ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH January 2015 Inside this issue:
Birthdays/WNL Meals
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Table Talk/UMM
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Camp Chestnut Ridge/
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Sunday Morning Worship Quiet Day/Epiphany Ring/
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Outreach Update/ 6 DivorceCare/Indoor Soccer Children’s Music & Arts Ministry/Volunteers Needed/Music Rehearsal Times/
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Inside StoryWorship Won- 8 derings/Spotify Trustees/Nursery/
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January Lay Assistants
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L E T’ S M E E T A T
W E D N E S D AY NIGHT LIVE ! Wednesday Night Live Returns Jan. 7th - Sanctuary Prayer Time begins at 5:00 in the Sanctuary. The Wednesday Night Fellowship Meal is held in the Family Life Center from 5:30 until 6:15 pm. Immediately following the meal is Table Talk. This will be in the Family Life Center from 6:30-7:30 pm. If you had dinner, you can stay at your table! If not, please come and join us from 6:30 - 7:30 pm
TABLE TALK A few months ago I started talking with Jane Brannock about a thought that had been on my mind for a while. It started when I saw a conflict within many families. I was hoping to get young parents and children to get involved in classes at church; but it wasn’t happening as often as I had hoped. One of the things I kept hearing over and over again was that it took away from family time. Whoa! Wait a minute! Church should enhance families, not make it tougher. Ironically, as much as churches talk about promoting families, it seems rather odd that as soon as a family enters the Family Life Center that we immediately separate them from each other. Little Johnny goes to his class, and Susie to hers, Mom goes to a class she likes and Dad to a class for him. Meanwhile, even the grandparents are in different classes. That’s not all bad, of course. We learn at different rates and have different experiences depending on our ages. We have different interests and needs depending on where we are in life. So, we’ll continue that model, I’m sure. But, what if?...
Experience What if families came together and talked about the same Biblical/Spiritual subjects at the same time, even with each other? Or, if you’re not in church with your extended family (like most of us, actually), wouldn’t it be cool to learn from those younger or older about their perspectives on Biblical topics? Could we do something where the generations co-mingled together and learned from one another? I know I gain so much from the wisdom and experience of those who are older than me, and I’m now finding that I’m gaining incredible insight from younger people who see things in a way that I just never have considered before.
know. But whether you are hearing it for the first time or the one hundredth time, all people at the table should be able to take part in the discussion. We can all learn from each other. So, we will have 9 year olds and 90 - year olds listening and sharing together. I invite you to come and be a part of this unique gathering of food, faith, and fellowship starting on Wednesday, January 7th. The dinner will begin at 5:30 pm. We will shift gears to the Bible Study beginning at 6:30 pm. See you there!
Enter Table Talk… In January and February on Wednesday nights we will gather for a meal like we always do at 5:30 pm. But after the meal we won’t go anywhere. Instead, I’ll Have a Blessed New Year, lead a short Bible study; Pastor Doug and then we’ll talk about it with the people with whom we just ate dinner. The stories are Bible stories that all Christians should
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CONNECTING
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANUARY BABIES !
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( C O N NE CT W I T H G O D A ND O N E AN OT HER ) ATKINSON, Barbara BOSECKER, Jill HALE, Mackenzie HONEYCUTT, Andrew KREISELMAN, Rick ALLISON, Sue GORDON, Vanessa RAY, Morgan FISHBACK, Holly HERBSTREITH, Grace WILFONG, Lynn LUNDQUIST, Peter REEVES, Jennifer CAUDILL, Jeffrey COWAN, Katherine MOORE, Nancy ARTLEY, Jeff PAINE, Jo'an HOWE, Jan WILFONG, Steven ROSEMOND, Jane THOMAS, Jonathan WILLIAMS, Lisa BERINI, Louis F. HANSON, Jill MILLER, Patrick Stephen RIGGSBEE, Richard TURLEY, Audrey WEST, Candy PENDERGRASS, Joyce BURLESON, Cameron HUNT, Debbie
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NOLTE, Stephanie MCCALL, Elijah COMPTON, Reese KAY, Ruth HANSON, Jim JONES, Michele OSTEEN Sr., Ed COLGAN, McKenna PENDERGRASS, Ron ANDERSON, Jack REYNOLDS, Sandra GUNTER, June HALL, Christopher MOSER, Mitch ANDREWS, Lynn BINGEN, Max KING, Annie EDENTON, Debra NEWMAN, Jason UPCHURCH, Jack EDWARDS, Sam JOHNSON, Lisa BRESE, Carol ROBINSON, Rosalin CURRIN, Marie HAGERTY, Jan HUNT Jr, Brink HARRELL, Allen BROWN, Kirk JONES, Linda SYKES, Jimmy GILLISPIE, Verona
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Wednesday Night Live Fellowship Meals much fun it can be to get to- JANUARY WNL MENUS WNL Dinner how gether in the kitchen and provide a for your church family while 1/7 Susanna Wesley Circle -Chicken Pot Hosts Needed meal raising a bit of money for a worthy Pie, salad, bread, dessert mission project. There are several openings for dinner hosts for our Wednesday Now is the time to contact Barbara Night Live fellowship meals on Atkinson and get your choice of the 2015 calendar. dates. If you need help with menu selection or recipes she has ideas to Perhaps your group hosted a din- help you. ner in the fall and would like to consider hosting another date in Barbara can be reached at: the spring. Maybe your group habnc@hotmail.com to book your hasn’t had the chance to see just WNL.
