OCTOBER 2014

Pine Forest United Methodist

2800 Wilde Lake Blvd Pensacola, FL 32526

Phone: (850) 944-0170 Fax: (850) 941-2111

Website: www.pineforestumc.org

Email: office@pineforestumc.org

The Staff of Pine Forest UMC

Pastor: Rev. Andrew Blackmon

Administrator: John McBride

Secretary: Nikki Childress

Youth Director: Erin McClellan

Children’s Director: Cheri Schofield

Choir Director: Paul Morrell

Worship Leader: Jacob Hall

Pianist: Janet West

Sound Technician: Billy Wood

Maintenance: Don Pierce

Custodian: David Johnson

Nursery : Jackie Davis

Mission Statement

Our purpose is to magnify the Lord our God by bringing people to Jesus and into membership within His family, nurturing them to a Christ-like maturity, and equipping them for their ministry in the church and for their mission in the world.

Homecoming Celebration

Sunday, Oct. 12th In honor of Homecoming,

there will be a special combined service at

10:30AM.

A covered dish luncheon will be Following

in the FLC

25th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival and Car Show

Our 25th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival will be held on November 8, 2014, from 9:00AM to 3PM. Proceeds from previous festivals supported the Peru Mission team, the Top of the Bottom ministry, and local and worldwide missions of the United Methodist Church. We also purchased the projector and screen for the sanctuary, a sound system for the children’s ministry, carpeting for the Fellowship Hall, alarms for the air conditioners, and heat/air conditioning for the nursery. This year we’ll be having live music by Master’s Men + 1. Admission and parking are free. Applications for a booth and the Car Show are on the church web site. We still have outside spaces for $35.00. There is no charge to display a car, truck or motorcycle. We expect to have over 150 booths. Last year 3000 people attended. Be on the lookout for signup sheets to assist with the bake sale or hospitality, prepare baked goods and order Boston Butts. There won’t be a luncheon this year. Trudy Youngs is our volunteer coordinator. Please give her your full support. The Craft Festival is on Facebook at httpA://www.facebook.com/pages/Pine-Forest-UMC-Craft-Festival/351285944933131. Watch for pictures of the crafts to be shown. Please help us with publicity for the festival: 1. Email the link to the Craft Facebook page to your friends, family, and co-workers. Invite them to spend the day shopping and listening to great music. 2. Put a business card on your office bulletin board. 3. Post a sign in your neighborhood. 4. Hand out cards to your doctor, dentist, restaurants, etc. Business cards and yard signs are available in the office or from Sue Wilson. Help us bring the community to Pine Forest United Methodist Church to show them our Christ-centered spirit of love.

If you have a Birthday or Anniversary in the month of October and your

name is not listed, please contact the church office

@ 944-0170. Please help us keep our records up to date! Thanks,

Nikki, Church Secretary

10/24 Mildred Jackson

10/25 Merle Carter

10/25 Jud Livingston

10/26 Jennie Murphy

10/02???? Ron & Trudy Youngs 10/08/1949 John & Elaine Greene 10/23/1993 Trace & Nicole Turner 10/24/2003 Don & Marie Pierce

01/01 Christopher Schofield

10/03 Estelle Ray

10/03 Patricia Gregory

10/05 Mable Daugherty

10/07 Kristi Coe

10/09 June Daniel

10/12 Don Daugherty

10/14 Olivia Brill

10/14 Camilla Dozier

10/15 Lyla Windham

10/16 Pam Lord

10/19 Fred Wells

10/19 Tom Powell

10/20 Mindy Shirley

10/20 Jared Belanger

10/22 Glenn Atchison

BIRTHDAY’S

ANNIVERSARIES

Our Pastor; Our Church; & our Shut-in’s

Prayer Concerns

Brian Childress Don Pierce

Don Kizer, Nikki’s Father Mike Heffner

Jack & Betty Lindsey

George Kirchharr Gordon Webb

Charles Daniels Norman & Imogene Wells

Kenneth Smith

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

Prayer Concerns:

