2023
BEACON Methodist Church Shalimar United Week of January 8,
WELCOME
Shalimar UMC
Lead Pastor
Dr. Philip McVay
Dr. Brad Bradford Worship Pastor
Rev. David Garvin Youth Pastor
Rev. Matt Langford Associate Pastor
Gerald Batton Custodian
Chris Bennett Facility & Maintenance Manager
Pat Brantley Office Administrative Assistant
Abigail Denney Media & Communications
Joy Harris Financial Assistant
Denise Heath Finance
Sarah Hicks Children’s Director
Karen Jadin Preschool Director
Tony Mallini Interim Church Administrator
Heyward McKenzie Chef
Katie Pascoe Nursery Director
Leigh J. Rice Respite Director
Dawn Rozofsky After School & Camp Director
Ben Savage Worship Arts
Jeremy Thiess Ministries Assistant
After Hours Emergency Pastoral Assistance
Dr. Philip McVay: (850) 607-1133
Dr. Brad Bradford: (850) 227-4328
Rev. David Garvin: (850) 319-0072
Rev. Matt Langford: (334) 437-3931
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Table Of Contents
Our Vision
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This Sunday in Worship Page 5
Philip’s Focus Page 6
Weekly Schedule Page 7 What’s Happening | Church Life Page 8
Page 10 Announcements & Articles
Angel Tree 2022 Page 11 Joyful Place Page 12
The Bread House Page 14
Splash 1 & 2 Bible Studies Page 15
Stay Connected Page 16
Our Mission
We REACH out to our congregation, community, and the world. We TEACH the word of God as provided in the Holy-Scripture. We SEND our members and missionaries to be witnesses to God’s grace and His promise of eternal life.
Christ-centerd, multi-generational, family & community relevant ministries through worship, discipleship, and mission.
Worship Services
Sunday at Shalimar
Traditions: 8AM & 11AM
Meet us in the Sanctuary as we celebrate through the rich traditions of our faith. Such as hymns led by organ and piano, seasonal vestments, and Traditional Methodist liturgy. Our Chancel Choir leads the 11AM service.
Connect: 9:30AM
Join us in the Sanctuary as we engage in a fourfold services of gathering, praise, service of the Word, Holy Communion with candle stations of prayer, and sending forth. Worship is a blend of contemporary praise songs and upbeat hymns.
Freedom: 11:07AM
Located in the Family Life Center Gym as we come together and worship through modern music, Fellowship time, and listen to an inspirational message in a contemporary atmosphere.
This Sunday in Worship
January 8, 2023
8AM
| TRADITIONS | SANCTUARY
In Person & Online
Message by Dr. Philip McVay
Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford and Gloryland
9:30AM
| SANCTUARY
In Person & Online Message by Rev. Matt Langford Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford and the Connect Worship Team
11AM
| TRADITIONS | SANCTUARY
In Person & Online
Message by Dr. Philip McVay Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford and Chancel Choir
11:07AM
| FAMILY LIFE CENTER
In Person & Online
Message by Rev. Matt Langford Worship Led by Ben Savage and The Freedom Team
Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.
- Ephesians 4:1-6 NLT
Philip’s Focus
Remember Your Baptism and Be Thankful
This Sunday, January 8, is another special Sunday. January 8 is Baptism of the Lord Sunday. As we move out of Christmastide, on the day of Epiphany on January 6, our next observance is the remembrance of the baptism of our Lord. We move from celebrating Jesus’ birth to remembering His baptism.
After a few weeks of being out of our normal schedule, 8AM, 930AM, 11AM, and 1107AM worship services will resume. As we hear about Jesus’ baptism, we all will be given a chance to remember our baptism. There will also be some teaching about the meaning of baptism.
The baptism of Jesus is recorded in all four gospels. Jesus’ baptism, by John the Baptist, in the Jordan River was not for the forgiveness of sins (as Jesus had no sin) rather; baptism for Jesus was an initiation of His public ministry. Our baptism is also an initiation that lasts for a lifetime. Martin Luther said this about baptism… “Baptism is a once and for all sacrament which takes your whole life to finish.” Baptism has also been called the ordination of the laity. Remembering our baptism is especially significant as we begin a new year.
The opportunity to remember our baptism is for all that have been baptized. Whether we were baptized as an infant, child, young person, or adult all of us are invited to remember our baptism. In our tradition as United Methodists, baptism is considered a one-time sacrament. We can remember our baptism as often, anytime, and especially on Baptism of the Lord Sunday.
What is going to happen on Sunday? After the sermon, everyone will be invited to come forward in a line and reach into a bowl of water for a moment and hear the phrase REMEMBER YOUR BAPTISM AND BE THANKFUL. This physical act will only take a few minutes but it can add meaning all year long.
If you have never been baptized, you will hear some teaching on baptism in the sermon. There will be an opportunity for everyone to sign up to be baptized or to learn more if you are interested. Our pastors would love nothing more than to tell you about baptism and plan your future baptism.
Hope to see you this SUNDAY as we remember our baptism!
