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Cleveland United Methodist Church
MARCH 2011
Cleveland UMC News
A Note from the Pastor:
The Season of Lent
Inside this Issue:
Pastor’s Column
Church Schedules
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Youth & Children 3
What’s New?
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Prayer List
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“Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash
UMW
Missions
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fasting and preparation by converts and then became a time of penance by
Birthdays
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the upper room, to the cross, to the tomb, and to the garden. Somber colors
Wednesday, (this year, March 9), and ends on Holy Saturday. Lent comes
from the Anglo-Saxon word lencten, which means “spring.” The season is a
preparation for celebrating Easter. Historically, Lent began as a period of
all Christians. During these days, the community journeys with Jesus from
such as purple or ash gray and rough-textured cloth are most appropriate
Calling ALL
Artists
for paraments, banners and stoles.”
From The United Methodist Book of Worship
Our Lenten Services
(Of any Age)
We are searching for
new artwork to feature on the cover of
our Sunday Bulletins.
March 9th:
Ash Wednesday
Worship Services at Noon and 7 pm
Thursdays in the Word
Please submit photos Begins March 3 – April 21 @ 11 am to Noon in the Neal Room
or legible copies of
any artwork, pottery,
quilts, glass, metalwork etc… to the
Church Office.
We are always
pleased to feature the
works of our talented
congregation!
Hard to Dance With the Devil On Your Back
$7 per copy
Please see the Pastor if you would like to be in this Class
April 17th:
Palm Sunday
April 21st:
Maundy Thursday Worship
Worship @ Noon & 7 pm
April 22nd:
Tenebrae Worship in the Catacombs
7 pm (in the basement)
April 24th:
Easter Sunday
There will be no 9:00 am Worship Service to allow for
Community Sunrise Service
Informal Breakfast in Fellowship Hall
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Important Schedules & Events
March Scripture Readers
March 6th:
Dr. Tom Lott
March 13th:
Julia Runkle
March 20th:
Don Howell
March 27th:
Jordan Marks
March Acolyte Schedule
March 6th:
***All Scripture Readers will be notified of the scripture verse by email prior to their scheduled Sunday.
Allen & Kerry Huycke
& Krista Terry
March 13th: Jordan & Georgia Marks
March 20th: Fischer Cutchshaw &
Matthew Hoyle
March 27th: Blake & Brian Hulsey
Acolyte Training: Wednesday, March 9th immediately following Wednesday Night Supper
Usher Calendar
March 6th:
March 13th:
March 20th:
(Retired Old Men Eating Out)
Joyce & Dillard Smith
Meet the 2nd Tuesday of Each Month
Pat & Troy Waddell; Don Butler
This Month is March 8th
Carol Blakeman
at 8:30 am @ Ma Gooch’s
Julia & Ron Runkle; Pat Edwards
Bill Morris
March 27th:
Connie & Brian Alexander
Debra & Walt McInvale
Wednesday Night Dinner
March 2nd:
Potato Bar
March 9th:
Breakfast Night
March 16th:
March 23rd:
March 30th:
R.O.M.E.O. Club
Tracie & Don Howell
Sausage & Chicken Jambalaya
Subs & Salads
No Dinner - Spring Break
Committee Meetings
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
March 2nd:
Trustees, Finance &
Worship
March 9th:
SPR, Education
March 16th:
Evangelism, Missions
& Lay Leadership
March 23rd:
Church Council*
* All members are invited to attend the Church Council
meetings on the 4th Wednesday of each month.
Attention! MARCH 30th - ALL Wednesday
Night programs, meetings, dinners and groups
will NOT meet due to Spring Break.
March Altar Flowers
March 6th:
To the Glory of God and In Honor of Ean & Dillard Smith’s Birthday
March 13th:
To the Glory of God and In Memory of Chuck Phillip’s Birthday by Claire Phillips
March 20th:
To the Glory of God and In Honor of Kerry Huycke’s Birthday by Mom, Dad & Allen
March 27th:
To the Glory of God and In Honor of Veronica & Jordan Marks’s Birthday by Todd &
Georgia Marks
There are still spaces available on the 2011 Flower Chart located outside the church office
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Youth & Children News & Upcoming Events
Upcoming Youth Events
March 20th: Youth Outreach @ 1:30 p.m.
Smith-Gall Woods Animal Shelter
April 3rd : Youth Sunday @ 11 am Worship Service
Youth Sunday Family Cooks & Chaperones
March 6th
The Reid Family
June 5th - 9th: VBS
March 13th
Family Bible Study
‘Shake it Up Cafe”
March 20th
The Runkle Family
March 27th
The Marks Family
June 23rd - 26th: Youth Trip to Hiawassee
The CUMC Student of the month is Troy Galloway. Troy is the son of Chuck
and Nancy Galloway.
