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Potter’s Wheel by Rev. Tom

Glad Tidings F I R S T U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H

March 23

Sunday, Mar 26-Apr 1

PRAY Everyday 12:00noon*

Sun. 8:00 Prayer meeting in Parlor

8:30am Peacetime Worship

9:45am Sunday School

10:55am Traditions Worship-

Sanctuary

5:30-7:30pm Refuge at the Grif-fin’s (Lindsey-61 Broadmeadow

Dr.)

Mon.1:30pm Staff meeting

Tue. 7:00am Morning Glory (7-12 grad-ers) Breakfast & Devotion-

Fellowship Hall

11:45am Lenten Luncheon and Worship (Rev. Marjorie Walker,

Preacher)

12:00noon Bulletin deadline

Wed. ****WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE A

Peak in Your Week!

5:00pm Home cooked Meal

5:45pm-Bible Study-Children

activities, Youth & Adult Small

group

7:00pm Adult Choir Practice

Thu./Fri.

Sat. 6:00am Kiwanis Club Annual

Pancake Breakfast

Sunday, Apr 2-Apr 8

PRAY Everyday 12:00noon*

Sun. 8:00 Prayer meeting in Parlor

8:30am Peacetime Worship

9:45am Sunday School

10:55am Traditions Worship-

Sanctuary

5-7 Youth Bowling/Arcade in Ox-

ford

Mon. 1:00pm UMW, Phoebe meets in

the Wesley classroom

1:30pm Staff meeting

Tue. 7:00am Morning Glory (7-12 grad-ers) Breakfast & Devotion-

Fellowship Hall

11:45am Lenten Luncheon and Worship (Rev. Rick Shepherd,

Preacher)

12:00noon Bulletin deadline

4:00pm Newsletter Deadline

Wed. ****WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE A

Peak in Your Week!

5:00pm Home cooked Meal

5:45pm UMW, Priscilla meets in

the Parlor

5:45pm-Bible Study-Children

activities, Youth & Adult Small

group

7:00pm Adult Choir Practice

Thu./Fri./Sat.

"And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." (Acts 2:47) Did you ever wonder what brings numerical church growth? No? Then maybe you haven't considered that there are also factors in play which may be preventing First UMC from bringing in the people God designed us to bring in. In a recent blog, Thom Rainer describes "Five Reasons Growth May Be More Difficult in Your Church". I thought they were interesting. 1. Church members are not being intentionally relational with those who are not in church. Church growth requires developing relationships. Most church members will not take that step. Many don't know how to take that step. 2. Many churches are stuck in the past. Sadly, too many church members are unwilling to make changes. Church, for them, is about their needs and their preferences. 3. Church members are not regularly inviting people to church. Many of the religiously affiliated will come to church if we invite them. But it's difficult for them to respond to an invitation if they never get one. 4. Many church members fail to act like Christians on social me-dia. Unbelievers are watching us on Facebook and Twitter. Social media is where the unchurched reside. And they constantly see our petty quarrels, our venomous politics, and our self-serving attitudes. Why would they be inclined to worship with Christians? 5. If they come to church, they only have a mediocre experience. If the re-ligiously unaffiliated do visit our churches and only see our holy huddles and our lukewarm greetings, most will not return. Yikes, Thom! Okay, Friends. How many of those factors can YOU do anything about? How about "All of the above"? 1. For starters, we've got to get out there and be relational with people. They're everywhere. 2. We've got to be about the business of serving God and serving Others over ourselves. 3. We've got to invite others to worship with us. Repeatedly. 4. We've got to be aware of the image of Christ we're presenting on Facebook and elsewhere. 5. We've got to be sure that when guests DO join us at First UMC, they are made to feel welcome and invited to return. Yikes, Tom! In Joy, Tom

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Meet us in the Fellowship Hall for our MEAL at 5:00pm,

then at 5:45pm Children's and Youth Ministries, and a study for the Adults.

March 29 Hamburger Rotel

English Peas

Crusty Bread

Side Salad

Bread

Dessert OR Dinner salad-Kids– Hamburgers and Fries

April 5 Roasted Pork with Potatoes

Sweet Carrots

Peas

Bread

Dessert OR Dinner Salad

Kids-Chicken Strips and Tater Babies

You may make your own To Go boxed meal af-

ter 5:30pm when those dining in have been served.

Rachel Kane, intern for Filter of Hope,

will be distributing water filters to

those without access to clean water

this summer. If you would like to be a

part of this ministry, please consider

sponsoring a filter! One $40 filter can

help a family in need by cleaning 150

gallons of water a day for 10 years.

Checks can be made out to Filter of

Hope (memo: Rachel Kane) and sent

to P.O. Box 20145, Tuscaloosa, AL

35402, or online

at www.filterofhope.org/give.php (on

behalf of: Rachel Kane) Your prayers

and donations are greatly appreciated!

The United Methodist Women are collecting items for Diaper kits for Honduras. Items needed are cloth dia-

pers, receiving blankets, bottles, regular size bath cloths, bars of ivory soap, small bib, teething toy. These items will be packed into gallon ziplock bags and shipped to Honduras in November and given out by our short term mis-sionaries in Feb.. 2018. Please have your items turned in by April 30th.

Mr. and Mrs. William Bryant McRee Jr.

request the honour of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Emily McRee To

Mr. Daniel Peebles Webb Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Peebles Webb

on Saturday, the twenty-second of April

Two thousand and seventeen

at six o’clock in the evening

First United Methodist Church

161 South Line Street,

Grenada, Mississippi

Reception to follow

The Event Center

Our FUMC Easter Egg hunt will be April 9th at 4:00 at FUMC! Bring your Easter baskets and get ready to have lots of fun hunting eggs and eating snacks! Contact Amy Killebrew for more information.

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BREAKFAST HOSTS

(SUNDAY SCHOOL)

March-Growing Closer Class

April– The Flock Class

Beginning at 9:30am before Suday School Class at 9:45am be

sure to come on down to the Fellowship Hall for a quick breakfast

and fellowship! *Each class, please remember to clean up after breakfast.

OFFERING COUNTERS

March-Jerry Dantone and Steve Clark

April- Bonnie Colbert and Cecile Young

COMMUNION STEWARDS

March-Bob and Carole White

April-Frank and Jean Collins

NURSERY

8:30 10:55

Mar. 26 Muffet McPhail Lindsey Strider

April 2 Rene Branson Lynsie Carpenter

April 9 Michelle Dalton Ginger Stephenson

Volunteers plant seeds of love that help countless hearts to grow!

GREETERS

8:30 Mamie Turner/Carol Poovey

10:55

March Jean Collins & Claudette Waits

April Joan Breland & Ellen Austin

ROVERS

8:30 10:55

Mar. 26 Bubba Lehman Glenn Young

April 2 Carl Branson Henry Brister

April 9 Paul Smith Rick Stanford

ACOLYTES

Mar. 26 India Thayer/Zamarianna Hammond

April 2 Bryce Stegall/Eli Housel

April 9 Robbie Stephenson/Drew Klinck

WNL TABLE PARENTS

Mar. 29 Bonnie Colbert/April Hall/Beverly Dodd

April 5 Kyle Vance/Heather Vance/Molly Brown

IF YOU FEEL LED TO SERVE ON ANY OF THESE, OR TO BE REMOVED, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE AT 662-226-3148

Come on out this weekend for fun and fellow-

ship. It’s not too late to sponsor

someone!

