Cullowhee

United Methodist Church A Christ Centered Community Growing Together

David Reeves, Minister Julia Trantham, Deacon Associate Jay Hinton, Director of the Wesley Foundation

828-293-9215 828-293-9215 828-508-7026 Church website: www.cullowheeumc.org Email:cullowheeumc@frontier.com

2017

Consecration Sunday Consecration Sunday will be held Sunday, November 5. This is the day that we will receive pledges to the 2018 budget during both worship services. To read about the ministries, missions and the budget of Cullowhee UMC please go to http://www.cullowheeumc.org/event-items/consecration-sunday-nov-5/ We hope everyone can attend this important day at Cullowhee UMC.

All Saint’s Sunday November 5 If you would like a loved one remembered, who has passed away since November 1, 2016, please contact the church office by Thurs., Nov. 2. Their name will be listed in the November 5 bulletin.

Free Thanksgiving Dinner

Friday, November 18, noon-8 p.m.

Cullowhee United Methodist Church

Open to anyone in the community who would like a hot meal for Thanksgiving.

Please spread the word.

Sponsored by WCU’s Student Social Work Association! (If you are able to bake a cake for this event, please let the folks in the church office know. Thank you.)

Firewood Ministry Please continue to support the firewood ministry by volunteering to split and deliver wood on the first Saturday of every month this winter, Nov. 4, Dec. 2, Jan. 6, Feb. 3 and Mar. 3. On Saturday November 4, we will be splitting, loading and delivering wood from 9 a.m. – noon. We hope you can help out! Lunch will be served.

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Youth Group November Schedule

Sunday, November 5th from 4:00pm-6:00pm: Middle and High School Youth will participate in two different Destination Unknown Missions. What will we be doing? It's a secret!

Sunday, November 12th from 4:00pm-6:00pm: We will break up in our small groups to perform Random Acts of Kindness around campus and then have dinner together. Please bring money for

dinner!

Saturday, November 18th: Our youth group will be taking a trip to Dollywood! More details coming soon!!! NO YOUTH on Sunday, 11/19.

Sunday, November 26th: NO YOUTH! Happy Thanksgiving!

“JOY” Jesus Others Yourself

Gospel Singing Mt. Zion AME Zion Church in Cullowhee (on Old 107) will host a Gospel Singing on Sunday, November 12, at 3:00 p.m. to celebrate the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1892. All are cordially invited.

From the Debt Retirement Team Four months ago our mortgage balance was $190,000. Now it is $85,444.70. As money comes in, we immediately send it to the bank. If you have not joined in our Debt Retirement Campaign and would love to help out, please go to

http://www.cullowheeumc.org/consecration-sunday-2017-pledge-card/ for more information and a Debt Retirement Pledge Card. Let’s ditch this debt.

United Christian Ministries Christmas School Break Bags

Every year we help he the Jackson County United Christian Ministries with food for families in our community during Christmas. This year we signed up to provide 405 6-packs of chicken or beef Ramen Noodles. We have until Dec. 1 to collect these items. Please bring the items to the church office any time before Dec. 1. You can buy 12 of these at Wal-Mart for under $2.00!!!

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Whee Wednesdays

Join us on Wednesdays for a time of food and fellowship beginning at 5:30pm, followed by classes from 6:15pm-7:00pm (yoga will begin at 6:00pm in the Small Fellowship Hall). We come to church to serve and build relationships with one another, and our church family has the privilege of hosting college students and at-risk

youth from the HIGHTS program on Wednesday nights, giving us another opportunity to be in service! This semester the meal will be free, but we ask that you bring a side dish that will feed your family plus 3-4 other students. The church will provide a catered meat, drinks, and dessert. Please RSVP each week so we have a count for the main dish! There will also be a fundraiser meal the last Wednesday of each month, which will allow us to support amazing ministries in our church and in our community. We look forward to another wonderful semester of Whee Wednesdays!

Whee Wednesday Small Groups

5:30 pm – Food and Fellowship Dinner • A delicious potluck style meal will be served each week. • Cost: Free! Just bring a side dish that feeds your family plus 3-4 others. • RSVP required for church provided protein – please sign up on the pew cards, email the church at officecumc@cullowheeumc.org or

call the office at 293-9215.

6:15 pm-7:00 pm – Small Groups

• Infant and Toddler Childcare – room 125 with Nina Webb, Lauren Terrell, and Caroline Ward.

• Children’s Small Group – the kids will explore the Bible through a workshop rotation model, including story, drama, cooking, games, crafts, mission, and so much more! Join the fun with Scarlette Pless and Zoie Franklin in Room #207.

• Youth Small Group – the youth will go on Destination Unknown trips, do mission projects, and have life chats at Starbucks with Paul

Heckert and Sam Garrison in the Youth Room #206.

• Adult Study – join Julia Trantham in the Glass Block Room #202 for a book study called “When Anything Goes.” We’ll discuss different aspects of our beliefs, wrestle with our own questions and points of view, and discover together why our faith is still important to us in our modern world.

• Adult Study – join David Reeves in the Weekley Library for a time of prayer and a discussion of the lectionary scripture for this week.

• Wesley Study – the college students will meet in Wesley Foundation for fun and fellowship!

• 6:00pm: College Night Yoga – led by Chad Hallyburton in the Small Fellowship Hall, Room #111.

