Non-Profit Organization
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Walkertown, NC
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Morris Chapel United Methodist Church, Inc.
P.O. Box 57
Walkertown, NC 27051
ADDRESS SERVICES REQUESTED
Need to get in touch with us? Address 2715 Darrow Road; PO Box 57; Walkertown, NC 27051
Office Phone
(336) 595-8101
Administrative Assistant Amy Whicker
Email [email protected]
Website www.morrischapel.org
Live 11am Service www.ustream.tv/channel/morrischapel
Pastor Dan Lyons [email protected]
Director of Children’s Ministries Sam Wesley [email protected]
Director of Youth Ministries Katie Gaffner [email protected]
Ministerial Intern Michael Conner [email protected]
Director of Music Del Curling [email protected]
Organist Sheila Bennett (11:00am)
Pianist Judy Benedek (8:45am)
Organist Grant Beard (8:45am)
Stephen Ministry Doris Wilson at 992-6356
Ministers Every Member
Sunday Worship Times 8:45am-Chapel; 9am-Crossroads; 11am-Traditional
Morris Chapel is a Stephen Ministry Church. When someone is in need of care a Stephen Minister is available to
offer confidential Christian care & support. Contact Doris Wilson at 992-6356 for further information.
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you may call the church office at 595-8101.
Chapel echoes July 1, 2013 / Issue 22 Morris Chapel United Methodist Church, Inc.
Inside this issue:
~ Prayer Chain
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~ Special Gifts
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~ Upcoming Events
& Announcements
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~ Calendar
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~ July Celebrations
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~ July Ministry Teams
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~ Children/Youth News
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~ Stewardship
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Katie’s Message- Peace in the ChaosKatie’s Message-
Praise the Lord! Jesus promised us that “where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there
among them” (Matthew 18:20). From this promise John Wesley, the Methodist movement
founder, understood that God’s presence was real in worship, study groups, visitation, mission
engagement, and holy conferencing. When God is present God is active in bestowing divine
grace for understanding, inspiration, healing, reconciliation, comfort, growth, and all of many other ways God’s grace ministers in our lives. Not only are we the recipients of God’s grace, but
the Holy Spirit speaks through our mouths and hands into the lives of the others with whom we have gathered.
Every June for the past 57 years the people called Methodist in Western North
Carolina assemble for Annual Conference at Lake Junaluska, a United Methodist conference and retreat center in the NC mountains (www.lakejunaluska.com).
Annual Conference is part retreat, part business meeting, part revival, part family reunion. We are reminded in our Wesleyan Methodist experience that this is “holy
conferencing” for the 2,000 plus delegates and their families who attend. The “official” activities of Annual Conference are reports of what God is doing through the churches
and other ministries, inspirational worship, challenging Bible studies, and consideration of faithful
expressions of faith in official actions of the Conference body. Somewhere through all those agenda items – along with conversations under the oaks and over meals – the Spirit of God moves
within us to move us closer to God and closer to Christian perfection.
Specific highlights of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference for me:
† Hearing how God made pro-visions for a vision of a risk-taking mission in a small local
church
† Celebrating the progress of the United Methodist Church’s $75 million initiative to eradicate malaria (Imagine No Malaria). When we began addressing this health issue in
2007 a child died every 30 seconds. We have now cut this in half to one every 60
seconds. We are making progress. The conference collected over $21,000 in a worship
offering – you can contribute through Morris Chapel, please designate your check “Imagine No Malaria”
† Honoring 40 retiring clergy who gave a combine 1172 years of ministry
† Considering the theme “To Serve the Present Age” through the theme text from Micah 6:8,
“The LORD, has told you what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
† For other news, the Conference produced video newscast that can be viewed at
wnccumc.org/news/news-show-replaces-annual-conference-digest
Annual Conference closes with Sunday worship and commissioning to our
appointments. Refreshed, renewed, and reinvigorated I am happily returning to Morris Chapel for another year of “missional engagement” in community. We were challenged to connect more
people with Christ, to expand our missional reach, and grow in our understanding God the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I hope you will join me to “grow the family of God” through Morris Chapel during the next twelve months.
