2023-06-25 Beacon

WELCOME

Shalimar UMC

Dr. Alan McBride Incoming Lead Pastor

REACH | TEACH | SEND

Dr. Brad Bradford Worship Pastor

Rev. John Kelsoe Incoming Associate Pastor

Gerald Batton Custodian

Chris Bennett Facility & Maintenance Manager

Chris Bennett Interim Youth Director

Pat Brantley Office Administrative Assistant

Tanner Dubose Youth Intern

Denise Heath Finance

Sarah Hicks Children’s Director

Karen Jadin Preschool Director

Tony Mallini Interim Church Administrator

Heyward McKenzie Chef

Amanda Marshall Nursery Coordinator

Abigail Raffield Media & Communications

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. Brad Bradford: (850) 227- 4328

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.

June 25, 2023

8AM | TRADITIONS | SANCTUARY

In Person & Online

Message by Rev. Jean Tippit

Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford

9:30 AM | SANCTUARY

In Person & Online

Message by Rev. Jean Tippit

Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford

11AM | TRADITIONS | SANCTUARY

In Person & Online

Message Rev. Jean Tippit

Worship Led by Dr. Brad Bradford

11:07AM |

FAMILY LIFE CENTER

In Person & Online

Message by Jeremy Thiess

Worship Led by Ben Savage and The Freedom Team

Week of June 25, 2023

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY NIGHT FELLOWSHIP DINNER

June 28, 2023

Entree & Kids: Spaghetti

CHURCH LIFE

CHURCH LIFE

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BE IN THE KNOW.

TOWN HALL MEETING

We will have our Town Hall Meeting with District Superintendent Rev. Jean Tippit on Sunday, June 25 at 2pm in the Sanctuary. childcare is provided!

LIVESTREAM IS ONLY AVAILABLE BY REGISTRATION

Use the following link and sign in with your name and the email address associated with your Zoom account: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zvNlSL-qSyuv-FraVCYrgg.

If you do not have a Zoom account, you can create a free one here:

https://www.zoom.us/signup#/signup.

If you have any technical questions relating to the livestream registration,

PATRIOTIC SERVICE

If you are active duty, guard, reserves, veterans or retired military and would like to participate as a flag bearer in our 11am Patriotic service on Sunday, July 2, please contact Gator Heath.

POC: Gator Heath | gator.heath48@gmail.com

LUNCH & LEARN

Have lunch with the discernment team as they answer questions and give more insight into the discernment process. On Sunday, July 9, at 12:30pm in the FLC.

We hope to see you there!

GET TO KNOW OUR NEW LEAD PASTOR, REV. DR. ALAN MCBRIDE

Here are some q&a’s that were gathered by the staff and answered by Dr. Alan McBride! Make sure to check out his Beacon article in next week’s edition.

What do you do in your spare time?

I love to read. Reading has always been an escape for me to rest my brain. I read a fair amount for my “work” as a pastor, but as often as possible, I jump into history, novels about spies, espionage, and historical novels. If you have any good books to recommend, please let me know. I also love working on projects around the home or church. While in seminary, I worked for a couple of contractors and found a love for building and fixing things. I recently have even grown a love for working in the yard beyond mowing and weed eating. In late January and early February, I re-sodded my front yard without hiring a contractor because I got mad when I found out how much they would charge me to do it and discovered it was fun!

Karen and I really enjoy traveling when we can, and usually try to plan a trip once a year somewhere that doesn’t revolve around visiting our kids or other family. There have been several trips to Europe over the years, but our focus is moving toward seeing much more of our own country.

Which enneagram number are you?

One or more staff persons asked me about my Enneagram type. I have heard my kids speak about their Enneagram scores but never found out about myself. I can report now that I tend to be a Type 2 person, a “helper” who is described as holding love as the highest ideal. Along with this, I learned that my instinctual variant is “SO” which indicates that I am socially oriented, like to work in teams, and try to be pleasant. I look forward to telling my kids what I am the next time we talk!

Are you a sports fan? If so, which sport and college or pro?

We love sports, mostly college football, and have been flavored by connections through friends and family over the years to most SEC teams but tend to say we’re Alabama fans in light of having served churches in Alabama for 24 of our 30 years in ministry.

Are you a dessert person? What’s your favorite thing to eat?

I’m generally open to any dessert but feel strongly about banana pudding, good old-fashioned pound cake, and vanilla ice cream. Karen and I find food and eating with friends a great joygood Mexican and Chinese food is a must!

Your favorite verse?

