a publication of stuttgart first united methodist church · 1/1/2019 · stackhouse and larry...
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2 Take the Baptism Quiz 2 Music Directors Column 2 Shower Invitation
3 Pastor’s Bible Study Begins Jan 16 3 FUMC Launches YouTube 3 On The Cover 3 Answers to the Quiz 3 Prayer Request List
4 Fellowship Calendar 4 Church Staff 4 Memorials & Honorariums
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Just a gentle reminder! We still need canned milk for the ICCM Foodbank. Bring it to the church of-fice entry and place it in the designated container. It will be collected and taken to the Foodbank. We need to supply 200 units a month. Thank you so much for your continued support!
Renewing waters: How United Methodists
understand baptism A UMC.org Feature by Joe Iovino*
Water is important to our life both inside and outside of the church.
Photo illustration by Kathleen Barry, United Methodist Communica-
tions. Water sustains life for humans, animals, and plants.
We clean with warm water and relax in cool water. We find
peace listening to the roar of the ocean or taking a stroll in the
rain.
Water is also important to our life in the church.
In the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, “we are initiated into Christ’s holy church, … incor-porated into God’s mighty acts of salvation and given new birth through water and the Spirit,” the Introduction to the Baptismal Covenant says. “All this is God’s gift, offered to us without price.”
Former director of worship resources with Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church the Rev. Taylor Burton-Edwards explains, “Baptism is the ordinary means of rebirth and initiation into the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
Our need for salvation
The Bible teaches that God made human beings in the image of God, and all of creation to be good. Sin caused a “distortion of the image of God in us and the degrading of the whole of creation,” By Water and the Spirit, The United Methodist Church’s official statement on baptism, reports.
In baptism, we reject the power of sin and begin our journey as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Renewing waters: How we understand Baptism
In January, we celebrate the Baptism of Our Lord. How much do you know about the
United Methodist understanding of the sacrament? This is a perfect time to reflect on the
meaning of our vow and this gift of grace.
Learn More: Take the baptism quiz » on page 2. Spoiler; the answers are on pg. 3
Photo illustration by
Kathleen Barry, United
Methodist Communications.
The MESSENGER
January 9, 2019
Ouachita National Forest
A Publication of Stuttgart First United Methodist Church
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A BIG THANK YOU ……... The Christmas Season is done with, but there are some folks I want to thank for all their service in honor of the New Born King. So, a heartfelt thank you goes out to…for Sunday, December 23, SOUL Sisters for the two anthems…Melody Stackhouse for the beautiful hand-bell solo…for Christmas Eve, Lindsey Phillips for blessing our service with “O Holy Night” and Carillon Ringers for “Mary, Did You Know” and Misti Coker for leading “Silent Night” during our candle lighting…for Sunday, December 30, Rebecca Seyller for the touching solo and Garrett Law for the beautiful Horn Offertory…January 6, Lindsey Phillips, Melody Stackhouse and Larry Stackhouse for the lovely trio about how we should covenant with God.
MUSIC MINISTRIES
REHEARSALS TO RESUME
Sunday, January 13 4:30 p.m. – Church Bells
5:00 p.m. – Jubilee Ringers
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. – GIG Kids
Monday, January 14
12:15 p.m. – Celebration Ringers
(New Adult Handbell Group)
5:30 p.m. – Carillon Ringers
Wednesday, January 16
6:00 p.m. – SOUL Sisters
6:30 p.m. – Chancel Choir
Director of
Music Ministries
Amy Youngblood
TAKE THE BAPTISM QUIZ
1. The United Methodist Church recognizes two
Sacraments. They are:
__ Baptism & communion
__ Baptism & confirmation
__ Baptism & marriage
__ Choir & potlucks
2. In the sacrament of baptism, we are:
__ Initiated into Christ’s holy church
__ Incorporated into God’s mighty acts of salvation
__ Given new birth through water & the Spirit
__ All of the above
3. How many times can a person be baptized?
__ Multiple times, depending upon your age
__ Multiple times, with approval from a bishop
__ Only once
__ Depends on how well you can swim
4. The accepted age to receive the sacrament of baptism is:
__ Birth to 3 years
__ School age (5+ years)
__ When someone can recite a Profession of Faith
__ There is no accepted age—baptism is open to all ages
5. Water is used in baptism because it symbolizes:
__ The water of creation
__ New birth
__ Cleansing us from sin
__ All of the above
6. The approved method(s) of baptism is/are:
__ Pouring
__ Sprinkling
__ Immersion
__ All of the above
7. Following the act of baptism, the pastor then offers:
__ A reading of the Gospel when John the Baptist baptized Jesus
__ An invocation with the laying on of hands
__ A moment of silent prayer
__ A warm, fuzzy bathrobe
8. If you are baptized as an infant you should be baptized
again when older.
__ True
__ False
9. Those baptized in a United Methodist congregation are
also baptized members of:
__ The Church universal
__ The denomination of The United Methodist Church
__ The local congregation
__ All of the above
Join us for a
Baby Shower
HONORING BRITNEY COTTON GREENE
Sunday, January 20, 2019
First United Methodist Church
Christian Life Center
2:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m.
Hosted by Shelby free, Babe Free, Marsha Morris,
Rachel Ward & Sarah Wilson Cotton.
Brittany is registered at Target, Walmart, & Amazon.com
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Please be in prayer for those listed and not listed, but who are in our hearts as they struggle with life’s problems.
