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Holy Week Schedule

Palm Sunday, March 29

8:30 am Worship Service (Sanctuary)

9:30 am Worship Service (BCLC)*


Monday, March 30

8:15 am Morning Devotion (Chapel)

Tuesday, March 31


Wednesday, April 1


9:00 am - 9:00 pm Labyrinth (BCLC)

Maundy Thursday, April 2

8:15 am Morning Devotion

(Joseph’s Outreach Ministry 7th Ave)

9:00 am—5:00 pm Labyrinth (BCLC)

12:00 pm Worship Service (Sanctuary)

7:00 pm Worship Service (Sanctuary)

Good Friday, April 3


9:00 am—3:00 pm Labyrinth (BCLC)

10:00 am Crosswalk,

with Hot Cross Buns

12:00 pm Worship Service (BCLC)

7:00 pm Worship Service (BCLC)

Easter Sunday, April 5

7:00 am Sunrise Service

(Memorial Garden)


9:30 am Worship Service (BCLC)

10:55 am Worship Service (Sanctuary) *Barber Christian Life Center

Childcare offered

What’s Inside 2 Worship Music/Congregational Care

3 Congregational Care/Children’s Ministry

4 Youth/Spiritual Formation

5 New Members

7 Missions

9 Administrative/Financial

the Word A publication of First United Methodist Church of Hendersonville, Inc.

204 Sixth Avenue West, Hendersonville, 28739 828.693.4275 fumchvlnc.org March, 2015

That All May Know Christ, Grow in Faith and Serve Others

Youth - Glow In the Dark

Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday, March 29, 6-8pm On Sunday, March 29 during Sunday

Night Youth (6-8pm) we will be hosting

our second annual Glow in the Dark

Egg Hunt. This is a unique, one-of-a-

kind event that our students really en-

joy. In addition to finding eggs in the

dark, our students will go home with

TONS of candy! Students: please invite

your FRIENDS and sign up by

Wednesday, March 25!

Church members!

We’d love your CANDY

donations! We would appreciate

bags of candy ( peanut free) to

make this event possible!

Palm Sunday Parade

March 29, 2015 10:55 am Worship Service All children and their families too,

are invited to be a part of our Palm

Sunday Parade! Please join the

celebration as we wave palm

branches together, remembering

and praising Jesus on this very

special Sunday! Along with the

wonderful joy of having our children

and their families, we would also

welcome any youth and adults (all

ages) who would like to join in this

parade. How happy and delightful it

would be for different generations to

come together for this parade – just

like it was on the day Jesus rode into

Jerusalem many years ago.

Important Note:

Please gather in the

Roy Johnson room by

10:45 am to line up for the

parade. Palm branches will

be given out at this time.

After the parade, any

children whose family is

not with them, may be

picked up in the hallway

behind the pulpit area where the

cross wall is located.

We will line up for Children’s

Celebration (ages 3 – Kindergarten)

at this time as well.

Caregiver Support Group

March 17, 3:30-5pm Join us for discussions on topics relat-

ed to Dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease.

We’ll focus on caregiver questions

and concerns as well as special guests

to discuss various issues that face

caregivers caring for their loved ones.

A care-receiver program is provided at

the same time for loved ones in the

Royal Allen room. For more information,

call Lisa Kauffman, 696-9799.

UMW Meetings Executive Officers

1st Sunday - Monthly

9:30 AM Library

Esther- 3rd Tuesday (Sept-May)

10 AM Room 117 (Gettman)

Contact: Dottie Franz 696.9015

Grace- 3rd Wednesday (Aug-June)

7 PM Homes of Members

Contact: Anne McClintic 775.1241

[email protected]

Lydia- 2nd Monday (Aug-June)

6::30 PM Room 117 (Gettman)

Contact:

Betty Kay Brookshire 674.3415

Leone Alexander 697.1732

[email protected]

Miriam- 3rd Wednesday (Aug-June)

