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FIRST CHURCH NETWORK DECEMBER 2016

First United Methodist Church 310 N. Main St. | Mocksville, NC 27028

336.751.2503 Fax: 336.751.1120 Preschool/Afterschool 336.753.1900

www.firstumcmocksville.org STAFF

Dr. Glenn L. Myers, Jr. Senior Pastor Director of Christian Education Barbara Basham Director of Music Preschool Director Allison Gupton Director of Afterschool Ministries Tommy Dunn Organist/Technology Teresa Lakey Financial Administrator Shane Butcher Financial Assistant Natalie Sanders Custodial Staff

An Advent Bible Study is being

offered during the Sunday School

hour on Sundays the Family Life

Center. The study is using Jim

Moore’s book, All I Want for Christ-

mas. This study asks the question:

What are the gifts you would really

like to receive from Christmas this

year? Join us as we celebrate the

Christ Child, God’s greatest gift of

all.

12/4 7:00 PM Lovefeast at First Baptist Church, Mocksville

12/6 5:30 PM UMM Sponsored Tanglewood Festival of Lights

12/10 9:00 AM Breakfast with Santa Family Life Center

12/11 Third Sunday of Advent Consecration Sunday

12/11 2:00 PM Christmas at the Brock

12/11 6:00 PM Children’s Program Family Life Center

12/18 Fourth Sunday of Advent Regular Worship

12/18 5:00 PM & 7:30 PM Christmas Candlelight Concerts

12/19 7:30 PM Christmas Candlelight Concert

12/24 4:30 PM Christmas Eve Service Sanctuary

12/24 11:00 PM Christmas Eve Service Sanctuary

12/25 10:30 AM One Worship Service Sanctuary

1/1/17 10:30 AM One Worship Service Family Life Center

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GREETERS FOR 8:45 AM 12/4 Terri Butcher, Amy Wood 12/11 Vicki Hendricks 12/18 Shirley Wicker, Patti Woods USHERS 8:45 AM 12/4 Shane Butcher, Harold Wood 12/11 Jerry Hendricks, George Snyder 12/18 Carl Wicker, Rodger Woods MORNING PRAYER 8:45 AM 12/4 Pastor Glenn Myers 12/11 Jayne Walker 12/18 Joeff Williams CHILDREN’S MOMENT 8:45 AM 12/4 Patsy Brewer 12/11 Belinda Brewer 12/18 Patsy Brewer CIRCLE OPPORTUNITIES Lydia Circle

GREETERS FOR 10:55 AM 12/4 & 11 David & Claudia Hunter 12/18 & 25 Angie Jordan, Jackie Nicholson Service is at 10:30 on 12/25 USHERS 10:55 AM Chris Hendrix. Russell Suggs Walter Wilson, Giff Basham PRAYER 10:55 AM 12/4 Pastor Glenn Myers 12/11 Tim Trudgeion 12/18 Grady McClamrock 12/25 10:30 ONLY Pastor Glenn Myers CHILDREN’S MOMENT 10:55 AM 12/4 Patsy Brewer 12/11 Belinda Brewer 12/18 Patsy Brewer ACOLYTE 10:55 AM 12/4 Evan Hendrix 12/11 Rachel Jordan 12/18 Patrick Foil 12/25 10:30 Service: Lauren O’Connor NURSERY WORKERS 12/4 Amanda Harris, Christie Cowden 12/11 Amanda Harris, Meg Brown 12/18 Amanda Harris, Kathy Slye 12/25 Amanda Harris, Megan Markland

