The Aldersgate. Heartbeat. Aldersgate United Methodist Church Volume 33, No. 4 February 28, 2017

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1 The Aldersgate Heartbeat The Church With The Warm Heart Aldersgate United Methodist Church Volume 33, No. 4 February 28, 2017 ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES March 1 st, 7:00am & 7:00 pm Aldersgate UMC Soup and Chili Supper Wednesday, March 1st 6:00 7:00pm in the Fellowship Hall Soup, Chili Makers: Bring your favorite and/or best soup, chili recipe to the Fellowship Hall by 5:30 for Setup. Please label your pots/crock-pots to avoid mix-ups. Donations welcome! Come hungry and help us build a new house! Proceeds go to support Habitat for Humanity project. Please donate and/or volunteer! If no time to cook come and join us anyway. See Tom Yost for information, yosta1@hotmail.com or call his cell (256) Randy Stonehill Concert March 3, :00 PM Aldersgate UMC Fellowship Hall Free Admission Please join us for great evening with one of the "fathers of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)." Randy s music with a message is in the folk rock style of James Taylor with influences from and collaborations with CCM pioneers such as Larry Norman, Phil Keaggy, Amy Grant, Terry Scott Taylor, and countless others. He co-wrote Until Your Love Broke Through with Keith Green, and audiences still enjoy his classics King of Hearts, Shut de Do, Turning Thirty, Who Will Save the Children, and I Could Never Say Goodbye.

2 Older Adult Ministries Speeders Breakfast Friday, March 3 8:30 am Blue Plate on South Parkway Come and join us for breakfast! This is a great time to enjoy a nice breakfast prepared by someone else and meet new friends. No reservations needed. Evergreen Luncheon Thursday, March 9 11:00 Church Fellowship Hall Celebrate St Patricks Day with us at lunch. Cost of lunch is $10 a person. Our lunch will be a baked potato bar, salad, and dessert. After lunch we look forward to hearing from Gayla Kidd, Director of Huntsville Assistance Program. Wear something green and join us for lunch and a program. SUPPER TIME!!!! We are reviving our Aldersgate Supper Club and now is the time to sign up! If you re new to this, a group of about 8 people (both singles & couples welcome!) are grouped together, and you ll either receive a call from a member of your group to arrange the first meeting, or a letter with the names in your group, and you ll be asked to call each participant to set up a time convenient for all. When you host the supper, you usually provide the main dish and beverages, and others fill in the menu so it s not too much work on any one of us! Some groups choose to eat out at restaurants occasionally, but usually meals are shared at participants homes.up to each group to decide!! Sign-up sheets are at the Welcome Center in the narthex, and also on the counter in the Hospitality area --- please add your name to the list by March 12th! Or you can also Sue DeLary (sue.delary@gmail.com) if you want to join. Groups will be notified later in March and your group can meet for your first Supper together as early as you all agree on a date and time! This is a chance for you to get better acquainted with other members of our warmhearted church, and enjoy great food and fellowship at the same time. If you're looking for a way to meet a few new people, and you like to eat, then this is for YOU!!! This round will probably begin in late-march and end in June/July. (With everyone s busy schedules, we ve found it s best to be flexible!) Please sign up or Sue ASAP but no later 12 March!!

3 Rummage Sale News Our annual Rummage Sale will be Saturday, March 25th. Hope you are saving your good junk as well as boxes, hangers, and bags. We will be accepting your donations in Room 7 after church on March 19th. Let me know if you have big items that need to be picked up. Sorting and pricing will be Thursday and Friday from 9 am to about 8 pm. We need workers for the sale Saturday 7 am to 2 pm. Please come join the fun. It takes many hands to make this sale successful. Call Kathy Weathers with questions, (256) Kidsgate News Kidsgate is hiring! If you or someone you know is interested in working in the nursery, a resume to Victoria. If you would like to volunteer on a rotational basis, we are also looking for volunteers! Kidsgate needs Sunday night volunteers! In order for us to split the kids by grade, we need two more people to help supervise. If you would like more information, contact Victoria. Schedule: Nursery 8:30, 9:15, 10:30 am Sunday School 9:15 am Kidsgate Music 5:00-6:30 pm Victoria s children@aldersgate.ws Tuesday evenings - A New Book Study on Prayer Beginning, Tuesday, February 28 from 6:30-8 pm upstairs in room 211. Sue DeLary will be leading the class. They will be using Paul Miller's book "A Praying Life: Connecting with God is a Distracting World". Please purchase the book before joining the class. The book is available on Amazon.com. For more information contact Lydia Locke, or lydia.locke@aldersgate.ws. Monday afternoon Bible Study The Ladies group starts back on Monday, February 27, 1 pm in the music room. They will be reading "The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe" by CS Lewis. What a great way to prepare for Easter. They would love to have more women join them. We have a limited number of books available for purchase. Martha McInnish is facilitating this group.