7 PM Room 113 (Library)

Contact: Lucy Cumston 674.1563

Kim Jordon 329.9501

[email protected]

Ruth- 3rd Monday (Aug-June)

10 AM Room 117 (Gettman)

Contact: Gloria Paul 693.3371

Family Life

Wonderful Wednesday

Program Calendar March 4 ~ Tom Fisch

March 11 ~ Blissing Trio

March 18 ~ Carolina Quartet

March 25 ~ Lenten Message

Singles Social Join us on Friday March 13 at

6:30pm at an area restaurant for

food and fellowship. Contact Steve

Webb, 697-9548 or Sue Nations,

698-0068 for more information or to

be added to our email list. New folks

are always welcome.

EASTER FLOWERS The congregation is being given the

opportunity to contribute to the pur-

chase of our special Easter flower

display. On that Sunday the

sanctuary will be adorned with a

variety of spring blooming flowers to

create a beautiful worship atmos-

phere. If you wish to contribute,

please complete forms available in

the pew pads and Narthex. Attach a

check for $10 per form payable to

FUMC with "Easter Flowers" noted on

the memo line. You may place this

in the offering plate or mail to the

church, attn: Finance Office, no later

than Sunday, April 6, for inclusion in

the bulletin insert.

Worship & Music/Congregational Care

Sunday Worship Schedule

7:00 a.m. Chapel open for prayer

8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship

(Sanctuary)

9:30 a.m. SONday Praise! Worship

(BCLC)


(Sanctuary)

9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages

9:00-10:45 a.m. Hospitality Coffee


Children’s Celebration Worship Communion Sunday:

Children exit the sanctuary at the end

of the last verse of the first hymn

All Other Sundays: Children exit the

sanctuary during the passing of the

peace

Chil♪ren’s Choir Wednesday, Room 209, 5-5:30pm

Four year olds - First Grade

(Must turn 4 on or before August 31)

Contact Kelli Mullinix for more

information 233.1951 or

[email protected]

Save the Date!

2015 Women's Retreat!

Lake Junaluska

September 25-27 Please mark on your calendars for

another wonderful weekend retreat

at Lake Junaluska. We will have

more information coming very soon!

Children’s Ministry News

Christian Growth

Vacation Bible School 2015

Monday, June 22 – Thursday, June 25 This summer, we will be “on the move” with G-Force,

God’s Love in Action! Children visiting the G-Force Adventure

Park will discover ways they can experience and live out God’s

love in their lives!

Joyfully Introducing to You … the 2015 Vacation Bible School Design Team We are very grateful and truly blessed to have Beth Edwards, Kristi Goodrum and Amie Shillinglaw back again this year as

our VBS Design Team for G-Force ~ God’s Love in Action! We are so thankful for their devoted leadership and faithfulness

to sharing God’s amazing love with children and everyone involved in this wonderful opportunity. As a Design Team, we

welcome and look forward to Vacation Bible School being a church wide ministry involving children, youth assistants and

adults of many ages!

Wonderful Wednesday Childcare We are happy to provide Childcare for the Wonderful Wednesday Night Programs. Childcare is provided, upon request. There

must be at least two children registered for care to be made available. Registration is required and must be received by noon

on the Monday before Wonderful Wednesday.

Two ways to register:

1. Requests may be made by signing the Blue Notebook on the side table by the Welcome Desk.

2. Calling the Welcome Desk by noon on Monday.

If you have any questions please contact Tammy Heatherly 828.693.6774 or [email protected].

Children’s Sunday School Dismissal It is important to remember that Sunday School ends at 10:45 am. All children need to be picked-up by an adult in their

Sunday School classroom. In courtesy to our Sunday School teachers, please be prompt in picking up your children.

How very grateful we are, to have these wonderful teachers loving, caring for and nurturing the children and their faith!

God wants us to move!

God wants us to act!

God wants us to care!

God wants us to follow!

God wants us to share!

Let’s go!

