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NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #141 COLUMBUS, GA 31904 OUR CHURCH STAFF Children’s Ministry Director Kelley Conkle Choir Director Lyn Pharris Church Administrator Susan Snider Custodians Martha Conklin Barbie Morris Music Director Bob Lee Nursery Worker Martha Conklin Worship Leader/Youth Minister Andy Unger Pastor Rev. Scott Hagan Pastor’s Home (706) 327-2927 Pastor’s Cell (706) 329-2484 Church Website: epworthumc.com RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Epworth connects and equips all kinds of people to seek, serve, and share Christ. THIS COMING WEEK Sunday, August 3, 2014 9:00 AM Contemporary Service 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Traditional Service Monday, August 4, 2014 10:00 AM Prayer Shawl Ministry Meeting Tuesday, August 5, 2014 10:30 AM HIS UMW Meeting 6:30 PM God Chicks Meeting 6:30 PM Youth Bible Study Wednesday, August 6, 2014 12:30 PM Prayer Team Meeting 6:30 PM Praise Team Practice 7:00 PM Choir Practice Sunday, August 10, 2014 9:00 AM Contemporary Service 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Traditional Service UPCOMING EVENTS Monday, August 11, 2014 6:30 PM New Life UMW Meeting Tuesday, August 12, 2014 6:30 PM Youth Bible Study Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:00 PM Vintage Group Meeting Tuesday, August 19, 2014 11:00 AM GSRA Meeting 6:30 PM Youth Bible Study August 3, 2014 The sanctuary flowers are given to the Glory of God and in memory of Norma Gambill Heath by Carolyn Gambill. Epworth United Methodist Church 2400 Devonshire Drive Columbus, Georgia 31904 706-322-6973 Epworth United Methodist Church Epworth is blessed to have a history that is still relevant to our present. For the last three summers, our past has been helping to shape our future, in the form of our Summer Children’s Ministry Intern, both of whom have grown up in our congregation. I asked Natalie Morris to share a word about her experience before she headed back to Statesboro for her sophomore year at Georgia Southern. Be sure to read Natalie’s thank you to the congregation inside, as well. Nothing is Ever Easy. When I agreed to be the summer coordinator this year, I knew it was going to be fun, but also challenging. Gearing up for Vacation Bible School took long hours and lots of hard work. If someone told me I would be spray painting over 50 cardboard boxes to make a giant Lego wall, I would call them crazy, but it happened and the kids loved it! In the same ways this summer has compared to school for me. Nothing is easy about taking notes and preparing for a test, but working hard and studying for hours produces that “A” that you work so hard for. Throughout this summer, planning these Wacky Wednesdays and seeing the kids have so much fun at whatever activity was planned for the week certainly receives that “A” at the end of the night. If there’s one thing I’ve learned this summer, it’s that my job was one of the many important jobs in the church. I was responsible for shaping and influencing the lives of not only the children of our church, but also kids throughout our community. Building a solid foundation for these children is really all that matters. Whatever happens now affects these children’s lives in the future and, as just a summer intern, that concept was a lot to take on, but in the end, completely worthwhile. I have had the most rewarding summer being able to get to know most of these children on a personal level. I also know that this wasn’t something I could do alone and that I didn’t have to. The constant love and compassion from the people of Epworth help shape the lives of each individual child that comes through the doors of Epworth just as much as I did. Thank you for this amazing opportunity to lead and serve these children this summer! Natalie Morris
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NON PROFIT ORG.U.S. POSTAGE
PAIDPERMIT #141
COLUMBUS, GA 31904
Our ChurCh StaffChildren’s Ministry Director Kelley ConkleChoir Director Lyn PharrisChurch Administrator Susan SniderCustodians Martha Conklin Barbie Morris Music Director Bob LeeNursery Worker Martha ConklinWorship Leader/Youth Minister Andy UngerPastor Rev. Scott Hagan
Pastor’s Home (706) 327-2927Pastor’s Cell (706) 329-2484
Church Website: epworthumc.com
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Epworth connects and equipsall kinds of people
to seek, serve, and share Christ.
thiS COming WeekSunday, August 3, 2014 9:00 AM Contemporary Service 10:00 AM Sunday School11:00 AM Traditional ServiceMonday, August 4, 201410:00 AM Prayer Shawl Ministry MeetingTuesday, August 5, 201410:30 AM HIS UMW Meeting 6:30 PM God Chicks Meeting 6:30 PM Youth Bible StudyWednesday, August 6, 201412:30 PM Prayer Team Meeting 6:30 PM Praise Team Practice 7:00 PM Choir Practice
Sunday, August 10, 2014 9:00 AM Contemporary Service 10:00 AM Sunday School11:00 AM Traditional Service
upCOming eventSMonday, August 11, 2014 6:30 PM New Life UMW MeetingTuesday, August 12, 2014 6:30 PM Youth Bible StudyThursday, August 14, 2014 6:00 PM Vintage Group MeetingTuesday, August 19, 201411:00 AM GSRA Meeting 6:30 PM Youth Bible Study
August 3, 2014
The sanctuary flowers are given to theGlory of God and in memory of
Norma Gambill Heath by Carolyn Gambill.
