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THE MONUMENTAL MESSENGER

THE MONUMENTAL MESSENGER-

Membership Cont. Membership Nelle Bordeaux, Outreach & New Members

912-234-9245, [email protected]

Youth James P. Owens, Director of Student Ministries

912-232-0191 Ext. 202, [email protected]

Carol and Chad Ebel and

daughter, Nicole

Chad works in software and looks

forward to helping with Wesley’s

web ministry, and they live in

Coffee Pointe on the southside.

Nicole has helped organize

college mission trips and hopes

to help with missions and youth; she is in Armstrong/

Georgia Southern’s graduate school.

Shepherds: Joanne & Dr. Will Faulk

Nicole’s Shepherds: Elizabeth & Frances Faulk

Jessica and Gavin Finley

Newly married in April, the

Finleys are the son and daughter-

in-law of Kevin Finley. Gavin

works in construction manage-

ment, and Jessica is in sales.

The strong preaching and friend-

ship with their shepherd, Gaye,

drew them to Wesley.

Shepherd: Gaye Reese

Kevin Finley

Kevin is the dad of three sons,

including Gavin, above. He also

admires Ben Martin and came to

Wesley through his shepherd,

Sarah, who was born in Savannah.

Shepherd: Sarah Yates

Smaro and Michael Gemelli &

daughter, Emerson McCormick

Smaro, or “Sam,” came to Wesley

for the children’s choir for

daughter, Emerson, in the third

grade. She and Michael and

Emerson all wanted a strong chil-

dren’s ministry.

Shepherds: Kristy & Christian Valdez

Emerson’s Shepherds: Cole & Caden Valdez

Melissa Lee Cole Krawitz

Melissa’s joining Wesley is really

a homecoming. As an infant, she

was baptized at Wesley by the

father of her shepherd, Paul

Cleveland. Her family moved

away, but she has come home to

Savannah and to her home

church.

Shepherds: Judy & Paul Cleveland

David T. Lock

David, an attorney, and his shep-

herds, the Barnwells, are friends

who met through the Jaycees.

David lives at Southbridge.

Shepherds: Dana & Ashley Barnwell

Tara and Nathan Skinner and

children, Jackson & Emerson

First her shepherd, Jen Mobley,

invited Tara to the Young Moth-

ers’ Bible Study a year ago, and

Tara has been an active part of

that group ever since. Now the

whole family enjoys Wesley, in-

cluding Jackson, who attends Hancock, and Emerson,

who attends Isle of Hope Methodist Preschool.

Shepherds: Jen & Matt Mobley

Jackson’s shepherd: Hudson Mobley

Emerson’s shepherd: Emma Mobley

Sandy and Dr. Doug Stutzman

Doug is a retired physician who

wanted an historic church with

Bible studies: he is in the

Wednesday morning Bible study,

and he and Sandy both are in the

Thursday noon Evangelism Bible

Study.

Shepherds: Donna & Dr. Jerry Benson

Leslie and Dallas Washburn

and sons, Owen & Charlie

Dallas is the son of Karen and Ron

Washburn. Leslie is working on a

master’s degree, and they came

to Wesley through his parents and

also Eli’s Place. They love chil-

dren’s choir.

Shepherds: Karen & Ron Washburn

Children’s Shepherds: Britt & Thax McCormick

Welcome, New Members! We are thankful the following new members joined

Wesley during April.

Please join a Bible study this summer!

Young Mothers’ Bible Study (Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-10 a.m., Fellowship Hall)

“Jesus Fulfills Old Testament Prophecies”

Children of all ages welcome–they have their own matching Bible lesson

taught by Charli Weeks, Susan Martin, Miang Chow, and Darcy Melton. School-age and preschool and

infants all are welcome! We’ll also have ongoing service projects with refugees and Urban Hope children.

Evangelism Bible Study (Thursdays, noon to 1 p.m., Ruth’s Chris, 111 West Bay Street)

(no charge for lunch; donations given for waiters), Ephesians

Interested in Gardening with

Urban Hope children? Children and mothers are wel-

come to dig in the dirt. Please

sign up with Nelle, 912-234-9245.

What a great opportunity for chil-

dren to help other children.

Be a Cut-Up If you want to help cut out Bible

memory verse shapes for preschool

children, please speak with Nelle.

Paper and patterns provided.

Recently, Wesley Monumental welcomed our newest confessing

members, the 2018 Confirmation Class! Brayden Allen, Ella

Barrow, Caroline Conner, Harris Glidewell, Claire Hayes, Greer

Hollis, Dallas Hunter, Julianna Jones, Lincoln Kraeuter, Anna

Livingood, Blake Maillet, Lexie Mattocks, Meg Mattocks, Amelia

Ruth, Tilley Sherrill, Mary Brit Tallevast, and Jed Thompson

participated in Confirmation class throughout this school year

and were confirmed in 11:00 worship on April 22.

