DECEMBER 2014 Brandenburg United Methodist Church Steeple Bell
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DECEMBER 2014 Brandenburg United Methodist Church Steeple Bell I learned to play chess when I was 10, and the medieval board game has been a pas- sion of mine ever since. My first instructor was a neigh- borhood friend, Buddy Tay- lor, and I still remember the thrill I got when, after several months of play, I finally beat him. To win at chess, you need patience and the abil- ity to think ahead as you try to anticipate your opponent’s potential moves. It also helps to be familiar with some dif- ferent strategies that have worked for other successful players in the past. Most im- portantly, though, you must know your various chess pieces and their purposes, abilities, and limitations. For example, it is imperative to know that the knight, sym- bolized by a horse’s head and seemingly limited by his ir- regular move pattern, often charges out ahead of the oth- er pieces to boldly attack, and is the only piece on the board that can jump over others while moving. It’s also impor- tant to know that the queen, the only “female” chess piece, possesses great power and in- fluence, and is very worthy of protecting. And no player gets very far without knowing that the lowly and underappreci- ated pawn, often the first one sacrificed, plays a crucial role when called upon to stand firm and protect a more highly-valued piece. The same basic truth applies if a church is to be successful and “win.” The apostle Paul wrote extensively about the early church, and much of our later understanding comes from his insights. In 1 Corinthians 12, he likens the church to a body consisting of many different parts, each with an important role to play. The feet, hands, ears, and eyes each provide a differ- ent but much-needed function, and each one contributes to the health of the whole. In Ephesians 4, Paul writes that some in the body are called to plant new churches, while others are to speak on behalf of the Lord. There are others in the body whose job is to reach out and offer Christ to lost people, while still others are called to pastor local congregations and make practical sense of Scripture. God’s plan is that everyone in the church has a spot and a function, a gift and a place to exercise it. Neither churches nor chessboards function well with too many bishops, and a body (hu- man or Christ’s) cannot move forward if everyone is trying to be the speaking mouth and no one the listening ear, or there’s an overabundance of eyes seeing future visions, but not enough legs willing to work to take them there. Find your passion, find what you do well, and you’ll find your place. – Bro. Jim
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IlearnedtoplaychesswhenI was 10, and the medievalboardgamehasbeenapas-sion of mine ever since. Myfirst instructor was a neigh-borhood friend, Buddy Tay-lor, and I still remember thethrillIgotwhen,afterseveralmonthsofplay,Ifinallybeathim. To win at chess, youneed patience and the abil-itytothinkaheadasyoutrytoanticipateyouropponent’spotentialmoves.Italsohelpstobe familiarwithsomedif-ferent strategies that haveworked for other successfulplayersinthepast.Mostim-portantly, though, youmustknow your various chesspieces and their purposes,abilities,andlimitations.Forexample, it is imperative toknow that the knight, sym-bolizedbyahorse’sheadandseemingly limited by his ir-regular move pattern, oftenchargesoutaheadoftheoth-erpiecestoboldlyattack,andistheonlypieceontheboardthat can jump over otherswhilemoving.It’salsoimpor-tanttoknowthatthequeen,theonly“female”chesspiece,possessesgreatpowerandin-fluence,andisveryworthyofprotecting.Andnoplayergetsveryfarwithoutknowingthatthe lowly and underappreci-atedpawn,oftenthefirstone
sacrificed, plays a crucial role whencalledupontostandfirmandprotectamorehighly-valuedpiece. The same basic truth applies if achurchistobesuccessfuland“win.”The apostle Paul wrote extensivelyabouttheearlychurch,andmuchofour later understanding comes fromhis insights. In1Corinthians12,helikensthechurchtoabodyconsistingofmanydifferentparts,eachwithanimportantroletoplay.Thefeet,hands,ears,andeyeseachprovideadiffer-ent but much-needed function, andeachonecontributestothehealthofthewhole.InEphesians4,Paulwritesthat some in the body are called toplantnewchurches,whileothersaretospeakonbehalfoftheLord.Thereare others in the body whose job isto reach out and offer Christ to lostpeople,whilestillothersarecalledtopastor localcongregationsandmakepractical sense of Scripture. God’splan is that everyone in the churchhasaspotandafunction,agiftandaplacetoexerciseit.Neitherchurchesnor chessboards function well withtoo many bishops, and a body (hu-manorChrist’s)cannotmoveforwardifeveryoneistryingtobethespeakingmouthandnoone the listening ear,or there’s an overabundance of eyesseeingfuturevisions,butnotenoughlegswillingtoworktotakethemthere.Findyourpassion,findwhatyoudowell,andyou’llfindyourplace.
