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Farmville District United Methodist Church Newsletter
NEW CLERGY APPOINTMENT ON PG 1—WELCOME REV. JEFFRY
YOO-HESS
BOB’S NOTE TO US ON PG 2
PG 2 CONGRATULATES LAY SERVANTS WHO COMPLETED
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
SEE HOW FARMVILLE DISTRICT IS DOING WITH IMAGINE NO
MALARIA—LOOK AT NEW FUNDRAISING IDEAS ON PG 3
CHECK OFFICE REMINDERS ON PG 4
AUDITS
PARSONAGE REVIEWS
PASTOR EVALUATIONS
NEW INFO ON APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS ON PG 4
OLDER ADULTS, CHECK PG 5—DON’T MISS IT!
PG 5 GIVES YOU A REMEDY FOR ALL THOSE PENNIES.
FINAL DETAILS FOR WESLEY FESTIVAL IN MAY ON PG 5.
UMW NEWS ON PG 6—MARK YOUR CALENDARS
MOMS & DAUGHTERS—GET YOUR HATS READY—SEE PG 6 FOR
MORE INFO
PG 6 OUTLINES CHANGES COMING FOR THIS NEWSLETTER—
PLEASE READ
SAY “THANK YOU” TO OUR DISTRICT TELLERS FOR ANNUAL
CONFERENCE ON PG 6
FARMVILLE DISTRICT ANNUAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES
NAMED ON PG 6
ANNUAL CONFERENCE NEWS ON PG 7
ORIENTATION
CANS 4 CONFERENCE
KIT INFO
CONFERENCE OFFERING
FARMVILLE DISTRICT CALENDAR ON PG 8
On behalf of Bishop Cho and the Cabinet, I would like to
announce the appointment of Jeffry Yoo-Hess to the Cumberland Charge as a part-
time local pastor effective February 15, 2015. Please
keep Jeffry, Seung Hae Yoo-Hess and the Cumberland Charge in your prayers in this
time of transition.
"So," the
Bishop
added,
"you might be asking,
'What do lemons and
mosquitoes have in
common?' Well, squashing
them saves lives! Help us
sip our way to saving lives
on April 25!" See more on
pg 3.
Farmville District United Methodist Church Newsletter
Sisters & Brothers,
Lent is a season in which we prepare for Easter and reflect on Jesus and his journey to the cross. In Matthew 3 & 4 there were two important events in Jesus’ life: his baptism and wilderness experience. By his baptism, Jesus was identified as fully divine. When he came out of the water “the heavens opened” symbolizing that he had direct access to God. Following his baptism Jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness, symbolizing his fully human. Jesus went into the wilderness with heart and mind as one. He not only had head knowledge but also a heart relationship. He went to the wilderness to prepare for the task of suffering and dying for us. Before he breathed his last breath, “at that moment the curtain of
the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom,” symbolizing how we have direct access to God.
Today as the church is faced with divisions; it is time for us to enter the wilderness with heart and mind as one. When I remove my agenda and replace it with God’s agenda, God can
perform great wonders and miracles.
Come with me on this Lent journey of reflecting on what God can do…, and experience
resurrection!
Blessings, Bob
BOB’S
ITINERARY
February, 2015
2 Worship Services at Farmville UMC
1 Worship Service at Antioch-Lunenburg Chg
1 Preached at Kingswood-Lakeland Chg
6 Church meetings
3 District meetings
2 Conference meetings
2 Funerals
1 Cabinet meeting (4 days)
Miles traveled - 1,933.2
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Sacred Journey: Shaped by the Spirit
The Five-Day Academy for Spiritual Formation
October 4-9, 2015 at Roslyn Retreat Center, Richmond, VA. For more information visit http:// academy.upperroom.org
Questions—contact Cathy Bowen, [email protected] 703-281-5506.
UPPER ROOM MINISTRIES - A ministry of GBOD.
