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Newsletter of the

SPRING CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

DECEMBER 2018

Reflections from the heart.

Life is a gift from God. God knitted us together in our mother’s womb. His fingerprints are all

over us. The amazing fact is that this gift is to be shared with other people whom God also

created. Everyone is a gift from God. Let us share our lives with each other. Our gift to God is how we live.

Life is to be lived to the fullest. We get one shot so let’s make it the very best we have. Make it

shout with love, vitality, and purpose.

Life is experienced daily as we live in the now.

Never reach back to those experiences that keep us from reaching all that God wants us to be. If we hold on to those things which bind us,

we will never be free to LIVE!!!!!!

Life is full of opportunities to live like Jesus.

How did Jesus live? By seeing the possibilities in everyone and how they may connect to the Kingdom.

Life means living each day as if it were the last day. No, not a doomsday outlook, but a view of life that gives us the opportunity to be open to everything God has for us and for us to do for Him.

Life means there will be times when we get hurt by others. We can live in the wallow of hurt or we

can get over it. This means that grace AND forgiveness are always obtainable.

Life is a song we are blessed to sing. Who will sing it with me!!!!!

Recently, I had an experience that was a near death experience. I had no idea of the severity of

my situation. Through the help of many, including friends, paramedics, nurses, doctors, and surgeons, I

survived, and I learned a life lesson. Never, never take life for granted.

As we contemplate the Christmas season, let us be reminded of the good news of great joy…Jesus.

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8 In that region there were shepherds living in the

fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them,

and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and

they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them,

“Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good

news of great joy for all the people: 11 to you is

born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is

the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2: 8-11

Shalom,

Ella Bell (Golden Years, 301 Keith Dr., Spring City) Mary Galloway (195 Deer Ridge Dr., Room #A5, Dayton, 37321) Jeannette Long (The Veranda,#506,10055 Rhea Co. Hwy, Dayton, 37321) Kathleen Reece (Spring City Care & Rehab, #306, 331 Hinch St.)

Peggy Bowman Lauretta Cash T. C. Cash Manuel Christi

David Gilliam Fred Mullins Linda Mullins Jack Phillips

Susie Strunk James Weaver Shelby Williams

Jason Hall (nephew of Susan & Bennie Arp) Cora Fugate (Carolyn Reid’s friend) Richard & Sandra Larson (Bob Larson’s brother & his brother’s wife) Jane Thurau (Bill Ruffner’s sister) Charlie Evans (friend of David Gilliam) Helene Colvin & Donna Walker (friends of Connie Roberts) Larry Hallums (friend of Leon Hicks) Treva Orender (Steve’s wife) Ross Irvin (Steve & Kevin Garrison’s friend) Lenora Brooks (friend of Nancy Gilliam) Chris Norris (son of Jerry & Shari Norris) Mary Heimel (Tom Heimel’s mother) Todd Birdwell (Bennie & Susan Arp’s neighbor) Lillian Shaffer (Kathy Heimel’s mother) Laura Cramer (friend of Susan Arp)

Ginny Weir (friend of Robin Bolton)

Linda Swanson (Lauretta Cash’s sister) Emmett Holdren (Joe Lisa’s friend) Dominic Ciero (grandson of Cindy Hill and nephew of Jerrie Patton) Alice McNelly (friend of Norman & Peggy Bowman) Karen Gibson (friend of Connie Roberts) Rev. Ron Goodman (former SCUMC pastor) Montana Runninghorse (friend of Richard DeCroce) Larry Buller (friend of Sharon & Gray Cowart) Kennedy and Lincoln Ladd (friends of Peggy Bowman) Emaline Nunley (aunt of David, Marty, & Howard Gilliam) Olga Conroy (daughter-in-law of John Conroy)

Due to the lack of space, names listed over two - three months are removed in order to add new requests for prayer. Thank you

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23 4th Sunday of Advent

24 Christmas Eve

25 Christmas Day 26 27 28 29

3O 1st Sunday after Christmas 31 New Year’s Eve

Jan 1, 2019

11:00 Home Prayer Group

5:00 Community Meal

6:30 G.R.O.W.

