ShoreLines March 2020 TSt. Augustine Shores United Methodist Church (904) 797-4416

Pastor Carolyn’s Conundrums Did you know that just like there are season’s in our calendar year, there are season’s in the church year? There are 6 seasons of the church, in primarily 2 cycles. Each cycle contains a season of preparation (Advent or Lent), a season of celebrating a high holy day (Christmas or Easter), and a season of growth (known as ordinary time). The first cycle begins our Christian year in late November or early December, four Sundays before Christmas. Advent is a time of preparing ourselves to encounter The gift of Jesus through Christmas. We have Celebrate the birth of Jesus through Epiphany. The Sundays following Epiphany are a time of growth, a time to put into practice the lessons of Christ. The second cycle begins on Ash Wednesday and goes through Holy Week. Lent is a time of preparation to encounter Jesus not only as the great sacrifice, but as the risen Lord on Easter Sunday. Lent is 40 days long. If it seems longer to you, it is. However, we do not count the Sundays as part of Lent, because Sundays are always to be considered mini-Easters. We celebrate Easter until the Sunday of Pentecost. Then we enter another time of growth focus on moving forward in our faith journey. We are about to enter the season of Lent. Lent is a time of self-denial, penitence, and facing our mortality. A time to focus on the fact that we can’t save ourselves; we are wholly dependent on the love and grace of Christ.

Deadline for the

April Newsletter is March 23

Email your prayer

concerns to the

church office at shoresumc@bellsouth.net

Special Sunday Apportionment

Offering is

March 15, 2020

Online Giving is

available for contributions to the

Church Budget, Apportionments and

Youth. Visit www.shoresumc.org and click “Donate”on

the top right

Happy St. Patrick’s Day March 17th

Many people celebrate Lent by giving up something like chocolate, caffeine, or any number of things. If Lent is a time for repentance, then I think it should be so much more. Repentance means to turn around. You are literally turning around and heading to something else. When we repent, we turn from those things/actions that lead us away from God, and turn toward God, in order to grow closer to God. So, if you would like to give up chocolate, caffeine or anything else, great, but what are you going to do to grow closer to God? I believe this is an important step and one we often miss. Therefore this Lent, I challenge you to truly use is as a time of preparation. A time of putting our focus back on God and concentrating how we might not only turn away from those things that hinder or prevent a relationship with God but how you might grow closer to God. One opportunity will be to join a Lenten Study, a Discipleship Group, Sunday School, intentional prayer time… May we, as individuals and a community of faith, turn from those things that bind us and keep us from encountering God. May we turn around and follow the footsteps to the cross and beyond, that we may live as true disciples who not only talk the talk but walk the walk. Amen! Scripture/Message March 1 & 8 3/1 1st Sunday in Lent, Communion Sunday Scripture: Romans 5:12-19 Message: By one person, set free 3/8 2nd Sunday in Lent Scripture: John 3:1-17 Message: Born Again

