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Dallas First United Methodist Church March 2017

In this issue:

• March B&A Calendar…

• Youth Lock-in on Friday…

• Consignment Sale News...

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GRAPEVINE

NEWSLETTER

The next newsletter will

be sent out on March 31, 2017. The

deadline for the submission of articles

and news is March 24. If you would

like to be added to our email or mailing

list, please contact the church office at

dallasfirstumc.org or 770-445-2509.

Daylight Savings

Time begins March

12. Remember to

turn your clocks

ahead 1 hour before

you go to bed on

Saturday, March 11.

WOW THIS WEEK

Join us this Wednesday, March 1, for our WOW Dinner.

Due to the Ash Wednesday Service at 6:45 p.m. in the

Sanctuary, the serving line for dinner will open up at 5:30

p.m. We will finish serving at 6:15 p.m. The menu is spa-

ghetti, bread, salad, fruit, & dessert. All are invited!

Join us this Thursday, March 2, from 7-8

p.m. for an exciting time of prayer and tes-

timonies as we walk our church grounds

and pray. You can pray silently or aloud.

Come and be a part of what God is doing

through prayer.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE FRIDAY, MARCH 3, at 10 A.M. Christians in over 170 countries around the world will gather on Friday, March 3, 2017, in observance of the 2017 World Day of Prayer Service. Each year, several churches in our area including Dallas First United Meth-odist, Mars Hill Baptist, Rocky Ford Baptist, Shiloh Baptist, and Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist take turns hosting the service, and this year we are invited to Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church in Rockmart. Sharon Vinson will be leading the service, and Pearl Dobbs from Mt. Olivet and Lisa Enfinger are planning the music portion of the program. I invite you to come to this very special time. We all know the power of prayer and this service bears witness to that power. Prayer will focus on healing in our country, peace in our world, in our nation, in our families and in our own hearts. If you cannot attend the service, I invite you to join us in prayer wherever you are during the ten o’clock hour. Thanks, Jeanne Shipp

Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church 3228 Highway 101 N, Rockmart, GA 30153 Leave Dallas via Buchanan Highway. Turn right at Rose’s Store onto 101 N. Pass Scott’s Store and the church is 1/2 mile on the right.

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE MARCH 1

Join your church family for an Ash Wednesday Ser-

vice this coming Wednesday, March 1, at 6:45 p.m.

in the Sanctuary.

NEW WAYS TO GIVE AT DFUMC!

By Pastor Chris Freeman

Dear Church Family,

When is the last time you wrote a personal check? For

some people, the only time they have to pull out their

checkbooks is to make a donation at church. While most

people conduct their financial activities entirely online,

churches still wrestle with the idea of allowing online

giving.

LifeWay research revealed earlier this year that only

14% of U.S. Protestant churches offer online giving.

That means that although 78% of churches have a Web-

site, an even higher number--86%--of churches offer no

method for online giving. It’s most commonly offered in

larger churches, and usually has only been in place for

one to two years.

As you might expect, there are some classic reasons why

churches say they don’t allow online giving. The first is

based on age and demographics. You might think that

younger donors are the ones who give online. This type

of homogenous approach doesn’t actually bear itself out

when tested. Consider two recent studies:

- Young Givers Are Not One-Dimensional: Even

though millennials are more likely to make donations

online, they are still heavily influenced by relationship

and personal reference. In 2010, 93% of millennials

gave to nonprofits (21% gave $1000 or more). And

when the same set of respondents were asked, 58% of

them said they prefer to make their gifts online. The

number is likely to rise in 2017. We can conclude that

although younger givers do prefer to give electronically,

they still respond best to personal/relational appeal. And

they want to know where their money is being used.

- Not Using Stamps Anymore: The Chronicle of

Philanthropy found this year (for the first time ever) that

a majority of all survey respondents prefer to donate to

charities online. Donors 65 or older also preferred to

give electronically. This is significant because for most

churches, the solid “pillar” givers are older and more

established in the flock. If this study is to be believed,

your core donor base is sending you a message: “we

want to give online.”

Many people pay their bills online and enjoy the con-

venience of not having to write checks each month. I’m

pleased to announce that Dallas First UMC will now be

able to accept online giving as well. We know what the

Bible says about the importance of giving. “Bring the

whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in

my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty,

“and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of

heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not

be room enough to store it.” -Malachi 3:10

(Continued in next column)

UPCOMING LAY SERVANT CLASSES

Registration Forms are available in the

church office. The Rome-Carrollton District

Spring 2017 Lay Servant Courses will be

held at Cedartown First United Methodist

Church, 201 Wissahickon Ave, Cedartown,

GA 30125.

Basic Class

“Introduction to Lay Ministry”

4 weeks - Saturdays, March, 11, 18, 25, and April 1st

Basic requires pastor's approval. Basic is the pre-requisite for all

Advanced classes.