Faithful Workers

8:30 MDO 1:00 MDO’s Christmas Program

Merry

Christmas!

Church Office Closed

Happy New Year!

8:30 MDO

12/2 Ushers

Bennie Arp Walt Morse Ken Rose

Jerry Smith

Greeters Mary Drinkard Lynda Smith

Nursery Katie Rose

Acolyte

Madison Hinely

Children’s

Church Susan Maddux

Erin Couch

12/9 Ushers

Mary Drinkard Marty Gilliam

Margo Hinsdale Clyde Thurman, Jr.

Greeters Sharon Cowart Shelby Williams

Nursery Loretta Hale

Acolytes

Emily & Gabby McBride

Children’s

Church Wendy Thurman Natalie Baker

12/16 Ushers

Shari Norris Jerry Norris

Billy Ray Patton Jerry Smith

Greeters

Jerrie Patton Dorathy Hastings

Nursery Terry Hooper

Acolyte Rachel Heimel

Children’s Church

Constance Garrison Hannah Couch

12/23 Ushers

Norman Bowman Trish Cole

Richard Cole Sheila Larson

Greeters

Rachel Heimel Hannah Couch

Nursery

Peggy Bowman

Acolytes Emily & Gabby

McBride

Children’s Church

Angie Couch J. T. Baker

12/30 Ushers

Natalie Baker J. T. Baker

Hannah Couch Madison Hinely

Greeters Sheila Larson Carolyn Reid

Nursery

Wanda McCarter

Acolyte Rachel Heimel

Children’s

Church Susan Maddux

Erin Couch

Family Life Center Closed for Kiwanis Club’s Christmas Basket Preparation

8:30 MDO 11:00 Home Prayer Group 5:00 Movie Night

7:00 Trustees

10:30 TVA Retirees FLC 6:30 TLC

10:00 Mercy Mats

5:00 Candlelight & Communion Service

10:00 Mercy Mats 8:30 MDO

11-3:00 SC Women’s

Club, FH

6:00 UMW, FLC

11:00 Worship Service 8-9 p.m. AA- FH

11:00 Christmas Cantata 3:00 Christmas Cantata 4:30 Youth 8-9 p.m. AA- FH

11:00 Worship Service 4:30 Youth 5:00 Cantata Practice

8-9 p.m. AA-FH

11:00 Worship Service 3:00 Joy Ministry Team 4:30 Youth 5:00 Cantata Practice

8-9 p.m. AA-FH

Tallent-Marsh Wedding & Reception Sanctuary, Fellowship Hall, Family Life Center

8-11 Kiwanis Club Christmas Basket Distribution - FLC

10:00 Bible Study

4:30 Youth

KidSpring

7:00 Choir

7-11:30 MDO Pancake Fundraiser

8:30 MDO

11:00 Home Prayer Group 6:30 Worship Team

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Church Office Closed Mon., Dec. 24 — Fri., Dec. 28 and on Tues., Jan. 1, 2019

Sanctuary, Fellowship Hall, and Family Life Center Closed for Wedding Rehearsal & Dinner

1 Judith Barger 2 Jim Baldwin Cynthia Snyder 3 Autumn Neal 4 Hannah Couch 6 Aaron Heimel 10 Erin Couch Chris Hastings

12 Sam Hanson 14 Atlanta Ervin 19 Caren Ruffner 20 Anna Messimer Carol Price 21 Andrea Cash Dakota Price 22 Cynthia Ross

23 Jim McCarter 24 Taylor Thurman 29 Barbara Hardy 29 Cherie Henderson 29 Penny Rice Dan Uhler 30 Harriet Southers

10:00 Bible Study 4:30 Youth KidSpring 11:00 Piano Tuning 7:00 Choir

10:00 Bible Study

4:30 Youth

7:00 Choir

11:00 Worship Service 6:00 5th Sunday Sing

8-9 p.m. AA- FH

18 Nash & Constance Garrison 22 Jerry & Shari Norris 21 Chris & Carolyn Haerr 28 Gary & Mary Drinkard 22 Mike & Angela Jackson 31 Tom & Mary Fricke

