The Grapevine. New Covenant United Methodist Church WHAT IS A PRAYER QUILT? September 2008

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1 The Grapevine September New Covenant UMC 11th Annual Custom Car Show and Bake Sale October 4, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Car Show Show Registration 8:30-11:00 a.m. Dash Plaques and Goody Bags to First 100 Entries Top 25 Plaques Breakfast Ham & Sausage Biscuits Lunch Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chicken Sandwiches & Homemade Desserts Bake Sale We will have lots of homemade cakes, pies and goodies for sale! Silent Auction We need items for this year s Silent Auction. If you would like to donate an item, please see Cindy Ganous or Linda Stroup or place the item in the church office. New Covenant United Methodist Church WHAT IS A PRAYER QUILT? Can you touch a prayer? Can you pull it close and feel its comfort? You can if it is a prayer quilt. Ask any of those at New Covenant who have received a Prayer Quilt. Ask members of New Covenant's Circle of Love Prayer Quilt Ministry who have made the quilts. There is power in prayer and it is truly felt in a Prayer Quilt. New Covenant's Circle of Love Prayers and Squares Quilt Ministry began in the fall-winter of 2007 and at the present time has presented 18 quilts, have #19 and #20 ready for presentation, and #21 being made. There is love and joy in working on the quilts but the joy only multiplies in realizing the comfort the quilt will give. The idea behind these quilts is simple, yet powerful. A heavy thread is used to take stitches through the quilt layers, and the ends are left free to be tied with a square knot. As each knot is tied, a silent prayer is offered for someone in special need - someone who has asked us to pray for them. The quilt is then given to that person. What makes each quilt so special is not the pattern, color or workmanship, but the fact that prayer is symbolically tied into each knot. These comforters are a statement of faith, and a testimony to our belief in God and the power of prayer. It is not the quilt, but the prayer lifted when the knot is tied. At New Covenant, the first prayer knots are tied by those who made the quilt and then the quilt is placed on the altar rail for anyone to tie a knot and lift a prayer. Through Prayers and Squares, thousands of quilts have been distributed, each a special gift of love. Quilts have been made for sick babies, for cancer and AIDS patients, for adults and children facing surgery or difficult family situations - for many reasons, but each for someone in special need of the healing power of prayer. Do you know someone you feel needs a Prayer Quilt? They do not have to be members of New Covenant - they can be family members or friends. Ask this person if they will accept a Prayer Quilt. Fill out an Application Form that can be found on the table in the Narthex and turn it in to the Circle of Love or leave it on the table with the forms. Whoever takes the request form must be aware of "The Three Commandments" - namely: has this person asked you to pray for them? Are they prepared to accept a prayer quilt, and specifically, how would they like you to pray for them? Who gets a prayer quilt? Any person in physical, emotional or spiritual crisis who feels like they can benefit from being "covered by prayer". The Circle of Love has also made Military Prayer Squares, a 7 1/2" to 8" square that easily folds into a business envelope for mailing. Here again, it is wise to have the permission of the recipient before preparing and mailing. The Circle of Love is presently meeting on the third Tuesday of each month, but in October, meetings will again be held on each Tuesday with the exception of the second Tuesday when the group visits the Belmont Abbey Sr. Adult Center for bingo and/or rocking and talking with the adults. Meetings are held at New Covenant following the Tuesday Morning Prayer Time - about 9:30 a.m. Come join the prayer group for a short devotional and prayer. Anyone interested in being of part of the Circle of Love is invited to become a part of this special ministry.

