THE HERALD

January 3, 2017 Volume 50, Number 1

MISSIONMISSIONMISSIONMISSION

To Make Disciples of

Jesus Christ

VISIONVISIONVISIONVISION

We are seeking to reach

beyond ourselves by

Inviting others to a Life

in Jesus,

Growing as Disciples, and

Caring for People.

MINISTRY TEAM

Every Member

Minister

Dr. Steven A. Screws

Pastor

Dr. Les Hutson

Music

Dr. Amy Holder

Children

Dr. Hardin Coleman

Youth

Grady Benne#

Organist

Jane Doss

Pianist

Andrew Skelton

Church Administrator

Tammy Wynn

Nursery

Yvonne Marchik

Children’s Place Director

Joy Overby

Church Secretary

THE CHRISTMAS WONDER AND NEW BEGINNINGS

Christmas may seem to arrive slowly to the small child that eagerly

awaits with great an�cipa�on, but to one more mature in years it seems to

come in a blink of the eye. Truly, this has been a beau�ful Advent season and

Christmas. The plays, music, worship, gatherings, fellowship, receiving of sac-

raments, and opportuni�es of service have been absolutely amazing! This has

to have been one of my favorite holy seasons and yet here we are with the

brand new year of 2018. The slate is s�ll fresh and clean as we start over with

love, forgiveness, and opportuni�es that come with God and rela�onships with

others.

May we all pause to reflect and give thanks to God and our Savior Jesus

Christ. The Bible has this amazing way of speaking about hope, rebirth, salva-

�on, and new beginnings. God says to us, “Behold I make all things new!” As

much as we like the old and familiar, there is mystery, wonder, and freshness

when considering dreams, visions, and new beginnings.

Let us take up the gi5 of the new page and chapter of life God has given

and let us rejoice in His peace, presence, and power. The message of the Bible

always seems to declare… “The best is yet to be!”

May we join each other for worship, study, encouragement, and the

sacrament of The Lord’s Supper this Sunday at 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. as we re-

turn home to our normal worship �mes and places. Thank you for your shar-

ing, love, and caring for Christ and His Church! See you at the holy place of

worship!

Yours in Christ,

Steve

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THOSE SERVING

Financial

January :

8:45: Wallingsford/Brickley

11:00: Livingston/Hardman

Altar Guild

January:

Susan Bare

Chandley Hamm

Children’s Church

January 7

Lindsey Foster/Avery Hammon

January 14

Kaye Petriske/Suzanne Chapman

Snack Supper

January 7

Chandley Hamm

January 14

No Evening Ac�vi�es

Sound System

Byron Burton

Jason Welch

Chris�an Hutson

Worship

Attendance December 24, 2017

10:00 a.m. 516

Communion Services

3:00 p.m. 96 6:00 p.m. 187

11:00 p.m. 82 December 31, 2017

10:00 a.m. 141

The 2018 Flower chart is now up in the Narthex. Sign

up soon for the dates you wish to furnish altar flowers.

They add so much to the beauty of our sanctuary.

FUMC FIRST LAMB PARENT HELPERS Thank you parents for helping with our little ones on Sunday night!!!!!!! I will lead First Kids (1st-6th grade) so I need someone to help with First Lambs (2-5 year olds). Shauni Barrier and Karen Screws have been AMAZING BLESSINGS!!!!! They come each week and teach the Lambs. I need a parent each week to help them or if Shauni or Karen can’t be there I will make sure we have an extra volunteer to lead this group! There will always be teaching material ready for you! Ideally the Lambs should into 2 separate groups (2-3year olds and 4-5 year olds) on nights when we have a full house. So hopefully with plenty of help we can separate this group during the lesson time. Our schedule usually includes snack supper, music with Mr. John, Bible lesson, craft, games, free play inside or playground time from 5:30-7pm. Thank you again for loving, teaching, and leading our lambs to know God’s love.

FUMC Youth on Music City Mission Trip 12/27-12/30/17

The congrega�on of First United Methodist Church extends

Chris�an Love and Sympathy to the Laytons in the death of Bill’s

brother, Terrel Layton.

The congrega�on of First United Methodist Church extends

Chris�an Love and Sympathy to the Cookes in the death of

Jim’s brother.

