THE GARDEN POST 794 Sedge Garden Road

Kernersville, NC 27284

April 19, 2018

THANKFULNESS is hardly the word that needs to be used to describe how I often feel as I see many of you in action through the life of The Garden. It is absolutely incredible and heart warming to say the least, to see how your life and faith lift up the lives of one another on a daily basis. I see this Soul Tending in a variety of ways: Sunday School Classes that commit themselves to fervent prayer for those who are in the hospital or shut in at home; Hope

Committee groups who go out of their way to prepare meals for the bereaved; young families who help each other with childcare needs; Weekday School

teachers who seem to always have a small and a warm embrace to the children they care for during the week;

home visitation that is done by those in various small groups; children, youth, and adults who venture out of

the community to do mission work; Stephen Ministers whose selfless commitment to care for others in need;

others who quietly sit at home and send care-cards to folks who need a gentle reminder that they are cared for;

and the list goes on and on and on. “Soul Tending” is simply the desire to meet one another at a much deeper level than our nice “hello’s”. “Soul Tending” is the desire for us to connect at those places in our lives where we are reminded that we share this faith-life journey with others. It is a wonderful way for us to be faithful to the Covenants we make to each other when we join the family of the church. When we tend to the stuff of the soul, we discover and claim for ourselves the presence of Christ in all that we do….in all of our activity…in all of our business….in all of our relationships. John Wesley, the founder of our Methodist Church called these gifts to the soul, “means of grace”. Along with Holy Communion, Bible study, giving to the poor, and worship, it is our relationship with one another and our creator that gives meaning and purpose to the heart of our souls. Thank you for your practice of “Soul Tending” each and every week. I assure you, that as we practice it together, the lives of those inside and outside the church will be blessed. Give an extra smile or make an extra compliment or say an extra prayer for someone else. I suspect that your own soul will give you a BIG THANK YOU for tending to it as well. See ya Sunday, George

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Memorials

We gratefully acknowledge the following gifts:

In Memory of Naomi Swain

Golden Agers Carol Stafford

General Fund Cindy Stout

Nick & Pat Smothers

In Memory of Bob Sides General Fund Jerry & Faye Price

Lynette Hampton

Sanctuary Renovations Tom & Sherry Riley

In Honor of Rev. George Bicycle Mission Ride Herb & Nancy Swaim

Our Faithfulness Remember what we promised to God and each other when we joined the church. We said we would support the church with our presence, our prayers, our gifts, our service, and our witness.

OUR GIFTS 4/08/18 4/15/18

General Fund $12,719.00 $9080.00

Cemetery Fund 145.00 25.0 0

Garden Kids 25.0 0 25.00

Golden Agers 100.0 0 0

Rev. George’s Mission Ride 100.00 220.00

Project Angel Lunch 50.00 0

Sanctuary Renovations 620.00 570.00

Second Harvest Food Bank 0 35.00

Stitches of Love 25.0 0 24.0 0

Stephen Ministry 20.00 20.0 0

Vehicle Maintenance 0 20.00

OUR PRESENCE

First Fruits (8:30am) 162 161

Worship (10:55am) 143 150

H.O.P.E COMMITTEE - April Team Chairpersons: Don & Brenda Berrier,

Wayne & Marie West

Kevin & Megan Brady Tom & Pam Martin Teresa Braswell Yvonne Motsinger Mary Church Ronnie & Rhonda Stack Anthony & Becky Gurley Matt & Emma Tucker Hugh & Willie Hill Ron & Barbara Tuttle Bob & Vicki Johnson Darrell & Paula Walker

Notes of Appreciation…

Thank you for your donations to Next Step

Ministries. We truly appreciate all of the supplies that

were given for the safe house and our guests.

With Gratitude, Next Step Ministries

Spread the Word…

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Sedge Garden

United Methodist

Church College Scholarship

Applications now available

outside the church office

Return date is May 23, 2018

Attention graduating high school students and those who will continue to attend schools of higher education Fall 2018. The SGUMC Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that monies have been set aside to grant up to two $1,000 scholarships to members within the church. Contact Anne White with any questions.