1/14 Haiti Mission Team- Sausage and egg casserole, hash browns, biscuits, fruit cup 1/21 Habitat Team Spaghetti w/ meat or meatless sauce, salad, bread, dessert 1/28 Anna van Deventer Baked Ziti, salad, bread, dessert for Global Vision.
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W h a t if ? . . . . . . . Ta b l e Ta l k What if…sharing Bible stories were as easy as sharing a meal? What if…you could really talk with your friends about the Bible? What if…the church had a program you could take home and use around the dinner table? Beginning January 7th, Aldersgate will start an exciting new program. Table Talk is a weekly experience for the whole church family, adults, youth, and children.
Over a six-week period, we will gather for dinner, fellowship, study, and conversation about key stories of the Bible. The stories are basic enough for new Christians, yet have enough unexpected flair to engage the seasoned Bible reader. Sessions include a meal, the telling of the story, Table Talk questions and discussion, and activities for all ages. Here are the Bible stories in Table Talk, Volume 2:
of These, The Great Commission, The Last Supper, Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Elementary-aged children and youth will join tables with activities for them in the gym. Preschool children ages 3-5 will have a special class where they will learn the same stories in ways designed for them. For more information about this special program and how you can participate, please contact Jane Brannock. Jane@aldersgate.org or (919) 477-0509 x 101.
The Beatitudes, The Least
A Letter to All Men at Aldersgate I would like to thank Brandon Mitchell for accepting the vice presidency of UMM at Aldersgate. We need good leaders in this group; and I can already tell we are on the right track by convincing Brandon to step up to the challenge. As you know, we have a solid foundation of men who can be counted on in all situations. These guys have come through for the church time after time and year after year. What we need now is to continue to strengthen this tradition with new members. I believe we need to do this by maintaining our solid foundation of current members while reaching out to
the needs of Aldersgate men who are not active members of UMM. Specifically, we should reach out to men with young families. I would like to spend this year focusing our recruiting efforts on fathers in the congregation, reiterating the importance of men and the role men play in the family and in the church. UMM needs to be there for these men who are on the front lines of raising a family with all the challenges they are facing in our complicated and stressful world. I am confident we will attract many more active members when we offer relevant ideas and
programs that are consistent to the challenges these men face. This, combined with the Christian brotherhood we already have, I am certain will help us to grow our ranks. Peace, David Anderson President, UMM “I would like to spend this year focusing our recruiting efforts on fathers in the congregation, reiterating the importance of men and the roll men play in the family and in the church.” Dave Anderson UMM President
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KNOWING
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(KNOW MORE ABOUT GOD, EACH OTHER, AND THE NEEDS OF
OUR WORLD.)
Camp Chestnut Ridge - Time to plan for a spot! YES, Now is the time to plan for summer! Aldersgate church day camp week for next year is June 15-19, 2015. Online registration is now open at Chestnut Ridge. This year, to get the special pricing, you must enter our church code in the discount code box. Our code is AldersgateCDC. You will receive a $50 discount off the price of the week. This year, the discount will also be given for the horseback riding camp.
Once again, transportation to and from the church will be available that week. Sign up now to get your pick from all of the activities. Some of the very popular majors, like horseback riding, fill up fast! Please contact Jane Brannock (Jane@aldersgate.org) (919-477-0509 x 101 or Evelyn Johnson evie@aldersgate.org) if you have any questions.