My favorite verse? Having said something about my belief in the Bible, at this season of my life, I want to mention 2 verses that are my “favorite” for this time: Second Timothy 1:7 and Galatians 5:22-23. Please look them up and read them. One tells me that fear is never an appropriate motivator for the choices I make but that I have power in the love Jesus gives me by His Spirit to have the mindfulness to make the right choices. The other means that if I am filled with God’s Spirit, there are fruits of attitude and behavior that will flow from my life, and I try to be ever mindful of what fruit is spilling out.

PREACHING SCHEDULE & PASTORAL COVERAGE

I want to thank you for your continued prayers, love, care, and support during this time of transition. I also wanted you to have the most information possible during this time. Here is the pastoral schedule for the upcoming weeks.

June 25

8:00 – Our District Superintendent, Rev. Jean Tippit

9:30 – Rev. Jean Tippit

11:00 – Rev. Jean Tippit

11:07 – Jeremy Thiess

Our church town hall with Rev. Jean Tippit will be at 2:00 in the Sanctuary

July 2 (Patriotic Celebration)

8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 – Our Chancel Choir and Orchestra will present their Patriotic Musical

11:07 – Jeremy Thiess, with a Salute to Our Armed Forces

July 9

Our new Lead Pastor, Rev. Dr. Alan McBride and our new Associate Pastor, Rev. John Kelsoe will be sharing in all of our services.

Please note that this schedule could change. Another aspect we are making sure continues well is our pastoral care. Our Stephen Ministers continue to be a huge help as we visit our church family in the hospital.

Ongoing Stephen Minister Visitation Schedule

Mondays – John Scheffer

Tuesdays – Mike Ray

Wednesdays – Amanda Harris

Thursdays – Sara Michaelson

Fridays – Cathie Buckman

Weekend Call for June

June 23-25 call – no pastor

June 30-July 2 call – Brad

I hope this is helpful. Please let me know of any questions you might have.

PGFWABF!

Pastor

Brad

JOB OPENINGS

If you or someone you know are interested in one of these positions please contact our Church Administrator, Tony Mallini. email: tony@shalimar-umc.org

FINANCIAL ASSISTANT NEEDED

THE FINANCE OFFICE HAS A TEMPORARY NEED THAT COULD BECOME PERMANENT FOR A FINANCIAL ASSISTANT. THIS IS A 20 HOURS PER WEEK PART-TIME POSITION PROCESSING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, CREDIT CARDS, ASSISTING WITH PAYROLL, AND OTHER ADMINSTRATIVE DUTIES.

AFTER SCHOOL COUNSELORS

Our After School Camp is at risk due to the difficulties in recruiting counselors and bus drivers. We have 5 vacancies with 2 of those also working as bus drivers.

The 80+ young children participation in our program are given a safe and nurturing Christian environment from 1:30 to 5:30pm, Monday through Friday. After School Camp impacts the lives of these young children and take on the responsibiliy to protect and encourage each and every one of them.

Minimum age for counselors is 16 and bus drivers 21. Our wage is 14 to 16 dollars per hour.

Please keep us in your mind when someone is looking for a job, we really appreciate any help! THANK YOU!

joyful place

Oh my….. so much going on in Church life and at Joyful Place. Every morning at respite we start the day with prayer, songs and sharing what we are thankful for. You can grieve and still be grateful, you can be sick and still be grateful. Being grateful doesn’t negate the facts of life that really stink, but it is a really good way of bringing some happiness and joy back into your world. Keep in mind that everyone is facing some sort of battle, and that the people that come to respite are facing life limiting illnesses. Despite that, when they are here, they all express gratefulness. We all choose to look at the bright side of life, accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative. Here is a list of things that our friends and volunteers have been thankful for lately. After you’re done reading, count your blessings, listen to some uplifting music, and look up Dad jokes on the internet for a good laugh.

-I’m grateful that GOD saw fit to let me live another day.

-I’m thankful for my warm sweater because this room is cold.

-I’m blessed that my biopsy was negative.

-I’m thankful for the uplifting spirit in this room.

I’m grateful it didn’t rain this morning so I could go on my walk.

-I’m lucky that I always seem to have enough gas in the truck to get me here.

-I’m grateful for this cup of coffee, it is so good.

-I’m grateful for the smiles on faces I see here.

-I’m happy that my husband brings me here and then leaves :)

Be JOYFUL always!

-Leigh Rice Respite Director

The Bread House

OPEN

Monday | Wednesday | Friday 9am-12pm

FOOD DISTRIBUTION NUMBERS

Bags Collected: 339

Bags Given Out: 233 Members Served: 246

TOTAL

Bags Collected: 55,494

Bags Given Out: 44,546 Members Served: 42,517

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”

A couple of young visitors!

POC: Pete Peters (703) 395-2437

fpeters1@cox.net