THE HERALD

October 9, 2019 Volume 51, Number 40

MISSIONMISSIONMISSIONMISSION

To Make Disciples of

Jesus Christ

VISIONVISIONVISIONVISION

We are seeking to reach

beyond ourselves by

Inviting others to a Life

in Jesus,

Growing as Disciples, and

Caring for People.

MINISTRY TEAM

Every Member

Minister

Dr. Steven A. Screws

Pastor

Dr. Les Hutson

Music

Dr. Amy Holder

Children

Dr. Hardin Coleman

Youth

Jane Doss

Pianist

Dr. Les Hutson

Interim Organist

Hunter Holderfield

Praise & Worship Leader

Andrew Skelton

Church Administrator

Amy Holder

Nursery

Yvonne Marchik

Children’s Place Director

Joy Overby

Church Secretary

WHY I LOVE MY CHURCH

It is the shrine of my faith at whose altar I offer sacrifices to God.

It is the sanctuary of my worship in whose holy place I seek the presence of

God.

It is a retreat amid the cares of the world where I renew my strength at the

fountain of life.

It is a refuge amid the tempta(ons of life where I li) up my eyes to the hills

whence cometh my help.

It is Bethel amid the fears of life where I catch a vision of the open heavens and

the ministering hosts.

It is the birthplace of faith and hope and love and the cradle of peace and good

will and brotherhood.

It is in the church that I find Christ, hear His word, read and learn the way of life

more perfectly.

It is in the body of the church that I feel the fellowship of a more blessed life,

and find the pure friendships that spring from its faith.

It is the church that calls me to be/er living, and shows me the way of service

through its unselfish ministries.

“Christ loved the church and gave himself for it,” and surely it is worthy of my

best love and loyalty.

--Adiel J. Moncrief

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICES

8:45 and 11:00 A.M.

Why is the BIBLE our Authority?

Music: Hunter Holderfield 8:45 and Wesley Hardman 11:00

Sunday Evening

Youth—Box City at the Fairgrounds

Leadership Team 5:30 P.M. in the Pastor’s Study

ATTENTION HILLTOPPERS AND ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAG ALONG

Join us for a day road trip to the Holocaust Memorial in Whitwell, Tennessee,

on October 14, 2019.

We will meet at the church at 8:30 a.m., travel to Whitwell, tour the Memorial,

then eat lunch at Cracker Barrel before returning to Sco/sboro by 3:00 p.m.

Please call Karen Screws at 256-390-8132 if you would like to go or if you can

drive the bus.

THOSE

SERVING Financial

October

8:45: Joe Barnes

11:00: Mike Simmons/Bonnie

Weeks

Altar Guild

October

Mary K Carlton

Richi Reynolds

Children’s Church

October 13

Darlene Gu/ridge/Jodie Jacobs

October 20

Colby Bradford/Sara Anderton

Acolytes & Crucifer

October 13

Thomas Stewart

Luke Anderton

Evan Hammond

October 20

Ella White

Grace White

Parker Bell

Snack Supper

October 13

No Evening Ac(vi(es

October 20

Youth Only-Carrie Walden

Sound System/Audio Visual

Byron Burton

Von & Michael Marchik

Leisha Holland

Worship Attendance Week ended

October 6, 2019 414

1st Kids Fall Fes>val and Trunk or Treat

October 27th

5:30-7

Children’s Sabbath

October 27th

Our children will be leading both services.

It will be a special day you won’t want to miss!!

Neighbors without an Address... In our many travels as a Youth Mission Team

we have dedicated our primary focus on service and

evangelism with the homeless. WAIT! Many of our

partner ministries across the country dissuade the

use of the word “homeless”. There is a s(gma

associated with the word and an immediate mental

image conjured that is dirty, addicted, unstable, and

unapprecia(ve of any help. WRONG! We have found our Neighbors without

Addresses or Friends Searching for a Home to be some of the most humble, grateful, and

faith-filled children of God ever encountered. We don’t need to travel the country to find

these neighbors when they are right in front of us. The average Alabamian is 1 & 1/2

paychecks away from homeless! We are abundantly blessed...let us share God’s boun(ful

love, encouragement, and resources with those struggling to find a place to call home.

