Bethlehem Messenger

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Website: www.bethlehem-umc.org

September 2013

BACK TO SCHOOL

VISION STATEMENT:

Bethlehem . . . A beacon

Upon the hill who

Ministers to all God's children through

Christ . . . who first served us

MISSION STATEMENT: We are here to ignite the light of Christ in all people, by reaching out to others, by growing as followers of Christ, and by going forth in ministry and service, so that all may know God’s love in Jesus Christ.

We had a great time at our weekend retreat to begin work on the vision and mission of Bethlehem UMC. Shown below is a “relational covenant” that shows how we should try to relate to each other as we move into the future God has planned for us. No one is perfect (but Jesus) but we can do our best! “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” (Philippians 2:3)

~Pastor Barry

Relational Covenant for Bethlehem UMC August 17, 2013

Each member of the Body of Christ is a valued and important part of the mission and ministries of Bethlehem United Methodist Church. To honor and protect the integrity of our mission and relationships, we commit to relate to one another in the following manner:

To speak the truth in love, with compassion, integrity, respect

and honesty

To relate to each other in Christian fellowship practicing the gifts

of grace, mercy, and trust

To listen with open hearts and open minds, listening attentively,

without interrupting or cross talking

To practice the model of dealing one-on-one as Jesus taught us

(Matthew 18:15-20) when we have issues with one another and to

avoid gossiping and going behind others’ backs

To practice forgiveness and reconciliation

To agree to disagree with love and respect

To be accountable for our own behavior practicing kindness,

good manners, and support for our brothers and sisters in Christ

To approach all discussions with a positive attitude, leaving nega-

tive emotions and attitudes at the door

To relate to each other positively with enthusiasm

To approach all issues calmly, humbly, and with a positive, smiling

demeanor

To demonstrate patience and understanding

To keep all issues centered on what God is calling our church to

do and to be

To practice actively this relational covenant at all times, within

the sacred space of our church, in our community, homes, work-

places, and hearts

MEMORIALS

Amy Revels Perry & Debbie Crutchfield Good Neighbor Fund

Gail & Maria Page General Fund

Mike & Elizabeth Flynn Bethesda Ministry

Larry & Sue Riddle Good Neighbor Fund

Joe & Lois Steelman Good Neighbor Fund

Jimmy Myers Forever Fund

David & Donna Powell Good Neighbor Fund

Yoman Smith Larry & Sue Riddle Good Neighbor Fund

Gary & Ivey Jo Smith Good Neighbor Fund

Perry & Debbie Crutchfield Good Neighbor Fund

Mike & Elizabeth Flynn Bethesda Ministry

Jimmy Myers Forever Fund

Jerry & Gail Howard Good Neighbor Fund

Stephen & Sherry Kauff Good Neighbor Fund

Joe & Lois Steelman Good Neighbor Fund

United Methodist Men Good Neighbor Fund

Brodis & Alice Clontz Good Neighbor Fund

Gary & Teresa Holt Good Neighbor Fund

Charles & Odessa Rhoades Good Neighbor Fund

Shirley Griffin Good Neighbor Fund

Men’s Sunday School Class General Fund

David & Donna Powell Good Neighbor Fund

Ken & Virginia Burnette General Fund

Gene Lanier Charles & Odessa Rhoades Good Neighbor Fund

In Memory Of: Given by: Fund:

SPECIAL ADDRESSES Kevin Allen: Autumn Care Nursing Home, 1007 Howard Street, Room 214, Mocksville, 27028 Barbara Boger: Elms at Tanglewood, Room 315, 3750 Harper Road, Clemmons, 27012 Margie Cook: The Oaks at Forsyth, 901 Bethesda Road, Room 212B, Winston-Salem, 27103 Irene Hartman: Autumn Care, 1007 Howard Street, Mocksville, NC 27028 Phyllis Laird: Somerset, 150 Ken Dwiggins Drive, Mocksville, 27028 Bertha Parks: Little Flowers Assisted Living, 8700 Lawyer’s Road, Charlotte, 28227 Carolyn Raybuck: Somerset, 150 Ken Dwiggins Drive, Room 131, Mocksville, 27028 Dot Sparks: Somerset, 150 Ken Dwiggins Drive, Room 222, Mocks-ville, 27028 Betty Sprinkle: Brookridge Retirement Community, 1199 Hayes For-est Drive, Apt 308 A, Winston-Salem, 27106

SYMPATHY EXTENDED TO: The family of Yoman Smith who

passed away Wednesday, July 31. Donna Kennedy (Pastor Barry's sister), and her children. Her first husband, Raymond "Sam" Thomp-son (her children's father) drowned Wednesday, August 14. The fam-

ily of Steve Smith who passed away Sunday, August 18.

