OOD NEWS G r e g g t o n U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h S e p t e m b e r 6 , 2 0 1 1

Celebrating the Power and

Presence of God

Sermon Series:

Reconciled: Living in the unconditional

love of God

This Weeks Sermon:

Romans 14:1-12

Attendance—Sunday, September 4, 2011

Morning Worship 267

Sunday School 183

2011 Daily Readings

09/08 Jer 42-44; Ps 48; Rev 13

09/09 Lam 1-2; Obad; Rev 14

09/10 Lam 3-5; Rev 15

09/11 Dan 1-2; Rev 16

09/12 Dan 3-4; Ps 81; Rev 17

09/13 Ezek 33-35; Rev 18

09/14 Ezek 36-37; Ps 110; Rev 19

Worship on September 11 – A Day to

Remember/ A Day Redeemed Ten years ago our coun-

try suffered one of the

most horrific single day

tragedies in our history.

On this day, we will re-

member the tragedy and

remind ourselves what it is

to live as the redeemed. As

part of that future hope, we

are also inviting grandpar-

ents and grandkids to wor-

ship together, and grand-

parents to go to Sunday School with their grandkids.

The schedule looks like this:

7:40am- Prayers of Remembrance

9:00am- Worship: Redemption Rising

10:00am- Sunday School- Grandparents and

grandkids are invited to go to Sunday

School together.

11:00am- Worship: Redemption Rising

―Big Idea‖ Meeting! This Sunday, September 11 is the day of our connect

teams and executive team meetings. Our schedule will

be a bit different this month. Connect teams will not

meet but everyone is invited to attend the Executive

Team meeting at 2pm. We will be discussing the “Big

Ideas” to guide us in 2012.

Thanks for the leadership you are giving to the body

of Christ.

Upcoming 4th Anniversary

AIDS Orphans’ Project In October, 2007, Greggton UMC began supporting

Advance Special #140161 with a Second-Mile offering

on the Second Sunday of each month.

Initiated by the Senior Adult Team, this project is the

outgrowth of a visit to our Church by Jerri and Bill Sa-

vuto, UM Missionaries assigned to Maua Methodist

Hospital in Maua, Kenya. For only $15 per month, one

child can be provided with food, medical care, school

tuition and uniforms.

In 2007, the daily wage in Kenya was $1.00. Each

person in the congregation was asked to contribute

$1.00 to the AIDS Orphans’ Project. (Continued on page 3)

Wednesday Family Night

5:30-8:00 Small Groups

and Dinner ($3 a person)

Sunday, September 11

Youth Bible Study

5:30-7:30

Trunk or Treat is planned

for October 30th!

Candy donations will be ac-

cepted in the church office!

Look for more details in the

near future!

Family Camp is just around the

corner! Registration and more in-

formation coming soon. Dates are

January 6-8!

Mark you calendars!

Pioneer Club Starts Wednesday! Pioneer Club starts this Wednesday! We hope to see

all the kids come out for a night of fun and learning as

we start this new club for children. We will eat dinner as

families as a part of Family Night at 5:30 and Pioneer

Clubs will be from 6-7:30pm. We will have a registra-

tion table to sign-up and

to help kids get pointed

in the right direction.

Please invite your friends

and we look forward to

learning about Jesus to-

gether.

This past week, our

Sunday school classes

started Feasting on the

Word, a new curriculum

that helps the kids better

understand and learn

about the selected scrip-

ture for the sermons dis-

cussed in worship. As a part of this curriculum, your

children will receive a take-home sheet that gives some

activities that can be done at home to better reinforce the

lessons learned in Sunday school. I hope that you will

find time in your week to go over this information with

your kids. It is a great opportunity to learn about Jesus

together as a family.

Starting on September 18th, we will offer Children’s

Church during the Connect Service. This will be a time

when the kids will sing worship songs, learn a Bible les-

son, do crafts and other activities. Children can be

dropped off before the service starts and picked up after

the Connect service is over. I believe this will be a fun

way for the kids to learn about Jesus on Sunday morn-

ings.

The Children Are Back! New Horizons Preschool is back in session! Good

luck to all the teachers this week!

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS Alethea: “Righteousness and Wisdom” was the beginning lesson in our new series. There were thirty-five present to

share with our leader Bill Finley. Our sympathy to Sue Dunn and family on the death of her father. Welcome to four

new members George Nivasha, Tabitha Gitonga, and Dave & Charlotte Cain. We are happy to have you with us. Re-

member the party is this Saturday, September 10 beginning at 5pm!

Friendship: Seven members present. Our lesson was brought by Lillian Bass was entitled “Righteousness and Wis-

dom.” Pray for those ill and suffering loss. Keep our church and nation in your prayers.

