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The APRIL 2018 Newsletter for First UMC Family and Friends
First United Methodist Messenger Rockingham, NC
Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!" (Christos anesti! Alithos anesti!) The ancient cry of my Greek grandfather echoes in mind this month! You heard the cry as well: "Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!" The Easter hymn resounds as well: "I serve a risen Savior; he's in the world today. I know that is living whatever foes may say." If the hymn is true, may I be bold enough to ask "do you serve a risen Savior?" Paul took some time with Timothy, his son in Christ, to help him as he pastored the church Paul left for him to lead in Ephesus. Apparently, some of the first Christians had learned the discipline of good financial management and were becoming wealthy by the world's standards. So Paul offered Timothy this word of advice:
"As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life" (1 Timothy 6:17–19, NRSV). As a pastor, I am challenged by Paul's admonitions:
Am I helping you choose to set your hope on "the uncertainty of riches," or the "God who richly provides?"
Am I teaching you how to be "rich in good works, generous, and ready to share?" Am I helping you use your treasure to lay a "good foundation for the future" so that you might
really live the "life that is life?"
To be honest, my answer is a rather timid "maybe." And that will not stand the test of time! So, in April we will turn our hearts toward asking the question Andy Stanley, pastor of North Point Church in Atlanta, recently asked, "how to be rich?" Note that Andy does not ask if you are rich. He assumes that by being blessed to be an American that we are all among the richest 5% of the popula-tion of the world. What that means is that if 20 people from around the globe were to gather in your kitchen for a meal, it would only make sense that you provide the food -- you are the richest one in the room. We may not feel rich, but we are rich. So its time that we started living like it! So come prepared to learn and grow with me using our time, talent, and treasure while singing "I serve a risen Savior, he's in the world today!" Grace and Peace, Allen Bingham, Pastor
Mac Bennett
Bob and Peggy Boyette
Claudette Brownley
Aurelia Cannon
Jean Crouch
Faith Ford
Denny Glennon
Helen Goodman
Jean Haltiwanger
Barbara McLain
Henry Meacham, Jr.
Sam and Ava Nance
John and Eleanor Page
Faye Poplin
Billy and Delma Reynolds
Dorsey Short
Aileen Traylor
Our country, Our servicemen and women
In memory of……
Carl Anderson Steve and Shelia Webb Polly Bunting (sister of G.R. Kindley) Nathan and Marie Davis Dotsy Reynolds Steve and Shelia Webb Clyde Davidson Cassandra Crump Mack Lyles John Foster Gwen Britt G.R. Kindley B.T. Phillips Susanne McInnis G.R. Kindley Mabel Mossor Steve and Shelia Webb Julian Ward Lee (father of Cindy Bingham) Cassandra Crump G.R. Kindley Karen Ridout (mother of Kacey Matheson) Cassandra Crump G.R. Kindley Steve and Shelia Webb Jennie Pittman Sikes (sister of Irene Aiken) Nathan and Marie Davis G.R. Kindley O. Brown Smith Cassandra Crump Michael and Debbie Rohleder Roger and Sankie Staley Jean Way
April
1st 8th Claudette Brownley 15th Benson Crotts 22nd Larry and Jan Clay 29th Vic and Helen Goodman
Cost is $38 for altar flowers and $28 for
flowers on the organ. Please call the church
office to let us know who you are honoring.
3rd Helen Alexander
Statha Osborne
9th Austin Campbell
11th Curt Kindley
Ashley Smith
14th Dorothy Hendricks
16th Dayle Bailey
17th Joseph Griffith
18th Grayson Campbell
20th Mary Ivey Medlin
21st Clara Heath
23rd Dotsy Reynolds
26st Preston Goodwin
29th Martha Gandy Davis
2nd Jeff and Glenda Hughes 11th Joe and Priscilla Kindley 20th Stuart and Nicole Goodwin 21st Jerry and Julie Morgan 30th Joel and Kate Layton
To add your name to our birthday or anniversary lists, call the church office, or email Cornelia at [email protected].