This Sunday evening, the Youth will take place in our annual Box City Event. This is

to raise awareness that the struggle to find a home is real and very relevant right here in

Jackson County. This year we are teaming with Jackson County Life Resource Services and

their Sleepout for Homelessness Experience. The Event will be at the Jackson County

Veteran’s Fairgrounds beginning at 3pm un(l 8pm on Oct 13th. The programming will be

indoors and all are welcome to enjoy the games, free food, music (including our CR band,

the Mercy Project), tes(monies, and special speakers. The Youth will then have a (me of

sharing a)er the 8pm closing along with some group fun ac(vi(es. We will be sleeping

under boxes, tents, or the stars just like our neighbors without addresses do on a regular

basis.

Come out and support our Youth and the LRC! Dona(ons all go to our local

homeless ministries. The Youth will be panhandling and welcome “drive by” dona>ons

outside the fairgrounds gates between 7 - 8pm. Thank you for your prayers and support

and Parents please get those registra(ons

in for your students to a/end.

Blessings, Hardin

UMW Annual Mee(ng has

been moved to Oct. 26th.

Please contact Mary Layton or

Ruth McCauley if you would

like to a/end.

Pictured above: Kelli Bergman, member of

Sco�sboro Women's League delivers dona�on

of apples to Nourish One Child .

Pictured above: Martha, Arlene, and

Susan deliver flower arrangements to

Southern Estates for all 16 residents

from alter flowers given by JoAnn

Stewart’s family .

Welcome new members:

Skip Rogers, John Holliman,

and Brooks and Paula Wilburn!

