Glad Tidings. Potter s Wheel. December 3. by Rev. Tom

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1 1 F I R S T U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H Sunday, Dec. 6 Sat., Dec. 12 PRAY Everyday 12:00noon* Sun.-8:30am PeaceTime Worship 9:45am Sunday School 10:55am-Worship-Sanctuary 5:15pm Adult Fellowship-Parlor 4:30pm Children Rehearse & Pizza 6:30pm Children s Christmas Program- Sanctuary & Birthday Party for Jesus, Fellowship Hall Mon. 1:00pm UMW circle 2-Phoebe meets in Wesley Classroom 1:30pm Staff Meeting Tue. 7am Morning Glory (7-12 graders), FH 10:00am UMW Circle 1-Miriam meets in Wesley Classroom 12 noon Bulletin insert deadline Wed 10:00am UMW Circle 3-Ruth meets at Jean Collins home 10:00am Samaritan Committee meets Spare & Pairs Classroom ****WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE A Peak in Your Week! 5:00pm Wednesday Night Meal 5:45pm -Bible Study-Children Activities, Youth & Adult Small Group and 7:00pm Adult Choir Practice Thu 11:45am XYZ Christmas Luncheon, Fellowship Hall. Fri. /Sat. Sunday, Dec. 13 Sat., Dec. 19 PRAY Everyday 12:00noon* Sun. No Live 8:30am Worship Service 9:45am -Sunday School 10:55am Worship-Christmas Contata, Sanctuary 5:15pm Youth Christmas Party at the Potter s home 5:15pm Adult Fellowship-Parlor 6:30pm Evening Worship-Sanctuary Mon. 1:30pm Staff Meeting Tue. Last Morning Glory of noon Bulletin insert deadline 4:00pm Newsletter Deadline 4:00pm Evangelism Meeting Wed. ****WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE A Peak in Your Week! 5:00pm Wednesday Night Meal 5:45pm -Bible Study-Children Activities, Youth & Adult Small Group and 7:00pm Adult Choir Practice Thu. Fri./Sat. Monday, Dec. 21 Men s Club Christmas Dinner with Joe Rowland Boys Home-6pm in the Fellowship Hall at FUMC Glad Tidings Potter s Wheel December 3 by Rev. Tom "Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God." Phil. 4:6, NRSV Are you looking for a real, concrete way to measure your faith? To actually measure the level of your spiritual growth? Consider this. Less than three years after being elected Pope in 1978, John Paul II (formerly Karol Wojtyla) was met by a Turkish assassin named Mehmet Ali Agca. Agca drew out a 9mm semiautomatic pistol and shot the 61-year-old Pope four times. John Paul very nearly died. He lost threequarters of his blood to the wounds. However, he somehow survived, and spent weeks in the hospital recovering from his trauma. Upon his release from the hospital, the Pope thanked God. He thanked God not only for saving his life, but also, as Eric Metaxas records in his biography of John Paul, "for allowing him to join the community of the sick who were suffering in the hospital." Do what? Pope John Paul II, one of the brightest theological lights of the 20th century, thanked God for the chance to identify directly with the weak and infirm, because that's what Jesus did. Notice something about Paul's language in the above Scripture. Nowhere does he tell us to be thankful FOR everything that happens to us. Rather, he instructs us to never stop praying, and to do so with a spirit that remains thankful to God even when we'd be crazy to give thanks FOR the terrible thing that's happened to us! In other words, we can be thankful TO God, even if we're not thankful FOR what happens to us. That's an important distinction for you and me, as we consider the busyness ahead for each of us. Don't worry. Keep praying, and stay thankful to God. And you know what the reward will be? Verse 7 continues: "And (then) the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." The parenthetical is mine. The peace is from God. And it's a gift for our HEART and our MIND. Why worry? Why fear? When our hearts and our minds can to be entrusted to God this Christmas season, why would we entrust them to anyone else? May the peace that God wants for YOU, Dear Reader, be yours this month. In Joy, Tom