THOSE WHO SERVE From the Pastor

As we enter the month of December, we have much to celebrate. God has truly blessed our church in many ways. It is such a blessing for Susan and me to be a part of this church family and we want to share that blessing and the love we experience in Christ with as many people as possible. Reach Out to Others I hope during this season you will be attentive to and reach out to folks in your sphere of influence at work, at school, in the neighborhood or other places that might be open to an invitation to one of our Sunday services or a special Christmas service or fellowship opportunity. People who are not in church or involved in the faith are often more open during this season to an invitation to Christ and the church. Obvi-ously, Christmas is first and foremost about the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. We have a message of great joy, hope and celebration for what Christmas offers through faith in Jesus Christ. Commitment Sunday, Dec. 11 I want to remind you that we are urging everyone to be in ministry in 2017 and ask that you turn in your Every Member in Ministry 2017 Commitment Card on Sunday, Dec. 11. We have forms for children, youth and adults in the narthex of the sanctuary and the Family Life Center. Year-End Giving As our year comes to a close, I want to thank you in advance for your generous giving to enable us to finish the year “in the black” with all our financial commitments met. In order for contributions to be credited for 2016 they need to be in our church office no later than Wednesday, Dec. 28. I hope you will take advantage of all the opportunities to grow in your faith and use the Advent season to prepare for the celebration of the birth of Christ, to welcome Christ anew in your heart and to be prepared for His second coming in final victory and triumph. Christmas Blessings, Pastor Glenn

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday, 12/1 – Senior High Mission Trip Deposits due -- $50 Sunday, 12/4 – Love Feast at First Baptist Sunday, 12/11 – Children’s Christmas Program – UMY will help put the FLC back in order followed by Christmas Party Friday-Sunday 12/30-1/1 – New Year Ski Retreat to Lake Junaluska

Sunday, 12/18 5:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Monday, 12/19 7:30 PM

CHANCEL CHOIR * LEONARD ROWE, SOLOIST * LOU ANN WILSON, SOLOIST

FRANK VOLTZ, HARP * MARC STONE & TOMMY DUNN, PIANO/ORGAN

SANCTUARY

Sun. 12/4 5p-6:30p or 8:15p UMY-Love Feast at First Baptist

Sun. 12/11 5p-7:30p UMY: Holiday Event for both groups

Sun. 12/18 No UMY - Candlelight Service

Sun. 12/25 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Fri. 12/30/16 – Sun. 1/1/17 SKI TRIP RETREAT-Lake Junaluska

United Methodist Youth Fellowship

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Charles Hendricks

Autumn Care

1007 Howard Street

Mocksville, NC 27028

Bailey Brewer

Diane Crotts’

Granddaughter

Ann Stayer

PO Box 333

256 North Carolina Circle

Mocksville, NC 27028

Clyde Hendricks

2229 Bermuda Village Drive

Advance, NC 27006

D.C. Blakley

313 Aubrey Merrell Rd.

Mocksville, NC 27028

Jim Anderson 2966 US Hwy 64 W Mocksville NC 27028

Margeret Foster c/o Brookstone Terrace Room # 7 4430 Clinard Road Clemmons, NC 27012

Tilthia Hanes Clemmons Village #1 6401 Holder Road, Room 4 Clemmons, NC 27012

Isaac & Eli Markland 825 N. Main Street Mocksville, NC 27028

Jack Corriher 144 N. Wentworth Dr. Mocksville, NC 27028 Sara Campbell 142 Greenwood Ave. Mocksville NC 27028 Tanner Penley 6142 Northlakes Dr. Hickory NC 28601

Molly Jo McClamrock Bermuda Commons Room # 403 316 NC Hwy 801 Advance, NC 27006

Von & Madeline Shelton 153 Woodhaven Drive Mocksville, NC 27028

Elmer Stoneman 425 Avon Street Mocksville, NC 27028

Joyce Peak 206 Redwood Drive Mocksville, NC 27028

Jackson Hendricks 134 Applegate Court Mocksville, NC 27028

Mary Brock 1276 Jericho Church Rd. Mocksville, NC 27028 ARMED FORCES FN Collin Russell PFC Connor Carpenter

Cole & Elva Grace Tomlinson 1351 Suzanna Wesley Dr. Winston Salem, NC 27104

Nancy Triplett 248 East Lake Drive Mocksville, NC 27028

Marie Steed c/o Trinity Elms 3750 Harper Road # 302 Clemmons, NC 27012

Louise Bowden c/o Trinity Elms 3750 Harper Road # 316-1 Clemmons, NC 27012

Jean Shelton Bermuda Commons Room # 508 316 NC Hwy 801 Advance, NC 27006

Sylvia Kennedy 149 Forest Lane Mocksville, NC 27028

PROMISES TO KEEP PRAYERS

Please let us know of any additional names to be added or any names which should be removed. We wish for our Prayer List to be current and correct. To contact the Prayer Chain with a prayer request or to become a part of the Prayer Chain, please contact Lillian Sharpe (336.936.9014, bs2005@aol.com)