United Methodist Men’s Tuesday Morning Bible Study Start out your Tuesday morning with great biscuits, coffee and “The Word." The United Methodist Men’s Tuesday Morning Bible Class (TMBC) will start a new study beginning Tuesday, January 6th at 6:30 am. Our study will be
the book of Galatians, and we will be using the book ‘Galatians for You’ by Timothy Keller as a study guide.
lives. It's dynamite, and I pray that its powerful message explodes in your heart as you read this book.”
From the author: “Galatians is all about the gospel - the gospel all of us need throughout all of our
Please join us at 6:30 am on Tuesday mornings in the Wesley room!
New Tuesday Mid-Morning Study The New Year is the perfect time to join the Tuesday Morning Bible study from 10:30-11:45 am in the Wesley. From January 13th until February 24th, the group will be reading “The God
We Can Know” by Rob Fuquay. We will be looking at Jesus’ self-revealing “I Am” statements and will also give us direction for our purpose as followers of Christ. If we want to grow in the likeness of Christ, we must take time to study
and reflect on Jesus’ characteristics. The study will be led by Jane Brannock. If you have any questions, please contact Jane at email: jane@aldersgate.org or 919-477-0509- x 101.
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LOVING (LOVE GOD THROUGH WORSHIP, AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR THROUGH SERVICE)
Sunday Morning Worship Jan. 4th
OT: Isaiah 60:1-6 NT: Matthew 2:1-12 Title: “Did We Miss Christmas?” Message from Doug Lain Jan. 11th
TBD
Jan. 18th
OT: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 NT: John 1:43-51 Title: “Can Anything Good Come Out of This?” Message from Doug Lain Jan. 25th
Message from Tara Lain
January Quiet Day Begin the New Year by and reflection. In a supportmaking time for God! ed community we will be practicing the contemplative Yes, another year has disciplines of prayerful sicome! What kind of a year lence, presence, attentivewill it be for you? After ness, reading of Scripture the rush of the holidays and time alone with God. maybe it would be a good idea to take a bit of time Saturday, January 17th 8:30 and quietly experience am - Noon in the Wesley God’s presence in your Room life. Bring your Bible and your A Quiet Day provides time journal or a notebook for guided silence, solitude
LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED! Please sign up at the Welcome Station. Questions? Contact Barbara Atkinson 919.765-9784 or email: habnc@hotmail.com
The Sixth Annual Epiphany Ring Ring-A-line! Hear them ring! Come and enjoy Triangle-area Handbell Choirs ringing together in a festival concert of the beautiful music of the season! Guest director is David VanderMeer.
Hosted by Aldersgate, this festival features seven handbell choirs. It begins at 7:00 pm in the Family Life Center. Admission is free !
January Quiet Day Saturday, January 17th 8:30 - Noon Wesley Room
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Community Connections Community Christmas Outreach Update This year, 2014, the Aldersgate Share Your Christmas program achieved 100% of its goal! Our congregation sponsored twenty two families, ninety individual family members and nine CONDUIT angels. Because of the generous monetary contributions this year, Aldersgate surpassed the Share Your Christmas food basket goal. This allowed the United Methodist
Men to purchase additional, much-needed food for every family we sponsored. Thank you to everyone that signed up to sponsor a child or adult with Christmas gifts and to those of you who donated funds for food baskets. Thanks to everyone that shopped, the UMM who organized and assembled the food baskets and the teams of folks that transported food from Food Lion
and delivered the presents to the families. The resounding success of “Share Your Christmas” reflects the collaborative efforts of our compassionate, caring church. Together with the Volunteer Center, a total of 1,060 families totaling 3,145 residents have been supported. Thank you for all you do for Durham. Anne Almond and Richard Low
DivorceCare Aldersgate is offering DivorceCare beginning Tuesday, Jan. 6th, 6:30 pm, in Room 205 in the Family Life Center.
are separated or divorced or who have been divorced for a while and want to strengthen their coping skills.
DivorceCare is a support group that meets weekly. It is centered around a 13-week, video-based program and will appeal to those persons who
Each session is selfcontained so you may attend any week. It is led by Kathy Reeves and Jack Snyder.
If you are interested in attending or know someone that may benefit from these sessions please contact: Jack Snyder: (919) 7970882 jbs46@hotmail.com.