In Confirmation, these young people made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, confirming

the vows made over them in baptism by their parents and church. My hope for all of these students is that

Confirmation is the beginning of the process of developing a more mature faith, one that will continue grow-

ing throughout their lives.

To prepare for Confirmation Sunday, we held

monthly meetings on Wednesday nights, cover-

ing topics like basic Christian beliefs, living a

Christian life, and our United Methodist herit-

age. Many of the Confirmands participated in

youth group activities throughout the year as

well. We also enjoyed a retreat to Lake Ju-

naluska in North Carolina.

I’m so proud of our confirmands and look for-

ward to their being a vital part of our church

and youth group for years to come!

THE MONUMENTAL MESSENGER- THE MONUMENTAL MESSENGER

Early Childhood Ministries Charli Weeks, Director of Early Childhood Ministries


Please refer to “This Week at Wesley” in the Sunday Order of Worship, or visit our website for a detailed list of worship times, additional events and information. June At-A-Glance

Thursday, June 21 10:00 Messenger Brigade, OH 210 4:30 Refugee Supper 6:00 UMM Dinner Mtg, FH Sunday, June 24 3:00 Youth Group, WG 5:00 Youth Choir, WG Chapel 5:30 Worship Service, WG Chapel 6:15 Dinner, WG Main House Monday, June 25 Eli’s Place Summer Camp Thru 6/28 Tuesday, June 26 2:00 Care & Share, OH 310 Saturday, June 30 Music Day at Wesley, SNC/FH

EB = Education Building OH = Oliver Hall FH = Fellowship Hall SNC = Sanctuary WG = Wesley Gardens Retreat Center

Monday, June 11 Messenger Deadline Vacation Bible School, WG Eli’s Place Summer Camp Thru 6/14 2:00 Courtney Gaines Circle Thursday, June 14 5:30 Endowment Comm. Mtg, OH 310 Saturday, June 16 Merry Makers—Trip to Tybee Island Sunday, June 17 Father’s Day 5:30 Worship Service, WG Chapel 6:15 Dinner, WG Pavilion Monday, June 18 Eli’s Place Summer Camp Thru 6/21

Sunday, June 3 3:00 Youth Group, WG 5:00 Youth Choir, WG Chapel 5:30 Worship Service, WG Chapel 6:15 Dinner, WG Main House Monday, June 4 Eli’s Place Summer Camp Thru 6/7 Sunday, June 10 3:00 Youth Group, WG 5:00 Youth Choir, WG Chapel 5:30 Worship Service, WG Chapel 6:15 Dinner, WG Main House

Vacation Bible School We are excited and looking forward to a week full of smiles, laughter, love and discovering Jesus. Our 2018

Vacation Bible School will be held at our Wesley Gardens Retreat Center the week of June 11 – 15. If you

have not already registered, please take time to register today! Registration is available online at

www.myvbs.org/wmumc and paper registration forms are available in the church office. Volunteers are still

needed. To volunteer contact [email protected] or the Elementary Children’s Ministry Team at

[email protected].

UMM June Meeting The United Methodist Men's Meeting for June will be held on Thursday, June 21, at 6:00 p.m. (SHARP) in the

Fellowship Hall. Guest speaker will be Doug Weathers, former #1 newscaster and VP at WTOC News (known as

the Walter Cronkite of The Coastal Empire). He will talk about his first love, The 200 Club of the Coastal Em-

pire. Come and enjoy a delicious meal prepared by our Suzanna King; cost is $6.00 As always, spouses and

friends and ALL church members are welcome to enjoy a great evening!

Missions Committee

Children’s Ministry Charli Weeks, Director of Children’s Ministry



Ryan Sailors Van Fund Update

Refugee Supper June 21 Please sign up with Nelle, 912-234-9245 or [email protected] to help distribute clothing

and diapers, Thursday, June 21 from 4:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m. Children are welcome to help!

Local Missions Ideas Have an idea for missions? Please talk with Mission Committee chair Scott Cleaveland or Nelle

Bordeaux. Nelle can be reached, 912-234-9245.

Ryan Sailors Van Fund Is Complete With deep gratitude to God and the friends of the Ryan Sailors

Family, we are excited to announce that a van has been purchased. Through diligent shopping, the total cost came in under

$45,000. The cash is in hand. The conversion is now being

installed, and we expect delivery within the next three to four

weeks. The Sailors family is grateful beyond words. Watch for the van

which will soon be bringing Ryan and his family to Wesley.

May is always a busy time at Eli’s Place and in the nursery. At Eli’s Place we

celebrated with the families of 26 Pre-K children at a Graduation Ceremony and

Luncheon on May 18. On Mother’s Day, we celebrated with 26 families on

Infant Recognition Sunday. Also in May, 52 Joyful Noise children received cer-

tificates at our Music Awards ceremony. It was a busy and happy month!