– Bro. Jim
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Dear Church Family,
Wearesograteful for thecontinuedprayers, loveand support of our church family as Judy continueswith treatment.We look forward to being backwithyouverysoon.
Love to all, Judy and Carl Austin
Dear Members, Iamwritingtothankallofyouforyourkindsup-port andconcern forSarahannandGraceduringourtimeofloss.YourwordsandlovingmemoriesofIanwillhelpthemhealastheymoveforward.Thankyoufromthebottomofourhearts.
Kathy and Reice Welch and family
ThankyouforalltheprayerswhileIhavebeeninandoutofthehospital.Iwillbeinandoutofthehos-pitaluntilIgetaheart.Iamonoxygenallthetimeandverysick. Thank you Kortney Richardson
Dear Brandenburg United Methodist Church, Thankyousomuchforallowingmydaughter,Kait-linHarrisontouseyourbeautifulchurchforherrecentwedding. Everyone was so nice and helpful, Donna(the wedding director), the organist and the pastor.Everyonethatattendedandsawpicturescompliment-edthebeautyofyourbuilding.MayourgraciousLordcontinuetoblessyouall!
Sincerely Susie Harrison
It’shardtobelieveit’salreadyhere,butHap-pyAdventtoall! DecemberisalwaysabusymonthbutthereareafewimportantdatestorememberforourBUMCInvasionYouth: Sunday,December 7 -Deadline for FULLpaymentforthoseHighSchoolstudentsattend-ingourGatlinburgtripDec29-31.Checksonlyplease,madepayabletoBUMC,andmakesureyougivethemtome! Sunday, December 14 - High SchoolChristmasParty!Stillworkingontimeandlo-cation,you’llhearmoreonthissoon. Wednesday,December17-MiddleSchoolChristmasParty!5:30-7:30.YouthCenter. December29-31-HighSchoolGatlinburgTrip.Couldpossiblystilladdtoournumberifany-onewants to jump in.Cost is$100pluscostoffood.IneedtoknowASAPifanyonewantstogo.
Looking Ahead: Saturday,January3-WinterJamconcertinLouisville!Skillet,JeremyCamp,FrancescaBattisteli,Building429,FamilyForce5,ForKingand Country andmore! Cost is $10 plus fastfoodontheway. January 23-24 -MiddleSchoolChrist inYouthBelieveConferenceinLouisville.ThiswillbeanovernighttripforourMiddleSchool-ers.Wewill leaveFridaythe23rdafterschoolandwillreturnSaturdaythe24th.Signupwithmeanytimethismonth. I’malsolookingintothepossibilityofchang-ing our weekly schedule for the spring. You’llhearmoreaboutthisnextmonthintheSteepleBellifanychangesaremade.
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Say goodbye to November – the AdventSeasonisuponus!ButbeforeweproceedintoChristmas,IwouldliketotakethisopportunitytothankAlbertMcElroyforhisoutstandingcon-certthispastSunday–forthoseofyouunabletoattendyoumissedatreat.Thanksagain,Al-bert. DecemberisalwaysabusymonthatBUMCand this year is no exception! On December7, the Children’s Choir will sing at all threemorning services and give us a taste of theirChristmasmusical,whichwillbepresentedonWednesday,December10,at6:30p.m.intheEastFamilyLifeCenter. TheBlendPraiseTeamwillpresentspecialChristmasmusiconSunday,December14,at9:00a.m.intheSanctuary. TheCancelChoirwillpresenttheirChristmasCantata“BeautifulStar”onSunday,December14,at11:00a.m.intheSanctuary. Higher Vision will reassemble on Sunday,December21,at11:00a.m.withtheirmusicalofferingfortheChristmasSeason. On Christmas Eve, December 24, we willhave threeservices.Theywillbeheldat6:00p.m.intheEastFamilyLifeCenter,6:00p.m.intheSanctuaryand11:00p.m.intheSanctuary. Pleasejoinuswheneveryouareabletocel-ebrate thebirthofourLordandSavior JesusChrist.
