5420 Sunset Lake Road Holly Springs, NC 27540

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Sunrise United Methodist Church

Volume 18

Church Office

Lisa Pearson

919-303-3720 x200

M-F

9am - 4pm

Sunday Worship

8:30 & 11:00am

Pastor Tom

Ext. 201

(m) 919- 884-6315

Sunday School

all ages

9:50am

Youth Minister

Eric Prenshaw

Ext 203

Sábado Adoración

en Español

7:00PM

Pilar Adrianzen

(m) 919- 815-5971

Ext. 202

Music Ministry

Laura Garrett

Ext. 208

Stephen Ministry

Vic Hill

919--744-5735

Preschool

Kim Sain

Ext .204

Inside

From The Pastor p. 2

Music and Arts p. 3

Children & Youth p. 4

Kid’s Page p. 5

Opportunities p. 6

Birthdays p. 10

Prayer Page p. 11

Scripture p. 12

Dear Sunrisers,

Can it be 2014 already? Where did 2013 go?

Time seems mostly to evaporate which is a

poignant reminder for us to live each and

every day to the fullest. This gift of life is in-

creasingly like a vapor that is ephemeral,

passing between the grasp of our fingers like

sand sifted through the hands of a toddler.

While all too brief, this gift of life comes from

our loving heavenly Father. What we do with

our lives may just be our gift back to God.

This year will mark my 44th year. 44 in 2014,

that sounds like a lot of fours to me. The

theme of four keeps resurfacing and I am be-

ginning to wonder if God might be calling to

me through the fours of this year. It rhymes to

say more in four, but God must be offering

more than just another catchy slogan in this

time of New Year’s resolutions and promises

not yet broken. What more might God be

offering me in the fours of 2014? What might

God be offering you?

I know many Sunrisers are salaried employees

or business owners and regularly exceed a 40

hour work week. Very few of us may actually

work a 40 hour work week. However, the

numbers work well to consider a tithe of our

work week is may yet be another four. The

Bible implores us to offer God a tithe of our

very best. In fact, the prophet Malachi

equates failing to offer God 10% of our earn-

ings is actually stealing from God (see Mala-

chi 3:8-9). I’ve always assumed this was

about financial resources so I have dutifully if

not joyfully offered God my tithe. What if God

wants more than just my dollars and cents?

What if the prophet is telling us we could re-

ceive more from God if we trusted God with

more of ourselves? For many of us our time is

a far more precious commodity than our dol-

lars and cents.

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As I’ve been praying I have discerned God clearly telling me that we can all have more. God wants to give us much more this year. God wants this to be our very best year yet. In order to receive from God we need merely to position ourselves to receive. Just as it is impossible to receive love and affection from relatives we never see, so too it is very difficult to receive the good gifts God wishes to affectionately bestow upon us when we are too far from his presence. This year I am asking you to step closer to God so that you may receive more in 2014. I am inviting you into the fours of this year of my life so that together we can position ourselves to receive everything God has to offer us. Set your money aside…we aren’t ready to talk about tithing our dollars and cents just yet. Tithing our money will become possible only after we’ve tithed other important things. I am asking you to give God 4 hours each week. Four hours of your life each week…just four of the 168 hours in each week. Could you give God 4 each week in 2014? Some of us give God way in excess of four hours each week. I am not asking you to do less. I also recognize that this will be a difficult task for many Sunrisers who are already too busy whose time is already stretched very thin. Let’s explore what 4 hours each week in 2014 would look like: 1st hour: I am asking you to give God 1 hour in worship each week. Public, corporate worship. Preferably here at Sunrise but even when you are away on business or vacation, consider giving God an hour each week in worship. 2nd hour: I am asking you to give God 1 hour in prayer and devotion each week. This is private time between you and God. It doesn’t have to be an hour all at once. Just over the course of your week make sure you spend 1 hour with God, undivided and uninterrupted. Just a 5 minute devotion with God each morning will get you more than half way there. Isn’t God worth 8.5 minutes each day? If prayer is like a conversation then all you have to do is add a 3 minute call (prayer) each day to your 5 minute devotion time and you’ll spend an hour with God each week. If you are looking for a good devotion I recommend The Upper Room and they are available in the church narthex this Sunday. 3rd hour: I am asking you to give God 1 hour in study and Christian education each week. This is different from your devotion. This could be Sunday School or a Bible Study or another small group offering through Sunrise Church. We have space in most Sunday School classes for you and I know I have space for you in the Bible Study I teach each week out of my home. I will be working with Lisa Pearson (our minister of adult Christian education) to put together a more comprehensive list of our educational opportunities for you in the coming weeks. You may have a college degree or even a graduate level degree. We are all still learning and there is no more important topic than our faith and relationship with God through Jesus. 4th hour: I am asking you to give God 1 hour in service each week. Jesus told us that when we serve the least, the last and the lost, we are serving him (Matthew 25:40). This means volunteering our time in Jesus’ name. It could be a program like “Warmth for Wake” or “With Love From Jesus” or at “The Holy Springs Food Cupboard” or another worthy ministry God lays on your heart. Knowing about Jesus is meaningless unless we put into use what we are learning. We don’t have to be experts…just willing servants. There! Now we all have a lot of fours in 2014. I firmly believe as we are able to offer God these four (or more…you’re not limited to just 4) hours God will enrich our lives in ways beyond description. Do you want more in 2014? Do you want a better year ripe with more meaning and purpose and direction? God is eager and willing to give us more…much more in 2014! All we have to do to get God’s more in 2014 is take a step closer. I am convinced that if we give God 4 hours, he’ll multiply our blessings just like he did with a lad who offered a few loaves and fishes on a grassy hillside in Galilee many years ago (John 6:1-14). Your partner in more!

