TRIPLETT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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1 TRIPLETT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 838 Mazeppa Road, Mooresville, North Carolina 28115, Rev. Dr. Richard Rick Auten, Pastor, , Parsonage Eleanor Johnston, Administrator , Church Fax Linda Ketchie, Director of Christian Education Terry Willis, Day Care Director WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS of November 15, 2015 SAFE SANCTUARIES REMINDER... As a part of Triplett s Safe Sanctuaries policy, children and youth under the age of 18 are asked not to leave the sanctuary during the worship service unless accompanied by an adult. ***CHILDREN S CHURCH... Please remember that Children s Church is for ages 3 thru 2 nd grade. Third graders and up are asked to remain in the sanctuary with their parents. POINSETTIAS: Once again, we are offering poinsettias to be placed in the sanctuary on Sundays: December 6 th, 13 th, 20 th and 24 th in memory/honor of that special person. Cost is $9.00 each. You may pick up your flower after the 11:00 pm Christmas Eve worship service. Please fill out the form and place it (along with your check made out to Triplett UMC) in the envelope and drop it in the BOX by Sunday, November 29th. CHRISTMAS PLAY REHEARSALS: The following is the November schedule for Christmas play rehearsals: Sunday, November 15 th from 5:00-6:00 pm for Kids cast members. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL: will meet on Tuesday, November 17 th at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the new Social Hall. DAY CARE FESTIVAL OF TABLES... Saturday, November 21 st at 10:30 am. The theme is Gingerbread Wishes. Price is $10.00 each. Proceeds will go towards upgrades for the Day Care. See Terry Willis if you would like to purchase tickets. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE... Saturday, November 21st. THANKSGIVING SERVICE & MEAL... The congregation is invited to join together on Sunday, November 22 nd at 5:00 pm in the sanctuary for our annual Thanksgiving Service. At our Thanksgiving Service, an offering will be taken for the Good Samaritan Fund. After the worship service, we will join together in a Thanksgiving meal. The turkey and tea will be provided by the church. Please bring sides and desserts to share and join us in this special time of thanksgiving. After the meal, the congregation is invited to stay and help prepare the sanctuary for the Advent Season. VISITATION TEAM... will meet Tuesday, November 24 th at 2:00 pm. PPRC... will meet Tuesday, November 24 th at 7:00 pm. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES... Office & Day Care will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26 th & 27 th. BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS... Sunday, November 29 th in the 3 yr old day care classroom. SPECIAL OFFERING... will be taken on Sunday, November 29 th for United Methodist Student Day. Your gift prepares students to continue the rich Methodist tradition of changing the world through a life of service for Christ. PRAYER TEAM UPDATE! We are in need of snacks for the children to have after they get home from school. For many, this is their evening meal. Once again we are in need of coats -new or gently used and new socks and underwear for children K-5th grades. We cannot thank you enough for all you have helped us with for these children.

