A cheerful look brings joy to

the heart, and good news

gives health to the bones

Proverbs 15:30 (NIV)

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 a.m.

Wednesday Evening

Activities are currently

on Summer Break

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

August 2011

Phone: (731) 627-3386

Fax: (731) 627-2261

“More than a Church Festival”

This past Sunday our church festival was a solid success. In spite of the heat we had good attendance. The purpose of the festival was to offer hospitality. We wanted to reach out to the neighborhood around us as well as have our members use this event to share with family and friends. As I looked around it seemed people were enjoying themselves, whether they were from our neighborhood or were guests of members. But the festival was a success at a deeper level. I believe this festival stretched our faith as followers of Jesus Christ. A better way to say it is that as a church we took some risks. We took a risk to see if people would turn out. We took a risk as church leaders of this event to see if members would help and they did. We had people help serving by getting the outside grounds of the church ready. We had people prepare refreshments, and lead games and activities. Billye Thornton and Linda Davis said, “no one we asked to help refused us.” We took risk financially, for there were costs for an event like this; but the financial leadership of the church was supportive along with people inside and outside of the congregation who generously donated in a variety of ways. Read Matthew 25 about the parable of the slaves and talents. The one slave whom the king (king was symbolic of God) was displeased is the one slave who took no risk in watching over the resources of which he had been trusted to oversee for the king. Our church leaders and members took risk regarding weather, turnout of people, and resources for the sake of sharing Christ. Going forward we’ll reflect about what we learned from this event. But I am grateful we took a collective risk in order to share hospitality in the name of Jesus. Who knows how God will honor our step of faith? Who knows how our guests will be touched by God through this event? And like I have often heard, churches learn more from mistakes than success. It might have been well known Pastor Rick Warren who said, “Our church can tell you more how not to do church than how to because we learn more from our mistakes.” The only thing we can know for sure is that we will continue to take risks to share Christ with others and make disciples in his name. Thank you for everyone’s help. Pastor Gus

First United Methodist Church www.newbernfumc.org 103 W Main Street P.O. Box 72 Newbern, TN 38059

Message from Pastor Gus

Nursery Worker Schedule Aug 7: Marlene Lohrum Aug 14: Tiffany Rogers Aug 21: Judy Gregory Aug 28: Amy Davis

Children’s Church Worker Schedule

Aug 7: Judy Gregory Aug 14: Dottie Leach

Aug 21: Marlene Lohrum Aug 28: Emily Young

Prayer Concerns

Joys/Praises For the enthusiastic participation in our Church Festival and the opportunity to share God’s love with others in our community!

New Concerns Steve Guttery & Family

Pray for Healing, Comfort and Peace for: The Joe Holland Family

Jackson Grills, nephew of Jean & Don Forrester–recovering from hip surgery Jo Flack–will have heart valve surgery at Vanderbilt Hospital in the coming week Patsy Tidwell as she stays in Nashville to lend support to her sister, Jo David Sawyer & Brian Peevyhouse as they undergo chemotherapy Terry Evans–at home, awaiting test results Michael Smith

Our friends /family in rehabilitation, assisted living or nursing homes

Mary Helen Ladd-Covington Manor, Hwy 51 S, Covington, 38019 Herman Rabalais-Room 14A, Oakwood Community Living Center, 1636 Woodlawn Ave, Dyersburg 38024 Dorothy Enochs-Canterbury Place, 900 Hwy 51 Bypass N, Dyersburg, TN 38024 Betty Holland-Room 165, Maple Ridge Assisted Living, 705 Lake Rd, Dyersburg, TN 38024 Charles Caldwell-Dyersburg Manor, 1900 Parr Ave, Dyersburg 38024

Please pray for: Our church, pastor, church leaders and the church’s ministry,

Our nation’s leaders and those serving in the military and their families

Our own personal growth in discipleship and service

Wednesday Night Activities for all ages will resume on September 7th. Please watch for information regarding details about our Wednesday evening ministries that will be announced following our August 1st council meeting.

Blood Drive – In case you missed

the announcement on Sunday the

24th, our July 22nd blood drive

received 56 donations, which

might be a record for our church. Keep it up!

Happy Birthday!

AUGUST

1 Lea Hayley Brainerd Hillary Mann 6 Edward Parks Uitendaal 7 Jackie Overbey Gammell Dana Leigh Caldwell Pennington Allex Pugh 8 Ellen Larkin Marlene Lohrum 10 Steve Wright 11 Donna Uitendaal 13 Ava Isabella Rogers 17 Bobbie Valentine 18 Jack Pate 20 Mary Puraty 22 Jean Ann Pate 25 Steve Moore 27 Kristina Puraty Polley 28 John Huie

Free Concert!

Featuring 33 Miles

Saturday, August 20th

at 6:00 pm

Crihfield Park in Halls

Join us on facebook!

We just created a page on facebook where we all can

share and exchange information on upcoming events,

community news and whatever else may be relevant to our

ministry. I (Michele Gammill) am the “administrator” so you

need to “be my friend” to view the Church’s facebook

page. (I believe that’s how it works). It’s in it’s earliest

stage of existence, but hopefully we can all help develop it

into an effective ministry tool. Suggestions welcome!

Thank you, Michele

Pastor Gus Vacation Announcement:

I will be on vacation August 8th through the 21st. If there are any

questions or needs of me, please contact RC Owen or Jerry Leach. They

will do their best to cover issues that might arise. If something is an

emergency and they think I should know, they will contact me.

Everyone needs to get away for a while and I hope you understand my

attempts to not receive any calls about church matters unless it is of

importance that cannot wait until I am back in the office on the 22nd.

Thank you for your understanding.

Pastor Gus

Cookbook!

The Dorcas and Esther Circles will be sponsoring a Church Cookbook. They are asking for recipes to be turned in to any member of the two circles. The recipe should contain your name and if you received this recipe from your mother or grandmother etc. (Approximate age of the recipe) And at the bottom of the recipe please include your phone number should there be a question about the recipe. Thank you, Cindy Mitchell and Jane Edwards.

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Extra Extra

Mark Lamb is our chair of the

Pastor Parish Relations

Committee (PPR). Mark will be

recruiting 2-3 people to serve

on a team to help in various

ways as we search for a worship

leader/choir director. Talk with

Mark if you have interest

serving on this team or leads on

people the team might contact

as a worship leader choir

director.

AUGUST 2011 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 5:30pm – Trustees 6:30pm – Finance 7:00pm – Council

2 3

4 6:30 pm – Charting the Course Team

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7 8

9 10

11 12 13

14 15 1:30 pm – Dorcas Circle

16 17

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19 20

21 22 7:00 pm – Esther Circle

23 24

25 26 Noon – Deadline for Newsletter materials

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YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

Worship and fellowship are available every Sunday as we open our doors and hearts to every visitor. Your attendance and participation mean a great deal to our Church Family. We ask every visitor to complete the visitor information card and place it in the offering plate. If you do not have a church home, please consider worshipping with us every Sunday

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