In His Name John T.
John Trotter
On Sunday, December 14, we will cele-brateBaby’sFirstChristmasbypresent-ing the babieswhowere born to churchfamiliesthroughouttheyear2014agiftoftheirfirstChristmasornament.
WehavecompiledalistofthebabiesborntoourchurchfamilysincelastChristmas.Ifwehavemissedanyone,pleasecontactthe church office at 270-422-2810, or [email protected].
MarleeSueFackler daughterofRob&AimeeFackler
LukeDouglasPapp sonofAdam&HeatherPapp
GreysonThomasJones sonofBrad&KimJones
KatherynGeneCarter daughterofJoeyCarter&PaigeSlyfield
MayaGraceWardrip daughterofBruce&RachelWardrip
AmeliaCatherineSanderson daughterofDrew&JuliaSanderson
Baby’s First Christmas
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ATTENDANCEREPORTforOCTOBER2014
Date LifeGroups WorshipOctober5 69 198October12 126 342October19 85 309October26 131 282
9:00 AM – The Blend ServiceUshers: AmyBogard,PattiKlockow,Ed&PatCatesGreeters: Narthex-MaggieWilson ParishHall-JudyStone Atrium–AlecStoneWelcome Center:MaryPlemmonsCommunion Servers: Betty&GordonPowell, SteveCannady,KasiSchoenbaechlerRevolution Kidz -Willbecontacted.
11:00 A.M. – Traditional ServiceTellers: AlLawrence,GlenWilsonUshers: RonBarger(HeadUsher),SueHayes, JoeRamsey,BubWarren,DaisySchneiderGreeters: Narthex-RonBarger ParishHall–NancyInman Atrium–10:00a.m.-RonPile 11:00a.m.–JohnInmanWelcome Center: JoanWilsonCommunion Servers: BrunoIlario,RobynProctor, Martha&RonPile
11:11 a.m. – Emerge ServiceConnect TeamDEC. 7: MelissaRobinson,ToriAikin, StephanieStoneDEC. 14: BradleyFamily,AlisonHowardDEC. 21: Steve&RhondaLaslie,ToriAikinDEC. 28: Chris&SandyLove,EdiePace
Revolution Kidz/Jr. Youth - 10:00 a.m. Pre-K/K: DeniseCorleyGrades 1/2:KimRobinsonGrades 3/4:KellyNelsonGrades 5/6:JackieBruington
Children’s Church - 11:00/11:11 a.m. Grades 1/2:MeganFackler,MelissaVowelsGrades 3/4:JenniferMiller,DanaeMiles
Nursery volunteers will be contacted
SERVING OUR CHURCH IN DECEMBER
Monthly servers are listed in the bulletin the last Sunday of the month and the monthly Steeple Bell.
If you are unable to serve on the day you are scheduled, please make arrangements, when
possible, to switch days with another member.
