THE GOOD NEWS
April 23, 2015
From my heart to yours …
F I R S T
U N I T E D
M E T H O D I S T
C H U R C H ,
S E N A T O B I A ,
M I S S I S S I P P I
Good News
The gospel is “good news.” The essence of the gospel is good news, which came from
heaven to earth as revealed to mankind by the living God through His Holy Word and Holy
Spirit. The good news lies in the historical facts that God has broken into time and space
and has acted graciously and redemptively toward His creation in the person of His Son –
the Lord Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:1-3). Jesus Christ came to save. “For the Son of Man is
come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).
An individual person needs salvation, and therefore a Savior, because he/she is a sinner.
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). The problem is sin; the
solution is Jesus Christ. The disease is sin; the cure is Jesus Christ. The dilemma is sin;
the answer is Jesus Christ. The danger zone is sin; the safe harbor is Jesus Christ. “The
sting of death is sin” (1 Corinthians 15:56); the gift of eternal life is Jesus Christ. “The
wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans
6:23). Death and sin are in Adam; life and righteousness are in Jesus Christ (Romans 5:12
-17). Sin results in condemnation; Jesus Christ results in justification (Romans 5:18).
“And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His
people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the
Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8).
Salvation comes by grace through faith. Grace is the source of salvation and faith is the
instrument, or condition, of salvation. God is the sole cause of both. "For by grace you have
been saved though faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest
anyone should boast" (Ephesians 2:8, 9). Man is totally undeserving of salvation and by
grace one is led to saving faith. Salvation and faith are both seen as the gifts of God. Faith,
as the instrument of salvation, involves more than just mental assent to standards of belief
or biblical doctrines (though this is certainly necessary), but also is manifested as a personal
trust in the person of Jesus Christ – a confidence in the grace of God as given in Christ.
Moreover the law entered that the offense (sin) might abound. But where sin abounded,
grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign
through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 5:20, 21).
In Christ,
Jeff
PRAYER CONCERNS
Schedule of Activities
Wednesday, April 22
5:15 p.m.
Children’s Handbells
5:45 p.m.
Supper
6:30 p.m.
Studies and Activities
7:30 p.m.
Chancel Choir
Thursday, April 23
9:30 a.m.
Explorer’s Bible Study & Luncheon
Sunday, April 26
8:00 a.m.
Grace Team Gamma Prayer Time
8:45 a.m.
Worship
9:45 a.m.
Fellowship Time
10:00 a.m.
Sunday School
11:00 a.m.
Worship
4:00 p.m.
Confirmation Class
Grace Team Gamma Outreach
5:00 p.m.
Children’s Activities
Hankins’ Connect Group
6:00 p.m.
McClure Connect Group
Wednesday, April 29
5:15 p.m.
Children’s Handbells
5:45 p.m.
Supper
6:30 p.m.
Studies and Activities
7:30 p.m.
Chancel Choir
Saturday, May 2
TBA
Confirmation Class Dinner
Sunday, May 3 — Confirmation Sunday
8:00 a.m.
Grace Team Delta Prayer Time
8:45 a.m.
Worship
9:45 a.m.
Fellowship Time
10:00 a.m.
Sunday School
11:00 a.m.
Worship
12:00 p.m.
5th & 6th Grade Outing
4:00 p.m.
Grace Team Delta Outreach
5:00 p.m.
Children’s Activities
Hankins’ Connect Group
6:00 p.m.
McClure Connect Group
Tuesday, May 5
7:00 p.m.
SHS Band Banquet
Wednesday, May 6
5:15 p.m.
Children’s Handbells
5:45 p.m.
Supper
6:30 p.m.
Studies and Activities
7:30 p.m.
Chancel Choir
HEALING OF CANCER
Mary Lou Mitchell (mother of Betty Cossar)
Hilda Young (friend of the Sextons)
Pat Cherry (sister-in-law of Turner and Beth Hughey)
Chuck Jenkins (friends of Frank & Signy Givens)
Dick VanSickle (husband of Karen, father of Nicole O’Conner)
Scott Woolbrink (friend of the Gaines’)
Tommy Welting (friend of Terry & Clarann Spence)
Wayne Stogsdill (Scoutmaster, Troop 77)
Rodney Sprayberry (brother of Mike Sprayberry)
Bob & Judy Smith
Kay King
Sonny Simmons
Miriam Bost
Gary Veazey
Frank Puryear, Jr.