PRAYER LIST

Our Church Family

Molly Bailey

Tim Bailey

Mark Barren�ne

Beverly BrackeD

Connie CoDon

Ralph Franklin

Edith Hambrick

ScoD Lankford

Bill Layton

Travis McAbee

Peggy McClendon

Simmons Family

John Stewart

Keith Webb

Dana Thomas

Sue Tillman

Rachel Turner

Susan Waldrop

Keith Webb

Our Church Friends

Chris Aus�n

Becky Joyner Carr

Sharon Coleman

Cooke Family

John Frey

Rita Williams Glasz

Waylon Gorham

Steve Green

Tracy Harlow

Dee Harrington

Judy Hughes

Fonda Kelsey

Ina King

Terrel Layton Family

George Lee

Emily McNew

Beth McNuD

PaF Miller

Mike Milligan

Patrick Norris

Samuel Novack

Brindley Parker

Vernie Pearson

Lee Piskorz

Bonnie Rowe

Tracy Scoggins

Zeb Scheurman

Cynthia Shady

Brenda Talley

Our Troops

Michele Cleveland Wells

Dennis Williamson

All of our members who

are homebound, at

assisted living facili2es,

and nursing homes.

"Journey Through The Gospels" A Chronological Bible Study of the Life of Jesus Christ Written and led by Suzanne Harris “Journey Through the Gospels” will meet in the church library Sunday mornings at 10:00 for anyone interested in a Sunday morning Bible study and isn’t already involved in a Sunday School class. For thirty minutes we'll read and discuss a passage from our Bibles, working chronologically through the stories of Jesus ac-cording to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. That's it! No required reading before class. No homework. No putting someone on the spot who doesn’t feel comforta-ble reading out loud. No big deal if you can't be there every week. No feeling lost if you’re a beginner. No getting bored if you aren’t a beginner because we’ll be using the whole Bible in order to understand the culture and the events surrounding the era in which Jesus lived as well as the relevance of the passages in our lives to-day. Amazing things start happening when you really read and study those Red Letter Words of Christ. Want to know Jesus more intimately this next year? Join us in the church Library from 10:00-10:30 am beginning January 8th Bring a Bible if you have one or we can find you one if you don't.

A Mercy Minute

Being at the top of worldly success can make a long fall cushioned only by

Grace. From the outside - everything can seem just right while inside, a void of

shame, regret, and emp�ness remains hidden. This week at Mercy Place, we

welcome Russell Kilby to share his tes�mony; once a top luxury car salesman -

with humble recovery from addic�on he is living in the restora�ve success of the

Savior's embrace. Pride will take a fall yet humility inherits a crown.

Blessings, Hardin

The congrega�on of First United Methodist Church extends Chris�an

Love and Sympathy to the Holder family in the death of

John M. “Micky” Holder, Ken’s uncle .

“Oops!”

...more October memorials…

MEMORIALS Nourish One Child In memory of Billie Claybrook By Gene and Mary K. Carlton

The Beau�ful Red and White

Flowers that were in the

Sanctuary Sunday,

December 17,

were donated to the glory of

God and in memory of their

parents by Norman and Arlene

Grede.

There will be a

UMW Board

mee�ng on

Monday,

January 8th at 9:30

in the library.

ScoDsboro FUMC UMW

received five awards at the

district annual mee�ng. They

included:

Gold Mission Today Unit;

Five Channels of Giving;

Charter for Racial Jus�ce;

Mission Study Award; and

6 Reading Awards.

Mary Layton, Yvonne Marchik, Martha Welch and Jo

Smith received Level 1 Reading Awards; and Karen

Screws and Ruth McCauley received Level 2 Reading

Awards.

THE HERALD First United Methodist Church

1105 South Broad Street

ScoDsboro, Alabama 35768

Phone: 256-574-2545

Fax: 256-259-5715

www.fumcscoDsboro.org

E-MAIL: church@fumcscoDsboro.org

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

THE HERALD, published weekly,

except two weeks vaca�on and

Christmas week, by the First United

Methodist Church, 1105 South Broad

Street, ScoDsboro, Alabama 35768.

Periodical postage i s paid at

ScoDsboro, Alabama 35768.

USPS 554-720.