Advanced Class

“Living our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way”

3 weeks – Saturdays, March 18, 25, and April 1st

Class Times 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. You must attend all sessions to earn

credit for completion. The cost for all courses is $40 per person. Please

register by March 8th. You may pay at first session but we need to know

you are coming in order to have enough materials for everyone. Payments

are non-refundable, but may be used for future classes. If you paid and

registered previously but were unable to attend, please indicate that on

the current registration form.

YOUTH LOCK-IN THIS FRIDAY! We will have a youth lock-in on Friday, March 3, from 7pm-7am. Every student needs to bring a drink and snack to share with the group. This lock-in is for 6th-12th grade. Come and enjoy food, fellowship, and games. For more information please contact Pastor Chris Freeman.

(Continued) All of your giving, can be paid online. The church has made this possible in order to make giving even more convenient for the church members. The ability to give to the church online means that you can continue with your practice of giving even when you are away on business or on vaca-tion. We encourage the use of debit cards as opposed to credit cards. We certainly don’t want anyone to go into debt giving to the church. By us-ing a debit card, the money will be deducted directly from your checking account. We have worked hard to select a company that has a spotless record when it comes to online security. Rest assured that when you use the online payment system, your information is secure. Of course, we will still collect an offering during church services, so you can feel free to continue to give to the church in the traditional way. If you have any questions about online giving, feel free to call the church office and speak to pastor Chris Freeman. Thank you for your continued faithful giving. Without you, Dallas First UMC would not be able to do all we do for the Lord. Sincerely, Pastor Chris Freeman

2 Terry & Marcia Bell Mike & Lisa Hamlin Keith & Tammy Sherrill 7 Chris & Calley Pate Mark & Kim Sheldon 17 Joe & Sylvia Strickland 18 Rusty & Donna Durham 19 John & Nelda Hadaway 29 Richard & Patti Pennino 30 Clyde & Catherine McDonald 31 Joe & Emily Blackwell 1 Frank Roberts Abbie Johnson LeAnn Austin

Anniversaries

Maralee Oder 2 Timothy Jackson 4 Julie Bailey Betty Douglas 5 Joseph Vinson 6 Sonya Turner Robert Burrell Natalie Gross 7 Laura Carruth 8 Emily Jarrett Brown Emma Chalmers Judith Van Tonder Tori Ricker 9 Dan Bakos Ben Basch Suzette Strickland Jaime Wood Roslyn Hopkins 10 Ben Jarrett Cheryl Langille Daphne Gulledge 11 Lisa Duvall Harper Belt 12 Martha Earnhart Chloe McAllister Jared Earls Lilly Verscharen

15 Katie Earwood Mike Holcomb Calley Pate Aliyah Combs 18 Michele Long Shannon Crawford Angelie Horn Caiti Schertler Trinity Durham 19 Lauren Gulledge Laura Gregaydis Brandon Fudge 20 Phillip Martin Barett Schell 21 Lloyd Miller Megan Johns Madeline Cantrell 22 Jaime Harris Sarah Grace Harwell Heather Finn 23 Gary Holcomb Lisa Wahle John Morris 25 Jackie Scoggins Tim Ripley Aimee Maier Marie Mohlmann

Birthdays

Nancy Johnson Margie Lane Caitlyn Szwec 26 Tori Jelks Judy Hagan Cherry Mrazek 27 Jonathan Lowman Beth Long Caroline Strickland Emlyn McKinney 28 Lou Askins Lisa Enfinger Mark Tomczyk Daniel Hitchock 29 Jack Hubbell Buddy McPherson Jacob Totten Gabe Gable 30 Kate Carruth David King Chris Freeman 31 Steve Enfinger Nathan Scott Nathan Vercher Heather Finn

Sunday Attendance & Financials Financial Update

General Budget as of 2/22/2017

Actual YTD Revenues $78,541

Actual YTD Expenses $72,013

FIF as of 1/31/17 : Actual YTD Revenues $ 7,841 Actual YTD Expenses $ 1,149 Loan Balance $ 405,308

02/05/17

Worship Services:

8:30-41

9:39 - 167

11:00 - 117

Sunday School: 85

Light It Up &

Preschool JAM: 22

02/12/17

Worship Services:

8:30-63

9:39 - 214

11:00 - 153

Sunday School: 100

Light It Up &

Preschool JAM: 26

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Family of Jimmy Gross Family of Joe Fishback (Mickey Gazaway’s Brother) Family of Don Riggs Juanita Wingo Family of S.D. Graham (Jeanette Graham’s Fam-ily) Nash Family Caroline Tunkel Sandra Smith Lee Margie Gibson Lynn Shima Chadon Dickenson Family of Kimberly Islas Emma Quinn (Marion But-ler’s niece) Diane Myers Levi McCoy (Friend of Jen