Eli’s Place

Vacation Bible School We are busy getting ready for Vacation Bible School the week of June 11-15. We are expecting 200 children to

attend this year and are looking forward to seeing our Wesley Gardens Retreat Center come alive with the

sounds of excited and active children. We can always use extra hands during the week, so please call or

e-mail [email protected] if you would like to be a part of the fun. Summer Sunday School—Volunteers Needed Summer Sunday School begins on June 3rd, and we are looking for volunteers to help teach the elementary

children. We will have a K-2nd grade group and a 3rd—5th grade group each Sunday and need two adult lead-

ers for each group. The lesson will be sent to you in advance and all other materials will be set up in your

room on Sunday. It is a joy to work with the children and to get to know their families. Children’s Worship Update Children’s Worship for our children in K-4th grade will continue to change over the summer months. We have

begun using the scripture text for the sermon each week as the starting point for our lessons in Children’s Wor-

ship. One of the changes you may have already noticed is the Family Discussion Page that is being sent home

each Sunday. Our hope is that you will use this page to talk with your children about the lessons that were

presented during their time in Children’s Worship. There have already been changes to the format of the

morning and our time together now includes, Snack and Conversation, Worship Lesson and Worship Activity.

We are planning to divide the children into two groups and have the groups rotate through the activities.

More volunteers are needed, so please say YES, when someone contacts you to help.

On Mother’s Day we celebrated with 26 families on Infant Recognition Sunday.

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THE MONUMENTAL MESSENGER- THE MONUMENTAL MESSENGER

From Ben’s Desk Ben Martin, Senior Pastor


Music Monica Harper Dekle, Director of Music & Organist


Thank You Thank you to the entire congregation and the Savannah commu-

nity for your support and encouragement of Wesley's Music Min-

istry by attending our Bach Mass in B Minor concert. Thanks to

your generosity through donations, the Music Endowment has

reached $60,000. This money supports the long term vision of

our music ministry to babies, children, and adults. "Sing and

make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to

God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 5:19-20)

Summer at Wesley Summer is here and we are beginning our summer program and wor-

ship at Wesley. One of the main changes from the school year sched-

ule is our weekly fellowship meal and program. During the summer

we shift from Wednesday nights here at the main campus to Sunday

nights at our Wesley Gardens Retreat Center on Burnside Island. Sun-

day afternoons at Wesley Gardens begin with our youth group (3:00

p.m.) and youth choir (5:00 p.m.), followed by Sunday Evening worship in the chapel at 5:30 p.m. and dinner

at 6:15 p.m.

Summer is a great time to enjoy our retreat center. You can come out early or stay late to enjoy time on

Moon River in a kayak, sit on or swim off the dock, walk on the nature trails, let the kids burn off some energy

on the grounds, or find a quiet place to pray at one of the outdoor pavilions. We are blessed to have this

beautiful, sacred, quiet sanctuary in God’s creation in the middle of our busy city. While we host many

groups at the center, we want our church family to enjoy it as much as possible.

Our retreat center will be the center of lots of children’s activities as well. Vacation Bible School will be June

11-15, and there will be two weeks of special elementary-age activities during the weeks of July 2-6 and 16-

20. We will continue to have Eli’s Place Summer Camps for birth to preschoolers all summer long at the main

campus.

We will also continue to have all our mid-week Bible studies. Tuesday morning Men’s Bible study at the Hol-

land House Restaurant (7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.), Tuesday Morning Young Mother’s Bible Study (9:00 a.m.-10:00

a.m.), Wednesday morning Bible Study in Oliver Hall (11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.), and Thursday Lunch Bible Study

at Ruth’s Chris Steak House downtown on Bay Street (12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.).

And of course, we will have Sunday morning worship in the sanctuary each week at 8:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.,

and Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. One exciting project and worship opportunity for us this summer will be the

painting of our sanctuary and replacement of the covers over the stained glass windows on the front of the

sanctuary. That means for the Sundays of July 22, 29 and August 5, 12, we will be worshiping next door in the

Mickve Israel synagogue. We will be blessed to worship in that historic space and are grateful for our neigh-

bors offering us their gracious hospitality. We will continue all our Sunday School, children’s church, and

nursery activities in our education building during that time.

Don’t let summer be a vacation from your commitment to spiritual study, fellowship, and worship. Join us

and bring a friend to the many opportunities to grow in our faith.

Staff Parrish Relations Committee Children’s Ministry Assistant Position During this time of transition in the Children's Ministry program, the SPRC has determined that a part-time

Children's Ministry Assistant is needed to assist with the various children's programs offered by our Church. A

copy of the Job Announcement outlining the duties and qualifications for the position may be found on our

website, wesleymonumental.org, under News & Events then Announcements.