2 LOVE FEAST... Please plan to attend this special service on Sunday, November 29 th at 5:00 pm. A Love Feast is a service dedicated to Christian love and is most famously practiced by the Moravians. The Moravian Love Feast is based on the Agape Feast and the meals of the early churches described in the book of Acts. Traditionally, a sweetened bun and coffee is served to the congregation in the pews by dieners (from the German for servers). During the Love Feast there is singing of hymns and listening to music. A special candle is given to each congregation member at the end of the service. We hope you will come and enjoy this beautiful celebration of the Christmas season. SUNDAY SCHOOL UPDATE... The Loyalty Sunday School class meets in the Christian Life Center. They will be starting an Advent Study called The Christmas Experience by Kyle Idleman on Sunday, November 29 th. An imaginative Bible-based study that examines the important truths discovered in the first Christmas. There is an important truth that we discover as we experience that first Christmas. God always keeps His promises. For all of us that find ourselves feeling like it is always winter and never Christmas, we often feel distanced from God. But through this study and the story of Christmas, we find out that we can always trust God s timing. The Topical Bible Studies Class meets in the Hut, and is doing a study called The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. The most basic question everyone faces in life is Why am I here? What is my purpose? A self-help books suggest that people should look within, at their own desires and dreams, but Rick Warren says the starting place must be with God and his eternal purposes for each life. Real meaning and significance comes from understanding and fulfilling God s purposes for putting us on earth. Please feel free to join either class in one of these wonderful Bible studies. Both classes meet at 10:00 am. THE HISTORY/PRAYER TEAM wants to thank each and everyone who have helped us in any way with needed material and information. All of these are precious memories of Triplett Church and will be kept safe for the future. We will continue to work and accept items, pictures and any type of information you may have or find. We pray God will bless Triplett with this project and guide us as we move forward with preserving the past. Thank you again History Team. THE TASTEFUL TABLE... Is there a copy of this book in your home? If not, there should be!!! It contains many tasteful recipes that have been tried out and proven delicious by Triplett members and friends. If you re a new member or just visiting, you need to check out this cookbook. Trust me, there s some delicious food between those 125 pages. I ve given a copy of this book to every older female member in my family. We report to each other recipes we ve tried and make recommendations for others to do the same. If you re like me, a big part of staying happy is found in eating. Come on folks! If you don t have a copy, you can get one for $ They make perfect gifts, too. (Christmas is on the way!) Buy one for yourself and for the ladies or cooking gentlemen in your life. You ll be glad you did!! Thanks from the Andy Thompson Scholarship Committee. FOOD PANTRY...Our Food Pantry is being used now more than ever before. Last week there were five families sent by DSS to our pantry for food. This happens just about every week. DSS sends people to Triplett, because our Pantry is open every day until 5 pm. There are many pantries only open certain days of the week and only until Noon. Please consider donating to our Food Pantry so we can keep this important and necessary mission going. A list of items that we keep in the Pantry is listed on the bulletin board. Place your donations under the Narthex table. During November, there will be a food tree in the Narthex to collect items to supply our food pantry. If you can t get to the store to purchase food, please consider making a monetary donation. Thank you for your support! UMW MISSION PROJECT: Collecting toothbrushes for Native American children in Montana. We would like to invite you to help us with this important project...which the Lord has placed on our hearts. BACK PACKS...Did you know that we supply food for 12 children each week through our Back Pack Program to Lakeshore Middle School? Each Friday we take bags of food to the school guidance counselor who gives that out to kids so the kids will have food over the weekend while not at school. Vanderburg UMC helps supply some of the food for this program, but as you can imagine, our supplies go quickly. Please consider picking up some items for this ministry. Items include: juice boxes, small cereal boxes, small packs of peanut butter, small fruit containers, microwave spaghettios, ravioli, mac-n-cheese, soup, peanut butter crackers, beanie-weenies, breakfast bars, apple sauce, packs of raisins. The bags need to be lightweight, so everything needs to be small. Thank you for your support!! Please place donations under the Narthex table and mark back pack program.

