A Safe Sanctuary Church	The Bearings Bearden United Methodist Church 4407 Sutherland Avenue Mail: P. O. Box 11065, Knoxville, TN 37939 Tom Seay, Pastor September 12, 2006 Vol. 56, No. 31
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE! September - Dinner: 5:30 p.m.; Classes: 6:30 p.m. Menu: Meatloaf, green beans, mashed potatoes and banana pudding. Cost: $7 for adults; $3 for children; family maximum of $20. Reservations: By 4:30 p.m. Monday! [This is very important.] CONGRATULATIONS! Bill and Linda Powell announce the arrival of their granddaughter, Katelyn Susan Overton, who was born September 8^th. Proud parents are Christy and Davis Overton. Katelyn was welcomed home by big sister, Elisabeth Ann. Children’s Ministry Volunteers are needed to work on costumes and scenery for the children’s Christmas musicals: preschool mini-musical, “Angels and Lambs,” and the K-5^th grade musical, “Angels Alert.” Please contact Donna, 588-6562. Pond Gap Mentoring will begin the first week of October. Only 45 minutes per week. If interested, call Donna, 588-6562. There will be a meeting of parents of children K-5^th grade on Sunday, Sept. 24 at 4:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Parents of preschoolers will meet on Sunday, Oct. 8^th at 4:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Special recognition to Chris Cantor.  Chris and his brother Parker (sons of Tanya and Don Bailey) wanted to do something to help the children at Pond Gap School.  Therefore, Chris came up with the idea of having a neighborhood lemonade stand.  Chris brought a zip lock bag with $15.00 from his lemonade stand to donate to the Pond Gap school supply drive.  Wow!  Thanks to Chris and Parker for their servant spirit and proactive attitude in reaching out in Christian love.  Chris recognized a need and that he had the ability to make a difference.  So, this young man took charge and accomplished his goal. Didn't someone say "a child shall lead them"? UMW – SCHOOL KITS FOR UMCOR. 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. Include only those items on the list and nothing more. You may leave your kits in the office with Janice by Friday, Sept. 15^th.		FROM THE PASTOR 100%! Can you get 100% of the Bearden congregation to do anything? I don’t know but it is a good idea! O.K. Tom, what are you talking about? Oh my, I did not tell you, did I? The 100% comes from our Evangelism team meeting last week. The E-Team wanted us to start the Autumn with a commitment to see that everyone received a great Bearden welcome – member and non-member alike. And, the dream is that every one of us accepts the honor of being the welcoming committee. Some will say, “I don’t know everyone and will mistake member/non-member.” Let us turn that around to say that might just be the case but you may be meeting your newest best friend! 100% greeters, a great goal! In Christ, TLS ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC Carl Cowan Park Sunday, September 17; 4-7 p.m. The church will furnish the meat and drinks. You bring your favorite side dishes and yummy desserts. The Sonrize Bluegrass Band will entertain us. Bring your lawn chairs & blankets. There will be old fashioned games for all ages. Bring the kids’ swimsuits ‘cause there’s a place for them to splash around! Come, join us for good food, lots of fun and great fellowship! FISH REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER Total Calls Received 35 Number of Food Deliveries Made 34 Number of Food Requests Picked Up at Church 1 Number of People Helped (69 adults, 73 children) 142 Number of Bearden Volunteers (19 adults, 3 youth) 22 FISHfact: A message from Fran and Stan Love: The West Knox FISH Pantry is full, and “thanks” are due. Approximately $3200 worth of groceries (enough to provide about 600 full bags for delivery during September to 400 needy families across our city) were purchased and delivered to the pantry. Three hundred sixty-eight bags (the pantry’s space limit) were filled on Sunday, Sept. 10^th by 16 folks, mostly youth, and we would like to say, “thanks!” for their help in bagging. The remaining cased groceries will be bagged later in the month. Lastly, in keeping with Bearden’s recycling program, Stan’s big pickup truck’s bed was full of flattened corrugated boxes taken for recycling. NEED A RIDE? If you do not have transportation to a Sunday worship service, we do provide a van that can pick you up. If interested, call Donnie Ernst, 584-9985.
