The Messenger. Robert

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1 The Messenger First United Methodist Church Website: hillsvillefumc.com It seems that you cannot go through the day without seeing a white checkmark plastered on someone s clothing or on TV commercials. That white checkmark is the trademark for the Nike Corporation. Nike spends millions of dollars each month to sell their logo and jingle... Just do it! Just do it! they proclaim. Go to the extreme... push your limits... train hard... challenge opposition... don t wimp out... Just do it! No matter the cost - Just do it! Just do it! was first proclaimed by Jesus. Just do it! Jesus said over and over to his closest disciples. Tell everyone you meet about God s love. Help those who are struggling. Encourage those who have lost hope. Cry with those who grieve. Strive for justice for all. Forgive everyone for everything. Tear down walls and divisions among people. Befriend the lonely and the outcast. Claim your ministry and Just do it! No matter the cost... regardless of the consequences... Just do it! Just do it! Sometimes Jesus asks us to do some pretty incredible things. Sometimes the task before us seems, at the outset, quite impossible. Sometimes those around us discourage us from trying what we have been called to do. But as we learn to trust Jesus... as we follow his leading... as we rely on his Spirit... we can accomplish many wonderful things. Claim your ministry and Just do it! says Jesus. Just do it! Poet Edgar A. Guest says it like this... Somebody said it couldn t be done, but he with a chuckle replied, that maybe it couldn t, but he would be one who wouldn t say so, til he d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin on his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing, that couldn t be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed, Oh, you ll never do that; At least no one has ever done it ; But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, and the first thing we knew he d begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn t be done and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done. There are thousands to prophesy failure; there are thousands to point out to you, one by one, the dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, just take off your coat and go to it; just start to sing as you tackle the thing that cannot be done, and you ll do it. There are so many possibilities for ministry all around us... in our homes... in our neighborhoods... in our workplaces... in our church. Despite the odds, regardless of the risks, no matter the reactions or responses of those around you, Just do it!... and see what great things God will do through you. Just do it! Praise be to God! I ll see you each week at the place where the disciples of Jesus... Just do it! You are loved! Robert Facebook: facebook.com/fumchillsville Phone: Street Address: 225 Fulcher Street, Hillsville VA 24343

2 FUMC Staff Pastor: Robert Smith Lay Leader: Oliver McBride Hispanic Lay Pastor: Saul Huerta-Barba Youth Director: Ben Mullins Music Director: Cindy Jackson Musician: Janie Napier Treasurer: Mark Strauss Admin. Financial Secretary: Julie Crim Office Assistant: Jenna Ring Preschool Director: Paulette Beasley Sunday Nursery Provider: Stephanie Phipps February 2017 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 CCMA FOOD PANTRY 9: Young Adult Liberty Trip SCOUTS 6:30 5 Scouts Sunday 6 Weight Watchers 7 Happy Seniors Meal - Noon Dinner Bell CCMA FOOD PANTRY 9:30-12 SCOUTS 6: th Sunday after the Epiphany 13 Weight Watchers 14 Dinner Bell CCMA FOOD PANTRY 9:30-12 SCOUTS 6: th Sunday after the Epiphany 20 Weight Watchers Robert Out Of Office 21 Dinner Bell CCMA FOOD PANTRY 9:30-12 SCOUTS 6: Transfiguration Sunday 27 Weight Watchers 28 CCMA FOOD PANTRY 4-6 Big Buck Contest Winner Announced Dinner Bell 4-6

