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November 2017 The Newsletter

It’s Time!!

November 17th

Annual HOLIDAY LUNCHEON

and BAZAAR

Enjoy a delicious traditional Thanksgiving

Dinner of turkey, gravy, dressing, cranberry

salad, and more! Tickets are on sale now for

$15.00 each. Serving begins at 11:00 a.m. and

continues until 1:00 p.m. As always, our take-

out option is also available.

The Home

Baked Goods

and Craft Room

will be open at

10:00 a.m.

Come early to

do some

shopping for your holiday entertaining and

Christmas gift giving! We’ll have desk-top

corn hole in favorite SEC themes, button art,

jewelry, and much, much more.

So all hands on deck to help make this a

wonderful blessing for others. We’ll need

folks to help with the cooking, carving of

turkeys, dicing celery, chopping onions,

measuring cranberries, stirring peas,

crumbling cornbread.

Watch the bulletin for days

when certain tasks need to

be accomplished the week

of November 13-16. Enjoy

new friends and a lot of fun

as we prepare for the

Annual Holiday Luncheon

and Bazaar.

All Saints Sunday, November 5

An important part of our Christian tradition is

to recall to our minds those whom we have lost

as we claim that they have joined the host of

the saints of light. During Wellspring and

Foundation worship on November 5 we will

have a time to call the names of those persons

whom we have lost to death since the last All

Saints Sunday Celebration. A candle will be

lighted and bell tolled to signify these lives

now entered into eternal life. A last bell and

candle will signify those additional persons

who were not connected to our church family,

but whom we honor.

The names of those persons we have gathered

are as follows: Mazle Campbell, Vic Dearen,

Ed Dunlap, Doris Everett, Felton Gill, Mary

Jane Godwin, Paralee Hickerson, Helen

Himes, Robert Lane, Marjorie Lorance, Ben

McLean, Elleen Parson, June Petty, Mildred

Price, Shirley Smith, Donald Taylor, and Patsy

Whiteside.

If there are any others which we have missed,

please notify Donna Brock in the church office

by Thursday, November 2. Thank you.

United Methodist Women

Note and Mark your Calendar

The November UMW meeting has

been moved to Monday, November 6,

2017 at 9:00 a.m.

This is an executive meeting, but all women

are invited to come. We will be working on

plans for the upcoming Bazaar and approving

our year end contributions to local charities.

There will be no lunch.

UPCOMING EVENTS THAT YOU DON’T

WANT TO MISS:

Stones River District Annual Meeting and

Officer Training-Smyrna First United

Methodist Church on November 4.

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United Methodist Men

The UMM will meet on

Sunday, November 19th at

7:00 a.m. The Men’s

group meets every third Sunday in the Youth

Room for a time of fellowship and study. All

men are invited to participate. We are making

plans for our First Annual Chili Cook-off on

January 21. Hope to see you there!

Christmas in Beersheba

Spend a wonderful afternoon on the mountain,

surrounded by the beauty of Beersheba

Springs Assembly. Enjoy spirit-filled

worship, special Christmas music, singing of

Christmas carols, or a special Christmas Meal.

Dates available: November 30, December 4,

December 5, December 7

A special overnight option is on December 1;

arrive at 4:00 on December 1, enjoy music and

the evening meal and breakfast, leave

December 2.

For questions call Courtney Hopkins at 931-

692-3669, ext. 100.

Pardon the inconvenience, the

church fax machine is temporarily

out of service. We will be up and

running again soon.

The Bedford County Imagination Library just completed a very successful

challenge donor fundraising campaign. I want to thank the members of

Shelbyville First United Methodist Church for their generous support of

over $950.00. We are now

mailing books to 2,200 children

every month. For many of these

children, these books are the only

print material in their homes. If

you talk to our educators, they

say it makes a very big difference

for these children when they enter school. Thank you again.

Trish Hubbard, Board Member

STUDENT MINISTRIES

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November Calendar

November Events!

Nov. 1– Wednesday Night Activities

Nov. 5– UMYF @ 5pm– home of Rheaetta Wilson

Nov. 8– LAST Wednesday Night meal

Nov. 12– UMYF @ 5pm– home of the Warinners

Nov. 15– Wesley’s Warriors

Nov. 19– UMYF @ 5pm in the Youth Room

Nov. 26– NO UMYF– Thanksgiving Break

Nov. 29– Wesley’s Warriors

Mark Your Calendars!

You don’t want to miss the Christmas

Nativity play, December 3rd! Come hear

the Christmas story through the voices

of our young people! Reception to

follow.

