The VisitorThe VisitorThe Visitor First United Methodist Church

320 West Main, Magnolia, Arkansas 71753

www.magnoliafumc.org To invite all to know the love of God, to share grace, and to develop relationships

September 13, 2017 Sunday 8:30 a.m.—Chapel Worship

10:45 a.m.—Sanctuary Worship

Noon—Cable Channel 13

KVMA-AM 630

KVMA-FM 99.1

5:00 p.m.—Encounter in Chapel

Wednesday 7:00 PM—Broadcast of

previous Sunday’s 10:45

Service Cable Channel 13

How to Reach Us: Church Office Hours

Monday—Thursday 8:00–4:00

Friday 8:00–Noon

870-234-4530 Our Staff:

Pastor Pam Estes,

501-617-4887

pam.estes@arumc.org

Jeremy Carter, Children & Families;

Shelly Burgess, Interim, Children &

Families; Michelle Anderson, Youth

Director; Tracie Nipper,

Administrative Secretary; Amanda

Franks, Business Manager;

Dr. Kim Shirey, Director of Music;

Dr. David Crouse, Organist

Children’s Music: Melanie Allen,

Christa Marsh, Jennifer Bailey,

Tabitha Lewis, Anne Couch

J.D. Martin, Building Superintendent

Kenneth Manning, Custodian

Dana Phillips, Director of CDC

Barbara Lewis, Dir., The Caring Place

Stewpot: Valerie

Sanders, Libby and

George Gilbert

Nursery: Burlene

Easter and Kathy

Easter

FIRST UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 10:00 AM THE CARING PLACE 2:00—9:00 PHOTO DIRECTORY (AVERITT) 4:00 PM STEWPOT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 12:00—7:00 PHOTO DIRECTORY (AVERITT) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 10:00—5:00 PHOTO DIRECTORY (AVERITT) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 8:30 AM WORSHIP (CHAPEL) 9:30 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:45 AM WORSHIP (SANCTUARY) 4:00 PM NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE (CONFERENCE) 5:00 PM ENCOUNTER (CHAPEL) 6:00 PM YOUTH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 4:00 PM STEWPOT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 11:15 AM TEN COMMANDMENTS BIBLE

STUDY (WESLEY FOUNDATION) 4:00 PM STEWPOT 5:30 PM CUB SCOUTS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 10:00 AM TEN COMMANDMENTS BIBLE

STUDY (AVERITT)

NOON TEN COMMANDMENTS BIBLE STUDY (WESLEY FOUNDATION)

1:00 PM INTERCESSORY PRAYER (MARILYNN BLACKWOOD’S) 4:15 PM CHILDREN’S HANDBELLS 3RD-6TH GRADE 5:00 PM SNACK SUPPER (PEACE HALL) 5:30 PM CHILDREN 5:30 TEN COMMANDMENTS BIBLE

STUDY (AVERITT) 5:30 PM JR HIGH YOUTH 6:30 PM SR. HIGH YOUTH 6:30 PM JAM PRESCHOOL—2ND GRADE GATHERING ROOM IN THE TREEHOUSE 6:30 PM JOYFUL SINGERS—3RD-6TH

GRADE CHOIR ROOM 6:30 PM INTERCESSORY PRAYER

(CHAPEL) 6:30 PM ADULT HANDBELL REHEARSAL 7:15 PM CHANCEL CHOIR REHEARSAL

Non Profit

Organization

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PAID

Magnolia,

AR

Permit No. 84

Address Service Requested

First United Methodist Church

320 West Main

Magnolia, AR 71753

UNDIE SUNDAY Magnolia Junior Charity League is asking

for donations for the 5th annual Undie Sunday

event. Please place new socks, underwear, and

undershirts into the bin located outside the church

office. These items will be distributed in Colum-

bia County. Donations will be accepted until

September 24.

HUNGER

AWARENESS

MONTH

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR FIGHTING

HUNGER WITH THE STEWPOT

Purchase a Prevent Hunger t-shirt for $15

Contact Valerie Sanders at 904-3470

UMW is MISSING a black

apron with the cross and flame

logo. If you have it, please

return it to the church office.

Thank you.

Pastor Pam’s Ponderings. . . As we expected, we are being generous in

our giving to UMCOR for hurricane recovery efforts. Remember the most

effective way to give is through UMCOR for all natural disasters. We are

designating our quarter tube donations for flood buckets and health kits. You

can also bring items for those to Averitt Hall.

God provides us with such abundance, it is a joy to know that He can

expect us to share with others. Let us continue to consider how we can walk

the Way which God has laid out for us. How else can we intentionally show

our neighbors the mercy and grace of God? How else can we share the Good

News of the salvation life we enjoy in Jesus Christ.

Let us be faithful in all we do and say and are so that God may be

known by all His children!

Changes. Ah, yes. We resist change don’t we? The ecclesiastic

jokes run the gamut—How many United Methodists does it take to

change a light bulb? Change? What’s wrong with it!

Sometimes we don’t understand the reasons for changes. I

am committed to our congregation being fully informed especially

about change. So, we are now ready to implement fully our adopted

Safe Sanctuary policy. This policy which has been adopted for

several years by the Charge Conference is designed to protect all persons who

use our facility or participate in our programs. For example, the policy

requires that children, youth, and vulnerable adults be supervised (or taught)

by two adults. That means that on the bus or van, the driver has to have

another adult.

It also requires that our building be as secure as possible. One of the

steps we took last year locked all outside entrances during the week excepting

the courtyard and back parking lot entrances for weekday entry. It was a

change but we’ve adapted.

Now we take another safety step. We shall lock all inside doors. That

is, all rooms, including the sanctuary and chapel, shall be locked when not in

use. The intention of all this locking up is to keep people safe when we are in

the building. These locked doors do not restrict our use of the building. When

you need to use a room, one of the staff will give you the right key to unlock

the room you need.

We want to do all we can during the week to ensure the safety of our

Child Development Center children as they use Peace Hall. To do so, we

need to keep the kitchen locked during the day.

If you have any questions, please talk with me. There may be issues

we have overlooked; as they are brought to our attention, we shall address

them.

Shalom, Pastor Pam Estes

A Record of Our Faithfulness

Worship S.S.

September 3 121 48

September 10 165 73

Encounter 4

Having promised to be loyal to Jesus Christ through The United Methodist Church and to do all in our power to strengthen its ministries, we live out our promise by God’s grace together—participating faithfully in the ministries of

First United Methodist Church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness, making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!

Inviting all to know the love of God, share grace, develop relationships

Our Prayers of Intercession Our Witness

Our Presence

STEWPOT VOLUNTEERS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

Host/Hostess: Whitney Whitelaw

Servers: Larry Franks, Loretta

Wheeler, Ann Cabala, Stacy Parham,

Marley McKinney

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

Host/Hostess: Carolyn Greene

Servers: Robin White, Laura Neill, Beth Freudenburg

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Host: Mary Helen Martin

Servers: Joyce Crane, Judy Munn, Fannie King

Our Weekly Service in Worship

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

Acolyte: Landry Carter and

David Burgess

Ushers: Isaiah Williams and

Tanner Nielsen

Reader: Caitlyn McCormack

ALTAR GUILD—Sanctuary

Tracie Nipper (9/11-9/17)

Karen Epperson (9/18-9/24)

ALTAR GUILD—Chapel

Whitney Whitelaw & Linda Wood

Our Prayers of Praise

We ask for God’s help for —

To participate in our prayer ministry, please contact

Tracie at the office. She’ll add you to the email

network or the phone notification list.

Please continue to be in prayer for victims affected by

Hurricane Irma.

We praise God for…

*the power of prayer—Prayer

tent set up in Peace Hall open

Sunday 8-noon; 4:30-6

Monday through Thursday 8

am until closing.

Friday 8-Noon

*Great trip to Little Rock Zoo

and Heifer International. Twenty-two children and six

adults attended. Check out pictures on Facebook.

Our Service

Our Gifts

A Record of Our Faithfulness

Offerings

September 3 $18,881.00

September 10 $ 6,346.00

PRAISE GOD FOR

BIRTHDAYS

SEPTEMBER Children’s Activities

Can you recite the Ten Commandants? Our Sunday

school children are learning the Ten Commandants.

Preschool through 2nd grade are learning how God

loves us and gives us rules to follow and live by.

Grades 3-5 are having fun while studying one com-

mandment a week. In November they will receive

completion certificates in front of the whole church!

Do you know the Lord’s Prayer? On Wednesday’s we

are learning The Lord’s Prayer together. In their own

special class Preschool through 2nd grade are having

fun while learning respect. They are learning respect

for God, God’s House, Missionaries, my Neighbor,

God’s Word, God’s Day, God’s Preachers. Grades 3-

6th are learning how to pray. We are exploring many

different ways to pray. Meanwhile we are learning the

books of the Bible and how to use our Bibles. It is a

fun time to be part of our Wednesday children’s study!

Teachers and Volunteers are always needed. It is such

a blessing to serve God!

9/2 Bailey McCook 9/14 Ryland Ochs

9/2 Kim Shirey 9/14 Grant Shirey

9/3 Cyndi Cole 9/15 Bonnie Flurry

9/3 Richard Scott 9/15 Paul McDonald

9/5 Hadrian Robichaux 9/16 Bryce Bailey

9/8 Matthew Cole 9/18 Terry Cook

9/8 Warner Peterson 9/20 Marc Fallin

9/8 Laura Shirey 9/25 Robert Burns

9/9 Linda King 9/26 Riley Lewis

9/10 Peyton Carter 9/26 Jeanie White

9/11 Sheri Bell 9/27 Charlie Cross

9/11 Kathleen Dingman 9/27 Denelle Metcalf

9/11 Parker Ribble 9/27 Jessie Wrenn

9/12 Brad Boreing 9/28 Joe Kaar

9/12 Linley Crisp 9/29 Julia Nipper

9/13 Jackson Boyd 9/29 Megan Shirey

9/13 Gary Sharp 9/30 Landyn Dees

9/14 Virginia Miller 9/30 Betty Russell

9/30 Elizabeth Tye

"Raise Our Ebenezer!"

Celebrating 200 Years of Methodism in Arkansas

October 14, 2017

Join the Arkansas Conference Commission on Archives and History and the Historic Washington State Park as they mark the 200th anniversary of the raising of the first Methodist church building in Arkansas, “Henry’s Chapel” near Hope, Arkansas. The day’s activities include a worship celebration and communion led by Bishop Gary Mueller, tours of the Washington UMC, Historic Washington State Park, the museum and carriage rides. A free hamburger lunch will be provided at the WPA Gymnasium across the street from the church. Visitors are invited to dress in character; walking shoes are rec-ommended. Guests are encouraged to arrive in Washington by 10 a.m. to ride a bus to the worship site. Buses will leave from the WPA Gymnasium, 124 Hwy.195 So., Washing-ton, AR 71862.

Email washingtonmethodistchurch@gmail.com or call 870-703-8256 for event information.

WESLEY FALL EVENTS

Late Night Dinner: Once a month, we gather late at night

(9pm) on a Monday night for a late night dinner. Traditionally,

late night dinner is breakfast for dinner. We welcome you to

sponsor this event by dropping off breakfast supplies for us to

cook, already made casseroles, or other breakfast items at the

Wesley. If you’d like to make a monetary donation, we estimate

the cost of breakfast night to be $75. Dates for late night din-

ner are September 25, October 30, and December 4.

Taco Tuesdays: Once a month, we will host “Wanna TACO

‘bout Jesus?” We will meet 6:30-8pm and will enjoy a Taco-

inspired meal while having round table discussions about Jesus.

Each month will feature a different set of questions. If you

would like to donate a dish or help sponsor this event, we esti-

mate the total cost to be approx. $75 for each Taco Tuesday.

Dates are September 19, October 17, and November 14.

Ozark Mission Project: Each year, Ozark Mission Project hosts

a college week in January before the Spring semester kicks off.

The cost for students is approximately $250 for the trip. If you

would like to sponsor a student (or two), please mark your check

OMP sponsor in the memo line.

If you would like to support the Wesley in any way, please contact Rev. Corey Read at 501-580-0706 or

director@sauwesley.com. To make monetary donations, please send checks to: SAU Wesley Foundation, 100 E.

University MSC 9290, Magnolia, AR 71753.