Ten interesting facts about Troy…
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Troy is a senior at Southern Polytechnic State University, and has been on the Dean's
List every semester.
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He will graduate on May 7, 2011 with a Civil Engineering Technology Degree.
3.
He won the 2011 Georgia Engineering Technology Student of the Year
Award presented by the Georgia Engineering Alliance.
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Troy is the Vice-President of Southern Poly's American Society of Civil Engineers and
Institute of Transportation Engineers, and he is also a member of Tau Alpha Pi and
Alpha Chi Honor Societies.
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This is his second year as a member of the SPSU Concrete Canoe
team, which competes in the ASCE South Eastern Conference.
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Yes, it floats!
He won the First Annual American Concrete Institute's Battle of the Mixes Battering
Ram Competition. His team busted through a 3000 psi 4 inch thick concrete wall in 15
seconds.
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Go Dawgs - Sic' Em WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!!
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Troy and his girlfriend, Teigan McIntosh, have been
dating for over 2.5 years
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He was baptized and became a member of
CUMC on June 11, 2000. Teigan and Allison Erbele
were acolytes.
10.
Troy has a cute little teddy bear hamster named
Pirate.
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What’s New at CUMC?
Youth & Family Bible Study
This year we are starting a new Bible study for the youth and their families. Our
youth learn by example and by watching their parents actively participating in a Bible
study will show our kids that God is an important factor in all of our lives. We encourage all families and their youth to attend this Bible study.
2nd Session:
3rd Session:
Sunday, March 13th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 10th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Please see Tracie Howell for more information.
Congratulations to Our Newest Members!
Cleveland United Methodist Church is proud to announce the newest
members of its congregations as we celebrate the recent baptisms of Ansley and
Tyler Franklin, Trey Valentine and Brody Boggs. We look forward to watching
our children and young families grow with God’s blessings and love.
From left to right: Kelly Franklin with Tyler & Ansley, Bobby & Emily Valentine with Trey, Lacy &
Blake Boggs with Brody.
CUMC Also Welcomes…
John & LeeAnn Nelson
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Remember in Prayer...
Those traveling; Those who are lonely or estranged from family; Our government; Our Military;
The Middle East; Those who have not found their salvation; Those facing possible unemployment and those unemployed; The ministries of Cleveland UMC; and
CUMC Military & Families
Leonard Brand
Paul Harrison
Matt Albertus
Doug & Marsha Smith
Nancy Patchell
Jonathan Allison
Brenda Yearwood
Cliff Elrod
Care & Concern
Curtis & Nancy Norton
Chip Galloway
The Wunderlich Family
Pat Wyatt
Melissa Sandefur
Dell Kerr - Jennifer Huycke’s
Mother
Polly Mann
Kyle Lovell
Kevin Kerr
Patrick Jones (CUMC Outreach), and
Russ & Jane Weiskircher
John Nickerson.
Roger Dougherty - Sandra Pope’s The Family of Virginia Maddox
son
On-Going
Bill Orr
Walter Campbell
Janelle Elrod - Nell Davidson’s
daughter
Chuck Galloway
Curtis & Pearl Alexander
Ladies Wednesday Night Bible Study
6:00 p.m. in the Neal Room
Contact Debra McInvale
706/878-0882
[email protected]
Choir & Worship Area Sponsored
Sunday, March 6th
Loss of Loved One
To My Church Family:
Words cannot express how much your love,
prayers, cards and sympathy have meant to me. We
are truly a family of God and Virginia will someday in
the future greet us all with her special smile.
I love you all. Thank you!
Bellman Maddox
A Note of Thanks
We appreciate the kindnesses by way of prayers, calls,
visits, emails, food and offers to help during Garland's
surgery and recuperation. Well on the way to recovery
now and anxious to get back to church.
Garland & Judy Lovell
9:45 am to 12:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall
Help us raise money for new choir robes!
Please bake and/or buy. As always, donations
are gladly accepted!
A sincere thank you to everyone for the loving prayers and
concern for my daughter Janelle Elrod, and my son in law,
Cliff, who has returned from Afghanistan.
Nell Davidson
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United Methodist Women
UMW Meeting
Tuesday, March 1st @ 12:30 p.m.
In the Fellowship Hall
Planning Session for Lenten Day Apart
Hostesses: Jean Lindsay & Gwen Owens
Devotion: Alice Bagwell
Program: Rosemary York
Executive Meeting @ 11:30 a.m. in the Neal Room
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W.A.C.S.