Indoor Soccer Adult and older youth INDOOR Soccer starts January 15th ! Upward soccer for youth was so successful we are doing something similar for adults. We will play “pick-up style" soccer from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm on Thursday evenings in the Family Life Center Gym. The lower age limit is 15 years old, there is NO upper limit. For more information, contact John Howe at (919) 368-4749 or email: jhowe888@aol.com. If you’ve ever played, or just been interested, com join us!
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Please contact Nan de Andrade, Music Minister, to learn more. (nan@aldersgate.org) CHOIR REHEARSAL TIMES: Adult Choir: Rehearses Wednesday at 7:30. Join us! Praise Team: Tuesdays, 6:15-7:30 New members always welcomed! Children’s Choirs and Bells (Thursdays after school, beginning in February!) Sweet Sounds Dulcimer Group, alternate Mondays at 10 am. Handbells: Joyful Noise Ringers – Tuesdays 7:30 pm
Children’s Music & Arts Ministry Children are invited to develop and share their talents with God through dance, singing, and ringing! Make a New Year’s Resolution to join our ministry! NEW! Afternoon Arts Program – Beginning in February, our children will meet on Thursdays from 4:15-5:30 pm (after school) for singing, ringing, movement and drama! See the article below for details! Young Dancers (Sundays, 3:45-4:45 pm) are led by Anna Van Deventer. Rehearsals resume on Jan. 11th. The current group is finishing up a dance, to be performed on Jan. 25th. In February, a new invitation will be extended to all 2nd 5th graders for an upcoming March 22nd performance. NEW! Children’s Afternoon Arts Program – Please read and consider! This winter, we’re offering a new music and arts program, so that we can include more children in our arts ministry offerings! Here’s the concept – on Thursdays, children will ride the bus to Aldersgate if possible (Easley, Sandy Ridge), and we’ll try to arrange parent pick-ups at other elementary schools (Hillandale, Little River, Voyager). Children will be welcomed and given a snack time as they arrive. Children in the Aldersgate Afterschool program will also be invited to participate. From 4:15- 5:30 pm, we’ll begin a rotation of singing, ringing, drama, and other arts for younger and older elementary groups. The program will run for seven weeks, from Feb. 5th through March 19th. Then, on March 22nd, Children’s Sabbath Sunday, these children will take the lead at the 11:00 am worship service! (At this point, it seems like this will be the conclusion of our semester, since sports seem to dominate schedules in April-May.) Sounds exciting, right? It may be our best way to involve many children without calling for an extra evening out, or invading precious weekend family time.
Volunteers are Needed! We need LOTS of volunteers to make this the best it can be – so if you can help, or have suggestions/concerns, please contact Nan (nan@aldersgate.org) right away! Volunteers are needed: leading a group in singing, ringing, drama, drumming, visual arts, choreography, or to serve as a parent-driver for a school! We’re in our birthing time, so please watch for more details to come. Summary: Thursdays from Feb. 5th - March 19th, 4:15 – 5:30 pm. Performance Sunday, March 22nd at 11:00 am. Volunteers needed!
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Worship Wonderings…. a series on worship practices by Nan de Andrade Ecumenical Spirit in Worship You’ll often hear United Methodists saying, “I grew up (Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran….) but when I needed a new church home, I found myself totally comfortable in United Methodist worship style.” This is due to several reasons: United Methodists tend to be “middle of the road” in the theological spectrum, and also have a deliberately open way of approaching differences (Wesley said, “If your heart is as my heart, take my hand.”). As supporters of the catholicuniversal Church, we recognize baptisms from any denomination. United Methodists also are a part of an Ecumenical Movement for Christian Unity which began in the mid1900’s, bringing worship from many Protestant and Catholic denominations closer together. By studying our common roots in early Church practices, many denominations have aligned the shape of their worship to the Word and Table pattern that we follow.
Also, in ecumenical consultation, liturgies such as “The Great Thanksgiving” and “Thanksgiving over the Water” were re-written to better reflect ancient prayers of the Church, while speaking in modern language. So now, when people from other denominations experience United Methodist worship, they often hear familiar words and sense a similar order to worship. This is one way that we are living into Jesus’ prayer “that we all may be one.” When we stand together in worship this week, remember and rejoice that we are standing firmly in the tradition of Christians all over the world, and throughout history!
