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March 13, 2019
A Bi-Monthly Publication
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Covington, TN
Pastoral Staff Rev. Dan Camp Senior Pastor
Care Staff Dr. Faye Beckett
Congregational Care [email protected]
Kendy Erwin
Hospitality Care [email protected]
Outreach Staff Liz Newman
Director of Outreach [email protected]
Program Staff Andrew Davis
Youth Ministries [email protected]
Carole Mathis
Associate Pastor [email protected]
Sarah Smith
Children’s Ministry [email protected]
Dr. Bonnie Wright Director of Music
Office Support Staff Sandy Burgess Office Manager
Musician Justin Hanson, Organist
Facilities
Rebecca Paris Custodian
Kenny Summers
Maintenance
“Leading Others to
Christ, Learning to Be
Disciples, Loving
through Service.”
F U MC O f f i c e Hou r s: 9 : 00 a. m. - 5 :00 p. m.
M ond a y - Fri da y
Lenten Devotional
From a Compilation of Daily Family
Lenten Devotionals by First United Meth-
odist Church members under the leader-
ship of Rev. Frank H. Bulle in 1978.
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” - Psalm 23:1
Immediately after World War II the Allied armies gathered up
many hungry, homeless children and placed them in large camps.
There the children were abundantly fed and cared for. However, at
night they did not sleep well. They seemed restless and afraid.
Finally, a psychologist hit on a solution. After the children were put
to bed, they each received a slice of bread to hold. If they wanted
more to eat, more was provided, but this particular slice was not to
be eaten—it was just to hold.
The slice of bread produced marvelous results. The child would go
to sleep, subconsciously feeling it would have something to eat
tomorrow. That assurance gave the child a calm and peaceful rest.
In the Twenty-third Psalm, David points out something of the same
feeling when he says, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
Instinctively the sheep knows the shepherd has made plans for its
grazing tomorrow.
Or as the little girl recited, “The Lord is my shepherd, and that’s all I
want.”
-Mrs. R.A. Karney
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Senior Adults on the Move!
Ark Encounter—Williamstown, KY—Mon., April 22nd –Wed., April 24th
Mark your calendars and make your plans!
We will plan on departing from the church parking lot via church bus at approximately 8:30
AM on Monday, April 22nd. Williamstown, KY and the “Ark Encounter” is an approximately
7 hour trip from Covington. Enroute, we’ll have a nice lunch, plan on visiting the Swopes An-
tique Car Museum in Elizabethtown, KY and dinner before checking into our hotel for the
evening.
Tuesday will be a day spent touring the Ark and the attached museum. This huge replica of
the Ark is not without controversy. If interested, please read this article from the New York
Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/us/noahs-ark-creationism-ken-ham.html
Notwithstanding some of the criticism, the Ark replica is literally almost in our “back yard”
and well, we’re always up for a springtime trip—right? Tuesday evening we will dine in Wil-
liamstown and get a good night’s rest before starting the return journey.
If all goes according to plan, we should arrive in the church parking lot around 4 PM Wednes-
day afternoon.
Cost of the trip is $325
and includes all meals,
gratuities and lodging
(based on double occupan-
cy). For questions or to
sign up, please contact
Pastor Dan via cellphone
(731) 501-6254 or by e-mail: [email protected]
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We are asking for donations of candy for our upcoming Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 14th at noon!
Candy collection boxes will be setup in the handicap entrance to the Sanctuary and in the lobby of the CLC.
Mother’s Day Luncheon Honoring Cancer Survivors May 11, 2019 at 11 a.m. Garland United Methodist Church 1613 Garland Drive Covington, TN Sponsored by Garland United Methodist Women $7.00 per person (includes lunch and entertainment provided by Rachel Harrell and Reagan Ramsey) All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society
ARISE2Read is a proven reading program focusing on 2nd grade reading
literacy. Currently mentors are actively coaching students at both Covington
Integrated Arts Academy and Crestview Elementary School.
The majority of ARISE2Read students will exit the second grade prepared
for the third. To guard against losing any acquired reading skills over the
summer months, we wish to provide each of the 65 Tipton County
ARISE2Read students with a Summer reading backpack. Each
backpack will contain a bookmark, pencils, crayons, stickers, six books of varying titles and reading
levels, and an Activity packet. Each packet will include Scholastic 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade, an activity book, word searches, Fry Sight Word list, Parents Guide to Summer Reading, a
“Helping with Homework” sheet, and many other fun items. The cost of each filled backpack
will be approximately $16.00. Your gifts will help make this a reality.
Arise2Read operates solely on free will giving; gifts should be sent to First United Methodist Church
by April 15, 2019 and earmarked for Arise2Read. The church address is 145 W. Church Ave.,
Covington, TN, 38019.
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And roll they did!! First United Methodists’ 2nd Annual Shrove Tuesday Celebration was an evening filled with good food, lively music, and wholesome Christian fellowship.
“A New Orleans Evening”, as we have dubbed this event, was attended by approximately 200 individuals from our church and community. Members of Community Fellow-ship Worship Center joined in the evenings festivities, pos-ing for pictures in the photo booth, marching in the New Orleans style parade, and even pitching in with clean up. We were blessed meeting new friends and followers of Christ.
Jhonnaya Wilcox, Boys and Girls Club of the Hatchie River Regions’ Youth of the Year, was in attendance along with her mother, Sialene Wilcox, and Chief Executive Officer James Moore. Jhonnaya eloquently spoke about her chal-lenging early childhood experiences and the positive influ-ence the Boys and Girls Club has had on her young life. Pro-ceeds collected in and above the cost of the meal were desig-nated to the Boys and Girls Club.
Entertainment for the evening was provided by the musical talents of Billy Adams, on drums, Tommy Cheairs, Chris Croteau on sax, and Mario Hayslett on the keyboard, with a grand finale which included our very own, Dustin Phelps, Keith Phelps, and Carole Mathis, the trombone trio!
The evening would not have been possible without the cooking talents of so very many within our congregation! The legion of chefs were led by none other than Reverend Dan Camp, with a menu that included, gumbo, shrimp and grits, fried okra, jambalaya, salad, chicken tenders, and of course, a crawfish boil. To top off the meal deserts of pecan pie and king cake were readily available.
It was a fantastic evening, if you missed it you may want to go ahead and mark your calendars for next year!
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Youth Updates!
Unplugged was a multi-church weekend event where we encouraged students to take a break and
"unplug" from their regular lives to plug into God, their youth group, and our community. Students
worshiped, ate together, played games, participated in service projects, and stayed over night at the
church!
One of our service projects at Unplugged was making care packages with thank you notes for the fire department, police department, para-medics, and tipton county sheriff’s depart-ment. In this picture, we delivered the packages to the fire department and they were overjoyed to receive them.
This past week Pastor Dan taught the Confirmation Class about the worship service and all the different parts of the sanctuary, and vestments used in worship.
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KIDS FIRST Updates!
In Sunday School we learned the story of the Lost Lamb and Lost Coin. We made our own lambs for snack and wandered our way through an obstacle course in our hallways.
The children learned a great story of kindness and loyalty. We had a visit from Naomi and learned her and Ruth’s story. The kids made kindness bags to give out to special friends.
KIDS FIRST wants everyone to know they are Welcome here! We made welcome mosaics to hang in our hallways and entrances.
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United Methodist Women gathered for their monthly meeting Monday, March 11th and enjoyed a deli-cious lunch prepared by Chef Dan. After a brief devotion, the ladies packaged up items for 100 indi-vidual health kits to be sent to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Kits included a hand towel, washcloth, toothbrush, comb, bandages, nail clippers, and soap. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the purchase of supplies for the kits for this important ministry!
A big thank you to Covington FFA’s continues dedication to the Bread of Life Food Pantry. This group volunteers twice a month at our Covington location and unloads our Mid South Food Bank Cannes and boxed goods.
Our Bread of Life Food Pantry is supported completely by free will giving and volunteers. It is truly a community effort to keep help alleviate hunger in our county. A big thank you to SRVS Tipton, Girl Scout Troop 11384, and FUMC Unplugged for your help this month.
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SAMARITAN FUND TOTALS
February 23 through March 11, 2019 Year-To-Date Totals
# of
Awards Amount Type of Assistance
0 $ 0 Bus Ticket
2 $ 128.00 Lodging
0 $ 0 Miscellaneous
1 $ 50.00 Rent
16 $ 664.43 Utilities
0 $ 0 Vehicular Gas
19 $ 842.43 Totals
# of
Awards Amount Type of Assistance
2 $ 289.40 Bus Ticket
3 $ 160.00 Lodging
5 $ 528.53 Miscellaneous
5 $ 250.00 Rent
77 $ 3,444.32 Utilities
0 $ 0 Vehicular Gas
92 $ 4,672.25 Totals
ROUNDUP UTILITY ASSISTANCE
February 23 through March 11, 2019
11 Households were interviewed
CES: 9 total households interviewed CGWS: 2 total households interviewed
THOSE ASSISTED:
Children: 20
Senior Adults: 4
Adults: 25
Total: 49
THOSE ASSISTED (YTD):
Children: 93
Senior Adults: 20
Adults: 118
Total: 231
Divorced with four young children, a struggling mother finds herself with another hard-ship, this one unimaginable, she is diagnosed with cancer. The disease and it’s treatments cause her to be unable to fulfill the daily tasks required of her job and she finds herself un-employed. She readjusts her lifestyle, moves into public housing, qualifies for SNAP bene-fits and lives within the means allotted to her through child support. The father of the children changes jobs and the court ordered child support payments got lost and delayed in the shuffle, causing financial hardship on the mother and her household. She begins to seek help and is directed to First United Methodist Church, where she and her children touch the hearts of volunteers and volunteers guide her through the application for RoundUp as-sistance. Learning that her entire bill would be covered by the RoundUp program visibly reduce the stress this woman was enduring. Please keep this woman, her family and others like her in our community, close in your prayers.
“and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will
rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” Isaiah 58:10
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Covington First United Methodist
Budget Analysis Year-to-Date by Major Category
As of February 28, 2019
Year-to-date Actual Budget Year-to-date (2 periods) Variance
Total Income $98,181 $106,666* -8.0%
Expenses:
Operating Totals $18,371 $24,026 -23.5%
Salary Totals $54,161 $57,150 -5.2%
Staff Professional $ 222 $ 2,536 -91.2%
Staff Continuing Ed $0 $ 608 - 100.0%
Conference Apportionments
& Related $13,220 $13,188 +.02%
Nurture Totals $ 7,299 $ 7,666 -.05%
Evangelism Totals $ 405 $ 892 -54.6%
Miscellaneous $ 1,643 n/a n/a
Total Expense $95,321 $106,666 -10.6%
Net Income/Loss + $ 2,860 0
*Monthly budget target based on a 12-month straight line average of annual income.
Historically, income has varied significantly month—to-- month so this is somewhat
misleading.
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March 13 Denise McDow March 14 Voncile Baxter March 16 Elaine Crown Jodi Turner March 17 George Robert Baddour Jeff Mitchell March 18 Joey Caldwell Taylor Henderson March 25 Jared Burdette Andi Katherine Edwards Tommy Fullen Cameron Ray
March 26 Cody Erwin March 29 Lily Ford Josh Griffin Hope Turner Kirk Winberry March 30 Scott Seagrave June Whitley March 31 Dustin Phelps
Prayer Requests
Donna Beard Faye Beckett Katie Billings Phronia Dailey Linda McDivitt Dawson Mary Gail Elam Joan Erwin Cassie Evans Gwen Glass John Gulley Rebecca Harrison John Henderson Kelly Mayfield Jack McDivitt Dot Peyton Barbara Racy
Frank Racy David Richards Dawn Rogers Carolynn Scruggs Scott Seagrave Susan St. John Hazel Townsend Glenn Travis Jessica Whitaker Bart White Barney Witherington III
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March 3, 2019
MorningSong Worship - Sunday School - Traditional Worship - Bread of Life Worship- MorningSong Offering - Traditional Worship Offering -
94 108 124
55 $3,080.00$8,466.39
ATTENDANCE & GIVING
COMMUNION
OFFERING
The Communion offering on Sunday, March 3rd
of $380 will benefit Reelfoot Rural Minis-
tries. RRM is a connectional ministry of the
United Methodist church and serves a four-
county area in rural northwest Tennessee
and Southwest Kentucky. The agency provides
meals and activities for senior citizens, a day
care for pre-school children, dental and vision
clinics for those without insurance or who can-
not afford care, food boxes to low income fami-
lies, a toy store at Christmas and a thrift store.
For more information, visit their website:
www.reelfootruralministries.org.
Tributes & Memorials
In Memory of Billy Anderson Children’s Fund by Donna Jones Good Samaritan Fund by Ted & Carolyn Turner In Memory of Katherine Caldwell Children’s Fund by Donna Jones In Memory of Dillon Maxwell Children’s Fund by Donna Jones
In Memory of Jane Whitaker ARISE2Read Fund by Lynne Fisher Good Samaritan Fund by Henry and Betty Glass Children’s Fund by Donna Jones Altar Care Fund by New Beginnings Class ARISE2Read Fund by Stephen and Kaye Smith ARISE2Read Fund by Arnold and Helaine Stone ARISE2Read Fund by Ted and Carolyn Turner Monthly Gifts: Choir and Worship Fund by Marlyn Seagrave Good Samaritan Fund by Marlyn Seagrave
March 10, 2019
MorningSong Worship - Sunday School - Traditional Worship - Bread of Life Worship - MorningSong Offering - Traditional Worship Offering -
94 123 167
71 $2,465.00
$7,581.30
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WORSHIP TIMES
MorningSong Service Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Christian Life Center
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Service Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
Sanctuary
First United Methodist Church
145 W. Church Avenue
Covington, TN 38019
Phone: 901-476-9694
Fax: 901-476-5352
E-mail:[email protected]
Website:www.covingtonfumc.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FUMCCovington
Twitter:
twitter.com/FUMCCovington
WORSHIP BROADCASTS
Live radio broadcast of the Traditional Worship on WKBL AM 1250 @ 11 a.m.
Live streaming of the traditional service is available at www.covingtonfumc.com. Traditional services are also archived at our website and can be viewed online anytime.
If you missed having your picture taken for the church directory, a make-up session is scheduled for March 21st . Please contact Kyle Witherington at 901-827-0620 for more information.
