BIG News! Rev. Donnie Wilkinson beginning July 1, Breathing Under All Men Are Invited! Water Breathing Under Water Friday, March 6:00pm.

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1 The Beacon The official newsletter of Broadmoor United Methodist Church March 2016 Volume 22, Issue 3 March 20 At the 9:00 and 10:30am Sanctuary services, the Chancel Choir, with instruments, narrators, and visuals will present the Passion story, entitled God So Loved the World. Maundy Thursday COMMUNION March 24 At 6:30pm in the Sanctuary, we remember the Last Supper through music, scripture, and communion, concluding with the solemn removal of colors and decorations from the altar area. Join us on Sunday, March 20 at 11:30am on the lawn behind the Casual Worship Center for our annual Easter EGGstravaganza and church-wide picnic! Bring your picnic lunch, blanket, chairs, and Easter basket. Lemonade and cookies provided. Children toddler age through 5th grade will enjoy our Easter Egg Hunt that begins at 12:15pm. H March 25 At 6:30pm, weather permitting, there will be a procession of the cross along Mollylea Drive, followed by a 7:30pm Sanctuary service of dramatic readings and music on the crucifixion of Jesus. March 27 Worship services will take place at 9:00 and 10:30am in the Sanctuary, and at 10:30am in the Casual Worship Center. All are invited to bring fresh flowers to flower the cross located on the lawn in front of the Sanctuary. LY Week services Egg Donations Needed for Easter EGGstravaganza Please bring your pre-filled (candy/treats) plastic egg donations to the Children s Building or Connection Café. Contact Cheri Coats at for more information. Broadmoor United Methodist Church Mollylea Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana (225)

2 BIG News! The Staff-Parish Relations Committee is excited to announce that upon the retirement of Rev. Fred Wideman, Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey will appoint Rev. Donnie Wilkinson to be the next Senior Pastor of Broadmoor United Methodist Church beginning July 1, Rev. Wilkinson is currently Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Louisiana. He has fourteen years of pastoral and administrative leadership in a variety of congregational settings throughout the Louisiana Conference. Rev. Wilkinson is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. Donnie and his wife, April have been married for 15 years and are the parents of Mollybeth (12) and John Harper (8). April is currently a third and fourth grade teacher at Country Day School in Alexandria. More information will be shared in the coming weeks regarding events surrounding the change in pastoral leadership. Please keep both pastoral families and both congregations in your thoughts and prayers as we enter into this season of transition and change. Breathing Under Water This four-week study, Breathing Under Water by Richard Rohr, will follow Rev. Fred Wideman s sermon series on addiction beginning April 3. We are all addicted in some way. When we learn to identify our addiction, embrace our brokenness, and surrender to God, we begin to bring healing to ourselves and our world. In Breathing Under Water, Richard Rohr shows how the gospel principles in the Twelve Steps can free anyone from any addiction from an obvious dependence on alcohol or drugs to the more common but less visible addiction that we all have to sin. The study begins Wednesday, April 6 and meets from 6:30-8:00pm in Room 205 of the Adult Building. Register by calling Mary Saltzman at the church office, If you need childcare, please let Mary know by Monday, April 4. All Men Are Invited! The Men of Broadmoor (formerly United Methodist Men) is holding their first meeting of 2016 on Friday, March 18 at 6:00pm. The meeting will include a FREE jambalaya dinner at 6:30 p.m. as we watch the LSU baseball Tigers play Alabama at 7:00pm on the big screens in the Casual Worship Center. All men (18 and over) in our congregation who want to learn more about MOB and the group s service opportunities to the Baton Rouge community are invited to attend. The mission of MOB is helping men grow in Christ, so others may know Christ. Please contact Greg Beck (hanniba2@eatel.net, ) if you have any questions. Educational Awareness Seminar on Elderly Care In-Home Services Our Prime O Life and Senior Care Resident Ministry is sponsoring an Elderly Care Educational Awareness Seminar on Tuesday, March 15 from 9:45am noon in Room 101 of the Adult Building. Representatives from various care organizations will be on hand to offer guidance and answer any questions you may have.