FUMC is recommitting itself to being healthier disciples for Christ. As a church we offer a number of physical fitness opportunities and support programs for prevention

and awareness and pastoral support about diseases and health conditions. This year the Congregation-

al Ministry Team will be aligning our programs into a more cohesive whole and offer new opportunities

to members to be healthier disciples.

We have been chosen to become a pilot program for Community Health Ministry through Pardee

Hospital Foundation. The Community Health Ministry will provide us with many services and benefits,

including:

* The integration of faith and health into a holistic healing process.

* Help in bringing attention to members' health concerns and encouragement to seek medical attention

for symptoms we might otherwise ignore.

* Acting as a liaison between members and appropriate community agencies and services.

* Recruiting volunteers and training them to support the overall goals of the health ministry.

* Coordinating support groups to meet specific needs of our faith community.

* Assisting members with access to the healthcare system, and ensuring we receive the services we

need.

As people of faith, we acknowledge that our body is the temple of God and that we are wonderfully

made to live an abundant life of health and wholeness (I Corinthians 6:19, Psalm 139:14, John

10:10). In order to live out the example of Jesus Christ - someone who dedicated his life to healing the

sick, guiding the lost, comforting the downcast, and even raising the dead - a church initiative in well-

ness and prevention seeks to provide people of faith with the tools necessary to lead healthier, more

fulfilling lives.

If YOU want to be a part of this new ministry, please contact Pastor Annie at [email protected] by

March 20th. We will host a Wonderful Wednesday presentation on April 8th to educate the church about

some options we can undertake as a church to become healthier disciples for Christ.

mailto:[email protected]

Christian Growth

Recently a couple of us on the Spiritual Formation team were discussing our bottom line… If our team task is to bring a

variety of opportunities for spiritual formation to the congregation, how do we collectively define “spiritual formation” in our

vision? Our team leader, Rev. Alex Knight shared that he always goes back to scripture, specifically 2 Corinthians 2:16-18. So

this month, let us all contemplate the meaning of spiritual formation in our own hearts. Let us also ask what practices and

disciplines we each can make in this endeavor. May we suggest starting with these verses and read them through the lenses

of various translations and interpretations.

They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. When God is personally

present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We’re free of it! All of us! Nothing between us

and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. So we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives

gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him. The Message

When one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is

freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed

into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

New Revised Standard Version

Whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is freedom. We all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-

increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. New International Version

How might you define “spiritual formation”? How might you write these verses in your words? How might you be transformed

in God’s glory?

Big Thank you!!

We have exceeded our goal in raising money for Stop Hunger Now! We brought in $3,770 and will

now be able to pack 13,000 meals (rather than 10,000) at .29 per meal on

Sunday, March 1. We also brought in $1,710.88 and 360 pounds of canned food for our local IAM.

That brings the total to $5,480.88 for the hungry. God is so good! Thank you all so much for your

Serve Sunday: STOP HUNGER NOW Sunday, March 1 from 4-6:30pm: Students will be

bagging 13,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now and we

will end with a pizza supper. Please mark this date

on your calendar!! You will need to sign up

by February 25 to participate.

Middle School Youth Conference: Our middle school students will be going to Charlotte, NC from March 13-14th for a youth confer-

ence, filled with great speakers, worship and dramas! The theme this year is “Stand Out.” Students

will leave the conference with a clear understanding that culture doesn’t have to sweep them away.

Like Daniel, they can be firm and stand out. Romans 12:2: “Do not be conformed to the pattern of

this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...”

Note from Spiritual Formation

Our New Members

Lowell and Linda Cooper 133 Towne Place Drive

Hendersonville, NC 28792 828.595.2532

[email protected] [email protected]

Anderson and Brittany Ellis 831 Hillcrest Street

Hendersonville, NC 28739 615.788.4452 615.788.2004


Norman and Mary Hatch 4008 Laurel Park Hwy.



