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June 2012 Newsletter of Trinity United Methodist Church in Greeneville, TN
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The Trinity Torch Pastor: Rev. David Brannock, [email protected]
Administrative Assistant: Donna Lowery
Financial Secretary: Jim “Chip” McKenna
Director of Music: Jerry Long [email protected]
Director of Youth: Amy Brown [email protected]
Director of Children: Jennifer McHan [email protected]
Custodian: Tim Cansler
Office e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (423) 638-7521
Trinity Library: [email protected] Web Page: www.trinity-um-church.org
JUNE
2012
Pastor’s Remarks
A Word from the Pastor
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” Mary Ethel, Molly Kate, and I praise God for our 3
years here. Transitions are never easy, but I am at peace with my decision to leave the nest of pastoral ministry. I want
to soar like an eagle into a new way of serving God that will be life-giving instead of life-draining (Isaiah 40:31). I have a writing project that I feel led to start working on this summer. I look forward to writing something
besides a weekly sermon and a monthly newsletter article. I also look forward to having the time to write, knowing that
sickness, death, and other crises in the church will not interrupt or overload my schedule.
Pastor Stuart Albee is coming to lead you for the next few years. As much as you loved Boo Hankins, you let
me be your pastor the day I moved into the parsonage. The day the Albees move to Greeneville, let Stuart be your pastor
with his particular gifts and talents.
I once was in the shadow of a former pastor who lived nearby. He wouldn’t let go of the church and the church
wouldn’t let go of him. My first month there, he made a hospital visit 2 days before I found out my church member was
sick; neither he nor the family called me, leaving me to hear about it through the grapevine. I spent my first 18 months
there being the “warm up act” for every funeral and wedding because the church kept asking this former pastor back to
do “the main part.” I was appointed as the pastor in charge, yet the church treated me like his associate pastor for
weddings and funerals.
I will support Pastor Stuart by not interfering with his ability to build relationships with you. Once Stuart
becomes Trinity’s pastor, I will not return to lead or assist with any weddings, funerals, or baptisms. If a pastoral need
arises during Stuart’s first week, call him because I will no longer be doing pastoral ministry. Moving day is always the
best time to make a clean break. At my last church, 2 members died between moving day and my first Sunday, so on
Monday and Tuesday I had both funerals. The previous pastor didn’t return for either service because it wasn’t his
responsibility to conduct those funerals. Both families let me be their pastor even though I had just moved to town.
On June 1 my family will begin renting a house on Old Shiloh Road. Because we will remain in Greeneville
(at least in the short-run), I have already promised Stuart that we won’t return to worship at Trinity for awhile so that he
and his family can become established here. Also, my identity will no longer be “Pastor David”, so personally I need to
worship elsewhere for a season to get used to my new role of just being “David.”
However, down the road at a mutually agreeable time, I am willing to return to preach here if your pastor
invites me. Lay people can preach, so I can speak without being in the role of pastor. Such invitations are made in
advance, so my schedule won’t be interrupted on short notice. And sermons are for the benefit of everyone, not just one
particular family as in the case of a wedding, funeral, or baptism.
As our time together draws to a close, I hope that the friendships we have made here will continue. Please pray
for the Albees as they prepare to be your new parsonage family. Thank you for your prayers and support as we transition
to a new way of serving God.
Blessings,
David
Prayer List JUNE 2012
For Our Armed Forces Justin Sayler Kenneth Kelley
Brian Benton Jamie Moseley
John Penland Joseph D. Carson
Justin Walter Steven Ayers
Thomas White David Jones
Steven Sams Stanley Keselicka
Jay Burns
For Trinity Members & Constituents
Violet Reynolds Mildred Wallin Helen Jeffers
Trisha Chesnut Frances Million
For Family Members & Friends Pat Chapman Jimmy Seay Penny Johnson
Carol Laughlin William Wright, Jr. Ashley Gregg
Walter Graham
Church in Mission Fran Lynch Baxter-Willow, AK
Steve Geegbe/Richard Tefley - Home in Liberia
For the Persecuted Church around the world.
For the Ministry of Our Church, Its Leaders,
Pastor Brannock & Staff.
For Our Known Bereaved
The Family of Peggy McHan
The Family of Landon Gerlach
The Family of Sgt. James Allen Surber
Healing Needed from Cancer
Ronnie Hooten
Mary Peters Ed Stalcup
Hugh Wells Benny Goodwin
Karen Broyles Payne Earnestine Gray
Susan Ramsey Albert Rasnake
Victor Knapp Carl Lacher
Rick Felton Stanton Whittaker
Richard Arwood Charlotte Nicodemas
Roger Solomon Jimmy Carter
Lynn Rollins Jerry Hackney
Evelyn Blake Michael Renfro
Leonard Harrell Brenda Loveday
Patty Guinn Max Cox
Darnell Marie Barker Carrie Schrefer
Faye & Billy Kelton Avery Armstrong
Edna Cutshaw David Lamons
Hugh Allen Shipley Danny Starnes
Teresa Krause’ Jewell Hughes Families and Caregivers of those with cancer
For Our Nursing Home &
Assisted Living Members: Helen Phillips Anna Belle Hankins
Beryl Smith Mabel Philbeck
Iva Walker Carolyn Tilson
For Our Homebound Members: Bobby George Kitty Knittel Belva Drake Faye Reynolds
Norma Cureton Virgie Gray Doc Dowden Patsy Reynolds
Helen Jeffers Frances Million
“Neither the one who plants
nor the one who waters is
anything, but only God who
gives the growth.” I Corinthians 3:7
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
06/01 Randy Walker
06/01 Judy Paxton
06/02 Glenn Cope
06/02 Parker Wilhoit
06/03 Grant Tunnell
06/04 Joseph Kite
06/04 Tori Sell
06/05 Kylie Reaves
06/05 Sarah (Tootie) Sayler
06/06 Derek Keasling
06/06 Vance Walker
06/06 Debra Scott
06/07 CeJ Jones
06/07 Jessica McHan
06/07 Michael Cooper
06/09 Alice Marshall
06/09 Amanda Adams
06/10 Sharon Duncan
06/11 Tim Cansler
06/12 Ron Chesnut
06/13 Katie Hood
06/13 Louis DeBusk
06/14 Bryce Ball
06/14 Carmen Fillers
06/14 Donald Williams
06/14 Robert Brown
06/14 Trey Whitfield
06/14 Hank Hope
06/14 Gladys Renner
06/15 Iva Walker
06/16 Jewel Westmoreland
06/16 Jim Cope
06/17 Buddy Coyler
06/17 Ken Oldenberg
06/18 Charles Fisher
06/18 Helen Jeffers
06/19 Angie Tipton
06/19 Chris Oldenberg
06/21 Eva Sams
06/21 Michael Knapp Jr.
