New Sermon Series for Lent: Virtues

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1 The March Madness Food Drive for RCS! The Garber Mission Committee is sponsoring a Food Drive for Religious Community Services in the middle of March Madness! So pull yourself away from the ACC and NCAA basketball games and fill a grocery bag with non-perishable canned and boxed goods no glass please for those in need of food in our community. March Madness Grocery Bags are available March 12 and 19 in the Courtyard and Atrium. Each bag has a list of needed items at the RCS Food Pantry to assist you in your shopping. Thank you for your continued and generous support of the mission projects at Garber! New Sermon Series for Lent: Virtues For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with selfcontrol, and self-control, with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. II Peter 1: 5-8 The Holy Spirit seeks to transform God s people in the context of WEDNESDAY NIGHT ADULT BIBLE STUDY SESSION 4: VICES March 8 - April 5 Our pastors will lead this study that will correspond to the Lenten Sermon Series on Virtues. Learn about the Vices (pride, envy, sloth, greed and anger) that so easily ensnare us, the antithesis of the Virtues preached on Sunday mornings. We will keep the normal Wednesday evening Christian community! During the past year, we have been schedule and will once again offer a delicious catered meal emphasizing the importance of Belonging to the body of for those who sign up to eat. Christ. Our sermon series for Lent will emphasize God s call on 5:00 pm Mid-week Communion our life in community to be people of virtue, or moral 5:30 pm Dinner served in Ministry Center excellence. Sunday mornings during Lent we will be speaking of the virtues of Humility, Contentment, Diligence, Generosity, and Patience. 6:00 pm Adult Bible Study Begins in Room 123 Please join us!

2 MOSAIC NEWS If you missed the MOSIAC Sweetheart Dinner on February 10, you missed a real treat. Participants were invited in to the dining area by Garber youth dressed in black and white with red aprons. They were served beverages and dinner while getting to know the youth server. Carol Hill delivered a wonderful devotional and introduced Drew Demarest, our youth minister who spoke to the group. He then introduced one of the youth, Emily Cuttic, who gave her testimony about going on Garber mission trips. A LOVE Offering was taken up to help defray the costs of the students participating for 2017 Youth retreats and mission trips. After a delicious meal, participants enjoyed entertainment by the Southern Gentlemen quartet, a Lollypop skit performed by our own Dan and Cammie Armstrong, and were presented flowers for the special occasion. Door prizes were also distributed. What a great event! Join us for our next MOSIAC event, a day trip to Greenville on Friday, March 24. We will travel by Garber bus/ new van to tour Cypress Glenn Methodist Retirement Home, have lunch at Basil s Restaurant, then visit the Farmer s Market and the Eastern Carolina Village and Farm Museum. Cost will be $4.00 for Village tour, transportation $2.00. TOTAL $6.00 and lunch on your own. Reserve your spot: contact Sue Webb at or swebb@garberumc.com Calling women who need to be encouraged to remain faithful to the truth! What Love Is..... Presented by Kelly Minter Tuesdays beginning March 14 8:30 a.m. in Room 311 of the Ministry Center Join Tina Hoard and Nell Todd as they facilitate this 6 week study that focuses on the letters of 1, 2, & 3 John which were written to encourage followers of Jesus to remain faithful to the truth. Believers are challenged to look at contrasting themes such as walking in the light instead of darkness, truth versus lies and deception, loving God more than loving the world, and the meaning of true fellowship and community rather than shallowness. This study reveals not only the heart of John but also the heart of Jesus. Please call the church office to sign up!

3 During Holy Week this year, the Garber Worship Ministries are presenting a dramatic presentation of the events of the week leading up to the crucifixion. Musically, visually, and theatrically stunning, you will not want to miss this powerful telling of the love of Christ as we worship together on Maundy Thursday (April 13) and Good Friday (April 14) at 7:00pm in Morris Hall. Please come join us as we reflect upon the magnitude of what God has done for us in Christ Jesus. Garber s Chancel Choir, along with choirs from Centenary UMC and other local congregations are excited to announce a presentation of the dramatic oratorio, ELIJAH, by Felix Mendelssohn! This is a powerful and beautiful work that has not been heard in New Bern in many years! The choirs, along with orchestra and soloists, will present the work May 19 th at 7pm at Garber and May 21 st at 4pm at Centenary UMC. If you are interested in joining us in singing, please contact Matt Johnson at mjohnson@garberumc.com Also, we are looking for any individual or corporate sponsors who might be interested and willing to sponsor these presentations. If you or your business are interested, please contact Matt Johnson at mjohnson@garberumc.com.