EpworthUnited Methodist Church2400 Devonshire Drive Columbus, Georgia 31904 706-322-6973
EpworthUnited Methodist Church
Epworth is blessed to have a history that is still relevant to our present. For the last three summers, our past has been helping to shape our future, in the form of our Summer Children’s Ministry Intern, both of whom have grown up in our congregation. I asked Natalie Morris to share a word about her experience before she headed back to Statesboro for her sophomore year at Georgia Southern. Be sure to read Natalie’s thank you to the congregation inside, as well.
Nothing is Ever Easy. When I agreed to be the summer coordinator this year, I knew it was going to be fun, but also
challenging. Gearing up for Vacation Bible School took long hours and lots of hard work. If someone told me I would be spray painting over 50 cardboard boxes to make a giant Lego wall, I would call them crazy, but it happened and the kids loved it! In the same ways this summer has compared to school for me. Nothing is easy about taking notes and preparing for a test, but working hard and studying for hours produces that “A” that you work so hard for. Throughout this summer, planning these Wacky Wednesdays and seeing the kids have so much fun at whatever activity was planned for the week certainly receives that “A” at the end of the night.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned this summer, it’s that my job was one of the many important jobs in the church. I was responsible for shaping and influencing the lives of not only the children of our church, but also kids throughout our community. Building a solid foundation for these children is really all that matters. Whatever happens now affects these children’s lives in the future and, as just a summer intern, that concept was a lot to take on, but in the end, completely worthwhile. I have had the most rewarding summer being able to get to know most of these children on a personal level. I also know that this wasn’t something I could do alone and that I didn’t have to. The constant love and compassion from the people of Epworth help shape the lives of each individual child that comes through the doors of Epworth just as much as I did. Thank you for this amazing opportunity to lead and serve these children this summer! Natalie Morris
Sunday SChOOl at 10:00 amTHE CHILDREN’S CLASSES 3 Yrs. - 2nd Grd.: Carolyn Gambill, Matilda Smith 3rd - 5th Grd.: Margaret Gosden
THE FRIENDSHIP CLASS Study: Consolation Granted Through Prayer Teacher: Class
THE JOY CLASS Study: I & II Thessalonians Teacher: Class
THE NATHAN PATTERSON CLASS Study: Nehemiah Ch. 3 Teacher: Bobby Smith
THE NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS Study: When You’re a Christian... Teacher: Melonie Phillips
THE “NO NAME” CLASS Study: Family-Drawing the Circle Wide-Ch. 6 Teacher: Shawn Jandreau
THE QUESTORS CLASS Study: Class Discussion Teacher: Gary Tomlin
THE SEEKERS CLASS Study: Daddy, Is That Story True...Ch. 49 Teacher: Lillian Wooldridge
THE WESLEY CLASS Study: Consolation Granted Through Prayer Teacher: Becky Britton
THE YOUNG ADULT CLASS (in Scott’s Office) Study: Book of Acts Teacher: Scott Hagan
thOSe WhO Serve Sunday, auguSt 3, 2014
9:00 AM Worship Service: Greeter: Janie Nellums Ushers: Diane Morris Acolyte: Usher Children’s Church: Janie Nellums11:00 AM Worship Service: Greeter: Susan Davis Ushers: Donny Davis, Doug Revell Acolyte: Usher Children’s Church: Becky MoseleyFinancial Secretary: Steve SawyerTurn Key: Helen Pharris Our SteWardShip
July 27, 2014Tithes & Offering: $1,470.00Received To Date: $190,920.11 NEW BUILDING/MAINTENANCEReceived This Week: $0
ATTENDANCESunday School: 80 Worship: 9:00 AM 46 11:00 AM 97Total 143
yOuth & ChildrenYouth Bible Study - for the school schedule, we are moving Bible study back to Tuesdays, beginning August 5, at 6:30 PM. Join us and invite a friend. Sunday School Classes for Youth & Children For a great lesson, wonderful fellowship in a Safe Sanctuaries approved environment, classes are by age/grade beginning at 10 AM, every Sunday. Meeting temporarily in the Fellowship Hall.