3 Page 3 Name Brent Cox 2 Dennis Ward 3 Nathan Snow 3 Lora Terry 5 Emily Worrell 7 Michelle Webb 8 Dustin Harmon 8 Zac Lineberry 8 Oliver McBride 10 Cindy Copeland 13 Terry Scott 13 Zula Coleman 16 Morris Branscome 18 Martha Stineback 18 June Howard 19 Jessica Shank 20 Andrew Huerta-Zepeda 20 Amber Cannaday 21 Jeremy Strauss 24 Robin Graham 26 Marilyn Rand 26 Doris Todd 27 Sue Bond 28 Jeff Scott 28 Bob Martin 28 Birthday Couple Jerry and Michelle Webb Greg and Mary Beth Montgomery Dear church, Wedding Anniversary 02/01 02/23 Thank you just isn't enough sometimes, you have shown us all so much love the past months. Mom truly loved her church family and so do we! Thank you for the cards, calls, food, and most of all, your love and support during these sad and long days. Bereavement Committee, Thank you for a wonderful meal after JoAnne s funeral. Everyone commented on everything. JoAnne loved her church very much. Thanks again, Your sister in Christ Libby Gilbert Betsy, Rob, Anne, Joy, Chuck, Heather, and Families

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8 Page 8 Attendance Tracking January 2017 Date Worship Hispanic Ministry 10:00 AM Total Worship Special Services and Events at FUMC Sunday School January January Service Cancelled 0 January January January January Average Attendance Financial Matters At the End of January Ministry Goal $ 402,012 Weekly Offering Needed for Goal $ 7, Ministry Goal Received To Date $ 28,072

9 DONOR FUND IN MEMORY/IN HONOR Memorial Donations OLIVER & VIVIAN MCBRIDE CHILDREN'S MINISTRY EMORY KEEN CLARK & MARTHA TERRELL CHOIR SUNSHINE FUND JOANNE GILBERT STREET BILL & BOBBIE COPELAND DINNER BELL CLEO SURRATT ELIZABETH GILBERT FAMILY & SHUT IN MINISTRY JOANNE GILBERT STREET LIONS CLUB OF HILLSVILLE FOOD PANTRY STEPHEN & JUDY MARTIN FOOD PANTRY FELLOWSHIP CLASS FOOD PANTRY CONNIE NESTER FOOD PANTRY MARY ARRINGTON FOOD PANTRY GEORGIA JENNINGS FOOD PANTRY RICHARD HONAKER FOOD PANTRY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FOOD PANTRY LEWIS & RUTH SHROPSHIRE FOOD PANTRY DAVID BYRNE GALAX CARROLL LIBRARY FOOD PANTRY PVA INC FOOD PANTRY JOE & REVA BROWN FOOD PANTRY DON & DANA WHITE FOOD PANTRY PAT SMITH KENNETH & VERONICA MEREDITH FOOD PANTRY RANDALL GRAVELY JARED RUSSELL FOOD PANTRY SHIRLEY UBER FUTURE BLDG ADDITIONS JOANNE STREET BUCKY LOVERN JUNE WESTERLUND GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET RJ & HELEN REYNOLDS GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET ROSE ERNANDEZ GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET JAMES & BETTY KILBOURNE GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET JAMES & JUDY HOLLIS GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET REBECCA MEEK-ROBERSON GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET BILL & BOBBIE COPELAND GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET OLLIE NEWMAN GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET PHYLLIS ROBINSON GENERAL FUND TEDDIE W QUESENBERRY ROGER & SHERRY MCELRATH GENERAL FUND JOANNE STREET MARY ANNA TURNER LOCAL MISSIONS RITA BOLEN OLIVER & VIVIAN MCBRIDE LOCAL MISSIONS JOANNE STREET DAVID BYRNE JOE BERRY FAMILY LOCAL MISSIONS JOANNE STREET JOE BERRY FAMILY LOCAL MISSIONS BUCKY LOVERN EMORY KEEN OLIVER & VIVIAN MCBRIDE LOCAL MISSIONS CLEO SURRATT SUSAN KIRKLAND LOCAL MISSIONS BUCKY LOVERN SEEKERS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS LOCAL MISSIONS BUCKY LOVERN SEEKERS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS LOCAL MISSIONS ADAM GUTIERREZ TOM & JANIE NAPIER SENIOR MINISTRIES JOANNE STREET TOM & JANIE NAPIER SENIOR MINISTRIES EMORY KEEN INA HORTON OLIVER & VIVIAN MCBRIDE ESTHER TAYLOR CARY & KATHLEEN SIMMS SOUND SYSTEM/MEDIA YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH JOANNE STREET IMA HORTON