Servers for April Ushers Steve Webb Team
Heat/AC Tim Capel and Steve Webb
Crucifer Apr 1 Jessie Matheson Apr 8 Stephanie Barrett Apr 15 Mason Bailey Apr 22 Shelby Matheson Apr 29 Jadyn Johnson Acolytes Apr 1 Shelby Diggs and Jason Thomas Graham Apr 8 Kalei Grant and Olivia Meacham Apr 15 Parker Medlin and Graham Odom Apr 22 Trent Deane and Allie Matheson Apr 29 Lilly Matheson and Abigail Miller TV Ministry Duff Morse Nursery: Apr 1 Tori Brayboy Apr 8 Nicole Johnson Apr 15 Anna Odom Apr 22 Courtney Deane Apr 29 Kim Adams Greeters: Apr 1 Thomas and Daphne Smith Dianne Stafford Apr 8 Jason Deane Cole Deane Apr 15 Jerry and Connie Eteo Deborah Thomas Apr 22 Teddy Moseley Myers Waddell Apr 29 Jim Haines Debra Parsons RC Soup Kitchen Leader: Apr 25 VOLUNTEER NEEDED Fellowship Apr 1 Benson Crotts Apr 8 John Thomas Apr 15 UMM Apr 22 Jeff Hughes Apr 29 Glenn Alexander Hedge Prayer First Sunday Discovery Young Adult Class Second Sunday The Bible Class Third Sunday Cross Currents Class Fourth Sunday Ladies Bible Class Hermitage Ministry First Monday East Rockingham UMC Second Monday Third Monday Joyce Smith Fourth Monday Randy & Margaret Leak, Audrey Ewing
April Lectionary Readings
Week of April 1
Acts 10:34-43
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 (UMH 839)
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
John 20:1-18
Week of April 8
Acts 4:32-35
Psalm 133 (UMH 850)
1 John 1:1-2:2
John 20:19-31
Week of April 15
Acts 3:12-19
Psalm 4 (UMH 741)
1 John 3:1-7
Luke 24:36b-48
Week of April 22
Acts 4:5-12
Psalm 23 (UMH 754 or 137)
1 John 3:16-24
John 10:11-18
Week of April 29
Acts 8:26-40
Psalm 22:25-31 (UMH 752)
1 John 4:7-21
John 15:1-8
Relay for Rohleder
The Pilecki family of Lockport, N.Y. is hosting a fundraiser for my son, Keith. He has a rare form of Leukemia called Blastic Plasmacytoid Den-dritic Cell Neoplasm. Initially, he was given 8-12 months to live. Keith went through a clinical trial at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston which is some 500 miles from his home. Keith is currently cancer free and is 22 months into the disease. Unfortunately, the financially bur-dens have been a challenge due to the travel ex-penses and loss of job. The fundraiser will be held April 15. Any donations may be made to: Rally for Rohleder, c/o Marian Pilecki, 6511 Campbell Blvd., Lockport, NY 14094. May God Bless You. The Bill Rohleder Family
Hungry for Italian Food?
Join the United Methodist Women
SUNDAY, APRIL 29 (immediately following Worship Service)
The menu will be Italian Themed. More details as we approach that date.
Ci vediamo li! See you there!
Merry Makers ! to Visit Billy Graham Library
Merry Makers! are going to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte on Thursday, April 12. We will
leave the church parking lot at 8:45 am, make one rest stop and arrive for lunch at the Library
around 11:00 am. We will tour the Library, home and grounds ( 2 hours ) , then return to the
church, with one rest stop, to arrive around 4:00-4:30 pm. Admission to the BGL is free so the
cost is $5 for the bus. Lunch and any other purchases are up to you. Please call the church office to reserve your seat
on the bus. Reservations are due by Tuesday, April 10.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 It’s Ladies Night!!