Don and Shirley Jones 241 Shipman Pkwy

Flat Rock, NC 28731 828.577.8454 828.577.8474


Ken and Joyce Hudgins-Joyce

81 Tall Poplar Summit Hendersonville, NC 28739

419.439.0630 419.783.7412


Gregory Joyce On active duty in Iraq (Army)

81 Tall Poplar Summit Hendersonville, NC 28739

New Members











Barbara Moerk PO Box 216

Flat Rock, NC 28731 828.595.9173

[email protected]

Archie Ray 25 Blue Rock Road


[email protected]

Jim, Mary, & Aileena Rush 976 Crescent Street Saluda, NC 28773

704.365.4282 [email protected]

[email protected]

Paul and Lynn Soltesz 1492 Orleans Avenue


[email protected]

Sue Trollinger 909 Fourth Avenue West


[email protected]

Wayne and Elaine Wood 465 W. Sunshine Lane



Conrad and Kathy Wrobel 69 Old Pasture Way



New Members

New Membership

If you are interested in

exploring membership at

First United Methodist Church,

contact Reverend Christy

Sharp at 828-674-0721

or [email protected]











Missions

Agape Feeding Program at Cherry Street Please give prayerful consideration to joining this outreach ministry which has been in progress for the past year.

On the 3rd Sunday of each month, from 3:30-5:30, volunteers from FUMC Partner with Providence Baptist Church to feed the

undernourished and hungry at a small church on Cherry Street.

There is a need for substitute/rotating workers. Our scheduling will provide opportunities six weeks in advance and avoids

last minute calls.

Once Joseph Outreach Ministry doors are opened, this feeding will relocate to the site on Seventh Avenue. At time we will

expand our volunteer list once again for the serving. For further information, please contact Mary Reeves, [email protected] or

call 828.749.9809.

Military Ministry Moments (“Boots On the Ground” Military Ministry Team (MMT) at First United Methodist Church)

Our Congregational Care Team and the Dietary Team, under the leadership of Bev Fredericks, has a wonderful history in

hosting the Honor Banquet for our 148 Veterans. Care-Boxes have been mailed to many active military personnel linked with

our congregation. We continue to distribute requested items Charles George Veterans Hospital in Asheville.

Colleen Schnitzer, Director of Youth Ministry asked the youth to make Valentines to deliver in February. Gently used books

and large bars of soap are on the request list. This list is posted in the Military Big Box located in the hall closet near the Re-

ception Desk. This year our MMT plan expanding to partner in support for active military personnel in harm’s way. Additional

focus is on the children and spouse. You will be seeing more of this acronym, NCARNG that is N.C. Caring “Guarding Families

on the Homefront. This is encompassing all branched of the military, active and veterans. As we meet with church, civic

groups and the Family Assistance Specialist, I will send more details, and of course, more request! For instance, the North

Carolina MVP (for all branches of the Military) will be naming a day in April as Military Child Day and in May for Military

Spouses’ Day.

These numbers show Who, Why and Where support is needed:

North Carolina has the third highest active duty military personnel.

N.C. is home to nearly 135,000 active-duty military members, reservists and National Guard personnel. We have 775,000

veterans living in North Carolina. Since December 2014, our state has deployed 1000 service personnel overseas.

Oh, my! Is Amy (or Amos) dying?" This is the initial reaction many people have when they see a new prayer quilt hanging in the hallway

outside the Royal-Allen Room.

That's really the wrong question. Prayer quilts are placed there for the members of our church -- and

others -- to say a prayer and tie a prayer knot for someone who is associated with First UMC and

who has had a life-altering event or illness. All you need to know is that someone in our church family

needs your prayers for healing, comfort, and care. Mary Ann Gooch received the very first Prayer

Quilt in May 2003 after a tragic accident that changed her life. She is still alive and active in our

church. Did you know that 75% of the 238 quilt recipients are survivors?

The next time you see a quilt hanging there, ask yourself if God hears the prayers of His saints,

instead of asking, "What's wrong with So-and-So?" Send the recipient of the quilt your message of

love and concern by tying a knot and praying for healing and comfort.