1st Jim McDonald

2nd June Verkerke

4th Alaya Lowery

5th Nancy Hoffman

Joshua Westlake 6th

Yvonne Fertall 7th

Wayne Warner 8th

Mariane Turner 9th

Emily Cooper 10th

Diane Morris 11th

Jim Mends 15th

Nancy Whittington Brett Iles

16th Jeri Ford

Patti Brady Paul Maass

18th Carol Ann Kelly

20th Kathy Schmidt Eddye Conner

22nd Maryann Walters

Ray Kelly 24th

Carolyn Strickland 25th

Jill Crookshank 26th

Andy Dombi LynnAnne Burns

30th Nina Ayers

31st Ken Reim Jeff Strait

Kids 13-Week Winter Camp “Journey with Jesus Tour” Grab your imaginations for an exciting journey through 12 towns in Israel where Jesus’ ministry will come to life right before your eyes! Each Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Christian Education Building, your child is invited to a time of Games, Bible Stories and Crafts, and experience life in Bible lands! The camp is opened to kids in Pre-K 4 to 6th grade. The church will provide a pizza supper with juice, fruit, dessert and special treats each week. All children are welcome! Children’s Choir The children provide music at both church services during the school year, with special performances for Christmas and Easter. The children are learning about different styles of music, working on memorization, talking about what the songs mean and having fun! We rehearse each Wednesday from 5:30-6PM in the church’s sanctuary. Children from preschool to 6th grade are encouraged to join! Please feel free to contact the Children’s Music Director Suzann Maass at Shoressings@gmail.com or 904-806-1338. United Methodist Women United Methodist Women will meet on March 5th at 12:00 noon in the Christian Education Building. Please bring a bag lunch. Dessert and beverage provided. Executive Committee will meet at 11:00 am. All women of the church are invited. Leading Ladies The March meeting of the Leading Ladies will be on the 25thof March at a restaurant to be announced at a later date. Please email Helen Tenney at tenneytown1@bellsouth.net for reservations and directions. All recent widows are invited for fellowship and conversation. Happy Spring from the Sunset Circle! Thank you to everyone who prepared for, attended or served at our Annual High Tea & Crafts. It was an amazing outreach event that brought over 100 ladies onto our church campus. The Sunset Circle will meet on Thursday, March 12th at 7 pm in the Christian Education Building. The ladies will be packing the last two “Boxes of Joy” for college students this school year. If you’d like to help or add a surprise for Mikey Atkins or Sarah Stilwell, please contact Deborah Hallman or Vicki Hall. All ladies of the church, especially those who work outside the home, are welcome to participate in the Sunset Circle. United Methodist Men United Methodist Men’s Meeting will be held on Saturday, March 7th at 8:30 am in the Christian Education Building. All men are welcome! Mission Circle Mission Circle will meet March 26th. We need help with prayer shawls, lap robes, children’s scarves for homeless children. We also make small pillows for Hospice. If you can join us we meet in CEB at 10 am hope to see you. For more information call Marilyn Hess at 904-794-1834.

JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST IN MARCH! The finance committee of Shores UMC will hold a fund raising breakfast on March 21, 2020 at Applebees restaurant. It will be held from 8:00am until 10:00 am and all proceeds will go towards our apportionment. Tickets are on sale after both services or stop by the church office. Should be great fun so save the date! Food Pantry Fill the wagon for March with these items–beans & rice – canned or dried--kidney beans, pinto beans, chickpeas, etc., alongside any other non-perishable food you wish to donate. If you’d prefer to make a monetary donation, and let us do the shopping, make your check payable to Shores UMC with a notation ‘food pantry’ somewhere on the check. Thank you for helping us show God’s abundant love to others here in St. John’s county.

Bake Sale S.W.A.G. Youth Group will be having a Bake Sale on March 29, 2020 after both services. Proceeds will go to Summer Camp Scholarships. Baked goods are needed-please deliver your bake goods to the Christian Education Building on Wednesday, March 25th or you may contact Peggy Fallin at plfallin@bellsouth.net.

St. Augustine Shores UMC is looking for a Youth Director A responsible, mature, outgoing, genuinely caring Christian Person who will model a life of growing discipleship in Christ and attend worship regularly. An Individual who has participated in a Youth Ministries Training Program or has experience providing religious instruction to Youth (children in 6th through 12th grades.) A minimum of ten hours work a week will be expected of the Youth Director who will be paid on a salary basis as specifically recommended by the Staff Parish Relations Committee and approved by the Church Council. Please send resume to shoresumc@bellsouth.net to the attention of Staff Parish Relations Committee. Summer Camp Combines Faith and Fun When it comes to eating s'mores under starry skies and singing songs around a campfire, little has changed over the years. There's still no place like summer camp. The United Methodist Church has a great commitment to camping. The camping ministry of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church has a long tradition of Christ centered camping experiences that transform the lives of young people. This ministry has centered around the Warren W. Willis Camp facilities in Fruitland Park. Warren Willis offers eight weeks of classic overnight camps for Rising 4th grade students through recently graduated seniors. There are three classic camps: Elementary, Middle School and High School. Letters for parents with instructions, camp registration and scholarship forms are located in the church Lobby for interested youth and parents. For more information, contact Peggy Fallin at 904-315-1880 or plfallin@bellsouth.net.

Preschool Class/ Ages 3-4

Early Elementary Class

Kindergarten-2nd grade

Older Elementary Class 3rd-5th grade

Tween Class/ Grades 6-9

Senior High

School/Collegiate Grades 10 thru college

The G.I.F.T. Class

Bible-based lessons

The Open Door Class

Class endeavors to open doors to believers

and those who are not sure of their beliefs

New Beginnings Class

Studies books of the

Bible

Call the church office for contact information

for each class

Traditional Worship

is at 8:45 am

with traditional hymns led by Chancel Choir.

Contemporary Worship

is at 11:00 am

with contemporary music, led by praise team

Daylight Saving Times Begins March 8th

World Day of Prayer

Brunch and Easter Egg Hunt April 11th at 10:30 am we will have our annual Brunch and Easter Egg

Hunt in the Christian Education Building. We are in need of candy to be placed in the eggs (no chocolate) and plastic eggs. Please place your

candy donations at the donation center in the computer overflow room.

Thank you.