After reviewing the Job Announcement, if you are interested in applying for the position, please mail or email

your resume to the contact information on the Job Announcement.

Senior Adults Rev. Carolyn Hale Cubbedge, Congregational Care


Merry Makers - June Trip to Tybee Island Merry Makers, our senior adult fellowship group, will hit the road

on June 16 for a trip to Tybee Post Theater on Tybee Island to

see "All About Savannah," a Barbershop Musical which takes a

musical stroll through old Savannah and Savannah Beach. Show

begins at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $17 and reservations must be

made by Sunday, June 3. Your check made payable to Wesley

Monumental UMC is your reservation. See Carolyn Hale

Cubbedge to register. Dinner plans TBA.

July Trip to Effingham Camp Meeting in Springfield—Everyone is Invited On July 16, Merry Makers will attend the Effingham Camp Meeting in Springfield. Dr. Ben Martin will be the

preacher. EVERYONE is invited to join the Merry Makers for this evening of outdoor worship with our pas-

tor. Dinner will be served in the camp dining hall. Reservations will be required for dinner. More information

regarding cost will be printed in the July Messenger and the weekly bulletins.

On May 9, over 100 children, ages 3 through 5th grade, received awards during the Music Ceremony.

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June 2018

M E S S E N G E R

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Volume 67 Issue 6

June 3, 2018

wesleymonumental.org

Life at Wesley

Messenger Monthly Spotlight

Massie May Day

Many thanks to the congregation for

the generous donations to serve the

helping. The Young Mothers' Bible

Study enjoys working with these

needed are diapers and Kroger Gift

Recently, Wesley Monumental welcomed our newest

confessing members, the 2018 Confirmation Class!

On May 9, over 100 children, ages 3 through 5th grade, received awards during the Music Ceremony.

Congratulations to Wesley’s Michael Cooler and Cecil Abarr. Michael was chosen

this year’s May Day King during Massie’s annual May Day Festival held May 1.

Then on May 3, Cecil received the Good Scout Award during the annual Good

Scout Dinner held by the Coastal Georgia Council Boy Scouts of America.

The 3 year Godly Play children donated $116.57 to the Ryan

Sailors Van fund. The children had been collecting the money

since February 4th.

Thank you to

everyone who

baked cookies and

volunteered during

Massie's annual May

Day Festival!

Memorials As of May 14, 2018


The Music Endowment Fund

Gifts have been received in memory of:

Jack T. O’Neal (Uncle of Kevin)

From

The Beckwith Family

Ann Mooney

From

Camille O’Neill

Ken Smock

From

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wallace

Peg Ahlman

Anne Mooney

From

Cindy Lupton

Elsie D. Casebolt (Mother of Shirley Roberts)

From

Shirley and Peters Roberts

The Monumental Music Fund


Muriel Bell

Andy Ernst

From

Anne Shirah, Jane Inman,

Sharon Edenfield and Allison Page Edenfield

Madge and Joe Edwards

Reita Payne

From

Madge and Joe Edwards

The Endowment Fund


Ernie Burriss

Laura Tribble

Carolyn Ryon

From

Camille O’Neill

Carolyn Ryon

From

Linda Sapp

Malcolm and Edwina Williams

From

Linda Sapp

The Endowment Fund


M’Liss Williams

From

From Mr. and Mrs. Rodney T. Hara

The Wesley Gardens Endowment Fund

Gifts have been received in memory of

H. Andrew “Andy” Ernst, Jr.

From:

Camille O’Neill

Julie Hunter

Ethel Burriss

Bill and Harriet Bland

Sharlene and Patrick Monahan

Rev. Ralph and Mrs. Mary Kraft

Hunter Maclean Attorneys

Mr. and Mrs. Edward John Derst, III

James J. Hill

Judy and Dan Bradley

Cler and Don Cole

Martha and Joe Mathews

Wynn Sullivan

Carl Kleeman, III

Karl and Judy Graham

Gretchen and Raymond Patricio

Carl Pedigo and Kathleen Horne

Care and Share

Annelle McDuffee

Penny Harper

James W. Hill

Betty Weeks

Phillippa and Bob Paddison

Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wallace

Jim and Karen Pannell

The Fertility Center of Charleston

(Dr. Stephanie Singleton and Staff)

Jamie and Bruce Dominy

Laura Lee Bocade

Thomas S. Gray, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Watts, Jr.

Bill and Linda Daniel

THA Services, Inc.

Paul and Debra Mamalakis

Pamela and Henry Thompson

Clyde and Elaine Singletary

Cindy Lupton

Linda Sapp

Randal and Patsy Robinson

Linda and Billy Tedder

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