Dear Church Family,

Thank you so much for helping Nate

celebrate the Ronald McDonald House. As

his parents, it is comforting to know that he

is surrounded by Christians with a giving

heart. Together with your donations and his

friends, Nate was able to deliver many boxes

of food, and cleaning supplies, a stack of gift

cards, and $325 in cash. Again, thank you

for helping us raise Nate in a faithful and

giving environment.

Sincerely,

Josh and

Carrie Brooke

Simmons

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FIRST FRUITS OUR PRAYERS, OUR PRESENCE, OUR GIFTS, OUR SERVICE, AND OUR WITNESS

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Our Tithes and Offerings to God

Sunday, October 1 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School $57.00 Morning Worship $9,575.00 Total Offering $9,632.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $455.00 Good Samaritans $723.30 Youth Fund Gifts (Memorial) $350.00 UMM $50.00 Pastor’s Discretionary Emergency Aid Fund $140.00

Sunday, October 8 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School $16.00 Morning Worship $9,627.00 Total Offering $9,643.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $387.00 Choir Fund $30.00 UMCOR Hurricane $50.00 Youth Fund Gifts (Memorials) $20.00 Youth Registration Fees $140.00 Student Ministry Fundraiser $350.00 Reimbursements $41.00 Soup Kitchen Income $1,000.00 I My Church $25.00

Sunday, October 15 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School $44.00 Morning Worship $7,850.00 Total Offering $7,894.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $160.00 Choir Fund $110.00 UMCOR $329.51 Youth Fund Gifts (memorial) $50.00 Youth Registration Fee $240.00 Reimbursements $372.98 Soup Kitchen Income $100.00 Wesley’s Warriors (memorial) $20.00 I My Church (memorial) $60.00 Thompson Farrar Loan $100.00

Sunday, October 22 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School $36.00 Morning Worship $6,584.66 Total Offering $6,620.66 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $345.00 UMCOR $110.00 Youth Registration Fee $120.00 Reimbursements $168.00 Upper Rooms $4.00 Thompson Farrar Loan $600.00

Anniversaries November 4 Josh and Carrie Brooke

Simmons

November 11 Scott and Trish Hubbard

November 15 Drew and Tanya Lane, Jr

November 25 Jim and Myrna King

Bob and Becky Hickerson

November 26 Alan and Connie Bailey

Birthdays November 2 Amy Reitz

Riley Smith

November 3 Ron Borders

Jeffrey Graves

November 4 Daniel Richter

November 6 Collin King

November 7 Bobby Hickerson

November 9 Charlene Judd

November 10 Mandy Locke

Gene Schaefer

November 12 Connie Bailey

Linda Rucker

November 13 Jay Davis

November 17 Diane Whitwell

November 18 Barbara Beaty

November 19 Leah Cunningham

Rachel Swift

November 21 Annice Coop

November 23 Melissa White

November 24 Marianne Jenkins

November 26 Alex Schuler

November 28 Christina Nicholson

Philip Prince

Harold Smith

November 30 Betsy Akerly

Kaitlyn Soileau

Amy Wells

A belated birthday to new member Jim

Houle who celebrated his birthday on

October 5.

5:00pm Soup Kitchen

5:00pm Soup Kitchen

7:00pm Choir

5:00pm Soup Kitchen

Turn back clocks

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FIRST FRUITS OUR PRAYERS, OUR PRESENCE, OUR GIFTS, OUR SERVICE, AND OUR WITNESS

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Sympathy to friends and family of Margaret Green Brand,

mother of Joan Leichner. Margaret died on October 8th, at

the age of 100.