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11 Page 11 HAPPY SENIORS MEAL will be held February 7, 2017 at noon. The program will be a presentation from guest speaker Enoko, an exchange student from Japan. Pastor Smith s Adult Bible Study will be held on Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m in the Upper Room. The Bible study is entitled Christian: It s Not What You Think.

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13 Page 13 Thank you for making it possible for our youth to make the trip to Pigeon Forge, TN in January to worship at Resurrection 2017! The Big Buck Contest winner will be announced during worship services on Sunday, February 26, 2017.

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16 Page 16 We are all trying to get back in the swing of things since the holidays. The children were so excited to tell us all about their toys they received for Christmas. We had Christmas Show-N-Tell so they could bring in their favorite Christmas Present. To celebrate the great performance the children did at our Christmas Program, we had a Pizza Party!. Yum, Yum!! We will be celebrating Valentine's Day with a party in the classrooms and exchanging Valentines. We will discuss Ground Hog day and let the children see their shadow. We are anxious to see if the groundhog will see his shadow. Yours in Preschool, Paulette Beasley February Birthdays Gage Hendrick 8th Knox Jackson 11th Kinsey Horton 19th Macy Lineberry 22nd

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19 JUBILATION 2017 SCHOLARSHIP of $75 is again available to Seniors wishing to attend Jubilation. The event will be held May 1-3 at Mainstay Suites in Pigeon Forge, TN. Brochures including registration forms are available in the church office and on the accompanying page.

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21 PLEASE REMEMBER AND PRAY FOR OUR HOMEBOUND, SHUT IN AND NURSING HOME CHURCH FAMILY Page 21 Rhea Akers PO BOX 762 Hillsville VA David & Rita Bolen PO BOX 6637 Ashland VA Judy Bond Commonwealth Assisted Living 100 Kyle Dr Hillsville VA Elsie Cochran PO BOX 335 Hillsville VA Grace Cox Commonwealth Assisted Living Room A5 Hillsville VA Helen Notchie 566 Breezy Ridge Rd ` Woodlawn VA Harold & Mildred Nutter 4370 Carrollton Pike Woodlawn VA Mildred Palmer 295 Freemont Rd Hillsville VA Elliott Ridge 1527 Grandin Ave Roanoke VA Ruth Sisson Commonwealth Assisted Living Room D11 Hillsville VA Rick & Kim Slusher 264 Edgewood Dr Hillsville VA Janet Strauss Waddell Nursing 202 Painter S Room 118 Galax VA Colleen Thomasson 1061 Nursery Road Laurel Fork VA Doris Todd Commonwealth Assisted Living Room B7 Hillsville VA Bob & Beverly Towles 503 Greentree Lane Galax VA Aylene Lois Wade Trinity Mission 222 Fulcher St Hillsville VA Pat Webb Waddell Nursing Waddell Joyce Webb Nursing 202 Painter St Galax VA Room 16A 202 Painter St Galax VA 24333

22 The Messenger First United Methodist Church 225 Fulcher St. PO Box 356 Hillsville, VA Return Service Requested Mary Virgina Taylor, Bishop Kim Goddard, District Superintendent Robert Smith, Pastor Saul Huerta Barba, Hispanic Lay Pastor TO: Called to Be and Make Disciples for Jesus Christ First United Methodist Church Website: hillsvillefumc.com Facebook: facebook.com/fumchillsville Phone: Street Address: 225 Fulcher Street, Hillsville VA Mailing Address: PO Box 356, Hillsville, VA Phone numbers: Church: Parsonage: Church Fax: s: Pastor Robert Smith: Administrative Financial Secretary: Office Assistant: Website: