Saint Luke United Methodist Church

1501 Turnpike Road

Laurinburg, NC 28352

Remembering in Prayer

Urgent Needs: John P. Bailey, Billy Lassiter (Violet Hughes brother), Lyle Barnett, Arnold Strickland (Dawn’s father),

Rev. Randall Snead, Bessie Collins, Karen Dunn, Dr. Joe Dean, Sandra Burns’ sister Elaine, Wayne Bryant

Ongoing Needs: Nick Collie, Sara Smiley, Braydon Luke Dilling (Bettie Barrow), Colin McArthur, Ned Barringer, Jan

Callahan (Mary Lopez), Donald Krout, Sarah Barrett (mother of Peggy Alexander), Rev. Jim Lee, Jean Barringer, Reg

Poteat, Buddy Clark , Bertie Hash, Elizabeth Williams, Bob Varner (James’ father), Carolyn Hook, Gwyn Harris, Chuck

Killian (Elaine’s father), Julie King, Ann Collie, Beverly Mills, Yates Clifton, Julie Fogleman

Assisted Living or Skilled Care: Emma Dunn (Scotia Village), Shirlee Jacobs (Prestwick Village), Frank Knight (Scottish

Pines), Kelly Muse (Scottish Pines), Sandra Nichols (Scottish Pines), Billie Shelley (Scotia Village), Linda English (Scottish

Pines), Dorothy Bolger (Prestwick Village)

Those in Ministry/Mission Field: Church Community Services, Food Bank of North Carolina, Lindsey Garrison, Jessica &

Grayson Stallings (China)

Military: Eliot Tremblay (Ruth’s grandson)

Saint Luke UMC

Saints=Ordinary people following Jesus INISTRY STAFF

Billy A. Olsen, Pastor

Priscilla Weir, 8:30 Service Music Director &

Coordinator of Youth Ministries

Leah Hixson, Coordinator of Children’s Ministry

Bobbie McClure, Handbell Director

Julia McCall, Administrative Assistant

1501 Turnpike Road

Laurinburg, North Carolina 28352

Church Phone #: 276-6821; Fax 276-2932

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THE SAINT LUKE SCROLL APRIL 2018 NEWSLETTER

Volume 1, Edition 65

Breaking the Power

Ever read a King James Bible, or some other “Old English”

text and get confused by unfamiliar expressions? Our

language is always changing. The expressions of one

generation doesn’t always mean the same thing to the next

generation. Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley

(founder of the Methodist movement), authored many of

the now traditional hymns in our Hymnal. His way with

words made not only for beautiful music, but solid Biblical

teaching.

“O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” has been the first hymn at the beginning of each Methodist

Hymnal since 1780. It is a familiar and rousing tune, but what about some of those ideas expressed?

Verse four begins, “He (Jesus) breaks the power of canceled sin, He sets the prisoner free..” Does

that make sense? If sin has been “canceled” by Christ, then how can it have any power over us?

Hmmm. Is Charles Wesley just some out-of-touch old man in need of enlightenment? No. Brother

Charles Wesley writes a song that says more about the power of God in one line, than a whole stack

of “self help” books. When Christ comes into our hearts, He frees us from our sins, He “cancels”

them. Even though our redemption is complete, Jesus does not remove our sins from our

memories. Even though the Lord has forgiven us and “remembers our sin no more” (Heb. 8:12), we

still remember the history of sin in our lives. And when we dwell on the sins of our past, we can get

caught up in guilt over our past. By dwelling too much on the past, we can give our canceled sin

power to hinder our Christian walk.

When Charles Wesley writes that Jesus “Breaks the power of canceled sin,” he reminds us of God’s

grace. The sins and mistakes of the past remain part of our memories, not so we can feel unworthy

and guilty, but so we might see how much God loves us. We need our past history, so we can

recognize what the Lord has done in our lives. Christ has not come to change our history, He has

come to change our hearts! Let us continue in our life together as members of Saint Luke UMC, so

that we can experience freedom in Christ and tell the world about what the Lord has done for us!

“He breaks the power of canceled sin, He sets the prisoner free; His blood can make the foulest

clean; His blood availed for me.”

Love to all,

- Billy

OUTREACH

ASP Mission trip is the week

of June 24. Please continue

to pray for the ASP Team. The time is

approaching quickly. Prayers and support

are greatly appreciated.

Methodist Men March 18 meeting:

Rob Macy, Director of Church and Community Services spoke to the men about the services provided and stated sometimes, “Miracles need a little help.” He reviewed his goals including installing a “safe shower” facility.

Final preparations are being made for the BBQ fundraiser, Friday, April 13 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Dennis Ward has asked volunteers to sign up to help with this project.

