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Newsletter May 2020

Greetings Siblings in Christ,

In talking with Cindy Marion, Director of

Student Nutrition for the Yadkin County

Schools, she asks that we keep all of her staff in

prayer. They have been working very hard

during this time and are trying very hard to stay

healthy in order to keep serving the children in

the community. We are so grateful for their

service.

Cindy also said "Churches can continue to

support us by providing bags of non-perishable

food that can be given to families in need. Bags

will be distributed with lunches. As of last

week, we still had some gaps in the west end of

the county." See the list of items that go in the

bags. If you would like to contribute, you can

either give a designated offering to the church

and someone will go shopping for the food or

you can assemble the bag/box yourself. A time

will be set up later for you to drop these items

off at the church so they can be distributed to

the schools. I anticipate that this work and method of distributing food will be part of our Summer Fun program

for this summer.

Summer Interns: We have been assigned not one, but two, summer interns from Duke Divinity. They will

be virtual until the end of June (subject to being pushed back). Their names are Skylar and

Sydney. Skylar is going into her third year and Sydney is just beginning at Duke this Fall.

More information will be in next newsletter.

Grace & Peace,

Pastor Jonathan

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Prayer Concerns

Church Family James Roseberry, Patty Choplin, Dustin Spencer, Wade & Barbara White, Rachel Brandon,

Donna Bowman, Royce & Patti Ragan, Edith Davis, Dot Gish, Barbara Stephenson, Mary

Reavis, Tony Macemore, Gerald Messer, Kenneth Baity, Betty Boyette, Ginny Taylor,

Gerri Reynolds, Kim Harrison, Paul Williams, Dylan Spry, and Sandy Steele's family.

Friends and Family

Albert Brown, Jacob Shore, Marilyn Snow, Eidson Mulling, Wanda Burger, John Wooten,

Brenda Baird, Avery Rayit, Julie Dalton, Dean Richardson, Larry and Terry Hutchens, Lois Cheek, Janie

Helton, Mary Ann Allen, Carol Roberts, Tony Casstevens, Danny Culpepper, Emma Swaim, Tom Alston,

Angus McLeod, Una Graham, Tim Lineberry family, Wanda Cockrell, Renee White, Nanny Bell Casstevens,

Michelle Corcoran, and Clara Biswas (missionary).

Church Council: The Church Council is scheduled to meet Thursday, May 14 at 6:00 p.m. We will

meet hopefully at the church but could be via Zoom. Marty Driver, Chairperson

Congratulations: Marty Driver has recently completed an eight-month leadership program provided

through our Western North Carolina Conference. The Spiritual Academy for Leading Transformation, or

SALT, was held at the Conference Center in Huntersville, NC. The purpose of the

program is to provide the tools and steps needed to accomplish a ministry action plan in

churches and communities. The ministry action plan consists of a team with context,

focus, and a strategy for transformation in our churches and communities. Marty spent

one Saturday each month since September of last year attending the all-day class at the

Conference Center in Huntersville. There were assignments to be completed each month

to share with the twenty some others also participating in SALT. Marty hopes to use the

knowledge she gained for a retirement project in a few years. She presented her final plan

via Zoom to instructors and fellow classmates on Saturday, April 25th.

United Methodist Women: Due to the Coronavirus crisis, all the UMW activities for May have been

canceled, but just think about this:

Noah's family was on "lockdown" for 40 days and 40 nights and GOD protected them.

GOD will do the same for us.

Until it is safe for us the meet again, STAY HOME!!!!

Love and Miss all of you,

Sandy, UMW president

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Pastor Jonathan provides Driveway Communion

for Church Family, Friends, & Neighbors

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Scenes of Easter: Chalk Art by Valerie & Julianna Prim, Marsha & Emily Shaw, Angie & Audrey

Whitley, and others.

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Trustees: The Family Life Center, Sanctuary, educational building, and furniture are being sanitized while

not in use. Thanks to Harry and Steve for cleaning the convection oven in the kitchen. The fence has been

installed at the Parsonage. Special thanks to all who made this possible. Some outside projects will be

scheduled when possible.

Virgil Dodson, Chairperson

Empty Bowls Update: We have completed another successful Empty Bowls event! With a sold-out

crowd, we enjoyed delicious food, great fellowship, wonderful entertainment, and friendly competition for

lovely auction items. All this would not have been possible without a team of committed volunteers who

worked tirelessly to make this event happen. You folks are amazing! We are also indebted to our generous

sponsors of this project. Thanks to all who attended and participated, we raised $35,000! What a tremendous

impact this will have on our ability to address food insecurity in Yadkin County.

Yadkin Christian Ministries

Prayer of the day

Holy One, be present with us as we live in these discouraging times. Help us to listen. Help us to see your presence all around us. Help us to shine a light on that Presence.

Peace. Amen.

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Those Serving You

Rev. Jonathan Gaylord, Pastor, pastor@yadkinvilleumc.org, 336-679-2243

Dr. James Sheek, Choir Director, jamessheek@triad.rr.com

Charlene Zachary, Pianist/Organist

Bobbi Reavis, Church Office Administrator Assistant, bobbi@yadkinvilleumc.org

204 West Main Street, PO Box 25, Yadkinville, NC 27055, Website: www.yadkinvilleumc.org,

Church Office: 336-679-2243, Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Closed on Fridays.

Copies of the Newsletter are available in the Commons and it is on our website:

www.yadkinvilleumc.org.

News is due to mildredcarter@earthlink.net or 336-679-8034 by the 25th of each month.

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