Monthly Report

OCTOBER 2018

CURRENT PERIOD

YEAR TO DATE

ANNUAL BUDGET PERCENTAGE

24,375.61 266,527.16 379,000.00 70.3%

2,930.00 25,458.68 24,700.00 103.1%

108.19 1,153.27 1,100.00 104.8%

24,413.80 293,139.11 404,800.00 72.4%

16,728.20 178,570.41 226,598.00 78.8%

2,850.29 45,641.80 68,500.00 66.6%

617.22 6,102.85 10,400.00 58.7%

206.60 2,437.94 4,200.00 58.0%

122.50 737.50 2,550.00 28.9%

125.05 1,484.53 1,500.00 99.0%

3,732.63 32,405.05 43,637.00 74.3%

728.00 4,070.13 9,115.00 44.7%

484.21 3,159.02 6,000.00 52.7%

22.82 1,152.96 1,600.00 72.1%

0.00 3,166.63 6,000.00 52.8%

2,616.12 24,477.60 24,700.00 99.1%

28,233,64 303,406.22 404,800.00 75.0%

-819.84 -10,267.11 0.00 100.0%

Giving & Money Disbursed

FINANCIAL & ATTENDANCE REPORTS

10-28 11-4 11-11 11-18 11-25

General Budget 4,481.50 9,049.77 8,574.85 5,078.50 4,687.01

MDO 480.90 1,200.00 1,680.00 120.00

Memorial

Special 912.00 2,880.00 600.00 650.00

TOTAL

4,962.40 11,161.77 13,134.85 5,798.50 5,337.01

Leon & Nancy Hicks gave to the General Budget in memory of Jesse Gibbs. Edward Hudson gave to the General Budget in memory of Jesse Gibbs. Jeannie Robinson gave to the General Budget in memory of Jesse Gibbs. Josh & Kim Wheat gave to the General Budget in memory of Chadley Bowman. Randal Gibbs gave to the General Budget in memory of Jesse Gibbs. Fred & Linda Mullins gave to the General Budget in memory of Doris Roy. Dan & Rita Uhler gave to the General Budget in memory of Doris Roy. Lora Lee Wilcher gave to the General Budget in memory of Doris Roy. Joe Lisa gave to the General Budget in memory of Doris Roy. TLC (Theresa Lisa Crafters) gave to the General Budget in memory of Doris Roy.

Please join us at 5:00 p.m. in the

Sanctuary Monday,

December 24, 2018, for our annual

Christmas Eve Candlelight and

Communion Service.

It is that time of year again and the Kiwanis Club

has begun to plan for another year of helping our

community in their time of need. We’ve

expanded our baskets to include not only the

usual staples but milk, butter, a whole chicken,

vegetables and fruit. Your donations will help in

providing food to our needy and are greatly

appreciated.

FIRST SUNDAY — FIRST DOLLAR (December 2, 2018) Donations to be given to the Kiwanis Club to help with their Christmas Baskets. Thank you, everyone, for your generosity!

Honorarium

Friends gave to the General Budget in honor of Joe Lisa.

Our annual Thanksgiving Community Meal was prepared and served by the Community Ministry Team at 1 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, Thursday, November 22nd. A large crowd (shown above) enjoyed the delicious meal. Thank you to everyone who helped in any way!

Featured on the left is the Mother’s Day Out children eating their Thanksgiving meal, Tuesday, November 20th in the Fellowship Hall. Their teachers prepared the food they know the children like to eat. Notice the sweet smiling faces and their cleaned plates!

There are five Sundays in the month of December, and that means it will soon be time once again for another Fifth Sunday Sing!

Make plans now to join us in the Sanctuary on December 30, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. for the this special service of praise, prayer, and testimony with music and songs. Please

invite someone to come with you.

The Joy Ministry Team extends an invitation

to those of you who are 60 and up to attend

Movie Night in the Fellowship Hall beginning

at 5 p.m., Tuesday, December 13, 2018. The

title of the movie is Risen. Popcorn and

beverages will be served. Hope to see you

then!

Below are some of the Mother’s Day Out (MDO)

children having fun outside playing in the leaves. The photos were made into placemats and laminated for the boys and girls to use when they have their Thanksgiving meal at MDO, Tuesday, November 20th.