2 at Mountain Island You are invited to New Covenant UM Church Family Night September 15th 5p-8p For each purchase by family and friends between 5-8 PM, Chick-fil-A will donate 10% of the sales back to our building fund. You may also purchase at the drive through. Raegan s Rebels The Arthritis Foundation WALK FOR A CURE will be held Saturday, September 27th, at JW McGee Park in Concord, NC. A team, Raegan s Rebels has been formed to walk in honor of Raegan Cupp and her battle with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Raegan is the JRA HERO for the Arthritis Foundation Carolinas Chapter, and we would love to have the biggest team at the walk! If you would like to walk, sponsor or volunteer, please cal or eyechkr@yahoo.com. There will be a group from New Covenant walking. We will be leaving the church at 8:30 a.m. Please see Ruth Childers if you are interested in a t-shirt. Trip to Billy Graham Library There will be a trip to the Billy Graham Library on September 20th for adults and children. We will be leaving the church at 10:00 a.m. and the tour begins at 10:40 a.m. After the tour, we will have lunch at the Graham Brothers Dairy Bar. Library admission is free, approximate cost for lunch is $7. There will be sign-up sheets in the narthex. If you have any question, see Ruth Childers. United Methodist Women UMW Morning Circle The UMW Morning Circle will meet on Thursday, September 11th, at 10:00 a.m., at the church. All ladies of the church are invited to attend. UMW Morning Circle Volunteer at Belmont Adult Day Care On the second Tuesday of every month, the UMW Morning Circle will volunteer at the Belmont Adult Day Care. They will be leaving the church at 9:30 a.m. to go to the day care center. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please see Jane Riggins. UMW Evening Circle The UMW Evening Circle will meet on Thursday, September 11th, at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Harriette Everhart. Harriette will continue our study of the Bad Girls of the Bible. She will presenting the Chapter, All About Evie. Group 1 will provide our refreshments. Following is a list of the evening circle refreshment groups: Group 1 - A - El: Sherrill Beatty, Kelly Carpenter, Martha Coltharp, Ruth Childers, Luann Elliott Group 2 - Ev - R: Harriette Everhart, Gail Foster, Cindy Ganous, Wanda Parker, Karen Rhyne Group 3 - S - W: Linda Stroup, Lynda Sims, Debbie Stewart, Shannon Reavis, Teresa Weyeneth All ladies of the church are invited to attend. Supplies Needed for Christian Soldiers The Christian Soldiers (3rd thru 5th graders) are in need of the following supplies: wide mouth quart sized mason jars with bands and lids, plastic coat hangers, Christmas ribbon (any width) & bright patterned cotton fabric remnants. If you have supplies to donate, see Teresa!

3 Ushers for September 8:45 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Service Bobby Riggins Sam Price Terry Hallman Randy Hallman Tommy Patterson John Park Johnathon Park Donny Coltharp Charity Bicycle Ride David & Tara Moore will be participating in a charity bicycle ride for Multiple Sclerosis on September 27th & 28th. They will be cycling in Greenville, SC to raise money for MS research. If you would like to make a donation, please see David or Tara. Checks should be made payable to the National MS Society and donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your support and prayers! Happy Anniversary! Tom & Nancy Gasperson 4 Eddy & Sandy Cox 8 Web & Jill Hatley 13 Pete & Julie Hudgens-Robinson 16 Grady & Tommie Whitaker 17 Matthew & Jennifer Price 21 Marvin & Janet Hinson 23 OOPS... Did we miss your birthday or anniversary? Please let us know! Drop a note off by the office so that our records can be updated. Happy Birthday! Gary Mumbulo 1 Hunter Reavis 2 Kim Abernathy 3 Brianna Gardner 3 Rickey Hallman 3 Melissa Patterson 3 Luann Elliott 6 Bradley Hallman 6 Carol Thomas 7 Barry Rhyne 8 Gloria McCoy 9 Kathy Sherrin 9 Sarah Stroup 9 Heather Vellers 11 Gail Nantz 12 Anna Hallman 13 Taylor Hudson 15 Ronald Bennett 16 Lilly Price 16 Mason Price 16 Melissa Hallman 18 Shannon Reavis 20 Mike Stroup 21 Kari Cupp 22 Kathleen Granger 22 Joe Beatty 23 Bobby Riggins 23 Ellie Everhart 24 Tony Bass 30 Jerry Carroll 30 Dylan Mumbulo 30