Call the church office or send an email. office@pineforestumc.org

If you need to reach the Pastor, he may be

reached by email at pastor@pineforestumc.org. After working

hours, he may be reached on his cell phone, the number is: (334) 449-3903

Prayer Shawl Ministry

The Prayer Shawl Ministry gladly participates in the fall Craft Festival. We use the proceeds from the sale of items at the show to buy supplies for our shawls and other projects we participate in. We buy yarn as it goes on sale, using coupons to get the most from our money. We have given out 136 prayer shawls this year. We have in the past made hats for needy children at Beulah Elementary and given 30-40 blankets for the local children’s cancer center. We have also supported our troops by sending Prayer Shawls and are pleased to hear that one service man carried his shawl 3 times to Afghanistan. We have also used this money to send a few of our members to the Blue Lake Prayer Shawl seminar each year. We have gotten some great ideas for projects, such as the crocheted or knitted pocket prayer cloths for new church visitors and some of our troops. These seminars keep our members motivated to continue their work for Christ. Some of our members donate their own yarn for shawls and other items, but not all can afford to do this. These funds allow members struggling to make ends meet to be able to participate. Our Christian fellowship is important to our group, and we use our meetings not only to bless the shawls but also pray together for people we know or have heard about who are sick or troubled. We often get requests from outside our group for prayers. God has given us the Craft Festival as a means to enhance everything we do in our ministry. Thank you, God.

Thank You Thanks so much for all the calls, cards and prayers during Chucks recent illness. We appreciate your acts of kindness more than you could possibly know. We are truly blessed to be part of the Pine Forest Family.

Chuck and Tracey Krieger

Health Update . . .

Thank you again for the prayers, calls, and meals. Both Nikki and I are truly blessed to be part of the

Pine Forest Church Family! We have been, and continue to be, very deeply touched by the outpouring of love we continue to receive. I’ve finished the radiation treatments to my left lung, spine, and right hip. I’m doing much better walking and sitting. Praise the Lord! The chemo therapy treatments are continuing every 3 weeks now and we’re praying it will be successful in reducing the cancers. I know that true ‘healing’ comes from God and I believe what Matthew 21:22 says: “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” I pray daily for complete healing and I’m looking forward to the day when I get another PET scan and the Doctors will be amazed that all my cancers are gone.

October . . . Homecoming is Sunday October 12th and a special combined service is planned for 10:30 AM. Then a covered dish luncheon will follow in the Family Life Center-Gym. Be

sure to bring your favorite dish and make it enough to share! I know our church family has many wonderful cooks and I’m sure looking forward to the fellowship. See you there! Annual Charge Conference is Sunday October 19th at 3:30 PM in the Sanctuary. It will be led by our District Superintendent. All interested church members as well as all council members are encouraged to attend. This is the time to show up and find out who will be doing what next year. I’m sure that many positive changes are in the works. Come and be part of the excitement! Trunk or Treat will be Friday October 31st at 5 PM. Join us, bring some candy, bring the car, bring the kids, and be part of a safe place and fun environment for the entire family. For the latest information about the ‘goins on’ at Pine Forest and the complete church calendar, please visit the web site:

I’ll leave you with this Thought: Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”

Until next month, Brian

Communication . . .

“O God, as the day returns and brings us the petty round of irritating duties, help us to perform them with laughter and kind faces; let cheerfulness abound with industry. Give us to go blithely on our business all this day, bring us to our resting beds weary and content...and grant us in the end the gift of sleep.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

Job Opening/Nursery Attendant

Part-time position, Interested applicants should contact John McBride, Church Administrator at (850) 944-0170 for additional information. Hours are: Wednesday 6-8PM; Sunday 8AM-12PM and other special events as scheduled.

Requirements: First Aid and CPR certified. Back ground check

Oct. 1 Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy

Peas, Salad, Rolls Banana Pudding Cake

Oct. 8

Wedding Chicken New Potatoes, Beans, Broccoli Salad

Rolls & Hannah’s Pound Cake

Oct. 15 Beef Goulash Salad, Rolls

Old Fashioned cake with Chocolate Frosting

Oct. 22

Smothered Pork Chops Rice and Gravy

Field Peas, Salad, Rolls Pumpkin Dump Cake

Oct. 29

TBA

OCTOBER MENU

WORSHIP COMMITTEE

The Sermon That is You.

