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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
January 23, 2007 Vol. 57, No. 4
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE! January 31 , 2007 Dinner: 5:30 p.m. *Classes, Activities for Youth & Children 6:30 p.m.
Menu: TBA
Reservations: 4:30 on Monday afternoon
*Effective Parenting in a Defective World, facilitated by Bill & Kim Lee continues at 6:15 p.m. That the World May Know (Series V – Early Church) by Ray Vanderland will be offered at 6:30 and will be led by Leigh Cheek.
SYMPATHY . . .
is extended to Kathy and Bryan Rowell and their family on the death of Kathy’s grandmother, Ruth Blue Croson of Maryville, on January 10, 2007.
CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT NEEDS
Faithquest Rotation needs 50 empty egg cartons for their February rotation. Anyone having cartons can drop those by Miss Donna’s office.
Anyone wishing to volunteer for Sunday morning pre-school and nursery can sign up in the designated notebook in the pre-school department each Sunday. As of Tues., January 23, there were no volunteers for Sunday, January 28.
Please join your church family for lunch following the 11 o’clock worship service on February 11th. We will have door prizes, pictures with your sweetheart(s), special music and even a few jokes all centered around a “Valentine” theme. The menu will be homemade spaghetti (not the canned stuff), garlic bread, salad and a special dessert. All proceeds will go to the Costa Rica Mission Trip scheduled this summer. Price for lunch will be donations.
THE LEISURE TIME/NEW TIMERS will be going to Smokey’s Barbeque in Dandridge for lunch on Feb. 11. Plan to meet at the church at 10:30 to carpool. We will return to the church by approximately 3 p.m.
IN MEMORIAM
Venus L. Woodward 06/13/1923 – 01/17/2007
“ The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” --Deut. 33:27a
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FROM THE PASTOR
The Spiritual, The Financial, and The Church Mission!
Sunday evening the Church Council voted to enter a campaign to finish on Easter Sunday to raise $50,000 “beyond” the regular offerings and tithes. Reasons! We adopted a budget that is about $100,000 beyond our projected income. We have a small reserve that can cover a part of this shortfall. The Council voted to step out in faith and try to raise the rest. That is the “Financial.”
The “Spiritual” is the belief that in the church we do not ever have “just the financial” questions or “just financial campaign” solutions. The Council, the church staff, and I, all believe that the raising of $50,000 or $5 or $500,000 is a spiritual issue first! If we deal with our church programs, finances, facilities, etc. as if they are dollars, brick, and literature issues, we miss the reality indeed. This campaign is first and foremost a prayer, bible, and worship campaign! The “Spiritual” is our being led by our Lord, Jesus Christ.
The “Mission” of our church is going to be affected dramatically by this campaign. I believe that this will be one of the very tangible blessings that God is showing us as He pours out the Holy Spirit upon Bearden and us individually as disciples. Words like revival and renewal are to distant to distant. I believe God is going to use this time to refocus our vision towards Him, and restore our souls for a dynamic relationship with Him.
You will be hearing from the church lay leadership often in the weeks leading up to Easter. At this time I want to make four requests of you.
EASTER!
In Christ, TLS
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Flooring system on Saturday, February 24
Bearden UMC has the opportunity to help Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, February 24 to build a floor system, i.e. setting floor trusses and laying the plywood sheets on top. This house will be part of a 7-house blitz in April and is part of Habitat’s new subdivision, October Woods, off of Rutledge Pike. We will work from 8:00 a.m. until afternoon (depending on how quickly the work goes). We need a group of about 15 workers as well as a committee of about 5 to prepare lunch. Please signup on the sheet in the sanctuary on Sunday, January 28th. Materials for a flooring system cost between $2,000 and 2,500. Any donation to offset this cost would be a blessing.
Volunteers will be contacted later with directions to the site and suggested clothing and tools list. For more information, contact Leigh Cheek at 584-6018 or Cheeklc_2000@yahoo.com.
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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 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 January 25 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center Saturday January 27 10:00 AM Team 1 prepares & serves lunch at Volunteer Ministry Center. Sunday January 28 9:00 AM Worship 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship 2:00 PM District Event, Impacting Ministry, Cokesbury Center 3:30 PM Pick Up Basketball, Fellowship Center 4:00 PM Beginning Handbells, Choir Room 5:00 PM Bearden Bells, Choir Room 6:00 PM Youth, Third Floor 6:00 PM Crossroads II, Ginny Pletz Class Monday January 29 11:00 PM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 6:30 PM Volleyball, Fellowship Center Tuesday January 30 6:30 PM Line Dancing, Fellowship Center Wednesday January 31 5:30 PM WNL! Meal, Fellowship Center 6:15 PM Parenting Class 6:30 PM Academy Classes, Little Lambs, and Kids For Christ 7:30 PM Chancel Choir, Choir Room Thursday February 1 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
26—Peg Townsend 28—Greg & Abby Blackmon 29—David Hauge, Nick Millis 30—Graham Cohen, Ron Jeffers
ALTAR FLOWERS
Placing flowers on the altar is a wonderful way to remember and/or honor loved ones. Please sign up for a Sunday in the gray altar flower notebook on the counter in the church office or by calling 588-6562. The cost for the two arrangements is $40.
In regard to inclement weather: we will almost never call off the 11 a.m. worship service. However, we urge everyone to exercise extreme caution, and not take any chances.
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WE SUPPORT BEARDEN
By Our Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For Our Church Family
By Our Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For January 21 Worship 9:00 A.M. 78 Sunday School 162 11:00 A.M 143 Total Worship 253 Resurrection ’07 11 Divine Rhythm 5 Jubilee 97
By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For January 14 Operating $ 8,308.10 Sunday School 80.30 Building 85.00 Initial Offering 27.00 FISH 202.00 TOTAL: $ 8,702.40
By Our Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For January 21 Operating $ 6,476.50 Sunday School 84.75 2006 Operating 75.00 Building 110.00 Initial Offering 15.00 FISH 2.00 Jubilee 661.10 Costa Rica 1,452.40 Budget Supplement 1,000.00 TOTAL: $ 9,876.75
As of January 22, 2007 Received YTD $ 30,461.04 Expenditures YTD $ 26,996.79 Building Loan Balance $1,613,406.74
By Our Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For January 28 Ushers 9:00—Lee Sherbakoff (lead), Audrey Carroll, Joe Cox, Robert Hahn 11:00—Fred Johnson (lead), Greg Blackmon, Dick Broyles, Ken & Tammy Knight Children’s Sermon—Bearden Puppeteers Children’s Worship—Linda Millis Coffee Stewards—Shepherds of the Word Class
DATES FOR THE SUMMER CAMPS
Arts Camp - June 4-8 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Game Day Central VBS - June 24-29 6-8:30 p.m. Science Camp - TBA Sports Camp - TBA
Please mark your calendar with the dates above that are already set. We are working to get the other dates set as soon as possible. However, Science and Sports camps will occur in July.
BEEP WANTS YOU! (Bearden Early Enrichment Program). We are currently looking for part-time teachers and substitutes. We also have space in our three-year-old class and one in our Pre-K. If you are interested in either of these areas, please call Jenny at 588-1492.
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