Annette Gann
Jennifer Potts
Lynn McElroy Burns
Bernadean Taylor Morganti
Susan Cox (niece of George & Martha Rone)
Renee King (teacher at SCS)
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Pam Durley (daughter-in-law of Virginia Woolfolk)
Billy Todd
Suzanne Anthony (mother of Jill Lamar)
Suzanne Coke
Trey Few (brother of Susie Martinson)
Ashley Franklin
Lavon Hood (mother of Peggy Williams & Susan Rippee)
Jimmy Leatherwood
Clark Taylor (son of Jim and Ann Taylor)
David Lindemann
Timothy Vestal (grandson of Alda & Jim Tesar)
Leslie Ross
Don Simpson (brother of Vera Gaines)
Rick Crick
Linda Youngblood (sister of Peggy Williams & Susan Rippee) Charlee Roll
Danielle Lee–Williams (friend of the Sprayberrys)
Trey Word
Bob Myers (father-in-law of Rob McClure)
Jean Sexton
Gwen Austin (sister of Rick Crick)
Pat Gabbert
Ida Irby (sister of Kay Sowell)
Rev. Bill Kemp
Jimmy Walker (father of Glen Walker)
Craig Shideler
Levi & Lindsey Lance (missionaries—cousin of Kristen Prince)
Lil Battle Long and Norma Hamrac (sister and niece of Bill Battle)
Will Lawrence (former student of Robert Barnard)
Peggy Williams (friend of Terry & Clarann Spence)
Owen Torti (grandson of Gene Torti — friend of Glenda Rhodes)
Elzy and LeeDell Dowdle (parents of Mary Claire McClure)
Jere & Gail Gammon
Brandon Finley
Joanne Veazey
Lee Bourland
Kam Spencer
Eric Edwards
Phyllis Waters
Ron Schwake
Kevin McNail
James Hunter
Tom Brownlee
Aletta Stull
Carolyn Rials
Teresa Roberson
Faye Dorr
Stan Holcombe
Johnny Clark
AT HOME
Carolyn & Bob Meacham
Helen Claire Gordon
Ethelyn Smith (Germantown)
Cecil Watson
Sue Spier
Max & Sue Walker
Jim Coyle
Ernestine Smith
NURSING/RETIREMENT HOME
Jessie Anna Puryear (Madison)
Clara Lee McClure (Senatobia)
Rosalie Maclean (Providence)
Laura Laughlin (Providence)
Sue Anthony (Providence — mother of Marvin Lishman)
Bernie Taylor (Germantown—Village of Germantown)
Della White (Southaven — Hermitage Gardens -mother of Christy Walker)
Dorothy Boyd (Providence — friend of Mike and Jeannie Sprayberry)
MILITARY SERVICE
David Meacham (son of Bob & Carolyn Meacham)
Brian Englund (nephew of Val Lyle)
David Neal (brother of Beth Dickerson)
Rodney Riley (son-in-law of Ernie Parker)
Mel Hungate (Okinawa, Japan—nephew of Craig Shideler )
Chris Stroupe (grandson of Ken Stroupe)
Clay Burns (friend of Susan Baker)
Members of Mississippi National Guard Units
STEWARDSHIP
April 19, 3015
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
2015 Operating Budget
Received to Date
Received in April
$ 516,112.00
$ 152,410.53
$ 32,241.50
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
Sunday School
8:45 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Worship
Please contact the
church office when
changes need to
be made.
Church Prayer Lists — Please review the names on our Prayer Lists in the
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newsletter and bulletin. If you know of any who can be removed or added, please
contact the church office.