• 7:00pm: Chancel Choir – rehearsal will be led by Damon Sink in the Sanctuary

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United Methodist Women (UMW) began on a stormy evening in 1869. Women from 28 churches in Boston were invited to hear two missionaries speak about the desperate needs of women in India, but only six women attended because of the terrible weather. Yet that handful of women started a movement that grew into today’s UMW, which supports 95 National Mission Institutions and 120 international ministries.

Harvey. Irma. Maria. More stormy evenings, but far worse, with torrential rain and fierce winds resulting in destruction and death. In response to the hurricanes, our church recently packed cleaning buckets for the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). The buckets made their way to the UMCOR Sager Brown Depot in Louisiana for distribution to flooded areas.

Sager Brown Depot is just one of 95 institutions supported by UMW. The history of the Depot goes back to shortly after the Civil War, when a UMW predecessor group built an orphanage and school for African-American children. The property later served other functions as needs changed. It was repurposed to be the center of relief operations for UMCOR after Hurricane Andrew hit Florida and Louisiana in 1992. Sager Brown Depot is a powerful symbol of the impacts UMW has in lives everywhere and its ability to change as needs change.

Cullowhee UMW typically contributes around $2000 annually to local and global ministries, including Cullowhee Kids ‘camperships’, United Christian Ministries, Wesley Foundation, and our Pledge to Mission for the national and international ministries of United Methodist Women. We are able to do this because of the individual pledges of local unit members, contributions given at our monthly meetings, and donations from church members.

In lieu of a fundraising luncheon this year, we are asking for your support in response to this letter. Checks may be made payable to Cullowhee UMW. (If you prefer to make the check to the church for tax purposes, please be sure to write “UMW” on the memo line so it is properly directed.)

A handful of women met on a stormy night in 1869 and their legacy continues today. What will be our legacy?

Thank you for your support. JoAnn Black, unit President Bonnie Stephens, unit Treasurer Lisa Bacon, unit Missions Coordinator

Jackson County Council on Aging

Dear Friends, As the weather turns cooler, we start thinking of the holidays and the fast approaching Christmas season. Each year at this time the Jackson County Department on Aging asks that you befriend our county’s elderly residents who have little or no family in the area. Many of these elderly residents are also homebound, preventing them from getting out to enjoy the decorations and events of the season. With these needs in mind, the Department on Aging is organizing Operation Christmas Box 2017. We hope that again this year we can match the generosity and good will of last year when we collected over 500 Christmas Boxes to brighten the holidays for our elderly residents. The following flyer describes the Christmas Box we ask you to consider giving to our County’s elderly. Church groups and civic organizations can consider preparing one or two boxes for your group. If anyone in your group would like to wrap, pack or deliver Christmas boxes this year, please contact Karen Davis at the Department on Aging, 631-8041. There is no better way to enjoy the season than by giving to others. In Sincere Appreciation, Eddie Wells, Director Jackson County Department on Aging.

Please bring items to the church office by

November 31.

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Looking forward to December Please save the dates!

Save the Dates Thurs. Nov. 30 Items for Jackson County Dept. on Aging Christmas Boxes due in church office Fri. Dec. 1 405 (6 packs for beef or chicken) for United Christian Ministries due in church office Sat. Dec. 2 9:00 a.m.–noon Christmas Woodcutting Saturday Sun. Dec. 3 10 a.m-1:00 p.m. Alternative Christmas Fair in the Big Fellowship Hall Wed. Dec. 6 5:30 p.m. Dinner Paper Bag Christmas for children of all ages. Last Whee Wed for

the year but will resume in January. TBA TBA M2Ks outing to see Christmas Lights. M2Ks are a new group for adult seniors. You

are invited if you can get free coffee at McDonald’s Sat. TBA UMW Cookie Exchange Sun. Dec. 10 11:00 a.m. Special Christmas music by Chancel Choir during Worship service TBA TBA Women’s Christmas Party Sun. Dec. 24 6 or 7 pm Christmas Eve Service Mon. Dec. 25 9:00 a.m. Christmas Breakfast. All are invited. RSVP

Cullowhee United Methodist Church Family Responsibilities for November 2017

Greeters for November 5 Gail Debnam 12 Beckie Barber 19 Gloria Wallace 26 Sue Heckert

Food for “Come and See” worship service 5 Bonnie Stephens 12 Carly Borchelt 19 Emily Virtue 26 Kim Winter

Altar Flowers November

5 Open 12 Open 19 Open 26 Open

Head Ushers November 5 Sue Heckert 12 Ray Barber 19 Jim Wallace 26 Calvin Maye

Hospitality Team for November 5 Dale & Donna Cox and Ryan Pless 12 Sue Heckert, Elaine White 19 Mae Claxton and Turks 26 Dawn Gilchrist, Mayes and Blacks

November Birthdays 3 Pam Shular, Gloria Wallace, Cedar Thompson 5 Cari Heckert, Anne Londo, Charlie Stafford 6 Thad Schrader, Becca Madill 7 Carol Smoot 10 Allison Weekley 11 Drew Londo, Abby Hepp, Alyssa Rowe 12 Will Pearce, Dillon Miller, 13 Marietta Cloud, Clayton Frady 15 Sarah Cochran 16 James Collins 17 Mae Claxton, Mitch Wike 18 Haley Kosnik 19 Barry Campbell, Drew Virtue

20 Dan Grube 21 Michael Forbis 24 Scott Huffman 25 Dolores Feilner 26 Robbie Pittman 27 Dan Pittman 28 Donna Cox 29 Samantha Wright

November Anniversaries 3 Scott and Carmen Huffman