Ed Bomar, Wilene Bomar, Kary Collier, David DeCosta,

Mary Ann Dunlap, Roland and Mary Finchum, Martha Fox,

Kitty Graham, Susan Harvey, Sarah Hudson, Don Jensen,

Gale Limbo, Mandy Jean, Jeff Jones, Myrna King,

Linda Odeneal, Katherine Potts, Nina Gay Segroves,

Ronnie Sudberry, James Sutton, Barbara Thomas, Amy Wells

and the Wells family, Cyndy Wolfe

Remembering these…

Carriage House (311 Colloredo Blvd.): Dot Allen,

Martha Fox, Isabelle Pewitt

Celebration Way (895 Union Street): Kather ine Potts,

Ed Bomar

Christian Care Center (1253 Lake Barkley Dr ., Kuttawa,

KY 42055): Shirley Nicholson

Community Care (901 County Farm Rd. H102,

Murfreesboro 37127): Peggy Piedmonte, Juanita Hastings

NHC Rutherford (room 200B 420 N. University St,

37130): Virginia Wray

The Waters (Room @4, 835 Union St.): Kitty Graham

Lindsey Andrews: testing for seizures, granddaughter of

Frances Gill

Greg Baker: lymphoma, friend of Randy and Rachel

Cunningham

Kenny Blindt: research for cancer treatment, friends of Carrie

Brooke Simmons

Carl Bodie: cancer, brother-in-law of Dick and Nancy Reak

Tom Brockway: recovering from open heart surgery, brother

of Sally McReynolds

Linda Brockway: pancreatitis complications, sister-in-law of

Sally McReynolds

Bob Burke, Jr.: has ALS, son of Bob Burke

Cassie Butts: cancer of the eye, niece of Luanne Neeley

Shirley Campbell: had cancer surgery, friend of Jane Johnson

Melody Carpenter: cancer, friend of Jo and Donald Cathey

Jack Carter: health concerns, friend of Cassie Davis

Stacey Cazes: breast cancer, member of the Hull family

Rick Castelow: had open heart surgery, friend of John and

Melody Teague

Johnny Crowell: heart attack, cousin of Vickie Hull

Gracie Curlee: sister of Sylvia Pinson

Wanda Desplinter: throat cancer, friend of John and Melody

Teague

Harriet Graham: seriously ill, family friend of Larry Theis

Ann Graves: brain tumor, friend of John and Melody Teague

Blaklyn Hall: born three months premature, friend of the Lytle

Family

Josh Haslam: stage-4 cancer, friend of the Cunninghams

Larry Haggard: heart attack, friend of David and Liz Sherrill

Michelle Hastings: recovering from surgery, daughter of

Winford and Marion Arnold

Faye Hawkins: relief of shoulder and neck pain

Miki Heaton: surgery, friend of Cathleen Cross

Sympathy to the family and friends of Sonny Holt, who died

October 14, 2017, friends of the Cunninghams and the

Stewarts.

Scott and Trish Hubbard: family concerns

Hudson Family: continued prayers

The mother of Brenda James: knee surgery

Jennifer Carlton Jarrell: health issues, daughter of Janice

Carlton

Andrew Kruger: great nephew of Ed and Joan Leichner

Mary Lu Ledbetter: cancer, friend of the Cunninghams

Herb Lester: continued serious illness, friend of the Teagues

Pat Mangrum: cancer, daughter-in-law of Kary and Helen

Collier

Jennifer Matheny: cancer, friend of Jane Johnson

Rev. Maurice Moore: arteriogram, friend of the Brocks

Tommy McKammey: heart by-pass, friend of Allison and

Loretta Davis

Fredia Miller: mother of Diane Whitwell

Haley Newman: cancer treatments, friend of Kay Madden

Norris Family: prayers are helping them through difficult

times, friends of Christina Smithson

Toni Overton: cancer diagnosis, friend of Anne Tittsworth

Elizabeth Potts: granddaughter of Katherine Potts, daughter of

Susan and James Ivan Potts, III, difficulty with mobility

and speech. She is 27.

Charlotte Presley: cancer, friend of Nelly Barnes.

Michael Jace Quick: grandson of Marty and Jo Davis

Kevin Reed: cancer, son of Rhonda Reed, friends of Faye and

Ronnie Reed

Carl E. Robinson: declining health, past heart surgery,

grandfather of Tanya Lane, great grandfather of Grayson

Lane

Mark Robinson: health issues, brother of Lori Jones

Bob Russell: health issues, brother of Liz Palmer

Kathy Scanton: back surgery, friend of Vavial Jamison

Jimmy Smithson: health issues, relative of Christina Smithson

Debby Snell: friend of Vickie Hull Aurelia Swann: continuing chemo therapy, daughter of Ann

and Don Spencer and sister of Dulcie Davis

Chuck Taylor: seriously ill, uncle of Carrie Brooke Simmons

Joanne Theis: autoimmune concerns, sister-in-law of Larry

Theis

Harold Walker: bladder cancer, friend of Biff Farrar

Linda Walter: last stages of cancer, mother-in-law of Wendy

Grissom Walter

Martha Watkins: heart problems, sister of Ruby Sullivan

Ray Weaver: cancer treatment, friend of John and Melody

Teague

Clay Wilkey: brain surgery, friend of the Teagues

Steve Williams: brain cancer, nephew of Nancy Reak

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Margaret Greene Brand Adult Bible Class

