Glad Tidings Potter s Wheel

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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 Head of the Church The Lord Jesus Christ Church Staff Pastor Tom Potter Youth Minister Jason Anding Music Director Brooke Wright Organist Linda Whitehurst Pianist Tristan Crockett Facilities Manager Scott Crawford Secretary Tonya Wiggins Accountant Jerry Dantone Director-Children s Activities Amy Killebrew Angel Keeper Pam Boykin Custodian Milissa Dunn Retired Pastors Rev. Johnny Dinas, Rev. Jack Smith, Rev. Sam Dodd, Rev. Cora Ford Ingram Connectional Ministry Bishop James E. Swanson District Superintendent Rev. Mattie Gipson Glad Tidings Potter s Wheel February by Rev. Tom "I know that God won't give me more than I can handle..." I've heard a lot of folks say that over the years. Folks who were in pain, in grief, in confusion, in failure. Each of them had the same thing in common: They Were Wrong. Every single one of them. While it's true that God knows each person's individual breaking point, there is no scripture which assures us we won't be pushed beyond that point. You see, God routinely gives us more than we can handle. It happens all the time. Why? So we will lean completely on God! Because there are a multitude of events, horrors, and tragedies which can beset us which are beyond our ability to cope with. But at the same time, there is nothing, Dear Reader, that is going to happen to any of us that GOD cannot handle. Here lies the beauty of a life in Jesus Christ. To be a faithful Christian is to hear God say, "I'm God. You're not. Allow me to worry about the course of history and the events of the cosmos. You just remain faithful and it'll all be okay. Okay?" Talk about taking the pressure off! So what? What if you and I, Friends, decide today to quit telling God His business, and just hunkered down, remaining faithful no matter what? Further, what if we just owned up to the fact that there is indeed MUCH that we cannot handle...unless we rely fully on the God of the Cosmos? Try it. Find joy in every day of life. I dare ya. In Joy, Tom

2 2 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Pray everyday at 12:00 noon :30am Peacetime Worship- 5:30-7:30 Youth Refuge 10:00am UMW, Miriam meets in the Wesley Classroom 5:00pm Staff Parish Committee Meeting in 4 8:30am Peacetime Worship- 11:55am Souper Bowl Luncheon in NO Refuge 1pm-3pm-Ja Crown Club in 5 1:00pm UMW, Phoebe meets in the Wesley Classroom 1:30 Staff Meeting 6-7:30pm WBS in 6 7:00am Morning Glory (7-12 graders) Breakfast & Devotion-Fellowship Hall 9:15-11 WBS in the Parlor 10am-Silvertones 12 noon- Bulletin deadline 4-5:00pm WBS in the Word Classroom 7 Wednesday Night Live A Peak in Your Week! 4:00-5:00pm Boys/Girls Club 4:30pm Handbell Practice 5:00pm Home Cooked Meal 5:45pm-Bible Study- Children activities, Youth & Adult Small Group 5:45pm UMW, Priscilla Meets in 6:45pm Adult Choir Practice 8 11:45am XYZ Meal and Fellowship-Valentine Banquet :30am-12:30pm Shower/ Brunch for Corbin White 11 8:30am Peacetime Worship- 5:30-7:30 Youth Refuge 12 11:30 Staff meets for lunch 6-7:30pm WBS in 13 7:00am Morning Glory (7-12 graders) Breakfast & Devotion-Fellowship Hall 9:15-11 WBS in the Parlor 10am-Silvertones 12 noon- Bulletin deadline 4-5:00pm WBS in the Word Classroom 14 Ash Wednesday Wednesday Night Live A Peak in Your Week! 4:00-5:00pm Boys/Girls Club 4:30pm Handbell Practice 5:00pm Home Cooked Meal 6:00pm Ash Wednesday Service in 6:45pm Adult Choir Practice Happy Valentine s Day! 15 4:00pm Newsletter Deadline (due 3rd Thursday of each month) 16 UMM-Pheasant Hunting Trip to Kansas 16th-18th Linda Whitehurst s Birthday st Sunday in Lent 8:30am Peacetime Worship- -Sara Miller, preacher -Sara Miller, preacher 5:30-7:30 Youth Refuge 19 1:30 Staff meeting 6:00pm UMM Meal and fellowship 6-7:30pm WBS in 20 7:00am Morning Glory (7-12 graders) Breakfast & Devotion-Fellowship Hall 9:15-11 WBS in the Parlor 10am-Silvertones 12 noon-bulletin Deadline 12:00pm Lenten Lunch 4:00p Evangelism Meeting in Parlor 4-5:00pm WBS in the Word Classroom 21 Wednesday Night Live A Peak in Your Week! 4:00-5:00pm Boys/Girls Club 4:30pm Handbell Practice 5:00pm Home Cooked Meal 5:45pm-Bible Study- Children activities, Youth & Adult Small Group 6:45pm Adult Choir Practice Don Johnson with Filter of Hope will be with us 22 6:00pm UMW, Sarah meets in the Word nd Sunday in Lent 8:30am Peacetime Worship 5:30-7:30 Youth Refuge 6:30 Don and Donna Mohl in 26 1:30 Staff meeting 6-7:30pm WBS in Jason Anding s Birthday! 27 7:00am Morning Glory (7-12 graders) Breakfast & Devotion-Fellowship Hall 9:15-11 WBS in the Parlor 10am-Silvertones 12 noon- Bulletin deadline 12:00pm Lenten Lunch 4-5:00pm WBS in the Word Classroom 28 Wednesday Night Live A Peak in Your Week! 4:00-5:00pm Boys/Girls Club 4:30pm Handbell Practice 5:00pm Home Cooked Meal 5:45pm-Bible Study- Children activities, Youth & Adult Small Group 6:45pm Adult Choir Practice 1 (March) 10:00am UMW, Miriam meets in the Wesley 2 Wedding rehearsal 3 Corbin White s Wedding Guys only Youth Retreat

3 3 Feb 4th: Kayla Watts Heather Vance Feb 11th: Muffet McPhail Lindsey Griffin Feb 18th: Michelle Dalton Carie Housel Feb 25th: Brooke Foster Lynsie Carpenter Feb 4th: Bobby Wade Glenn DeHart Feb 11th: Bubba Lehman Jimbo Griffin Feb 18th: Phil Poovey Glenn Young Feb 25th: Carl Branson Matt Housel Communion Stewards-Bobby & Carol Ann Wade Greeters-8:30 Carol Poovey 10:30 Liz Barham & Jackie Blue Offering Counters-Terry Moody & Steve Clark Feb 4th: India Thayer and Erica Moss Feb 11th: Eli Housel and Drew Klinck Feb 18th: Josh Miller and Zyamarieiona Hammond Feb 25th: Mary-Faith Vance and Mary Grace Klinck BREAKFAST HOSTS (SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES) IF YOU FEEL LED TO SERVE IN ANY OF THESE AREAS, OR TO BE REMOVED, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE AT January The Flock Beginning at 9:30am before Sunday School Class at 9:45am. Be sure to come on down to the or a quick breakfast and fellowship! *Each class, please remember to clean up after breakfast!

4 4 16 Linda Whitehurst, Andrew Nobile 17- Lois Holliday, John W inky Willis 20- Renee Geiger 1- Amy Braswell, Keith Stanford, Shelby Purtee 2- Cade Moody, Landrey Strider, Stephanie Smith 4- Cecile Young 5- Jackie Blue 8- Pam Chandler, DeAnn Griffin, Kelsey Reece, Michael Williston 9- Elizabeth Robertson, Peyton Willoughby 10- Bo Breland, Rev. Sam Dodd, Kayla Watts 11- Juanita Tudor 12- Jib Crawford 13- Emma Collins 14- Betty Brister 15- McCoy Jean Strider 21- Laura King, Linda Sellers 23- Guy Branscome, Al Cooper 24-Holly Williams 25- Mac Moring, Meredieth Gillespie 26- Jason Anding, Hayes Horan Frankie and Pam Boykin Ward and Betty Brister Frank and Jean Collins Michael and Gwen Lott Michael and Hannah Williston Jack and Brooke Wright Filter of Hope Water Day Wednesday February 21st! Our youth ministry will be going to El-Salvador this summer with Filter of Hope whom they went to Haiti with. Don Johnson with Filter of Hope will be joining us at Wednesday Night Live to tell us more about Filter of Hope and you will have an opportunity to sponsor water filters that we will take to El-Salvador this summer! Filters are $40 each to sponsor. Sunday School-9:45am High School/7th & grade -3rd floor Sunday Night UMYF Refuge -5:30-7:30pm with meal.. Morning Glory Breakfast-Tuesdays at 7am (7th-12th graders) Wednesdays- 4-5:00pm-serve at the Boy s & Girl s Club-during school year. Wednesday Night Live Small Groups Bible Study Groups Souper Bowl for El Salvador Luncheon! Sunday, February 4th make plans to enjoy a hot bowl of soup and help support our youth to distribute water filters in El Salvador this summer! If you would be willing to bring a pot of soup please let Jason know.

5 5 Meet us in the Fellowship Hall for our MEAL at 5:00pm, then at 5:45pm Children's and Youth Ministries, and a study for the Adults. February 7 Enchilada Casserole Spanish Rice Tostitos Chips Dessert Or Grilled Chicken Salad Kids Chicken Strips/Fries February 14 Ranch Pork Chop (boneless) served over Potatoes and Green Beans Roll Dessert OR grilled Chicken Salad Kids-Hamburger/Fries February 21 Meatloaf Creamed Potatoes Butter Beans Rolls Dessert OR Grilled Chicken Salad Kids Hotdogs/Fries February 28 BBQ w/slaw Baked Beans Potato Salad Dessert OR Grilled Chicken Salad Kids Chicken Strips/Fries February 8th- 11:45am Ash Wednesday service February 14 5:00 meal in followed by service at 6:00 in the Lenten Luncheons (dining begins 11:45am & worship at 12:15pm) Plan NOW to carve out an hour per week during the season of Lent. If you would like to bring food, please contact Bobbye Dykes at DEBT REDUCTION FUND January 31, 2018 The following is a report of our outstanding debt at Regions Bank with regard to our property purchases and parking lots and TV project. Reduction of this debt and the amount paid in interest is made through your offerings in pledges and Debt Dollar donations. BEGINNING LOAN BALANCE AUG $366, PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS THRU 2017 $362, ADDITIONAL LOAN-APRIL 18, 2017 $35, INTEREST PAYMENTS THRU 2017 $53, LOAN BALANCE- JANUARY 1, 2018 $39, PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS $4, INTEREST PAYMENTS $ TOTAL INTEREST PAYMENTS $53, LOAN BALANCE- AS OF January 31, 2018 $35, Our current monthly interest cost at a rate of 4.25% is $ UMM-Pheasant Hunting Trip to Kansas 16th-18th UMM Men s Meal and Fellowship- February 19th

6 6 Please join us for a bridal shower/brunch honoring Cali Corbin White, daughter of Bob and Carole White, bride elect of Spencer Lockwood Bass Saturday, February 10th 10:30 am 12:30 pm First United Methodist Church Don and Donna Mohl Folk Mountain Gospel Sunday, February 25 at 6:30pm Folk Mountain gospel consists of Don and Donna Mohl. Their unique style of music blends biblical and traditional instruments such a hammered dulcimer, bowed psaltery, zither, mountain dulcimer, mandolin, and guitar with their voices to provide a down-home familyoriented message of Jesus love and grace. Come and enjoy some folk mountain music and heart warming stories designed to encourage and inspire. CD s, DVDs and handcrafted, biblical musical instruments will be available for sale after the program. A love offering will be received. Women s Bible Study Beginning on February 5th, we will start our 6-week bible study on Finding I Am by Lysa Terkeurst. Workbooks will be available for purchase at first meeting. Schedule is as follows: February 5-March 19 Monday nights 6:00pm-7:30pm in Tuesday mornings 9:15am-11:00am in Tuesday afternoons 4:00pm-5:00pm in the Word Classroom For more information contact Lynne Brister or

7 7 Our 7th Bakeless Bake Sale Fundraiser Sponsored by United Methodist Women of Grenada First United Methodist Church You are invited to NOT bake a cake, pie, cookies or brownies. You do NOT have to find the recipe. You do NOT have to shop for the ingredients. You do NOT have to mix. You do NOT have to cook. You do NOT have to cut. You do NOT have to wrap. You do NOT have to wash dishes. You do NOT have to clean up your kitchen. You do NOT have to deliver the baked product. You do NOT have to stand in the cold or rain to sell the baked product. You CAN write a check to United Methodist Women, Grenada First UMC. You CAN stay at home and enjoy doing something with your family or for yourself. Thank you for helping make this fundraiser a success. All donations will be appreciated. Please mail or give your donation by March 1, 2018 to: Linda Lehman 234 Margin St Grenada, MS 38901

8 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 (February 4). 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 (February 11). TV broadcasts are on local cable channel 72 at 8:30, 10:55, and 6:30. January 7 Sunday School-119 8:30 Service-50 10:55 Service-165 January 14 Sunday School-117 8:30 Service-44 10:55 Service-139 WNL (1/10)-123 January 21 Sunday School-133 8:30 Service-67 10:55 Service-169 January 28 Sunday School-127 8:30 Service-58 10:55 Service-148 WNL (1/24)-157 You can now watch services LIVE Go to the church website at and click Live Stream. Times are 8:30 am and 10:55am