The names given come from our ministerial staff. They are consulted before a name is applied to the quilt and it is placed in

the hallway. These are usually members of FUMC or are in some way closely affiliated with the church. If you feel your life has

been totally derailed by an accident or illness, please contact Dan, Annie, or Christy at the church.

This is a ministry of blessing to those who labor lovingly every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 9 am to 11:30 am in the Roy

Johnson room. If you'd like to participate in this ministry of creativity and sharing, to bring blessing and comfort to those in our

church family who are facing a life-altering event, please join us. Contact Leone Alexander at [email protected] or

828-697-1732.

Relay for Life ~ Circles of Hope, Love and Remembrance We all know that Cancer doesn’t discriminate individuals by age and as a result we are asking every member of our church

family to be a part of a planned activity. We (The Relay for Life Team) are asking each person, no matter how young or how

advanced in age you might be, to take just a few moments to write the name(s) of someone you know, on a strip of paper that

will be supplied, of a person who has had or currently has Cancer. We will construct an “old time” paper chain of all of the

names beginning Sunday, March 1st, and will continue through Wednesday, March 25th, and display it the night of our kick off

BBQ dinner on Monday, April 20, 2015, 5:30 in the Barber Christian Life Center. What a wonderful way to honor the lives of

those who have lost the battle and those who are still fighting. We are thanking you in advance for your support with this

project.



Missions What is Hendersonville First UMC doing about cancer? A “Relay for Life” team has been formed at our church and is working to support our friends and

families who are dealing with cancer. Our goal is to raise awareness, through research, of the

causes, prevention, and cures for cancer.

This year, we are trying a new approach by having teams. Our team facilitator is Judy Nutwell.

These are the teams this year:

Circle of Support: Team leader TBA

Communication/Education: Leone Alexander and Ken Perkins, team leaders

BBQ dinner at FUMC: Carolyn Walberg, team leader

Fundraising: June Raube, team leader

Participation in the Relay for Life at Jackson Park, May 15, 2015: Steve Babcock, team leader

You can be in on the support by joining our team and becoming active in one of these teams, making the job so much easier

for our team. For more information, call Judy Nutwell at 828-388-1096. Remember: cancer touches everyone’s life in some

way! Research is VERY important. For more information, go to http://www.cancer.org/research/acsresearchupdates/index

Research updates from the American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is the largest non-governmental source of funds for cancer research in the U.S. It gets results

by investing in various research efforts to help us understand cancer’s causes, determine how best to prevent it, and discover

new ways to cure it. Funding groundbreaking cancer research has put us at the forefront of the scientific battle against this

disease.

Joseph’s Center Update Work on the Joseph’s Center is moving with a steady pace as electricians, plumbers, and carpenters complete their work for

bringing the building up to code. While they finish up the things which must meet code for an occupancy permit, many church

and community volunteers are installing cabinets, carpet, painting walls and scrubbing floors. With donations of paint,

bathroom and kitchen fixtures, stoves, refrigerators, washers and driers, office and kitchen supplies, tables and chairs,

Joseph’s Center is moving closer to opening every day. Transforming a space which had been empty for two years and once

the home of plumbing supplies into a holy space for enhancing the spiritual, physical, and economic needs of persons has not

been an easy task. But with the support of many from FUMC and the community we have moved closer to opening.

Donations to Joseph’s Center can be made directly to Joseph’s Outreach Ministries at PO Box 2844 Hendersonville, NC

28793 or through FUMC. If you would like to volunteer at the Center, call or email Dee West: [email protected]

402.490.7012. If you would like to know more about Joseph’s Center you can contact Anita Oldham at [email protected]

910.515.3244 or Austin Watson [email protected] 803.463.5143.

