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Methodist Church Shalimar United Week of March 26, 2023
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
REACH | TEACH | SEND
Our Vision
Christ-centered, multi-generational, family & community relevant ministries through worship, discipleship, and mission.
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.
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 service of 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
March 26, 2023
8AM | TRADITIONS | SANCTUARY
In Person & Online
Message by Dr. Philip McVay
Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford
9:30AM | SANCTUARY
In Person & Online
Message by Dr. Philip McVay
Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford
11AM | TRADITIONS | SANCTUARY
In Person & Online
Message by Dr. Philip McVay
Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford
11:07AM | FAMILY LIFE CENTER
In Person & Online
Message by Rev. Matt Langford
Worship Led by Ben Savage and The Freedom Team
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.”
“No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!
- John 14:1-7 NLT
CHURCH LIFE 06
SHALIMAR KIDZ TAKE ON CAMP BALDWIN
Before you know it summer will be here! But don’t worry parents, we have you covered. For the first time, Shalimar Kidz is going to Camp Baldwin in Elberta, AL. This camp is for completed grades 3rd - 5th from July 23-27.
Submit the registration form at shalimar-umc.org/campbaldwin by March 26 along with a $75 deposit. Total camp cost is $275. For more information and questions about payment, contact our Children’s Director, Sarah Hicks at: sarah@shalimar-umc.org | (850) 651-0721 ext. 116
YOUTH CHOIR DINNER THEATER TICKETS
Our Youth Choir is showcasing their Dinner Theater on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 in the Family Life Center.
Doors will open at 6 and the show will start at 6:30. Dinner and childcare are provided.
Tickets are on sale now! You can buy them from any of the Youth Choir students or contact our Worship Pastor, Brad Bradford. Tickets are $20
HOLY WEEK
Next Sunday, April 2 is Palm Sunday which starts Holy Week! Join us at any of our four services as children wave palm leaves at every service. Down below is everything we’ve got going on during Holy Week!
Maundy Thursday
April 6, 2023 | 6:30pm | Family Life Center
Good Friday
April 7, 2023 | 6:30pm | Family Life Center
Easter Festival
April 8, 2023 | 10am | Campus
Click
HERE to visit the Church Life page on our website!
Philip’s Focus
The Groundhog Needs to Talk to the Farmer
Lead Pastor
Dr. Philip McVay philip@shalimar-umc.org
Spring is here! Yea! Long afternoons of Sunshine are back! Yea! We had an artic blast on the Emerald Coast! Boo! As Spring has sprung, we also know Easter is just around the corner.
My weather sources tell me we still have one more “cool snap” before Easter. I do not know if our resident church member meteorologist Dave Biggars would agree with one more cold spell but I’m confident it will happen. How do I know? I trust the farmer not the Groundhog.
The Groundhog sometimes gets it right on February 2 about how much longer winter will last; but it has been my experience that the farmer gets it right. Let me tell you a backstory!
Many years ago, I learned while a graduate student at Candler School of Theology that the date of Easter is determined by the moon. Easter is set each year on the Sunday after the first full moon two days after the equinox. Easter moves around each year because of the Moon. The earliest date Easter can be set is March 22 and as late as April 25th. It is fascinating to me that we can know the date of Easter hundreds of years from now! I like the symbolism to know the dates to celebrate Christ’s Birth and Resurrection are set until Christ comes again!
Well anyway, after I learned this fact of how Easter is set, I had a conversation with a farmer the very next week. I was so eager to tell him what I had just learned about Easter. Afterwards, he said… “thanks for that information all I know is that is always gets cold right before Easter.” And then I made a mistake… I challenged the farmer. I said… “this is not necessarily so because Easter can be as late as April 25th. And it does not always get cold in late April!” The farmer was unimpressed. “Nope…it always gets cold right before Easter.”
Through the past decades since this conversation, I have watched the weather right before Easter with curiosity. Whether Easter falls early or late, I have found the farmer is almost always right. So, I trust the farmer more than the Groundhog!
And one more thing is surer than the weather! We are going to celebrate Christ’s resurrection! Spring brings warmth, sunshine, and the greatest message of all Christ’s resurrection! This forecast I am 100 % sure about!
We hope you are making plans now to be at Shalimar UMC on Easter Sunday! And the upcoming Sundays and all the Holy Week services! By the way…the farmer knew the Savior and this good news of Jesus too!