Lula Ferguson (Annelle Phillip’s Cousin) Mary Shipp Juan Escalera (Johnni’s Husband) Alan Shipp Jim Jordan Harry Fowler Robby Dobson Kaye & Lloyd Miller Annelle Phillips Tina Rakestraw Linda Williamson Camilla Huddleston Terry Bell Bruce Harris Frank Roberts Vaughn Family in India Unspoken Request

Our Military Our First Responders: Ryan Cooper, David Cov-ington, Blake Deese, Stacey Folds, Drew Fowler, Cole Gazaway, Jay Gazaway, Sheriff Gary Gulledge, Ashley Henson, Kyle McKinney, Mike McKin-ney, Brian Nadeau, Brian Newton, Shane Newton, John Parker, Jason Price, Tyler Price, R.K. Smithley, Roc Toler, Shannon Turner, Brian Vaughan Those Serving & in Com-bat: 248th Medical Com-pany, CJ Brown, Jacob Cagliani, Joseph Davenport,

Rick Dobbs, Derek Douglas, Melvin Green, Jacob Hines, Jesse Huneycutt, Jacob Kincade, Jon Knight, ConnorTorrin Mur-phy, McDuffie, Doug McMichen, Jacob Pine, Lisa Pitchford, Shaun Rahn, Sam Raybon, Dustin Ripley, Steven Scoggins, Larry Smith, Summer Phillips-Edwards, David Timmons, Sean Timmons, Aaron Vest, Brian Vest, Mark Vest, Zachary Vest, Chadd Wright, Soldier from Ohio Kimberly: Bette Dunn, Jean Lassiter Paulding Rehab & Nursing Ctr-Mary Nell

Gipson) Evelyn Womack Connie Allen Janet Elenburg Gary & Wanda Felton & Libby Argo Betty Rakestraw Rodney White & Family Zack McTyre (Grandson of Rev. Wannamaker) Hannah Hadaway (Hadaway’s niece) Dale Eaves Dan Parker Eleanor Mellick Rhonda Pavlovsky (Rev. Chris’ Mother) Bill & Mary Hoggard Beth Bush Sandra Westbrook

**Prayer List Information: People will remain on the prayer list for 6 weeks. Please let the church office know if you wish to add, continue or

remove a name.

02/19/17

Worship Services:

8:30-63

9:39 - 95

11:00 - 91

Sunday School: 77

Light It Up &

Preschool JAM:14

02/26/17

Worship Services:

8:30-58

9:39 - 135

11:00 - 114

Sunday School: 80

Light It Up &

Preschool JAM: 23

The River of Life dates are June 22-26. Registration forms are avail-

able on our website at dallasfirstumc.org or in the church office.

Click here for the link to the River of Life page

http://www.dallasfirstumc.org/river-of-life/

Any questions, please contact Deedee Walraven at (770) 846-6745 or

Pastor Chris Freeman at 404-375-8550.

NEW WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY!

The Armor of God Women’s Bible Study will start

on March 15 and last for 7 weeks. This new Bible

Study written by Priscilla Evans Shirer, star of the

movie “War Room,” is entitled “The Armor of

God.” This study will help us as women to con-

struct an action plan for putting on the armor and

develop a personalized strategy to secure victory

over the devil. There will be different facilitators

and we will be meeting in the Barton Room.

2017 CONFIRMATION CLASSES START MARCH 5

Confirmation Classes for children 11 years and older will begin

on March 5, 2017. The classes will be led by Rev. Warren Hud-

dleston, Rev. Chris Pavlovsky or Youth Pastor Chris Freeman.

Classes are for children who have yet to complete confirmation

class and/or make a profession of Christian faith. Classes will

be held each Sunday morning from March 5 –April 30 (except

April 2 & Easter Sunday, April 16) at 11 a.m. Confirmation

Sunday will be May 7 at all 3 services. Please call the church

office if your child will be attending the Confirmation classes.

If you have questions, please contact Rev. Chris at 678-787-

6344 or chris.pavlovsky@ngumc.org.

CHURCH MISSION YARD SALE SATURDAY, MARCH 25

It is time for the annual yard sale to help raise money for this year’s mission trip to Peru. The yard sale is Satur-

day, March 25, from 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. If you have any items that you would like to donate to our cause, you may

drop them off in the Family Life Center After 5 p.m. Thursday, March 23 and all day on Friday, March 24. Also,

if you have any items you would like to have picked up, we can do so on Thursday evening and on Friday. If you

need to schedule a pick-up time, please call Pastor Chris Pavlovsky at 678-787-6344 or Pastor Chris Freeman at

404-375-8550.

