STEWARDSHIP FOR 2018

February Finance Figures for the Church:
Total Expenses as of February 28, 2018                                $150,233.49
Total Income as of February 28, 2018                                    $130,174.05
Net Deficit as of February 28, 2018                                         ($20,059.44)

PRAYER CONCERNS

If you or a loved one would like to be added to the prayer list, please contact Lorna McCullough at 336-259-5814. If you put a name on the list, please keep in touch to let us know how that person is doing, as names are removed after three weeks. During the coming week, please pray for:

• All Military Personnel
• Our UM Missionaries
• Thomasville Helping Agencies, especially CCM
• Tracy Brinkley
• Rick & Beth Schartiger
• Dee Ellis
• Amos Fisher
• Bob Templeman
• Peggy Finch
• Joe Stone
• Ann Worsham
• Charlene Schneider
• Beth Nicholson
• Victoria Parrish
• Gayle Murdock
• Peggy Graham
• Bob Monohan

We extend our prayers and sympathy to Gayle Murdock and family on the death of Larry Murdock, Saturday March 10, 2018.

We celebrate the birth of Lillian Scott Atkins to Will and Beth Atkins on March 14, 2018.

LENTEN FOOD CHALLENGE: 3,000 CANS BY EASTER

Help us collect supplies and canned food for Cooperative Community Ministries (CCM). You can also opt to donate money toward this goal – each $5 donation will provide 1 yard of cans in our challenge. Read below for details.

THE CHALLENGE
We have a challenge during the season of Lent to collect enough canned food to line our sidewalk from the Church Bell found beside the church on Colonial Avenue all the way to Randolph Street down the sidewalk and back through the front door of the church and up to the altar BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY!!! We estimate that this will take more than 3000 cans of food!

PROGRESS
You can watch our progress by finding the large can along the sidewalk route with a banner attached to it.  The banner will have the number of cans collected so far and the position of the can will illustrate how far we need to go!  Currently, we are a just over 950 cans, so we still have some work to do over the next few weeks!

HOW TO HELP
So the simplest way to help us is to go to any local grocery store and pick up some cans of food and drop them off at the CCM shelves found in the reception area of the Christian Enrichment Center.  The cans will be logged and delivered to CCM each week.

IN ADDITION, if you are unable to get to the grocery store we have also arranged for cash donations to count as well!!!  For every $5 that is donated CCM can purchase approximately “3 feet” of food.  That means a $5 donations will get us a whole yard closer to our GOAL!  Please bring checks (made out to “Memorial UMC”) or cash to the church office or drop it in the offering plate clearly designated for our “Lenten Food Challenge”!

Thanks!

CIRCLE MEETINGS MONDAY, MARCH 19

Morning and Evening Circles will meet on Monday March 19.

MORNING CIRCLE
10:00 AM – GIRL SCOUT ROOM
Cheryl Herman will lead the program. New members are welcome.

EVENING CIRCLE
6:00 PM – Sunrise Diner

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS!!!

5:30 PM – GRACE & ANNOUNCEMENTS
5:40 PM – DINNER
6:00 PM – YOUTH SMALL GROUPS
6:00 PM – CHILDREN’S CHOIR PRACTICE
6:15 PM – PROGRAM: GOSPEL OF MARK – BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION AND INSPIRATION
6:15 PM – HANDBELL CHOIR PRACTICE
6:30 PM – CHILDREN’S BIBLE STUDY
7:15 PM – CHANCEL CHOIR PRACTICE

JOIN US for great FOOD, FELLOWSHIP, and FUN!

COST: The Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinner prices are as follows:
Adults  & Youth (13 & older)  $8
Children (12 & under)  Free with an adult
Family Maximum   $20

CURRENT PROGRAMS
BIBLE STUDY with BEN, PEGGY & KYLES
EFIRD SERIES: Gospel of Mark

PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION BY NOON ON MONDAYS.

Sign Up to Lead the Dinner Blessing on Wednesday Nights! Look for the signup sheets around the church or contact the church office.

LENTEN LUNCHES at MEMORIAL

SUNDAYS IN LENT
FOLLOWING 11 AM WORSHIP
FELLOWSHIP HALL

Join us for lunch after church each Sunday in Lent.   Meals are by donation ONLY and donations go to support local missions projects!

Church groups sponsoring the lunches are:

Mar. 18: Girl Scouts
Mar. 25 (Palm Sunday): UMW

LENTEN JOURNEY: ART & SPIRITUAL DIRECTION CLASS

THURSDAYS
7 – 8 PM
3rd FLOOR ART ROOM

Come explore the season of Lent creatively. No art experience needed! Classes will be held every Thursday 7-8 PM in the art room, Feb. 15th (orientation) – Mar. 29th.

Sign up with Lynda Hepler (472-9711, lhepler@mumctville.org) or on a signup sheet.

WESLEY FAST

THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS IN LENT

Join Your Pastors for a Wesley Fast and Pray for the Welfare of Our City
This week we pray and fast for the helping agencies of Thomasville, especially CCM. Look for this week’s Wesley Fast flyer in the narthex on Sunday and online as the Pastor’s Thought for the week, found HERE.