Week of March 26, 2023
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FELLOWSHIP DINNER March 29, 2023
Entree: Chicken Penne Alfredo Kids: Corn Dogs
Sunday, March 26 SS Adults 9:30AM SS Youth 9:30AM SS Special Buddies 9:30AM Kidz Worship 9:30AM Kidz Worship 11AM YC Drama Rehearsal 2PM Youth Choir Rehearsal 3:30PM Special Buddies 5PM Monday, March 27 Bread House 9AM Threads of Love 10AM Connect Rehearsal 5:30PM Lighthouse Rehearsal 6PM Alanon 6PM Youth Choir Rehearsal 6PM Finance Committee 6:30PM AA 8PM Tuesday, March 28 Deadly Sins Bible Study 9AM Joyful Place 10AM Joey Goedert Funeral 11AM 3rd Grade Bible Study 3:30PM Freedom Rehearsal 5:30PM Joy Ringers Bell Rehearsal 6PM Men’s Group 6PM Prayer Group 6PM Deadly Sins Bible Study 6:30PM Wednesday, March 29 Bread House 9AM Splash 1 & 2 9:30AM Blessings for Children 10AM ReBoot 4:30PM Fellowship Dinner 5PM Youth Small Groups 5PM Kidz Club 5:30PM Young Adult Group 6PM Pastor’s Class 6PM Old Testament Studies 6PM Youth Choir Rehearsal 6PM Gloryland 6PM Rejoice 6PM Orchestra 6PM Chancel Choir 7PM AA 8PM Thursday, March 30 Joyful Place 10AM 4th Grade Bible Study 3:30PM Youth Choir Rehearsal 6PM Friday, March 31 Bread House 9AM Scrapbooking 10AM MOPS Night Out 5PM YC Dinner Theater 6PM Saturday, April 1 Scrapbooking 8AM Quilting Group 9AM YC Dinner Theater 6PM 10
announcements & articles
Starting on Wednesday March 29, at 9:30am, Splash of Joy 1 will begin He’s Where the Joy Is
by Tara Leigh Cobble.
This is a 6-week study on the Holy Trinity and will fill you with JOY!
Books will be available on the 29th.
If you have any questions about brunch or the new study please contact Sara Michaelson at (850) 865-3343
MISSIONS MAKING A DIFFERENCE Did You Know?
Safe Connections was a grass-roots project adopted by the 1996 Mission’s Committee. It was originally named the Judge Ben Gordon, Jr. Family Visitation Center and was housed in the old Sunday School space above the SUMC offices for 20 years. Because of the Mission Committee’s community minded spirit, and SUMC’s provision of space, the Visitation Center has grown to three Centers providing over 40,000 safe supervised visits for thousands of vulnerable children in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. Safe Connections is proud of the important role SUMC played in following the teachings of Jesus to reach out to the least of these. Volunteer opportunities are available if you are interested in serving.
WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OPERATING FUND
ATTENDANCE FOR MARCH 19, 2023
2023 CONTRIBUTION BUDGET $1,700,292 WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED TO MEET BUDGET $36,409 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MARCH 12 - MARCH 18 $20,336 CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH MARCH 18 $353,955 CONTRIBUTION BUDGET THROUGH MARCH 31 $445,453 WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS WILL FLUCTUATE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE YEAR
8AM 62 9:30AM 69 11:00AM 114 11:07AM 127 CHILDREN 21 LIVESTREAM 132 TOTAL 525
May’s Marriage Workshop!
Joyful Place Be JOYFUL Always! -Leigh Rice Leigh Rice (850) 651-0721 ext. 113 joyful@shalimar-umc.org It’s a JOYFUL day celebrating our 1 year Anniversary. Thank you to everyone for your support and love!
The Bread House
OPEN
Monday | Wednesday | Friday 9am-12pm
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Paper Towels | Toilet Paper
Canned Vegetables: Corn, Green Beans, & Mixed Canned Meat: Tuna, Chicken, & Spam
Dried Goods | Beans & Rice
Fruit, Potatoes, & Onions
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”
DISTRIBUTION NUMBERS Bags Collected: 434 Bags Given Out: 298 Members Served: 308
151 TOTAL Bags Collected: 49,505 Bags Given Out:
Members Served:
Pete Peters (703) 395-2437
FOOD
Week
40,204
38,504 POC:
fpeters1@cox.net
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