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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
February 20, 2007 Vol. 57, No. 8
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE! February 28, 2007 Dinner: 5:30 p.m. Classes, Activities for Youth & Children 6:30 p.m.
Menu: TBA Reservations: 4:30 on Monday afternoon
Bible Olympics continues as the children compete for Olympic-style medals. Children may remain with Miss Donna on these evenings for dinner and then Bible Olympics. Children can be picked up at 7:30 in the gym.
Leigh Cheek will lead the Series Set I, That the World May Know by Ray Vanderland will be offered at 6:30 beginning March 14th.
AN EVENING OF JUBILEE, A PRAISE & WORSHIP SERVICE
We invite you to join us on Feb. 25th at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Center for a new Evening of Jubilee Praise and Worship Service. The service is all about gathering together as a community to celebrate Christ through song, communion, prayer, and God's word. Come celebrate with us!
Panqueques por Costa Rica! (Pancakes for Costa Rica!)
Come out on March 10th to the pancake breakfast to raise funds for Costa Rica. The cost of the breakfast is $5 per person. It includes sausage, drinks, and unlimited pancakes. Times for the breakfast are from 8-9 a.m. and 9–10 a.m. We need to know the time frame you are coming so we can plan appropriately. You can purchase a ticket from a Costa Rica Team member or contact Shea McClure at 385-8321. Comerse!!!
LEISURE TIME/NEW TIMERS CLUB
The group will be traveling to the Cumberland County Playhouse on March 20th to see the play, “First Baptist at Ivy Gap.” Meet at the church at 10:30 for bus trans-portation. Lunch will be on your own at Cumberland State Park. Reservations are due by March 4. Turn in at the church office with a check for $20 made out to the Cumberland County Playhouse. A special thanks to Barbara Wayland and Wanda Moody for planning a great trip to Dandridge last week. Twenty-six persons had lunch at Smokey’s Barbeque Restaurant.
NEEDED: Electronic games and video equipment are needed. If you have updated your electronics this past Christmas, please consider donating your older models to IHN for our visiting children and families to use. Contact Natalie Broyles for donation. Computer games are also needed for IHN families. Contact Shea McClure, 588-6562, if you would like to donate. |
FROM THE PASTOR
Go Crazy Over Sunday School – Bible Sunday!
This Sunday is “Bring Your Bible Sunday” as part of our February Sunday School emphasis. Of course this really should be the norm for our studies every week. The whole event of “Go Crazy Over Sunday School” from the E-Team’s perspective was to lay a foundation for reaching out by getting folk into “The Word.”
This Sunday some may bring a family bible that goes back generations or their first bible. We will take time during worship to do some highlighting. If several of you will call me, we would like to set up a table in order to share these treasures.
However, displays and treasures of the past are only a small part of the bible story. The bible story is about opening the doors of our understandings’ of God. It is about helping us enter a relationship with Christ. So really “Go Crazy Over Sunday School” is about going lovingly crazy over the bible, our church family, and “The Word of God!”
Bring your bible! Read you bible! Then let God anoint you with insight and a life-walk in Him!
In Christ, TLS
BEARDEN UMC MISSION TEAMS IN ACTION
Last month Bearden’s Team #1 (Steve and Sandy Richards, Linda Powell, Kim Lee, Natalie Broyles) prepared and served lunch to over 100 people at the Volunteer Ministry Center. This Saturday Team #2 will prepare and serve lunch. Every 4th Saturday of the month there is a Bearden team preparing and serving lunch for the homeless in our community. Remember the people who are serving and being served in your prayers this week.
Bearden's Habitat Work Team will be installing a floor system this Saturday at a Habitat house. If you want to join the team, call Leigh Cheek at 584-6018.
Amanda and Corinthian and their three children were IHN guests at our church during our last host week. Several of you who worked that week will remember this family. They moved into an apartment last Friday! Amanda was interviewed by Channel 8 news on Friday. In her interview, she said they had slept in their car and in houses with no heat before arriving at IHN. She said it was hard but "you just got to keep Christ in front". The family thanked the churches for their love and care. We give thanks for God that we can be apart of this ministry. We also ask God's blessings on this family as they begin their new journey.
It's a good week for missions at Bearden UMC!