Outreach Project

The outreach team is still collecting gift cards for outreach needs throughout the year. Please bring any denomination/any variety of gift card and place in the outreach box at the welcome center. This will be the primary collection for the year for outreach.

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SERVING IN MINISTRY FOR APRIL GREETERS Shannon & Chandra Parker (4/08)

First Fruits Service Jessi Idol, Sandy Zielinski (4/15) Larry & Peggy Robbins (4/22) Mike & Sharon Hennis (4/29)

NURSERY Katie Tyndall (4/08)

First Fruits Service Diane Hatfield (4/15) Morgan Shaw (4/22) Karen Bovender (4/29)

NURSERY Candice Champe (SS) Courtney Robbins (WS) (4/08) Sunday School Allison Tuttle (SS) Tracy Kearns (WS) (4/15)

and 10:55am Service Tara Moore (SS) Diana Ross (WS) (4/22) Erin Jackson (SS) Cindy foley (WS) (4/29)

GREETERS Ashely Locklear, Debra Pegg (4/08)

10:55am Service Mickey Miller, Rich & Sandra Hogan (4/15) Ray Long, Lynn Lamb (4/22) Joan Nichols, Murphy Ann Hastings (4/29)

USHERS : 10:55 am Darrell Walker, Andy Rouse, Bob Johnson, Doug Carver,

Larry Motsinger, Otis Eubanks

Friday, May 18, 2018

Silent Auction:

6:30pm

Live Auction: 8:00pm

Bake Sale

Sedge Garden United Methodist Church

794 Sedge Garden Road, Kernersville, NC

Sponsored by: The Manuel Class

Admission: Adults $5.00 Children under 12 FREE

Items to be auctioned:

1996 S-10 L-S Chevrolet truck, Mountain Home get-away, Art, Golf packages, American Girl Doll, Hand Tools, Furniture, Household items and

much more.

Light refreshments

Proceeds to benefit Church and Community

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Fellowship Time Clean up

Reminder: Each Sunday School class has been assigned a month to clean up the fellowship hall. Please send a couple of volunteers from your classes’ assigned month to clean up the fellowship hall after Sunday School, before the 10:55 service (coffee, juice, cookies/snacks). Below is the rotation for the last 4 months of the year. Thank you for your help!

April - B.A.S.I.C.

May - Manuel

June - Purpose

Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday:

8:00 am - 4:30 pm ;

Friday: 8:00 am - noon.

Copies of DVDs for 8:30 am and

10:55 am services -

DVDs of the services are available.

Place your order by filling out the

order sheet found on the desk in the

Welcome Center. DVDs will be

delivered to the mailboxes located

outside of the Brian Ray Holland

Fellowship Hall.

MAY BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARY BLESSINGS FROM YOUR SEDGE GARDEN CHURCH FAMILY!!!

Birthdays 5/1 Chad Betters Beverly Gray

5/2 Caroline Gray

Tory Walker

5/3 Gray Bovender

5/4 Audrey Dillow

Mickey Winans

5/6 Patsy Murray

5/7 Millie Cash

Nolan Manuel

Peggy Mumaw

5/9 Wesley Cole

Tom Holland

Danny Miller

Niki Peters

5/11 Angie Brown

William Geouge

Brandon Graves

Dalton Lefevre

Michelle Monday

5/12 Barbara Clapp

Ruth Machamer

Jordan Nichols

5/13 Suzanne Williams

5/14 Emily Piotrowski

Sarah Piotrowski

Marie West

5/15 Jonathan Alexander

Darren Eubanks

Annie Machamer

Wayne Meeks

Daniel Nichols

Carsyn Queen

Krystal Swicegood

Randy Weavil

5/16 Barbara Goodman

Jerry Nichols

Jessie Smith Sheffield

5/17 Devin Tice

5/18 Diana Ross

5/19 David Amburgey

Dawn Houseknecht

5/20 Taylor Hunter

Susan Piotrowski

5/21 Wanda Miller

Todd Rigdon

Nick Tice

5/22 Logan Desmond

Kim Hutchins

Lyndsey Lipford

Addison Locklear

Mac McFarland

5/23 Bethany Trashaj

5/24 Tim Henderson

Ashley Locklear

Margaret Staley

Herb Swaim, Jr.