ZOE ~ EXCITING NEWS! With your donations, FUMC has paid off our three year commitment to the three ZOE groups we partnered with in 2013

(Umugisha in Rwanda) and 2014 (Ikezere in Rwanda and Amani Athi in Kenya). Additionally, we have raised enough money to

partner with an additional group in Rwanda, giving us a total of three working groups there, and to join with another church in

our conference to partner with a working group in Chennai, India, the newest outreach for ZOE. This means that we are the

proud parents of nearly 500 orphaned children across the world!

Your amazing commitment to the empowerment of children who have lived with hunger, abuse and exploitation is a power-

ful example of Christ’s love for God’s creation. You are instruments of redemption to children who have known little of God’s

love previously.

Our two new groups are just now forming. They will pick their group’s name, elect officers, and choose an adult mentor from

their community. Then a series of training events will be held to teach them to grow crops, take care of their health through

good hygiene practices and nutritional cooking, and prepare them to start small businesses to sustain their families. Younger

children will be reintegrated into school. In a couple of months we will receive the name of our groups along with the mem-

bers’ names and pictures which will be printed in The WORD and available on our website.

The ZOE team is: Anna Hicks, Phoebe Timberlake, Christy Sharp and Carol Watson. For more information, contact one of

them or visit zoehelps.org. Carol Watson is leading a mission team to Kenya July 1-10. If you are interested in joining the

team to visit our group in Kenya, contact her at 685-1089. To donate to our new groups, write a check to FUMC and put ZOE

on the memo line.

Cuba Mission Trip On Monday March 9th at 5:30 Mark Siler will speak to all who are interested in going to Cuba this Spring to create a new

FUMC congregation to Cuban congregation relationship, and to research how we might send mission teams to Cuba in the

future. Please attend and bring your passport; we will need your commitment by March 11th in order to get Visas.

Contact Pastor Annie at [email protected].

http://www.cancer.org/research/acsresearchupdates/index





Administrative & Financial

In Honor of Dr. Pete Richards

Sarah E. Bell

For the Memorial Fund

In Memory of Edna Lutz

Turner and Deborah Rouse

For the Brenda Briggs

Scholarship Fund

In Memory of Sandra Hill

Charles and Shirley Byrd

For the Roy Johnson

Scholarship Fund

In Memory of Ted Miller

Charles and Shirley Byrd

For the Roy Johnson

Scholarship Fund

In Memory of Ann Spengler

Tim and Pamela Mullinax

Mrs. Isabella D. LaTourette

Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Potter

Ann B. Ross

Guy and Jan Armstrong

Scott and Tresa Childs


In Memory of George Davies

Donald McAllister

Carlisle and Louetta Barr


In Memory of John Williams

Carlisle and Louetta Barr


In Memory of Al Lowery

Alma Lee Cheves Class


In Memory of Ruth Anne Veazey

Dan and Nancy Barber

For the ZOE Fund

John and Evelyn Davis

For the Weekday School Fund

Anne Beam

For the Shepherd’s Fund

Steve and Jean Greene


Debbie and Turner Rouse

For the Solace Fund

A big THANK YOU to Bob and Jane Barker for designing our new parking map for the church. This will

be helpful for visitors and members alike.

Dear Friends,

My sister Cathy Sigmon and I, along with Steve and Lee, send our heartfelt thanks to all you

amazing folks who lovingly rallied around us last month upon the death of our 98-year-old

father. Our entire family was deeply touched by all the love and kindness you showered on us!

Your hearty hugs, your comforting calls, your prayers of support, your thoughtful cards, and your absolutely outstanding

culinary offerings all sustained us so lovingly through those first difficult days. (Beth E – If you hear rumors that I HID your

delicious “blondies” from the rest of the family and ate them all myself for breakfast … five days in a row … I’ll have to plead

“no contest.”) Our hearts overflow with gratitude that God has so richly blessed us with such special friends as you!