Miriam Carrick

Susan Harvey

Billy and Margaret Hicks

Billy and Jan Hix

Vavial Jamison

Randy and Barbara Owen

Sylvia Pinson

Ardis Rittenberry

Monty and Barbara Thomas

Wayne and Jane Tucker

Ray and Liz Ward

Mary Tom Drew Randy and Barbara Owen

Ed Dunlap Betsy Akerly

Bob and Carolyn Bellenfant

Nancy June Brandon

Jim and Edna Burke

Wanda Grissom

Raford and Nancy Hulan

Wayne and Jane Tucker

Dorris Ann Waldron, Debbie

Thomas and Virginia Wray

Mary Jane Godwin Nancy June Brandon

Wanda Grissom

Bill and Jan Hix

Helen Monroe Grills Bob and Carolyn Bellenfant

Nancy June Brandon

Wanda Grissom

Mike and Karen Inman

Nina Intintoli

Vavial Jamison

Brenda Knight

Randy and Barbara Owen

Bill and Miriam Pietkiewicz

Randy and Tina Prince

Monty and Barbara Thomas

UMW Circle VI

Guy Hill Wanda Grissom

Helen Himes Dorris Ann Waldron, Debbie

Thomas and Virginia Wray

Las Vegas Shooting Bill and Miriam Pietkiewicz

Evelyn McGrew Eddie and Lolly Watson

Ben McLean Betsy Akerly

Bob and Carolyn Bellenfant

Nancy June Brandon

Bonnie Eblen

Wanda Grissom

Doug and Gale Stephens

Wayne and Jane Tucker

UMW Circle VI

Eddie and Lolly Watson

Mildred Alexander Price Adult Sunday School Class

Bob and Carolyn Bellenfant

Jerry and Lyn Bradshaw

Nancy June Brandon

Bob and Janie Burke

Lee Cannon

Bonnie Eblen

Wanda Grissom

Raford and Nancy Hulan

Nina Intintoli

Aksel and Norma Zae Jensen

Kay Madden

Lynda B. Middlemas

Petey and Sherry Parsons

Monty and Barbara Thomas

Ezra and Pamela Thompson

Wayne and Jane Tucker

6-4-3 DP Athletics, LLC

UMW Circle VI

Dorris Ann Waldron, Debbie

Thomas and Virginia Wray

Eddie and Lolly Watson

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FIRST FRUITS OUR PRAYERS, OUR PRESENCE, OUR GIFTS, OUR SERVICE, AND OUR WITNESS

Memorials Memorials are directed to specific funds at the direction of the donor. They are listed here simply as “Memorials”

From the Family of Ben McLean

We have been overwhelmed with the prayers and concerns

from our church family. The funeral service at the church was

especially meaningful to us as Rev. Lanita and the choir

celebrated his life. Also, a special thanks to those who

coordinated, cooked and served the meal afterwards—your

love continues to be a source of comfort to all of us.

Most sincerely,

Mickey and Tom McLean

The Stones River District is

raising funds to send a truck

load of fiberglass insulation to

the areas in Texas devastated by

recent hurricanes. The use of a

semi-truck and driver have been donated, so

all funds raised go to the purchase of the

insulation. We need $30,000 to fill the truck.

We have already raised over $9,000. If you

would like to contribute, please make your

checks to First UMC and mark them for

“insulation.”

We continue to receive funds for UMCOR

(the United Methodist Committee on Relief)

for the many storms which have hit in recent

months. Thank you for your generosity to

those in need!

Flowers for Worship

November 5 Barbara Pate

November 12 Joan Leichner

November 19 Rachel Cunningham

November 26 Lynn Hulan

Our Presence 10/01 10/08 10/15 10/22

Sunday School 67 65 52 60

Foundation 152 143 142 141

Well Spring 36 25 18 30

(931) 684-2535 Office Hours: 9:00 a.m.—2:30 p.m. M-F fumcshelbyville@att.net

Lanita H. Monroe, Pastor ............................ (cell: 931-200-1981) .............................. lanitamonroe@att.net

Donna Brock, Church Administrator Anne Tittsworth, Financial Secretary

Jeanie Phillips/Larry Theis Church Secretary/Executive Assistant

Jon Brock, Director of Music Ministries Lori Schuler, Organist / Pianist

Alden Procopio, Director of Children and Youth Ministries................... eaprocopio@memphisseminary.edu

Rebecca Baker, Sexton

Barbara Owen, Assistant Pianist Frances Gill and Ruth Statum, Nursery Workers

Wayne Crowell, Sound Technician Cassie Davis, Video Technician

Our Witness—God Sightings

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FIRST FRUITS OUR PRAYERS, OUR PRESENCE, OUR GIFTS, OUR SERVICE, AND OUR WITNESS

Acolyte Schedule

November 5 Sarah Morgan Brock

Joe Weston Pitner

November 12 Grayson Lane

Tori Hull

November 19 Charlee Davis

Rett Davis

November 26 Leah Cunningham

Allison Davis

Welcome Greeters Friendship Sunday School Class

November 5 Wendell and Dinah Agnew

November 12 Don and Ann Spencer

November 19 Vavial Jamison and Irby Simpkins

November 26 Joan and Ed Leichner