Debbie Tilley

Burt Yokely

5/25 Mary Keeter Nichols

Cameron Stone

5/26 Hadley Heath

David Marshall

Candice Queen Snyder

Stan Swaim

Whitney Swaim

5/27 Eddie Gray

5/28 Todd Braun

Margaret Robbins

Evelyn Sapp

Beverly Watts

5/29 Lilly Giles

5/30 Kayla Dean

Kevin Leonard

5/31 Andrew Woodward

Anniversaries 5/2 Chris & Casey Conner Rev. Dana & Vickie

Wooten

5/15 Kevin & Cindy Leonard

5/17 Tony & Laura Tice

5/20 Scott & Beth Williams

5/22 David & Jan Marshall

5/26 Jonathan & Nayeli

Alexander

5/30 Gaylord & Kathy Chalfant

5/31 Mike & Barbara Berry

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Circle of Concern - We offer our prayers to our following church family:

We extend our Christian love and sympathy to Janice Saylors and Family upon the recent death of Janice’s

mother, Frances Holt. Mrs. Holt passed away April 13.

Gaylord Chauffant; Ann Coffey; Evangeline Davis; Wayne Davis; Marlene Flinchum; Richard Goff; Camilla Hall;

Jean Shelton; Shelba Talley; Mona Terrell; Pat Vogler;

We continue to keep in our prayers our nursing home, shut-ins and independent living residents:

Lois Brendle (Bradford West); Betty Bryant (Pruitt Health Care, High Point) Richard Burge (Trinity Glen); Billie

Hilliard (Fitzgerald, Arbor Acres); Myrtis Holder (Home); Avahleen Manuel (Kerner Ridge); Dick Martin

(Home); Josephine Mathis (Arbor Ridge); Francis Miller (home); Mary Moore (Home); Patsy Murray (Brookdale,

High Point); Margaret Robbins (Arbor Ridge); Eleanor Ross (Camden Place); Evelyn Sapp (Arbor Acres); Eastlin

Thompson (The Oaks); Ruth Tucker (Arbor Ridge); Mary Turner (Forest Heights); Frances Whicker (White Oak

Manor, Waxhaw)

Please keep in your daily prayers our church family military members: Cameron Ashburn; Michael Gordon; Jared

Robbins; Sam Tice; Michael Tumlin; Derrick Westfall.

Amazon Smile

We are happy to announce that Sedge Garden UMC is now a registered charitable organization with the Am-azon Smile Foundation! The Foundation will donate .5% of all purchases through Amazon Smile to the charity of your choice. To shop at Amazon Smile, simply go to smile.amazon.com and start shopping. On your first visit, you will need to select Sedge Garden United Methodist Church as your charity of choice. You may use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. All account settings are the same.

For more information please go to smile.amazon.com.

Supporting Second Harvest Food Bank’s Summer Meal Program

School will end in a few months and 107,490 children will lose their free school meals. Most of us never go hungry but that is not the case for many in the areas where we live. With a donation that will be matched dollar for dollar you can help make it possible that no child goes hungry. The United Methodist Women's Millennium Circle has made a donation and this Circle encourages everyone also to donate. A small donation from everyone in our congregation will add up to the total of large donations. The address to mail your donation is 3655 Reed Street, Winston-Salem 27107 or you can call them at 336-784-5770 to use a credit card. What a great feeling to know that YOU are a leader in the fight against Summer hunger! Please contact a member of the UMW—Millennium Circle for more information!

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Coming Attractions...

