OOD NEWS G r e g g t o n U n i t e d M e t h o d i s t C h u r c h S e p t e m b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 1

Celebrating the Power and

Presence of God

Sermon Series:

Teachings That Just Might Change Your Life

This Weeks Sermon:

Matthew 21:28-32

Attendance—Sunday, September 18, 2011

Morning Worship 275

Sunday School 195

2011 Daily Readings

09/22 Dan 9-10; Ps 123; Lk 5

09/23 Dan 11-12; Lk 6

09/24 Ezra 1; Ps 84-85; Lk 7

09/25 Ezra 2-3; Lk 8

09/26 Ezra 4; Ps 113, 127; Lk 9

09/27 Hag 1-2; Ps 129; Lk 10

09/28 Zech 1-3; Lk 11

Angela Coulter “ My family and I have been

members at Greggton for four

years. As a child I grew up here

and it just seemed natural to come

back when I moved back to Long-

view. Since coming back to

Greggton I have taught Sunday

school for the past two years and

help with LIHN. I feel God calls

upon each of us in different ways

to serve and I am just blessed to be a part of what takes

place at Greggton!”

In addition to teaching Sunday school, Angela and

her husband, Buck, also teach 5th and 6th grade Pioneer

Club. Like Angela, all of our Sunday school teachers

are committed to serving the children each week. These

teachers give of their time in order to love and serve the

children very well.

UMW is Selling Butter Braid Pastries! The UMW ladies are once again selling the Butter

Braid Pastry. The cost is

$12 a loaf and must be

paid when ordered. The

flavors available are Ap-

ple, Strawberry Cream

Cheese, Cinnamon, Cream

Cheese and

Bavarian Cream with

Chocolate Icing. So find a

UMW member today and

order your bread! The last

day to order will be Octo-

ber 12.

Welcome to our newest Greggton members, Dawn &

Ken Stewart, Hannah Beck and Cheyenne Hawkins (not

pictured). Give them a big Greggton Welcome when

you see them!

Trunk or Treat is planned

for October 30th!

Candy donations will be ac-

cepted in the church office!

Look for more details in the

near future!

M3 Bible Study:

Family Night

Wednesday (5:30-8:00pm)

Dinner before class! $3 a person

9/25/11 Youth water slide fun

Sunday 5:30-8:00pm

Roaring River water slide, 22 ft high double lane

56 ft long. Guaranteed to be an evening of FUN.

Compassion Sunday Our church is participating in Compassion Sunday on

October 23. This is a national event that helps us grow

in our understanding of God’s very special love for the

poor. We will have a

guest missionary from

World Orphans along

with a Compassion pres-

entation. You will also

have the opportunity to

intervene in the life of at

least one child in poverty

by sponsoring a precious

boy or girl. For more information, contact Sara

Straznicky at saras@greggton.org or visit

www.compassion.com. Be sure to join us for this spe-

cial Sunday service!

This week was full of fun for the children at

Greggton. Pioneer Club continues to be an evening of

fun and learning and we continue to see the classes

growing. This past week, classes learned things such as

how to use a compass, how to properly fold clothes,

how to trust in the Bible as God’s true, written word and

how to help and serve others around them. All of the

children are also working on memorizing a specific

scripture in their classes. Please pray that the children

will develop a deep relationship with Jesus Christ as

they come each week to learn about him.

Children’s church started this past Sunday during the

Connect service. During this time, we worshipped with

a song, learned about the parable of the vineyard, made

cards for those who are sick, and enjoyed a snack to-

gether. If you are interested in serving by helping with

Children’s church on a rotating basis, please let me

know. You will be blessed as you see the joy and excite-

ment that the children have for learning about Jesus.

As you may have seen around the church, Operation

Christmas Child is a project that our church will be par-

ticipating in this year. Please look for information to

come home with your child in the coming weeks about

how you can help your child minister to someone in an-

other country just by filling a shoe box. Operation

Christmas Child is a great opportunity for you to teach

your children about being generous. Please consider

how your family can take part in this exciting opportu-

nity to bless other children around the world.

Acolyte Training and You Are Invited! We’re inviting 5th graders

and up who would like to

serve as acolytes, reading the

scripture, lighting the candles,

and helping with communion

at the 1st service to join in a

training time on Wednesday,

September 28th at 6pm. The

training will be led by Madison Garcia. For more infor-

mation, contact the church office.

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS Agape: We had twelve members present today. Dean Hinton taught our lesson on “Ecclesiastes-Wisdom and Aging.” We

continue to pray for our members who are recovering at home.

Alethea: Today’s lesson, “Teaching Values” was led by Doug Howser. There were thirty-one present. Thanks to the class

volunteers who assisted with serving the Wednesday Family Night dinner. Prayer concerns for Billie Bennett, Wanzelle

Finley, Laura Hall Quinalty, and Don & Virginia Abbott. Happy birthday to Sondra Allen (9/25).

