Long Memorial UMC FEBRUARY 2018

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1 Long Memorial UMC FEBRUARY 2018 Worship With Us Every Sunday 8:45 AM - Early Service - Chapel 9:45 AM - Sunday School 11:00 AM - Worship Sanctuary Long Memorial United Methodist Church 226 North Main Street P.O. Box 310 Roxboro, NC longmemorial@esinc.net( address) jeffnash@nccumc.org (Pastor s address) (Telephone) (Fax) We are on the web at: longmemorialumc.org Like us on Facebook: Long Memorial United Methodist Church PRAYER CHAIN Members of the prayer chain are offering daily prayers for those on our prayer list. If you, or someone you love, would like daily prayers for a special need, please call Martha Butler ( ). SYMPATHY Our deepest sympathy is extended to: Ann Lewis in the death of her sister, Linda Long Royall; Ralph Lewis in the death of his brother-in-law, Sonny Anderson; Linda Bridges in the death of her brother, Barnett Hobgood; the family of Kathryn Keith.

2 Page 2 FROM THE PASTOR It seems like yesterday we were celebrating the joy of Christmas. In our worship series we considered the gift of love that is God making our home God s home. Now the season of lent draws near and I invite you into a new worship series; REHAB Rehab is a word that can refer to many different things. Just a quick glance through the Wikipedia article on rehabilitation, or rehab, points to issues ranging from health (physical, occupational, addiction, vocational) to home improvement (Rehab Addict!). In general, the word rehabilitate means to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work; to restore to good condition or operation; or to restore a person s reputation. Similarly, the annual observance of the Lenten discipline among Christians is a time to seek restoration for our lives. It is a time to reflect, take stock of our spiritual condition, and realign our lives. We enter the season through the Ash Wednesday call; in the name of the church, to observe a holy Lent: by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God s Holy Word As we contemplate the method of Lent, even the spiritually mature among us become aware of how out of step we are with where we are called to be. We all have work to do. The core of the learning in rehab, like the core of the learning in Lent, is behavioral. Learning how to live differently, to set a new normal for ourselves and our relationships after a period of time or perhaps a crisis has made it clear to us it is impossible to live as we had before. Likewise in Lent, we focus on helping those coming to faith in Christ for the first time, as well as those making their way back to Christ and the fellowship of the church after a period of absence or neglect, primarily in concrete, behavioral ways. Our goal for all who engage this period of time is that the way of Jesus becomes either the new normal, or, for those who have been consistent in the journey over time, is strengthened. Our journey begins on Ash Wednesday by recognizing the limits placed on us by our mortality and the depths of our sinfulness. Through the following weeks we acknowledge we are entering a wilderness, uncharted and perhaps unchartable territory for us. We become aware of the degree to which we need intervention and help beyond ourselves, and we identify how we can access it and start doing so. As we continue, we encounter the specifics of the kind of program that can keep us moving forward and learning this new normal, if we stick with it. Soon it will be time to address the sense of progress (and lack of progress) that comes with beginning to make some recovery. Strength will come as we remember with gratitude and hope the promise of healing and wholeness that awaits us as we continue to persevere, even in the face of challenging circumstances. Finally, with that sense of gratitude and hope of a journey well-begun we enter Holy Week. All of what has come before has prepared us to walk through this final leg of the journey with Christ and his church, through his suffering, execution, death, burial and finally, after all of that, his resurrection. May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ guide and sustain us in our journey. Jeff

3 MEDICAL CONCERNS Gene Kuykendall Roxboro Health Care & Rehabilitation Center Mark Galloway At home following surgery Tom Hill Clayton At home following surgery MEETINGS ON THE AGENDA Saturday, February 3 8:30 A.M. Noon Leadership Retreat Harris Hall Monday, February 5 7:00 P.M. Men s Methodist Mission Harris Hall Wednesday, February 7 7:00 P.M. Preschool Board Meeting Pastor s Study Monday, February 26 Staff Parish Committee 6:30 P.M. - Library LMUMC LEADERSHIP RETREAT Our annual Long Memorial Leadership Retreat will be held TOMORROW Saturday, February 3, It will be located in the Harris Hall from 8:30 A.M. Noon. Everyone is welcome, but all church committee members are strongly encouraged to attend. Breakfast will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there! CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER NEEDS: canned beans and canned soups. A basket is in the Narthex for your donations. Thank you! UNITED METHODIST WOMEN CIRCLE MEETINGS FEBRUARY / 3 Deborah Burke 10:30 A.M. Monday, February 26 4 Helen Starr 10:00 A.M. Monday, February 26 5 Maxine Galloway 7:00 P.M. Monday, February 26

4 Page 3 THE HURRICANE MATTHEW RELIEF PROJECT This year the United Methodist Women and the Mission Committee wanted to adopt a mission project that would benefit communities in our state. Learning that eastern North Carolina counties, especially Cumberland, Edgecombe and Robeson Counties, are continuing to suffer from the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, it was decided to sell chicken pies to raise money to support the families of these communities who are in need. Money collected will go directly to the United Methodist North Carolina Conference Disaster Relief Fund. Last year the Long Memorial congregation greatly supported the Imagine No Malaria mission. We know our church will be generous in support of this Hurricane Matthew Project. Hurricane Matthew Relief UMW & Mission Committee Project Frozen Chicken Pies - $20 Pick up dates & times in Harris Hall on: February 13 th at 8:00 P.M. February 15 th at 12:00 P.M. CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE ( ) TO PLACE YOUR ORDER ************************************************************************************* FEBRUARY 2018 WORSHIP ASSISTANT SCHEDULE 11:00 A.M. SERVICE: February 4: February 11: Acolytes Tres Linville & Nicholas Young Lay Reader Donna H. Kimbrough Children s Church Pam Day Flowers Acolytes Caroline Cates & Lilly Atkins Lay Reader Sally Humphries Children s Church Chris & Maggie Hess Flowers Cathy Winstead February 18: February 25: Acolytes Susan Claire Bailey & Cece Fitzgerald Lay Reader Lois M. Winstead Children s Church Chris & Maggie Hess Flowers Norma Sabiston & Family Acolytes - Maddie Stovall & Nate Stovall Lay Reader Terri Cates Children s Church Anne Ramey Flowers -