Coffee with the Pastor

Have you been attending SGUMC and have questions about the church? Coffee with the Pastor is for you! Our senior pastor, George Freeman would love to answer your questions! He is ready and eager to share who we are, what we do and how to join as well as any other questions you may have! We invite you to discover more about The Garden, where you fit in and possible next steps. Join us the 2nd Sunday of each month in the Senior Pastor’s office for Coffee with the Pastor.

Mad4X 2018 Making A Difference 4 Christ

3rd-5th Grade Event

Sponsored by the Yadkin Valley

District of the UMC

April 22nd • 3-5pm

Inflatables, Carnival Games, Music,

Snacks, & a Mission Project

Crossnore Children’s Home

1001 Reynolda Road, Winston Salem

Golden Agers - Next Gathering

Thursday, April 26

2:00pm

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Adult Fellowship - Next Outing

May 10: Lunch and Field Trip to The Victory

Junction in Randleman. Leaving at 10am.

Get a meal and support the Youth!

Come enjoy lunch on Saturday, April

21st from 11am-2pm at Sagebrush here

in Kernersville, and they will

donate 15% to our Youth Summer

Mission Fund!

Save The Date—Youth and Chaperones

Saturday, June 2

Rock the Park @ Carowinds

Coasters & Concert

Featuring: TobyMac,

Zach Williams and Big Daddy Weave

See Chad or Amanda to reserve your seat

on the bus!

Ends of the Earth Cycling Bike Ride

May 5 - 8

Rev. George will be riding from Charlotte, NC

to Charleston, SC raising money for Shields

High Children’s Home in Skopje Macedonia.

If you would like to participate with a donation simply go to www.EndsCycling.com/donate and select CARBR2018 and enter George Freeman in the note field or checks made payable to New Missions Systems International with George Freeman-CARBR2018 in the memo line and sent to: New Mission Systems International, 2701 Cleveland Ave. Ste. 200, Fort Myers, FL. 33901. Thank you for donations and prayers!

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SGUMC Contact Information Mailing Address 794 Sedge Garden Road; Kernersville, NC 27284

Office Phone/Fax (336)788-2297 - Office / (336)785-3183 - Fax

Church Office/Secretary Angie Shearer office@sedgegardenumc.org

Admin. Assistant Debbie Idol didol@sedgegardenumc.org

Website www.sedgegardenumc.org

Pastor Rev. George Freeman gfreeman@sedgegardenumc.org

Minister of Pastoral Care Rev. Karen Smith ksmith@sedgegardenumc.org

Director of Children & Amanda Betters abetters106@gmail.com

Youth Ministry

Co-Director of Youth Ministry Dr. Chad Betters cbetters106@gmail.com

Director of Traditional Choirs Barry Lyons barrylyons@sedgegardenumc.org

Choir Accompanist Joni Hanna

Interim Organist Barbara Tuttle

Praise Team Director Bobby Singleton singleton@triadmedia.net

Director of Preschool Ministry Judy Hoyle judyh@sedgegardenumc.org

Sexton / Security Marshall Faircloth marshalmusicman4@aol.com

Our Purpose Statement

Seeking Others for Christ (Outreach)

Growing in Worship (Worship)

Uniting through Fellowship (Fellowship)

Maturing in God’s Love (Discipleship)

Caring for all People (Service)

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April Worship FocusApril Worship FocusApril Worship FocusApril Worship Focus

Patience is more than sitting around watching

paint dry. This month we have been learning that

patience is waiting until later for something that you

want now, and waiting with a good spirit! (Imagine

me in a tantrum—not patience!) So we are focusing

on a few key points to help us grow our patience,

because patience does not come naturally to us all.

When I think I can’t wait, I need to pray and talk to

God about it...He can give me the patience that I need.

I also need to keep my cool and treat others the way I want

to be treated...do I like it when others get impatient with

me? I need to think twice before I get impatient and

remember what is true—God wants the best for me so I can

trust Him while I wait for His blessing! So, let’s practice

patience with our Garden Kids this month!