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Music and Arts ministries 2014

January Calendar Adult Choir

Will sing each Sunday. Rehearsals resume Wed. Jan. 8th

With a choir fellowship supper at 7:00 p.m. New members invited!!

* Handbells resume practice on January 7th at 6:30 p.m. Praise band resumes Jan 7th at 7:30 p.m. Fireproof resumes Jan 12th at 4:00 p.m.

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Find your creative spot… Sing…

Dance…. Act in a play…

Ring handchimes or handbells… Play an orchestral or band instrument…

Play piano… Be a puppeteer…

Create visual art for worship…

* Worship!

Learn! Make new friends!

Reach out and share God’s love through creative arts!

Details?

Contact LGarrett@mysunrise.org

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Children’s Choirs will start back on January 12th, in a

new format, completely separating the two age

groups. When we start back, Younger Children

(age 4 through 1st Grade) will meet with Holly

Jones as choir leader. Older Elementary Children

will have a new format, beginning with an idea-

sharing New Year’s Party on Jan. 12th. Possibilities

for the new season include puppets, “praise

band” format, children’s handchimes, a spring

play, and other creative ideas you may think of!

Mark your calendar for Jan. 12th and start dream-

ing of how Children’s Music and Arts Ministry can

celebrate 2014!

Children’s Ministry

Sunday School 9:45-10:45

Jan 5: Jesus the Word (John 1:10-18)

Jan 12: Jesus’ Baptism (Matthew 3:13-17)

Recognition of Faithful Attendance

Jan 19: The Lamb of God (John 1:29-42)

Jan 26: The Disciples (Matthew 4:12-23)

Children’s Church Every Sunday at 8:30 and 11:00 services

Youth Group Schedule

Jan 5: Youth Leader Planning Retreat

Jan 12: Youth Group, 5-7pm

Jan 13: Logos HS Study, 7:30pm

Jan 19: Youth Group, 5-7pm

Jan 20: Logos HS Study, 7:30pm

Jan 26: Youth Group, 5-7pm

Parent Meeting, 7-8pm

Jan 27: Logos Study, 7:30pm

Logos High School Bible Study Have you ever wondered why members of the opposite sex think the way they do and have such confusing

behavior? Do you ever feel like you are in over your head in your peer relationships in life? Please come and

join in a new Logos High School Bible Study beginning Jan. 13th. We will be discussing the book, Guys are

Waffles, Girls are Spaghetti. The author, Chad Eastham has profound and some hilarious insights to help an-

swer questions like those above .

We will meet on Monday evenings at 7:30PM, alternating between the Rabon and Mileski homes. We are also

excited to announce that Tim Morris will be facilitating with us some time as well. If you have any questions

please contact Laura Rabon at jrabon3@aol.com or Paige Mileski at mileski1@mac.com

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Warmth for Wake is a seasonal energy assistance outreach

program which kicks off each year in October to provide fuel to low

income residents of Wake County. Sunrise volunteers cut, sort, pack

and deliver wood to low income participants through the program,

several of whom reside in Holly Springs and surrounding communities.

