From the Pastor...Certainty in Uncertain Times

Beck’s Reformed Church Newsletter

heaven and earth.” May you have a Blessed New Year and live with confidence in the Lord!

Pastor Gerald M. Sanders

A New Year has be-gun and it is a year which finds much tur-moil in our nation and world. We are seeing many of the institutions we have trusted falter. The net worth materi-ally of households is fal-ling and our nation is surrounded by enemies. Studies show that the anxi-ety level of people is growing and the sense of security is de-clining. Are we not reminded of the words of the Savoir when He said,

Matthew 6:19-24 19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth

nor rust destroys and

where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your

treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Our hope is sure if our treasures are in heaven (with the Lord Jesus) and even though we

suffer and are chal-lenged by our circum-stances we know our hope can-not be taken away from us. He has prom-ised to n e v e r

abandon us. Things will often be beyond our control but they are never beyond the con-trol of Christ Jesus for He is the Beginning and End. Look forward with the confidence that you belong to the Lord and He has the power to keep you in all things. Remember our “hope is in the Lord who made

Inside this issue:

Consistory 2

Circle Updates 3

Senior News 4

KFC and CYF 5

MSY 6

CWG’s and SPLASH! 7

Gifts, Honors and Memorials 9

Special points of interest: • All church Skate party January 11

• Church Calendar Planning Meeting Saturday, January 17 @9am in the fellowship hall...breakfast provided!

• Splash! Returns…

• Updates on Circle and Senior meetings

Beck’s Reformed Church

January 2009

Revelation 22:13 I am the Alpha and the

Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the

Last."

To ensure the safety of the Church staff and the security of the Church facilities, please contact the Church office when you plan to visit the Church. Also if you make arrangements for service work at the Church, please contact the Church office to let them know that someone will be coming to the Church. When arriving at the Church, please enter at the door closest to the Pastor Of-fice. Thanks in advance for everyone’s help to ensure the safety of our Church staff.

Consistory

Safety

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you for inviting us into your beau-tiful home! Carol, thank you for the remembrances you placed at our table settings. Our next meeting will be on Janu-ary 8, 2009. We will meet at the fellowship hall at 11:00 a.m. Kay Padon will be our program leader & everyone is asked to bring a bag lunch.

Love in Christ, Jeanne

The Day Circle met at the home of Jessie Crouse on December 11, 2008. There were 15 members and 2 guests present (Welcome Jess ie Crouse & Donna Yarbrough.!). Betty Hedrick shared a program based on John 3:16. One thought-provoking phrase meant a lot to all who were present-“We are all handcuffed to God and only He has the key!” Thank you, Betty, for these inspi-rational words.

Birthday greetings were extended to Jackie Garner on the 13th & Kaye Sanders on the 17th. Prayer concerns included: the families of Shelia Hedrick, Pauline Seaford, & Leon Varner, Auntie Alice Toga-shi, Roger & Wendy Younts & family, Justin Miller, Butch & Susan Arnold, Dana Hedrick-Burnsides, Donald & Peggy Parks, Edith Young, Craig & Gina Idol, Peggy Pearce, Sherry Kinney, Do-lan & Iris Parks, & families who need assistance in our community. May God be your strength in these difficult times. After the treasurer’s report & the minutes were read & corrections made, we adjourned for a wonder-ful lunch provided by our host-esses-Carol & Jessie Crouse, & Imojean Burkhart. Jessie, thank

Day Circle...Jeanne McCarn

loose the true meaning of Christmas. When we are united in Christ and start do-ing for others we will under-stand the full meaning of this season. God’s gift to us was our eternal live and our salva-tion – this is God’s ultimate

expression of His love for us. We need to remember to thank God for all He does and dedicate ourselves to Him. Our next meeting will be at Southern Lunch for breakfast on Wednesday, January 7, 2009. Betty Younts will have the program as well as being hostess for the meeting.

