NFUMC Services

Sunday Adult Sunday School: 9:45 am

Worship Service: 11:00 am

Nursery and Children’s Worship

(Pre K to Grade 3): 11:00 am

Wednesday 6:00 pm: A.C.T.S.

(Preschool – 12th

Grade)

6:30 pm – Choir

Mount Carmel UMC

Sunday Services Worship Service: 9:30 am

Sunday School: 10:30 am

2200 Grills Road

Newbern, TN 38059

Mailing address:

Mt. Carmel UMC

℅ Pamela Hassell

187 Loys Johnson Road

Newbern, TN 38059

Following the 2014 Annual Conference, Resident Bishop William

T. McAlilly, shared with a select group of clergy information

regarding a very promising and exciting initiative and opportunity.

Beginning January 2015, a Doctor of Ministry Degree program is

being offered by Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington

D.C., through the leadership of Dr. Douglas Meeks of the

Vanderbilt School of Divinity. The title of the Doctor of Ministry

track is "Wesley, Mission and Evangelism." This is a two-year

process. Bishop McAlilly was asked to select 25 clergy leaders

within the Nashville Episcopal Area, which includes both the

Memphis and Tennessee Conferences, to participate in this program.

Reverend Lea Thornton Griffith has been chosen to be a part of this

purposeful undertaking. Criteria for participation includes, but is

not limited to: 1) meeting the academic standards of Wesley

Seminary and 2) supporting evidence that the participant is highly

capable of providing outstanding connectional and congregational

leadership to the local churches as well as the entire Nashville

Episcopal Area for decades to come. Indeed, GOD has blessed

Newbern FUMC with a Pastor who, throughout her ministry, has

demonstrated the desire to establish Missional congregations. We

offer our congratulations to Reverend Lea for this honor and we

promise to support her and Brian with our continued prayers and

words of encouragement during this journey. GOD IS GOOD!!!!

~ Suzanne Harrington

The 72 & U event called us to find ways to be still. Amy Davis, Greta

Pitcher, and Rev. Lea will unpack details if the event in the next the

three newsletters. Their first article, by Amy Davis is

"Learning to Be Still"

Do you ever get tired? Tired of teaching Sunday school, tired of

going to meetings, tired of being the one that gets called when something is wrong or something breaks,

tired of being asked to do something or serve on a committee?

We all get tired. That’s being human. Even Jesus got tired and needed time to rest. How do you get rest?

How do you not get burned out? The Bible tells us in Psalms 46:10 to be still. Jesus tells us in Matthew

11:28 that if we come to Him, He will give us rest. Are we being still, being quiet so we can hear God speak

to us? Are we allowing Him to be our refuge, give us rest and replenish us so we can first identify His mission

and what He wants us to do and second, join Him in that work?

We encourage you to prayerfully and intentionally take time to be still. Be quiet. Listen for the voice of God.

Feel for the nudging of the Holy Spirit. Help our church become a church that meets God in the mission

field….in our community and backyard developing relationships that matter and introducing and sharing

Christ’s love to everyone.

First United Methodist Church 103 W Main Street P.O. Box 72 Newbern, TN 38059 www.newbernfumc.org Phone (731) 627-3386

Fax (731) 627-2261

November 2014

Nursery Schedule

November 2 – Malissa Flagg November 9 – Carissa Criswell November 16 – Pattye Williams November 23 – Emily Young November 30 – Melba Moore

Children’s Church

November 2 – Emily Young November 9 – Judy Gregory November 16 – Faye Greene November 23 – Amy Davis

November 30 – Tiffany Rogers

Sunday, November

30th at 5:00 pm

Followed by

Finger Foods

UMW Spaghetti Luncheon

& Bake Sale

Saturday, November 15th

11:00 am until 1:00 pm

Adults: $6

Children: $3(5 and Under)

Carry-outs Available

Daylight Savings Time

ends Sunday, Novmber 2nd

at 2:00 am. Set your clocks

back.

4 Joel Simmons, Jr.

Lena Mae Caldwell

6 Edie Kate Smith

7 Steve Williams

Vyron Mitchell

9 Faye Morris

15 Alison Pate

18 Levi Criswell

Ravelyn Sellers

John Uitendaal

21 Cherry Davis

Justin Barret Pate

24 Harrison Rogers

29 Linda Wilkerson

Please notify the office if

anyone should be added to

or removed from

the birthday list. Thank you.