5 Page 4 WERE YOU MARRIED IN 1968? If this is the year of your 50th wedding anniversary please information to the church office: longmemorial@esinc.net or call Peggy at (Please call Church Office at for your birthday or someone in your home.) FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS February 02 Matthew Carver February 03 Judy Robinson February 05 Steve Medford February 06 Tate Allen February 07 Bobby Currier February 09 Felicia Allen, William Crabtree February 10 Amy Bayliff February 11 Eddie Bridges, Chris Atkins February 12 Diana Stovall February 13 - Helen Slaughter, Jeff Nash February 14 Eva Arcuni, Gordon Carver, Patty Reynolds February 15 Maribel Strachan February 16 John Lacy Harris February 18 Chris Hodgin February 19 Carly Allen February 21 Robert Wrenn, Joseph Stovall February 22 Jay Bayliff, Emily Rogers February 24 Hunt Fitzgerald February 25 Jim Kurst ASH WEDNESDAY: Please make plans to take part in one of our Ash Wednesday Services. February 14th is the beginning of our season of Lent. Traditionally God's people gather on this day to re-center ourselves for our communal journey to Easter. Two opportunities to gather in the sanctuary for this short service: 7:30 A.M. and 6:00 P.M.

6 LENTEN LUNCHEON SCHEDULE AT LONG MEMORIAL UMC Page 5 Please remember that our community Lenten lunches begin Wednesday, February 21 and continues each Wednesday through March 21st 12 Noon-1 P.M. in the Harris Hall. Please join our neighbor churches for lunch ($5), fellowship, and a devotion. The schedule is as follows: February 21 First Baptist Church February 28 - Long Memorial United Methodist Church March 7 - Roxboro Baptist Church March 14 - Roxboro Presbyterian Church March 21 - St. Mark s Episcopal Church SWEETHEART LUNCHEON A SENIOR ADULT VALENTINE S LUNCH (Ages 60 and Older) Sunday, February 11 th Immediately following our 11:00 a.m. Worship Service Given by the YOUTH This is a free luncheon for all Senior Adult Church Members to say THANK-YOU who have lived as example for us by going before us in the walk of faith. All youth are asked to meet in the HARRIS HALL at 10:45 a.m. to prepare. (Wear Black skirt/pants and white, red, or pink shirt.

7 Page 6 UMYF Feb. 4 No Evening Youth Feb YOUTH LOCK-IN! YOUTH COME AT 8:00 P.M. Feb. 11 SWEETHEART LUNCHEON Come ready to prepare and serve by 10:45 a.m. Harris Hall. Dress Valentine(ish) No evening Youth. February YOUTH SKI TRIP TO WINTERGREEN, VA. Feb. 18 No Evening Youth Feb. 25-5:00 7:00 Stacey Paith to provide supper. March 4 5: YOU NEED A NIGHT FROM COOKING LET US COOK FOR YOU! Long Memorial Preschool Pancake Supper Friday, March p.m. $6.00 per ticket Long Memorial UMC, Harris Hall Tickets are in the church Office beginning Feb. 20 th Eat-In or Take-Out Includes: Pancakes, Sausage, Baked Apples, Coffee, Soft Drinks, Juice *Free Pancake Dinner* All Currently Enrolled Preschoolers *To Benefit Long Memorial UMC Preschool*

8 PRESCHOOL NEWS I command you to love each other. John 15:17 Page 7 February is a favorite month at Long Memorial. It is also a SPECIAL month during which we focus on God s LOVE for eachof us and our LOVE for HIM, our families, friends, and country. In the classrooms, the children will share their thoughts on LOVE, while busy little hands will cut, lace, stamp, paste, and paint Special Valentines, including ones for The Roxboro Nursing Home that will be delivered to our older friends. Dictionaries define love in a number of different ways. The most perfect definition I have read, however, comes from the New Testament, 1 st Corinthians, Chapter 13:1-8. Love is patient and kind Love is not jealous or boastful Love is not arrogant or rude Love does not insist on having its own way Love is not irritable or resentful Love does not rejoice at wrong Love rejoices in the right Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things Love never ends. Parent Night Conferences Monday, February 12th beginning at 5:00 P.M. ENROLLMENT TIME Applications for the Preschool Year will be mailed out in March/April. Church Members have first preference. Please call Pam Day at the church office if you are interested in enrolling your child in preschool. Spaces fill up fast. So, call early. If you know of others who may be interested please spread the word and get on the list Daybunch4@esinc.net

9 Page 8 MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW: VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT LONG MEMORIAL UMC WILL BE JUNE 24 27, :00 A.M. until Noon June 24th 5:30 P.M. Kick-off Dinner