2 2 Sunday School*2015 Breakfast Hosts Beginning at 9:30am before Sunday School Class at 9:45am be sure to come on down to the Fellowship Hall for a quick breakfast and fellowship! December-Growing Closer SS Class January-The Flock SS Class *Each class, please remember to clean up after breakfast. December Altar Flower Calendar 6th-Debbie Bailey 12th-the Hubbard s 20th-Goodwin/Moody 27th-Brenda Lee Meal begins at 5:00. Our Children, our Youth, and our Adults studies begin at 5:45. Adult Study is focusing on the book "I Will!". Bring a Bible scheduled offering counters December-Vickey McRee & Gwen Lott If you feel led to serve as a counter or want to be removed from the list, please contact our office. Dear Church Family, Thank you so much for sending the fall care package filled with goodies to us at college. The candy was eaten during our late night study sessions! We really appreciate how thoughtful and supportive our church family has always been. Kyle & Karlyn Grubb Rovers for December 8:30 10:55 Dec. 6 Bo Breland Glenn Young Dec. 13 Glen DeHart Henry Brister Dec. 20 Joe Frazier Rick Stanford Dec. 24 Henry Brister & Ron Kane (6:00pm) Dec. 27 Jimbo Griffin Bubba Lehman December 9 Homemade Chili Cornbread Spicy Crackers Cookies & Cream Cake December 16 Baked Ham Homemade Macaroni & Cheese Casserole Green Beans Rolls Chess Pie December 23 NO WNL You may make your own To Go boxed meal after 5:30pm when those dining in have been served. Ladies Of The Church, What a glorious lunch and warm reception you so lovingly prepared for our family and friends. This was not an easy task, but you made it look effortless... what a gift. We shall be forever grateful for the special time you created before the service for us to come together, enjoy a delicious meal and celebrate Bobby's life. I am so thankful for the comfort and love you showed to us during a difficult time. We know that God will grant us peace and remind us what a blessing we are to each other. As Bobby demonstrated, a life lived faithfully and well is a testimony to God's Grace and creation's glory. God's Mercy and Grace and Hope surrounds our family now. In His Love, Linda Townes and family

3 3 December January 2 Sarah Starnes Lane, Rev. Tom Potter, LaMonda Stanford 3 Parella Courtney, Ev Iverson 4 Fisher Crawford, Dot Evans 5 Elwood Bright, Jerry Dantone, Roy Geiger, Eli Housel 8 Karl Grubb 10 Debbie Rouse, Bratton Willoughby 11 Carol Ann Wade 12 Will Thimes, 15 Robin Grubb, Bryce Stegall 16 Cindy Nobile 17 Hap Brister, Lindsey Griffin 19 Chris Barrett, Dr. Johnnie Morris, Wanda Walker 20 Carrie Clark, Kyle Vance 21 Lylah Kate Burnett, Joel Carson, Darcy McCaulla, 22 Chase Chamblee, Rev. Rick Shepherd 25 Jesus Messiah 27 Denise Anderson 29 Douglas Anderson, Larry Carson, Blake Townes 30 Jillian Dees, Barbra Morris 1 Sharon Logan 3 Stephanie Steed 4 Glenn DeHart 5 Bill Haltom 6- Carol Trussell 7 Paul Smith 8 Greg Griffith 9 Carole White 10 Duncan Dees 11 Richard Reid 13 James Ferguson, Beth Whittemore 14- Kenneth Moore 15 Nikki Howell 17 Robbie Ray 18 Sarah Kate Griffin, April Hall, Barry Whitt 19 Matthew Long 20 Bill Rouse, Pat Smedley, Josh Miller 21 Norma Hubbard, Chuck Loftis, 22 Mandy Logan 24 Bobbye Dykes 25 Clarissa Horan, Olen Lehman 26 Lily Grace Miller, Ben DeHart 27 Richard Stanford 28 Ruth McRee 29 Katie-Noelle Steed 30 Ruth Ann Crawford 31 Henry Brister 19-Andy & Susie Carter 21-George & Libby Biddle 24-John & Jane Ashley 27-Rev. J.C. & Norma Hubbard 28-Bryant & Ruth McRee 1-Scott & Michelle Crawford 26-Ron & Susan Kane