Sunday, January 7

8:45a.m. Contemporary Service

9:00a.m. Sunday School at Fellowship

9:45a.m. Sunday School

11:00a.m. Traditional Worship

2:00p.m. Scouts at Fellowship Campus

4:00p.m. Youth Choir

5:30p.m. Youth and First Kids

Monday, January 8

3:15p.m. After School Choir

6:00p.m. CR Step Studies

7:00p.m. Youth Choir

Tuesday, January 9

10:00a.m. ARC at Fellowship

3:00p.m. Boys and Girls Club Choir

6:00p.m. Praise Team

6:00p.m. CR Step Studies

6:00p.m. Girl Scouts

Wednesday, January 10

6:30a.m. Men’s Bible Study

4:00p.m. NOC Bagging

5:30p.m. Youth

6:00p.m. CR Studies

6:00p.m. Chancel Choir

Thursday, January 11

9:00a.m. Senior Choir

5:30p.m. Celebrate Recovery Meal

6:15p.m. Mercy Place Service

7:00p.m. Community Band

7:15p.m. CR Small Groups

Friday, January 12

10:00a.m. ARC at Fellowship

Music City Mission Memories

We were blessed with a winter mission team ready to sing, serve, and shine the light of Christ in Nashville this

past week. Our 23 FUMC students courageously stepped into many homeless/needy ministries, not just serving meals

or songs but connec�ng with new neighbors. There are no 'least of these' - only lost or le5 behind children of God. I

could not be more amazed, inspired, and proud of our young missionaries.

We are so grateful to Principle Kim Hass for hos�ng us at her High School which was the perfect staging area

for our Mission Calling. We began by serving & singing at the Belmont Church lunch while another group went out to

create a mobile soup kitchen on the street with the Isaiah 58 Ministry. We served another 50+ cold neighbors at the

St. John's UMC Community Meal that night. Day 2 took us to The LiDle Pantry that Could, an amazing independent

establishment providing food to over 200 needy families weekly. We stocked shelves with 2 truckloads of dona�ons

and met more new friends. Our lunch at The Cookery was much more

than a meal but included an amazing tes�mony from the founder of

Lambscro5 ministries - BreD Swayn, an Australian who stepped out in

homeless obedience to create help, hope, and jobs for downtrodden

men. A5er a visit to the Upper Room Museum & Chapel, we set out to

serve alongside the Salva�on Army with a mobile meal set up under the

Jefferson Street Bridge on Friday night. Our last stop was serving & singing

at the Sat am breakfast in the Downtown Presbyterian Church.

Thank you Church for providing these opportuni�es for our Youth

to step out in service. Our students are bold in their belief and sincere in

their service. I encourage you to ask the youth about their experiences,

stories, and personal connec�ons with Christ found in the faces,

tes�monies, and hearts of the homeless of Nashville.

Blessed...very Blessed, Hardin

YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Jan 3rd - resume regular Wed/Sun Youth 5:30 - 7pm

Jan 13th - 15th - Strength to Stand Youth Conference!

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

1105 S. Broad St, Scottsboro

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

SOUP DAY THURSDAY JAN 18th 2018

MENU: VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP, CORNBREAD, DRINK & DESSERT $7.00

TIME: 11 AM UNTIL 1 PM

TAKE OUTS AVAILABLE ON SITE. FREE DELIVERY AVAILABLE FOR 5 OR MORE ORDERS. CALL CHURCH OFFICE AT 256-574-2545 FOR INFORMATION

1/1 Betty Hurst 1/2 Kristi Lee 1/3 Stephanie Massey 1/4 Robert Hayes 1/4 George Boles 1/5 Christian Hutson 1/5 Kaden Hass 1/6 Libby Franklin 1/6 Meredith Wommack 1/6 Dan Stewart 1/7 Ben Lowe 1/7 Anita Wright 1/7 Shirley Atkinson 1/8 Bill Freeman 1/8 Meagan Reynolds 1/8 Julian Jones 1/9 Ann Smith

1/10 Andrew Doss 1/10 Don Graham 1/11 Kameron Smith 1/11 Deonna Jones 1/11 Jamie Sharp 1/12 Chelsea Bryant 1/13 Garrett Barrilleaux 1/14 Michael Simmons 1/16 Rachel Basham 1/16 Jim Gross 1/17 Jill Green 1/18 Jenna Bell 1/19 Tim Hurst 1/20 Dana Thomas 1/20 Sue Westfall 1/20 Caleb Miller 1/20 Houri Powell