3 SHOPPING CARD REMINDER: Think about your week. Will there be a trip to Walmart, Food Lion, a local restaurant, a clothing store, home improvement or other needs? If so, please stop by and purchase a shopping card. Remember, when you do, it s a little more cash in our pay down our buildings account. In addition to your weekly shopping and dining needs, please remember we can make your Christmas shopping EASY. The Great Lakes Scrip Center has many participating retailers. Call or stop by and let us know what your Christmas Gift Card Needs are. Chances are we can take care of them. Cards are ordered on Monday and arrive in the church office on Friday. Card Sales Report for November 8th: 13 Customers; Sales $ for a Profit of $ HALFTIME...will meet again on Wednesday, November 18 th at 5:45 pm in the old Fellowship Hall. EDUCATION COMMITTEE... will meet on Thursday, November 19 th at 7 pm in the Conference Room in the Christian Life Center. We ll be planning for Breakfast with Santa and other upcoming events. UMY PLANNING RETREAT... Reverend Dr. Rick and Teresa and our youth counselors will be meeting for an all day retreat to plan, dream and strategize for the new year. Anyone else that is passionate for our youth is welcome to join us. We will be meeting at Rick and Teresa s lake house on Friday, November 20 th at 9 am. FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOP... is being hosted by the North Carolina Career Center on Thursday, November 19 th at 10:00 am. The center is located at 532 Patterson Avenue in Mooresville (across from the DMV). If you ve struggled with not having enough paycheck at the end of the month or would just like to have some pointers on setting up a budget, this workshop is for you. Call (704) for more info. UMY... Please be in prayer for the 29 youth and 6 adults that will be returning from the Tsunami Fall Retreat in Black Mountain, NC this afternoon. Thank you for your prayers and monetary donations that make participating in this spiritual retreat possible. UMY will not meet this afternoon, but...there will be Youth Handbell Practice at 4:30 pm and Christmas Play Practice at 5:00 pm. *Sign-ups: Love Feast Servers Needed, Sunday, November 29 th at 5:00 pm; Serving BBQ at the Soup Kitchen, Saturday, December 12th. F.I.S.H... (First In Serving Him) Kid s Mission Team will meet on Sunday, November 22 nd from 3-4:30 pm. All kids Kindergarten - 5 th grade are invited to participate in mission activities. ANGEL TREE... will be filled with angels beginning Sunday, November 22 nd. Please take an angel from the tree, purchase and wrap your gifts and bring them back and place them under the tree by Sunday, December 6 th. The gifts will be picked up on Monday, December 7 th, so please be prompt when bringing back your gifts. **Please remember to tape or tie your angel to your gifts. Also, to try and make sure we keep track of where the angels are going, please sign your name by your angel number on the pad provided.** Thank you for always making this mission such a huge success. BREAKFAST WITH SANTA... Come and enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast with the jolly old elf himself, Santa Claus on Saturday, December 5 th at 9:00 am. Have your wish list ready, because after breakfast there will be time to visit with Santa and share your wishes. You ll join with Santa and listen to a wonderful Christmas story. Then, you ll sneak off to make some super secret gifts for your parents and maybe even something special for you too!! Please sign up on the Kid s Ministry bulletin board. OUR SYMPATHIES go out to the family of Johnsie Matthews who passed away on Sunday, November 8 th. Johnsie is the sister of Lucille Washington and Sara Berg. Her nieces are Nelda Thompson and Sylvia Lambert. Also to the family of Ollie Greenwood who passed away on Sunday, November 8 th in Olney Illinois. Ollie is the grandmother of Jackie Kurtz and great-grandmother of Elizabeth and Abigail. HONORARIUM: A gift has been given to the Building Fund in honor of Betty Jean Hart and Cecil Childers.