DECEMBER EVANGELISM AND CONGREGATIONAL CARE
Evangelism Volunteers for first time guests Dave&JoanWilsonNursing Home and Assisted Living Visitation RobPackShut-in Food Preparation Week1–ShirleyAebersold Week2–SueMitcham,BettyPowell Week3–JessieMoore Week4-HolidayShut-in Food Delivery Week1–ShirleyAebersold Week2–BettyPowell Week3–JessieMoore Week4-Holiday
If you would like to receive e-mail messagesfromthechurch,[email protected] to be placed on thedistributionlist.Ourmemberslistincludesallmem-bersandregularattendeesforwhomwehavee-mailaddresses.Ourprayerrequestlistgoesonlytothosewhospecifytheywouldliketobeincludedonthee-mailprayerchaindistribution. Additionally, there have been some issueslatelywithe-mailrepliesarrivingattheirintendeddestination.Ifyouhaveabbtele-mailaddressandare not receiving e-mails fromSandra Stone orfromthechurche-mail,pleasecheckyourspamfoldertoseeife-mailsarelandingthere.Ifso,youmayselect“approvesender,”andthatshouldcor-recttheproblem.
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Celebrate Christmas with us!
RemembertheFACTSaboutChristmasthroughanightofmusicandchildren.Wednesday,December10,at6:30p.m.
intheFamilyLifeCenter
Monday, December 8, at 6:30 p.m.A spaghetti dinner with salad, bread and
dessert will be served.
Nursery is provided for children up to 2nd grade
Tickets are $5 each. Please RSVP to Stephanie Stone.
The PINK LINK of BUMC invites you to A Merry Little Christmas Concert
featuring Heather Mosely
Wednesday, December 24
6p.m. EmergeServicein FamilyLifeCenter
6p.m. BlendServicein Sanctuary
11p.m.AcousticServicein Sanctuary
HALFTIME MENU
December 3Potatosoup,cornbread(fried),
tossedsalad,dessert
Regular Weekly Events:Sunday, December 7, 14, 21, 28 9:00a.m. TheBlendWorshipService 10:00a.m. SundaySchoolLifeGroups 11:00a.m. TraditionalWorshipService 11:11a.m. EmergeWorshipService 5:30p.m. HighSchoolLifeGroup 6:30p.m. InvasionYouthMonday, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10:00a.m. SistersinChrist(varioushomes) 6:00p.m. CubScoutsTuesday, December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 10:00a.m. SistersinChrist 6:30p.m. BoyScouts(FLC)Wednesday, December 3 5:45p.m. HalftimeMeal 6:30p.m. WednesdayNightLifeGroups 6:45p.m. BrothersinChrist (EdwardJonesBldg.) 7:30p.m. ChancelChoirRehearsalThursday, December 4, 11, 18 6:30a.m. BrothersinChristFriday, December 5, 12, 19 6:00p.m. GirlScoutsSaturday, December 6, 13, 20, 27 7:00a.m. BrothersinChrist (StoneLawOffice)
DECEMBER CALENDARCurrent Events:Monday, December 1 12:00noon MinisterialAssociation 6:00p.m. MissionTeamMeetingThursday, December 4 6:00p.m. TigerDenMeetingSaturday, December 6 11:00a.m. FLCReservedSunday, December 7 6:00p.m. Children’sMusicaldressrehearsalMonday, December 8 6:30p.m. PinkLinkConcertandDinner MusicbyHeatherMoselyWednesday, December 10 6:30p.m. Children’sChristmasMusicalThursday, December 11 5:30p.m. LoveinActionMeal 6:30p.m. TrusteeMeetingFriday, December 12 9:00a.m. FLCReserved 6:00p.m. FLCReservedSaturday, December 13 9:00a.m. ChristmasCamp2-PajamaParty forkidsinK-6Sunday, December 14 Baby’sFirstChristmas(allthreeservices) 9:00a.m. ChristmasMusicspecialpresented bytheBlendPraiseTeam 11:00a.m. ChristmasCantata,BeautifulStar, presentedbytheChancelChoir 4:30p.m. FamilyLifeCommitteeMeeting 5:00p.m. SPRCMeeting 6:00p.m. ChurchCouncilMonday, December 15 7:00p.m. SanctuaryandFLCReservedTuesday, December 16 8:30a.m. VAOfficerWednesday, December 17 6:00a.m. MountainMissionTruckpicksupThursday, December 18 6:00p.m. TigerDenMeetingWednesday, December 24 Christmas Eve 6:00p.m. BlendedService-Sanctuary 6:00p.m. EmergeService-FLC 11:00p.m. TraditionalService-SanctuaryThursday, December 25 - Christmas Day ChurchOfficeClosedFriday, December 26 ChurchOfficeClosed
PleaseRemember:Whenthereisnoschool(eitherscheduledorcanceledduetoweather),therewillbenochurchactivities,includingHalftimeactivitiesandshut-inmealdelivery.
