The Grapevine March 2019 Hello! While I write this it is still February, it is cold, and it is raining. Spring seems so very close and yet so very far away, but the changing of the seasons will be close at hand by the time you read this letter! As we prepare for this change of season outside, we are also at the change of a season in our ministry together. A pastor s first year is marked by three distinct and different seasons of learning and ministry. Season one is listening to who the congregation says they are. When I met with SPRC, Church Council, the worship teams, trustees, and others, they all had a way of describing Yadkinville UMC and her mission and ministry. In my first conversations, I was told of a welcoming group of people who deeply love each other and this community, people who are dedicated to service, about empowered and passionate leaders, and a generous church. Season two is a season of watching, seeing who the church is through their actions. This is a fascinating season, because it is where you really get to know a congregation. Do the church s words match her actions? I think, for the most part, you understand who you are, what the church is called to be, and how we are at work in the world. If anything, I think that members of the congregation undersell how generous, loving, and mission oriented this congregation is. The third season is the season we are preparing to enter into, it is a season of casting a vision for our future together. So from March to May we will be having a series of small group dinners in homes around the community. At each of these meals I want to hear from you about what brought you to YUMC. What you love about this church and her people. I also want to hear your hopes for the future of Yadkinville. They will also provide an opportunity to fellowship together away from church. My hope is that this will help us chart a course into the future together. In preparation for these gatherings answer these questions for yourself: How did you come to attend YUMC? What keeps you here? When has the church helped you the most? When has the church let you down? What are you most excited for in the future of YUMC? Who would you like to see us reach out to? What one thing would you change about YUMC if you could? What one thing do you never want to see go away? Be in prayer for the church as we enter into this new spring together. Grace & Peace, Pastor Jonathan 1
Prayer Concerns Church Family George Reavis, James Roseberry, Patty Choplin, Dustin Spencer, Wade & Barbara White, Donna Bowman, Royce Ragan, Edith Davis, Dot Gish, Barbara Stephenson, Mary Reavis, Tony Macemore, Gerald Messer, Oz Prim, Doug Tucker, Patti Ragan, Kenneth Baity, Betty Boyette, Harry Steelman, Rachel Brandon. Friends and Family Albert & Audrey Brown, Jacob Shore, Sherry Boyette, Stanley Todd, Marilyn Snow, Mardelle Retzloff, Janet Sawyer, Hayden Reavis, Melissa Stevens, Ken Gray, Eidson Mulling, Lindsey Lineberry, Lee Powe, Jamie Wooten, Ed Hartman, Wanda Burger, Jesse Colbertson, Don Tucker, Allison Valdepenas, John Wooten, and Clara Biswas (missionary). Lenten & Easter Worship Schedule March 6, 2019, Ash Wednesday Simple Supper... 5:30 pm Worship Service... 6:15 pm March 7, 2019 thru April 11, 2019, Self-Guided Prayer Tuesdays and Thursdays, Mitchell s Chapel... 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm March 13, 2019, Repentance. Missional Network Midday Service Worship, Reverend Jonathan Gaylord, Yadkinville UMC & Reverend Patty Choplin, First Presbyterian Church...12:00 pm * Lunch, Yadkinville UMC...12:30 pm March 20, 2019, Repentance. Missional Network Midday Service Worship, Reverend Bill Foust, Center UMC...12:00 pm * Lunch, Center UMC...12:30 pm March 27, 2019, Repentance. Missional Network Midday Service Worship, Reverend Dr. Claudia Harrelson, St. Paul & Mtn. Grove UMC...12:00 pm * Lunch, St. Paul & Mtn. Grove UMC...12:30 pm April 3, 2019, Repentance. Missional Network Midday Service Worship, Reverend Rebekah Ralph, Mitchell s Chapel UMC...12:00 pm 2
* Lunch, Mitchell's Chapel UMC...12:30 pm April 10, 2019, Repentance. Missional Network Midday Service Worship, Reverend Jennifer Stewart, Boonville UMC...12:00 pm * Lunch, Boonville UMC...12:30 pm April 14, 2019, Palm Sunday Contemporary Worship... 9:00 am Traditional Worship... 11:00 am Children s Easter Celebration, (FLC)...12:00 pm Holy Week April 18, 2019, Maundy Thursday Worship, Communion... 7:00 pm April 18, 2019, Good Friday Worship, Service of Tenebrae,... 7:00 pm April 14, 2019, Easter Sunday Sunrise Service... 6:30 am Breakfast... 7:15 am Contemporary Worship... 9:00 am Sunday School... 10:00 am Traditional Worship... 