The Breakfast Circle met on Decem-ber 3rd at Southern Lunch. Betty Jean had the tables decorated with “snow buddies”. It was very festive and Christmassy. We had 15 members in attendance and welcomed Ann Leonard as a guest. After we had our “bellies” full, Gail led us in the business meeting. Mostly we were reminded of Guild activities over the Christmas holidays. Our circle has the responsibility for the meal and dressing the participants

in the Live Nativity on Tuesday night. We decided to have hot dogs, chips and drinks. Cards were sent to Jean Plummer and Roger Younts. Roger will be home on December 16th. Everyone is look-ing forward to his homecoming! Betty Jean also had the program. Homemade presents seem to be a thing of the past. Today many people seem to get away from Christ and

Breakfast Circle...by Marilyn Hilton

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Senior News...by Marilyn Hilton

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We will begin again next year on January 21st, 10:30 AM at the fel-lowship hall for a covered dish meal. Your officers will be work-ing to get a pro-gram together for next year. If you have any place of interest that you would like to see, please let us know. I might also mention, that in the last newsletter, I incorrectly re-ported that there were 7,800 un-known and unaccounted for indi-viduals in WWII. This number should have been 78,000. See you all next year!

On December 7th, a group of Beck’s Sen-iors and some of our traveling companions went to Southern Su-preme Fruit Cake

Company in Bear Creek. After sampling and shopping we re-turned to the bus and continued to Fayetteville where we ate a fast food lunch and went (you know it’s coming – shopping). We had an early dinner at K&W and pro-ceeded to Snyder Memorial Church for their Christmas presen-tation. We took several cases of canned goods as well as a mone-tary donation. This program is outstanding. No matter how many times to see it, it is difference every year. I would knot be sur-prised if they don’t start practicing in January each year. If one does not get into the true spirit of Christmas after this program they are truly cold hearted. December17th our regular meet-ing was held at the fellowship hall, which was decorated with hurricane lamps with greenery and holly. There was a bag of pecans and candy at each place. Many thanks go to Carroll Dee, Brenda, Jerry & Betty for all their hard work. Margaret had the pro-gram and read the story of Christ-mas from the Bible. She also read some of the beautiful sentiments that were sent to her on Christmas cards. She concluded with the

reading of the “thankful chair” – it is not what we have but how we do with what we do have that counts! Lalah Frank brought an E-mail she received regarding the meaning as well as the purpose behind the Christmas carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. All days and num-bers are symbols for items the church and the Bible. This was written during the time that it was unlawful to have worship services. Peggy Smith gave everyone a Christmas card and read a poem about the meaning of “friends”. Kim Hedrick not only sang beauti-ful music for us but also shared some of her special spiritual gifts with us. After John King delivered the blessing we all ate a catered meal provided by Southern Lunch. I

guess you could say this was a treat for ourselves for all the hard work we had done through the year. All “seniors” received

gift bags of goodies and special ones received a poinsettia or a bag of white chocolate covered pret-zels (how did they taste, Hazel). We had a wonderful day and all left over food was packaged up and taken to our shut- ins.

Psalm 101:6

“My eyes shall be on the faithful of the

land,That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way,

He shall serve me.”

Stay Tuned...

The KFC and CYF youth groups met on Saturday, De-cember 6, 2008 from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm. First we would like to say that those that did not at-tend the Christmas Caroling surely did miss out on a good time. It is sad to say that we only had 3 children from KFC and 1 child from CYF. A few of the children did a small craft before leaving to go caroling. We divided up into two groups so that each group would have some children. Dana and Tara’s group began on Beck’s Church Road and took us on a journey to Thom-asville and then back to Lex-ington. The children in our group really got into spirit with their elf hats and sing-

ing. Gavin was our special lit-tle elf by giving out cards, homemade gifts that the 1st and 2nd grade class of SPLASH had made and some snowflake bookmarks to any person that we sang to. Gavin handed out 96 bookmarks with love and a special Merry Christmas. So you must be thinking 96 bookmarks! Our group did not just sing to peo-ple on our list, but sang to 4 different dining rooms at the two facilities. The joy that we received from seeing the people sing and clap was a re-ward to us and taught the children the importance of giving. Thank you to everyone that has helped with can collection during the months of Octo-

Next Meeting—January 11

4:00pm-6:00pm

@Anchor Skating Rink

Meal will be provided!

KFC and CYF...by Tara Young and Dana Hedrick -Burnsides

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ber/November and December. The Pastor’s Pantry and Gene-sis House was extremely grateful for the items they received. January/February Service Project will be for the chil-dren to send a letter or post-card to our shut-ins. The next meeting will be January 11, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Anchor Skating Rink for the All Church Skating Party. There will be a meal provided at the skating party. Invite a friend to come, fellowship and skate. We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting!

Luke 18:16

“But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come

to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such

is the kingdom of God.”