SOUTHERN ESTATES

Jo Smith

Charlene Larson

Dean Woodall

Joyce Kennamer

REHAB SELECT

Juanita Lee

HIGHLANDS

Bryan Woodall

Fran Steelman

Francis Chapman

CLOVERDALE

Fannie Pearl Eidson

ROSEWOOD

Hazel Butler

MARYVILLE, TN

Dorothy Hopps

HOME

Elisabeth Collins

Faye Berry

BeGy Burton

BeGye McGahey

Edith Hambrick

Revia Melton

PRAYER LIST Our Church Family

Barbara Akin

Molly Bailey

Bailey Family

Ben Beasley

Dru BeaLe

Hoppy Bishop

Be/y Burton

Amy Cameron

Frances Chapman

Johnnie Coleman

June Corren

Brandy Crosslin

Bill Green

Edith Hambrick

David Hopps

Sco/ Huffstetler

Harold Jensen

Jim Johns

Joyce Lankford

Bill Layton

Juanita Lee

Vonda Proctor’s Family

Dana Raispis

Marilyn Reed

Barbara Rogers

Jon Rogers

Kay Rogers

Rick Sanders

JoAnn Sims

Jo Smith

Fran Steelman

Chris(ne Sumner

Courtney Thomas

Irene Turner

Virginia Wallingsford

Keith Webb

Lyne/e Webb

Cody Weimer

Our Church Friends

Joe Abercrombie

Karen Adams

Shelia Ar/

Ken Bonner

Mary E. Brown

Kip Cameron

Becky Joyner Carr

JC Collins

Patricia Combs

Maria Cooper

Judy Durham

Ann Du/on

Heather Foote

Carolyn Frakes

Megan Freeman

John Frey

Jody Gamble

John Gentle

Amber Gilbert

Rita Williams Glasz

Brooke Gogan

Waylon Gorham

Joey Grahm

Dee Harrington

Gladys Helms

Teri Hess

Dorothy Holcomb

Randall Holder

Wendy Hubbert

Aiden Hughes

Deborah Hutchins

Addison James

And the James

Family

Bill Johnson

Elaine Johnson

Lois Johnson

Bill Karrh

Ina King

George Lee

Abby Lusk

Patricia Chandler Lusk

Maria Mae

Kindal Mason

James (Bear) McGregor

Emily McNew

Reuben Miller

Charles Murphy

Myers Family

Pat Nolan

Jeremiah and Amy

McCamy

Pa/erson

Chris(ne Perkins

Jena Pi/ Family

Hamp Price

Feri Raiis

Steve Richards

Doris Rousseau

Bonnie Rowe

Susan Ruprecht

Tracy Scoggins

Zeb Scheurman

Travis Shelton

Brenda Talley

Tanya Talley

Denise Weeks Thomas

Our Troops

Tony Welks

Michele Cleveland

Wells

Dennis Williamson

Ashley Wilson

Heather Basile Winfrey

A Mercy Minute

We all have God given gi)s and talents with

some realized early and some slow to be revealed. Our

speaker this week is Terita St. Julian, an accomplished

Chris(an Author and Speaker. Terita began reading at

age 1 and publishing wri(ngs at age 6. Through her

own experiences and ups with downs as a mother, God

helped her write a book on paren(ng en(tled,

“Teaching Your Children to Remain in the Vine.” She

has found that the more she and her husband say yes

to God...the closer her children draw to Jesus also. We

all have a perfect Father - trust God and entrust your

children to HIM.

Blessings, Hardin

All of our members who are homebound, at assisted living facili>es, and nursing homes.

We con(nue

to collect

crayons for

Children’s

Hospital. The

collec(on tub

is in the

stairwell near

the

office.

Pictured leH:

Nancy Hodges,

Mary K Carlton and

Carol Reimer

sample some of the

Taco Soup, Pimento

Cheese sandwich

and dessert which

will be served at the

UMW Fall Fes>val

on October 24th.

A silent auc(on, bake sale and community vendors will add

to the fes(vi(es. All money raised will be used for

missions in Jackson County.

Thank You

Church!

Thank you for

your con(nued support of the United Methodist Men’s Sunday Lunch.

On September 29, $637.77 was raised. All of it was donated to

Nourish One Child.

THE HERALD First United Methodist Church

1105 South Broad Street

Sco/sboro, Alabama 35768

Phone: 256-574-2545

Fax: 256-259-5715

www.fumcsco/sboro.org

E-MAIL: church@fumcsco/sboro.org

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

THE HERALD, published weekly,

except two weeks vaca(on and

Christmas week, by the First United

Methodist Church, 1105 South Broad

Street, Sco/sboro, Alabama 35768.

Periodical postage i s paid at

Sco/sboro, Alabama 35768.

USPS 554-720.

Sunday, October 13 8:45a.m. Contemporary Worship 9:45a.m. Sunday School 10:00a.m. Sunday School at Fellowship 11:00a.m. Traditional Worship 2:00p.m. Scouts at Fellowship 3:00p.m. Box City/LRC Sleepout 5:00p.m. Read THE BOOK Bible Study 5:30p.m. Lay Leadership Monday, October 14 8:00a.m. Box City/LRC Sleepout ends 8:30a.m. Hilltoppers to Whitwell 6:00p.m. MVP at Fellowship 6:30p.m. Book Group Tuesday, October 15 5:30p.m. Finance 6:00p.m. MVP at Fellowship 6:00p.m. Praise Band Practice 7:00p.m. Mercy Place Band Practice

Wednesday, October 16 6:30a.m. Men’s Bible Study 4:00p.m. Nourish One Child Bagging 5:30p.m. Youth 6:00p.m. Chancel Choir 6:00p.m. ‘Voices of the Heart’ Book Study Thursday, October 17 9:30a.m. Ladies Prayer Group 10:00a.m. Ladies Bible Study 5:30p.m. Celebrate Recovery Meal 6:15p.m. Mercy Place Service 7:15p.m. CR Small groups Friday, October 18 Saturday, October 19 7:00-10:00a.m. Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast 3:00-5:00p.m. Private Birthday Party At Fellowship

Job Opening FUMC is seeking candidates for Administra>ve Assistant/Communica>ons Coordinator. Du(es include: Gree(ng members and visitors; answering the telephone; preparing the church newsle/er and

bulle(n each week; maintaining membership records; and a variety of other du(es as needed.

Contact the church office for a more complete job descrip(on.

To apply, please email a resume to joy@fumcsco/sboro.org or church@fumcsco/sboro.org or fax to 256-259-5715.

Resumes will be accepted through end of business day on October 11.

The congrega(on of First United Methodist

Church extends Chris(an Love and Sympathy

to the family of Kenneth Bradford, Michael

Bradford’s Father.

The congrega(on of First United Methodist

Church extends very belated Chris(an Love

and Sympathy to the family of Vernie Pearson,

Donna Cleveland’s grandmother. Ms. Pearson

passed away in late July.