11:00 am * All Midday Services are at YUMC. The presiding Pastor s church is providing the meal. There is no cost for the meal. Donations received will go to Yadkin Christian Ministries. Council on Ministries: The church council will meet on Thursday March 14 at 7:00 p.m. Anyone is welcome to contact a committee member or attend the meeting about concerns for the church. Our church is so fortunate that Jonathan, Keri and Henry have become such a special part of our fellowship at Yadkinville UMC in only a few short months. While Jonathan is doing an amazing job in the pulpit on Sundays, he is also visiting our shut-ins and the hospital or nursing home patients, he s volunteering at YES and has plans to volunteer in other community activities, and he has resumed our Wednesday night fellowship time with Fresh Expressions in the fall and now a wonderful study about the bestselling book To Kill A Mockingbird." Wednesday night meals are delicious and the fellowship with our new pastor and his 3
family is not to be missed! Henry is growing up right before our very eyes each week! I would encourage everyone to come out on Wednesday nights and join us for this very special time of connecting and sharing with our new pastor and his family. Marty Driver, Chairperson Yadkinville United Methodist Church Serving in Worship for March 2019 Date Greeters & Ushers Children's Moment Scripture Reader Communion Servers 9am Wayne Dixon Luke 9:28-36 9am Audrey Whitley 9am Valerie Prim 9am Rich Pizzuti 3-Mar Marnie 11am Lupton Wood, Matthews, Derek Matthews, 11am Keri Gaylord 11am Marty Driver 11am Shannon Sheek, Gene Matthews, Jerry Ivey Sandy Steele 9am Mark Moran Deuteronomy 26:1-11 9am Paul Williams 10-Mar Lupton Wood, Pastor Jonathan 11am Dick Randleman, Jerry Ivey, Virginia Parker 11am Betty Williams 9am Helen Roseberry Genesis 15:1-12;17-18 17-Mar 9am Valerie Prim 9am Wayne Dixon 11am Lupton Wood, Jerry Ivey 11am TBD 11am Linda Baity 9am Rich & Karen Pizzuti Isaiah 55:1-9 9am Pastor Jonathan 24-Mar Linda Baity, Karen Bricker, Pastor Jonathan 11am Marty Driver, Virginia Parker 11am Wanda Burger 31-Mar 11am Lupton Wood, Jerry Ivey, Mark Moran, Wayne Dixon Valerie Prim Joshua 5:9-12 Everette Hartzog Pictorial Directory: Sign-ups for pictorial directory pictures will be each Sunday through March 17 following both worship services. You can sign up then or go to the church website (www.yadkinvilleumc.org) and click on the link. If you need additional help, call Bobbi in the church office (336-679-2243). We want to SEE you in the pictorial directory! Funtimers: The Funtimers will have lunch on Thursday, March 21, at River Birch restaurant in Winston-Salem.. We will leave the church at 11:00 a.m. and eat at 11:30 a.m.please let Gingi Parker (336-817-6551) know if you plan to join us for lunch or if you have questions. The Funtimers will meet on Thursdays in March and April so everyone can attend the Lenten Services. 4
Missions: The March mission emphasis is UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). This organization was formed over 50 years ago to provide humanitarian relief for those in need. UMCOR trains and partners with other organizations to help in disasters. Some of these efforts have been: Tsunamis in Indonesia California wildfires Grants for sustainable water, food, and energy in countries around the world Even our own backyard with Hurricanes Florence and then Michael In the past, funding was obtained through the "One Great Hour of Sharing." This has now transitioned to a United Methodist UMCOR Sunday. At YUMC, this will be our emphasis for the month of March. Administrative and operational costs are less than 10% of total funds received. The funds donated during March will go for these costs so more efforts and 100% of donations for disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery long term is available. Be the hands and feet of Jesus to help fund efforts of UMCOR here and around the world. Checks to Yadkinville UMC designated to UMCOR and loose plate offerings will go to this project. Jesus preached to show love through helping one another. Maureen Silvernale, Project Coordinator The Missions Committee will meet Tuesday, March 26, at 7:00 p.m. in the Asbury Room. Church members and anyone interested in the mission program of YUMC is encouraged to attend. Bring ideas and suggestions! Gingi Parker, Chairperson Trustees: Hopefully spring is around the corner and we will be have our spring chair cleaning and repair in late March. Work opportunities will be available around the Church and Parsonage for pressure washing and landscaping. We will get these dates out soon. Thanks to all who work and do meals in the kitchen. Please make sure all items in cardboard whether new or open are in plastic containers in the kitchen. New containers have been purchased and it is very important not to store anything not in plastic containers to prevent pest problems. In the past month there have been repairs made on the heat and a/c units in the educational building and the Sanctuary. We are trying to get a second quote on upgrading the sound system in the Sanctuary. The first quote was around $12,000 and we had one company who looked but did not do a final quote. So we are working with a third company now. The next Trustee meeting is on Tuesday night March 12 at 7:00 p.m.. Virgil Dodson, Chairperson United Methodist Women: Our District Mission Study will be held on Saturday, March 9 at 8:30 a.m. at Pine Grove UM Church, 1130 Jonestown Rd, Winston Salem. Valerie Prim, Yadkin Valley District Mission Education coordinator is in charge of this program. 5