Spring Yard Sale & Bazaar

April 4th 8am - noon Brunch available

Accepting donations of: raffle items, baked goods, this & that, linens, toys, books, household items, and NEW THIS YEAR CRAFTS. WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING

CLOTHING ITEMS. Drop off in CEB April 2nd from 12 - 2 and 6 -7. You can also bring items during set up on April 3 from 8 to noon. Call Cheryl Jeffries with

questions at 904-377-7950.

St. Augustine Shores United Methodist Church Phone (904) 797-4416 Church E-mail shoresumc@bellsouth.net Web Address www.shoresumc.org Reverend Carolyn Westlake pastorcarolyn5199@bellsouth.net 507-208-5842 (Text or call) 904-460-2014 Google Group Call the church office to receive periodic e-mails sent to members of our Google group.

Sponsor a Child to Camp

The camping ministry of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church has a long tradition of Christ centered camping experiences that transform the

lives of young people. This ministry has centered around the Warren W. Willis Camp facilities in Fruitland Park.

Children and youth are our future, and the skills learned, and relationships fostered at camp are often life-changing stepping stones on the road to adulthood. Children and youth go to camp from all walks of life, eager to learn, yearning to make new

friends, take part in activities like swimming, canoeing, archery, music and Bible studies—all in a safe, Christ-centered atmosphere.

Please donate to our camping ministry by sponsoring a child to camp. The Warren W. Willis Camp tuition fees are $430 for a week at camp. Donations can be made in any monetary amount. Please make check payable to Shores United Methodist Church and write in the description “Summer Camp Fund” and place the donation in the offering plate. Throw the doors to a brighter future wide open and help shape our Christian leaders of tomorrow.

For more information on how you can help sponsor a summer camper contact Peggy Fallin at 904-315-1880 or call the church office at 797-4416.

You're invited to a Flapjack Fundraiser breakfast to support

ST. AUGUSTINE SHORES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

To host a Flapjack Fundraiser for your organization, visit FlapjackFunds.com. Please submit your requests for Donations, Sponsorships and Youth Connection by visiting "Community" at DohertyInc.com.

Meal includes: Pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs and a beverage (coffee, juice, soda or tea.) Please contact organization to purchase a ticket. This flyer is only intended for advertising purposes. Ticket valid for pancake event

only. Applebee's® menu items are not included as part of purchase.

APPLEBEE'S® LOCATION:225 State Road 312

St. Augustine, Florida 32086

TICKETS: $10.00

DATE & TIME:Saturday, March 21st, 2020

8am-10am

CONTACT: 904-797-4416shoresumc@bellsouth.net

SWAG – Youth Group

March 29, 2020

After both services (10am and 12pm)

Narthex (church entry)

Summer Camp Scholarships

March 2020

Rev. Carolyn Westlake 904-797-4416

shoresumc@bellsouth.net

www.shoresumc.org 8:45 am

Traditional Service 10:00 am

Sunday School 11:00 am

Contemporary Service

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2

7:00 Staff

Parish Rela-

tions Commit-

tee

3

10:00 Lenten

Study

6:30

Outreach

7 Trustees

4

9 Panera

1:50 After

School

5:30 Choir

6:00 Child

Group

6:00 S.W.A.G.

7:00 CH. Choir

5

11:00 UMW Exec-

utive

12:00 UMW

General

1:00 Shores UMC

Food Pantry

6:00 Lenten

Study

6

World Day of

Prayer

7

8:30 United

Methodist

Men

8

Daylight

Savings Time

Begins

9

10:00 Care

Ministry

10

10:00 Lenten

Study

6:00 Evangelism

7:00 Christian

Education

7:00-9:00 Dis-

trict Lay Lead-

er Training

11

1:50 After

School

5:30 Choir

6:00 Child

Group

6:00 S.W.A.G.

7:00 CH.Choir

12

6:00 Lenten

Study

7:00 Sunset

Circle

13 14

15 16

17

St. Patrick’s

Day

10:00 Lenten

Study

5:00 Finance

6:00 Church

Council

18

7:00 Chancel

Choir

19

1:00 Shores

UMC Food Pan-

try

6:00 American

Sewing Guild

6:00 Lenten

Study

20 21

8:00 Apple-

bee’s Pan-

cake Break-

fast

22 23 24

10:00 Lenten

Study

25 11:30

Leading Ladies

1:50 After

School

5:30 Choir

6:00 Child

Group

6:00 S.W.A.G.

7:00 CH. Choir

26

10:00 Mission

Circle

6:00 Lenten

Study

27 28

29

Youth Bake

Sale After

Both Ser-

vices

30 31

10:00 Lenten

Study