In Memory Of: Given by: Fund:

Linda Fromal Derek & Pam Harpe Choir Fund

Molly Lee Derek & Pam Harpe Choir Fund

David & Donna Powell Good Neighbor Fund

Kathleen Spry Derek & Pam Harpe Choir Fund

Gilmore Walter Arlene Walter General Fund

Paul Offerdahl Arlene Walter General Fund

MEMORIALS

BUMY SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE

Sun. Sept. 8 9:30 am Breakfast in the FLC 10 am Sunday School RALLY DAY 4pm-5pm BUMY 1 Youth (6th thru 8th graders) 5pm-6pm BUMY 2 Youth (9th thru 12 graders) Sun. Sept. 15, 22, 29 4pm BUMY 1 5pm BUMY 2 Sat. Sept. 28 9am-midnight CAROWINDS CHRISTIAN MUSIC DAY (TICKETS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED) Sun. Sept. 29 Illumination East Registration Due & $50.00 which covers lodging, meals, worship & building materials Mark Your Calendars Sun. Oct. 6 4pm-7pm Reverb at Clemmons UMC Fri. Oct. 18-Sun.20 Illumination East Mission Work Week end@ Joshua Youth Camp in Albemarle, Registration Deadline for Registrations is SEPT. 29 Sat. Oct. 26 6:30pm Trunk or Treat Sun. Nov. 3 & Dec. 1 6pm-8:30pm Bethesda Center Wed. Nov. 27 8am-5pm Haywood St. UMC Asheville

BETHLEHEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

321 Redland Rd. Advance

www.bethlehem-umc.org 998-5083

KIDS R.O.C.K.

Kindergarten – 5th

Graders

Wednesdays 3pm-4:30pm Begins Wed. Sept. 11th

Cost: FREE

Playtime, Snacks, Character Building Lessons & Games

Transportation to KIDS ROCK

Pinebrook Elementary School Bus

Shady Grove Elementary Church Bus

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3rd

, 4th

, & 5th

graders

Thursdays 3pm-4:30pm Begins Thurs. Sept. 12th

COST: FREE

Bethlehem UMC is offering your child an opportunity to be part of our Upper Elementary academic needs program, named A+ Thursdays. Teachers, former teachers and church volunteers will work with your child. Your child will be doing his/her daily assignments with special

attention given to your child’s specific academic needs recommended by their teacher.

The program begins with approx. 15 min. of outdoor/indoor play & snacks.

Transportation to A+ Thurs.

Pinebrook Elementary School Bus

Shady Grove Elementary Church Bus

Register your child at cindy@bethlehem-umc.org or Call 998-5083

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

BETHLEHEM COOKBOOKS ON SALE...Bethlehem Cookbooks are

now sale-priced at only $10--(original price $18). If you don't have one, now is the best time to purchase one. They also make great gifts or save them to give your children/grandchildren when they have their own homes.

Soo Ling Kilian (friend of Susan Bowman), Sharon Potts (sister of Pam Harpe), Stella Golloway (mother of Linda Spry), Hazel Garwood

(mother of Susan Sidden), Evelyn Dunn, Luke Beroth (grandson of friend of Rick Powers), Jennifer Cartner (daughter of Gail Page),

Ruby Smith, Jonah Hammett (son of friend of Anne Foster), Frankie Smith, Rita Rohde, JR Alderson, Betty Davis, Cathy Cook (sister of

Sharon Moser), Drew Beck, Faye Dunn, Louise Callaway, GC Lankford, Paul Konst, Carl Moser, Erik Crutchfield, J Roy Foster.

MONTHLY MEETINGS... Morning Glories Circle will meet Tuesday, September 3 at 10 am in classroom 13.

Hope Circle will meet at the home of Judy McDowell on Tuesday, September 3 at 7 pm. We will continue discussion of the readings #38-45 in Little Lessons from A Wonderful Life. All ladies are invited to join us for Christian fellowship and study.

