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Pastor Jennifer Coffey

Dear Fairview Friends and Family,

September was an exciting month at Fairview! The backpack ministry has begun preparing

weekend meal bags on a weekly basis to share the love of Jesus with children who have little to nothing to

eat over the weekend at Park Avenue Elementary School. The new J.U.M.P. (Junior United Methodist

People) program kicked off, offering a Sunday evening discipleship opportunity for elementary aged

children. We had an awesome Bring a Friend to Church Sunday and church picnic with guest band, great

food, inflatables, and corn hole - and several of our staff members enjoyed having pies thrown at them

with all of the friends who joined us! Sunday Schools, Youth Group, and small groups have begun new

studies, and rehearsals are underway for this year’s Christmas Program: Everybody Was Worried.

Also this past month, Fairview embraced a new vision to live as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.

This vision comes out of the work, prayers and discernment over the last year of our listening groups,

staff, leaders, visioning team, committees, and more! We’ve spent time looking at who Fairview has been,

who we are today, and who God is calling us to be in the years to come. Our new vision, which was

adopted by the Church Council in mid-August and shared in worship last month, is:

Love God. Share Hope. Serve All.

With our new vision we also celebrate who we are in Christ today with our new mission statement:

Fairview is a Christ-centered welcoming church that loves the community in undeniable ways. I am

proud to be your pastor as we seek to follow Christ in all we do today and as we plan for the next chapter

of God’s story at Fairview UMC. As we live into our new vision, I invite you to join us in the coming

months as we pray, share, and dream together about what it means to love God, share hope, and serve all!

Grace & Peace,

Pastor Coffey

“He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all

your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.’ And [Jesus] said to him, ‘You have

given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’” ~ Luke 10:27-28

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Pastor CoffeyPastor Coffey

Address: 1013 Westover Drive

Danville, Virginia 24541

Telephone: 434-792-3391

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 434-792-2115

Website: www.fairviewumcdanville.org

Administrative Assistant: Adrian Smith

Director of Lay Ministries: Katherine Lewis

Director, Becky’s Kiddie Kollege: Susan Ratliff

Director of Youth: Juli Odell

Director of Contemporary & Children’s Music: Gary Jack

Lead Pastor : Rev. Jennifer Coffey

2 Rickey Parker

Layton Thomas

6 Christi Ragsdale

8 Scott Doherty

Blake Mitchell

10 Ethan Harden

Una Howe

Caleigh Jack

Aaron Tompkins

11 Mark Richardson

12 Carter Brooks

13 Lisa Andrews

14 George Davis

16 Callia Richardson

17 Naomi Tortorella

18 Holly Fuqua

David Harvey

Morgan Tucker

21 Lynn Burton

Pete Ferguson

21 Knox Shelton

22 Madisyn Grogan

Meghan Harden

Maddy Hicks

24 Alice Evans

Linda Wiles

25 Kelsey Phillips

27 Whitney Andrews

James Darby

29 Mary Connor

Monthly Attendance and Offerings

8:30 11:00 3rd Opt. Offering

Sept. 3 71 65 4 $ 10,047.00

Sept. 10 65 60 4 $ 4,733.00

Sept. 17 Church Picnic,

one service

n/a 164 n/a $ 5,293.25

Sept. 24 78 76 2 $ 8,015.20

If a birthday/anniversary is incorrect or

omitted, it is because we do not have the

correct information on file. Please

contact the church office to update your

records. Thank you!

October Birthdays

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Average Weekly Giving in September:

$ 7,022.11

Average weekly giving Year to Date 2017:

$ 8,162.74

Weekly Contributions Needed to Meet Budget:

$ 9,802.85

2017 Budget approved by Admin Board :

$ 519,551.00

1 Shane & Kathy Connor

5 Jim & Judy Futrell

10 Kenneth & Kayren Turner

13 Jay & Jennifer Thomas

25 Parker & Lucille Johnson

25 Donnie & Jackie Stevens

25 Chris & Denise Tompkins

26 Tommy & Lucille Roberts

30 Jeff & Tiffany Setliff

October Anniversaries

October Events Join us at both the 8:30 and 11:00 services as we celebrate

communion with our United Methodist brothers and sisters around

the world. We will also collect a special offering which helps fund

scholarships for national and international graduate students.

Come down to the Social Hall to start/continue/complete your

holiday shopping! We have some awesome vendors signed up, and

all proceeds benefit 2018 Fairview mission projects.

Join us from 5-7pm in the Social Hall! See any New Beginnings Class member

for tickets. If you have a special skill /service or craft that you would be

willing to donate for the Silent Auction, see Debra Tucker or Lavonne Walden.

All proceeds from the dinner and auction will be used for assistance to needy

families for the holidays.

Join us as we start our 3-week sermon series, First: Putting God

First in Living and Giving. Start thinking and praying about how

you can help support Fairview UMC in the coming months. (Find

more information on page 8.)

Join the Grace Seekers class on Saturday, Oct. 28th for fresh

homemade Brunswick stew. Stew is $6.00/qt and pick up will be at

1:30 pm. See a Grace Seekers class member to purchase tickets.

Any leftovers will be served/sold at Trunk-or-Treat.

On Sunday, October 29th, Fairview will host Charge Conference,

an annual church business meeting. Charge Conference is open to

church members and all are invited to attend.

We are in need of trunks and candy! We typically see around 400-

500 kids at this event. Please let Katherine know if you can

decorate a trunk. Donations of individually wrapped candies are

now being accepted at the church office.

Christian EducationChristian EducationChristian Education Katherine Lewis, Director of Lay Ministries

Bishop Lewis is challenging the

Virginia Conference to read the

Bible with her in 2017.

Visit the link below for the full

2017 schedule. Join us this month if

you’ve fallen behind and read along

with us! Share this challenge and invite

others to join us!

http://backtothebible.org/reading-guide/15/1

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October Readings October 1 Malachi 1-4 October 2 Matthew 1-4 October 3 Matthew 5-6 October 4 Matthew 7-8 October 5 Matthew 9-10 October 6 Matthew 11-12 October 7 Matthew 13-14 October 8 Matthew 15-17 October 9 Matthew 18-19 October 10 Matthew 20-21 October 11 Matthew 22-23 October 12 Matthew 24-25 October 13 Matthew 26 October 14 Matthew 27-28 October 15 Mark 1-3 October 16 Mark 4-5 October 17 Mark 6-7 October 18 Mark 8-9 October 19 Mark 10-11 October 20 Mark 12-13 October 21 Mark 14 October 22 Mark 15-16 October 23 Luke 1 October 24 Luke 2-3 October 25 Luke 4-5 October 26 Luke 6-7 October 27 Luke 8-9 October 28 Luke 10-11 October 29 Luke 12-13 October 30 Luke 14-16 October 31 Luke 17-18

Thursday, October 19, 2017

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

First UMC, Martinsville, Virginia

How to Structure Your Church

for Evangelism

Featuring: Jacob Armstrong

How to Structure Your Church for

Evangelism will explore key principles for

evangelism in the local church including: crafting a

vision that fits your mission field, rethinking

worship, and leadership development and structure.

Jacob Armstrong is the founding pastor of

Providence Church in Tennessee. Jacob’s passion in

ministry is what he likes to call “Worship Without

Walls,” which is taking God’s love beyond the

walls of a building to places of need in the

community and world.

Registration: $35

Registration Deadline: Friday, October 6

Group discounts are available.

Register now at vaumc.org/5talent!

We are now taking orders

for nuts! They will arrive

in early November just in

time for your holiday

baking and gift giving.

Proceeds will again

benefit children and youth

mission projects. See Kate

or Juli to order!

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Before we jump into October, I wanted to take just a minute to reflect back on our recent church picnic and

Bring a Friend to Church Day. I want to say thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make that day such a

success. We could not have asked for a better day and the tent helped make the shaded areas cool. Thanks to

everyone who brought food; moved, set up, or tore down tables and chairs; manned bounce houses; received food;

stuffed hotdogs; and attended our event. Everything, including the whipped cream pies, was wonderful about that

day. It just goes to show you when the Body of Christ at Fairview UMC sets their minds to something, anything is

possible. Again thanks to all who made that day special.

October is here and we have a lot of fun things coming up. The end of 2017 is in sight and I am just in awe at

how quickly this year has passed.

October 1st we will resume our J.U.M.P. (Junior United Methodist People) program for kids in grades 1st-

5th. We are calling that age group our Frogs. Frogs will meet each week from 6-8. Dinner is from 6-6:30, followed

by music from 6:30-7. From 7-7:30 we do our lesson and from 7:30-8 we do games or a craft. We had a great time

at our first meeting. I would encourage you to bring your children/grandchildren that are of this age to participate.

Our Tadpoles (kids age 3-Kindergarten) will meet once a month (dates to be determined). For the month of October,

the Tadpoles will meet from 5-6:30 on October 22nd. There will be more information coming about that evening. I

am excited to add this program to our discipleship offerings for kids.

Adult Bible studies are still in the works. I am working on some more offerings as we move ahead this year.

Currently Pastor Coffey is offering a study on the book of James on Wednesday mornings. Please feel free to jump

into that study if you would like. I need to hear from you on things you might be interested in learning or studying

so I can make sure what we offer is what you would like to do.

We are in need of volunteers to help us serve in the nursery and as a second set of hands in Children’s

Church. Volunteers from youth age and up will be accepted and put into a rotation. Please see me if you are

interested in helping out.

Our backpack ministry is well under way. By the time you read this we will be on our 4th week of running

the program. Each team can still accommodate more volunteers so if you would like to get involved please speak to

Lynn Clark, Suzanne Giffen, or myself. We will be glad to get you plugged into a team and working. Many thanks

go out to all who are volunteering already and to those who have agreed to sponsor children. We currently have a

little over 80 sponsored children. This is a very exciting time to watch and see all that is happening with our

backpack program.

Save the Date for our Young Hearts Luncheon. We will be honoring our Veterans on November 11th with a

small luncheon. Please sign up on the green bulletin board by the Welcome Center if you will be able to attend.

I pray that in the days and weeks ahead you continue to be blessed!

Find the All Saints bulletin insert

draft on the purple Upcoming

Events bulletin board in the

hallway. If you would like to

recognize a saint who has died or

been born in the last 12 months

please fill in their name on the

sheet, or contact the church office

by Sunday, October 29.

Dear Friends and Family of Fairview, I was

overwhelmed with the outpouring of donations

and support for my Eagle Scout fundraiser. The

yard and bake sales were a huge success and I

surpassed my goal. I look forward to

completing my Eagle Scout project and having

a nice pantry for the backpack ministry. I am

very fortunate to belong to such a loving

church family. Thank you for this wonderful

opportunity to serve our community!

Chaz Nickens

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Backpack Ministry

by June Scheier

In John 21:15-17, Jesus tells Peter that if he loves him, he

is to “feed my lambs”. We at Fairview Church are working this

school year to take care of some of the little ones at Park Avenue

Elementary School. We may never know how, but we trust that

God will lead us to have a positive impact on their lives. The first

bags were delivered the second week in September and we are

standing on faith that we will be able to do this weekly for the2017-2018 season.

James has talked about being hungry as a child growing up in a family of eight children,

collecting pop bottles for refunds to purchase a single candy bar. If we can keep any of these

little ones in our community from being hungry, we are sure to receive a blessing for it.

Thank all of you for your continued support and please keep the backpack ministry and

its recipients in your prayers as we go forward.

To donate or volunteer for this community program, please see Suzanne Giffen or Lynn Clark.

Everyone Was Worried

Rehearsal Schedule - Speaking Parts Only (Gary Jack will set up music rehearsals separately.)

October 8 4:30-6 pm Prophets and Shepherds

October 15 4:30-6 pm Full Cast

October 22 5 pm Elizabeth, Zechariah (New Testament), Gabriel,

Mary, Joseph, Angel, Wise Men, Herod

October 29 4:30 - 6 pm Prophets and Shepherds

November 5 4:30 - 6 pm Full Cast

November 19 4:30 - 6 pm Full Cast

December 3 12 pm Elizabeth, Zechariah (New Testament), Gabriel,

Mary, Joseph, Angel, Wise Men, Herod

December 10 12-3 pm Full Cast with costume fitting

Including little ones

December 16 9 am -12 pm Full Cast Dress Rehearsal

Including little ones

December 17 6 pm Full Cast Arrives

7 pm Performance!

Christmas Cards

It’s that time of year again - time for

Christmas shopping, practicing for

plays, sending cards, and more!

James Scheier has Christmas cards for

sale to benefit the backpack ministry.

Each card features a painting by James

Scheier, a greeting, and a Bible verse.

The boxes are $10 for 5 cards with

envelopes. He will be selling at the

Holiday Bazaar on October 7 and still

has the Jesus Saves Series of cards for

sale. All proceeds go to the backpack

ministry. After the bazaar, see James or

Adrian in the church office to purchase.

Oct. Dinner Help Teaching

1 Martha Mitchell, Holt Jamie Holt Jamie Holt

8 Odell Brian Salmon Pastor Coffey

15 Aron, Hicks Mark Aron Mark Aron

22 Harden, Mitchell Shawn Harden Miranda Harden

29 Jones, Salmon Neal Ragsdale Amy Grogan

Juli Odell,

Youth

Join us for UMYF in October! We meet every Sunday night from 6-8p.m.

VFW is October 6th at 5:30 pm. Join us to serve!

Sign up for Fall Retreats!

The conference retreats will be held at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center in Lynchburg, VA.

The speaker this year is Brock Morgan and our band is 360 Collective!

Cost is $145 and there are scholarships available!

Middle School Retreat will be November 10-12 and the deadline to register is October 8th.

High School Retreat will be December 1-3 and the deadline to register is November 5th.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

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Greetings Fairview!

The year is just flying by so fast! Here we are almost in October, and the Christmas

program will be here before we know it. Thank you to everyone who signed up for the music

portion of the program. It looks like the little children will learn their music during children’s

music in Sunday school. The older kids will be able to learn the music during JUMP, and I am

currently working to get a slot for working with the youth and adults. With Zachary Arduca,

our new Director of Traditional Music Ministry, I am confident this will all come together!

Please continue to submit any song requests that you may have to me or to someone in

the praise team, so that the music may continue to cater to everyone at Fairview. I love the

traditional hymns that we have incorporated lately, and many people have asked me to use

them more often! Hence, I know the music and the Holy Spirit are alive in our church!

Please stop by the Children’s Chapel and listen to our little ones sing their hearts out! I

am so proud of each of them and feel so blessed to be able to work with them. They are currently working on some

patriotic songs they will be sharing at the Young Hearts Veteran’s Day Luncheon on November 11, and I know they

are going to do a fabulous job!

If you have signed up for the music portion of the Christmas Program, Everyone Was Worried, please be on

the lookout for an email from me which explain rehearsal times. The little children are rehearsing on Sunday

mornings during Sunday school. The older children are rehearsing on Sunday evenings from 6:30-7:00 in the

Narthex during JUMP. I am planning for the youth and adults that have signed up to rehearse on some Tuesday

evenings following Praise Team and Adult Choir. Then everyone will come together for the costume fitting and

rehearsal on December 10 and for the dress rehearsal on December 16.

I am very grateful for all the many blessings that have happened to the music program at Fairview! Please let

me know if you have any questions, and let’s continue to grow our amazing congregation!

Music and Blessings!

Gary Jack

Director of

Contemporary

and Children's

Music

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First: Putting God First in Living and Giving

Fairview UMC’s Stewardship Series

Do we worship idols? The answer may surprise you. During the month of October, our church will hear

about God’s generosity and our response as we experience our stewardship series, First: Putting God First in

Living and Giving, developed by author and pastor Mike Slaughter of Ginghamsburg Church.

We are made in God’s image and are meant to be creators of life and hope, not the consumers of our

culture’s shiny gods. We have the ability to change the world and create a legacy that will live forever in the

lives of generations to follow. That legacy starts when each of us takes the hard steps of financial discipline and

fulfilling the call to generosity that God has placed in all of us.

The goal of this stewardship series is not to make you feel guilty, nor is it to say that you have to be

exactly like this or that person. The goal is for all of us to ask questions of ourselves and be open to the

possibility that God will lead us in new directions in our lives.

We’ll be challenged in a number of different ways. We’ll be asked to look for the idols in our own lives

(hint: Most of them aren’t animals made of gold.) and name the ways these idols enslave us, holding us back

from living in the true freedom that God desires for us. We’ll be challenged to consider the place that money,

work, and debt have in our own lives. What are our common understandings of these, and might the witness of

scripture lead us to some different understandings? We’ll be challenged to ask ourselves what it means for us to

be faithful, to save, and to give. How do we balance all the competing interests in our lives? What priorities

does God want us to have?

Finally, we’ll be challenged to give with our hearts, not out of obligation or a sense of duty, and not just

when we think the recipient deserves our gift. Instead, we’ll be challenged to give the way God gives—freely,

fully, with no favorites or expectations of repayment. It is our prayer that, at the end of these four weeks, we

will have begun to grow into the individuals and the church that God knows we can be. Please join us in First:

Putting God First in Living and Giving.

Welcome to our new Traditional Music Ministry staff!

Fairview UMC is excited to welcome two new part-time staff members to our team:

Please join us in welcoming Zachary and Deedee to Fairview UMC!

Zachary Arduca

Director of Traditional Music Ministry

Zachary has 8 years of musical experience in multiple

instruments and voice, as well as leadership in various

musical endeavors. He’s passionate about worship and

music and will bring many gifts to the traditional

music ministry at Fairview. He is currently working

on a Bachelor’s of Music Production degree through

Berklee College of Music Online.

Delores “Deedee” Dillard

Accompanist

Deedee brings over 40 years of experience playing

piano and organ in the Danville area. As a church

musician, she will bring many gifts to the music

ministry and worship at Fairview. She works full time

at Danville Regional Medical Center as a switchboard

operator. She has two children and two grandchildren

who are great blessings in her life!

TADPOLES

Ages 3 - kindergarten

Sundays 10:30 am

One Sunday a month, 5-6:30 pm

5-6:00 Bible lesson, games

6-6:30 Dinner

Our littlest children will be our

Tadpoles. Each week during their

Sunday School time, Gary will be

coming in around 10:30 to sing and

teach music. This will offer a great

opportunity for music for our

youngest disciples while they are

already here and engaged. And once a

month on Sunday, the Tadpoles will

meet for a biblical-based program and

games to enrich their minds and meet

their creative needs from 5-6 and eat

dinner with our Frog friends from 6-

6:30. First meeting is October 22.

Each week we will offer lots of

Bible-based fun, fellowship, and

learning. We are hoping that a

modular format will give

multiple entry and exit points to

help fit everyone's busy

schedules and lives. We are still

looking for volunteers and help

with our dinners. Please let

Katherine Lewis know if you

can help in any way!

FROGS

1st-5th grade

Sundays, 6-8 pm

6:00-6:30 Dinner

6:30-7:00 Music with Gary

7:00-7:30 Bible story/lesson

7:30-8:00 Games and crafts

While together we will spend

time learning to fully rely on God

(FROG) in all we do. We will also

be offering a class on how to use

our Bible.

Frogs continue to meet on

Sundays at 6:00 pm in the Narthex.

Please let Katherine know if you

plan to attend each week so that we

can have a headcount for dinner.

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On behalf of SPRC, the staff/pastor and congregation, we thank the many people who have served and

led in the 11:00am traditional music ministry over the last year during our search to fill the staff

positions. Special thanks to Beth Smith, Bettye Parker, Marvin Fuqua, Martha Sue Thompson, and the

adult chancel choir for sharing your gifts and making joyful music for the Lord during this time!

OCTOBER 2017OCTOBER 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 WORLD COMMUNION 8:30am Contemporary Worship

9:45am Sunday School

11:00am Traditional Worship

5:30pm Sunday Night Prayer

6:00pm JUMP - Frogs/UMYF

2

6:00pm Trustees Meeting

3 10:00am Dan River Retirees

10:00am Intercessory Prayer

3:30pm Staff Meeting

6:00 Men’s Night Out

6:00pm Choir/Praise Team

4 10:00am Pastor’s Bible Study

BACKPACK TEAM 1

2:00pm Setup

6:00pm Pack

5 10:00am Ladies’ Knitting

7:00pm Education Committee

6 Deadline to register for

5 Talent Academy Event

5:30pm Youth serving at VFW

7 9am-1pm Holiday Bazaar

8

Middle School Retreat

Registration Deadline

8:30am Contemporary Worship



4:30pm Christmas Rehearsal



9 COLUMBUS DAY

No Finance Committee Meeting

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2:00pm Worship Meeting



1:00pm Men’s Prayer Vigil

BACKPACK TEAM 2

9:00am Setup

10:00am Pack


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14 5-7pm New Beginnings Pancake

Dinner & Silent Auction

15 8:30am Contemporary Worship

9:30am Blood Pressure Screen






16

12:30pm BKK Board Meeting

7:00pm Administrative Council

17 8:00am Dan River Retirees


3:30pm Staff Meeting



BACKPACK TEAM 3

2:00pm Setup

6:00pm Pack

19

9am-3pm 5 Talent Academy

Event at First UMC

Martinsville

10:00am Ladies’ Knitting

5:30pm Delta Kappa Gamma

20 November Newsletter Deadline

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22




5:00pm JUMP - Tadpoles




23 7:00pm SPRC Meeting

24 10:00am Intercessory Prayer


25

10:00am Pastor’s Bible Study

1:00pm Men’s Prayer Vigil

BACKPACK TEAM 4

9:00am Setup

10:00am Pack


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28 1:30pm Grace Seekers

Brunswick Stew

Pick Up

29 All Saints Signup Deadline




2:30pm Charge Conference




30

31 HALLOWEEN 10:00am Intercessory Prayer

5:30pm Trunk-or-Treat

No Choir/Praise Team

1

10:00am Pastor’s Bible Study

BACKPACK TEAM 1

2:00pm Setup

6:00pm Pack


3 5:30pm Youth serving at VFW

4 5-7pm Koinonia Spaghetti

Supper

November 5 All Saints Sunday

November 5 Daylight Saving

Time Ends

November 11 Young Hearts

Veterans luncheon

November 17 Free Elder law

program

November 26 United Methodist

Student Day

December 17 Christmas Program

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