06/21 Mike Franklin
06/21 Sam Biddle
06/23 Riley Jones
06/24 Paula Moore
06/26 Dewey Holley
06/27 Tommy Carter
06/27 Wayne Susong
06/29 Eric Feltman
06/29 George Wilhoit
06/29 Terry Miles
JUNE YOUTH ACTIVITIES:
Amy Brown - Youth Director
June will be another busy month for us.
Bring a Friend to Youth!
June 3-7: We will be helping at Vacation Bible
School where we are needed. The theme is SKY and
starts at 5:30. Please try and attend!!!
June 10: We will be going and visiting some of our
shut-ins and bringing them food. We will be doing this
during our regular youth meeting time: 6pm-7:30pm.
June 17: Father’s Day (No Youth)
June 24: We will be going to Wired for Worship in
Morristown. It is a local youth rally!!!
JUNE CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES:
Jennifer McHan
Children’s Director
VBS Friday night June 8 we are closing out the week of VBS with
a Family camp out and pool party at the Jones' house make
plans to join the fun! RSVP at jennifermchan-
[email protected] not required just helpful. We are planning
crafts and activities trying to keep up with the VBS theme!
RE-OPENING SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
Coming soon... The 2-3 year olds Sunday School is
re-opening with Kelley Ford, Heather Tunnell, and Holly
Hope. Thank you ladies for seeing a need and stepping up to
help fulfill the need!
RIPLEY’S AQUARIUM
I'm trying to collect a total head count of people interested in
going to Ripley's Aquarium to go "Sleeping with the
Sharks." We have to have a minimum of 15 to book with
them. Contact me to let me know if you are interested
@ [email protected] or 823-8379
You should admit it:
You enjoy singing!
…so YOU need to ‘come on down’
to the choir room at 8:45
to enjoy that morning’s
‘Sing Along’ at 9:30!
Beginning Sunday June 10th
the chancel choir rehearses
just two anthems each week:
‘What we sing today’ and ‘What we sing next Sunday.’
Why don’t You admit it: You’re curious to see
how we make music work!
…so ‘Come on Down!’
Registration Begins at 5:30 each night Parents can pick up their child at 8:00
For Details, Please contact Holly Hope - 423-525-5002 or [email protected]
Trinity United Methodist Church 524 Tusculum Boulevard Greeneville, TN 37745
RETURN SERVICE
REQUESTED
2 0 1 2
Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage
PAID
Greeneville, TN 37745
PERMIT 135
Monthly Item Trinity’s Food Bank item being collected during June
is Crackers.
Donations can be placed in the cardboard boxes provided
in either the Large Fellowship Hall or
the Old Narthex outside the Sanctuary.
Pick up will be July 1.
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ECHOES News
On Friday Evening, June 1
the ECHOES group will be going to the
Annual Ottway Fish Fry.
See Vance Walker for details.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped prepare food,
who donated food, who prepared the church for the Wesley
Choir and also to the church staff who worked with the
TN Tech Wesley Foundation leaders to plan the program.
Your generosity and hospitality are so much appreciated.
We were so blessed to be asked to host the Wesley Choir.
Thanks again,
Haden & Debra Scott
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Thank you for hosting our choir in your church during our
choir tour. We had a wonderful trip, and Trinity got us off to
a great start. All of us are grateful for the bountiful food and
the warm hospitality everyone showed to us. Please share
my thanks with the church and with everyone who did so
much to welcome us to Greeneville. Thanks for everything. I
hope your ministry continues to go well. Please let me know
when the Wesley Foundation or I can be of service to you.
Respectfully,
Bud Alexander, Campus Minister
UMW News
Shalom - No June Meeting
Maude Landmesser - June 14 @ 11:00, TBA
Ruth Sub Group - June 18 @ 11:00, Tannery West
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Lister Circle meet in the kitchen @ 4:30
Sunday, June 3rd to prepare food for VBS.
Following the VBS meal clean up, Lister Circle will meet for
our annual VBS activities starting with the scavenger hunt. __________________________________________________
ATTENTION: 2012 Graduates of high school, college, & grad school,
have you turned in your name to the church office?
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On June 10th , there will be no Sunday School Hour
as SPR is hosting a reception during that time for
Rev. David Brannock and his family
to “say thanks and well wishes”
in the large fellowship hall.
