Ministers and Ministry Directors

William H. Phillips Senior Pastor Jonathan Harris Associate Pastor Emily Kirby Director of Christian Education Jennifer Hupko Director of Youth Ministry Kathy Heustess Director of Coastal Samaritan Counseling Center Norman McQueen Director of Music D. Scott Ferguson Pianist/Organist

The Steeple ■ April 16, 2017

Our Church office is open Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM & Friday 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

901 N. Kings Hwy ■ 843-448-7164

Welcome

Thank you for being here for worship this Sunday! Our mission at First Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We are inspired by the words of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, who encouraged believers to “do all the good you can, in all the ways you can.”

8:30am and 11:00am | Traditional Service, Sanctuary

10:55am | Contemporary Service, Wesley Worship Center

9:45am | Sunday School

Easter Sunday

beginning

Gather to worship together this summer!

Adult Classes Ark Brittain Fellowship Faith Foundations M.D. Moore * New Horizons * New Ventures * Open Doors * Open Fellowship *

( * ) Indicates: Uniform Series

International Lesson Series: John 20:1-10 “God’s Love as Victory Over Death”

Asbury 204 Asbury 101 Asbury 203 Wesley 105 Asbury 201

Music Center 103 Wesley 104

Music Center 101

Children’s Classes 0-2 year olds 3 and 4 year old preschool Kindergarten/First Grade 2nd and 3rd Grades 4th and 5th Grades Youth Classes

6th - 12th Grades Sonshine House

First Church Weekly Reading:

April 17 Mutually Sharing the Gospel of Christ Romans 1:1-15

April 18 Fruit of Justification by Faith Romans 5:1-5

April 19 Grace Abounded Through Jesus Christ Romans 5:18-21

April 20 Believers’ Present Suffering and Future Glory Romans 8:18-25

April 21 God’s Will Shapes Human Direction Romans 8:26-30

April 22 Paul’s Faithful Ministry Despite Suffering 2 Corinthians 11:21-27

April 23 God’s Love Never Changes Romans 5:6-11; 8:31-39 First Church invites you to follow this weekly Scripture reading plan if you don’t have one already.

Nursery Wesley 102 Wesley 205 Wesley 203 Wesley 204

One time 10:00

7 through

Traditional Two services

MAY

SEPTEMBER Sunday School classes: 9:00 AM Contemporary

3

Special Thanks from College Ministry Team We just completed our final college mailing for this school term. We were able, with

your help, to send 33 boxes four times during the school year. For some of our

students, this was the first time away from home and for others it is their final year.

We always include devotions, scriptures, and many other items of spiritual

enrichment. We trust that from our efforts we are able to build on a firm foundation

that will serve them well whether they return to serve our congregation or go on to

serve in other churches. The supplies, treats and gift cards were of course nice to

include but our prayer is that the greater benefit is that they feel the love from their

home town and caring church family.

A special THANK YOU to our church family. You really came through to help with

this ministry through your prayers, monetary contributions and gifts of supplies and

treats. We have had so much support from our church staff – Rev. Buddy,

Rev. Jonathan, Rev. Emily, Big Tom, Terry, Cynthia, Kay, Jennifer J, Jennifer H,

James, the Sunday School classes and our Thrift Store.

God has truly blessed us with a supportive church staff, a will-

ing congregation and a successful ministry.

Many Thanks,

College Ministry Team

Reach Out and Read prepares our youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to

prescribe books and encourage families to read together. We are in need of books for children from birth to

age 5 years. The children are given books at the following age well check visits:

6-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 24-36 months and 3-5 years

If you plan to provide books for April’s book drive for the Children of our community, please bring books for

children ages 5 years and younger to First UMC and place them in receptacles located at each entrance of the

sanctuary. If you prefer you may give a monetary donation and the books may be purchased in bulk for a

significant discount. To provide funds to purchase books please make checks payable to First UMC in the

note section write “Reach Out and Read Myrtle Beach”.