4 4 Sunday School -High School 9:45am-3rd floor & 7th & 8th -3rd Floor Youth Choir Sundays at 5PM followed by UMYF 5:30-7:30pm with meal. Morning Glory Breakfast Tuesdays at 7:00am (7th-12th graders). Wednesdays 3-5:00pm-serve at the Boy s & Girl s Club Wednesday Night Live Small Groups 5:45pm (Meal begins at 5:00pm) Renew: Disciple Now Weekend is January 14-15, 2015 Children s Ministry SUNDAY SCHOOL: Our teachers are (Early Elementary) Cathy Haltom, Becky Taylor, Elin Juchheim, (Middle Elementary) Michelle Crawford, (Older Elementary) Renee Geiger, (Tween) Glenn DeHart Acolytes: Dec. 6-Ethan K & Blake B, Dec. 13-David C & Drew K, Dec. 20-Josh M & Bryce S, Dec. 27-Phillip C & Petyon W WNL ROTATION & ROVER SCHEDULE: ROVERS: Dec. 9th: Amy K & Heather V December 6th Children s Christmas Musical An Unplugged Christmas. Meet at the Church at 4:30 for dress rehearsal/pizza/performance/jesus Birthday. December 9th Children will go caroling to the nursing homes. Bring Cookies! (helpers: Bonnie/Stephanie/LaMonda/Heather V/Amy/Derry/Molly/Michelle) A Young Adults & College Aged Ministry Not a Fan is truly a cutting edge Bible study that will challenge even the most obedient Christians to re-look at their relationship with Christ. This Sunday School Class meets on the third floor (on the right at the top of the stairs) at 9:45am & is led by Jessica Kane Committee Officers and Members for FUMC are published and on the hall table on the First Floor outside the office. Please pick one up for you and your family and review for your membership positions. They will be formally installed on January 10th.

5 5 Note the upcoming events: Sunday, Dec. 6: Special music guest, Jessica Faith Wishard at 8:30 Service. The UMYF will sing at the 10:55 Service!, Then, our precious Children will present their Christmas program at 6:30! Sunday, Dec. 13: We'll combine for ONE MORNING SERVICE as our Sanctuary Choir presents their Christmas Cantata! Thursday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve Communion Service, 6:00! Make your plans for Sunday evening, December 6th at 6:30pm to enjoy our Children s Christmas Musical An Unplugged Christmas followed by a party for Jesus Birthday in the Fellowship Hall. Everyone is invited for cake and ice cream. (Note: the children need to be at Church at 4:30 for Dress rehearsal & pizza) Welcome to the Family of God, Thomas Travis Carpenter IV! Little Thomas, son of Travis and Lynsie, received Christian Baptism on Sunday, November 22nd! Our deepest sympathy is offered to Martha Trapp and her family with the loss of husband and father, Col. Turner Trapp.. Funeral Service will be held at Grenada FUMC with visitation from 11am-1pm and service at 1:00pm Saturday, December 5.

6 GLAD TIDINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 161 SOUTH LINE STREET GRENADA, MS OFFICE FAX S & NEWSLETTER RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED NON-PROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID GRENADA, MS PERMIT NO F I R S T U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H Samaritan Fund The Samaritan Fund will receive donations every first Sunday (December 6). Please prayerfully consider giving to this fund. The money collected is well spent helping people in need in our local community. Soup Kitchen Donations continue to be needed for the Soup Kitchen. Every second Sunday we will collect non-perishable items (specific need of whole kernel corn and mixed vegetables) (December 13). Need a The Church Has Left the Building cause? The local animal shelter has a full house of dogs and cats needing food. Supporting the Sheriff s department in their efforts allows God s creatures a second chance for adoption. To help call November 22 Sunday School-112 8:30 service 40 10:55 service-135 6:30 service-n/a WNL (11-18) November 29 Sunday School-118 8:30 service-55 10:55 service 149 6:30 Service 26 WNL (11-25)- N/A TV broadcasts are on local cable channel 72 at 8:30, 10:55, and 6:30.