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ASHLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH A STEPHEN MINISTRY CONGREGATION
Joining Together on a Christian Journey of Love and Service May 2019
2600 Ashland Rd The Reverend Tresco E. Shannon, Pastor Office Hours: M-Th: 8 am-3:30 pm
Columbia, SC 29210 [email protected] www.ashlandumc.org Phone Ext. 15 Telephone: 798-5350; Fax: 798-6057
Worship services: The Path: 8:45 AM Traditional: 11:00 AM Sunday School: 9:45 AM
Ryan Keith Karen Zobel Maria Anderson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Phone Ext. 12 Phone Ext: 13 Phone Ext: 10 Jack Holladay Robert Neese [email protected] [email protected] Laura Siddons
The Path, Ashland Youth Choir Traditional Worship Choir, Organist Pianist
God’s Word of Power
God spoke his word of power over death. He annihilated it and raised Jesus Christ. What does that mean? How are we to understand it? This raises a lot of questions for us. What is this bodily resurrection? What is the meaning of the empty tomb? How do we understand the appearances? There is abundance of questions – of curiosity, of interest in superstitions, of many mysterious things -- about which we can gain no pleasure. The questions grow from a hundred to a thousand, and we’re still not satisfied. The empty tomb must surely have happened, but only one thing is important: God committed himself to Christ and touched him with his eternal life. Now Christ lives. He lives because God lives and because God’s love lives. For us, that is enough. We can brood over the “how,” but nothing will change regarding the “that.” If God lives – that is if love now lives in spite of the cross – then we are no longer living in our guilt, for God has indeed forgiven us. He has committed himself to Jesus, and Jesus has committed himself to us. If Jesus lives, then our faith receives new meaning. Then we are the most blessed of human beings. A yes from God to guilty humanity, a new meaning for all our doing – that is Easter.
--Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Easter Sunday, April 21st 8:45 am – The Path Worship Service
9:45 am – Sunday School 11:00 am – Traditional Worship Service
Wednesday supper on April 24: Menu: TBD
This is the last dinner of the spring.
RSVPs must be received by Monday at 12:00 [email protected] or 798-5350 x 12
Wednesday Night Suppers
Around Ashland
Annual Mother’s Day offering for Epworth Children’s Home is Sunday, May 12th. Special offering envelopes will be provided for you to make a donation. Note: Epworth Children’s Home does not receive monies from conference apportionments. This is a note of thanks for your donation of toothbrushes for the people of Guatemala. We held a dental clinic, medical clinic, and Vacation Bible School for the Villagers of Nahuala in Guatemala. One day our clinic pulled 50 teeth which emphasized the need for preventive dental care in that village. Thanks so much for the gift which will help so many people in Guatemala. We heard stories of entire families sharing one toothbrush so that should help so many more folks than we realize. ~Guatemala Mission Team, Union UMC Cliff and Amy Jeffcoat extend a heartfelt thanks to Ashland's members who supported their bar-b-que dinner to raise money for their mission trip to Zimbabwe. They earned approximately $1600 from this dinner and were extremely grateful that Ashland continues to support them in their missionary endeavors. Thank you Ashland Family for all of your expressions of concern during Michael’s recent hospitalization. Your prayers lifted us up. The card, flowers and kind words gave us strength when we needed it most. Michael is resting at home now. We are so thankful that he is getting better everyday. Love, Barbara, John and Michael Higgins Small Dinner Group Sign-up: Contact Beth Wilkinson at [email protected] or (803) 530-0871.
Children’s Ministry
Outreach/Hospitality
It Takes a Village… Our youth are great workers and helpers at Ashland
--Maddie Thomas played the violin recently in 11:00 service
with only a day's notice.
--youth helped with the two children's classes in Bible Land
on Palm Sunday
--hid the Easter eggs for the young children at the Easter
Egg hunt. Our children learn through "play" and action
--in Bilbeland they did all the events from Palm Sunday
through Easter morning
--all ages waved palm branches in 11:00 service
-- hunted Easter eggs, made crafts, heard and participated
in the whole Easter story and enjoyed cupcakes at the Easter
Egg Hunt
Family Promise children with their families
--enjoyed our playground and picnic shelter
--played with the toys in a Sunday School room
ESL (English Second Language) children
--play and learn with a teacher two mornings a week while
their parents learn English in one children’s Sunday School
room
VBS 2019 is coming… June 17-21
Volunteers Needed. No experience or pre-planning
necessary. Please contact Tina Mastin at
[email protected] or (803) 358-9355
if you are interested in volunteering.
Capri Sun donations are also needed.
Please drop off donations by Ryan’s office.
Registration form may be found at www. ashlandumc.org
Book Fair -- 2019
Ashland is once again seeking to raise funds to buy each child at Seven Oaks a book at the book fair which will be held in May. The cost of a voucher for one child is $6.00. The cost to sponsor a class is $100. Our goal is $3,600 which is enough to buy every child at Seven Oaks a book. Payments should be made to Ashland church, marked “book fair”. We hope to conclude the fundraising by the end of April. Excess funds will be given to the teachers to buy books for their individual class libraries. Thanks for helping with this worthwhile project.