4 Important Dates/Activities Fellowship Meals Due to the Labor Day Holiday, the Car Show and Elections, we will not have Fellowship Meals for the months of September, October and November. We will resume fellowship meals on December 1st from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Handbell Choir Handbell Choir will not practice the week of September 1st. Due to the Administrative Council meeting on September 15th, Handbell practice will be on Wednesday, September 17th, at 6:30 p.m. UMM Breakfast The UMM Breakfast will be on Sunday, September 7th, at 7:00 a.m. Administrative Council Administrative Council will meet on Monday, September 15th, at 7:00 p.m. A Note from Our Communications Chairperson With the busy fall and holiday season soon around the corner, please be thinking about what you want to be published as "free" advertising of the event in the Religion Section. We use Mountain Island Monitor, News at Norman, Lincoln-Times News, Gaston Gazette and the Lincoln/Gaston Neighbors Sunday section of the Observer. Articles for the October issue of the Monitor must be in to them by the 12th of September, and so forth. They require them in by the 12th of the month prior to publish for the next month. With the News at Norman and Neighbors section of the Observer, we can usually get the information to them 2-3 weeks before publish date - no later than that. The Lincoln-Times News & Gaston Gazette articles need to be about 10 to 14 days prior to publishing. Please keep this in mind and let me know what you would like to be printed. However, I am a full time worker and I need a little time to get the information to these folks also, so please don't wait until the very last minute. If you need some flyers prepared and put out around the church, I can do those for you with some advance notice. Thanks and if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Sherrill Beatty, Chairperson Phone Remember those who cannot be a part of our fellowship on a regular basis: Gerald Carroll 321 Winding Trl. Stanley, NC (704) Mildred Bolick Brian Center, Rm S. General s Blvd. Lincolnton, NC Mailing Address: P. O. Box 249 Lincolnton, NC (704) Sue Henkel Lucia-Riverbend Hwy. Mt. Holly, NC (704) Lutz Famiy Baldwin Family Woodard Family Kristen Monteith Ronnie Fruia Emily & Alyssa Austin Chris Hinson Steven Curtis Chapman Greg Lawry Terri Teasley Will Drake Jim Heath Family Unspoken Isabella Lewis Phifer Kai Military Michael Walls Teachers Pat Largent Zack Jonas & Family Ruby Pouncey Mike & Tina Miller Robert Spellings Military Ellen Andrews Cupp Family Marie Scancorelli Family Harriette Everhart Mary Hyche Mary Wade Charlie O Klatner Mumbulo Family Paul & Eloise Warren Carol Hamilton If there is someone you would like to put on this list, please call the church office.

5 Sunday School/Worship Nursery Workers for September 845 Toddler 845 PreK 1100 Toddler 1100 PreK September 7, September 14, September 21, September 28, October 5, Kelly Hawkins & Melissa Hallman Andy & Cindi Lewis Kristy Ballard & Heather Miller Laura Canady & Judy Price Lori & Robert Towe Jaimie Beatty & Heather Miller Brian & Jessica Price Mike & Tina Miller Kim, Katie & Evan Abernathy Kim & Kellyn Reese Adam & Amy Overbay Shannon Reavis & Savannah Cooper Carol Hamilton & Alicia Underwood Tommy & Melissa Patterson Janet Hinson & Pat Brown John & Kelly Carpenter Becky Kaylor & Karen Rhyne Martha & Donny Coltharp Shannon Drum & Haley Fedukovich Steve & Missy Michael If you can t work on your assigned Sunday/time, please switch with someone on the list or contact Angie Bass at or angie@newcovenantumc.org as soon as possible to allow substitutes to be contacted. Thank you all for your devotion to our children! NURSERY CLEAN UP DAY We will clean the Toddler and Preschool rooms on Saturday, September 9a.m. Childcare will be provided. The more hands will have, the more we can accomplish! If you have any questions, please see Angie or me at angie@newcovenantumc.org. Playgroup Bring your little ones to the church for a playdate on Wednesday, September 10th & Monday, September 29th, 10:00 to 12:00 p.m. Contact Angie Bass for more information or angie@newcovenantumc.org. Congratulations to Dustin & Danielle Hutchison on the birth of their son Kaeden Parks Hutchison August 7, 7 pounds 13 ounces 20 inches Congratulations to Chris & Holly Adams on the birth of their son Aiden Christopher Adams August 19, 3 pounds 14 ounces 15 3/4 inches

