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The John Wesley Journal John Wesley United Methodist Church, directed by prayer and the Holy Spirit,

shall be a worshipping, caring group of believers who makes and equips disciples for serving Jesus in the community and beyond.

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 9

A M e s s a g e f r o m O u r P a s t o r

Thank you for an amazing December!

December began with our Alternative Christmas Market that ended up

collecting over $42,000 for God’s work! Thank you to everyone who helped set

up, worked booths, cleaned up, and shopped. It was wonderful to work with you

and do this ministry.

Thank you to everyone who helped with our Cantata! I love that we share our talents together to tell the sto-

ry of Christ’s birth each year. Thank you to those who sang, played instruments, and worked in the back-

ground to make this service happen.

Thank you to everyone who put together our Christmas Eve service. Thank you to those who sang, read

scripture, played instruments, and worked to welcome people before and after our service.

Thank you to our staff (paid and unpaid) who helped our church to run smoothly through such a busy season.

I know that you, too, had homes that needed decorating, gifts that needed wrapping, and family events that

required their own planning. I am so grateful that you spent your time and talents here to help John Wesley

UMC spread God’s word through our many events.

And thank you to all of you who stopped by, sent cards, or gave gifts to me and my family this Christmas.

We love you, too.

I love being your pastor! And I look forward to serving God with you in 2019.

Rev. Bethany Douty

Senior Pastor

John Wesley United Methodist Church

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Alternative Christmas Market

A Word from Worship by Angie Williams

…And the word is EPIPHANY!

Many dictionaries define epiphany as “a major realization in life.” Have you had one of those

lately? Here’s one for you: There is no better place to be on a Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m.

than at John Wesley United Methodist Church! So, come join us in January as we usher in

the season of Epiphany with the arrival of the Magi on January 6th and commemorate the

baptism of Christ on January 16th. The rest of the month will be pretty special, too!

This year at the Alternative Christmas Market many people commented that they felt the

presence of the Holy Spirit. There was a gracious, generous spirit there and it is noted in the

$43,000 raised for the agencies. There will be a final number in January as more money is still

coming in.

We wish to say a special thanks to John Wesley members and friends who worked and vol-

unteered at the market. Susan Marvin and volunteers did calligraphy, Judy Denham and Claire

Forjet manning the cafe, John Menge, lunch on Sunday, Lucy Baer and Gina Whitfield, the

ACM card and craft shop, Terry Denham and Cheryl Davis collecting monies, copier Janet and

Craig Dennis, Jay Davis organizing, counting and proofing information, Charlie Clark and Mark

Mahoney (Peace Corp) setting up, taking down, moving tables and chairs and cleaning,

Melissa and Kelly, church foundational support, and Pastor Bethany for being involved

throughout the whole process and praying for all of us.

Thank you for providing food, welcoming folks, shopping, manning booths, doing calligra-

phy, being gracious, praying, and sharing God's love.

Pat Davis and Susan Capelouto

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Come to our Musical Dinner for Medical Missions

Wed. Jan. 16 in Hawkins Fellowship Hall 5:45-7:15 pm

Reservations Required: 877-1738 or cospercats3@embarqmail.com.

Donations taken at the door. Cuban Cuisine of pork, rice, beans, fruit, etc.

This is a fundraiser for medicines to Cuba, Africa, and Porch de Salomon in Guatemala.

Our team to Cuba leaves on Feb. 8. Hear about other needs such as thermometers.

The featured music is sing-along with the Monroes and our own Manuel Vizurraga, Jr.

Thank you for your Christmas giving to Hartsfield families, and eight bed sets to Madison Youth

(MY) Ranch. Contact Terry Denham if you are interested in hurricane repair work in west Florida.

Our missionaries to Japan, the McCurleys, will be visiting on Jan. 25-27, 2019. We expect them

to be in church on Jan. 27. They had a great time last visit when their new adopted daughter got

to play all day at Little Lambs Preschool. We support them with our spring

garage sale earnings. (The 2019 garage sale will be March 16, so start bringing your recycle

goods to the Happy Hearts classroom). Anyone wishing to visit with the McCurleys, please con-

tact Cindy Cosper.

United Methodist Women (UMW) will hold their district training for local UMW leadership on

Jan. 26. The theme will be “On a Path to Mission.” 2019 is the 150th year of Methodist

women organizing to be in mission in the world (more details to follow). If you want a list of

good books to read for leadership, mission education, social action, nurturing for community,

and spiritual growth, contact Cindy Cosper at 224-5857. Susanna Wesley Circle will meet on Jan-

uary 13 after worship, and Joy Circle will meet on January 22 with Cindy Cosper at 6:30 p.m. Our

UMW foremothers memorial tree with benches should be in place in January.

A church wide special offering will be taken in Jan. for Human Relations Day.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Happy New Year!!!

OFFICE CLOSED

2

3 4 5

6 10 am Worship 11 am Sunday School

7 8 5:30 pm Trustees 8 pm Millikin Univ. Choir Concert @ Trinity UMC

9 10 am LLP 12 pm Prayer 7 pm Choir

10 12 pm Finance 6 pm Line Dancing

11

12

13 10 am Worship 11 am Sunday School 11:00 am Susanna Wesley Circle

14

15 6 pm Council

16 10 am LLP 12 pm Prayer 5:45 Mission dinner 7 pm Choir

17 6 pm Line Dancing

18

19

20 10 am Worship 11 am Sunday School 11 am Connections

21 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

OFFICE CLOSED

22 6:30 pm Joy Circle

23 10 am LLP 12 pm Prayer 7 pm Choir

24 6 pm Line Dancing

25 26

27 10 am Worship 11 am Sunday School

28 11:30 am LFJ Bible study

29

30 10 am LLP 12 pm Prayer 7 pm Choir

31 6 pm Line Dancing

January 2019

Little Lambs on Christmas break

OFFICE HOURS MONDAY - THURSDAY

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27

Nursery during

worship (10 a.m.)