Bless you all. Linda Harney

Fourth Quarter Financial Update As we begin 2015, please allow us to thank you again for your continued faithfulness in giving and your support for our

church. Summarized below is an up-date of the church financial results for the year ending December 31, 2014

INCOME $ 1,609,350

EXPENSES $ 1,579,133

NET INCOME $ 30,217

As you can see, income exceeded expense by over $30,000 during 2014. We did underrun our revenue projections this

past year with unpledged income running well below expectations. However, expenses were lower than anticipated which

allowed us to run an operational surplus.

As we start 2015, our largest budget issues will be our income projections and the continued costs to maintain the church

facility. In the income areas we will be closely monitoring our unpledged giving. Maintenance and personnel costs continue to

be the two major expense areas to track.

Thank you again for your giving and support of the church. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Jim Simpson, Chair, Finance Committee

A NEW PICTORIAL DIRECTORY! Our church will be working toward a new pictorial directory beginning in March. Sign-ups for photo sittings will begin on

Sunday, March 22, with pictures beginning the end of April. Every individual/family who has their photo taken will receive a free

copy of the new directory. This is a great tool for our church, so plan to participate. For more information about the new church

directory OR to volunteer with this effort, please contact Evie Reynolds, 828.698.0505 or [email protected].


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WORD First United Methodist Church

Hendersonville

204 Sixth Avenue West

Hendersonville, NC 28739

(828)693-4275

www.fumchvlnc.org

Church Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday 8:30-5pm

Friday 8:30-1:30pm

Sunday Worship Schedule:

7:00 a.m. Chapel open for prayer


(Sanctuary)

9:30 a.m. SONday Praise! Worship

(BCLC)


(Sanctuary)


9:00-10:45 a.m. Hospitality Coffee


CHURCH STAFF

MINISTRY STAFF

Dan Martin, Senior Minister, 828.674.5938

Christy Sharp, Associate Pastor, x103

Annie Fritschner, Minister of Visitation, Ext. 106

Colleen Schnitzer, Director of Youth Ministries, x109

Leslie Merrill, Dir. of Christian Education

& Children’s Ministries, x105

Tammy Heatherly, Childcare Coordinator

Michael Brannon, Director of Music, x112

Julie Hora Williams, Director of Jubilee Handbells

Kelli Mullinix, Director of Praise Worship, X136

Deborah H. Kirkman, Dir. Of Weekday School x110

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Rick Stewart, Church Administrator, x131

Caroline Easley, Financial Officer, x130

Gloria Summey, Office Administrator, x100

Deb Harris, Outreach Coordinator, x101

Lou Reeves, Food Service Director, x114

Lee Harney, Senior Sexton, x108

Sherry Lindsey, Denny McWilliams, Richard Brown ,

Sexton Assistants, x108

Wayne Monroe, Security, x135

Care Line - 828.702.1454

April Word Article Submission Deadline:

10:00 a.m.

Tuesday, March 10

Memorials and Gifts of Honor Become a 2016 General & Jurisdictional Conference

Delegate of the United Methodist Church. Any lay member of the United Methodist Church may be elected to fill one of 10

lay delegates to the 2016 General Conference and one of 20 lay delegates to the

2016 Jurisdictional Conference. General Conference is concerned with the United

Methodist Discipline and the organization of the general church and the Jurisdic-

tional Conference is primarily concerned with the issues of the Southeastern Juris-

diction and the election of Bishops.

At our Annual Conference, June 17-21, 2015, our lay delegates will be elect-

ed. To be publicly considered as a lay delegate you have until March 1, 2015 to

submit your nomination and pertinent information to be published in a Lay Dele-

gate Nominee Booklet.

The General Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon from May 10-20, 2016

and the Jurisdictional Conference will be held at Lake Junaluska from July 12-16,

2016. Accommodations and travel are supplied by the church and all delegates

should plan to commit to these blocks of time.

All delegates should anticipate large amounts of time during 2015 and 2016 in

study of petitions, mandatory attendance to delegate preparatory events, and a

spiritual sense of calling to this most important mission of the church. For more

information or questions contact Dan.

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