Lead Pastor Dr. Philip McVay
philip@shalimar-umc.org
Shalom, Philip
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Sunday, January 8
SS Adults 9:30AM
SS Youth 9:30AM
SS Special Buddies 9:30AM
Kidz Worship 9:30AM Kidz Worship 11AM Youth Choir Rehearsal 4PM Special Buddies 5PM Student Worship 5PM
Monday, January 9
Bread House 9AM Threads of Love 10AM
Connect Rehearsal 5:30PM Lighthouse Rehearsal 6PM Alanon 6PM AA 8PM
Tuesday, January 10
Joyful Place 10AM
Freedom Rehearsal 5:30PM Blue Star Moms 5:30PM
Men’s Group 6PM Prayer Group 6PM
Wednesday, January 11
Bread House 9AM Splash 1 9AM Blessings for Children 10AM Fellowship Dinner 5PM Youth Small Groups 5PM Shalimar Kidz 5:30PM Pastor’s Class 6PM Gloryland 6PM Rejoice 6PM Orchestra 6PM Chancel Choir 7:30PM AA 8PM
Thursday, January 12
MOPS Meeting 9AM Joyful Place 10AM
Friday, January 13
Bread House 9AM
Saturday, January 14
Pickleball 8AM
Week of January 8, 2023
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Stay Up To Date CHURCH LIFE
PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION
Preschool registration for the 23-24 school year will start on Tuesday, Jan 17 in the Family Life Center (rm 106) at 9am. Before registration, please go to The EarlyLearning Coalition on Emerald Coast’s website to get your child’s VPK certification.
If you have any questions, please contact our Preschool Director, Karen Jadin at (850) 651-0721 ext. 109 or at preschool@shalimar-umc.org
OPEN HOUSE
We want to start the New Year off right and get everyone together at our Open House on Wednesday, Jan 18 at 5pm in the FLC. This will be an opportunity to learn all about what Shalimar is doing! There will be representatives from each age-level group, from nursery to adults to our Men’s and Women’s ministries to our Military group.
We would love for you to come and find a group to grow with. (this will be in replacement for regular Wednesday night programming)
CONFIRMATION SEASON
Confirmation is one of the key milestones in a young person’s life, marking the beginning of his or her personal faith journey. Students in grades 6-12 are invited to our annual Confirmation class, meeting weekly from February to mid-March.
If interested, visit shalimar-umc.org/confirmation or attend our Confirmation Parents Meeting on Sunday, Jan 22nd at 12:15pm in the Family Life Center (rm 106).
KID’Z WINTER RETREAT
Registration is open for our Kid’z Winter Retreat at Blue Lake Camp! The retreat is for Students in 3-5 grade. It’s from February 3-5 and costs $135 (scholarships are available if needed). Registration ends Monday, Jan 30.
If you have any questions, please contact our Children’s Director, Sarah Hicks at (850) 651-0721 ext. 116 or at children@shalimar-umc.org
announcements & articles
Administrative Meetings in January 2023
January 5: Trustees 6:30pm
January 8: Lead Team Transition and Orientation 12:30pm
*January 17: Denominational Task Force Report 6pm
January 22: Leaders, Officers, and Committee Orientation
*January 24: Denominational Task Force Report 6pm
January 30: Church Council 6pm
*open for entire congregation
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Joyful Place
Joyful Place, A Year In Review
Joyful Place opened March 22, 2022. From that date to the end of the year our mission made a difference.
We provided 1860 respite hours to our friends and their families.
Our precious volunteers devoted 2472 hours to serving others.
We had 10 Birthday parties and 9 Chapel Services. Sang 10 thousand songs (this # has been verified)
Laughed 50,000 times. Shared too many hugs to count.
Words, numbers, and pictures cannot truly describe what a vibrant and special ministry we offer at Joyful Place. As Respite for all founder, Daphne Johnston said, “Only in experiencing the love and common bond between Respite Volunteers and friends can you begin to understand the power such a ministry holds. When you’re immerged in respite, when you are fully present and enter engaged relationships with those on the journey with you, you will feel the warmth of God’s healingof physical disease and mental isolation.”
Be JOYFUL Always! -Leigh Rice (850) 651-0721 ext. 113 joyful@shalimar-umc.org
MILITARY MINISTRY
ReBoot is a faith-based combat trauma healing course, designed to address the spiritual wounds of war.
Combat veterans are healing, divorce rates are dropping, medication abuse decreases, and suicide numbers are reducing at ReBoot locations across the country.
For more information about our Military Ministry, or to register for the class visit our website at shalimar-umc.org/military
If you have any questions please contact Deb Hutto or Jeanne Racquier at aveclite@gmail.com or racquier@cox.net
The Bread House FOOD DISTRIBUTION NUMBERS Bags Collected: 444 Bags Given Out: 229 Members Served: 221 Week 140 TOTAL Bags Collected: 45,264 Bags Given Out: 37,329 Members Served: 35,531 POCs: Janet Norris or Pete Peters. They would love to hear from you! Janet Norris Pete Peters (850) 598-5399 (703) 395-2437 norrisjanet59@gmail.com fpeters1@cox.net 13 new families visited this week 14 SUPPLIES NEEDED Paper Towels | Toilet Paper Jelly & Peanut Butter Canned Vegetables Canned Tuna & Canned Chicken Dried goods Beans & Rice These supplies are needed for each week. If you wish to donate money instead, send a check to SUMC. Make the memo line out to “Bread House” OPEN Monday | Wednesday | Friday 9am-12pm
SPLASH 1 & 2
Join us for fellowship with other women and establish deep connections.
Splash 1 starts back January 11 with a new Exodus study from Jen Wilkins, Freedom
If you have any questions please contact Sara Michaelson.
Splash 2 also starts back January 11 with a new 1 & 2 Kings study from Lysa Terkeurst, Trustworthy.
If you have any questions please contact Cathie Buckman.
Contact Us Phone Email Address Website 850-651-0721 office@shalimar-umc.org 1 Old Ferry Road Shaliamr, FL
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