July 1, 2020 Would you like to help us save printing and mailing costs and start receiving The Messenger via e-mail? Please contact Rhonda Stearley at [email protected] to be added to our list! 214 Cedar Street, Sevierville, TN 37862 Phone: 865-453-5754 www.1stmethodist.com CHURCH STAFF Pastor: Rev. Jeff Lambert [email protected](423) 653-7982 Pastor: David Zavona [email protected]Director of Music/Organist: Amanda Barton [email protected]Pianist/Hymn Leader: Mandy Rogers [email protected]Crossroads Worship Leader: Ashley Reddick [email protected]Children/Education Director: Jeff McPeeks [email protected]Youth/Young Adult Director: Kenny Tucker [email protected]Administrative Assistant: Rhonda Stearley [email protected]Building and Grounds: Steven Ryan Housekeeping: Mary Patterson and Jose Ponce Sevierville First United Methodist Church 214 Cedar Street Sevierville, TN 37862 Return Service Requested Non-Profit U.S. Postage PAID Sevierville, TN 37862 Permit No. 58 Mailed: July 1, 2020 THE MESSENGER Church Phone Number: (865) 453-5754 Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. HAPPY 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY to: Mike and Barbara DiBenedeo Mike & Barbara DiBenedeo, Nick Swearingen, Pa Swearingen and Michael DiBenedeo PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRIES We would like to thank the ladies for their hard work has they connue to make Prayer Shawls during this me of need! Sevierville First United Methodist Church WESLEYAN WANDERERS - Cancelling all Wesleyan Wanderers Trips for 2020 except September 26 Trip to Historic Rugby & Muddy Pond We will have more information later!
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July 1, 2020
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HAPPY 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY to: Mike and Barbara DiBenedetto
Mike & Barbara DiBenedetto, Nick Swearingen, Patti Swearingen and Michael DiBenedetto
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRIES We would like to thank the ladies for their hard work has they continue to make
Prayer Shawls during this time of need!
Sevierville First United Methodist Church
WESLEYAN WANDERERS -
Cancelling all
Wesleyan Wanderers Trips for 2020 except
September 26
Trip to Historic Rugby & Muddy Pond
We will have more information later!
ATTENDANCE FOR JUNE June 7-28, 2020 - No Church Service
Worship with us online at Sevierville FUMC Facebook.
Watch Sermons and Children’s Church!
Online Banking If you are interested in online
banking please stop by the church office and pick up a
form. If you have any questions please contact Rhonda
at the church office 453-5754.
Online Giving Giving made easy go to
1stmethodist.com. All donations go to Sevierville First
United Methodist Church.
Prayer Concerns Martin McMahan Loris Ogle Joe Foisset Cynthia Foisset Lisa Melton Barbara DiBenedetto Yvonne Broyles Brynlee Roy Jan Lord Imelda McVan Doug Layman Rodney Parsons Deanna Elrod Jeanne Rawlings Andrew Spadafora Evelyn Hass Chad Huskey Sylvia McCluney Mary Alice Teague Marilyn Uhrick Ruth Robertson Jim Magliaton Linda Wolff Jerry Watson Kevin Flannery Gary Green Jackson Igou Leslie Pedersen Chris Watson Kathy Gothard Allen Wendt Rev. Bill Akers Richard Postlethwait Willie Cate Hailey Wells Tanner Cureton Marina Cureton John Parker James “Eddie” Napier Tina Farrar Ron Free Shirley Hatcher Pete Ries Jodie Everhart All our Armed Forces Personnel Police, Fire Fighters, and Rescue Squad
MEMORIAL & HONOR GIFTS
June 7-28, 2020
Given to the Music Department - Adult Choir in
Memory of Brett Smith
Bud Spence
John Barton, Jr.
Stan Shell
By Bill and Anne Holmes
Given to the Budget in Memory of Stan Shell
Ruby Zavona
Jan Grove By Jim and Betty Hodges
Given to the Budget in Memory of
Hugh C. Blair, Sr.