THURSDAY 12/8/16 – 3:00 PM Dinner at Afton’s in Concord, and Christmas tour of The Billy Graham Library in Charlotte. Call the church office to sign up for the trip. 3336.751.2503

PRAYER TIME

Thursdays at Noon

Family Life Center

Due to the way the holidays fall this year, the January

Newsletter will be mailed on January 5, 2017. Infor-

mation for the January newsletter is due by 12/28/16.

mailto:bs2005@aol.com

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Dec. 01 Grady McClamrock, III

Teresa Gantt

Ty Mendenhall

Dec. 02 Belinda Brewer

David Neal

Dec. 07 Joshua Woods

Dec. 09 Beth Dirks

Rob Taylor

Ron Keister

Dec. 10 Inez Miller

Carol Foust

Dec. 11 Rocky Johnson

James McClam-

rock, Jr.

Dec. 12 Maggie Ritz

Dec. 13 Nathan Foil

Jennifer McDonald

Donna Henderson

Wade Dyson

Blake Ellis

Dec. 14 Gena Taylor

Pam Bahnson

Andrew Brown

Dec. 15 Suzanne Hendricks

Dec. 16 Wink Hendricks

Madeline Shelton

Marjorie Foster

Allison Bowles

Dec. 17 Debbie McBride

Dec. 18 Sonny Stanley

Rachel Jordan

Susan Myers

Dec. 19 Beth Bowden

Sierra Foster

David Hunter

Dec. 20 Brad Clark

Bob West

Dec. 21 Karen Stiller

Charles Evans

Dec. 22 Billie Bean

Nancy Harpe

Dec. 23 Aaron York

Chris Dyson

Sam Jordan

Martha Bowers

Doris Snyder

Dec. 24 Dianne Brown

Chris Hendrix

J.J. Byerly

Dec. 25 Noel Holland

Dec. 27 Mike Hinshaw

Priscilla

McCullough

Hannah Sales

Chris Shuskey

David Smith

Dec. 29 Tommy Joe

Boyette

Dec. 30 Doug Kelly

Sidniee Suggs

Corbin Andrew

Stiller

It is difficult to adequately express my gratitude to each of you for your prayers, cards, phone calls, food, visits, memorials and most of all your caring and love. Your thoughtful expressions of sympathy have shown me how many lives that Taylor touched. Please keep me and our family in your hearts and prayers as we have our “firsts” without him. Kathy Slye & Family

MEMORIALS

In Memory of Taylor Slye Eastern NC School Supply Project

Taylor’s Maryland Cousins

Pastor’s Discretionary Fund Bill & Martha Bowers

Bayne & Inez Miller Bob & Marilyn Cook

Patricia, Sandra & Barbara Latta Tom & Brenda Graham Donnie & Teresa Lakey Tommy & Jenny Turner Sheek & Louise Bowden

Christopher & Susan Domanski Lanny & Mary Collett

David & Rosemary Cozart Carl & Shirley Wicker Frank & Pam Bahnson

General Fund

Chris & Alice Hanes Richard & Debbie Broadway

Kathleen Cartner

Chancel Choir Fund Russell & Sidniee Suggs

Blanche Eaton Scholarship Fund

Don & Sarah Wood

In Memory of Beth Muhlbauer Pastor’s Discretionary Fund

Carolyn Cartner

Chancel Choir Fund Chris & Alice Hanes

HONORARIUMS

In Honor of Josie Miller Chancel Choir Fund

John & Shirley Cottle

In Honor of Pastor Glenn Myers and Susan In Honor of FUMC Church Staff

Pastor’s Discretionary Fund Chris & Alice Hanes

In Honor of the Fellowship Class

Backpack Buddies Chris & Alice Hanes

Dear Church family and friends, Thank you so much for the celebration

you gave to me for my 80th birthday. The cards, fellowship and kind

words mean the world to me. Again, thank you for making my birthday

special this year. I look forward to the next 80 years! Love,

Josie Miller

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UMM Breakfast Meeting

Sunday, 12/11 7:30 AM

WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEALS

5:30 pm in the Family Life Center

12/7 UMM Hosting

From Deep Roots Community Garden Committee

Best Wishes for a wonderful Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at Deep Roots!