Renewed,
Pastor Dan Lyons
PASTOR’S MESSAGE: From the Mouth of Lyons
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PRAYER CHAIN
The Week of July 1, 2013
For those in need of Hope & Healing:
Wayne Hester, Pam Taylor Morphis, Lohr Younts, Randall Myers, Bonnie Leed, Barbara Boyd, Judy Norman Whicker, Casey & Ryan Elrod, Jessie & Delois Dull, Marianne Heath, Nancy Laws (Joe & Kyle Laws’ mother), Bob Hammons, Martha Fare, Susan Colvard Carter, J.T., John Lambros, Melody Leslie, Linda Esquival, Lois Redmon, Loretta Parnell, Sharon Nelson, Ted Khuns, Dean Hardaway, Robert Butler, Tammy Gabard, Bob Verdinek Sr., Linda Goodman, Jim Westmoreland, Linda & James Joyce, Norma Whitaker, Amy Macy, Dot Peacock, Henry Bennett, Harvey Neal, Sylvia Stockton, Sylvia Parham, Mary Alice Campbell, Pat Butler, Phyllis Sisk, Phyllis Peddycord, Chris Logan, Steve Smith, Susan Gillis, Lincoln Dyson, Stan Harmon, Sarah Solis, Max Thompson, Debbie Esposito, Emma Crutchfield, Debra Rascoe, Marlene Dalton, Robah Watson
For those Who Grieve:
The Family of Loretta Linville, The Family of Ruby Waggoner, The Family of Betty McNeill, The Family of Patsy Webster, The Family of Bill Medlin
* Donation Items Needed *
Food Pantry Peanut butter,
spaghetti sauce,
canned soups, boxed
meals, paper towels,
toilet paper
Operation Christmas Child
Washcloths &
Unscented Bar Soap
Crisis Control
Natural Peanut Butter and Jelly
OUR GIFTS
Week of June 30, 2013
Budget Receipts this week $ 6,877
Receipts to Date $ 205,756
Budgeted to Date $ 235,542
Ahead/(Behind) $ (29,786)
Building Fund Receipts this week $ 1,594
Building Fund Receipts YTD $ 52,487
Capital/Building Fund Balance $ 10,158
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OUR PRESENCE Attendance for
June 30, 2013
Sunday School: 171
Worship Services:
8:45am: 35
9:00am: 96
11:00am: 131
Total: 262
NEXT CHAPEL ECHOES: Monday, July 8th
DEADLINE FOR ITEMS: Friday, July 5th by 12noon!
**Any items submitted AFTER the Friday deadline may be included
in the following week’s issue based on space availability**
A Message from the Long Range Planning Committee:
Thank you to everyone who attended the 5th Sunday Presentation, your
discussions and feedback are valued and appreciated. For anyone that was
unable to attend, information packets can be obtained from the Church Office
or from the church website. Also, if anyone did not receive a feedback card,
they are available in the Church Office or any Sunday School room (upon
completion, please return cards to the office or they can be given to any LRPC
member. Again, thank you for your patience and help as plans are made for
the future of our church.
Serving in Ministry on 7/7/2013 8:45am Service
Greeters - Eddie Campbell, Robin Neal;
Worship Leader - Steve Pegram
9am Service
Crib Nursery - Margie Howard & Jennifer King
Toddler Nursery - Heather Pierce
11am Service
Greeters - Faith in Action Class
Worship Leader - Spencer Evans
Ushers - Harvey Dillon (C), Sammy Clodfelter, Don Jones, Jim Martin,
Hank Read, Tim Shoaf, Richard Teague
Acolytes - Jessie Hutchings & Taylor Wilson
Children’s Church (For children Age 3 thru 5th grade) - Samantha Wesley
Crib Nursery - Tracy Vogler & Brooklyn Whitney
Toddler Nursery - Debbie & Mike Causby
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~ Children’s News ~
A HUGE thank you to all
our 80 plus volunteers that helped make VBS so successful! A huge thank you to the Morris Chapel family for all your support and prayers,
they were very much appreciated!
The kids of VBS collected 962 food items for
the Morris Chapel Food Pantry which will feed
over 330 families!!! Praise be to God!
Thanks as well to Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home for providing the pizza
for our closing night VBS program for VBS families and volunteers. Your kindness and generosity was appreciated by all who attended!
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Morris Chapel Kids! Mark your calendars for Sunday, July 21st ….we will
be delivering a comfort blanket after the 11am worship service and then
on to AIR BOUND trampoline park! More details to come!!!!
Youth News
Youth Group, July 7th and 14th will be from 4-6pm (no snack served).
Wednesday, July 10th; We will be volunteering at the Second Harvest
Food Bank and leaving from the church at 9am. Bring a bag lunch. We'll
return to church by 2pm. You must be 12 years old or older and fill out
the volunteer application which can be found on the youth bulletin
board by the youth room.
July 14th; All high school students and chaperones leaving for CCC
should be at the church by 7:30am. This mission team will be staying at
Camp Loy White in Casar, NC and will be gone July 14-20. Please be in
prayer as these students and adults prepare to serve!
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Thank you to all the people at
Morris Chapel Church for the
prayers, cards, visits and gifts you
have showered me with. I feel so
blessed to be a member of such a
loving and caring church.