Contact: Mike Smith at masmith1068@nc.rr.com or 919-567-9060

This October marks the start of the 36th season. The dates for this sea-

son are:

January 4 & 18

February 1 & 15

March 1 & 15

Sunrise Stephen Ministry will begin a new training class in January 2014. Sunrise Stephen Ministers would like to begin a new ministry outreach for Christian Care in the upcoming new year. But, this will create the need for more Stephen Ministers. We invite you to pray and consider becoming a Stephen Minister. For more information contact Stephen Leader: Vic Hill 919-744-5735, vhill@mysunrise.org or Tammy Lack 919-552-5163

OPPORTUNITIES

We will celebrate Human Relations Day on January

19 with a special offering. Human Relations Day calls the church to

recognize the right of all God’s children

in realizing their potential as human beings in relationship with each

other. The purpose of the day is to further the development of better

human relations.

This offering supports Community Developers self improvement pro-

grams, United Methodist Voluntary Services and Youth Offender Re-

habilitation projects.

As a result, lives have been turned around, communities revitalized

and the gospel proclaimed. Your gift to this special offering makes a

world of difference!

The Annual Sunrise Women’s Retreat March

21-23: This year’s retreat will be held at the Aque-

duct Conference Center 1620 Mt. Carmel Church

Rd. in Chapel Hill. Our retreat will begin here at Sun-

rise Friday, March 21st. We will then spend Saturday

through Sunday morning at the Aqueduct Confer-

ence Center. The focus of the retreat will be on

prayer and having a closer walk with God. This

year’s retreat will be led by Lisa Pearson and Kim

Sain, with guest speaker Rev. Cindy Bolden. Cindy

and her family frequently attend the ReFuel service

here at Sunrise. Cindy received her Master of Divini-

ty degree with a concentration in preaching and

pastoral ministry from Campbell University Divinity

School (2011). She also holds a Bachelor of Science

degree in Mathematics from Duke University. Cindy

was ordained to the Gospel ministry by her home

church, Westwood Baptist Church, Cary, in August

2011. Cindy is active in pulpit supply preaching, re-

treats and workshops, coaching, and community

coffeehouse conversations. Over the past two years

she has hosted retreats on hospitality, prayer, and

communication in relationships. Cindy is currently in

the Doctor of Ministry program at Campbell Universi-

ty Divinity School with an expected graduation date

of May 2016. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, table

fellowship with friends, watching Duke basketball,

and trips to Savannah. Cindy and her husband Tim

have two children, Layne (19) and Ethan (16).

The price of the retreat will be $160. We will need a

head count and a deposit of $80 by January 15th

so please contact Lisa at office@mysunrise.org if

you plan on attending.

2014 is YOUR year to become healthier! Lisa Pearson and Blair Rice will be facilitating a 6-

week Bible study to help you lose weight or achieve

a healthier lifestyle. The study is based upon the

book The Daniel Plan: 40 days to a Healthier Life by

Pastor Rick Warren, Daniel Amen M.D., and Mark

Hyman M.D. It is based upon five Essentials: faith,

food, fitness, focus, and friends. Sunrisers, friends

and neighbors are encouraged to attend. There is

no cost other than the book for this program. An

information session will be held on Monday

,January 29th at 7PM and then the study will start

on February 3rd and continue for the next 6 weeks.

Questions? Please contact Lisa at office@ mysun-

rise.org or Blair at blairgopack@gmail.com.

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M&M’s (Mature and Methodist All adults, especially those

age 55 and over, are welcome!) mark your calendars

for Saturday, Jan. 11th at 7:00pm. Sterling & Margaret

Mann have invited us for BINGO. Their address is 5416

Brushy Meadows Dr., Fuquay-Varina (Crooked Creek Golf

Course). They will provide snacks for the tables, drinks and a

dessert for all. Come enjoy an evening together - and you

may even be a winner of fun prizes. Please RSVP to

mpathaggard@gmail.com or 919-662-0892 so they can

know for how many to plan.

M & M’s also save the date: Sunday, Feb. 16th at

12:30 we will gather for lunch after church at Tacos Mexi-

cana in Fuquay-Varina. Please contact Pat haggard at

mpathaggard@gmail.com or 919-662-0892 so they can

know for how many to plan.

On Sunday January 19, 2014 the newly

formed Holly Springs Martin Luther King, Jr.

Community Foundation will hold its first an-

nual celebration. Festivities begin at 3:00 pm at the

Food Lion Shopping Center on Main St where friends and

neighbors will congregate to start a walk to the Cultural

Center. A formal program begins at 4:00 pm at the Cultural

Center where a number of Community leaders and groups

will participate in a one hour program including Pastor Tom

Newman. All are invited to attend.