We are in need of additional members to serve as: a) Greeters (prior to Path Service, Sunday School, and the Traditional Service); b) Welcome Center Advocates (To hand out printed materials and answer potential questions from potential new members, and to assist other members as needed; After Path Service, and prior to and immediately after the Traditional Service), c) Refile name tags for about twenty minutes anytime Monday-Thursday morning. If you can help, (please do): Contact Rebecca Swanson: [email protected]. Many thanks!! Rebecca Swanson
United Methodist Youth
All 6th
- 12th
graders welcome!
Thoughts? Questions? Ideas? Want to join our email list?
803.798.5350 x 12 [email protected]
If you are interested in providing a meal for the youth, the following Sundays available for Snack Supper:
4/28
Sunday, April 21 - Happy Easter! No MYF
Saturday, April 27 – Homeworks
Sunday, April 28 - Youth Choir @4:30; MYF @5:30
May 3-5 – Spring Retreat
Sunday, May 12 – Happy Mother’s Day! No MYF
Sunday, May 19 – Senior Sunday & Senior Roast
Sunday, May 26 - Memorial Day Weekend. No MYF
Sr. and Jr. High Bible studies meet at 6:30 on Wednesdays
in Ashland House. Join us at 6:00 for Wednesday Night
Supper ($3 for students)
Join us at 6:30 pm on May 19th at Groucho’s on Lake Murray Boulevard
for a great discussion about the following book: “The Alice Network” by Kate Quinn
Ashland Readers
Missions
Faithwalker’s Third Annual Chicken BBQ Sunday, April 28th
Pick-up Noon-2 pm; dine-in Noon-1:00 pm See a Faithwalker SS member to pre-order
$10.00 per plate (pre-pay or day of) Menu: BBQ Chicken, Slaw, Macaroni and Cheese,
Baked Beans and Bread Proceeds support: Vacation Bible School, Seven Oaks Book &
School Supply Drive, and other ministries of Ashland UMC.
Successful Snack Pack Mission! A seven-year-old child clutches a bag of food tightly as she boards the school bus on Friday afternoon. The bag contains 16 food items that she can eat during the weekend when food is scarce in her home and her next regular meal is school breakfast on Monday. This child is one of 57 students at Seven Oaks Elementary who receive a “Snack Pack” from Ashland UMC each Friday. Ashland is completing its third year of providing weekly Snack Packs to children at Seven Oaks Elementary School. During the 2018–19 school year, we provided over 1900 snack packs containing over 30,400 food items! Thank you to the classes, circles, and individuals who make Ashland’s Snack Pack ministry a success! Our Snack Pack supporters donate food and financial support, work at the community food drive, prepare double bags, shop for food, pack food items in each Snack Pack, and deliver Snack Packs to the school each week. There is a place for you in the Snack Pack ministry. During summer months, you can donate items to prepare for the new school year. Most needed items are 15 oz. cans of pasta meals (spaghetti, ravioli, etc.), 15 oz. cans of soup (chicken noodle or chicken & rice), and juice boxes. Place food donations in the orange crate near room 102. Contact Val Songer for more information. THANK YOU to Ashland for feeding hungry children in our community!
Ashland United Methodist Men
Ashland UMMen Meeting
Monday, May 6, 2019 Zorba’s, Seven Oaks Shopping Center, 6:30 pm.
Order dinner from the menu.
Music, Art and Drama will continue
through May,however there
will be no MAD today.
Happy Easter!
Sunday School
ADULT FORUM DISCUSSION SERIES Sunday, April 28th
“Recovering the Values that Jesus Taught” Rev. Bob Borom
Room 125 @ 9:45 am
A lecture/discussion series to explore long-held beliefs, to expand our theological horizons, and to seek new meaning for our spiritual journey.
The Columbia Salkehatchie Camp --July 20 – 27, 2019 Planning for the Columbia Camp is underway! Homes for repair have been selected, campers are signing up to attend, and our Ashland Salkehatchie Steering Committee is busy! We have identified the following needs: bed sets (No king size), refrigerators, and stoves. If you have items to donate, please contact Mary Lightsey (803-315-7993). We do have a location where these items can be stored until camp week. Your support and prayers are appreciated! Thanks!
Living Out Our Faith OUR PRAYERS
Michael Higgins, Vicki Proctor, Bill Turner, Lucy Turner OUR SERVICE
Ushers for May: Jim Newcomb, Nina Newcomb, Grant Gibson, Mylla Markland, Jimmy Smith
Missionaries We Support Tim and Daina Datwyler
c/o TMS Global, P.O. Box 922637, Norcross, GA 30010 [email protected] Todd and Pam Attaway
c/o TMS Global, P.O. Box 922637, Norcross, GA 30010 [email protected]
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Deadline for June Newsletter is Monday, May 20
th at Noon.
Our Presence – 4/14/2019 The Path: N/A Traditional: 193 Total Worship: 193 Sunday School: 105
NON-PROFIT ORG US POSTAGE
PAID PERMIT No. 18 IRMO SC 29063
Ashland United Methodist Church 2600 Ashland Rd
Columbia, SC 29210
Pastoral Needs after Office Hours Rev. Tresco E. Shannon
(803) 260-0723