Congratulations
to the following persons who
completed their
Certification at this year’s
Lay Servant Academy.*
Carol Kline, David Hall, Sandra Malone, Steven
Knotts, Pat Harding, James Pohlman, Pamela
Hamilton, Roger Pendergrass, Glenn Barbour, Carol
Sanger, Roslyn Greig, Karen King, Bill Tanner,
Michael Harris and last, but not lease, Parker
“Hoop” Hooper.
A good, solid group who take the role of Lay Servant seriously. We thank them for their time, effort and expense in accomplishing their goal. *This list was sent to me from David Bailey, Director of the Lay Servant Academy, Please let me know of corrections. Thanks and Blessings, Mr. B†, [email protected], Lay Servant Ministries Luke 22:27—Jesus said, "I am among you as one who serves." I can do no less. R C Benninghove, CLS
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Imagine No Malaria - AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2015 THE PEOPLE OF THE FARMVILLE DISTRICT
HAVE CONTRIBUTED $16,906.70 AND SAVED 1691 LIVES!
This is 41% (rounded) of our goal of every church contributing $10 per 2013 year-end
average worship attendance. That amounts to $41,560 and will save 4,156 lives.
Every church is asked to do their part to help with this life saving program.
Contributions to "Imagine No Malaria" should be sent to the Virginia Conference Treasurer's office,
P.O. Box 5605, Glen Allen, VA 23058. Make check payable to "Virginia Conference."
For a church credit - please designate "INM, Advance Special #6450," on your check or at the bottom of your apportionment statement. Be sure to indicate the church GCFA number on the check. If you have
questions, contact Maria Maxwell at [email protected] or (804) 521-1160.
(NOTE: We have recently been made aware of a few UMW units that have made contributions that are
not showing here. We are thankful for their giving and we are working to get them included in this list.)
Contributions -
Received End of February Antioch (Lunenburg) 1,996.00
Bethany (Brunswick) 375.01
Brodnax 185.00
Crenshaw 3,357.50
Clover 125.00
Ephesus 420.00
Glenwood 250.00
Jamieson 144.00
Kenbridge 1,123.89
Keysville 200.00
Lebanon 200.00
Memorial 465.00
Mt. Cana 450.00
Mt. Carmel 477.00
Olive Branch (Halifax) 180.00
Olive Branch (Brunswick) 685.00
Phenix 320.00
Rock 115.00
Rocky Mount 40.00
St. John's 290.00
Sardis 310.00
South Hill 20.00
Trinity (Amelia) 60.00
Thomas Chapel 400.00
Williams 479.30
Circle 5 Charge Conf 331.00
FDPA 500.00
Cedar Grove UMW 200.00
Harmony UMW 500.00
Cabinet Spouses 50.00
Other Contributions 2,658.00
Total Contributions 16,906.70
41%
"World Malaria Day—
Saturday, April 25," Bishop Cho said. "This day is used to bring awareness about the preventable and treatable disease of malaria around the world. The Virginia Conference is excited to announce our plans for the
day. We would like all of our churches across the state to participate by hosting lemonade stands in our communities. We want to connect our neighbors with our churches and help save the lives of thousands in Africa suffering from malaria. I imagine more than a thousand lemonade stands all over the conference." Visit www.vaumc.org website and click on “Imagine No Malaria” for ideas on how to make a stand and much more.
OTHER FUNDRAISING IDEAS: Mother’s Day is coming up—ask members of your congregation to donate $10 or more in honor or memory of their mothers. How about a donation for that birthday person who has everything. Make them feel special-send them a card and tell them you have donated to “Imagine No Malaria” on their behalf and they have saved several lives! Honor them with a party and have guests bring donations in their honor.
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2014 Audits are now due. These forms can be found by
going to www.umcfarmville.org, Resources, Forms.