On March 23, 1869, eight women gathered to form the Women's Foreign Missionary Society which is now the United Methodist Women. In honor of this event, on Sunday, March 24, we will have a special time to talk about this and will have a birthday cake for everyone after both worship services. Stay and help us celebrate our 150 years of service with women, children, and youth around the world and locally. Circle Meetings: Giggles: March 7, dinner at River Birch Tuesday Night: March 19, 7:00 p.m., home of Karen Bricker Thursday Night: March 21, 7:00 p.m., home of Gerri Reynolds Local Prayer Breakfast: March 16, 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., home of Frances Mabe Upcoming District & Conference Events District Mission Study, March 9, Pine Grove UMC, Winston-Salem, NC District Day Apart Memorial Service, April 6, New Hope UMC, Winston-Salem Spiritual Growth Retreat, June 13-15, Lake Junaluska Mission u, July 18-21, Pfeiffer University UMW Annual Celebration, September 13-15, Lake Junaluska Sandy Steele, President Children's Ministry: The Children's Sunday School Class studied about Love during the month of February. They participated in a special Valentine project. Special Valentine's were mailed to our Senior members as well as parents and grandparents of the children. Everyone was surprised. Vacation Bible School will be June 21 - June 23. Helpers are needed. Contact Lynn to volunteer. The Children's Ministry will have an Easter Activity Event on Sunday, April 14 from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. We will serve pizza after the Traditional Service. Activities include crafts, games and, weather permitting, an Easter Egg Hunt. For more information or if you would like to help, or donate a bag of Easter candy (we do not need jelly beans), please contact Lynn Winters 843-685-5152 or beachscrapper1@yahoo.com. Thank you. Lynn Winters, Chairperson Wednesday Night Meal & Study: On March 13, Pastor Jonathan will complete our study of "The Faith of a Mockingbird" by Matt Rawle. The study begins at 6:00 p.m. and will finish by 7:00 p.m. A simple supper is provided at 5:30 p.m. Donations are appreciated Youth Ministries: We have had another successful fund raiser with the sale of poppy seed chicken casseroles. To our surprise, we sold 100 casseroles. Thank you to everyone who supported our fund raiser. We will clear around $600.00, this will just about cover our retreat! Thank you. On March 31, 2019 the youth will have a fund raiser luncheon to support the meals that our church provides for Impact Yadkin. More details about that will be in the bulletin. That same day, our youth will gather with other youth in our Missional Network at Boonville UMC. Mitchell s Chapel will be leading the program. 6
The Youth Group meets the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at 4:00 pm in the youth room. All youth in grades 7th 12th are invited. Games, Fellowship, and Study. Here is our schedule for March: March 3, 2019, noonish Finish casseroles! March 10, 2019, 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - regular meeting in youth room March 15, 2019 March 16, 2019, around 10:00 am - retreat at Mount Shepherd Retreat Center in Asheboro March 24, 2019, 4:00 pm 5:30 pm - regular meeting in youth room March 31, 2019 5th Sunday Combined Worship Fundraiser Luncheon for Impact Yadkin (by the Youth Group) March 31, 2019, 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Missional Network Youth Gathering at Boonville UMC (meet at YUMC at 4:30 pm) 7 Fund Raiser Luncheon Sunday, March 31, 2019 sponsored by the youth to support Impact Yadkin
Those Serving You Rev. Jonathan Gaylord, Pastor, pastor@yadkinvilleumc.org, 336-679-2243 Dr. James Sheek, Choir Director, jamessheek@triad.rr.com Charlene Zachary, Pianist/Organist Bobbi Reavis, Church Office Administrative Assistant, bobbi@yadkinvilleumc.org 204 West Main Street, PO Box 25, Yadkinville, NC 27055, Website: www.yadkinvilleumc.org, Church Office: 336-679-2243, Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Closed on Fridays. Copies of the Grapevine are available in the Commons and it is on our website: www.yadkinvilleumc.org. News is due to mildredcarter@earthlink.net or 336-679-8034 by the 25th of each month. Mission Statement: Offering care and hope through living, learning, and loving God and each other. 8