It’s the spring edition of our Ladies Night banquet. Doors open at 5:30 pm for a delicious catered dinner from Seaboard Station followed
by an exciting speaker and door prize drawings. Ladies Night is
open to FUMC ladies, their friends and ladies of the community for this special evening. Tickets are $15 and are on sale now. Proceeds benefit Merry Makers! Ministry. Ticket Sales END on Tuesday, April 10th. No Tickets will be sold at the door.
Nursery Refresh Update! We are currently in the process of updating and remodeling the nursery and some other areas of the church to make them more kid friendly. As we started going through the nursery, we discovered that most items were broken or in need of repair! There are 2 ways you can help:
Donate to the nursery fund Purchase items from our Wal-Mart Baby
Registry under the name FUMC Nursery
If you have any questions, please see Kelly Leak.
We will welcome home Patrick Ledford on Sunday, April 29 to preach at our 11:00 am Worship Service. Please make a special effort to attend that Sunday so that the sanctuary is filled for Patrick. We will celebrate Patrick’s New Ministry with a Love Gift. If you would like to contribute, you may drop your contribution in the offering plate. Please mark your check or envelope “Love Gift for Patrick”.
Join Us for Sunday School.
Sunday School Fellowship 9:30am Sunday School for all ages 10:00am
Every Sunday!
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 7:00 Sunrise Service 8:00 UMM Biscuits 9:30 SS Fellowship 10:00 Sunday School 10:55 Worship
2
Office Closed
3 12:30 Circle 9, FH 5:30-7:00 Girl Scouts, BB
6:30 God’s Gorgeous Butterflies BB
4 12 noon DAR BB Parlor 4:45-7:00 , BB Light Personal Development 7:00 Choir Rehearsal
5
6 4:45-7:00 , BB Light Personal Development
7
8
9:30 SS Fellowship 10:00 Sunday School 10:55 Worship
4:00 Youth Bible Study Choir, Dinner
9 10:00 First Place Bible Study 6:00 Civitans, Rm 101 6:30 Worship Team, FH
10 10:00 Tuesday Morning Bible Study, Chapel 5:30-7:00 Girl Scouts, BB
6:30 God’s Gorgeous Butterflies BB
11 8:00 am—2:00 pm RC Health Dept. WIC Office, FH 3:30 pm Wonderful Wednesday 4:45-7:00 , BB Light Personal Development 6:00 Circle 8, Pattan’s 7:00 Choir Rehearsal
12
12 noon—3:00 pm Art Guild, Rm 101
13 4:45-7:00 , BB Light Personal Development
14
15 8:30 UMM Breakfast 9:30 SS Fellowship 10:00 Sunday School 10:55 Worship 4:00 Youth Bible Study Choir, Dinner
16 10:00 First Place Bible Study
6:30 pm Group Team, FH
17 10:00 Tuesday Morning Bible Study, Chapel 5:30-7:00 Girl Scouts, BB 6:30 God’s Gorgeous Butterflies BB
18
3:30 pm Wonderful Wednesday 4:45-7:00 , BB Light Personal Development 5:30 pm Worship Design Team 7:00 Choir Rehearsal
19 20 4:45-7:00 , BB Light Personal Development Rushing-Belanger Wedding Rehearsal Sanctuary
21 8:00 am—5:00 pm Emmaus Training, BB & FH Rushing-Belanger Wedding, Sanctuary
22 9:30 SS Fellowship 10:00 Sunday School 10:55 Worship 3:00 pm Baby Shower FH 4:00 Youth Bible Study Choir, Dinner
23
10:00 First Place Bible Study 6:00 Civitans, Rm 101 6:30 pm Mission Team, FH
24
10:00 Tuesday Morning Bible Study, Chapel 5:30-7:00 Girl Scouts, BB
6:30 God’s Gorgeous Butterflies BB
25 11:00 Soup Kitchen
3:30 pm Wonderful Wednesday 4:45-7:00 , BB Light Personal Development
7:00 Choir Rehearsal
26 9:00 am—12 Noon Connections, FH 12 noon—3:00 pm Art Guild, Rm 101
27
4:45-7:00 , BB Light Personal Development
28 12 noon—9:00 pm Tabitha Miller, FH
29 9:30 SS Fellowship 10:00 Sunday School 10:55 Worship Patrick Ledford Preaching ZOE Sunday
30 10:00 First Place Bible Study 6:30 pm Board of Trustees, FH
FUMC Children
ZOE SUNDAY Is
APRIL 29
Adults can add pennies/money to “Pennies for Zoe”. You can give your money to a child to bring up during Children’s Time on Zoe Sunday or leave it by the offering plate for Zoe for a child to empty in the Zoe Pot. Thanks for your help and support for “Pennies for Zoe”! For more informa-tion or to read stories about Zoe, you can go to www.zoehelps.org.