Monthly Mission in Motion for April: REACH OUT & READ of MB

coming up…

April 16th : NO YOUTH…HAPPY EASTER

April 23rd :

Radical Ropes April 30th :

Youth @ Main

Campus 2 – 5 pm

May 7th : Youth @ N. Campus 5 – 7 pm

May 21st : Youth Sunday 10 am

May 21st : Youth End of Year Party 4 – 6 pm

Senior High…beginning April 18th , we will

meet at the McDonald’s on 38th & the

Bypass while CFA remodels.

It’s time to get signed up for

the Salkehatchie mission trip!

We will head to Lake Murray,

just outside of Columbia, the

week of July 22nd – 29th. Type in

the following link to get started https://

my.salkehatchie.org/ . It is pretty easy to get

through the forms, but you will need to be

ready to upload your insurance card and a

current picture of your youth. Please seriously

consider setting aside this week for your

youth to be the hands and feet ofChrist!!

Cost of Salkehatchie is $230 and your youth

must turn 14 by July 22nd…if you have any

questions, please contact

Jennifer Hupko.

Mailing address: First United Methodist Church, PO Box 1367, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578-1367

Phone: 843-448-7164 Email: office@fumcmb.org Website: www.fumcmb.org Become a Fan: www.facebook.com/FUMCMB Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/fumcmb

Request Emailed Steeple: thesteeple@fumcmb.org Worship Service televised Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM, on FOX Channel 7

The First Church Thrift Store Hours: Mondays 9am-12pm; Thursdays 1:00-4:00pm. Donations accepted during these times.

Gifts (includes online giving)

Week of April 9, 2017: Giving to Date: Expenses to date: Expenses include weekly apportionments & direct billing.

Presence April 9, 2017 Traditional Services Contemporary Service Total Service Sunday School Classes

$23,021.09 $432,289.26 $426,160.63

420 129 549 267

Welcome to First

Church!

New Member, Bridget

Ramsey, joined First

Church during traditional

worship at 11:00 on

April 2, 2017.

Bridget’s fellowship friend

is Melinda Morgan.

COMBINED

5th SUNDAY

Worship

APRIL 30 | 10AM Our next 5th Sunday combined worship is

APRIL 30. Mark your calendars. Sunday

school meets on that morning at 8:45am.

APRIL 30 combined Sunday Worship is held

in the Sanctuary. See you there!

HIGH SCHOOL AND

COLLEGE SENIORS

If your child is a High School or College

Senior, PLEASE get in touch with Jennifer

Hupko. Youth Sunday will be May 21ST and

we want to make sure we recognize this

great achievement in the life of your

child. You can contact Jennifer through

e-mail hupko@fumcmb.org or by calling

the church office, 843-448-7164.

SAVE THE DATE Saturday, May 13

Plan to help our church family pack

10,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now.

Watch The Steeple in April for details.

SUNDAY, APRIL 16

Sunrise Service PLYER PARK

Nursery Provided WESLEY BLDG Traditional Worship Service SANCTUARY

Sunday School MAIN CAMPUS

Contemporary Worship WESLEY WORSHIP CENTER

Traditional Worship Service SANCTUARY

FRIDAY, APRIL 21

MONDAY, APRIL 17

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19

Women’s Prayer Group PRAYER ROOM

Men’s Prayer Group LIBRARY

Adult Handbell Rehearsal DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

Wesley Chancel Choir Rehearsal SANCTUARY

THURSDAY, APRIL 20

Childrens Choirs/Bells TNBC

TUESDAY, APRIL 18 Ethics in Business Luncheon STAFF OUTING

Finance Committee OPEN DOORS CLASSROOM

Stephen Ministry CHURCH PARLOR

Church Council Meeting MD MOORE CLASSROOM

Boy Scouts TNBC

7:15 AM

7:30 AM

1:00 PM

6:30 PM

4:30 PM

Pointmen MAGNOLIAS

Cargivers support group CHURCH PARLOR

Church Office Closed

6:30 AM 8:15-12:00

8:30 AM

9:45 AM 10:55 AM

11:00 AM

10:00 AM

5:30 PM

6:00 PM

6:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:15 AM

10:30 AM

Big Tom’s “A Quote” “To worry is rocking in a rocking

chair. It gives you something to do,

but gets you nowhere.”

~ Unknown

Gideon Sunday is April 23

Features Gideon speaker at all

services. Donations will be taken

following worship services to

support ministry of Gideons

International.