The Fund Balance Report (Audit) has been updated in 2015. Please use this new form. The previous year’s audit is now
due into the District Office by February 1, each year. As always, if there are any concerns that our office needs to be
made aware of please call us at 434-392-4687 or email us at [email protected] or [email protected] to
notify us so that we might be of help.
Parsonage Review and Parsonage Inventory
reports are required to be submitted to the District Office every year. These forms require the signature of
the Chairperson for the Trustees and the PPR Committee along with the pastor stating that they have all reviewed the
parsonage. We like for the Parsonage Review and Parsonage Inventory reports to be completed as soon as possible in the new year. You can find these forms by going to
www.umcfarmville.org, Resources, Forms. If there
is to be a move we share the review and inventory forms
with the incoming pastor. They are important and need to
be accurate.
2015 Annual Clergy Evaluation forms are due in the
District Office no later than June 1. They have been
emailed to all pastors and mailed to the S/PPR Committee Chairperson. They can also be found at
www.umcfarmville.org, Resources, Forms.
Remember that it is always important to place the name
of the church and the charge along with the date, including
the year, on all forms returned to the District Office.
The Farmville District Steward’s will meet on Monday,
June 28, at 4PM at the Keysville UMC.
The District Finance Committee will meet at the
District Office on Monday, May 18 at 6:30PM.
DISTRICT OFFICE APPOINTMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT DAY
It was announced during the Bishop’s and Cabinet’s Hour that the cabinet is becoming more
transparent in making projection announcements this year. If
there is to be a move this year; there will be three
announcement days:
On Sunday, March 22, the
pastoral projection will be announced in local churches where projections have been
made. On Monday, March 23, these projections will be on
the conference web site.
On Sunday, April 26, the
pastoral projection will be announced in local churches
where projections have been made. On Monday, April 27, these projections will be on
the conference web site.
On Sunday, May 24, the pastoral projection will be announced in local churches
where projections have been made. On Monday, May 25,
these projections will be on
the conference web site.
You will be able to see these projections at www.vaumc.org/
Offices & Staff/Bishop/
Appointment Projections as of …
Announced and conference web projections are not fixed by Bishop Cho until the closing of
the 2015 Annual Conference.
MOVING DAY -July 1, 2015 is the date that has been set for those that will be transitioning
to and from appointments.
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WESLEY FOUNDATION’S FUNDRAISER—“MILES OF PENNIES” This is a reminder about the Wesley Foundation’s Campus Ministry fundraiser “Miles of Pennies.” The money raised through this fundraiser will help pay for the various mission projects for the Wesley participants from Longwood University and Hampden Sydney College. Mission trips are a powerful part of our campus ministry programs, not to mention the life changing results they have on the participants. We ask that your church consider filling containers with pennies and other spare change. Simply place the container in an area that is used often in your church and mark it “Pennies for Wesley Missions”. There is no set deadline for this fundraiser, but we ask that you periodically contribute what your church has raised so we may apply it to the expenses of our mission trips. Did you know a mile of pennies will total $844.80? You can bring your change to us to count or you can have them counted and mail the check to The Wesley Foundation, 204 High St., Farmville, VA 23901. Please let us know what church has made the contribution.
APRIL 25—GIVE ME THAT
OLDE TIME RELIGION— The Virginia
Conference
Older Adult
Council and
the Senior
Adult Council
of Shady
Grove UMC,
Mechanicsville,
are hosting "Give Me That Olde
Time Religion" revival worship
service 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Saturday April 25, in the sanctuary
of Shady Grove UMC,
Mechanicsville. The service will
include singing old hymns, praying,
and preaching by the dynamic Rev.
Dr. Clarence Brown Jr., senior
pastor of Annandale UMC.
Registration covers the cost of the
box lunch and beverage and is
limited to the first 250 people to
send their $12 per person. If
paying by check, send check and
registration to Cindy Payne Ingroff,
Administrative Assistant, Virginia
Conference United Methodist
Church, P. O. Box 5606, Glen Allen,
VA 23058 no later than April 16
deadline.