Thank you with all my heart.
Don Hartle
~ Special Gifts ~
IN MEMORY
In Memory Of: Loretta Linville
Given By: Doris Wilson (New Bus)
In Memory Of: Troy Neal
Given By: Nancy Carmichael (Cemetery)
In Memory Of: Rose Harris
Given By: David Harris (Cemetery Endowment)
In Memory Of: Nancy Shore
Given By: Steve & Tammy Fulp (Children’s Budget)
In Memory Of: Riley June Clarke
Given By: Gary, Margaret, David, Dana & Dayle Mundy (Project
Angel Lunch)
31 units collected!
~ THANK YOU ~
On behalf of the American Red
Cross and, more importantly, the
patients and families that depend
on your efforts, thank you!
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Fall Bazaar Canning & Food Preparation
Thank you to all of the volunteers that worked so hard last week preparing squash casseroles and canning green beans & beets. Over 240 jars of greens beans were processed and many squash casseroles were prepared. This Monday and Tuesday, 7/1 & 7/2, volunteers will be working on chow-chow, green beans and cucumber pickles. If you have time, please consider helping during this busy time so that all vegetables can be processed and used at the Fall Bazaar. Green bean breaking/stringing will begin at 8:30am and 1pm each day. Thank you so much!
“Christmas in July”
for Gifts of Grace
The month of July's Mission focus is the Gift of Grace. This mission is a free
shopping day for families in our community who are in need of assistance at Christmas. Families can come to our church and shop from new and gently
used items such as clothes, toys, household items, Christmas decorations etc. Last year we served 124 families with these items and they also received a bag
of food. We had an overwhelming response and it was a truly amazing day!
This year the Gifts of Grace Committee is sponsoring “ Christmas in July" and we are asking for your help. We will have a Christmas tree in the narthex and
outside of the Family Life Center. These trees will have tags on them with
suggested new items for the Gifts of Grace Project. You may choose a tag (or as many tags as you wish), purchase the gifts and then place the items under
the trees by the end of July.
Thank you for your continuous support. The Gifts of Grace Committee
If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Burnette, Rhonda Day, Kim Dobish, Angie Swain, Sarah-Anne Mikles,
Debbie Causby or Mike Causby
Gifts of Grace
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MINISTRY TEAMS FOR JULY 2013
Greeters (8:45am): Eddie Campbell, Robin Neal
Worship Leader (8:45am): Steve Pegram
Crib Nursery (9am): Margie Howard & Jennifer King (7/7);
Patricia & Lauren Evans (7/14);
Lisa & Morgan Meredith (7/21);
Shane & Ann Parker (7/28);
Toddler Nursery (9am): Heather Pierce (7/7); Sharon Burnette (7/14);
Heather Pierce (7/21); Marianne Heath (7/28)
Greeters (11am): Faith in Action Class
Worship Leader (11am): Spencer Evans
Ushers (11am): Harvey Dillon (C), Sammy Clodfelter, Don Jones,
Jim Martin, Hank Read, Tim Shoaf, Richard Teague
Acolytes (11am): Jessie Hutchings & Taylor Wilson (7/7);
Rett Lyons, Shelby Scott & Hannah Kiger (7/14);
Belle Martin & Ashlyn Butler (7/21);
Brandon Nelson & Zach Freeman (7/28)
Children’s Church Samantha Wesley (7/7); Debra Freeman (7/14);
3/4/5 ages & K/1/2 grades (11am): Jennifer & Chad Butler (7/21); Betsy & Lauren Wilson (7/28)
Crib Nursery (11am): Tracy Vogler & Brooklyn Whitney (7/7);
Dana & Emily Webster (7/14);
Doris Wilson & Jennifer Boles (7/21);
Elaine & Joe Laws (7/28)
Toddler Nursery (11am): Debbie & Mike Causby (7/7);
Stephanie Westmoreland & Amy Whicker (7/14);
Betsy & Darron Southern (7/21);
Jane & Amy Whicker (7/28)
Evangelism Visitor Angie & Dean Swaim (7/7);
Follow up: Steve Pegram & Pastor Dan (7/14);
Patricia & Sammy Evans (7/21);
Janet & Robert Neal (7/28)
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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
JULY 2013
1 8am - Fall Bazaar FLC Kitchen Prep
8:30 & 1pm - Green Bean Help
Needed
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
NO MEN’S CHORUS PRACTICE
2 8am - Fall Bazaar FLC Kitchen Prep
8:30 & 1pm - Green Bean Help
Needed
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
6:30pm - Wesley Circle (39)
3 7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
4 - Independence Day Church Office Closed
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
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7 4pm - Youth Open Gym (FLC)
5-6pm - Youth (FLC / Youth Room)
8 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
7pm - Church Council (43)
*June/July Combination Meeting *
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
9 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6:30pm-VBS Wrap-up Meeting (22)
6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
10 9am - Kitchen Committee (39)
9am-2pm - “Chaos with Katie”
(Second Harvest Food Bank)
6pm - Weekday Ministries Advisory
Committee (22)
7pm - Property & Facilities (Office)
7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