New Beginnings: We had 15 present this morning and 2 visitors (Justin and Alanna Hodges). Today we began our

new lesson series “The Bevelery Hillbillies” taught by Ira Sheek. Prayer concerns this week include for Susan

Mosley.

Welmaker-JOY: Gail Corr brought the class together with prayer and encouragement using Psalms 50:14-15. The

class voted to make a contribution to Newgate ministries to help in their time of need. Prayers concerns this week for

Connie Brooks, Sonny & Mary Broome, Howard Edelman, LaJuanda Emery, Kate Hart, Ron & Johnnie McCune,

Jane & David Snipes, Barbara Steely, Joe & Richie Stone, and Janice & Jim Bob Williams. Also we need to remem-

ber Sheree & Eddie Strom, Warren Bradley, John Hall, Juanita Kutch, Debbie & Anne Barrow, Tommy Eaves, Lee

Ann McCarrell-Kittelson, Arthur Harris, Bonnie Glen, and Giles Maillat. Forty-three heard Kate Hart teach a

thoughtful lesson on Proverbs entitled “Righteousness and Wisdom” to help us to discover the kind of happiness wis-

dom provides which also connected to Psalms 50:14-15.

Memorial Gifts

Memorials for Mack Upchurch

were given by David & Zella Hash,

John & Linda Wood, and the

Alethea Sunday School Class.

Sunday Morning Prayer Teams Forming Prayer teams are forming to help us all being our weeks in the power and

presence of God. Each team will meet once a month- the 1st Sunday, 2nd Sun-

day, etc. The group will meet in the parlor at 8:30am,

pray for the people on the prayer list, pray for our wor-

ship and our week of ministry, and then journey

through the halls and pews praying for every person

who will gather in the hope of Christ. If you are inter-

ested in being part of one of these teams, contact the

church office or fill out the Sunday morning prayer

team online at greggton.org.

Operation Christmas Child Our church will participate again this year in the Show Box Gift Program. By

packing a gift-filled shoe box, you bring joy, hop, and the good news of God’s love

to needy children around the world. The Adult Ministries group will be coordinat-

ing the effort during September and October.

Do you have or can you get small size shoe boxes? The boxes will be filled with

small gifts of toys, school supplies, hygiene articles and other items for children

and young teems. Empty boxes can be brought to the church and stored in Room

205 (the room at the top of the ramp leading from the sanctuary). Let’s get started

and make this our most successful year yet!

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The very first offering provided aid for 17 children for one month.

In the past four years (almost) Greggton UMC has contributed a

total of $9043.05 helping over 600 children. During those (almost)

four years, we have served as instruments of grace in the lives of

countless children and adults. Talk about a REAL $1.00 Value

Meal!

We should be “happy dancing” as we continue to be in ministry throughout the world. Thank you, GUMC, for

four good years. To learn more about The Advance, go to Advance@gbgm-umc.org.

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Connecting people with Christ and one another.

Asbury House Contributions with Kroger

Purchase If you shop at Kroger’s you can help to contribute to As-

bury House. Stop by the church office to pick up a “Customer

Letter,” present that letter to your cashier at Kroger’s upon

checkout with your Kroger Plus Card, and you will be en-

rolled for the current year in the Kroger Neighbor to

Neighbor Donation Program. Every time thereafter that you

shop at Kroger and use your enrolled Plus Card, they will

contribute a percentage of your eligible purchases to the Do-

nation Program. Those funds will be mailed via check to As-

bury House.

Bible Trivia Answers 1. Moths, Rust, and Thieves (Matthew 6:19)

2. Adam (Genesis 5:5, 20, 27, 9:29)

3. Ants, conies (badgers), locusts and spiders

(Proverbs 30:24-28)

Thank you to Betty & Tom Hunt for their correct an-

swers from last weeks trivia questions!

You Are Invited! You’re invited to the bridal shower for Michelle Spurgeon

this Saturday, September 10 from 12-2pm. The shower will

be hosted in the Community Room and all are welcome to

come. Please contact the church office with any questions.

Dear Students and Youth Workers, Thank you so much for volunteering your time to help

with our garage sale. The event requires lots of hard work and

volunteers and we appreciate your support. We thank you for

braving the heat to help unload trailers. We raised $25,000

for our ministry!

Thanks again,

Pam Surles

Director of Asbury House

Road Trip There has been an interest expressed in going to hear

Pat Day, the pastor of FUMC Shreveport, preach at the

DeKalb UMC revival

this coming Sunday

evening. It will be a

great way to support

our former associate

pastor, Doug Winter-

mute, and share in this

wonderful revival experience. Please meet in the

church parking lot at 4:30pm Sunday, September 11

where we will take church vans to DeKalb. Please call

the church office to reserve your spot at 903.759.3831

or call Tem Carpenter at 903.261.4432