REORGANIZATION OF
FARMVILLE DISTRICT CONNECTIONAL CIRCLES
The nine connectional circles in the Farmville District are being
reorganized into thirteen to allow a closer relationship
between the churches in the larger circles. The main focus of the circles will be:
1: Training: PPR, Finance, Trustees, Leadership
Development/Church Council. 2: Programming 3: Charge Conferences
In Sub-Saharan
Africa, malaria continues to kill
one person every 60 seconds!
But there is hope... Imagine No Malaria is
an anti-malaria campaign run by The United Methodist Church, and is part of a global partnership to beat malaria once and for all.
The Wesley Festival will be a high-profile gala benefit
concert at Washington D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, aiding Imagine No Malaria, on May 23, 2015 – Memorial Day Weekend. Methodist choirs from
across the United States are being invited to Washington to join the festival chorus.
Join fellow brothers and sisters from around the country to participate in this faith-enriching celebration, while also
supporting the great cause of Imagine No Malaria. Take part in all of the festivities and events, even if you are not
traveling to perform in the choir. Ask about our standard non-performance travel options and join our Wesley Festival in Washington DC! Interested in leading your own travel
group? Contact Faith Journeys at (877) 732-4845 x 105 or
email us at [email protected] to learn more.
We invite you to visit our website at
www.wesleyfestival.org for more information.
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You are cordially invited to a
Mother-Daughter Tea
Saturday, April 18, 2015 11:30am to 2:30pm Wesley Foundation, 204 High St, Farmville
Dress Attire: Wear your Sunday Best! Sponsored by Farmville District Youth.
Admission $20 (includes party of 2) Please add $5.00 for each additional person.
PRIZES FOR THE BEST HAT! Please contact Kyla Marie at 347-394-8311 or you
may go to our district website WWW.Farmville
DCYM.org click on activities and make a reservation
there or you can email me at
Farmville [email protected].
Last day to reserve a space is April 11th
FARMVILLE DISTRICT
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN Greetings to you!
Our next District United Methodist Women’s event is
the District Mission Study which will take place at
Payne Memorial United Methodist Church in
Cumberland on April 11. Our study is entitled “How
is it With Your Soul?” Our leader will be Darlene
Runaldue who is from Manassas, Virginia. She has
taught several classes at Mission Encounter through
the years. The time for our study is 10 a. m.-12
noon. Following the study, the UMW at Payne
Memorial will serve us lunch. Please plan to attend
this spiritual growth study. I was fortunate to have
Darlene as my teacher at Mission Encounter 2014.
She is an excellent teacher. Please send the
numbers who are attending to Elaine Chipley by April
1. Her email is [email protected]. Her
telephone number is 1-252-537-5112.
Another event planned for spiritual growth is Mission
Encounter 2015. This year there will be only one
session beginning on Friday, July 24th and ending on
Sunday, July 26th. The year’s studies will be
1. Created for Happiness: Understanding your Life in
God,
2. The Church and People with Disabilities,
3. Life and Faith in Latin America.
If you attend, I know you will receive new ideas to
strengthen your spiritual life as well as gaining
information about Latin America. This event is not
just for United Methodist Women. It is for anyone
interested in the mission of the church – men,
women, and youth.
United Methodist Women please let me know if I can
assist you as you strive to fulfill our purpose. Please
read the Spring Linkette, our District UMW
newsletter, for more information.
Betsy Hanmer, President
Farmville District United Methodist Women
IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY
RECEIVING THE
FARMVILLE DISTRICT
NEWSLETTER, YOU NEED
TO READ THIS…
Our plans are to start a different Newsletter format. An e-letter will be sent more often (approximately every two weeks) to our newsletter email list. This will take the place of the regular newsletter. We hope that this will have more up to date information on district and conference events.
We do not plan to MAIL this e-letter. If you receive the newsletter now by mail you will want to share your email address with us or send us an email address of a friend or family member that will receive this information. Otherwise, we ask that you contact your pastor to see if someone in the church will copy for you or share with you the information. We are still working out the details of this program. Please watch for your first e-letter coming to your in-box soon.
To send articles for the e-letter please continue to send your edited articles to Sue Mayo at [email protected] and copy them to [email protected]. We will need notices at least three weeks prior to an event. The more time allowed to list an event, the better it is for us all.
ELECTED DISTRICT ANNUAL CONFERENCE MEMBERS:
Ruby Lee Anderson, Dennis Carney, Robert Carpenter,
Betsey Davis, George Davis, Patty Huffman, Betsy
Hanmer, Sam Hite, Gary Lied, Betty Morris, Johnnie
Morris, CarroLyn Nehme, Jeff Postans, Martha Reed,
Susan Rigg, Carol Sanger, Kyla Silver, Joan Tipton,
Allison Vaughan, Susie Wolf, Ollie Wright.
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DISTRICT TELLERS SERVING IN 2015 Rev. June Carpenter, Rev. Kent Wise, Rev. Russell
Cheatham, Rev. Seung Hae Yoo-Hess,
Susie Wolf, Rosa Thomas, Jeff Postans and Gary Lied.
Each district is asked to have four clergy and four laity tellers.
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2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OFFERING
Bishop Young Jin Cho announced that the 2015 Annual Conference offering goal will be $150,000 and again focus on both international and Virginia-based mission needs. This offering will support Cambodia Methodist Mission, Ebola victims, and poor children in Virginia. ** $50.000 will provide continued support of our partnership with the Methodist Mission in Cambodia as they continue to purchase property for new churches and expand their fast growing mission.
** $50,000 is for United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Global Health ministries to aid the Ebola-ravaged countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia. Both of these countries have trained and equipped Health Boards in their United Methodist conferences that are working to meet priorities and needs of communities recovering from the Ebola outbreak as well as a holistic approach to health that empowers people to take charge of their own lives and develop positive health-seeking behavior in their communities.
** $50,000 to support Virginia mission projects working with the poor in the Danville and Eastern Shore Districts. Both of these districts are working in ministry in areas of Virginia that are well below the national and state poverty levels. Of particular concern and emphasis are children living in poverty.
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Yes, Virginia United Methodists
"CAN" make a difference! Bring or send at least 4 cans of food with your church's Pastor and Lay Member to Roanoke in June 2015, including:
(1) meat/fish; (2) fruit/veggies;
(3) soup/stew; (4) pop-top (any contents)
ALL gifts benefit the local ministries' services to those in need in the Roanoke Conference Center area. And YES, 4 boxes or even 400 cans will help! Our 2015 Annual Conference Goal is 10,000 pounds of canned and dry /staple foods. Bring your gifts to the 24' U-Haul truck parked near the Kits Collection trucks - not inside the Conference center! (And yes, there will be plenty of opportunities to serve in the Collection Point!) Pastors, please see that you or the responsible person maintains the elected officers in EVC our on-line reporting system, especially your S/PPRC Chairperson, S/PPRC committee members and your Annual Conference Member Information. Make sure that current addresses and most often used phone numbers (we prefer cell numbers) are listed. The Conference office and the District Office will pull this information at the time of a mailing, including mailings for all Annual Conference members. ONLY DISTRICT ANNUAL CONFERENCE MEMBERS WILL NOTIFY PHYLLIS OF A CHANGE. CHARGE MEMBERS NEED TO BE UPDATED BY THE PASTOR OR CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR IN EVC, ASAP.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE ORIENTATION Monday, June 1, 7PM, Keysville UMC Every Annual Conference member and pastor should attend this meeting. Information will be shared that will be of help to you. The package with your Book of Reports, name badge and registration card will be mailed in May. If you have not received them by the date of the meeting, please contact Phyllis at the D. O., [email protected] or 434-392-4687.
KITS FOR UMCOR TO BE
COLLECTED AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Various types of Relief Supply Kits will
be collected at the 2015 Virginia Annual
Conference session. Kit collection is
being conducted to replenish the United
Methodist Committee on Relief
(UMCOR) supply. Local churches are
encouraged to collect items for any of the
most requested UMCOR kits —
Bedding, Birthing, Cleaning, Health,
Layette, School and Sewing Kits — and
bring them to Annual Conference. For kit
instructions, go to the Farmville District
website: umcfarmville.org and look for
the link on the right side-bar for relief
supplies. DO NOT BRING MONEY
TO THE DROP OFF POINT—ANY
DONATIONS FOR SHIPPING OR
KITS SHOULD BE SENT
DIRECTLY TO THE CONFERENCE
TREASURER EARMARKED
“KITS”. Kits should be taken to the
two tractor-trailers at the far end of the
Roanoke Civic Center Parking lot A,
near the intersection of Williamson Road
and Orange Ave. (across from the Sheetz
Gas Station). Kits will be received
THUR., June 18, 12noon-2:00p.m.
FRI., June 19, 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m.; and
SAT, June 20, 8:00a.m.-12noon.
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NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
PERMIT #89
FARMVILLE, VA 23901
DISTRICT OPPORTUNITIES 2015 APRIL March 29-April 4 Holy Week 3 Good Friday 3 Office Closed 5 Easter Day 7 Dist. Ordained Ministry Crenshaw UMC
11 UMW Mission Study, Payne Memorial
12 DCYM Wesley Foundation 2:30 PM 18 Mother/Daughter Tea, DCYM 19 Native American Ministries Sunday 19 Festival of God’s Creation 25 World Malaria Day-Lemonade
Stands 25 Older Adult Revival Worship – Mechanicsville 26 Youth Ministry, Ward’s Chapel MAY Christian Home Month Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Older Adult Recognition (any day in May) 1 May Friendship Day 2-3 UMW Spiritual Life Retreat, VUMAC 4-10 Christian Family Week 7 National Day of Prayer 10 Festival of the Christian Home 10 Mother’s Day 10 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE
MAY—CONT’D) 14 Ascension of the Lord 15-17 UMW Charter for Racial Justice, VUMAC 16 Change the World Week-end 18 District Finance Committee Meeting 6:30 PM 21-24 Wesley Festival—Wash DC 24 Day of Pentecost 25 Memorial Day 31 Peace with Justice Sunday JUNE 1 S/PPRC—Pastor Evaluations Due 1 Annual Conference Orientation- Keysville - 7PM 21 Father’s Day 19-21 Annual Conference, Roanoke 28 District Steward’s –Keysville, 4PM JULY 1 Moving Day 4 Independence Day 24 –26 Mission Encounter
From “Staying In
Touch "Editor…..
Our schedule for
submissions
to the 2015 newsletter:
May 10-June-July 2015
July 10—Aug-Sep 2015
All articles need to be
submitted as you wish
them to appear. They
may be edited for length
and correctness. Send
articles to Sue Mayo,
editor,
by email:
mail: 521 Walnut Hill
Rd, Crewe, VA 23930
or telephone
434-292-5486.
STAYING IN TOUCH Farmville District
Virginia Conference The United Methodist Church
204 High St., Farmville, Virginia 23901 Phone 434-392-4687 FAX 1-877-233-6168
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: umcfarmville.org
Young Jin Cho Area Bishop
Robert J. Parks, Jr. District Superintendent
Phyllis Goin Administrative Assistant
District Leadership:
Johnnie Morris Lay Leader
Betsy Hanmer President, UMW
Kyla Silver Youth Coordinator
Ruth Horn Children’s Coordinator
Richard Benninghove Lay Servant Coordinator
Sue Mayo Newsletter Editor
The mission of the Virginia Conference is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world by equipping
its local churches for ministry and by providing a connection for ministry beyond the local church; all to the glory of God.
