Tim THE SCROLL. Grace and peace to you through our Lord, Jesus Christ!

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1 THE SCROLL August 2016 Fayetteville & Doggett Chapel United Methodist Churches August 2016 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the lord with gladness, come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is Go. It is he who made us, and we are his, we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise, give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his live endures forever, his faithfulness continues through all generations. - Psalm 100. Grace and peace to you through our Lord, Jesus Christ! God s purpose for us in ministry is still being unfolded each and every day. Each of us are on our own faith journeys, yet they are really not our journeys alone. Every week we come together to celebrate the gifts and thanksgivings God has blessed us with while also lifting each other up as we struggle through our trials. We are all part of a community seeking God for thanksgiving, healing, worship, and renewal. It seems to me then that worship occurs when the community of saints comes together as a glorified body to worship a glorified God! With this in mind as we journey together, let us begin to focus our attention on the act of worship. In other words, what spiritual practices do we need to focus upon so that we may encounter the glory of the Gospel story? Worshiping as a community of saints helps us to better understand our lives within the context of the story of our faith. Just as Moses and the Israelites wandered through the desert, we too wander through a spiritual desert. The difference between then and now is the assurance of our risen Lord, Jesus Christ. Think about how our lives have been transformed and uplifted by participating in Christ s story each Sunday. Each week, then, is an opportunity for us to relive Easter. That is why I feel it is important for us to think about our worship experience. It is no wonder, then, that we find ourselves at our best when we meet together to seek a better relationship with God, with the community of Fayetteville, and with each other. Thus, I have a few important questions to ask. What is your attitude before you come to church on Sunday morning? Have your prepared your soul for encountering the body of Christ? What stumbling blocks are keeping your heart and soul from encountering Christ? Are you ready to enter God s gates with thanksgiving and praise before Sunday arrives? What seeds from God do you need to have nurtured? What do we need to do for our community of Fayetteville to help prepare those around us to encounter the body of Christ? Remember, we are the body of Christ for the world. So let us prepare our souls and minds to experience Christ, and share that experience with the community of Fayetteville. Then let us prepare to experience the full glory of God in and around us! With Love in and for Christ, Tim

2 Have you ever felt you needed a new heart? John Wesley would affirm the Gospel message and say that we do! Come join me for a six week study of fulfilling the Gospel story in our heart. Beginning Sunday, August 21, in the Women s Parlor of FUMC at 6:30 PM. Remember to bring your Bible with you to worship! Christian Sympathy is extended to the family & friends of Norma Jean Lavinder who entered eternal life on November 2,

3 This year's Annual Community Tent Revival will be Sunday, August 28th - Thursday, September 1st. We begin at 6:30pm in the evening. Everyone is welcome! Reverend Tim Bleigh will be preaching on Wednesday, August 31th. Located at New River Baptist Church pavilion. FUMC s Church Picnic will be on Sunday, September 11th. We will meet at the Fayetteville Town Park shelter #1 at 11am. We ll worship first and follow with a pot-luck lunch. Please plan to bring a favorite dish or dessert and a friend or two. The playground makes this event great for families with kids! August 8th 6PM Historic Fayette Theatre 3

4 At Doggett Chapel we seek to make disciples of Jesus Christ by having & practicing Open Hearts Open Minds Open Doors Doggett Chapel s web site is: & like us on facebook Don t forget our Homecoming Reunion on Saturday, September 3th at 11:00am with lunch to follow. Doggett Chapel has a Bible Discussion Group on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Community Chili Feed. The Community Chili Feed continues to be an enormous blessing to our town. Many thanks always to Wendy Bayes for her vision to start it. We are always looking for groups who would be willing to help sponsor. If you are part of one, please let Nancy Garvin know! Upcoming Dates: August 11th - Pot Luck September 8th - Rotary Cllub October 13th - Fayetteville Jr. Woman s Club November 10th - Fayetteville Lion s Club December 8th - Pot Luck Everyone is welcome! 4