Our hearts are humble and thankful for our church community and our Mocksville community for all you

have done throughout the year to support and uplift us as we continue our dreams.

We have to mention at this time also that young Nick Koon from troop 575 completed his Eagle Scout

project at the storehouse garden. We now have a new lean-to added to our shed, a new bulletin board

installed along with a ramp and a wonderful new sign. If you have time, please stop by to see those nice

improvements. Thank you Nick and all of troop 575 who helped in this worthwhile project.

Jesse Foster, the Agriculture Teacher at Mocksville High School let his students plant cotton in our Store-

house for Jesus garden so they could see and experience what growing cotton was all about.

Betty Foster and Sarah Wood have also supplied us with lilies to grace the borders of all of our garden

plots. Thank you ladies for helping to make our gardens so pretty for 2017!

The most joyous season of the year is now upon us! It gives us time to pause and reflect on what is real-

ly important in life and WHO is the most important. The birth month of our Savior has us thinking on

what is valuable and sacred to all! We wish you a blessed holiday and a New Year with all God’s promis-

es for you shining brightly ahead!

Thank you for an exciting 2016. Our gardens will open again in the spring of 2017!

Deep Roots Garden Committee

The FUMC Preschool along with Triple J Manor House

invite you to "Mill Around the Manor" on December 1,

2016 from 5:30-8:30pm at Triple J Manor House (362

Interstate Drive, Mocksville). Mill Around the Manor is

an opportunity for you to come and shop from over 20

different vendors and local artisans all while supporting

a great cause as 10% of the vendor's sales will go to

Ellie Kate Stoke's Fight Against Leukemia. Ellie Kate is

the daughter of Amy and Zach Stokes and has a young-

er sister and older brother. She was diagnosed with

"ALL" Leukemia on November 5, 2016.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

All ladies are invited to a United Methodist Women covered

dish meal in the Family Life Center on Monday, December 5 at

6:00 p.m. All young ladies from Kindergarten age through High

School are welcome. The “World Famous Altos” will perform.

Remember to bring personal items for Broughton Hospital.

Should be a great time of fellowship with the women of our

church.

Mary Circle members packed 95 shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child at their meeting in November. Mission's Poor Man's Supper held 11/16 evening raised almost $500 to pay postage fees for the boxes. Thanks to all Church members who supported these causes!

DINNER December 28 6:30 PM

College Students and Adoptive Families

The Adoptive Families will host their College Students and Parents for dinner in the Family Life Center at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, 12/28.

Meats will be provided. Adoptive families please bring a salad, veggie or

dessert. Christmas gifts for your respective student should be brought to the dinner and

NOT mailed in December as the college students will be on break from school.

The WHEN Ministry meets on Thursday afternoons to prepare and deliver meals to the

less fortunate in the Mocksville Community. During December, WHEN will be collecting

items such as canned meals, ramen noodles in microwavable bowls, soups, canned meats,

crackers, nabs, individual bags of chips, fruit cups, apple sauce, juice boxes, etc. Items needed

should not require refrigeration. Please drop off your items in the lobby of the Family Life

Center. Christmas bags will be made with these donations for these families and delivered

on Thursday, December 22 with the Christmas meal.

Dear Church Family, I would like to thank everyone who donated sup-plies and money to the Princeville Elementary School students. We were able to fill up two vehi-cles with school supplies. I received enough in do-nations, that we were also able to purchase ap-proximately 120 fleece jackets. Many of these stu-dents lost everything, and what this congregation gave to them is much more than supplies and jack-ets. It is very humbling to see the response of this church when called to action. Belinda Brewer