FLOWER CALENDAR: Thank you to everyone who has signed up to put flowers in the Sanctuary. We have a few dates open if they would work for you: July 1 and July 15 August 5 September 23 December 30

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

Susan Lockey Seekers Circle will meet on Wednesday, April 4th at 10:00. Please plan to attend the meeting as we will be discussing an

important mission to help The Methodist Home in Lumberton. Bring a friend!

The Saint Luke UMW Executive Board met in late February to discuss our annual budget. We

hope to contribute to many needy charitable causes and organizations again this year.

Also, watch for a special joint meeting in May

when we expect to hear a lot about The Methodist Children’s Home - date and time to

be announced - come join us!

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees continues to work on projects from painting to floor waxing. Safety locks have been installed in the nursery and playground equipment ropes will be replaced very soon. There are several on-going projects that will be announced at a later date.

Please advise if you have a concern that the Trustees need to address as we continue to serve our Mission of Saint Luke. Next Trustees meeting will is Sunday, May 6 at 4pm.

APRIL 2018

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

B - Birthday

A - Anniversary

1 EASTER

6:30am Sunrise

Service/Breakfast

8:30 & 11am

Services

No Youth or Jr.

Fellowship

2

B - Shirley Godfrey

3

B - Steve Hughes

8pm AA Meeting

4

A - Jonathan & Jessi

McInnis

5 6

B - Avery Johnson

7

8

No Youth or Jr.

Fellowship

9 10

B - Elaine Olsen

7pm Handbells

8pm AA Meeting

11

6:15pm Youth Bible

Study

6:15pm Adult Bible

Study

12 13

11am - 4pm

UMM’S B-B-Q

14

8am Food Bank

15

7:30am United

Methodist Men

4:30pm Jr.

Fellowship

4:30pm Youth

16

B - Pam Peck

17

7pm Handbells

8pm AA Meeting

18

6:15pm Youth Bible

Study

6:15pm Adult Bible

Study

19

4pm Delta Kappa

Gamma meeting

20

B - Lindsay Hunter

B - Debbie Ray

B - Danielle Walker

21

B - Isabella

Whitehead

2pm Bridal

Shower for

Catherine Ray

22

B - Haley McGugan

2pm - Planning

Retreat

4:30pm Jr.

Fellowship

4:30pm Youth

23

B - Larry Stevens

24

7pm Handbells

8pm AA Meeting

25

6:15pm Youth Bible

Study

26 27 28

29

B - Josh Atchison

B - Dixie Cox

4:30pm Jr.

Fellowship

4:30pm Youth

30

YOUTH NEWS

Kairos Placemats

Come and hear; all you who fear God; let me tell you what He has

done for me!

The youth designed placemats for the upcoming Kairos weekend, which is an Emmaus weekend held in a nearby prison. Inmates will be able to eat home cooked meals served on placemats with beautiful designs by our youth and children’s’ ministry. Each mat was carefully prepared and prayed for. What would your mat say? Sunday night youth attended the movie I Can Only Imagine. It was a wonderful testimony of the lead singer of the music group Mercy Me. What a God story! We encourage every one to see it!

Coming soon: Senior Sunday and potluck: June 3rd

Congratulations to Leah Hixson and Will

Jenkins on their upcoming wedding on May

10. Leah has been the Coordinator of our

Children’s Ministries since September 2015

and her last Sunday with us is April 29. Leah

will be relocating to Ft. Mead, Maryland

where Will, who is in the U.S. Army, will be

stationed.

SAINT LUKE UMC MEN’S ANNUAL B-B-Q

1501 Turnpike Road 276.6821

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 / 11am to 4pm Pork or Chicken Plates, $8.00

Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. Saint Luke United Methodist Men support local projects including Church Community Services and Habitat for

Humanity.

Volunteers are also needed to bake cookies, brownies and/or cupcakes for the plate sale. We need lots of these items! Please be sure to put desserts in individual plastic bags.

FOOD BANK - Saturday, April 14 at 8:00am. Volunteers are needed on Friday, April 13 to pack the bags and on Saturday to give out the bags. Thank you for your support of our Food Bank Ministry.

PLANNING RETREAT FOLLOW-UP MEETING

Sunday, April 22 from 2 - 4:30pm

We defined several areas that need our attention but more time is

needed to discuss and work on solutions. All are invited to join us for

this planning session.

Saint Luke Children’s Ministries

&

Saint Luke United Methodist Church, Laurinburg

Children’s Ministry

JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP

Junior Fellowship will not meet on April

1st or April 8th due to Easter and

Spring Break.

Junior Fellowship will resume on

April 15 from 4:30-6:30 for ages 3-5th Grade