Joy Circle will meet at Elizabeth Flynn's house September 5, at 7 pm. Donna Powell will be the co-hostess. All are welcome to attend and share fellowship and our program on Friendship. Hope to see you there!

Open Hearts Circle will begin in September participating in a Bible Study by reading the book Unglued, by Lysa Terkeurst. Any lady of the church is welcome to join us in this new study. Please contact Christin (978-9326) for more information and/or to order your book.

PRAYER CONCERNS

CELL PHONE DONATIONS… Do you have old, unused cell phones lying around the house? Put them to good use by do-nating them to Davie Domestic Violence Services and Rape Crisis Center. Donated phones are either refurbished for reimburse-ment for client services or reactivated for client use. Safety is a key issue for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault; a cell phone activated with 911 telephone service can be extremely nec-essary and even life-saving. Please place your old cell phones (with charger if you have it) in the designated box in the Missions Room. For questions, please contact Virginia Burnette (409-8721).

A STOREHOUSE FOR JESUS... September requests are sugar, self-rising flour, cornmeal, salt, vegetable oil, shortening, laundry detergent, canned fruits and paper & plastic bags. Please place items in the baskets in the adult Sunday school classrooms or in the Missions Room at the back of the Sanctuary. Volunteers will be working at Storehouse Tuesday, September 17 at 6 pm to stock shelves. Please join us!

MISSIONS

SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR DAVIE COUNTY STU-

DENTS IN NEED… It’s time to start gathering school sup-plies to donate to local students in need. These children are iden-tified through Davie County Social Services and “A Storehouse for Jesus.” The requested items are: pencils, pens, highlighters, block erasers, crayons (24 pack), colored pencils, glue sticks, pocket folders, divider sheets, notebook paper (wide & college ruled), 3-ring binders (1”, 1 ½” and 2”), zippered pouches for pencils and pens, backpacks (no rollers), calculators (TI30-XIIS, TI83 or TI84). Items will be collected here at Bethlehem UMC through the end of September and taken to Storehouse for distribution. Please place donated items in the designated box in the Missions Room. For questions or more information, contact Virginia Burnette (409-8721).

Bethlehem Angels Preschool The 2013-14 school year is about to begin for our Preschool and Parents’ Morn-ing Out program! We have 58 children en-rolled so far. We look forward to nurturing these children and helping them grow in self-esteem and in faith.

Our staff consists of a great group of la-dies: Katherine Senter and Missy Potts in

the 1’s/young 2’s; Jenny Vanderpoel in the 2’s; Liz Breeden and Shannon Patton in the 3’s; Ashley Everett, Shellie Tyree, and Annie Stroud in the 4/5’s. Joann Blakeley, Pauline Howard, and Maria Page are the assistants. We began work on August 26th to prepare the rooms for Open House and for the first days of school, Tuesday, Sept. 3rd and Wednesday, Sept. 4th. Parents and children are invited to meet their teachers and the others who are sharing a class with them. We are excited to begin the 18th year of this outreach ministry of Bethlehem Church.

A big thank you goes out to the UM Men for new mulch on the playground! Our children will be much safer now!

Preschool Consignment Sale: Bethlehem Angels Preschool

will hold our Fall Children’s Consignment Sale on Saturday, September 14th from 8 AM – 1 PM in the Family Life Center. Everyone is invited to consign gently used fall and winter chil-dren’s items including clothing, toys, equipment, furniture, etc. Please call the Preschool (998-6820) or email Judy@bethlehem-umc.org or annahmatthew@yadtel.net for tagging directions and a consignor number. Funds from this sale will help keep our tuition costs down and also help with operating expenses and extra supplies and equipment for our children and staff. Please come out and shop for your chil-dren’s needs on Saturday, September 14th!!!

ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD MEETING: The next meeting will be Sunday, September 8 at 6 pm in classroom 14.