W onderful W ednesday Afterschool Program
From 3:30—5:00 pm on W ednesday
W W will meet
April 11, 18, 25
Snacks, Bible story, crafts, outside play, music, and more will be enjoyed!! We will follow the school calendar. If there is an early dismissal or no school, we will not have WW. We will have church bus transportation for LJ Bell and Washington Street schools. Car riders are welcome. You may bring your child after school.
First United Methodist, First Presbyterian, and First Baptist Churches are joining together to have Vacation Bible School this summer.
VBS is July 9-13 9:30 am—12:30 pm at First Presbyterian Church
VBS will be a joint endeavor between First United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church and First Baptist Church. We will have VBS at First Presbyterian Church this year. We are thrilled to be working with both churches as we join together as one to minister to our children.
There are opportunities for lots of volunteers at VBS so I hope you will consider helping this summer.
We need volunteers for VBS: Decorating Recreation Leader Registration Leader Craft Leader Science Center Leader Nursery Leader Snack Leader (for Wednesday) Several Age Group Leaders to travel to centers Last Day Celebration Party
Please start praying for our VBS, volunteers, and the children. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for July 9-13! If you have any questions, suggestions, or would like to volunteer, please see Mary Griffith.
Watch the bulletins and website for upcoming volunteer training dates and other important information.
Youth Calendar for April 2018
April 1 Easter Sunday—Rejoice God is Risen! 7:00 am Sunrise Service and Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall. Youth will present “The Empty Tomb” during breakfast 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship No Youth April 8 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship 4:00 pm Youth Bible Study in the Bynum Building 5:15 pm Youth Choir in the Bynum Building 6:15 pm Youth Dinner:_____________________________________ April 11 Lake Junaluska $100 Deposit Due Today April 15 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship 4:00 pm Youth Bible Study in the Bynum Building 5:15 pm Youth Choir in the Bynum Building 6:15 pm Youth Dinner:_____________________________________ April 22 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship 4:00 pm Youth Bible Study in the Bynum Building 5:15 pm Youth Choir in the Bynum Building 6:15 pm Youth Dinner:_____________________________________ April 29 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship (Patrick Ledford is preaching) 12:00 pm Lunch in the Fellowship Hall 4:00 pm Youth Bible Study in the Bynum Building 5:15 pm Youth Choir in the Bynum Building 6:15 pm Youth Dinner:_____________________________________ Please note: If we do not have a parent signed up for Youth Dinner, we will either go out to dinner to not have youth dinner on those Sunday nights.
2018 RELAY FOR LIFE
Relay for Life is Friday, May 4 at RCC Cole Auditorium. The youth/parents will have a booth and team, “FUMC SWAG”, at the Relay AND WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR CHURCH. If you would like to join our team either by walking and/or helping at the booth—please register
by getting a form in the church office or from Freida McLean. We need 6 volunteers each hour from 5:30 pm—1:00 am in the food booth and walking the track. The youth would like to walk in honor or in memory of a church member. We do not want to leave anyone out so if you know of a cancer survivor or a life to celebrate, please call Mary Griffith so we can match them up to a youth. The youth will ask their new friend to walk a lap with them in the beginning of the Relay or the youth will carry a memorial poster. If you have any questions or need to sign up to WALK and/or VOLUNTEER call Freida McLean.