3 Attention Ladies You are invited to a Spring Tea sponsored by Broadmoor s United Methodist Women on Saturday, April 16 from 10:30am 1:00pm in the Casual Worship Center. The theme for the event is Fill My Cup, Lord. There will be shopping, music, and of course, tea. Children are welcome with an accompanying adult. Tickets cost $20 and are available in the Connection Café. T h e youth of Broadmoor want you to be a shining star with us as we go out into the world to be the light of Jesus. During the month of April, members of the Youth Group will call the congregation, inviting you to be a shining star and support our mission efforts with a donation toward our mission trips. It will be your opportunity to visit with a youth and hear for yourselves about what we are doing. A Shining Stars Dessert will be held at the end of the summer with a presentation of mission activities from the year, including our Jr. High and Sr. High summer mission trips. Be a Shining Star for Broadmoor Youth Men s Steak Dinner The Men of Broadmoor (formerly United Methodist Men) are hosting a Steak Dinner on Thursday, April 14 featuring former LSU Basketball great Collis Temple Jr who will be speaking about breaking the color barrier at LSU. All men of our congregation are invited to attend. We are also inviting the young men that play basketball in our gym on Thursdays to be our VIP guests for this great event so that we can all get to know each other better. The Dinner will be held in the Casual Worship Center and doors will open at 6:00pm. Tickets are $15 and are available for purchase online (broadmoormethodist.org/steakdinner) and on Sundays in Connection Café through Sunday, April 3. Tables of eight may also be purchased by contacting Mark Montgomery at mark.r.montgomery@gmail.com. The Men of Broadmoor s mission is helping men grow in Christ, so others may know Christ. For more information, contact Pat Powers at or patsekal@gmail.com.

4 Do you have a neighbor that needs help with yard work before spring and summer are in full swing? Our college aged young adults want to serve them by doing yard work on Saturday, April 2. If you know of someone that can use assistance or if you would like to help, please contact Eddie Manes at emanes@ broadmoormethodist.org or Members of our congregation joined with members of Hope Community UMC for our Laundry Love outreach on February 27. We had such fun giving people the gift of free laundry, fun, love and prayers. February Schedule for 6 Pastries with the Pastors (Connection Café & patio) 13 St. Patrick s Day Celebration* Live Celtic music by Kitchen Session of Baton Rouge plus special green treats (Connection Café & tent) 20 Palm Sunday Kids & adults will enjoy making Easter crafts in preparation for our church-wide Easter EGGstravaganza (Connection Café & tent) 27 Easter Sunday Enjoy live music by our flute choir, The King s Pipes, add flowers to flower the cross on the lawn in front of the Sanctuary & take photos with your family (Connection Café & Sanctuary front lawn) *No refreshments in the back of the Casual Service On Saturday, May 14 our church will host our first Meet Your Neighbor Day. As part of this day, we will be hosting a health and safety fair in cooperation with the Baton Rouge area Lions Clubs, as well as several Kindness Outreach projects in the area. We will begin sign-ups for projects and volunteers on Easter Sunday at the [ in-between ], so reserve the day on your calendar! Like Us on Social Media facebook.com/broadmoormethodist instagram.com/broadmoormethodist