MEETINGS

NEW MEMBERS

Jonathan & Rebecca Allis and Alan-Michael Allis & Ivie Dean 2070 Farmington Road, Mocksville, NC 27028

940-2468

Drew & Cassie Beck and Wyatt, Weston & Isabella 1862 Yadkin Valley Road, Advance, NC 27006

940-4099

Charge Conference Meetings

Lay Leadership Committee Thursday, September 5 at 7 pm in classroom 13 Tuesday, September 24 at 7 pm in classroom 13 Finance Committee Sunday, September 8 at 5 pm in classroom 13 PPRC Thursday, September 12 at 6:30 pm in classroom 13 Thursday, October 10 at 6:30 pm in classroom 13 Administrative Board Sunday, November 10 at 6 pm in classroom 14 Charge Conference Sunday, November 17 at 6 pm at Smith Grove UMC

MISSIONS MOMENT CONTINUED

"recognize" as homeless. But many times, they ask you to say a prayer for them or pray with them. Or they're the ones who really clasp your hand when you shake it and give them a God bless as they leave. What I want you to know is that these people are just you and me with dif-ferent, sad stories. The stories could be about alcohol, drugs, violence, just really lousy luck or bad choices. Some of them share, some don't. But, unlike you and me, they have no one in their lives willing to offer shelter. Can you imagine? Now, this church has a wonderful heart for missions. But maybe you don't want to go to Haiti or Africa. Maybe you can't find the time to go to South Dakota or Oklahoma. Maybe you don't particularly want to even cross the Yadkin River. The good news for you? Bethesda is only about 20 minutes away. You'll serve a little food, you'll share a little of God's word and you will be more than a little blessed. Even if you can't go, you can still help by donating food, money or by help-ing prepare the meals. Many of you have already helped with this effort, and it has been much appreciated. If you feel moved to help, or go with us, there is always something to do, buy, or make. And there is always room on the bus for one more compassionate and friendly face. I considered finishing this up with some fiery verses about greed and self-ishness and eternal damnation. But then I remembered I'm not Baptist anymore, so I'll leave you with 2 thoughts; First, the words over the dou-ble doors into the sanctuary say, "Come and Worship." Soon, there will also be words over the front door as you leave. Those words will be, "Depart and Serve." And finally, Isaiah 58:10. If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. ~Robin Howard Christin Howard 978-9326 Justin Riddle 462-6866 Robin Howard 575-4207

MISSIONS MOMENT

"Thank you so much for coming!" "Your church is a blessing to us." "We love it when you all come." "That was some righteous food." "God bless all of you." Just a very few of the comments heard from the folks we feed and fellow-ship with at Bethesda. It's a homeless shelter. Some of us, from our church and others, go two to three times a month. The basics of our visits are these; We sign up for a particular evening. We make many calls and texts, arranging a meal, after which whoever is going meets at 7 here at Bethlehem. We load up food, drinks and supplies; some-times in the bus, sometimes in our cars. We get there, set up on tables pro-vided, serve the women, then the men, anywhere from 50, 60, maybe 70 people. After they eat, someone in our group gives a short message, we clean up and come home. Simply put, we feed the homeless. But its so much more than that. These are not anonymous, faceless people. We are feeding individuals. Fellow human beings who, for whatever rea-sons, have ended up with no home and no family or friends to offer them one. We're feeding an older man who thanked us profusely when he came in late and all we had to offer him was a little slaw and, not cornbread pieces even, but cornbread crumbs. We're feeding a young man a little older than my son, Chase, who was in jail. On the day this boy was released his mother picked him up. She didn't take him home with her, she drove him to the shelter. We're feeding an middle aged woman who said she loves when our group comes because we always make her feel like she "is somebody". We're feeding mothers who are there while their young kids are who knows where. We're feeding a beautiful, well dressed, well spoken woman who certainly doesn't "look" homeless. But we also feed people that do look the part. They're stereotypes. They won't look you in the eye as they go through the line. They mutter and mumble. They stink. They have dirty hands and they wrap food up in nap-kins and shove it in pockets of nasty coats. They're the ones you

NEWSLETTER… To ensure the Bethlehem Messenger is able to be delivered in a timely manner each month, please turn in your articles to the church office no later than Tuesday, Sep-tember 17.

UNITED METHODIST MEN

UNITED METHODIST MEN… The UMM’s Prayer

Breakfast is the 2nd Sunday of each month. This month please join us Sunday, September 8 at 7:30 am in the FLC. Hope to see you there!

PINE NEEDLES... Only $5 per bale. Contact a member of UMM or call the church office for pick-up or delivery.

