Gather In the name of Christ

Grow In the likeness of Christ

Go As ambassadors

"We seek to Grow in the likeness of Christ".

 

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Church Office: 967-3333, Fax 962-0396

CHURCH STAFF

  • Senior Pastor: Randall T. Brown reverendbrown2001@yahoo.com
  • Minister of Music & Education: Nancy C. Zoller nzolr@aol.com
  • Youth Director: Jason Woodall Jwoodall14@apsu.edu
  • District Hispanic Minister: Rev. Enrique Hernandez enriqhdz@yahoo.com
  • Minister of Visitation: J. D. Spencer
  • Nursery Workers: Emily Howard & Stephanie Payne
  • Office Manager: Monette Bonner
  • Pianists: Martha Anne Zimmerman, Susan Walton, Gina Hammer
  • Organists: Dan Warmbrod, Ginger Reed
  • Custodian: Jackie Stevens

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OUT WITH THE OLD——IN WITH THE NEW

There is a lot to do before we say good-bye to 2008. There is the Christmas Cantata and Church Wide Christmas Caroling on the 21st of December. There are the Christmas Eve Services on the 24th @ 3:30 and 9:30 p.m. There is the Sunday after Christmas where Nan will be preaching at the 8:30 am. service and J.D. Spencer will be preaching at the 11:00 a.m. service. Before the year ends we need to make sure that our giving is up to date, if you are not sure where you are in regards to your 2008 pledge you can call the church office and Monette can look that up for you. Also, if you have not made your financial pledge or your service commitment for 2009 you can also do that by contacting the church office. 2008 was a great year. We accomplished many things. Our music program is strong and vital, our youth and children's ministries are growing, and we have had 52 new members — that is one per Sunday— WOW! Our missions program continues to reach great heights through FAITH PROMISE. I could go on and on. As we go into 2009, we have a strong and solid foundation to build on. 2009 will offer many challenges and with the foundation that is already in place we will face them and be victorious once again. God will provide and God wants to do mighty and amazing things through us. A day of training for church leaders will be sponsored by the Murfreesboro District on January 25, 2009. I am excited about out Lenten Season as well, because starting the later part of Feb. and going through Easter our church wide theme will be “THE FIVE PRACTICES OF FRUITFUL CONGREGATIONS”. God was so good to us as a church family in 2008. I can’t wait to see his goodness in 2009 and I am excited about the way that we are going to respond to his goodness and faithfulness. It was great in 2008—— It will be fine in 2009!!!!

On the journey,
Randy

WED NIGHT LIVE
A MID-WEEK SPIRITUAL BOOST

6:15-7:10 Adult Studies: "Quiet Strength" led by Bro Randy,(10 sessions) "The Will of God"" led by John Rampy(5 sessions) Youth Handbells Children's Choirs Carolers (age 3-1st grade) Choristers (2nd-5th grades) Praise Team Rehearsal Nursery care when requested. Supper begins at 5:30. Chancel Choir at 7:15.

UPWARD BASKETBALL
HELP NEEDED

Our church’s Upward Basketball teams started practice on December 1st with 232 kindergarten through 6Th grade boys and girls participating. This self-supporting program funded the refinishing of both the gym floor and the stage this past summer and gives several scholarships to needy children from our community to take part in our program. Games will start on January 10th with twenty-six teams playing each Saturday through February. We are thankful for all the folks that help and are always able to use additional volunteers in various areas such as announcing, scorekeeping, refereeing, Gym administrators during practices, game day set-up and cleanup, and concession stand workers. Contact Jim Gallagher, Eric Trussell, or Fayna Edens for added information and to volunteer to help – you will be indeed blessed Jim Gallagher, coordinator

MISSIONS

This joyous time of year is also a time for sharing. Our church is blessed with many generous people. ANGEL CLOTHES PROJECT: Because of your contributions to Faith Promise, we were able to supply 96 children in our community with new clothes and coats. From Faith Promise, we spent about $7,000. Some of our church member shoppers spent some of their own money to add candy, toys, books or blankets to the gift bags which we then delivered to the Campora Center for distribution. Thank you to all of our shoppers who helped make this a Very Merry Christmas for our county children. FOOD BASKETS: Faith Promise contributions paid for 12 food baskets. Eight of the baskets were given to our missionary from Mexico, Enrique Hernandez who is distributing them to Hispanic families who have lost their income, their jobs or their health. There are still many needs in our city and county. Please remember to donate to your favorite charity this month. Every dollar that goes to Faith Promise is returned to the community charities. May God bless you and your family during this Christmas season.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
God’s Golden Acre:

A Biography of Heather Reynolds Heather Reynolds gave her life to God, then waited for the call to serve. While visiting South Africa, she encountered the human and social devastation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and knew this was God’s call. This book can be found in the UMW section of our library. Interesting reading. Only 319 pages. Try this one. Ms. Hortense and I would like to thank all of our ladies who have accomplished their goal of reading 4 or more books in 2008. Donna Hughes & Hortense Montoye

From the Wesley Preschool

This school year is going by so fast. It is exciting to see the children grow and change. I feel very blessed to be “Gran” to so many little ones. Again we have lost a student because the family needs full time care. Please be prayerful about this situation and what we as a church might do to meet this need in our community. Parents in our community want full time Christian care for their children. I consider this to be a critical need in our community. I am happy to report that we also added a student the first week of December so the enrollment continues at 32. We do have some openings available if you know of someone that ould be interested in attending preschool. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with our families. Our Tuesday/Thursday class had 21 in attendance and Wednesday/Friday had 52 in attendance. For the month of December we are planning our Christmas party with a special appearance by the jolly ole fellow. We are teaching about the nativity and the true meaning of Christmas. Instead of drawing names and shopping for presents, we have asked each child to bring a book for a gift exchange. We will also be making Christmas shirts with reindeer on them. We will use the children’s feet for the face and their hands for the antlers. We are still collecting can items for Good Samaritan’s and encouraging the parents to talk to the children about giving to those in need. Please feel free to come by and visit Wesley Preschool. We are very proud of the children that attend here. You will be blessed by seeing the children and how happy they are here. We pray that each of you have a very blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year. Fayna A. Edens, Administrator

“Created By God”

February 5-6-7 Where do you want your children and grandchildren to get their sexuality information and moral values? TV? Movies? The internet? School? For almost 40 years, The United Methodist Church has provided Christian resources and training to help parents with the difficult conversations about sexuality, values, and Christian behavior. One of those programs is “Created By God” for older children and younger youth, and their parents. Again this year, WFUMC 5th-8th graders have this opportunity in conjunction with two Murfreesboro churches, Trinity and St. Mark’s UMCs, who have provided this ministry for 13 years, as do many UM churches throughout Middle TN and the nation. The format requires parental participation on one evening and one afternoon, and the students on another evening and a Saturday. Plus, adults from our congregation will participate as team leaders, and remain confidential contacts for the students. (Wanda Denton and Mikey Butner, Jason Woodall, Sr. Nan)