Katie Blair
Hugh C. Blair, II
Robbie Houk Blair
Hugh C. Blair, III
Hugh Curtis Blair, IV
Nancy Hodges Blair
By Christine Farrar
Given to the Budget in Memory of Donna Huffaker
By Jim and Betty Hodges
Sue Frey
Given to the Budget in Honor of
Jayson and Blair (Lee) Vieyra - Wedding
By Christine Farrar
Mike and Mary Lee
Given to the Budget in Honor of
Patrick Morgan Farrar - Birthday
Christopher Michael Lee - Birthday
By Christine Farrar
Given to the Budget in Honor of
Joseph Costner - Graduation
By Mike and Mary Lee
Given to the Youth Department in Memory of
Stan Shell
By New Horizons Sunday School Class
OUR STEWARDSHIP THROUGH GIVING BUDGET 2020: $ 886,275.00
Balance January 1, 2020 90,104.75
Received 2020 326,315.23
Total 416,419.98
Expenses 2020 385,483.57
Balance 30,936.41
BUILDING FUND Balance Jan. 1, 2020: 40,820.65
Received 2020 28,271.20
Total Building Fund 69,091.85
Expenses 59,327.90
Balance 9,763.95
I will be loyal to the United Methodist Church by my
prayers, my presence, my gifts, my service and my witness.
From The Pastor’s Desk
Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your
mind, and with all your strength. 12:31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment
greater than these.
Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but
Christ is all, and is in all.
Jesus tells us we must love our neighbor and Paul tells us there is no difference between Gentile or Jew, slave or free.
When Jesus tells us to love our neighbors he does not limit it to certain types of people. He simply said love your neighbor
which means everyone. Color, nationality, economic level, educational level, and skin color has no bearing on the
expectation for us to love our neighbor .
There has always been social injustice and prejudice. The Minor Prophets were social justice heroes who spoke boldly and
bluntly against the social injustices of their day. I am very thankful Methodists from the very beginning were strong on
social justice issues.
John Wesley’s Principles for the 18th Century
Reduce the gap between rich and poor
Seek to ensure full employment
Introduce measures to help the poorest, including a living wage
Offer the best possible education
Empower individuals to feel they can make a difference
Promote tolerance
Promote equal treatment for women
Create a society based on values and not on profits and consumerism
End all forms of enslavement
Avoiding engaging in wars
Avoid narrow self-interest and promote a world view
Care for the animals with whom we share our planet.
In 1774 John Wesley published a tract called, “Thoughts Upon Slavery.” In 1788 at the age of eighty-five he preached so
hard against slavery that people in the congregation got into a fist fight. It was so bad they broke some of the pews. John
knew the message would not be popular but believed the truth needed to be shared.
I am reading an autobiography I found in the church library by Peter Cartwright. Peter was born in Virginia on September
1, 1785. His parents moved to Kentucky when he was a child. He was one of the great Circuit Riding Methodist
preachers. He rode preaching circuits in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. It was a very dangerous time
between the Indians, robbers, and people who did not want to hear the Gospel, Peter wrote, “a preacher needed to know
how to fight as well as preach.” In 1824 he moved from Kentucky to Illinois, “to get clear of the evil of slavery.”
We live in a climate of great tension and stress financially and racially. I hope when things calm down a bit that the
conversations will be broader than just racism. There are other inequities in society. Why not deal with all of it? What
about the inequality of Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, other nationalities, women, the poor, blind, deaf, obese, and those with
physical, mental and emotional struggles? Yes, there is racism, sexism and inequality in many forms and fashions. As
United Methodists we must see this as incompatible with Christian teachings. Let us love everyone and treat everyone the
same regardless of skin color, economic bracket, or sex. We are called to love one another!
Pastor Jeff
Sunday, July 26, 2020 Is 4th Sunday School Missions
On this Sunday the money that is given during
the Sunday School hour is used for Mission Projects!
Sevierville FUMC has purchased the property at 316 Parkway The SFUMC Charge Conference voted to purchase the property at 316 Parkway with a recommendation from the Board of
Trustees and the approval of the Administrative Board and District Superintendent. The property adjoins our existing
properties at 306 and 308 Parkway. The Trustees secured the property from Ron Ogle at a significant reduction from the
appraised value. The vision of both the Trustees and the Administrative Board is to create a visible church campus along
the Parkway in the 300 block.
The current plan is to demolish the Outreach Center and Worship Center and convert those lots into additional parking
spaces for members and visitors. The former Remax office at 316 Parkway will need some minor improvements and can
be used for rental property generating income for the debt.
Our Deepest Sympathy We express our sincere Christian sympathy to:
