Winterville United Methodist Church The Reverend Dr. Shirley B. Wright, Pastor

APRIL 2017

THE

MESSENGER

Winterville United Methodist Church P.O. Box 30, Winterville, GA 30683

706-742-2445

www.wintervilleumc.org

The Rev. Dr. Shirley Wright, Pastor

Email: shirley.wright@ngumc.net Cell: 770-548-6391

Kristy Smith, Church Secretary

Email: wumc101@gmail.com

Office hours

Monday -Thursday 9 AM—1 PM Friday—office closed

REGULAR SCHDULE

Sunday Worship 8:45 AM

11:00 AM

Children’s Sunday School 9:40 AM

Adult Sunday School 9:45 AM Nursery provided. Children’s Church available.

Wednesday Meal 6:15 pm Call the church office to make a reservation by 1 pm on Mondays.

Choir Practice 7:15 pm

STEWARDSHIP Sunday

General Fund Attendance

Feb. 26 $2,505 87

March 6 $4,564 96

March 12 $1,535 76

March 19 $2,638 77

FINANCE

MEETING

Tuesday, April 18

7: 00 pm

TRUSTEES

MEETING

Monday, April 10

6:30 pm

Donation given to the General Budget in

memory of Mr. Ned Fielding

By: Julie Fielding

Donations given to the General Budget in

memory of Mr. Dick Hayes

By: Billy & Betty Patton

Henrietta Tucker

Billy & Gloria Bowman

April 16th

EASTER SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Sunrise Worship—7:30 AM

Easter Breakfast—8:00 AM

Traditional Worship—11:00 AM

United Methodist Men

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You church for making the United Methodist

Men's Spaghetti Supper a very successful fundraiser. It's hard to describe

how much we appreciate your support. You make all the difference in the

world. We thank all the ladies, (what would we do without you) who

pitched in to make the delicious desserts, who helped cook, serve, and

cleanup afterwards. All of this happens without anyone even asking them;

they just jumped in and did it. Thanks to all the men for planning, selling

tickets, cooking and cleanup, (but that’s our job) but you are appreciated

also. All provisions needed for the supper were donated by gracious

church members. You can rest assured all proceeds will be used for some

project in or around the church or some special mission. What a loving

church family we have. Thanks again.

The UM Men will meet on Thursday April 20th @ 6:30pm at Loco's.

We also look forward to helping with the Sunrise Breakfast Easter Sunday.

Thanks,

Johnny

Dear Church Family,

What a gift—this Holy Week and Easter that will soon be upon us! At a

children’s time in a recent service we said the words of John 3:16, “For God so

loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in

him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

The whole of God’s work through Christ is about God’s love for us—for

the whole world. We can see the love of God lived out throughout the entirety

of Christ’s life and ministry, but never is it more evidenced than in his will-

ingly going to the cross to suffer and die for our sins.

The power of that love holds potential for changing us. It not only pro-

vides remission for our sins and a hope for a future in heaven. It also provides

the power for the living of our lives in love toward one another.

We live in a world that so needs to know the love of God in Jesus Christ.

But how can they possibly know that love or come to experience it except that

we live it out to all those that we encounter. As we go into the world, there

will be those who will be easy to love. Others will present greater challenges

for us. But just as God “so loved the whole world,” he calls us to love the

whole world. He calls us to so embody love that we clearly represent Christ

wherever we go!

I look forward to all the good that God has already prepared for us dur-

ing Holy Week and Easter. May we all live into his fullness!

In Christ,

Shirley

RISE UP AGAINST HUNGER

Thank you for pledging $1.50/day for each of the

40 days of Lent. We passed out 50 jars during

worship. That means we will have raised $3,000

when all jars are returned. That helps provide

10,152 meals. Please return your jar on Easter Sunday. Our meal packag-

ing event is May 6. We need some men to help unload at 9 AM. We need

40-45 folks (all ages) to assist in individually packaging the food begin-

ning at 10 AM.

Thank you for your efforts.

In Christ,

Shirley

ALTAR FLOWERS You may place flowers in honor OR in memory of a loved one on their

birthday, anniversary, retirement, etc. To put flowers in the sanctuary, please

sign up on the flower calendar in the Administrative Hall. Let Kristy know what you

would like printed in the bulletin.

Young at Heart

Our next outing will be April

25th. Details will be posted on

the board by April 2nd.

We all have in our prayers one

of our loyal troopers Mrs. Ann

Hines.

Hope everyone has a blessed

Easter season.

In Love and Friendship,

Charley & Linda

Easter Egg hunt

Saturday, April 8th @ 11 am

CANDY is needed! No CHOCOLATE THAT WILL MELT PLEASE.

The egg hunt will take place on the church lawn beginning at 11:00 AM.

We will serve popcorn and will have a visit from Peter Cottontail.

TENEBRAE SERVICE

THURSDAY, APRIL 13

7:30 PM

April 14

COMMUNITY WORSHIP &

LUNCHEON

12:00 TO 1:00 P.M.

Tenebrae (Latin word for

“shadows” or “darkness”) is a

Christian religious worship

celebrated in the Holy Week.

United Methodist Women

Our next meeting will be Tuesday

April 11 @ 7 pm in the banquet hall.

Hostesses Von Bird & Doris Spivey

and the program by Meagan Almon.

All ladies are welcome!

May 4th

See you at the pole at noon.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

3

6 pm

4

5 Stuff eggs 6

T.O.P.S., 5:30 pm

7 8

11 AM, church lawn

9

10

6:30

pm

11

12 13

Tenebrae Service, 7:30 pm

14

15

16 17 18

7 pm

19 20

T.O.P.S.,

5:30 pm

21 22

23 24 25

Banquet hall reserved, 6:30 pm

26

27

T.O.P.S., 5:30 pm

28 29

30 Native

American

Ministries

Sunday

Offering

May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4

National Day of Prayer

Community Worship

Meet around the flagpole, noon

May 5 May 6

Rise Up Against Hunger Packaging

Event, banquet hall,

9 AM—unloading

10—AM packaging

2017

Tom Bouknecht Kristy Gabriel

Heidi Spratlin

Ginna Williamson

Doug Whitehead

Dudley Meeter

11 AM

6:15 pm 7:15 pm

6:15 pm

6:15 pm

7:15 pm

7:15 pm

Worship: 8:45 & 11 AM

Sunday School: Kids 9:40 Adult: 9:45

Worship: 8:45 & 11 AM

Sunday School: Kids 9:40 Adult: 9:45

Worship:

8:45 & 11 am Sunday School: Kids 9:40

Adult: 9:45

Timothy Pierce

Joshua Brown

Lynn Berryman

Mark Summers

7 pm

6 pm

Karen Bray

Shirley Eidson

Tava King Billy Bowman

Todd Pulliam

Brigham Norman

8:45 AM

COMMUNITY WORSHIP &

LUNCHEON 12:00 TO 1:00 P.M.

Sunrise Worship

7:30 AM

Easter Breakfast

8:00 AM

Worship

11:00 AM 6:30 pm @ Loco’s

Worship:

8:45 & 11 am Sunday School: Kids 9:40

Adult: 9:45

Details posted

by April 2nd.