COntaCt uS by emailScott: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]
fellOWShip hallStarting in mid-August and up to the week of Homecoming in mid-September, the Fellowship Hall will be under construction for the renovations that were voted and agreed upon in the June Church Council meeting. The church office will notify groups starting next week, to help coordinate the moving of meetings and other groups to different locations within the church.
What’S happeningPrayer Shawl Ministry Meeting - Monday, August 4, at 10 AM, in the Fellowship Hall.HIS UMW Meeting - Tuesday, August 5, at 10:30 AM, in the Fellowship Hall. Ann Smith will present our devotional. Guest speaker will be Neil Richardson, who is a Chaplain of local prisons and a leader in the Safe House Ministry. Group III are the hostesses. Since we will be celebrating birthdays, all members are asked to bring a covered dish to share.God Chicks Meeting - Tuesday, August 5, at 6:30 PM, in the Nursery. New Life UMW Meeting - Monday, August 11, at 6:30 PM, location and hostess to be announced. Vintage Group Meeting - Thursday, August 14, at 6:00 PM, in the Fellowship Hall. This will be a covered dish meal with a business meeting and planning session for the rest of 2014. One topic of discussion will be the Market Place. Fellowship Hall Reserved - Tuesday, August 19, from 11 AM - 2 PM, for the GA State Retirement Association meeting.Reachers UMW Meeting - Tuesday, August 26, at 7 PM, in the Questors classroom.Wireless internet - Log on to the server Epworthchurch; Password - jesusyall.
Rearranging Sunday School Rooms With the construction continuing on the Children’s Wing, some classes will move around temporarily to accommodate the work. The nursery will be moved to the
youth room. The children will be moved to the Fellowship Hall, where they will meet for music and then gather in small groups
around tables. The youth will help and stay in the Fellowship Hall with the children.
The young adults will move to Scott’s office.
paStOral COunSelingOur church is partnered with the Pastoral Institute to offer our people counseling at deep discounts and priority scheduling. This service is such a help to families and individuals. Call the church for more information or give our church name when scheduling an appointment, (706-649-6500). The Pastoral Institute is located at 2022-15th Ave., Columbus. Hours are Monday - Thursday, 8 AM - 9 PM, Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM.
Upper Room Daily Devotionals - July/August issue is available from the WWC for $1 each. Hurry, last week to get yours; only a few remaining.Keeping You Informed - Refer to the online calendar on our website - epworthumc.com - that is kept up to date for all events, meetings and happenings of Epworth.
thank yOuThank you so much to everyone who has volunteered to make this such a fun summer for our kids! I could not have done it without the people of Epworth and I am very thankful that I was given the opportunity! Thank you again for everything! Natalie MorrisupCOming SermOn SerieS
The News For Learners-Enquirers will read three hot topics in the news through the goodness of God’s Holy Bible. We will read scriptures that speak to Borders, Security & Immigration, U.S. Military Engagement, and Big Government vs. Little People. We are called to be life-long learners of God’s truths.
epWOrth ShirtSWe’re almost out of the kelly green Epworth GLOWS shirts. They’re for sale for $10 and are available first-come, first-served. We will try to reach the minimum number required to re-order. Call the church office to order your size.
epWOrth prayer liStChurch FamilyDurley Dean Kristi Miller Blount King Gladys Plant Trudy Harris Vanessa DeSoto Aaron Jackson Andrea CarbaughLeslie Morris Jack Osteen Jan Shackleford Diane Champagne Teresa Sneddon Josh Brown Keri McElvey Betty CummingsFred & Emilie Carswell Sara Rice Annette Tate Sibyl Wells Kittye Crocket Linda Coleman The Thrower Family Extended Church Family Steve & Carol Guilbeault Michael Taff David Olson Doyle Adams Tom & Melissa Tranmer Ricky Clark Robbins Family Andrew WadeBobby Barrow Bill Garnto Alverta Champagne Linda Bush Jayce Foster Wanda Crowe Randy Fohan Bill Hortmann Willie Ryles Peggy Depope Judy Patterson Brian Tench Jennifer Rono Cassie Prochaska Billy Hill Mary Guiney Scrivner Family Fred Carswell, Jr. Dorothy Ogg
Homebound Asheville, NC - Susan Squiers Magnolia Manor - Brenda GoodwinCobis Personal Care - Marie Beasley Morningside - Alta Kimbrough, Eloise JonesCovenant Woods - Nelle Lloyd Summer’s Landing - Doris Toney, Cammie Van Over, Gardens at Calvary - Bob Nellums Bob Wait Hilton Head, SC - Bertha Carter Wesley Glen (Byron, GA) - Nancy Hiller
Due to changes in privacy laws, hospitals have restricted or eliminated a list of patients by church affiliation. Please help us minister to you effectively by calling the
church office at 706-322-6973 about yourself or a family member.