6 GIDEONS TO RECEIVE SEPTEMBER MISSION OFFERING New Covenant will receive the monthly Special Mission Offering on Sunday, September 7 during the morning worship services. Here is our opportunity to support this very important ministry. One can open the nightstand drawer of any hotel room and find a Bible left by the Gideons. For nearly 100 years, the Gideons have practiced their Bible ministry by placing Bibles in hotel rooms. Gideons is the oldest Christian business and professional men's association in the United States. The idea for this ministry began in a hotel room in Boscobel, Wisconsin on September 14, Two traveling salesmen were asked to share a room above a saloon in a crowded hotel hosting a lumbermen's convention. Discovering that both men were Christians, they prayed and read the Bible together before settling down for the night. They talked about forming a Christian men's association, but parted ways the next morning without any definite plans. By chance the following May, the idea was rekindled and on July 1, 1899, three men, John N. Nicholson, Samuel E. Hill and William J. Knights, founded the Gideons. The name comes from the Old Testament book of Judges and refers to a man who was willing to do whatever God asked of him. As early as 1900, the organization considered putting Bibles at the front desk of the hotels its members stayed in, but it was not until 1908 that the association voted to place Bibles in all hotel rooms. Within 20 years of the first placement of a Gideon Bible in a hotel room, the association distributed one million Bibles. Today, the Gideons distribute more then 56 million Bibles and New Testaments every year- this averages out to one million books every seven days, or 107 per minute. Today, Bibles are given out to hotels and motels, but also to hospitals and doctors offices, jails and prisons, and elementary and high schools, colleges and universities and military bases. A 1997 survey of American travelers found that 23 percent of those surveyed read the Gideons Bible in their hotel rooms. When the Bibles are taken or become too worn, the local camp of the Gideons will replace them at no charge. When a new hotel opens, a representative of Gideons will present a Bible to the hotel's general manager in a solemn ceremony. Then Bibles for the entire property are given to the house keeping department which places one in each room. Some properties have begun offering other religious books in their hotel rooms such a the Book of Mormons or Buddhist religious texts. But, for the majority of travelers, the Gideon Bible is the book they find when they settle into their hotel rooms for the night. The Gideons Mission Field is world wide reaching into 175 countries and more than 140,000 thousand members. Sadly and hard to believe, the United States of America has become the third largest mission field in the world today. Estimates of unsaved people in the U.S.A. range from 54% to 70%. In response to this startling revelation, Gideons plan to distribute 12 million copies of God's word in the U.S.A. alone during fiscal year. Gideons is supported by many Evangelical churches of many denominations. Here is our opportunity to help in distribution of the Bibles and New Testaments to help tell of God's love and saving grace. Bless you in your giving.

7 Church Staff Ministry Team Rev. Wade Childers Pastor At New Covenant Sunday through Thursday Rev. Tony Smith Assistant Pastor At New Covenant Sunday through Thursday Teresa Auten Director of Youth & Children s Ministries At New Covenant Sunday through Thursday Janet Hinson Director of Music At New Covenant Wednesday and Sunday Linda Stroup Church Secretary At New Covenant Monday through Thursday Church Office Hours Monday Thursday 8:00 AM 12:00 PM newcovenantumc@bellsouth.net NEW COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Lucia-Riverbend Hwy. Mt. Holly, NC Phone: Fax: Open hearts, open minds, open doors The people of the United Methodist Church