Edgar A. guest said, “I’d rather see a sermon, than hear one any day.”

The question is have you ever stopped to consider “The sermon that is you”? Who can tell what good may come from little things you do? Who can tell who’s listening now

to the sermon...That is you.

Trusting friends see where you go for pleasure and for play, they watch you live throughout the week and hear the things you say. Knowing you are good and strong, their faith in you stands, they’d sooner take advice from you than any other man. The children watch you pass, and oft

they’re heard to say-’I want to be just like that man when I grow up some day.”

Don’t you think, it worth the while to choose your words with care, since folks around you are watching everywhere. Don’t you think it is much wiser to watch the way you walk, lest tender

souls may injured be, by careless tread and talk.

Who can tell what good may come from little things you do-who can tell who’s watching and listening now to the sermon that is you…

Edward V. Wood

Shalom Dave Johnson

Calendar Weekly Events

Sunday 8:30AM Contemporary Worship Service 9:30AM Fellowship 9:45AM Sunday School 11:00AM Traditional Worship Service Monday 10:00AM Prayer Shawl Ministry (FH) Tuesday 8:00AM Walk the Walk (FLC) 8:00AM T.O.P.S (Bldg 2) 8:30AM Men’s Prayer Group (FH) 7:00PM AA Meeting (Bldg 2) 7:00PM Boy Scouts (Scout Hut) Wednesday 5:30PM Dinner 6:00PM Handbell Practice 6:00-7:00PM Children/Youth 6:00-7:30pm Prayer Group (Chapel) 6:00PM Andy’s Bible Study, Rm 206 6:00PM Olivia’s Bible Study Rm 204 7:00-7:30PM Worship/Doxology, Youth 7:00PM Chancel Choir Thursday 8:00AM Walk the Walk (FLC) 7:00PM AA Meeting (Bldg 2)

Calendar Monthly Events

1st Sunday UMM Breakfast (FH) 7:00 AM 2nd Monday Alzheimer’s Support Group 2:30PM (Bldg 2)

3rd Tuesday Friendship Circle 10:00AM (FH) 3rd Thursday 4-H Meeting 5:30-9:00PM Room 209

Last Sunday of each Month Richard’s Memorial Dinner Outreach 3:30PM 20th of each month

Deadline for newsletter articles to be in church office.

For daily or additional calendar events please see the website:

Sat. Oct. 4 Habitat for Humanity work day 8AM-3PM off premises.

Sun. Oct 5 Men’s Club 7:00AM FH Youth, Fall Craft Night 5:00-7:30 BLDG 1

Sun. Oct. 12 Homecoming (Combined service and meal in FLC)

Sun. Oct. 12 Youth, Great Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt 4:00-7:30 (off Premises)

Sun. Oct 19 Charge Conference 3:30PM Sanctuary Jeremy Pridgeon presiding.

Sun. Oct 19 Youth, Ladies Tea 5-8:00PM FH

Sat. Oct 25 Youth, Breast Cancer Walk (Meet at church at 6:45AM) (Off Premises)

Sun. Oct 26 Youth, Bonfire 4-7:00PM (Ballfield)

Wed. Oct 29 Youth, Life Celebration!

Fri. Oct. 31 Truck or Treat 4:30-8:00PM Parking lot. A fun, safe environment for all to enjoy.

Other Church Events Gonzalez UMC will be having their 6th annual Fall Festival October 4th from 9-3PM. FREE admission, music and children’s activities including carnival games, hay rides, clowns, balloons, and face painting. Craft show inside the gym also a “Show N Shine” Car Show. Smoked Boston Butts may be ordered online at www.gonzalezmethodist.org . Address: Gonzalez UMC 2026 Pauline St. Cantonment, FL