Updating Prayer List: If anyone on the prayer list needs to be removed or added, pleasecall or email the church office or leave a note with updates. Thank you for your help.
miSSiOnSOur Mission Focus for August - Wynnton Neighborhood Network. Canned meat, fruit, tomatoes and mac & cheese are hard to keep on the shelf at the Food Bank and especially needed. Other items needed: canned corn, green beans, peas, pork & beans, baked beans, black beans, spaghetti sauce and noodles. Items needed for Thanksgiving Baskets: stuffing mix, Jiffy cornbread mix, evaporated milk, yams, pumpkin pie filling, chicken broth, cranberry sauce, cream of mushroom soup, cake & brownie mixes. Any monetary donation is always appreciated. Our GOAL is 300 items. If each person attending worship brings just 3 items, we can easily reach our GOAL. In the month of July, we sent 100 UMCOR Health Kits to Sager Brown in LA. Thanks to all who contributed to this mission project! Box Tops for Education & Campbell Labels - We continue to collect for Allen Elementary and Vashti Children’s Home throughout the summer months, so keep saving your labels. Place them in the box on the Mission Cart or in the church office.Feeding Our Neighbors at Rosehill UMC - Thursday, July 31, beginning at 3:30 PM. People are needed to prepare the meal, serve and clean up. If you would like to volunteer, see Barbara Stubbs. Coffee News - The Trustees are moving our coffee ministry into the Whitehurst Welcome Center for easier access and fewer interruptions of classes and groups as they meet. Gifts from any individual, class or group toward the purchase of the new coffee maker, which will work with a direct line of water, are welcome. You can donate through the offering plate or office with the designation, “Coffee.”
ServerS fOr auguSt 2014Sunday School: 3 Yrs - 2nd Grade 3rd-5th Grade1st: Matilda Smith Margaret Gosden Carolyn Gambill2nd: Kathryn Hargrove Margaret Gosden3rd: Debra Johnson Dawn Wilson4th: Kelley Conkle Keri McElvey Lori Aspinwall5th: Matilda Smith Leslie Morris
Children’s Church: 9 AM 11 AM1st: Janie Nellums Becky Moseley2nd: Jeanne Guilbeault Janet Cheraisi3rd: Becky Britton Debra Johnson4th: Debra Ledbetter Kelley Conkle5th: Mary Lee Crews Melonie Phillips
Greeter: 9 AM 11 AM1st: Janie Nellums Susan Davis2nd: Barbara Stubbs Lillian Wooldridge3rd: Anne Wilson Chris Cartagena4th: Mary Lee Crews Suzy Revell5th: UMW UMW
Usher: 9 AM 11 AM1st: Diane Morris Donny Davis, Doug Revell2nd: Randy Morris Steve Whittington3rd: Jimmy Bridges Fraser Wooldridge, Bruce Zimmerman4th: Shawn Jandreau, Walter Champagne Steve Sawyer Donny Davis5th: UMW UMW
Financial Secretaries: Turn Keys:1st: Steve Sawyer 1st: Helen Pharris2nd: Shawn Jandreau 2nd: John Daniel3rd: Leslie Morris 3rd: James Johnson4th: Carson Revell 4th: Harold Morris5th: Steve Sawyer 5th: John Daniel
2 Stacey McManus Bill Watt 5 Mandy Revell Matilda Smith Jeff Stolpa 6 Harold Morris 7 Daniel Hargrove Suzy Revell 8 Callie Clark 12 Bertha Carter Helen Pharris 13 Colette Adamson 15 Alma Newton Betty Paulk 17 Joe Flynn 18 Derek Hay 20 Linda Coleman 21 Carolyn Gambill Sibyl Wells 22 Jeremy Bruner Jean Elmore Avery McManus Arlene Taff 23 Gary Clark Jan Shackelford 24 Ann Flynn Gary Tomlin Jo Wilkinson 26 Earl Phillips Bobby Smith 27 Cammie Van Over 29 Randy Morris
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