UPCOMING SUMMER MISSION TRIP TO PERU

We are in the planning stages for a short term mission trip to Peru. We

will be returning to the mountains of Peru, to the city of Cusco, where

we have had some teams serve in the past. We are excited about team-

ing up with Living Missions Peru from July 14-22 to serve this won-

derful city. The estimated cost for this trip is $2,200 and requires a de-

posit of $250 to reserve a spot. Many opportunities for fundraising to help with the cost are

coming up. For more information, please contact Rev. Chris Pavlovsky or Pastor Chris Free-

man.

SPRING/SUMMER CONSIGNMENT SALE NEWS!

Our Heavenly Hand-Me Downs Spring/Summer Con-

signment Sale will be March 10-11. The two-day sale

features gently worn Spring/Summer clothing (Infants,

Kids, Juniors, Boys through size 20, and Maternity), cos-

tumes, books, toys, games, furniture, baby equipment

and more! The registration fee is $8 and sellers receive

70% of sale profits. Profits from the sale benefit Dallas First United Methodist Women's

Ministries. We are currently looking for new members to add to our team!! For more infor-

mation about selling or volunteering or go to www.heavenlyhandmedowns.org or contact

Lynn Cochran at 770-883-5548 or email at info@heavenlyhandmedowns.org.

SAVE THE DATE & BOOK YOUR SITE NOW FOR CHURCH CAMP OUT

The next Church Campout is coming up soon! This will be our 11th year for our bi-

annual church wide campout! The spring dates are set for May 19-21, 2017. We will

be going to McKinney Campground on Lake Allatoona again. Book your site in the vicinity of

our Common Area, Site #75 at the Recreation.gov website. More details will follow closer to

the campout... Including info about pre-ordering new church campout tee-shirts! Questions?

Please contact Louise and Patrick Keating at 404-660-4729, or Lisa and Jamie Wahle at 678-

910-6917. See you at the Campground!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Alan and Jeanne Shipp are

proud to announce the arrival

of a precious gift, grand-

son Adam Joseph Rhyne,

Jr., born to their daughter Kathryn and her hus-

band Joe. Adam was born on February 5.

WELCOME TO THE STAFF ROGER!

Roger Hardman, Custodian

We welcome Roger Hardman to the staff of Dallas First

UMC. Roger has taken the place of Dennis Howard who

retired in January. He will be cleaning the Family Life

Center and the Church building. Welcome Roger!!

WELCOME TO THE STAFF MELANIE

Melanie Wilkins, Custodian

We welcome Melanie Wilkins to the staff of Dallas First

UMC. Melanie has taken the place of Autumn Phillips.

She will be cleaning the 2nd floor of the Education Build-

ing and the Church Annex. We are blessed to have you

Melanie!

First United Methodist Church 141 E. Memorial Drive Dallas, GA 30132 dallasfirstumc.org

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Pastor’s Cell (770) 654-0125

Pastor’s Home (678) 540-6992

Associate Pastor’s Cell (678) 787-6344

CHURCH OFFICE INFORMATION

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Office Phone: (770) 445-2509

Fax (770) 443-0824

E-Mail: churchoffice@dfumc.comcastbiz.net

Website: www.dallasfirstumc.org

AUTO DEBIT

AVAILABLE FOR

YOUR TITHES &

OFFERINGS

Are you tired of writing out those

checks every month? Do you have to tie a ribbon

around your finger to remember to take your check to

Sunday service? For your convenience, we now offer

an automatic debit from your bank account for your

tithes and offerings. If you would like to sign up,

please contact Debaree at the church office at

churchoffice@dfumc.comcastbiz.net or 770-445-2509

or stop by the church office to obtain an authorization

form.

CHURCH NEWS

IN YOUR EMAIL!

If you don’t get the Weekly

Church News Email, call the

church office to add your name to our email

list. We send out an email every Tuesday and

Thursday to the members of the church with

our upcoming events for the week, the menu

for our WOW Dinner, any prayer requests,

Sunday’s volunteers, and much, much, more.

If a prayer request is urgent, it goes out to the

church immediately upon notification that

someone is in need prayer.

OUR STAFF:

Rev. Warren Huddleston Senior Pastor Rev. Chris Pavlovsky Associate Pastor Mr. Chris Freeman Youth Pastor Mrs. Debaree Pereira Administrative Assistant Ms. Ann Vaughn Office Assistant Mrs. Nancy Dow Treasurer Mrs. Kristie Keown CLC Director Ms. Beth Cochran Children’s Director Dr. Daniel Bakos Organist Mr. Jamie Brownlow Music Director Mr. Brandon Spencer-Wilhelm Contemporary Worship Leader Mr. Roger Hardman Custodian Ms. Melanie Wilkins Custodian Mr. Josh Pereira Web Master Ms. Marisa Fiori Child Care Coordinator