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REHOBETH UMCLOVETTSVILLE, VAWINCHESTER DISTRICT
BISHOP: REV. SHARMA D. LEWIS
DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT: REV. STEVEN J. SUMMERS
PASTOR: REV. MICHELLE KIM
REHOBETH MEC WAS FORMED IN 1789. LAND WAS PURCHASED FOR A PENNY ON AUGUST 14, 1809. WHERE FIRST A SCHOOL-MEETING HOUSE WAS BUILT, THEN A CHURCH WAS BUILT 1814. A GROWING CONGREGATION REPLACED THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WITH A LARGER CHURCH IN DEC 1892. THE SCHOOL HOUSE WAS BURNED DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
“THE MOTHER CHURCH OF METHODISM IN NORTHERN LOUDOUN COUNTY … FOUNDED BY BISHOP ASBURY PRIOR TO 1814….”
CHECK OUT “OUR STORY”
ON OUR WEBSITE AT
REHOBETHCHURCH.ORG
THIS POWER POINT PROGRAM WAS CREATED FOR REHOBETH’S CHARGE CONFERENCE, OCT 7, 2018
REHOBETH UMCLIFELONG LEARNING, INFLUENCING, AND SERVING AS CHRIST’S DISCIPLES
CONNECTIONAL SYSTEM
• LIFE LONG LEARNING
• INFLUENCING
• SERVING
• BUILDING DISCIPLES
HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR
• WEBSITE
• SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS -- SOUL STUDY
• LEADERSHIP & TRUSTEES RESTRUCTURING
• NEIGHBORHOOD MONTHLY CHICKEN BBQ’S
• NETWORKING WITH LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
• BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS
• VISIONING FOR THE FUTURE
WEBSITE
• Jeremy purchased domain for Rehobeth
• Jim became website manager
SON HELPS DAD DEVELOP WEBSITE
REHOBETH WEBSITE IS STEADILY GROWING
SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS -- SOUL STUDY
• Sunday Class meetings began as Kathryn Work led worship services
• Classes continued with the study of Marjorie Thompson’s Soul Feast when Shelly Ballard
(January to June) led worship services
• “Soul” work continued until the end of September and Rev. Michelle Kim became the
pastor
• Jim has been the consistent Class facilitator until winter, when Julie Cornelius facilitates
the class
SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS
Small Groups are excellent ways to learn by sharing and
enjoying the dialogue of meaningful study related to
today’s life styles.
SUNDAY CLASS MEETING
• Study of Soul Feast comes to a close – though the work
continues to grow deeper to find our way higher
• A new study begins on “The Story.” This is a chronological
study of the development of the Bible.
STUDY BOOKS
We began with open discussions
Then moved to a study of Soul Feast
Now beginning a Study of the chronology of the Bible
SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS
• Fall of 2017 – Soul Feast study began after several months of
class meetings following Sunday Worship
• Class Meetings used Soul Feast as a Guide as the Class
explored “soul.”
SUNDAY CLASS MEETINGS
• 2018 – Soul Feast study continued
• Class Meeting attendance averaged 7
• Presently the Sunday Class Meeting is introducing a lengthly
study using “The Story” as a Guide to overview the creation of
the Bible.
CLASS MEETINGS
- Are an endeavor to build upon a solid foundation
- Lifelong learning, influencing, and serving as Christ’s
disciples
.
LIFELONG LEARNING TODAY DRAWS FROM ALL CULTURES
LEADERSHIP & TRUSTEES RESTRUCTURING
Bob Ward – Chairman of Trustees
Trustees: David Thompson, Scott Brock, Jeremy
Nenninger, Donald Murry, Jim Nenninger
TRUSTEES PICTURED
Scott Brock, David Thompson, Jim Nenninger, Rev.
Michelle Kim, Bob Ward, and Jeremy Nenninger.
(Donald Murry was not present.)
PARALLELING PROBLEMS
• External and Internal Challenges
• Physically the church pulling and falling in
disrepair
• Spiritually the church’s remnant core of members
has regrouped, assumed double assignments, and
has entered a process of
• Mending, regrouping, repairing, replacing,
restructuring, and renovating – inside and out.
MOST EVIDENT IS REPARING OUR ENTRY
- “serving and building disciples”
- Begins with strengthening inner (spiritual) and outer
(physical) structures.
- Examining what’s there and making necessary changes.
TERMITE DAMAGE
The scars and traces of lives lived
… and the changes and correctives that have to be made
to be whole again
GOING DEEPER DOWN
Beginning on the ground floor, “the ground of our being”
both in tradition and in the present
… working as a group
… as a team
… growing as we work through the failures
REBUILDING
Replacing the old with the new.
… firming up
… strengthening
… restructuring
DOORS OPENING AFRESH
Preparing to invite others into the hospitality we are
making for our church
BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS
Scott laying tile with Don’s help
BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS
The guys laying the final sheet of sub-floor
BUILDING REPAIR PROJECTS
Cutting a temporary transome
MESSY
Removing what’s left of old threshold to make new
BUILDING A FIRM FOUNDATION
SPIRITUALITY, SOUL WORK, BUILDING, STRUCTURING, THINKING THROUGH
Cobwebs replaced with transparency
… Catching breath
… renewal
FRIENDS FROM PENNSYLVANIA JOINED IN RENOVATING
NEIGHBORHOOD MONTHLY CHICKEN BBQ’S
Reggie Sanbower from St Paul’s UCC congregation
helped us get a fund raiser started with Chicken BBQ’s
ORGANIZING
• Our first meeting to consider
BBQ Project for
• - building fellowship
• - working with St Paul’s UCC
• - activating the neighborhood
NEIGHBORHOOD MONTHLY CHICKEN BBQ’S
REGGIE AND JEREMY – 1ST BBQ TRAINING ON THE PIG ROASTER
WE BEGAN SIMPLY CONNECTING WITH OUR NEIGHBOR’S FROM ST PAUL’S UCC
ROY DINGUS FROM ST PAUL’S HELPS US WITH THE LOGISTICS OF MANAGING CHICKEN BBQ
GETTING READY
BOB AND JEREMY PUTT’N ON THE
SAUCE
DAVID AND GUYS WASHING
CHICKS
FROM PIG ROASTER TO CHICKEN COOKER
28 HALF CHICKS A PIT YUMMY
CLEANING UP
SERVING THE NEIGHBORS AND ADDING ANOTHER PIT … ROY AND SCOTT PUTT’N ON THE RUB
YOU CAN TELL BY THE SMILES – A SUCCESSFUL DAY
NETWORKING WITH NEIGHBORINGCONGREGATIONS
.
WE THOUGHT WE COULD AND WE DID
NOW TO EVALUATE,
CRITIQUE, STRATEGIZE,
PLAN, AND CONTINUE ON.
REHOBETH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
rehobethchurch.org