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Sunday SCHEDULE at BUMC
9:00 a.m. The Blend Service10:00 a.m. LIFE Groups/Sunday School All Ages11:00 a.m. Traditional Service11:11 a.m. Emerge Service
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UNITEDMETHODISTMOUNTAINMISSIONPickupDecember17
TheUnitedMethodistMountainMissionwillpick up at our church Wednesday, December17.Pleasebringyouritemsinbeginningtheaf-ternoonofSunday,December14.Leave itemsinthehallbythenursery. Urgent needs at this time include new toysand other Christmas gifts for the whole fam-ily,children’sclothes andshoes, in-cluding un-derwear andsocks, dish-es,potsandpans andsmall appli-ances andof course allof the other wonderful good and usable itemsyoudonatetotheMission.NeededitemsfortheMissionPlantincludelargerubberbands,safetypins,handsoap,Pledgeorotherfurniturepolish,dustmopsandgarbagebags(13gallonand33gallonsizes).
DECEMBER COMMUNION OFFERING
United Methodist Student Day UnitedMethodist Student Day is a church-wide special Sunday of the United MethodistChurch. Your generous gifts on Student Daysupport: •UnitedMethodistscholarshipsandtheU.M.StudentLoanFund,administeredbytheGen-eral Board of Higher Education and Ministry(GBHEM). •AnnualconferencesparticipatingintheRe-bate Program may award one of more meritscholarshipstoUnitedMethodiststudents.Par-ticipatingconferencesmayawardscholarshipstoU.M.studentswhoresideintheconferenceandwhoattendorwillattendaU.M.relatedcol-legeoruniversity.
BUMC Family,
Iwanttopersonallythankthoseofyouthathavetakenthetimeoverthepastfewweekstoprayer-fully consider where God can use your time andtalents to further His kingdom through the localchurch.Ialsowanttosaythanksforyourfinancialcommitmentsfor2015.Eventhoughthe2014Stew-ardshipCampaignhascometoanend,wearestilltaking both commitment cards for financial giv-ingandtimeandtalentopportunities.Simplyplacethesecommitmentsintotheofferingplateinanyofourthreeservices. Whileouroverallgivingislessthanlastyear,ourgivingperfamilyunithasincreased.Belowyouwillfindthefinancialpledgeresultsfromthecampaign;however, these totals will increase as more of youhave a chance to complete and turn in your com-mitmentsfor2015. 2014:59familyunitspledged$303,000foranaver-ageofabout$5,100perunit. 2015:56familyunitspledged$292,000foranaver-ageamountofabout$5,200perunit. Thefinancecommitteewilltakethesecommit-mentsaswellasgivingaveragesoverthepastfewyears to set the budget for 2015. Thanks again foryourcommitmentstoGod’sKingdomthroughourlocal church. I look forward to serving alongsideeachofyouin2015.
God bless, Jon Miller, Stewardship Chair
Every Member in Ministry in 2015
Please Note: The Love In Action effort was inad-vertentlyleftoffthesignupsheetforcommitmentsof service in 2015. Ifyou would like to support thisministry with your time or monetary gifts, pleasecontactthechurchoffice,andwewillcompilealistfortheleadershipofthisministry.
THE STEEPLE BELLBrandenburg United Methodist Church215 BroadwayBrandenburg, KY 40108
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ORGANIZED 1829DECEMBER 2014 EDITIONPASTOR: Jim Robinson
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 10:00 A.M.SUNDAY WORSHIP: 9:00 A.M., 11:00 A.M. and 11:11 A.M.
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CHURCH: (270) 422-2810PARSONAGE: (270) 422-2833
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