The Messenger. Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction. Tuesday February 7 5:30 7:00 PM McMannen Fellowship Hall

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1 The Messenger 4102 NEAL ROAD * DURHAM NC Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction Tuesday February 7 5:30 7:00 PM McMannen Fellowship Hall All meal donations and profits from the Silent Auction will go to the McMannen UMC Preschool Ministry and Scholarship Fund. Please bring your friends, family and neighbors to enjoy dinner served by the Preschool staff and Board members. Plan to bid on our unique one of a kind class items and other exciting things! We hope to see you there!

2 Our Church Family: Judy Auman; James & Marti Bennett; Cordelia Blalock; Marian Clark; Dickenson Family; Kevin Hughes; Onie Jordan; Jim & Penny Lore; Lisa Pagett; Emma Jean Phelps; Bob Phillips; Pollard Family; Preschool families; Betty Ray; Judy & Gene Smith; Sykes Family; Wendell Family; Marcus Williams; Carolyn Woolley; grant status; church staff Friends and Family: Lois Blanton; Bjurman family; Howell Brown III; Family of Jake Buchanan; Karen Chamberlin (Elizabeth Wilson s daughter); Parker Coleman; Donna; Kathy Gilreath; Rich Goward; Audrey Hall; Mike Huey; Matt Jones; Lois Jones; Mrs. King (Pam Blalock s mom); Jimmy King; Joyce Lanier; Dr. Lewis McMannen; Mary Ann Norris; John Phillips; Dean Porterfield; Pauline Roberts; Gloria Rocha; Lani Rountree; Gilbert Sloan; Kenneth Smith; Westley Stone; Tom & Myra Supplee; Taylor Wagner; Doug Williams; the unemployed and their families; the victims of violence; travel mercies; Christian Believer Bible study group; Christians being persecuted; our armed forces and military; Earthquake & Flood victims; terrorist victims; law enforcement; Hurricane recovery; wildfire recovery Care Facilities: Cordelia Blalock (Emerald Pond); Marian Clark (Croasdaile); Lella Dezern; Sadie Micol (Brookshire); Mildred Neal (Croasdaile Village); Judy Smith and Irene Webb (Eno Pointe) Ballroom Dancing Fellowship Hall Saturday, February 25 7:30-10:00 pm No partner is necessary No charge for church members Sunday, February 19 8:00 am All are welcome! February Committee Meetings Church Council Feb 7:00 pm (E201) SPRC February 6:30 pm (E201) Trustees February 6:30 pm (FH)

3 Corridor District Disaster Response Team asks for assistance at the Robeson County Church & Community Center (RCCCC). The RCCCC needs assistance in the form of Donations of New Items Towels Washcloths Linens To donate new items, you are asked to drop them off at McMannen by February 8, 2017 and we will deliver them to the appropriate drop off location. Volunteer Labor Two locations: The original center location (600 West 5th Street Lumberton, NC 28358) was damaged by Hurricane Matthew and is in need of repair. Call Kelly Hunt at if you would like to volunteer for this location. The temporary warehouse location (1401 Starlite Drive Lumberton, NC 28358) needs assistance with receiving, sorting, and distributing donations. Call or just show up at this location, if you would like to volunteer. This location is only open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

4 You may see a familiar face if you sign up for the Basic Class!

5 February 10 at noon is our next Lunch meeting Our speaker will be McMannen s own Lori Phillips who will teach us about heart health. Please RSVP when Maxie calls. We hope to see you there! Contact Anggie Thompson at or anggiet@mcmannenumc.org with any questions. Congratulations to Anggie, McMannen s Office Administrator, for her new part-time position as Palmer s Grove UMC s pastor. Some of you may not realize, but Anggie wears many hats, including being a Certified Lay Minister. In her role at Palmer's Grove, Anggie performs all pastoral duties for her congregation with the exception of performing weddings, baptisms, and consecrating Communion. Don t be worried, Anggie remains McMannen s Office Administrator in a full time capacity Monday thru Friday. You can find her in the church office from 8 am to 4 pm daily. Did you know that the church has space available? McMannen has space available for any size group for birthday parties, company events, homeowner s associations, baby/bridal showers or even weddings. Prices are reasonable to outside parties and rent to church members is usually free (donations always welcomed!). Contact Anggie in the office to schedule.

6 Saturday February 11 from 6:30 8 PM Paint and Praise is a monthly worship service which is vastly different from our current worship opportunities. It appeals to our families with younger children in the 2-12 age group. In this service we worship using music, scripture, literature and art. Come see what the excitement is all about. If possible, RSVP to Jackie (jackieb@mcmannenumc.org) to make sure we have plenty of supplies. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Psalm 150:6 CLUBS Movie Night Friday, February 7PM McMannen Fellowship Hall This is a creative film with good special effects and choreography in the animation as well as fun music! The main theme is how happiness is within you and that you can control whether you are happy or not. Another theme is being yourself and not having to put on an act in order to get others to like you. So put on your pajamas or comfy clothes, grab you favorite blanket or pillow and be prepared to enjoy yourself. Movie snacks are provided. Donations are accepted so Children s Ministries can continue to provide this type of monthly family event.