“We must rediscover that all reality has spiritual control. It is

possible to affirm there is a God with our lips but deny it with

our lives. Most of us unconsciously leave God behind. He

admonished us to pick up these values so we can move

forward to the New World.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Septem-

ber 9th, 1954

Would you like to participate in our worship ser-

vices by being a communion server? If so please

contact Laura Garrett at Lgarrett@mysunrise.org

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First United Methodist Church Fuquay-Varina and Visi-

tors from the Past invite you to meet Ruth and Martha

Sunday, January 12, at 7:00PM. This event will take

place at First United Methodist Church, 402 North Main

Street Fuquay –Varina. A love offering will be received

to support the ministry of Visitors from the Past. For ad-

ditional information call 919-567-8384.

Calling all men: We Want You!! The Sunrise Men’s min-

istry is vital, active and thriving. The only thing missing is

you! Come join us for our regular men’s breakfast

(meets every 2nd Saturday) on Saturday January 11 at

8:30. Expect good food, great guys and a service op-

portunity following breakfast and a devotion. For more

information see James Bingham

(jamesbingham62@gmail.com).

Church Members:

Friday, January 31, 2014

10:30 a.m.

Community Registration:

Friday, February 7th, 2014

Registration will be lottery style and will begin at 10:30

a.m.

Those coming for Community Registration are asked

to stay until the lottery is processed and all spaces are

filled.

Once all spaces are filled, the lottery will continue to

create a waiting list.

Registration Fee:

The registration fee for each child is $150. This fee is

due when your child is placed in a class. The registra-

tion fee is non-refundable.

Fall 2014

Sunrise UMC Preschool

Registration Schedule

1 -

2 -

3 -

4 -

5 William Nunn, Lane Sauls, Martha

Williamson

6 -

7 Leslie Burkes, Carolyn Floyd, Becky Sloan,

Ron Walkotten

8 -

9 -

10 Kathleen Barkley, Matt Davidson, Madeleine

Fecioru

11 Vinnie De Benedetto, Barbara Leenstra

12 -

13 Tyler Ash

14 Randy Bunn

15 -

16 -

17 Randy Pridgen , Avangeline Richardson

18 -

19 Edna Russell

20 Sydney Haggard, Zachary Preble

21 -

22 Charlie Butts, Jennifer Rogers

23 Chris Borsum, Celeste Pollok

24 Kathy Miller

25 James Bingham, Madelyn Scholle, Alan

Taguinot

26 Melanie Jarvis, Barbara Miller

27 Sherry Barker

28 Chuck Brown, Ashley Holm

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30 Kate Chaplin

31 Michael Atwood, Maria Atwood, Jane Erb

Are You Ready To Unite With

Sunrise? Empowering, Devoting, Transforming for Christ

That’s where the Spirit is leading here at Sunrise,

and you are invited to become a part of this grow-

ing congregation.

You may join by a profession of your faith in Jesus

Christ or by transfer of membership from another

congregation where you have made that profes-

sion.

To have a loved-one baptized, please speak with

Pastor Tom as well.

If you have any questions, please contact Pastor

Tom: (m) 919-884-6315 or tnewman@mysunrise.org

WLFJ ministries is an Evan-

gelical outreach to the

needy community in Ra-

leigh, N. C. and surround-

ing areas.

Our goal is to minister

to the spiritual as well

as physical needs of

those individuals we

serve each week.

Sunrise UMC volunteers on

the 1st Friday of most

months. You are welcome

to carpool from the Sunrise

parking lot on Friday, Oc-

tober 5th 8:20am to WLFJ.

We return around noon. If

you would like more infor-

mation please contact Pat

Haggard 662-0892.

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Remembering our loved ones who serve

Brent Ash Tommy Bice Robert Brewer

Andrew Burkes Peter Burkes Patrick Dunn

Joseph Gahagen Andrew Gallion Colby Hammonds

Christopher Jarvis Kyle Pearson Ben Rosado

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Steve Allen

Lee Ann Barnhart

Cherish Carlson

Pat Causey

Franklin Floyd

Larry Francis

Laura Garrett

Jim Kaiser

Bob & Janice Mustian

Hilda Ripperger

Abby Schmoyer

Lois Smith

Dean Family ( Sherri Hill)

Dr. Lynn & Sharon Fogleman (Fred Haggard)

Carol Johnson (Laura Garrett)

Kelly Patrick

Myrtle Reed (Pat Causey)

Wilbert Smith (Deborah Sheerin)

Jerry Williams (Peggy Barnes)

Alice Zelasko (Linda Hallenbeck)

CARILLON FELLOWSHIP

Sunrise shares the “Good News”

with residents at the Caril-

lon Assisted Living of Fuquay-

Varina.

(6516 Johnson Pond Rd.)

9:45-10:45 :1st, 2nd or 3rd Sundays,

10 a.m.

Jerry Berreth and his family in the loss of his mother.

Beth Gaughan and her family in the loss of her

mother.