5 Greetings from the Circle of Sisters, We find ourselves heading to that time of year when we have our Annual Yard Sale. It will be on August 5th in Fellowship Hall from 9:00 to 3:00. You can start bringing your donations of items to be sold and put them in the room downstairs by the Ladies restroom. No clothing please, as we have found, it does not sell. We thank you all for your continued help with this fund raiser. If you have any questions about the Yard Sale please ask Nancy Garvin. We are so grateful to her for heading up this project again this year. The Circle will be giving 10% of what we make back to the Church s general fund like we do with all of our fund raisers. I want to give a big, THANK YOU, to Yvonne Arthur for preparing the cards that we sign on Sunday morning. I have heard a lot of positive feedback on our card ministry. Our next Circle of Sisters meeting will be August 16th at 4:00 pm. We will meet in the new meeting room that use to be the Ladies Parlor. Please come out and join us we would love to have you fellowship with us. Sincerely, Margaret Grose Bishop's Summit on Diversity and Inclusion About the Summit Focus: Philippians 2 September 16-17, 2016 Charleston Conference Center Pre-registration is required for this event. The registration deadline is August 25, Scripture Lesson: Philippians 2:1-11 Focus: Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:4-5). General Description: As we continue to meditate on matters of Christian unity and reaching new people, we invite you to the Bishop s Summit on Diversity and Inclusion on September 16 th and 17 th at the Charleston Conference Center situated at the Holiday Inn in South Charleston, WV. Rev. Giovanni Arroyo, Team Leader for Program Ministries, of the General Commission on Religion and Race (GCORR) will lead training sessions on intercultural competency. 6

6 Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball is thrilled to return to the West Virginia Annual Conference POSTED JULY 26, 2016, BY WHITNEY CHERRY Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball is thrilled to return to the West Virginia Annual Conference and continue the work already started for the next quadrennium, as she shows in a letter to the Conference below: Dear Members and Friends of the West Virginia Conference, I am thankful, excited, and honored to be reassigned to the West Virginia Conference for another four years! Thank you for your on-going prayer and support. A fresh wind of the Spirit has been blowing and continues to blow throughout the West Virginia Conference! There is so much to celebrate over the last four years: Average Worship attendance, Professions of faith; Baptisms are all on the rise. We are on our way to reaching our conference goal of reaching for Christ by the end of The 50 days of Easter celebrated the many ways that our churches are connecting with our communities around West Virginia and Garrett County, MD bringing the life and word of Christ to people with physcial, spiritual, economic, and emotional needs. Lead teams in all nine Districts are empowering local mission and ministry in new, creative ways. Over 30% of the Conference leadership elected for the quadrennium are new persons and the membership of Conference teams, boards, and agencies are more diverse in membership than they have ever been before. There is new and innovative ministry with our youth and we are sending youth to other parts of our nation and world to gain experience in leadership and faith development. Additionally, we fulfilled a request and dream of our Conference youth by adding a Conference staff position designated to working with youth and outdoor ministries. We welcomed Shea James into this position in January and she has hit the ground running! Speaking of hitting the ground, Deborah Coble, our new Director of Communications arrived on the scene in West Virginia in June, just before the floods. Deborah jumped in immediately! She traveled to the areas hardest hit to facilitate communication about what was happening and what was needed. Maybe more importantly, she offered a listening ear, hugs, support, and help to people in shock and grief. I could go on. There is so much happening in the name of Christ in the West Virginia Conference! We are becoming an ever expanding fresh wind of God's Spirit, working together to make disciples of Christ, who are transforming the communities and world around us with God's love and grace. We are discovering, with an ever increasing capacity, that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. I am looking forward to discovering what God will work through us in the next four years! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of the on-going ministry and mission here in the West Virginia Conference! Grace and Peace, Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball 7

7 Heavenly Father, Please shine your light upon my family. Give us strength to overcome all of the difficulties that we are dealing with now and protect us against any and all problems we may encounter in the future. O Lord, please bring us together as we are meant to be. May the love that binds us only grow stronger as we fulfill the destiny you have laid out for us. Grant my family forgiveness for any sins we have committed. May we also forgive one another Lord, as it is sometimes difficult to do. Prayer to give family strength Bless us Lord, In your name I pray, Amen - See more at: At Fayetteville United Methodist Church We seek to bring others into the family of God by LOVING SERVING WITNESSING and following Christ where He leads us on our Spiritual journey. 9

8 FAYETTEVILLE & DOGGETT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Fayetteville, W.V. Permit No. 9 Address Service Requested Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Doggett Chapel United Methodist Church & Fayetteville United Methodist Church fayettevilleumc@frontier.com Rev. Timothy D. Bleigh, Pastor P.O. Box 87 Fayetteville, WV Office (304) Parsonage (304) Secretary: Pamela Smith Bishop: Sandra Steiner Ball District Superintendent: Reverend Dr. Joe Kenaston 16