Kristen Power-

Blaiklock

Louise Hudson

Kristen Power-

Blaiklock

Lucy Baer

Kristen Power-

Blaiklock

Ann Handley

Kristen Power-

Blaiklock

Judy Landers

Nursery during

Sunday school

Kristen Power-

Blaiklock

Kristen Power-

Blaiklock

Kristen Power-

Blaiklock

Kristen Power-

Blaiklock

Sunday school

(11 a.m.)

Cindy Cosper

Jann Pettway

Jan Peters

Nkeche Ichite

Debbie Rivenburg

Liz Jordan

Barbara Williams

TBD

Children’s Ministry volunteer s for JANUARY

JANUARY GREETERS

Jan 06 Eve Williams

Jan 13 Louise Hudson

Jan 20 Judy Landers

Jan 27 Jack and Ann Handley

Janet Dennis 8

Ann Handley 10

Barbara George 15

Angelyn Hirai 20

Ziyi Wang 5

What is your favorite thing to do at school?

Play with Trinity.

What is your favorite thing to do at home?

Play with my brother.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

I don’t know.

...say “hello to our Little Lamb

Hartsfield Elementary School has requested our help with their 2ndAnnual Parent and Family Engagement Conference “Creating Connections: School, Family and Community” on Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26. The following items are needed to feed approximate-ly 150 kids: Pop tarts Juice boxes Granola bars Yogurt Gold fish crackers Chips If you would like to help please contact Jann Tucker-Pettway or Will Pettway atPettwayfamily3@gmail.com or (850)-877-0718. Items are due by January 22, 2019.

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Money Matters

Do you shop online?

Did you know that you can send micro-donations to John Wesley UMC when you shop online and it won't

cost you a thing? You can!

If you use Amazon, sign in to your account through Smile.Amazon.com and choose John Wesley United

Methodist Church as your charity. Once this is complete, our church will get a few pennies every time you

shop and those pennies add up to ministry.

Also sign up at UMCMarket.org to send us micro-donations when you shop at other vendors (Sam's Club,

LL Bean, and Target, among others). Choose John Wesley United Methodist Church as your charity and we

will get 1 - 10% every time you shop.

Apportionment Update

Every month, John Wesley UMC sends about $2,000 of the money in our offering plates to the Florida

Conference of the United Methodist Church as part of something that we call apportionments.

Apportionments are the funds used by the local and global United Methodist Church to do ministry around

the world. Each month we will highlight one of the funds our apportionments support. John Wesley has paid

100% of our apportionments since 2015, and we are on track to do so again this year. It is our joy to send these

funds off each month!

January’s Apportionment Highlight: District Work Fund

John Wesley will contribute over $4,000 toward the District Work Fund this year through our

apportionments. This money goes toward supporting the District Offices, their staff, and supplies. This mon-

ey is also used for District events for laity and clergy each year - training and worship events. Thank you for

supporting this local mission with your offering!

Ladies for Jesus will return Monday

January 28, 2019

at 11:30 a.m. (new time)

You are invited to come and join us as we

explore the word of God together.

index

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PASTOR 1

WORD FROM WORSHIP ACM THANK YOU’S 2

UMW NEWS 3

CALENDAR 4

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS, BIRTHDAYS, LLP 5

MONEY MATTERS 6

KEEP US IN PRAYER 7

EDITORIAL PAGE 8

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Our Prayer List

Please continue prayers for our military personnel: Evan Brigman, U.S. Air Force; David Few, U.S. Marines;

Thomas and Michael Twomey, Chase Finch, U.S. Navy; Jim Pafford, U.S. Coast Guard.

Sylvia Owens

Bertha Jones

Iris Turner

Lawrence Heitmeyer

Sue Walker

Judy Parris

Valma Berry

Nell May

Junie Redon

Frances Godfrey

Sheran Rivers

Geneva Campbell

Megan Strickland

Early Harris

Sara Ann Harkey

Phillips Family

Church of the Savior, our sister church in Cuba

Medeod Des Garcia

Pastor Luis Alberto Vazquez and family

Peace in the world

Victims of disasters

Nigeria

Pastors Leo and Cleivy Garcia in E. Angola, Africa

Jonathan and Satomi McCurley in Japan

The hearts of Americans and the world!

Contributors

Cindy Cosper

Susan Capelouto

Pat Davis

Kelly Dixon

Pastor Douty

Ann Handley

Jann Tucker-Pettway

Little Lambs Preschool

Debbie Rivenburg

Angie Williams

Layout:

Secretary

Editorial Team:

Secretary

Kathy Fearon

Debbie Rivenburg

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder,

and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Rev. Dr. Kenneth H. Carter, Bishop

Rev. Durwood O. Foshee, District Superintendent

Rev. Bethany Douty, Pastor

Martha Capelouto, Pianist

Kelly Dixon, Treasurer

Angelyn Hirai, Choir Director

Angelyn Hirai, Children/Youth Director

George Lewis, Groundskeeper

Rodney Duncan, Janitorial/Maintenance

M. Phillips, Secretary

Kristen Power-Blaiklock, Nursery Worker

Sonnie Rowan, Director of Preschool

Manuel Vizurraga, Jr., Organist

Sue Walker, Financial Secretary

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