Wednesday, March 2nd
11:00 a.m. in the Neal Room
The Alice Circle
Wednesday, March 23rd
10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
March Kitchen Monitor
Barb Orr
Cleveland United Methodist
to host
UMW District
Lenten Day
Apart
Saturday, March 26th
9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
The UMW wishes to thank
Barbara and Douglas Johnson
for their donation of the new sign for
Mildred’s Thrift Store, in honor of their beloved pet,
“Cowboy”
Mildred’s Thrift Store
March 1: Margaret Morrow & Janet Williams
March 5: Louise Head & Alice Bagwell
March 8: Louise Head & Alice Bagwell
March 15: Gerry Robinson & Bonnie Cornutt
March 22: Rosemary York & Nancy Rucker
March 29: Louise Head & Margaret Morrow
All ladies are encouraged to attend
UMW Meeting on March 1st to plan for
this luncheon!!!!
Save the Dates
21st Century Bible Fashion Show
Sunday, April 10th
UMW Fundraiser
Yard Sale
Saturday, April 30th
Start cleaning out & saving your items for the Yard Sale
Please - No Clothes!
UMW Sunday
May 15th
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
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BACK PACK BUDDIES
A W.A.C.S. Mission Project
This a working program at the White County Intermediate School to see that kids on the free
lunch program have food and/or snacks that can be easily prepared for the weekends.
The following is a list of suggested items to donate:
ENTREES: Ravioli with meat sauce, Spaghetti O's with Meatballs, Individually wrapped Mac &
Cheese, Beef Stew, Red Beans & Rice, Beans and Franks, Beef-a-Roni, Soup, tuna/chicken
pouches, chili.
BREAKFAST ITEMS: individually wrapped cereal, pop tarts, cereal bars, granola bars, Nutrigrain bars, individual packs of grits or oatmeal.
DRINKS: Juice boxes, milk boxes, (non -refrigerated) bottled water.
SNACKS: Dried or canned fruits, fruit chews, peanut butter crackers, cheese crackers, pretzels, goldfish, pudding or Jell-o cups, mini-microwave popcorn.
A BOX will be placed in The Gathering Room next to the Book Table & will be picked up weekly
by Julia Tyson & taken to the School.
This project is not limited to the W.A.C.S. Circle, but is open to anyone who would like
to make a difference in a hungry child's life.
Project Brothers’ Keeper
A referral list of people who do good work or are in need of work:
North Georgia Sewer & Drain Company
706-219-1636
Referred by: Brenda Winder
ARI Auto
Auto/motorcycle mechanic (established business)
706-219-2495
Referred by: Pat Holmes
Lance Miller
Yard Work/Miscellaneous (works til’ noon)
706-200-2311
Referred by: Jo Ann Butler
Frederick Hampton
Roofing, painting, sheetrock, yard work, etc.
Worked with Ralph Cone Roofing (unemployed)
706-892-6462
Referred by: Jackie Sticher (came to Church Office)
Mike Morrow (Church Member)
Build, Remodel, service & maintain properties
Landscaping equipment for outdoor projects
706-865-7525
Jimmy Parris
Electrical, Sheet Rock, Carpentry
706-892-4884
Referred by: Jackie Sticher (came to Church Office)
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March Birthdays
Ed Young
March 1
Martha Bethel
March 25
Don Sandefur
March 1
Veronica Marks
March 26
Don Howell
March
Judy George
March 26
Dillard Smith
March 6
Richard Huycke
March 26
Andrea Hulsey
March 8
Scott Reyes
March 27
Cecil Green
March 12
Pat Wyatt
March 29
Sabrina Jones
March 14
Nancy Alley
March 29
Abby Tyson
March 16
Jordan Marks
March 30
Ann Skelton
March 20
Joe Brown
March 31
Belman Maddox
March 22
Gwen Owens
March 25
Kerry Huycke
March 25
If you do not find your birthday on the monthly list please contact the church office and give them
your information. We sincerely apologize if we have left anyone off!
White County Food Pantry
Church Weekly Schedule
Food of the Month
Sunday
9:00 am Service - Worship Service
10:00 am - Sunday School
11:00 am - Traditional Service
5:00 pm - Chancel Choir
5:30 pm - Youth Group
Monday
6:00 pm Weight Watchers
8:00 pm AA Meeting
Tuesday
6:00 p.m. Angel Wings Grief Counseling
Wednesday
12:00 noon - AA Meeting
6:00 pm Dinner/Women’s Bible Study
6:30 p.m. Youth/Children’s Choir Practice
Friday
7:00 pm AA Meeting
Saturday
10:00 am Weight Watchers
Peanut Butter and Jelly
The food pantry cannot obtain these items from a pantry
source and must purchase at grocery stores. Each jar donated
let's the pantry obtain other things desperately needed.
Please continue supporting the White County Food Pantry by
bringing non-perishable food donations to Cleveland UMC, or
make checks payable to White County Food Pantry, and drop
in the offering plate on Sunday morning. A collection box is
located in the Gathering Room.
Cleveland United Methodist Church
March 2011
112 E. Kytle Street
P.O. Box 1226
Cleveland GA 30528
Church Hours: 8 am - 4 pm
Phone: 706-865-2228
Fax:
706-865-0562
E-mail: [email protected]