First UMC’s

First Annual

“Skeeter

Shoot” Sat, Mar 25

Info:226-3148

Rain Date: Sunday,

March 26, 2:00

WNL Nursery Rotation

Mar. 29 Cindy Long

April 5 Meg King

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Our FUMC Children will be attending M4 Camp this July to experience God’s word through summer camp. Several children accepted Christ as

their Lord and Savior during this trip last year. We are currently selling t-shirts to offset some of the cost. If you would like to purchase one you can see any of our M4 kids or contact the church office and Tonya will

have forms as well. Shirts are $20.00. Sizes youth small-adult 3x. Shirt Style: V-neck or crew neck

UMC T-Shirt

Fundraiser

Children’s Ministry

April 30th-Confirmation Sunday

May 7th-Sr. Recogni-tion Sunday

July 10th-14th– M28 Camp at Lake Junaluska, NC

Upcoming Dates: 2017 High School

Seniors

Jacob Armstrong Cassandra Clupka Brent Dalton Nick Lee Josh Stanford Please let us know if someone is not listed.

Pictures from Nashville Mission trip this past weekend

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2-Sara Branscome

3-Chad Rea, Boyd Massey, Stephanie Stanford

4-Frances Cooper

5-Savannah Whittemore

6-Nick Lee

8-John “Buddy” Willis

9-Janice Foreman

11-Amy Killebrew, Stephanie Bishop, Carson Stan-

ford

14-Cheryl Keen, Bob Evans, Nathan Burnett

16-Jean Collins

17-Jim Cooper, Dwight Lancaster, Elin Juchheim

18-Jeri Moore

19-Claudette Thomas

20-Jones Stanford, Diane Topps

21-Pattie Smith, Corbin White

22-William Hopper

23-Merrill Vance

25-Victor Finkley, Powell Vance, Bob White

26-James Wall

27-Rhonda Iverson

28-Barbara Black

29-Cathy Haltom, Budley Bays

3-Sydney Reid, Caleb Potter

4-Cassie Lott

5-Carie Housel

12-Dacia Kilgore

13-Ryan Williams

14-Maki Topps

15-Lewis Keen, Anne Pender, Amber

Roberson

16-Rev. Ricky Reece

17-Adam Hopper

19-Jerry Blue

20-Sara Miller, Lilli Bailey

21-Leah Moring

22-Dwight Austin, Karol Crawford Haley

23-Tom Tramel, Angie Thomas, Tanner

Moring

24-Michelle Crawford, Alice Marascalco, Jill

Massey, Robby Stephenson

25-David Nobile, Andrea Richardson, Garner

Vance

27-Nina Welch, Sarah Bailey

29-Davis Roberts

30-Watson Lishman

31-Donald Strider, Katy Tramel, Trey Webb

9th-Jim & Frances Cooper

10th-Kevin & Clarissa Horan

Bob & Joan Murphree

22nd-Karl & Robin Grubb

26th-Rick & LaMonda Stanford

2nd-Dewayne and Wendi Dees

19th-Greg and Susan Griffith

21st-Adam and Melanie Hopper

Rev. Jack and Sally Smith

24th-Jimbo and DeAnn Griffin

Anniversaries

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FIRST UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH

161 SOUTH LINE STREET

GRENADA, MS 38901

662-226-3148 OFFICE

662-226-3162 FAX

grenadaumc@gmail.com

E-MAILS & NEWSLETTER

Samaritan Fund The Samaritan Fund will receive donations every “first” Sunday (April 2). Please prayerfully con-sider giving to this fund. The money collected is well spent help-ing people in need in our local community.

Soup Kitchen Donations continue to be needed for the Soup Kitchen. Every “second” Sunday we will collect non-perishable items (April 9).

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F I R S T U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H

TV broadcasts are on local cable channel 72 at 8:30, 10:55, and 6:30.

March 12

Sunday School-93

8:30 service—42

10:55 service-131

WNL(3/8)–139

Lenten Luncheons & preaching line up

(dining begins 11:45am & worship at 12:15pm)

March 28-Rev. Marjorie Walker

April 4-Rev. Rick Shepherd

Plan NOW to join the fun, food, and fellowship!

If you would like to bring food, please contact Bobbye Dykes at 662-226-5716

March 19

Sunday School-121

8:30 service—47

10:55 service-170