Worship and Ministry Duties for Sunday, April 26
Hymns:
8:45 ….. “This is the Day” … “The Gift of Love” … “Cornerstone” … “Spirit of the Living God”
11:00 … “Come, Thou Almighty King” … “Precious Name” … “Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” … “I Am Thine, O Lord”
PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY (11:00 a.m.) ………………………………...………………................................................................. Stacey and Lee Pinkston
CRIB NURSERY …………………...……………………………………………………………………………...……………….…. 10:00 a.m. — Gale Cushman
11:00 a.m. — Carrie Maples
CHILDREN’S CHURCH (both services) ……………………………..…...………………………....………..………………………..…………… Melissa Vancil
SCRIPTURE READERS ……………………………………………… 8:45 a.m. — Olivia Prince ….…………………………..………… 11:00 — Kay Sowell
USHERS (11:00 a.m.) …..…….......................................................................................... Dennis Williams, Peyton Rippee, Lee Bourland, Keith Godbold
AUDIO/VISUAL (11:00 a.m.) …….……….................................................................................................................................................... Robert Barnard
GREETERS ……………………………………...………..…………… 8:45 a.m. — Linda Kroush …………………….………………… 10:45 a.m. — Ushers
OFFERING COLLECTORS …………………………………….……………………………….……………..………………..….… Gay Lishman and Tim Climer
MONDAY MORNING OFFERING COUNTER ………………………………………………….……………….…….…………..…………..…..….… Les Dicken
ATTENDANCE REGISTRATION PADS ……………………………………….……..…..……………..……...….….. Kay and Russell Sowell and Ellen Clark
FELLOWSHIP TIME ……………………………………………………………….…........……………...…………………..…….… Men’s Sunday School Class
Vacation Bible School
June 15-19
Volunteer Sign Up in Grand Hall
MCF Sunday Night
Children’s Activities
Apr
May
26
Game Night*
Messy Game Night
3
Musical
Spring Mission
10
Mother’s Day
No Sunday night activity
17
Last Day
Musical
Children’s Choirs
Both the Pre-School and Elementary Choirs will sing at
both worship services on Sunday, May 10.
*Will need at least 2 volunteers for game night.
Our deepest sympathies are extended to Bo Spier and family in the
death of his mother, Sue Harris Spier. Services for Sue were Saturday,
April 18 in Arkansas.
Our love and sympathy is also extended to Janet White in the recent
death of her cousin, Beth Woolfolk from Little Rock, AR.
5th & 6th Grade Sunday School Class Outing
Sunday, May 3
Immediately following 11 worship service
On Saturday, May 30 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. the churches of the Senatobia
Ministerial Alliance will offer to their congregations the opportunity to shred their old and unwanted
documents. There will be NO charge to you. Each vehicle will be allowed 5 boxes. So start now
gathering the items you need to have shredded.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Non-Profit Org.
PERMIT #53
102 West Gilmore Street
Post Office Box 663
Senatobia, Mississippi 38668
U.S. Postage Paid
Senatobia, MS
Phone: 662-562-5214
Fax: 662-562-5219
Email: [email protected]
The Good News
http://www.senatobiafumc.org
Trip to Visit Methodist Children’s Home in Jackson, MS
There is a group planning a trip to the Methodist Children's Home for their open house on Saturday, April 25 from 10 am to 1 pm.
(Welcome, tour of campus, program, and picnic lunch) Everyone is invited. Please call Beth Vail (562– 9681) if you are interested.
Camp Lake Stephens is
needing help to get ready for
camping season. If you would be
willing to give your time, please
contact the church office or Elwin
Walker. The dates being considered
are on Saturday, May 2 or 9 or 16.
Let us know your preference. Any
monetary donations will be accepted.
Contact Information
If any of your contact information (home phone, cell
phone, email) have changed recently, please let us
know before the photo directory is printed.
Kids’ Parent Meeting
Wednesday, April 22 @ 7:30 p.m.
There will be a 10 minute meeting of the parents whose children are
going to summer camp.
Grace Team Gamma
Sunday, April 26
8:00 a.m.— Prayer Time in the Chapel
4:00 p.m. — Outreach Ministry