MISCELLANEOUS

Free Money for the Preschool!!! Please link your VIC cards to Bethlehem Angels Preschool to earn free money for our program. The Preschool continues to receive money from Harris-Teeter just through your regular grocery shop-ping! This store donates a percentage of your receipts if your discount card is linked to Bethlehem Angels Preschool. At Harris Teeter, which requires re-linking each August, you can give the cashier the Preschool code 5125 at checkout or go to the customer service desk or to www.harristeeter.com and link your VIC card to the code. Anyone who needs assistance with linking their cards, please contact Judy McDowell at 998-6820. Thank you for your continued support of our “Angels” and this local business!!!

AL-ANON GROUP… An AL-ANON family group is meeting at Macedonia Moravian Church, Hwy 801 North in Advance on Sunday nights at 8 pm. The meeting is located in Room 225 above the fellowship hall. AL-ANON is a group to help families and friends of alcoholics. We welcome and share hope for those who are in need of help.

COMMUNITY

LEWISVILLE CHILDREN’S CLOTHING SALE: Fall and winter clothing sale Saturday, September 21 and Monday, September 23.

BUILDING A FAITH THAT LASTS: Saturday, November 2 9

-2 pm at Clemmons UMC. Doug Fields and Duffy Robbins bring a one day seminar for parents and youth workers. They will ad-dress the legitimate concern about teens graduating from their faith and present practical ideas for helping teenagers own their faith. The early bird rate is only $29 per person before September 2. Registration details at www.speakingtoteenagers.com.

PARENT CARE... Saturday, October 12 9-3:30 pm at Pfeiffer

University in Charlotte. This is a conference for senior adults and those who care about them. Rev. Joy T. Melton will discuss her book “Safe Sanctuaries: The Church Responds to Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Older Adults” and G. Scott Middle-ton will discuss his book “Parent Talk: The Nine Conversations to Have With Your Aging Loved Ones”. Registration is $25 per person (refreshments and lunch included). Call Cindy Furr if in-terested in carpooling to the even. If enough people want to attend, we may take the bus.

Book Bags of Hope This school year Bethlehem is partnering with Smith Grove

UMC on the Book Bags of Hope project for Pinebrook Elementary. This project donates a bag of food every Friday to a child for the weekend. These children would normally have very little, or no food to eat on the weekend. There are about 94 bags given out each Friday. All foods are individually wrapped, single servings, and require minimal cooking.

Please help us by donating food to this worthy cause. Some food items are alternated throughout the year, but the items on this list are collected all year long. Purchase items on the list below, and donate items in the boxes provided around the church (Missions Room, FLC and CAC).

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*Oatmeal *Chex Mix

*Grits *Chef Boyardee Variety *Nutri-Grain bars 7.5 oz. microwavable

*Cheese Nabs or Wheat and cheese *Raisins

(No peanut butter due to allergies) *Del Monte Fruit Cups

*Cheez-It snack packs *Campbell’s Chicken *Pudding cups Noodle soup

*Pop Tarts *Campbell’s Tomato *Rice Crispy Squares – 1.3 soup

oz. (larger size)

***Contact Christin Howard (978-9326) or Virginia Burnette for more

information, of if you would like to help pack the bags!

**If you’d like to donate money, please designate your check to Book

Bags of Hope.

**~ Don’t forget this is a yearlong commitment – we need your help! ~**

Dear Pastor Barry & Members of BUMC, Thank you very much for the beautiful rose, cards, emails, encouraging words and prayers you gave to me during my recent hospitalization. I came home continu-ing to recuperate and feeling much better now. Love In Christ, Gale Reavis

THANK YOU

To The Bethlehem Family, Thank you for all your kindness during the loss of our daughter and sister, Amy Lou Rae Smith Revels. Thanks for all the prayers, cards, visits, food and flowers. We really appreciated all of the kindness you all showed to our family. May God bless each and every one of you. In Christ, Mary Carolyn Smith and Kathy Smith Rivers and family

Dear Church, My Daddy was blessed beyond belief by the kind, lov-ing and considerate people in his life. Thank you for passing that kindness to his family during this time. It was appreciated more than words can say. Continuing in HIS Name, The Yoman Smith Family

GOOD NEIGHBOR BBQ: Bethlehem United Methodist Church’s

annual Good Neighbor Fundraiser will be held Friday, September 27, 2013. Take out lunch plates will include ½ Port a Pit chicken or barbe-que, slaw, baked beans, roll and a dessert. Lunch orders may be picked up between 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Also a satellite site will be at Hwy. #801 beside Nature’s Way. This will be for take-out only from 11:00 until sold out. Dinner will be served from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a choice of chicken or BBQ. The cost of the meal is $9.00. The Good Neighbor Fund sup-ports people in our community that are going through difficult times. Please consider helping others by supporting this event. We need volunteers to deliver, serve, make desserts, and clean-up. There is a job for everyone!

