunch and then on the help stock the FISH Pantry. They will be returning between 3 and 3:30 p.m. All youth need to bring money for lunch and a change of clothes to stock the Pantry in. Come and participate in this great service opportunity.
CIRCLES TO MEET. Ruth & Susanna Wesley Circles will meet Tuesday, Sept. 12th at 10 a.m. in the Ginny Pletz Classroom. Esther Circle will also meet on the 12th at 7 p.m. with Polly Mossman, 7025 Downing Drive, 588-8863.
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
8—Kris Kenney, Kim Lee, Wanda Moody 10—Mark Bledsoe, Biff Edge 11—Ramsey Cohen, John Wallace Hudson, Steve & Sharon Cliff 12—Pam Hines 13—Pam Fancher, Mary Luper 14—Steve Allman, Linda Powell
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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 September 3 Worship 9:00 A.M. 84 Sunday School 175 11:00 A.M 152 Total Worship 236
By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .For August 27 Operating $ 17,007.26 Sunday School $ 71.41 Building 400.00 FISH 52.00 Interfaith Hospitality Network 100.00 TOTAL: $ 17,630.67
As of August 29, 2006 Received YTD $ 452,502.57 Expenditures YTD $ 465,439.05 Annual Budget ($157,243.00) Building Loan Balance $1,631,813.65
By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For September 3 This report will appear in a future edition of The Bearings.
By Our Service . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .For September 10 Ushers 9:00—Morgan Cantey (lead), Terry Alexander, James McPherson, Lee Sherbakoff; 11:00—Mike Sherrill (lead), Melissa Cate, Jerry McKenzie, Tom & Katherine Stooksbury Acolytes 9:00—Grant Mitchell 11:00—Chris Millis, Justin Tackett Children’s Message—Greg Blackmon Coffee Stewards—Odds and Ends Class Altar Flowers—Mike Sherrill
INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK (IHN). On Sunday, September 10 several families without homes will be arriving at our church for a week's stay. The Sunday School classes are transformed into bedrooms on Sunday morning by the SET UP TEAM. At 6:30 p.m. every evening, families eat supper in the "dining room" (2nd floor youth room). The supper is prepared by the FOOD TEAM. Joining the families for supper and for the evening from 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. are EVENING HOSTS. The hosts serve as needed for the evening. The children enjoy playing in the gym, outside, in the "den" (2nd floor youth room) with the CHILDREN ACTIVITY TEAM. Activities wind down around 8:30 when the families are joined by the OVERNIGHT HOSTS. The over night hosts sleep in a private Sunday School "bedroom". In the mornings, the evening hosts and families depart for work school, or the IHN Day Center. Families will return to the church at 5 p.m. On Sunday, September 17th, the families will leave and begin a new week at another host church. The Sunday School rooms and the youth rooms are transformed into Sunday School rooms by the TAKE DOWN TEAM at 7 a.m. The bedding and towels are picked up by the LAUNDRY TEAM and are washed and returned by our next host week in December. Needed supplies are posted on the SUPPLY LIST in the Atrium. Where can you be the hands and feet of Christ during IHN Host week?
We still need the following workers so that we can host the families: Tues., Wed. & Thurs. – male & female overnight hosts; Friday & Sat. – male overnight host; Sat. – evening food team. If you can serve, please call Charla Sherbakoff at 450-5078 or 806-3337.
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