MSY...by Kristie Regan

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this exciting event. We also began working on parachutes for VOM ministries. We’ll have more info about this when we finish them in January. Looking ahead to January, we have the following events sched-uled: January 7th, Wed Night 6:30pm: Skit for Splash January 9th, Fri. Nigh 7:00 pm: GET REVIVED with Coffee at the Perfect Blend January 11th , Sun 4:00 – 6:00pm: All Church Skate Party at Anchor Skating Rink January 14th, Wed Night 6:30pm: Finish Parachutes January 21st, Wed Night 6:30pm: Begin work on Spring Fundraising Project We will not be going to Woodleaf Lanes in January. This is a change to our original calendar! Please make a note of the change.

The Middle School Youth had a great December. On the 6th – Christi, Robert and Anna Swing hosted a Christmas party for us at their home. We enjoyed pizza, cookies, and a movie along with a fun game of “Dirty Santa” and a short devotion about the meaning of the symbol of the Dove. We were also very excited to collect over 20 presents for Fox 8’s “Gifts for Kids” toy drive. It was a suc-cessful event! Thanks to Christi, Robert and Anna! Also December 14th , we provided the meal for the Christmas Play to raise funds for our summer Mis-sion Trip. Plans are already started for a trip to Golden Isles Georgia the week of June 21st to work in a children’s home and at a local VBS. We are so thankful to those who support us financially so we can go out and do God’s work. It is such a blessing for us and a wonderful experience! December 20th, we have plans to go see the play “Godspell” a musi-cal based on the Gospel of Mat-thew and performed by the Ledford Find Arts Depart-ment. We are looking forward to this as well. During our Wednesday night meetings we began working on our May 17th fundraiser. This one will be completely planned by the youth. Stay tuned for details about

UPCOMING EVENTS

• January 7th, Wed Night 6:30pm: Skit for Splash

• January 9th, Fri. Nigh 7:00 pm: GET REVIVED with Coffee at the Perfect Blend

• January 11th , Sun 4:00 – 6:00pm: All Church Skate Party at Anchor Skating Rink

• January 14th, Wed Night 6:30pm: Finish Para-chutes

• January 21st, Wed Night 6:30pm: Begin work on Spring Fundraising Pro-ject

1 Timothy 4:12

“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to

the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in

faith, in purity.”

SPLASH off the new year on Wednesday, January 7th from 6:30-7:30! Come prepared to celebrate summer in the middle of winter. Kids will

work on an activity for our shut-ins, play summer games (inside), enjoy homemade ice cream and watch a puppet show. SPLASH is for any child 5th grade and younger. We meet in the church basement every

Wednesday from 6:30-7:30.

A Note of Thanks….

SPLASH!

Kaye and I would like to thank the members of the congregation for their gifts, cards and many ex-pressions of kindness and love during the Christmas Season!

We appreciate each of you so very much and wish for you the very best in 2009.

A Word of Appreciation As Pastor of Beck’s Reformed Church I would like to thank everyone who worked so hard to lift up the real message of Christmas this year here at

Beck’s. Thanks to Kevin Lipe, Randy Hedrick and the Choir for an outstanding Cantata. All the people in the Children’s Ministry for a wonderful Christmas

Program! A special thanks to all who worked so hard for our Live Nativity Scene from the participants, sound and lighting people, the guys who built the stable, the costume assistances, coordinators, the Scouts who set up the lu-minaries, and a host of others. I would also like to thank the staff, Gary and

Carol, Leslie and Mark, for all their extra work during this time in the life of the Church.

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CWG’s ...by Jamie Loman

Happy New Year!! Our CWG's are starting out the new year the right way, they enjoyed the Bible study with Kevin and decided to continue it this month. (check your e-mail for confirmed dates). They also ended 2008 in the right way by making available to less fortunate families $40.00 gift bags for Christmas. With donations and the money they brought themselves we were able to do 22 bags. So a Big Thank You to everyone that helped. Also a Big Thank You to Raymond & Kay Padon for letting us use the Padon Place for our Christmas Party we enjoyed a great meal and then went to play laser tag . We wish everyone a great new start to a great new year. Lots of Love Jamie