While Advent is certainly a time of celebration and anticipation of Christ’s birth, it is more than that. It is only in the shadow of Advent that the miracle of Christmas can be fully understood and appreciated, and it is only in the light of Christmas that the Christian life makes any sense. It is between the fulfilled promise of Christ’s first coming and the yet-to-be-fulfilled promise of his second coming.

It is precisely in the light of the coming of Christ that faith has become Advent faith, the expectation of future revelation. Faith knows for whom and for what it is waiting. It is fulfilled faith because it lays hold on the fulfilled promise. The promise for Israel and the promise for the church is Jesus Christ; He has come, and He will come again. This is the essence of Advent. - Copied

Readers for the Four Sundays of Advent - 11 a.m. Worship

First Sunday of Advent: Ignite within Us Hope Kaitlyn Couch & Leo Miller

Second Sunday of Advent: Ignite within Us Peace Gray & Sharon Cowart

Third Sunday of Advent: Ignite within Us Joy Kevin & Lesia Garrison

Fourth Sunday of Advent: Ignite within Us Love Billy Ray & Jerrie Patton

Readers for the Christmas Eve Service - 5 p.m.

Lighting of the Christ Candle - Gary Gilmore, Angela & Joshua Moffett First Lesson - Ken & Barbara Rose

Second Lesson - Jim & Wanda McCarter

Third Lesson - Hannah & Erin Couch

Fourth Lesson - Eddie, Tammy & Will Boles Fifth Lesson - James & Angie Couch

Sixth Lesson - Pat Horton

Seventh Lesson - Rachel Heimel & Madison Hinely

Eighth Lesson - Patty Crowder

Ninth Lesson - Susan Maddux

Thank you to everyone who gave donations for teens in the Morgan-Scott Counties for Christmas. Gifts for girls included scarves, nail polish, jewelry, cologne, etc., and boy gifts were basketballs, soccer balls, wallets, etc. Thank you, Pat & Barbara, for gift shopping!

Thank you, Angie Rose, for such a good job assembling the festive baskets (shown on the left). We are grateful to our United Methodist Women for this ministry of love.

New coats for kids at Spring City Elementary School (SCES) were delivered to the school, Mon., Nov. 12th. Featured above are Vice Principal, Michael Tipton, Dr. Beth, Tammy Boles, Principal, and Pastor Dale. Thank you to everyone who contributed to help children keep warm this winter.

This year’s Fall Festival & Trunk ‘n Treat were well attended. There were 468 kids of all ages, parents, relatives, and friends who enjoyed the crafts, games, food, and lots of fun in the Family Life Center, October 31, 2018. Everyone happily chowed down on the hot dogs, chips, cupcakes, candy, and drinks. The night ended with all the children going outside in the park-ing lot for Trunk ‘n Treat where they received candy from several car trunks. This is always a much-anticipated event for the children.

A huge thank you to our Children’s Director, Constance Garrison, and to the 40 volunteers for all their help in making our 2018 Fall Festival so successful!

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On Sunday, December 16, 2018, the Chancel Choir, under the

direction of Judy Ezell, will present two performances of

“The Glory of Christmas” by Lloyd Lorenz in the Sanctuary

of Spring City United Methodist Church at the 11 a.m.

worship service and at 3 o’clock in the afternoon in the

Sanctuary. Please invite someone to attend with you as the

glory of Christmas comes to life in this inspiring musical.

Through a blend of familiar carols and original songs, you

will experience the beauty of the incarnation story as if for the

first time. Narrators are Carolyn Reid and Loyal Cornelius.

God has blessed our church family with five new members this fall. Lynn Hanes and Emily McBride joined on Profession of Faith at the 11 a.m. worship service, Sunday, October 28th. Pastor Dale baptized Emily with water from the Jordan River.

On Sunday, November 11th, Alex & Andrea Solomon joined on transfer of membership from Galloway Memorial UMC, Jackson, MS. Alex joined as an Associate Member. Gayle Epperly joined on Profession of Faith also on Sunday, November 11. May God bless our new church members!