S.W.A.G. = Save With Amazing Grace
Attention Graduates! We will be honoring ALL High
School and College seniors at the
UMM Breakfast on May 20th and
during morning worship. All family and friends are
welcomed to breakfast and worship service.
Dear Parents:
At the “Senior Breakfast” we are doing something
special for our graduates, with your help. We will
have a little space/table set up for the graduate.
You may bring for your graduate a tri-fold board,
pictures, or items that reflects your graduates per-
sonality, accomplishments, and goals. For exam-
ple: arts, sports, dance, hobby, education, special
books, or any theme or items you would like to use to
create something in honor of your graduate.
Please submit a senior picture with information of
your senior’s college or future plans and any other
information you would like for us to announce at the
breakfast, put in the bulletin, and in the June News-
letter to the church office by May 14. You can
email your information to Beth McQueen at
We are asking all seniors to wear their cap and gown
on Sunday, May 20 so they can walk into the Sanctu-
ary together at the beginning of the Service.
Mary Hadley Leath Scholarship Applications are in
the church office and must be returned to the church
office with all parts of the application completed no
later than May 31. The Mary Hadley Leath Scholar-
ships are available to resident members and children
of resident members of FUMC, Rockingham.
First United Methodist Church
P. O. Box 637 Rockingham, NC 28380
Web Site www.fumcrockingham.org
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Church Office
Hours:
Monday –Thursday
8:30 am—5:00 pm
Our phone: 910-895-4027
Our fax: 910-895-4028
Extensions:
Secretary: 100
Financial: 101
Music: 102
Youth: 103
Pastor: 105
Resident Bishop
Hope Morgan Ward
Gateway District
Superintendent
Rev. Kenneth Locklear
Our Staff
Senior Pastor
Allen Bingham [email protected]
Organist Helen Alexander
Sexton
Al Floyd
Financial Secretary
Cornelia McKenzie [email protected]
Director of Christian Education
Mary Griffith
Music Co-Directors
Statha Osborne
Chuck Wright
Secretary
Beth G. McQueen
Caring for Our Children
Tabatha Miller
RC Soup Kitchen in
Hamlet Leader for the
Month of April
VOLUNTEER
NEEDED
Thank you for
volunteering for this
very important
Church Mission.
Youth Summer Trip to Lake Junaluska, NC and White Water Rafting
July 23-27 Monday—Friday
GET ON THE BOAT! THE MIRROR “When Jesus got into the boat, his disciples followed him.”
Matthew 8:23
The Lake Junaluska package is $359 per youth including youth camp worship and programming, t-shirt, mission work, housing, and meals.
Whitewater Rafting add-on package is $90 including lunch and dinner.
The youth will spend a week renewing soul, mind, and body this summer at Lake Junaluska!
Jesus often tells his disciples, “Get on the boat!” Once on board, he teaches them, calms their fears, and launches them into mission. It’s no surprise the Church is symbol-ized by a boat and sail. Miracles happen when we get on board with Jesus. Come to Lake Junaluska this summer, and find your spot on His crew!
We will need $100 now to register for this trip—if we register by April 11, we will save $100.
Please keep in mind that with all of our fundraisers, the $100 deposit might be all we have to pay for the trip. With this being short notice for the deposit, please let Mary Griffith know if the $100 deposit is a problem.
This price does not include White Water Rafting . $90 is due May 30 for White Water Rafting.
Youth MUST attend UMYF at least 3 Sundays each month to attend youth summer trip.
I hope everyone gets to go to Lake Jualuska. These summer trips are some of the greatest growing to-gether in Christ memories we make.
Please call Mary with any questions or concerns. $100 deposits are due April 11. Financial scholarships are available.