4 UMW News Valentine Boxes Thank you everyone who donated goodies, donated to the postage fund and helped pack 30 boxes that were sent to our college students and 1 to a serviceman. Annual UMW District Wide Prayer Breakfast Saturday, March 25-9:00am at Trinity UMC Cost $12.00 Dr. Debra Moriarity from UAH will be the guest speaker and the music will be provided by The Blue Notes 5. Any woman who would like to attend needs to make a check out to Aldersgate UMW and send it to Debra Bocking no later than March 8th. For additional information call Rita Friday (Debra Bocking Dunbarton-Huntsville, AL ) Hope on Wheels - Monday, March 13 We are still having Hope on Wheels during Spring Break. Youth are welcome to join us in preparation and serving. Our menu is Pasta Bake (ground beef, noodles, spaghetti sauce, and cheese), salad and fruit. It was so nice to have cookies & treats to hand out with our meals. If you can donate cookies, please bring by the kitchen on Sunday, March 12 or Monday the 13th. Last summer Lowes donated a palate of bottled water to Picnic in the Park. We are at the very end of our water. It would be helpful to have donations of bottled water for March. These can also be dropped off in the kitchen. To volunteer or more info contact Lydia Locke at Lydia.locke@aldersgate.ws or PRAYER CONCERNS Health: David Carlton, Alice Bunnell, Peter Sapp, Donald Zimmerman, Joan Hutson, Lori Dalton, Barbara Windsor, Charles Raley, Jim Shivers, Carolyn Ottman, Mary Beth Bocking, Madison Wood, Judy Hodge, Kent Haugen, Bill & Marla Blanton, Martha Gean, Peggy Watt, Ina Fay Carroll, Tara Overstreet, Krista Conner, Leslie Gates, Emma Jane Frederick, Bill Connell, Robert Stanley, Leslie Peterson, Cindy Taylor, Carolyn Hall, Sean Grubbs, Jim Maddox, Shirley Dean, Matt Bowen, Dennis Butner, Marta Nading, Jeanette Glover, Jon Spano, Kimberly Keen, Krista Maitland, Don Strietzel, Toni Garrett, Kathy Konyha, Susan Moran, Patsy Wells, Patsy Jeter, Cheryl Choate, Janet Marchard, Holly Nowell, Carol Everitt, Andre Cope, Stacy Roper, Max Rowlette, May Lyle, Tracy Haraway, Doris Alred, Keith Davis, Belinda Rogers, Nancy McSwain, Deb Druant, Steve Lowery, Terri Defebo, Joe (son of Rita McVey), Beverly Salazar, Lynn Dowling Other: Laurette Smith, Jamie Berg, Ralph Nichols, Rebecca Burke, Shannon Watts, The Gubarer family, Family of Nancy Murphree, Sarah Brown & family, Adam Horne & family

5 March Mission of the Month: SIFAT - Servants In Faith And Technology SIFAT was established in 1979 and is based in Lineville, Alabama. The goal of SIFAT is to help people from different countries, cultures and social classes understand each other and work together, so that everyone can have a chance to develop into the person God intends for each to be. The goal is to bring the Kingdom of God closer to all by sharing God's love through service, education, and personal involvement with a needy world. There are 3 main areas of focus at SIFAT: Learn & Serve, Training, and International Missions. Learn & Serve provides an opportunity for Americans to gain a holistic view of the developing world and challenges participants to explore how God calls us to live. People from around the world gather at SIFAT's international training campus to learn practical skills to foster sustainable community development. This training is also offered in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Graduates of this program become the leaders of projects in their countries. SIFAT sends short-term mission teams to help empower the SIFAT training graduates with their approved projects. These construction, teaching, evangelistic and medical teams travel at the invitation of the SIFAT graduate and work alongside the people in the community. They call this short-term teams for long term development. Current short-term teams are going to Bolivia, Ecuador, Uganda and Zambia. Your donations to the Mission of the Month will support the work of SIFAT. If you would like more information about SIFAT, visit their website at sifat.org. Our former pastor, Bill Etheridge, is on the Board of Directors at SIFAT. He will once again be leading a short-term mission team to Ecuador this July. His son, Will Etheridge - Pastor at Lacey's Spring United Methodist, will also be leading a team. If you are interested in learning more about these upcoming trips, please contact Debbie Searcy (dsearcy@knology.net). Several members of Aldersgate have traveled with Bill to Ecuador and have found it to be a very meaningful experience. We will be working on construction of a facility for the children in the marginalized area of Calderon located on the outskirts of Quito. We will also be having a daily Bible School for the children. HAP Food Drive Please help stock the pantry shelves of HAP's new building. March 12th is Aldersgate's Second Sunday Food Drive for HAP. Items especially needed are canned meats, canned vegetables and fruits, peanut butter, spaghetti sauce and pasta, mac and cheese, and cereal. Your donations help HAP provide groceries for needy families in our community.