GOOD NEIGHBOR INFO

WORSHIP

TRANSPORTATION… If anyone who no longer drives would like to come to Sunday school, worship, and/or any night events, you may call the church office and someone from the men’s class will pick you up in the church bus.

COFFEE TIME… Join us in the Family Life Center at 9:30 am. Come and enjoy a variety of coffee and a danish while we fellow-ship prior to the Sunday school hour.

SUNDAY WORSHIP TIME CHANGE: Please note that on Sunday, September 8, Bethlehem will return to our regular Sun-day morning schedule with Worship Services at 8:45 am and 11 am and Sunday School at 10 am.

SENIORS

SENIORS, SAVE THE DATE: Bethlehem United Methodist

Women will host our annual "Young at Heart Banquet" on Sunday, October 20, following the 11:00 Worship Service. Our special guest entertainment will be the Damascus Road Quartet from Oak Forest UMC in Davidson County. All Bethlehem members who are 65 years and older and their spouses are invited to join us.

BETHLEHEM GREETERS: For a long time Kathy Rivers has greeted folks as they entered Bethlehem for our 8:45 Service and Sonny Hanes, Larry Riddle, William Clontz have greeted everyone as they entered at 11:00. Bethlehem is now trying to be even more intentional about greeting members and guests on Sunday morn-ings. We have an additional rotating group of volunteers who may greet you before the 8:45 or 11:00 services. Our new greeters may be standing on the sidewalk, in the parking lot, or at a classroom building door. Many thanks to all our greeters.

COMPASSIONATE OUTREACH GUIDELINES 2013 Following are the revised compassionate outreach guidelines for the com-mittees. These guidelines show support for both the active members, shut-ins and regular attendees of BUMC in time of need.

The coordinator will be notified by the pastor or administrative assis-tant in times of funerals, births or extended hospital stay (minimum of 3 days, except for births). The coordinator will then contact the next committee head on the rotating list to contact the family to determine the need. In the case of hospital stays or births, the com-mittee head will contact the family concerning an appropriate time to bring a meal to the family home.

In case of death of an active member, spouse or dependent child or regular attendees, the meal would usually be prepared in connection with the funeral at Bethlehem of the deceased.

Meals for funerals will be provided for close family members only (usually 25-30 people). We discourage outside groups or persons attending the meal during this time of grief. If the family requests a large number of people to attend, or unusual circumstances (such as a large reception or large groups) the committee head will advise them that the committee will not be able to meet their needs and suggest they make other arrangements per our guidelines. Please keep in mind our preschool program operates from 8:30 to 12:30 Monday through Thursday.

If the family will receive friends after the funeral, it is requested they receive in the sanctuary or Christian activity center to alleviate any confusion while the meal is being prepared. In that case, we could do the meal before the funeral as to not make a hardship on those preparing, serving and cleaning.

Each committee called for a funeral will be requested to prepare food for 8-10 people. The request for food will be determined on an individual basis. Some of the serving suggestions are refreshments only (cookies, coffee and tea), sandwiches with chips and beverage or full meal. This will be determined by the coordinator and commit-tee head taking into consideration any family request, time of day, other activities at the church and time constraints.

Please feel free to call any of the coordinators with questions or if there is a problem. List of co-coordinators: January- March: Judy McDowell, Peggy Isenhour April-June: Jean Harpe, Sandra Sofley July-September: Ivey Jo Smith, Pat Sprouse, Donna Powell October-December: Marcia Sexton, Karen Myers

RALLY SUNDAY SEPT. 8th

9:30am Breakfast

10 am Sunday School

NEW YOUNG ADULTS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

Young Adults, single or married are invited to attend our new Adult Sunday School Class.