7 Turn your TV off, pack up your family and invite your friends to McMannen s 1st Annual Chili Cookoff and Family Game Night! Saturday, February 18th 5 PM 8 PM McMannen Fellowship Hall Do you think you make a really good pot of chili? Let our church family decide! Sign up with Jackie (jackieb@mcmannenumc.org) for the chance to win the title of the McMannen Chili King or Queen. Crackers, corn bread, drinks and dessert will be provided. After dinner we will enjoy friendly banter, competition, fellowship and laughter while we play a wide assortment of family games. There will be something for all ages!

8 There s a waiting list for the 1 year old and 2 year old classes and limited availability in the other classes! Through our culturally diverse half day ministry to children ages one to five, we serve as a place of child care excellence for the community. Please call Jackie Bolen at or stop by any weekday morning between 9:30 and 11:30 to learn more about this ministry. Applications are available on our website mcmannenumc.org Sunday, February 5th Come watch the Big Football Game in the Fellowship Hall! T I M E : 6 : 0 0 P M H A L F T I M E Big Football Game Party Bring your favorite big game day food to share with the rest of the hungry fans as we gather to cheer for the Patriots, the Falcons or the commercials! Who: Everyone!!! Where: The McMannen Fellowship Hall under the big screens When: Sunday, February 5th 6 PM Halftime Why: Great fun, food, football and fellowship

9 From now on, when you are shopping on Amazon take a minute to see if your purchases are eligible for AmazonSmiles donation. If you select McMannen United Methodist Church for eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to McMannen! This is an easy way to make some money for the church while you are doing your shopping!! Every little bit helps McMannen UMC continue to provide quality programs, ministry and outreach. Please share with your friends and family! Remember, always start at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. M C M A N N E N U M C N E E D S Y O U! Coming Soon Following our success last year, we are kicking off our second season of Upward Spring Soccer for school aged kids (K-6) beginning in March. We have applied for another Mission Seed Funds grant and are looking for referees, coaches, assistant coaches, team shepherds, greeters and prayer partners! Please prayerfully consider helping in one of these ministry positions. Would you be willing to support this sports ministry? Would you be willing to invite some of your associates or friends to consider supporting this? If so, what would be the best way for us to reach them? You can talk to any of the people who helped last year, call the church or send an to Jackie at jackieb@mcmannenumc.org to ask questions or register to help.

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11 The Big Football Game, whose name is copyrighted and whose name we are legally forbidden from sharing in print without permission, (but whose name ends with Bowl and begins with Super), is almost upon us. Sports talk channels are yapping about it incessantly, and countless advertisers are flooding us with ways to spend our money in preparation for it. The inauguration just happened. Our new President is on a mission to fulfill myriads of campaign promises, ordering what he can with executive power, generating many conversations and inciting responses which range from joyful to irate. Christmas is behind us. For many, the bills are still out in front. New Year s resolutions have been vowed, and I m betting the majority remain unfulfilled. Resolutions are always easier said than done. Don t lose heart. Many inspiring messages focus on your role in this world. Be a better this. Get serious about that. Real patriots think this way. If you really love Jesus you will act this way or write this congressperson. I came across this scripture verse and poem designated for our current church season of Ephiphany in the book Imagining the Word volume 2. In the midst of confusion and disappointment, perhaps we can center ourselves in this: God is my light and my salvation: Whom Shall I Fear? (Psalm 27:1) And the meditation/poem by Philip Andrews: There is a dignity here we will exalt it. There is courage here we will support it. There is humanity here we will enjoy it. There is a universe in every child we will share in it. There is a voice calling through the chaos of our times; There is a spirit moving across the waters of our world; There is movement, a light, a promise of hope. Let them that have ears to hear, hear. But look not for Armageddon, nor listen for a trumpet. Behold, we bring you tidings of great joy: The incarnation. May God bless you today and always. Pastor Ed

12 Download our calendar information: A file can be downloaded and imported into any calendar program that will let you import a comma-delimited text file. Most calendaring software, like Outlook, Lotus, etc. has this feature built right in. Simply click the ICAL symbol on the calendar (bottom left corner) on our mcmannenumc.org website to download it to your hard drive. Then open your calendar software and import it. Please always refer to the calendar on the McMannen website for the most up-to-date information.

13 4102 Neal Road Durham, NC Fax: mcmannenumc.org Sunday Mornings D eadline for the next newsletter, The Messenger, is Monday, February 20 9 am for all events through March. 8:45 am - Worship (in Neal Chapel) 10 am - Sunday School 11:00 am - Worship (in the Sanctuary) Come and Worship! Staff Ed Priestaf, Pastor pastored@mcmannenumc.org Jackie Bolen Director of Children s Outreach and Ministries jackieb@mcmannenumc.org Anggie Thompson Office Administrator anggiet@mcmannenumc.org John Benton Director of Music Ministries johnb@mcmannenumc.org Floalice Reaves Organist Mission: To proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world and to live it out in loving witness to whomever we meet with the purpose of changing hearts and strengthening the community of believers.