1/21 Nancy Beadles 1/22 John Tabb 1/22 Robert Page 1/22 Thomas Stewart 1/22 Elena Hutson 1/23 Shay Holder 1/23 Hank Moghani 1/23 Jere Hardman 1/25 Dave Bishop 1/26 Ashlee Dunsmore 1/27 Josh Brickley 1/27 Taylor Welch 1/29 Burma Dell Vaught 1/30 Tim Jones

HONORARIUMS

General Fund

In honor of Be#y McGahey

By Maxine Cook

In honor of Lora Rosser

By Maxine Cook

In honor of Steve and Karen Screws

By Maxine Cook

Discre2onary Fund

In honor of Vesta Lou Skelton’s Birthday

By Lisa, Ramsey, and Bob Freeman

In honor of Bill Freeman’s Birthday

By Lisa, Ramsey, and Bob Freeman

MEMORIALS

Children’s Ministry

In memory of Linda Bonner

By Ben and Joan Richardson

Discre2onary Fund

In memory of Billy Claybrook

By Alfred and Joyce Kennamer

In memory of Robert Black

By Alfred and Joyce Kennamer

General Fund

In memory of Krista Anderson

By Fred and Virginia Wallingsford

In memory of John Neely

By Barbara Akin

By Elisabeth Collins

By Fred and Virginia Wallingsford

In memory of John and Helen Neely

By Barbara Akin

In memory of Ralph Akin

By Barbara, Andy, Marisa, Cam Baylor and Gib Akin

In memory of Eleanor Miller

By Fred and Virginia Wallingsford

In memory of Ethel Proctor

By Fred and Virginia Wallingsford

In memory of Jean Jacobs Mar2n

By Nancy Wilson Norris and Boyce Norris, Jr.

Kitchen Fund

In memory of Elaine Shasteen

By Ralph and Libby Franklin

Music Fund

In memory of John Haislip

By Ralph and Libby Franklin

Nourish One Child

In memory of Will Bergman

By Don and Virginia Webb

By Edith Hambrick and Lisa Barfoot

By Clyde and Cindy Butler

In memory of Connor Simmons

By Paul and Ginny Joseph

By Edith Hambrick and Lisa Barfoot

In memory of Mary Frances Ricke#s

By Peggy Courtney

Sanctuary Repairs

In memory of Rena W. Ward

By Larry Ward

Youth

In memory of Will Bergman

By Glenda Moody

In memory of Ruth Richardson

By Ben and Joan Richardson

In memory of Connor Simmons

By Andrew Skelton

DECEMBER HONORARIUMS AND MEMORIALS

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 10:00a.m. Agape

Circle

3 4 5 UMW Ladies Night

Out

6

7 8 12:00p.m. noon

Hilltoppers

9 9:30a.m. Quilters 10 11 12

13 Youth Conference

Strength to Stand

14 Youth Conference

Strength to Stand

15 Youth Conference

Strength to Stand

7:00p.m. Friendship

Circle

16 5:30 p.m. Finance 17 18 UMW Soup Day 19 20

21 2:30p.m. Trustees 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31 12:00p.m. noon

The Cane Club

@ Stevarinos

January 2018

Sunday

8:45a.m. Contemporary Service

9:00a.m. Sunday School at Fellowship 9:45a.m. Sunday School

11:00a.m. Traditional Worship 2:00p.m. Scouts at Fellowship Campus

4:00p.m. Youth Choir 5:30p.m. Youth and First Kids

Monday

3:15p.m. After School Choir

6:00p.m. CR Step Studies

7:00p.m. Youth Choir Tuesday

10:00a.m. ARC at Fellowship 3:00p.m. Boys and Girls Club Choir

6:00p.m. Praise Team

6:00p.m. CR Step Studies

6:00p.m. Girl Scouts Wednesday, January 10

6:30a.m. Men’s Bible Study 4:00p.m. NOC Bagging

5:30p.m. Youth

6:00p.m. CR Studies 6:00p.m. Chancel Choir

Thursday, January 11

9:00a.m. Senior Choir

5:30p.m. Celebrate Recovery Meal 6:15p.m. Mercy Place Service

7:00p.m. Community Band 7:15p.m. CR Small Groups

Friday, January 12

10:00a.m. ARC at Fellowship