Fasting reminds us that we are sustained by God.

Our fasting will continues each Thursday in Lent and will conclude on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, March 29-30. We will share in the fast not by location, but through participation and a shared prayer focus. Look for flyers with details and weekly prayer emphases. If you choose to fast, always do so in such a way that does not compromise your health.

PINE NEEDLES

SATURDAY 9 AM – 3 PM
NOW THROUGH APRIL 14
NC Long-Leaf Needles – $5.00 per bale; $5.50 per bale, delivered
Proceeds go to the MUMC Music Department.

CLOTHING DRIVE – THOMASVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL

PLEASE SUPPORT THOMASVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Thomasville Primary needs new or gently used pants, shorts, underwear, jackets, and shoes for pre-K through third graders. Project led by Natalie Ringham, HPU student.

Note: We currently are sponsoring two clothing drives. Look for clothes donation bins around the church campus over the coming weeks. Please note the specific needs and place items in the correct bins. Thank you for your support!

Thomasville Primary needs new or gently used pants, shorts, underwear, jackets, and shoes for pre-K through third graders. Project led by Natalie Ringham, HPU student.

Thomasville Middle and High need Standard Mode of Dress (or “SMOD”) items (polo shirts in red, grey, black, white; black or tan pants; belts; TMS or THS Shirts or Hoodies) and toiletries. Project led by Logan Hill toward her Girl Scout Gold Award.

CLOTHING DRIVE – THOMASVILLE MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOLS

PLEASE SUPPORT THOMASVILLE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL AS GIRL SCOUT LOGAN HILL.

Logan Hill is a Girl Scout at Memorial United Methodist Church in Thomasville. She is currently working on her Gold Award which is the Girl Scout equivalent to the Boy Scout Eagle Award.

Logan is in the process of reorganizing and restocking the clothing closets at both Thomasville Middle and High Schools. The Middle School is in need of more clothing for its Standard Mode of Dress (or “SMOD”) closet. Both schools need basic toiletries.

From March 18 until April 1 Logan will place a bin in our lobby in which she will be collecting new or gently used SMOD items – polo shirts (red, grey, black or white), black or tan pants, belts, Thomasville Middle School or High School Shirts or Hoodies, and toiletries.

Logan is happy to come speak to small groups about her project.
Her number is 336-905-1226.
Email: Leah7500@yahoo.com

She is excited about her project and grateful for all donations. Thank you!

Note: We currently are sponsoring two clothing drives. Look for clothes donation bins around the church campus over the coming weeks. Please note the specific needs and place items in the correct bins. Thank you for your support!

Thomasville Primary needs new or gently used pants, shorts, underwear, jackets, and shoes for pre-K through third graders. Project led by Natalie Ringham, HPU student.

Thomasville Middle and High need Standard Mode of Dress (or “SMOD”) items (polo shirts in red, grey, black, white; black or tan pants; belts; TMS or THS Shirts or Hoodies) and toiletries. Project led by Logan Hill toward her Girl Scout Gold Award.

INTER-DENOMINATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Lenten Worship & Lunch Series on Tuesdays, First Presbyterian Church
TUESDAYS IN LENT
12-1 PM
Join this community worship and lunch series each week in Lent. Upcoming Tuesdays will feature: Mar. 20 – Rev. Jennie Leake Hemrick of First Presbyterian Church; and Mar. 27 – Thomasville H.S. Choir, Alan Suber, Director.

Invitation to Easter Sunrise Service at Emmanuel Baptist Church
EASTER SUNDAY
6 AM
: Emmanuel Baptist Church invites you to their Sunrise Service, 6 a.m. Easter Sunday. The church address is 204 Turner St. in Thomasville.

UPCOMING EVENTS

MARCH 18 – LENTEN LUNCH (GIRL SCOUTS)
MARCH 23-25 – HIGH SCHOOL RETREAT
MARCH 24 – EASTER EGG HUNT
MARCH 25 – PALM SUNDAY
MARCH 25 – LENTEN LUNCH (UMW)
MARCH 28 – NO FELLOWSHIP SUPPER
MARCH 29 – MAUNDY THURSDAY WORSHIP SERVICE
MARCH 30 – CROSSWALK (START: Memorial UMC)  (11 AM)
MARCH 30 – TENEBRAE SERVICE
APRIL 1 – EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES 8:50 &11:00 A.M.,
BUTTERFLY RELEASE AT 10:30 A.M.
APRIL 4 – NO FELLOWSHIP SUPPER
APRIL 11 – FELLOWSHIP SUPPER & BIBLE STUDY RESUME
APRIL 13-15 – MIDDLE SCHOOL RETREAT
APRIL 18 – RISE AGAINST HUNGER MEAL PACKING EVENT
APRIL 18 – RISE AGAINST HUNGER MEAL PACKING EVENT (6:15)
APRIL 27-29 – WOMEN’S RETREAT
MAY 13 – CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
MAY 20 – HOMECOMING
JUNE 17-20 – VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (REGISTRATION NOT YET OPEN)
JULY 30 – AUGUST 3 – ARTS CAMP (REGISTRATION NOT YET OPEN)