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Roxie and Foy Floyd (home) 543 Hedrick Mill Road, Lexington, NC 27292 Roxie Floyd - Piedmont Crossing Room 100 Hedrick Drive, Thomasville, NC 27370 Bessie Greer: Piedmont Crossing-Room 310 100 Hedrick Dr., Thomasville, NC 27360 Bertha Kepley: Piedmont Crossing —Room 114, 100 Hedrick Dr., Thomasville, NC 27360 Martha Seals: Brookstone Retirement Center 2968 Old Salisbury Road Lexington, NC 27295 Louise Spruill (Barbara Strickland’s mother) Carolina House, 161 Young Dr., Lexington, NC 27292 Ruby Tussey: Piedmont Crossing—Room 209, 100 Hedrick Dr., Thomasville, NC 27360 Roma Jean Burkhart: Brookstone Rest Home-Room 36A, 2968 Old Salisbury Rd, Lexington, NC 27295 Hallie Hawkins: 2844 Beck’s Church Road, Lexington, NC 27292 Carleen Allred: home-1882 Beck’s Church Rd, Lexing-ton, NC 27292 Willa Younts: home—107 Eastview Dr., Lexington, NC 27292 Dolan and Iris Parks: (assisted living) Brighton Gar-dens Ste 266, 6000 Park South Drive, Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 643-8708

Shut Ins and Rest Homes

Community ? National ? World Military Personnel and their Families:

Jason Moore –mailing address 17 Colonial Dr, Lexington, NC 27292 Willie and Sally Marshall –stationed in Germany, serv-ing in Iraq Chris Hurd—USAF—502 Vermont Ave, Ft. Walton, FL 32547 Zack Miller—503 e. Sladen Pl, West Point, NY 10996 SN David Black USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910) c/o USCG Sector Key West 100 Trumbo Road Key West, FL 33040

Becky Allison Terry Fields Laura Benedict (terminal cancer) Jerry Lohr Art Bethel (bone cancer) Nancy Swing Tamara Crotts Bob Almstead Patsy Flynn (breast cancer) Peggy Pearce Nellwynn Grubb (cancer) Roger Younts Katie Gulledge Morgan Ward Justin Hardin age 3—pray for healing of leukemia Claudia Rapier Brett Tharp Shell Crotts Beulah Swing Parks Brown and Mary Adelee Brown Vanhoy Hines Willie Owen Butch Arnold Navahlia Quesenberry (colon cancer) Leigh Ann Thomas Sterling Hedrick Gene Smith

Long Term Prayer Needs

? ? Prayer Ministry of Beck’s Reformed Church? ? January 2009

“Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.” James 5:16

Please help us keep this prayer list up to date. For names to add or take off our prayer list call Donna Yarbrough at 357-7569, Reverend Sanders or the church secretary at 357-2369, or email the church secretary at

churchsecretary@beckschurch.com

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mailing address

Gifts, Honors and Memorials November 23-December 14, 2008

Use of Fellowship Hall Donation by Jeanne McCarn Donation by Davidson County Association of Educational Office Professionals

Projection System In Memory of Leon Varner by Josh Regan Family In Memory of Pauline Seaford by Jack and Lalah Frank In Memory of Leon Varner by John E. and Maxine King In Memory of Pauline Seaford by Lohr and Linda Younts In Honor of Tyson Shoaf’s 9th Birthday by Don and Joyce Greer In Memory of Pauline Seaford by Bettie Lawrence, Martha Pennington, Julia Burgess and Jarrell Smith To the Glory of God and in Memory of Leon Varner and Shelia Hedrick Looper in Honor of the Audio/Video Ministry including Odell Hedrick, Scott Shoaf, David Parks, Michael Hunt, Will Parks, David Franklin, and John Bryant by Reverend and Mrs. Gerald Sanders In Memory of Leon Varner, Norman Briggs, and Pauline Seaford by Charles Swing In Honor of Brenda Burris and Diane Burris by Hallie Hawkins In Memory of Pauline Seaford by Nancy Lake In Memory of Pauline Seaford by Dee and Gill Ripley In Honor of the Children’s Christmas Program leaders: Tammi Rachels, Ann Bryant and Christi Swing by Gavin and Aiden Galli-more

Video Minstry Fund Donation by Scott and Stephanie Shoaf Donation by Kevin and Jennifer Firquin In Honor of Ramona Hedrick and Mary Johnson by Judy Johnson