4 Safe Sanctuary Training: will be offered on Monday, March 13 at 7:00 pm and Thursday, March 23 at 1:00 pm (please choose one class offering) Please call the church office to sign up if you would like to participate in the class so we are sure to have enough seating and handouts. Remember, if you work with students, children, or vulnerable adults, you must take this training to continue to volunteer in those areas. Classes last one hour. Questions? Please contact Mary Coleman at The church is currently seeking a full time organist/assistant director of music. If you are, or know someone who is interested, please contact the church office for further details Check out our new acquisitions in your Garber library on the third floor of the Ministry Center. We have several best sellers you may not have read, inspirational literature, fiction and more. Don't miss using our fine library. Coleen Brock Kingswood Notes is just rolling along in Kingswood! Our 18 Kingswood Kids are enjoying some normal days in Kingswood, which includes a healthy snack, an active playtime, Bible stories and Bravos and an hour of homework each day with our favorite volunteers! In February, we also enjoyed making some Valentine Treats for the shut-ins that Sue Web visits every week. As usual, we are beyond thankful for Garber Church and all you do to make our program a fun and safe place to be for the Kids God has placed in our care! Ruth Powers, Kingswood Director

5 The Garber Mission Committee Wants You to Know more about the missions we support! The committee works long and hard each year to research and filter the mission projects we support and to provide excellent opportunities for our church to be in mission to the community and the world. In an effort to keep the congregation informed, here is the second in a series of articles on the missions Garber supports. Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Campaign Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Campaign is a division of Samaritan s Purse, Inc. The Samaritan s Purse mission is to follow Christ s command by going to the aid of the world s poor, sick, and suffering. They are an effective means of reaching hurting people in countries around the world with food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. This, in turn, earns them a sharing of the Gospel, the Good News of eternal life through Jesus. The OCC Shoebox Campaign enlists churches, organizations, and individuals to help pack shoe boxes with toys, socks, hygiene items, school supplies. These boxes are shipped all over the world to children in devastating conditions and given with love, as well as a Gospel in their native language. The children are also invited to attend a 12 week course, The Greatest Adventure, in which they learn about the Bible from Creation to the Resurrection. Upon completion, each child wears a cap and gown to graduate and are presented with their own bible. It is a special day in their life! Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Campaign is a year-round opportunity for service. Many people collect one item per month for their shoe boxes. Some buy their shipping labels one per month, or save their quarters all year to pay for shipping the number of boxes they determine to do. If you catch this fever, look for end of season buys on special items! And don t forget to put a WOW item in each box you pack! Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Campaign is a yearly focus for Garber UMC. In 2016, Garber packed 1127 shoe boxes! In 2016 Garber also became a Relay Center for collection of shoe boxes in Craven County; we plan to again serve as a Relay Center in As such, over 8000 shoe boxes were collected here in Morris Hall, packed into cartons, and transported to the Eastern Collection Center for further transport to the Charlotte Processing Center. Look for information about the 2017 Shoe Box Campaign in the monthly church newsletters, as well as on bulletin boards and displays around the Garber Campus. Pre-printed shoe boxes are available at any point by asking in the church office get your boxes today and begin filling them a little at a time all year! The Garber Mission Committee and the Shoe Box Team thank you for your continued support and passion for this project! We are excited to see how God will work thru Garber Church this year in our shoe box efforts! Shoe Box Item of the Month: Hair Accessories (brush/comb, headbands, bows) Or puzzles (must fit in shoebox) Please note: new rules this year no candy or toothpaste. Matthew s Minute Connection Coffee If you are new to Garber, you are invited to a Connection Coffee Sunday, March 19 at 9:30am in Room 123 of the Ministry Center. This is a time to meet the church staff and discover more about Garber Church. Sign-up sheets are located at the Welcome Table in the courtyard or the Welcome Center in the foyer of Morris Hall. You can also sign up by calling the church office at , or ing Beth Hicks: bhicks@garberumc.com March ACCESS class If you are interested in exploring membership at Garber Church, our ACCESS class will help! The class will start Sunday, March 5 at 9:30am and will meet March 5, 12, 19, and 26. You can sign up at the Welcome Table in the courtyard or the Welcome Center desk in Morris Hall. You can also Pastor Matthew Atha at: matha@garberumc.com or call the church office at

6 SAVE THE DATE Join us this spring and summer in Children s Ministry! Wednesday Night Recharge! Session 4 March 8 - April 5; 5:00-7:00 p.m. Kids In Christ Preschool Summer Camp Session 1 June 20-22; 9:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m, daily VBS and Adventure Camp, July 17-21; 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m, daily Kids In Christ Preschool Summer Camp Session 2, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon August 1-3; 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., daily Look for more information and registration forms for ALL Summer Programs coming in April!

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8 Remember to spring forward for Daylight Savings Time on Saturday night, March 11th! Churchwide Covered Dish Supper! Sunday, March 5 5:00 pm in Morris Hall Bring your favorite 2 dishes and join your Garber Family for this fun, yummy fellowship event! All ages! Nonprofit Organization Auto Return Service Requested US Postage Paid New Bern, NC Permit No 185 Garber United Methodist Church 4201 Country Club Rd New Bern, NC Phone: Fax: PLACE LABEL HERE