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 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 14 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 6:00 PM Child Care Board, Ginny Pletz Classroom 6:30 PM Bibles & Biking 7:00 PM Worship Team, Conference Room Sunday September 17 8:20 AM Early Riser Choir, Choir Room 9:00 AM Worship 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship 4:00 PM Church Wide Picnic, Carl Cowan Park Monday September 18 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 7:30 PM Finance Team, Conference Room Tuesday September 19 11:30 AM Prayer Warriors, Prayer Chapel 4:00 PM Chorus/Bible, Vestal Boys & Girls Club 6:30 PM Line Dancing, Fellowship Center 7:00 PM Youth Parents, Pathfinders Classroom Wednesday September 20 9:30 AM Staff Meeting, Conference Room 10:00 AM BEEP Chapel with Miss Donna 4:00 PM After School Chapel with Miss Donna 5:30 PM WNL! Meal, Fellowship Center 6:30 PM Academy Classes 7:30 PM Chancel Choir, Choir Room Thursday September 21 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 6:00 PM Child Care Board, Ginny Pletz Classroom 6:30 PM Biking & Bibles Saturday, September 23 10:00 AM Team 1 serves lunch at Volunteer Ministry CHILD CARE NEWS. The Childcare Board would like to welcome Lisa Counts as the director of the School Age Program at Bearden! Lisa worked with the After School Program and served as the Youth Director at Bearden in the 1990's; we are delighted to have her on board at Bearden once again!! We would also like to welcome Christy Hanna and Brandon Galloway to the School Age staff!  They are an excellent addition to the child care ministry at our church. In addition, we would like to congratulate Jenny Somerville on her one year anniversary as the Early Enrichment Program (BEEP) director.  Thanks to Jenny and her dedicated staff, BEEP has gone from a seedling to an oak...and it is getting better and better every day!  Great things are happening in our child care program.  Please join us in celebrating! BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES 15—Richard & Eunice Boget 16—Karen Burchfield, Cale Lawson, Mark Rosson 17—Louise Coury 18—Eddie Frederick, Christy Hanna, Marjorie Lloyd 19—Gay Roe 20—Gregg Classon, Minnie Stout, LeAnn Turner, Sarah Whitley 21—Haynes Smith, Nelson Swainson			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 10 Worship 9:00 A.M. 97 Sunday School 186 11:00 A.M 158 Total Worship 255 By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . For September 3 Operating $ 15,242.63 Sunday School $ 62.50 Building 125.00 FISH 110.00 Helping Hand 90.00 UMCOR 50.00 Memorials 20.00 Carpet 400.00 TOTAL: $ 16,100.13 As of September 5, 2006 Received YTD $ 469.521.96 Expenditures YTD $ 470,548.06 Annual Budget ($157,243.00) Building Loan Balance $1,631,813.65 Carpet Fund: Goal $30,000 500 yards Received $19,955 381 yards By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . For September 10 Operating $ 11,991.00 Sunday School $ 65.00 Building 200.00 FISH 2.00 Helping Hand 50.00 Carpet 660.00 TOTAL: $ 12,968.00 As of September 11, 2006 Received YTD $ 482,333.46 Expenditures YTD $ 485,379.67 Annual Budget ($157,243.00) Building Loan Balance $1,624,593.69 Carpet Fund: Goal $30,000 500 yards Received $20,515 342 yards 68% By Our Service . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .For September 17 Ushers 9:00—Wade Mitchell (lead), Rob & Kathy Houser, James McPherson 11:00—David Dickey (lead), Joe Burns, Tommy Edwards, Betty McDow, Wanda Moody Acolyte 9:00-Will Walker; 11:00-Chris Cantor, Craig Wallace Children’s Message—Rev. Seay Coffee Stewards—Odds and Ends Class Altar Flowers—Bill Powell WHAT IS GAP? GAP is the new Sunday School class for 5th graders.  GAP stands for God's Active Preteens.  Our new GAP class has adopted a class project and would like the assistance of the church.  Craig Wallace suggested that the class put baskets around the church to collect encouragement cards that can be sent to our troops in Iraq.  This is a wonderful idea and the rest of the class supported Craig's suggestion and wanted to adopt it as a project.  These children have decided to be proactive in their actions for Christ.  Therefore, beginning next Sunday there will be baskets at each entrance and in the atrium.  If you have cards at home, please write a note of encouragement to our troops and bring on Sunday and drop in the basket.  If you do not have cards at home, the children will have cards available for you to use to write your encouraging note and sign.  I'm excited about our GAP class and the 5th graders are anxious to see just how many cards they can come up with to send the troops.