Samaritan Fund In Memory of Leon Varner by Don and Joyce Greer In Memory of Leon Varner and Pauline Seaford by Eddie and Jerrie Swing In Memory of Leon Varner by Donald and Joann Hedrick In Memory of Leon Varner by William and Becky Wynn In Memory of Leon Varner by Jim Jeannette, Ben and Caryn Renas In Memory of Leon Varner by Steven, Tara, Elizabeth and Brooke Young In Memory of Leon Varner by David and Terresa Parks In Memory of Leon Varner by Howard and Linda Putnam In Memory of Leon Varner by Jack and Lalah Frank In Memory of Leon Varner by Willa H. Younts In Memory of Leon Varner by Odell and Ruth Hedrick In Memory of Leon Varner by Will and Joanie Parks In Memory of Leon Varner by Willie and Barbara Owen In Memory of Leon Varner and Shelia Hedrick Looper by Pete and Martha Moore In Memory of Leon Varner by Juanita Shoaf In Memory of Leon Varner by Max and Linda Loflin In Memory of Leon Varner by Lohr and Linda Younts In Memory of Leon Varner by Ed and Cathy Wilkerson Anonymous Donation In Memory of Leon Varner by Vanhoy and Margie Hines In Memory of Leon Varner by Olin and Betty Disher

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Gifts, Honors and Memorials...continued In Memory of Leon Varner by CIA Sunday School Class In Memory of Leon Varner by Billy and Peggy Varner In Memory of Leon Varner by the Mortgage Department at New Bridge Bank In Memory of Leon Varner by Ronnie Black In Memory of Leon Varner by James and Maxine Waitman In Memory of Leon Varner by Hilda Kanoy In Memory of Norman Briggs by Willa Younts In Memory of Leon Varner by Bentley Craver Family In Memory of Leon Varner by Beverly Leonard In Memory of Leon Varner by Wayne and Judy Johnson In Memory of Leon Varner by Thursday Night Circle In Memory of Leon Varner by David and Marian Rose In Memory of Leon Varner by New Bridge Bank In Memory of Leon Varner by Beck’s Senior Choir In Memory of Leon Varner by Randy and Brenda Hedrick In Memory of Leon Varner by Men’s Sunday School Class In Memory of Dolan Hedrick and Gerald Johnson by Judy Johnson In Memory of Pauline Seaford and Leon Varner by Kent and Jeanne McCarn In Memory of Toby and David Younts by Willa Younts In Memory of Shelia Hedrick Looper, Pauline Seaford, and Leon Varner by Circle #1 Day Circle

Thanksgiving/Turkey Fund Donation by Anonymous Donation by Jerry and Betty Hedrick

Pastor’s Pantry Donation by Odell and Ruth Hedrick

Cemetery Fund In Memory of Sheila Hedrick Looper by Larry and Ann Leonard In Memory of Pauline Seaford by Mr. and Mrs. Lester W. Conrad Jr In Memory of Norman Briggs by John E. and Maxine King In Memory of Leon Varner by Larry and Ann Leonard In Memory of Pauline Seaford by Larry and Ann Leonard In Memory of Norman Briggs by Stuart and Candy Parks In Memory of Norman Briggs by Larry and Ann Leonard

Choir Fund In Memory of Toby and David Younts by Willa H. Younts

Mission Fund Donation by Anonymous In Honor of CWG Youth Leaders and Mark and Tammi Rachels by Sarah King

Get-Revived Donation by Judy Johnson

Shoebox Ministry Donation by Ruby McCarn

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January Birthdays and Anniversaries 1 Eddie Frank, Marty and Morgan Burris 2 Casey Barlow 3 Danny Spurrier, Betty Hedrick 4 David Black, Miranda Hedrick, Jordan Hedrick 5 Sherry Yarbrough 7 Lynn Staton 8 William and Becky Wynn 9 Erin Loflin 10 Alan Burkhart, Jeff Miller, Gerald Beck, Lohr and Linda Younts 12 Johnny Pope 15 Eddie King, Joe and Jane Burkhart 18 Michael Green 20 Ruth Hedrick, Dustin Cook 22 Carolyn Welborn, Steve Niday 23 Jan Hanes 25 Odell Hedrick, Sandra Spurrier 26 Emily Norris, Brittany Baker 27 Joni King, Carroll Burris, Matthew Moore, Michael Younts 28 Phillip Burkhart, Tony Fritts, Suji Everhart, Leeland and Grace Chapman 29 Beulah Swing, Stewart Hilton 31 Evelyne Swing, Brittany Bean

As we embark upon 2009, may we be ever mindful of our Savior’s love for us, why He came for us and how we reflect that love to others.

May God bless each of you in 2009!

Luke 12:6-8

6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value

than many sparrows. 8 “Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess be-

fore the angels of God.

Beck’s Church News January 2009 Beck’s Reformed Church Reverend Gerald M. Sanders, Pastor Mark Rachels, Youth and Young Adult Pastor 2845 Beck’s Church Road Lexington, NC 27292 www.beckschurch.com

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