Lisa Phelps will be leading the study of John Ortberg’s book “If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat”. John Ortberg writes that deep inside each one of us we have the same faith and longing that sent Peter walking across the water of the Sea of Galilee toward Jesus. You will discover what ways the Lord is tell-ing you to be called into a relationship with Him.

BETHLEHEM CAMP

Preschool & Elementary Children will follow their Camp Guide each week as they study the Bible Stories of the Old and New Testa-ments. They will be taught using the Rotation Model. Each week they will learn by hearing the story, singing songs, drama, art, sci-ence, cooking and games. This will be a fun and interactive way of learning the Bible.

CREATION

Teachers for this session: Susan Sidden Story Teller Peggy Nuckolls Music Karen Myers Drama Elizabeth Flynn Art Judy McDowell Games

Sept. 8 Music Bible Story

Rotation Drama Art Games

Sept. 15 Preschool K-2 3-5

Sept. 22 3-5 Preschool K-2

Sept. 29 K-2 3-5 Preschool

Finance and Stewardship

GIFTS: 7/21 7/28 8/5 8/11 8/18 General Fund $5,845.00 $9,177.00 $8,119.00 $7,014.00 $7,362.00

Building Fund 20.00 - - - -

Hunger Fund 25.00 25.00 156.00 27.00 25.00

Good Neighbor Fund

45.00 - 120.00 525.00 60.00

Book Bags for Hope

- 350.00 100.00 160.00 200.00

Choir Fund - 60.00 - - -

Missions Fund - - 20.00 - -

Bethesda Minis-try

40.00 - 20.00 - -

Forever Fund - - 50.00 50.00 -

ATTENDANCE: 7/21 7/28 85/ 8/11 8/18

8:45 Worship 66 55 54 43 55

Sunday School 87 78 73 77 79

11:00 Worship 119 155 106 100 137

Total Worship 185 210 160 143* 192

CONTRIBUTING STOCKS/BONDS… BUMC has estab-lished a brokerage account at Wachovia. If you have negotia-ble instruments that you would like to donate to Bethlehem, please have your broker transfer directly to Wachovia, using account number 17083592; our DTC number is 0141. If you have any questions, please call Ken Lard (336-529-6113 ).

FINANCE

*Approximately 20 youth/ adults were attending Spiritus August 9-11.

Volunteers for September Middle School Sunday School High School Sunday School

Nena Allen Rick Powers, Dan Anderson & Anne

Foster

11 am Acolyte Children’s Church

1 Richard Nuckolls 1 Melissa Boswell/ Linda Dorsett

8 Caleb Boswell 8 Annette Eaton

15 Jonathan Gunter 15 Cindy Furr

22 Ty Kelly 22 Cindy Furr

29 Thomas Hurst 29 Cindy Furr

Children’s Moment Slideshow

1 Susan Sidden 1 Christin Howard

8 Susan Sidden 8 Donna Lemons

15 Susan Sidden 15 Gail Howard

22 Laura Kelly 22 Jack Newman

29 Byron Vines 29 Donna Lemons

Bethlehem Camp Rotation

8 Peggy Nuckolls & Susan Sidden

15 Karen Myers, Elizabeth Flynn, Judy McDowell

22 Karen Myers, Elizabeth Flynn, Judy McDowell

29 Karen Myers, Elizabeth Flynn, Judy McDowell

11 am Ushers

1 David Powell, Jon Gunter, Ken Lard, Walt Myers

8 Gary Holt, Johnny Allen, Byron Vines, Tony Myers

15 Jack Newman, David Darby, Mike Flynn

22 Ed & Debbie Vogler

29 Various Volunteers

11 am Nursery

1 Sue Riddle, Suzanne Rogers & Maddie Myers

8 Marcia Sexton, Debbie Vogler & Maddie Myers

15 Tim & Kim Shore & Maddie Myers

22 Drew & Cassie Beck & Maddie Myers

29 James & Kristin Blakley & Maddie Myers

Newsletter Team: Team members Joe & Doris Randolph,

Jean West, Helen Lanier, Kay Foster, Jean Harpe, June Buz-zard, Larry Riddle and Sharon Moser will assemble the Octo-

ber newsletter on Thursday, September 26 at 10 am in the Christian Activity Center! Please feel free to come join

us!