SPOTIFY Your Praise! Spotify is a free application for computers or smart phones/pads/pods that plays music from playlists built by members. Each month, Nan creates a playlist of the music which will be sung that month at our 9:30 Contemporary worship service. If you search for Nan de Andrade and then choose the month’s playlist (for example, AUMC Dec. 2014), you can “tune your heart” all week, and be even more ready to praise God on Sunday mornings! Another cool feature is that you can select “Radio” from this playlist and it will shuffle in a variety of Contemporary Christian music from the same artists and play all day long! Hope you’ll give it a try – and if you encounter problems, give Nan a call! (919-477-0509 x 116)
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2015 Trustee Ministry Meet Your 2015 Aldersgate Trustees 2015 Susan Dernosek Mitch Moser Ron Pendergrass
2014 Highlights
2016 Gene Bell Glenn Reynolds chair Steve Wilfong
Hired Tony Aichele, as the New Facilities Manager. Kitchen committee organized. Carl Chmielewski, chair Gym curtains repaired.
2017 Kaye Harris Lisa Clark Lee Worsley
Nursery Ministry EACH SUNDAY MORNING: 8:15, 9:30 AND 11:00 AM
Technology committee installed flat screen TV's in each classroom. Repaired to all picnic tables completed.
Ruth Kay, Lynn Wilfong, Ellen Whisnant and Alice Osteen Tuesday Music Practices: Ellen Whisnant and Lynn Wilfong
Acolyte Schedule For This Month 8:15 am Service 1/04 Allie Ramirez 1/11 Danielle Nixon 1/18 Kaylee Eckhoff 1/25 Emily Lain
11:00 am Service 1/04 Joshua Bosecker & Tanner Reo 1/11 Grace Herbstreith 1/18 Margaret Ann Healy 1/25 Jacob Bosecker
Altar Guild For this Month Alice Osteen, Sharon McLaurin, and Kay Edwards.
Altar Guild assures the worship space and supporting materials are prepared for worship.
An acolyte is a person who assists the presiding minister/pastor in worship and carries out certain duties, including candle lighting; carrying the processional cross; holding or getting items the pastor needs at baptisms, Holy Communion, and other worship acts. Acolytes may be children, youth, and adults.
January Lay Assistants 8:15 SERVICE USHERS
GREETER
WELCOME STATION
LAY READER
1/4/2015
Chick Hinton* Richard Riggsbee Mary Tom Roberts Kirk Brown
Mitch Adkins – M Beverly Jackson-O
Mitch Adkins
Shelia Rittgers
1/11/2015
Jeff Sturkey* Myrna Umphlett Rebel Umphlett Beverly Jackson
Mitch Adkins-M Chick Hinton
Judy Alford
Ruth Kay
1/18/2015
Doug Morris* Carole Morris Chick Hinton Katherine Siler
Paul Jones-M Linda Jones-O
Beverly Jackson
Burton King
1/25/2015
Mitch Adkins* Carl Chmielewski Kathy Chmielewski Beverly Jackson
Pat Stancil-M Kay Harris-O
Mitch Adkins
Judy Alford
1/4/2015
Michael Crutchfield* Wanda Crutchfield
Margaret Muir
Anne Finch
Nancy Wykle
1/11/2015
Margaret Muir* Mary Taylor
Shaunesy Story
Mary Taylor
Lisa Dye Janes
1/18/2015
Steven Fishback* Nancy Wykle
Suzanne Elliott
Anne Finch
Jim Hanson
1/25/2015
Matt Buckner* Sue Allison
Nancy Wykle
Mary Taylor
Terri Ray
1/4/2015
Bill Smith* Nancy Grinstead Ginger Hawkins Tammy Closs
Sarah Walker-M Brent Walker-O
Amelia Oakley
Ronnie Oakley
1/11/2015
Kimberly Riggs* Jim Willis Sarah Walker Brent Walker
Michele Tucker-M Ginger Hawkins -O
Lindsay Brown
Cathy Cozart
1/18/2015
Maryellen Finnigan* Paula Veasey Pam Boatright Ron West
Ronnie Oakley-M Debbie Fletcher-O
Amelia Oakley
Peggy Allen
1/25/2015
Ronnie Oakley* Paula Alford Sarah Walker Brent Walker
Maryellen Finnigan-M Pam Boatright-O
Nancy Grinstead
Tammy Closs
9:30 SERVICE
11:00 SERVICE
* = Head Usher
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