5 Welcome Our Newest Member Jack Kyle BUMC Community Garage Sale Information Donations for the BUMC Community Garage Sale will be accepted n the Casual Worship Center Monday, April 18 Wednesday, April 20 from 9:00am 3:00pm. Items must be packed in cardboard boxes with closed tops. Boxes are available in the Connection Café and under the stairs in the Adult Building. Flyers detailing what we accept are available in the Connection Café and the church office. If you need to schedule a drop-off or pick-up, call Jean Heaton at , George Ann Brown at , or Eileen Mechana at To serve as a volunteer the week prior to the sale or the day of the sale, contact Janis Weber at or Francine Boyd at The Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, April 23 from 7:00am 1:00pm in the Casual Worship Center. I Am the Clay A Day Retreat On Saturday, April 9, Jane Knight, spiritual director and potter, will join us again for a retreat with clay. Using Jeremiah 18:6 ( You are like the clay in the potter s hands, and I am the potter. ) and Isaiah 64:8 ( Yet, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand ) as her grounding scriptures, Jane speaks with conviction on the spirituality inherit in her work with clay. She will demonstrate on the wheel how the molding of the clay demonstrates the prophets words. Participants will have an opportunity to delve deeper into their own spirituality as they allow themselves to be clay in the hands of a loving God. The retreat will be held in Room 101 of the Adult Building. Check-in will begin at 9:00am and the retreat should end before 3:00pm. The cost will be $30 per person and will include all materials and a delicious lunch. The number of participants will be limited to 30. Registration will begin around mid-march. Watch for details in the Spotlight. If you have questions, you can Rev. Shannon Sandifer at ssandifer@ broadmoormethodist.org. This camp runs July from 8:30am noon daily and concludes with a program centered around our theme Imagine the Possibilities! Children entering K 6 in the fall are invited to participate. This fun, specialty camp offers classes in art, drama, creative movement, choir, boomwhackers, and handbells, taught by a professional staff. The cost is only $60 per child and includes a t-shirt and snacks. For more information, contact Dr. Dona Lusted (dlusted@broadmoormethodist.org, ). Register online: Brochures are available in the Connection Café.

6 Bill Briggs Joanne Cowgill Karen Decell Lois Finlay Our Life Together Recent Hospitalizations & Surgeries John Jones Angela Mostert Dave Roberts Hazel Robison Donna Shirley Jim Smith Jack Story Infant Arrival Congratulations to Wesley and Brittany Beck on the birth of their daughter, Adalyn Lee Beck, born on March 7, Proud grandparents are Greg and Marianne Beck. Adalyn was welcomed home by big brother Bradley. Our Deepest Sympathy Terry and Bobbie Swafford in the death of her father, and Will Swafford in the death of his grandfather, Robert O Quin Bill Donham in the death of his mother, Trudy Donham Lois Stuckey in the death of her mother; Jeremy and Chase Stuckey in the death of their grandmother, Jean Brooks Jay and Cheri Coats in the death of his father; Kyle and Laura Coats in the death of his father; Connor, Catherine, and Carson Coats in the death of their grandfather; and Caroline and James Coats in the death of their grandfather, Glenn Coats Adventure Is Waiting! Broadmoor United Methodist Church has 4 Scout Troops that meet weekly in the Scout Hut: Boy Scout Troop 478 Wednesdays at 6:30pm Venture Crew 478 Wednesdays at 6:30pm Girl Scout Troop Sundays at 2:00pm Cub Scout Pack 478 Mondays at 6:30pm (monthly pack meeting); Age based dens meet at different times weekly. If you are interested in more information about the Scouts, contact scoutmaster@bellsouth.net. The AARP is offering free income tax assistance and e-filing at the church until Thursday, April 7. Volunteers are available on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:00 11:00am, and on Tuesdays from 8:00am 3:00pm. Assistance is offered on a first come, first serve basis. They do not take appointments and do not have access to a phone. In addition to the usual documents such as W2 s and 1099 s, please bring the following materials: picture ID 2015 tax return SSN info for all tax payers and dependents proof of health insurance; form 1095-A (if insurance obtained on marketplace) 2015 property tax statement (if you itemize) 2015 sales receipt for new car (if you itemize) 2015 homeowner s insurance statement cost basis and date purchased info on sold assets retirement dates for pension and annuities real estate and production or severance taxes for oil/gas royalties bank account info (account # & routing #) for refunds or payments Bereavement Committee Thank You The Bereavement Committee would like to thank all the volunteers who graciously provided food for a meal when there was a death of a church member this past year. Your loyal service and kindness is so appreciated by the grieving families and friends. New volunteers are always needed. Become part of this important ministry by contacting Wilma Crosby ( ) or Marlene Wilcox ( ).