6 EASTER LILIES 2017 It is always so beautiful to enter the Church Sunday morning and see it filled with beautiful flowers. If you would like to have a Lily placed in Honor or Memory of someone please fill out this form and place in the offering plate or return to the office. The cost is $10.00 each. Orders may also be ed to Jessica Johnson at jessica.johnson@aldersgate.ws Please note: Your order is not complete until payment is received Make Checks to AUMC and note Easter Lily at the bottom. Order and payment deadline is Sunday, March 26. The flowers can be picked up at the end of the service on Easter Sunday. Given by In Honor of In Memory of MARCH BIRTHDAYS 3/01 Rosemary Dailey 3/01 Jan Jeter 3/02 Joe Servick 3/02 Cassie Parsons 3/04 Charlotte Iseldyke 3/04 Caroline Cotton 3/04 Ashley Hill 3/05 Nan Hi Tibbetts 3/05 Chuck Janus 3/05 John Hoekenschnieder 3/06 Richard Salazar 3/06 Steve Edwards 3/06 Joshua Davidson 3/06 Rosalynn Salazar 3/07 Byron Powers 3/07 Karen Edwards 3/07 Angel Massey 3/07 Zachary Westendorf 3/09 Orlando Fabre 3/09 Kathy Young 3/09 Cala Hatcher 3/09 Taylor Thorington 3/10 Adam Cornell 3/11 John Smith 3/11 Fran Holder 3/11 Anna Broach 3/11 James Garrison 3/12 Jeremy Fisher 3/13 Glenda Martin 3/13 Greysen Blumkin 3/13 Patrick Cornell 3/14 Sheila Walker 3/14 Brandon Clark 3/15 Bob Westerfeldt 3/15 Pat Sloan 3/15 Laurette Smith 3/15 John Garrison 3/15 Trey Dickerhoff 3/15 Jonathan Byham 3/15 Summer Bolin 3/16 Cathy Saik 3/16 Casey Albritton 3/16 Ashley Davidson 3/17 Karin Larsen 3/18 Dale McCauley 3/18 Emily Cox 3/18 Zachary Inman 3/18 Erin McCollum 3/19 Dick Leiby 3/19 Ann Henley 3/19 James Fleming 3/20 Mandy McGilvary 3/20 Clayton Smith 3/21 JoAnne Patterson 3/21 Bert Young IV 3/21 Christine Hoffman 3/21 Garrett Finley 3/22 Jim Watson 3/22 Melody Glenn 3/22 Michael Quattrochi 3/22 Laura Quattrochi 3/23 Tom Casteel 3/23 Mike Albritton 3/24 Billy Broach 3/24 Rex Mills 3/24 Betsy Keller 3/24 Emma Sapp 3/24 Sophie Sapp 3/24 Sienna Moon 3/25 Scott Rawls 3/25 Jozef Wasson 3/26 Carolyn Ottman 3/26 Dianne Carter 3/27 Emma Keller 3/28 Anita Myers 3/28 Mark Larsen 3/28 Suan Askew 3/29 Wanda Combs 3/29 Craig Smith 3/29 Kimberlee Morton 3/29 Aaron Wiggs 3/30 Daniele Butner 3/31 Neill Myers 3/31 Pamela Rickman 3/31 Janella Butner 3/31 Katie Edwards 3/31 Micah Shivers

7 Stewardship Ending January 2017 Income YTD $63, Expenses YTD $57, Difference YTD $5, Wkly Building fund $6, YTD Total Building pledges $167, Current Loan Balance $127, Worship Attendance Date Total 2/ / / Pastoral Care If you have or know of a pastoral care need, please notify the church office or any of the pastors. The Pastor on Call will provide or direct the appropriate caring response. Pastor on Call Schedule: Mondays & Thursdays Sherill Clontz (256) Tuesdays &Wednesdays Lydia Locke (256) Friday - Sunday: March 3-5 Lydia Locke March Sherill Clontz Newsletter Deadline: The next newsletter deadline is Sunday, March 12 Submit information to: jessica.johnson@aldersgate.ws Pastor - Rev. Sherill Clontz Associate Pastor Rev. Brant Butler Pianist/Organist - Rebecca Bundy Contemporary Worship Leader - Dennis Cornelison Director of Music - Dennis Clements Director of Youth Ministries - Emma Tuttle Director of Discipleship & Assistant to the Minister - Lydia Locke Director of Children s Ministries-Victoria Owen Director of KidsGate Choir-Kirstin Briggs Office Manager - Jessica Johnson Financial Manager - Wendy Sampson Facilities Manager-Bob Davidson