Liturgist Schedule

November 2 – Amy Davis November 9 – Richard Denton November 16 –Faye Greene November 23 – Jane Lamb November 30 – Judy Gregory

United Methodist Women is organized according to the group's need and size. As our need and size has changed, we have restructured our Newbern UMW Organization. We will no longer have 2 circles. We will all become one group and be known as United Methodist Women beginning in January of 2015. We will meet on the 3rd. Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. All women of the church are invited to attend. You do not have to be a member of Newbern First United Methodist to be a member. All we ask is that you know God and be willing to help with Missions both at Home and Globally. Change is never easy. We ask for your prayers as we go forth with our Purpose and Spiritual Growth in 2015.

Direct prayer concerns, updates & praises to leatgriffith@gmail.com or 334-4393

With Sympathy

To Ruth Barrett and family after the loss of her mother-in-law, Dorothy Barrett on Friday, October 17th

New Prayer Concerns

Richard Anderson (Bobbie Butler) Ruth Barrett’s granddaughter – in intensive care unit with a sudden virus Bobbie Butler – Experiencing heart complications Rachel Culver (Amy Davis’ sister’s husband’s niece) – has been diagnosed with bone cancer

Joe Holland – recently hospitalized

Pray for restored health, comfort and peace for:

Wendy Adan (Faye Greene’s niece) –diagnosed with breast cancer; husband is in Afghanistan James Ashcraft (Cherry & Linda Davis) – being treated for cancer Adyson Criswell (Criswell Family) Patsy French (Ruth Barrett) Malia Evans (Judy Gregory) – Melanoma Eric Hathcock (Ruth Barrett’s son) Betty Holland Jeanie Littlejohn – cancer has returned in lungs and future is not good.

Kayla Moore Brandon Osborne (Debbie Pouyer’s son) – receiving treatments for liver disease Emma Peters (granddaughter of Arlene and Austin Campbell) Michelle Phelps (Ruth Barrett) Tim & Greta Pitcher – need God to help them be patient and have faith through the infant adoption process Residents of Oakwood Community Living Center and Wesley Home of Dyersburg Bill Thrasher (Cherry & Linda Davis) – bleeding ulcer

Please continue to pray for our friends /family, homebound, in rehabilitation, assisted living or nursing homes:

Dorothy Enochs – Canterbury Place, 900 Hwy 51 Bypass N., Dyersburg, TN. Jean Forrester – Dyersburg Manor, 1900 Parr Avenue, Room 215 Betty Holland – 159 Rehoboth Church Rd., Newbern, TN 38059

Mary Helen Ladd – Covington Manor, Hwy 51 S., Covington, TN, 38019 Richard T. Moore, Sr. – Waterford Assisted Living, 8118B Sawyer Brown Rd, #409, Nashville, TN 37221 Herman Rabalais – Room 14A, Oakwood Community Living Center, 1636 Woodlawn Ave., Dyersburg Emily Wright – P.O. Box 325, Newbern TN 38059

Please help us keep the prayer list updated so we can focus on those who do

still need prayer and stay updated on any changing prayer needs.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

2 2:00 am – Set

clocks BACK

3 6:00 pm – Finance 6:30 pm – Council

4 6:00 pm –

“Being Stewards” Special Study

5

6:00 pm – ACTS 6:30 pm – Choir

6 7 1

8

9 10

116:00 pm –

“Being Stewards” Special Study

12 11:30 am –

Ladies Dominoes

6:00 pm – ACTS 6:30 pm – Choir

13

14 1511am –1 pm

Spaghetti Luncheon & Bake Sale

16 17 1:30 pm – Dorcas Circle

18 7:00 pm –

Infertility Couples Group

19 6:00 pm – ACTS 6:30 pm – Choir

20

21 22

23

24 7:00 pm – Esther Circle

25 26

27

Thanksgiving

28

29

30 5:00 pm – Hanging of the Greens

YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

We welcome you! Join us for worship and fellowship as we worship the Lord together. Come explore with us what it means to “Make disciples of Jesus Christ”. If you are a guest with us, we ask that you complete an information card and place it in the offering plate. If you do not have a church home, please consider worshiping with us every Sunday.

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