4 TODAY S NURSERY ATTENDANTS Amy Robinson Next Sunday s Nursery Attendants Kaithlyn and Shayne Summerfield TODAY S ACOLYTE Next Sunday s Acolyte TODAY S GREETERS - 8:45 AM Bill & Barbara Edwards Next Sunday s Greeters - 8:45 am Robert and Gill Overcash TODAY S GREETERS - 11 am Tommy and Renee Blackwelder Next Sunday s Greeters - 11 am Arnie and Beth Howard TODAY S CHILDREN S Church Leaders Sue Wiles, Elizabeth Kurtz Next Sunday s Children s Church Leaders Linda Ketchie, Jada Heath THIS MONTH S ALTAR GUILD Sue Wiles, Judy Cook TODAY S USHERS Arnie Howard, Chairperson Brian Buck, Michael Brannen, Whit Gibson, Tracie Buck, Carlos Rivera NOVEMBER 2015 SUNDAY SCHOOL ROVERS 01 Jeff Tolbert 08 Carl Moore 15 Whit Gibson 22 Jim Murdock 29 Carlos Rivera HOSPITALIZED Nursing Homes: Olde Knox Commons Hunton Lane, Huntersville, NC Rachel Cleek Peak Resources 3223 Central Avenue, Charlotte NC Leo Currence Carillon 198 E. Waterlynn Road, Mooresville, NC Betty Jean Hart Genesis Health Care 550 Glenwood Drive, Mooresville, NC Everett Goodman Assisted Living: Retirement Centers: Friends at Guilford 925 New Garden Rd., Greensboro, NC Rachel Brawley Prayer Requests Sandy Murray, Matt McConnell, Peggy Whitonis, Charles & Lynn Kincaid, Jim & Judy Workman, Cecil Childers, Leo Currence, Jean Belk, Charles Berg, Stephanie McConnell, Sara Berg, Helen Kimbrell, L.D. & Betty Kerr, Rachel Brawley, Dean Nash, Barbara Warren, Karen & Jack Murdock, Lucille Washington, Sam & Connie Brown, Carla Rymal, Richard Wiles, Richard Lyles, Glenn Connelly, Debbie Bernhardt, Johnny Moore, Ethel Rankin, Gloria McConnell, Dale McConnell, Randy McConnell, Malik Smith, Don Jasper, Sr., Bill Pence, Cindy Pardue, Sue Waters, L.G. Shepherd, Estell Tucker, Myrna Sloop, Barbara & Neil Schilling, Laura Beaver, Beth Howard, Patrick Brown, Brian Wilson, Darlene Perry, the McSwain Family, the family of Johnsie Mathews, and the family of Ollie Greenwood. Please remember the above people in your prayers each day. In order to keep an updated and accurate prayer list, we will print the prayer requests monthly. If you have a prayer request, please sign up on the bulletin board or call the church office.

5 CHURCH CALENDAR November 15, 2015 Sunday, November 15 No UMY 7:30 am UMM Breakfast 8:45 am Informal Worship 10:00 am Church School 11:00 am Traditional Worship 4:00 pm Elementary Handbells 4:30 pm Youth Handbells 5:00 pm Kids Play Practice Monday, November 16 Tuesday, November 17 6:30 am Prayer Team 10:00 am Staff Meeting 7:00 pm Administrative Council Wednesday, November 18 5:45 pm Halftime 6:30 pm Life Force Worship Service 7:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal 8:45 pm Adult Handbell Rehearsal Thursday, November 19 7:00 pm Education Committee Meeting Friday, November 20 9:00 am Youth Planning Retreat Saturday, November 21 11:00 am CDC Festival of Tables Sunday, November 22 8:45 am Informal Worship 10:00 am Church School 11:00 am Traditional Worship 3:00 pm F.I.S.H. 5:00 pm Thanksgiving Service & Meal Hanging of the Greens OUR GIFTS BACK TO GOD 2015 Budget $369, Budget Gifts Received November 1, 2015 Gifts $9, Required $7, $2, Year-to-Date Gifts $309, Required $312, ($3,012.71) Capital Expenditures Fund General Last Week $0 Year-to-Date $25, Capital Expenditures Christian Life Maintenance Last Week $0 Year-to-Date $10, Building Fund Last Week s Receipts $ Total Campaign Receipts $1,743, Less Total Campaign Expenses -$39, Less Building Project Expenses -$2,447, CD Interest/Gains on Investments +$29, Sales Tax Refunds +$28, Duke Endowment +$150, District Grant +$20, Net Profits from Fund Raisers +$3, Interest on Construction Loan -$2, Construction Loans Outstanding +$540, Building Fund Cash Balance $25, Cemetery Fund Last Week $20.00 Year-to-Date $1, Thompson Scholarship Fund Last Week $2.00 Candy/Cook Book Sales $0 Community Breakfast $0 Year-to-Date $4, ************* ATTENDANCE November 8, 2015 Informal Worship 43 Church School 76 Traditional Worship 130 Life Force 48