AT HOME: Gerry Daniels, Sylvia Gist, Yvonne Kennedy, William (Bill) L. Knoll, Pat Peacock, Margaret Tackett. NURSING HOMES: Stuttgart Crestpark: Virbell Carna-han, Sissy Knoll, Louise Yaeger. Chambers Carlisle: Louine Leech. Clarity Point, Fayetteville: Carolyn Moore. Robinson Care Center NLR: Nelma Pelton. OTHERS: Brenda Ainsworth, Larry Chastain, Allie Brooke Coleman,
Ann Graham, Irene Elam (mother of
Paul Elam) Mike Hill, Carmelita King (aunt of Donna Lee), Deborah Jo Leech, Gretchen Oliver. Robbie Pond, April Stephens, Marc Stringer, Vernie Eugene Thurman, Monticello (brother of Ann Graham), Sarah Hines Wilson (daughter of Cynthia Hines) Dan Loudermilk.
This is our Prayer List for this month. Please call the church office to update any information for our prayer list. Names may be extended by calling the church office after 30 days.*
PRAYER REQUEST LIST
Pastor’s Bible Study to Begin January 16
The pastor invites everyone associated with FUMC to join him in reading the bible every day of 2019. One of the char-acteristics of a faithful disciple is knowing and implementing what their Rabbi taught. And the only way to do that today is by mastering the Master’s text so that the Master’s text can master them. The re-source for the class will be the
The Daily Bible published by Harvest House Publishers. This bible has 365 daily readings that are in chronolog-ical order. You can stop by the office and review one if you’d like. The church is prepared to provide this bible for anyone who wants to participate in this en-deavor. If anyone is interested in purchasing their own, they can do so through the church for $16.00 each or by ordering online through their favorite book distributor. The pastor also has bibles available for free for anyone who is unable to purchase one.
Participants are asked to bring their own lunch with them in the beginning. The group may decide to have a light lunch catered instead of bringing one’s own for a nominal cost.
The Pastor’s Bible Study will take place every Wednes-day during the noon hour in the parlor. The first gath-ering will be Wednesday, January 16 at noon. Come expecting God to bless you and for God to use you and what you bring to bless others.
FUMC Launches Youtube Site! The church is beginning to add previous services and sermons to the church YouTube page. Just open your browser to www.youtube.com and search for Stuttgartfumc. Click Stuttgartfumc and then the service you want to watch. You can also subscribe to the churches channel by clicking on the subscribe button on the top right corner of the page.
• Answers to the United Methodist Baptism Quiz 1. baptism & communion
2. all of the above
3. only once
4. there is no accepted age—baptism is open to all ages
5. all of the above
6. all of the above
7. invocation with the laying on of hands
8. false
9. all of the above
God
Hears
Prayer
On the cover—Ouachita National Forest
This is the perfect place of an Arkansas journey to have the windows
rolled down (weather permitting) and just take in the trees. The oldest
National Forest in the southern States, Ouachita National Forest cele-
brated its 112th birthday this past December and has aged quite grace-
fully. Take advantage of the pull-off points alongside the highway so
everyone can fully appreciate this beautiful view,
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FELLOWSHIP CALENDAR
CHURCH STAFF
Bishop
Rev. Gary E. Mueller
District Superintendent
Rev. Mark Norman
Pastor
Dr. Bryan W. Fink
Director of Music Ministries
Amy Youngblood
Church Adm. Assistant
Lee Bradley
Finance Secretary
Jillian Snyder
Director of Education
Lisa Henderson
Director of Jacob’s Ladder
Elizabeth Alvarenga
Youth Minister
Jennifer White
Membership Secretary
Jan Gregory
Nursery Attendant
Kay Knoll
Custodian
Janice Minor
First United Methodist Church 307 East Fourth Street
Stuttgart, AR 72160
Phone: 870-673-1131 Pastor’s Cell Phone: 479-409-6730
Fax: 870-673-4146
Jacob’s Ladder: 870-672-9801
We’re on the Web! www.stuttgartfumc.org
Come Worship With Us!
Recent Memorials & Honorariums Received
MISSION STATEMENT We are ever striving to be a center of faith, study, growth, healing, and hope for the community by reaching out and receiving people as they are: helping them relate to God; and strengthening that relationship.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2019 9:00 a.m. .... Sunday School 10:15 a.m. .... Worship 4:00 p.m. ... Intercessory Prayer Group 4:30 p.m. ... Church Bells 5:00 p.m. ... Jubilee Ringers 5:30 p.m. ... GIG Kids 6:15 p.m. .. UMY Jr. Hi 7:15 p.m. .. UMY Sr. Hi
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2019 6:45 a.m. .... Jacob’s Ladder 12:15 p.m. ... Celebration Ringers 5:30 p.m. ... Carillon Ringers TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2019 6:45 a.m. .... Jacob’s Ladder 7:00 p.m. ... Girls Bible Study
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2019 6:45 a.m. ..... Jacob’s Ladder 12:00 p.m. .... Pastor’s Bible Study .................. in the church parlor 6:00 p.m. .... SOUL Sisters 6:30 p.m. .... Chancel Choir
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 6:45 a.m. .... Jacob’s Ladder
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2018 6:45 a.m. .... Jacob’s Ladder SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2019 6:00 p.m. .... Pathfinders SS Class .................. Supper Club CLC
In Honor of: Amy Youngblood given by Ken & Brenda Ainsworth.