Friendship/Sunshine: Ten members present for the blessing of the lesson based on Proverbs 15 “Teaching Values.” What

a wonderful day this is! Prayer for those ill and suffering loss. Keep our church and staff in your prayers this week.

New Beginnings: We had a large group this morning as we continued our Feasting on the Word study. Today's les-

son was "God, the Lousy Bookkeeper" from Matthew 20:1-16 taught by Mark Neely. Prayer concerns this week in-

clude: Susan Mosley, Trod Dunn (Mindy Holley’s Vice Principal’s son), Jose and his family (Ira Sheek’s boss’s

dad), Hardy Cline (Barry Cline’s dad), Chris Sartor (student at Pine Tree High), Jennifer (Mark Neely’s co-worker’s

daughter), and a joy for John & Janet Adams who welcomed a new grandbaby, Drake.

UMW News The monthly meetings of UMW began again with

renewed enthusiasm after a summer hiatus.

We welcomed Pastor Rick, his wife Patricia, and

Sara Straznicky. Could we hope for 2 out of 3 new

members?

UMW already has begun fundraising with the

sale of Butter Braid Pastry. Look for a UMW mem-

ber in the narthex and the back hallway on Sunday.

This is a pay in advance item so be prepared to

cover all your favorite flavors. Yes, we will be sell-

ing pecans but not quite yet.

Greggton United Methodist Women

Invites You To Follow Us On Facebook

Or email us at greggtonumw@gmail.com

Operation Christmas Child Our church will partici-

pate again this year in the

Shoe Box Gift Program.

By packing a gift-filled

shoe box, you bring joy,

hope, and the good news

of God’s love to needy

children around the world.

The Adult Ministries group

will be coordinating the effort during September and

October. Sunday School classes, the Pioneer Club, and

individuals are being asked to help in this ministry and a

suggested time-line for activities will be forthcoming.

We need standard adult-size, street or athletic shoe

boxes for this ministry. Do you have or can you get any

of these boxes? The boxes will be filled with small gifts

of toys, school supplies, hygiene articles and other items

for children and youth, ages 2 to 14 years old. Empty

boxes can be placed in Room 205 (the room at the top of

the ramp leading from the sanctuary). Let’s get started

and make this our most successful year yet!

Children’s Sabbath is October 23 We will celebrate God’s love for children across the

world in a special way this Sunday. You will hear about

the work our Children’s Director’s (Esther Brown’s)

brother is doing with a group called World Orphans.

There will be opportunities for you to adopt a child

through Compassion International and a reminder of the

work that we are doing through the United Methodist

Advance with AIDS Orphans in Africa. Join us as we

celebrate all the wonderful opportunities that we have to

serve God and God’s children.

Thank You for your Support! We’re a church focused on three things: 1) Celebrating

the power and presence of God; 2) Connecting to each

other and our neighbors for spiritual growth and health;

and 3) Contributing to a better world- a Kingdom

world. It’s exciting to see how we are living out these

purposes. This past week you gave $1025 to help the men

of Gideon’s International place Bibles across the

world. Way to go, Greggton!

Greggton United Methodist Church

1101 Pine Tree Road

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www.greggton.org

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Connecting people with Christ and one another.

Memorial Gifts

Memorials for Mack Upchurch were given by Ron

and Jerry Anne Jurenka and Rose Marie Jones.

UMW invites YOU to participate!!

Labeled boxes are located in the church office area for dona-

tions toward the following projects:

PURSE Project

•Gently used purse collection for women in need, an op-

portunity to clean out that top closet shelf and make good use

of those old purses! Also, typical items we take for granted

inside our purses: tissue, chap stick, small lotions, etc.

UMCOR health kit items in bulk: (due to conference on

September 24th)

Hand towels (approx.. 15” x 25”, and no kitchen towels,

please)

Washcloths

Combs (large and sturdy)

Nail files (no emery boards)

Nail clippers

Bars of soap (3 oz. or up)

Toothbrushes (in individual wrappers)

Band-Aids

Gallon size Ziploc bags

Donations for purchase of toothpaste

Thank you ahead of time with your assistance toward these

vital mission projects.

Loving Hands News Loving Hands, our prayer shawl group

will meet Thursday, September 22 in

the New Beginnings Sunday School

Room (504) at 1pm. So come join us

in making some blankets.

Bible Trivia Answers 1. When Isaac married Rebekah (Genesis 24:67)

2. Foot disease (2 Chr 16:12)

3. Isaiah 22:18

Thank you to Betty & Tom Hunt, Brenda Davis,

Cheryl Gilliam, Mary Lou Stuckey, and Gene Spurgeon

for their correct answers from last weeks trivia ques-

tions!