11 10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6pm - Weekday Ministries
Advisory Committee (22)
7pm - Praise Band Practice (FLC)
12 8:30am - Ramblers Breakfast @
Olympic
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14 7:30am - Departure time for High
School Mission Trip (CCC)
NO YOUTH
15 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
7pm - Men’s Chorus Practice
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
16 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6pm - Missions Committee (21)
6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
17 7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
18 10-11am - Food Pantry Open
7pm - Praise Band Practice (FLC)
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20 High School students return from
CCC
3-8pm - FH Reserved (Randleman)
Noon-6pm - FLC Kitchen/Hospitality
Room Reserved (E. Whicker)
21 12:15pm - Children’s Blanket Delivery &
Trip to Airbound Trampoline Park
4pm - Youth Open Gym (FLC)
5-6pm - Youth (FLC / Youth Room)
22 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
23 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
24 9am-Noon - “Chaos with Katie”
(Scavenger Hunt)
7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
25 10-11am - Food Pantry Open
7pm - Praise Band Practice (FLC)
26 FLC Reserved - ALL DAY
(J. Swaim)
27 2-5pm - FH Reserved (L. Evans)
28 Middle School Mission Trip to The
Children’s Home in W-S
29 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
30 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
31 7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
The Men’s Chorus will not practice
on Monday, July 1st.
The Church Office will be closed
on July 4, 2013 in recognition of
Independence Day.
The Stephen’s Ministry Committee and the Praise Band will not
meet on Thursday, July 4th.
The Food Pantry will be open on July 4th.
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
JULY 2013
1 8am - Fall Bazaar FLC Kitchen Prep
8:30 & 1pm - Green Bean Help
Needed
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
NO MEN’S CHORUS PRACTICE
2 8am - Fall Bazaar FLC Kitchen Prep
8:30 & 1pm - Green Bean Help
Needed
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
6:30pm - Wesley Circle (39)
3 7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
4 - Independence Day Church Office Closed
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
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7 4pm - Youth Open Gym (FLC)
5-6pm - Youth (FLC / Youth Room)
8 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
7pm - Church Council (43)
*June/July Combination Meeting *
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
9 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6:30pm-VBS Wrap-up Meeting (22)
6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
10 9am - Kitchen Committee (39)
9am-2pm - “Chaos with Katie”
(Second Harvest Food Bank)
6pm - Weekday Ministries Advisory
Committee (22)
7pm - Property & Facilities (Office)
7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
11 10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6pm - Weekday Ministries
Advisory Committee (22)
7pm - Praise Band Practice (FLC)
12 8:30am - Ramblers Breakfast @
Olympic
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14 7:30am - Departure time for High
School Mission Trip (CCC)
NO YOUTH
15 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
7pm - Men’s Chorus Practice
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
16 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6pm - Missions Committee (21)
6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
17 7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
18 10-11am - Food Pantry Open
7pm - Praise Band Practice (FLC)
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20 High School students return from
CCC
3-8pm - FH Reserved (Randleman)
Noon-6pm - FLC Kitchen/Hospitality
Room Reserved (E. Whicker)
21 12:15pm - Children’s Blanket Delivery &
Trip to Airbound Trampoline Park
4pm - Youth Open Gym (FLC)
5-6pm - Youth (FLC / Youth Room)
22 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
23 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
24 9am-Noon - “Chaos with Katie”
(Scavenger Hunt)
7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
25 10-11am - Food Pantry Open
7pm - Praise Band Practice (FLC)
26 FLC Reserved - ALL DAY
(J. Swaim)
27 2-5pm - FH Reserved (L. Evans)
28 Middle School Mission Trip to The
Children’s Home in W-S
29 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
7:30pm - Men’s Basketball (FLC)
30 8am - Fall Bazaar Canning (FLC)
10-11am - Food Pantry Open
6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)
31 7:15-8:45pm - Chancel Choir
The Men’s Chorus will not practice
on Monday, July 1st.
The Church Office will be closed
on July 4, 2013 in recognition of
Independence Day.
The Stephen’s Ministry Committee and the Praise Band will not
meet on Thursday, July 4th.
The Food Pantry will be open on July 4th.