UMW RETREAT
The 2007 Holston Conference UMW Young Women’s Retreat (45 years and under) will be held March 24-25 in Pigeon Forge. Shelia Minier will be the inspirational speaker and Lou McNutt and Anita Henderlight will lead the focus groups. You may pick up information on the Retreat in the church office.
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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 February 22 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 6:30 PM Costa Rica Vision Team, Pathfinders 6:30 PM Music Visioning Team, Conference Room Saturday February 24 8:00 AM Habitat for Humanity Workday 8:30 AM Girls Scout International Day, Fellowship Center 10:00 AM Team 2 prepares & serves lunch at Volunteer Ministry Center Sunday February 25 9:00 AM Worship 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship 4:00 PM Beginning Handbells, Choir Room 5:00 PM Jubilee Walk Through, Fellowship Center 5:00 PM Rings of the Lord, Choir Room 6:00 PM Crossroads II, Ginny Pletz Class 6:00 PM Youth, Third Floor 6:00 PM Jubilee Service, Fellowship Center Monday February 26 11:00 PM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center 6:30 PM Volleyball, Fellowship Center Tuesday February 27 6:30 PM Line Dancing, Fellowship Center 7:00 PM Costa Rica Mission Team, Pathfinders 7:00 PM Staff Parish Team, Conference Room Wednesday February 28 9:30 AM Staff Meeting, Conference Room 5:30 PM WNL! Meal, Fellowship Center 6:30 PM Programs for adults, youth & children 7:30 PM Chancel Choir, Choir Room Thursday March 1 11:00 AM Senior Aerobics, Fellowship Center Saturday March 3 9:00 AM CONTACT of Knoxville, second floor
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
February 25—Barbara Allman, Julie Berrier 26—Whitney Brockman 27—Lauren Love, Lena Watters 28—Paul Alexander, Stacy [Bell] McQuaide, Kelly Corallo, Linda Hahn, Bill Lee, Amy Rose
March 1—Amanda Corallo, Dot Steed 2—Cathy Gallaher, Nina McPherson 3—Beck Smith-Mackle, Dick & Jan Broyles, Bill & Linda Powell, Terry & Mary Rosson
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WE SUPPORT BEARDEN
By Our Prayers . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . For Our Church Family Shelbie Thornton, Ft. Sanders Park West Jim McPherson, Home
By Our Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For February 18 Worship 9:00 A.M. 63 Sunday School 172 11:00 A.M 150 Total Worship 213
By Our Gifts . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For February 18 This report will appear in a future edition of The Bearings
By Our Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For February 25 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—Janette Burgin Acolytes 9:00—Corbin Sanders 11:00—Lauren Love, Hannah Thomas Nursery/Pre-School Volunteers—Paige & Chris Huggler, Cale & Beth Lawson Coffee Stewards—Fellowship Forum Altar Flowers—Bill and Linda Powell
FISH REPORT FOR FEBRUARY
Total Calls Received 30 Number of Food Deliveries Made 29 Number of Food Requests Picked Up at Church 1 Number of People Helped (59 adults, 52 children) 111 Number of Bearden UMC Volunteers (18 adults, 6 youth) 24
FISHfact: January’s FISHfact recognized one of two ladies who responded to our plea for additional deliverers on the firth Wednesday of every month. The other volunteer was Beth Adam, and she also has been a Bearden member less than two years. Her first FISH service was in January, when her children (Lauren, Caroline, and Justin) were out of school. Although an experienced deliverer could have joined them, they went unassisted to two subsidized-apartment units and to the residence of a very old lady who lived alone in East Knoxville. The Adam’s clients were people who are not privileged to enjoy the conditions that most West Know County residents have, and in Beth’s words, “It gave us plenty to talk about at dinner that evening.” Thus, an unanticipated benefit, besides feeling good, resulted from two hours’ contribution. Would you like to join us on March 7th? Call Nancy Mitchell at 691-8026.
The UMW Spring Rummage Sale is scheduled for Saturday, April 21st beginning at 7:30 a.m. If you haven’t cleaned out your closets, attics, basements, or garages in a while, now would be the perfect time! If you are donating any textiles (clothing, linens, etc.), please place them in plastic bags to protect them from the elements while in the UMW storage shed. We appreciate your efforts!
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