THE BEACON
APRIL, 2008
THE BEACON
APRIL, 2008
DISCIPLES NEEDED
World-wide organization seeks dedicated personnel
for help in spreading the gospel. Experience isn’t necessary, but would
be helpful. The successful applicant
must possess a strong desire to further God’s word and should be God-oriented
and heaven-motivated. Good communication
skills are a plus.
People seeking this position must love God more than
life itself and therefore must die to their old way of life. The benefit package is limited to eternal
life in the Lord’s kingdom as we do not provide any vacation plan, health,
dental or vision plans, and no retirement benefits other than the eternal life
plan mentioned above. We’re an equal
opportunity employer. Sinners
welcome. Apply anytime.
Bob Harrell
DISTRICT
EVANGELISM TRAINING SCHEDULED at Faith UMC on April 13-15
Rev. Andy Lambert
Sunday afternoon the training is for those who
already know Christ and want to learn more about how to reach and keep the kids
and youth for Christ. Registration
begins at 4:30 PM. The training is from
4:45-6 PM.
At the same time there will be a variety of
activities for youth, outside, for those who like sports and those who
don’t. After the hot dog supper at 6 PM,
there will be activities for the youth until the band, Counterfall, begins playing at 7 PM. Rev Andy Lambert will speak
each night.
Monday and Tuesday evenings, the Faith UMC Praise
Band will play starting at 7 PM. Faith
UMC is located at
TEACHER
NEEDED
The Open Hands Class is finishing their study of Ezekiel at the end of April and is
looking for a teacher starting in May. Please contact LouAnn DiMarco at dimarcodav@aol.com
if you want to volunteer.
BEACON
BITS: Past Tense, Future Perfect
Roland
Barnhardt
After
the resurrection, Jesus went to His disciples.
First,
He calmed the storms raging in their hearts:
“Peace
be with you.”
Next,
He gave them what they needed to carry on God’s work:
“Receive
the Holy Spirit.”
Then
He instructed them:
“If
you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven …”
“Do
not doubt, but believe.”
In
a sense, Jesus’ work was finished. His
disciples’ work was just beginning. What
encouragement He gave them!
It
reminds me of the encouragement for daily living in an article I recently read:
“Finish
each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and
absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a
new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered
with your old nonsense. Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Have
you ever noticed how many people carry the past with them everywhere they go?
For some it becomes their badge of honor, for others a wound in need of
constant tending, and for others still, a prison sentence for which there is no
appeal.
“Life
was never meant to be lived in past tense. It is meant to be met head-on and
embraced like a loved one in the ever present NOW. In this way, one
well-attended moment follows the next, creating a future that is divinely rich
and complete. Yesterday is past tense. Tomorrow is placed in future perfect
tense by spending time in today.”
These
are good thoughts that should serve us Easter people well.
WELCOME:
Davey Burton, Andy Neely,
MaeLena Apperson, Holly Nelson, Nicole Procter and Hannah Snarski were received
by Confirmation; and Donnie Burton was received by Profession of Faith.
Davey Burton, Hannah Snarski
and Donnie Burton received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism on Sunday, March
16.
BIBLE KNOWLEDGE
1. What book of the New Testament records Jesus’ Sermon
on the Mount?
2. What book of the New Testament records
Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain?
3. Who gave the most extensive account of
Jesus’ birth?
4. Why did Mary name her son Jesus?
5. John the Baptist came preaching in the
wilderness of
6. How
long did Jesus fast in the wilderness while He was being tempted by the devil?
7. When Jesus went to Peter’s home, what did He
find and what did He do?
8. How much food did Jesus have to feed five
thousand people?
9. To whom did Jesus say “all things are
possible?”
10. What are the two
greatest commandments?
Thank you, Ann Carr, for
this month’s questions.
Remember to please send your
Q and A for future Bible Knowledge to me at waynebidix@triad.rrcom
Thanks and Grace and Peace
to you!
Roland and Church Friends,
Thank you so much for all
the cards, visits, gifts and prayers sent to us during our sickness and time of
recovery. It meant so much to us
both.
Loving thoughts to you all.
Pete and Jo Thomas
COM MEETING 3-2-08 Benita VanWinkle
Old Business: Directories have been delivered. We will
order 20 more @ $5 each. If you wish, you
may access and print it online at http://download.yousendit.com/75ECE194630000B1
Committee reports –
Crisis Control Ministry – new display in Fellowship Hall showing needed items.
Community Festival – Vendor letters have gone out. Considering
moving the festival to the Community Center. ($50 fee).
After discussion, it was recommended it be discussed at the next festival
meeting on March 16. Peter 4:10- is the
festival Bible verse.
Chicken pie workshop –April 8– workers may purchase 3 pies each. Pies will be for sale on Saturday morning
this time and open to the community. Pies will be $10 and $3 (for little ones).
Bible study – Going well. All are welcome to join.
Evangelism tree – Please get a name, and report the results of your call to Dave.
Family Enrichment event on March 5- Panel of 5 health care related professionals will lead the
question and answer panel.
Fellowship Meals - Price is $4 for adults and $2 for children. Under 6 years is free. A fundraiser meal may charge $5, and $2 for
children. Family rate, no more than $15.
College age/young adult ministry. Need
core group that would create a Sunday School group for
this age range.
UMM –– meets
at 6 PM on the 4th Tuesday at Southern Family Rest. They have been established since 1976 and
will renew their charter.
UMW- Fellowship
meal on April 16. The money will go to missions.
Higher Education –
graduation.
Worship committee – Acoytes who need them will get longer robes.
Roland – Phone
Tree is now working. Any group in the
church that wants to send out a message to a committee may make arrangements to
do so. Confirmation class had 6
members. They are planning a meal with
leaders of the Administrative Board and Council on Ministries. Lay leadership Committee needs help filling
these offices: Available are Historian, Membership Secretary, Pastor-Parish, and
Evangelism. Kay will be Reserve Lay member
for Annual Conference.
The Stewardship Committee
will meet March 18. It covers activities
in all different areas, not just money. Brookstown’s Year End Report came back without
any corrections! (this was a first!)
BIBLE KNOWLEDGE 
- Answers from March’s Bible Knowledge -
1. Who
took Jesus’ body down from the cross and placed it in the tomb? Joseph of Arimathea –
Matthew
27:57-61; Mark 15:42-46; Luke 23:50-53; John 19:38-42
2. What
happened inside the temple at the moment Jesus died? The curtain of the temple was torn
In two from top to bottom – Matthew 27:51;
Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45
3. What
two things did the Chief Priests and the Pharisees do to secure Jesus’
tomb? Sealed the
stone
and posted guards – Matthew 27:62-66
4. After
the Sabbath was over, what were Mary Magdalene and the other women going to do
at the
tomb? Anoint Jesus’ body – Mark 16:1
5. What
did Jesus explain to the two followers on the road to Emmaus? What was said in
all the
scriptures
concerning Himself – Luke 24:27
6. When
did those two followers recognize Jesus?
When He broke the bread – Luke 24:30-35
7. What
did Simon Peter find when he ran to the tomb?
Strips of linen and burial cloth – Luke 24:12
and
John 20:5-7
8. When
Jesus first appears to the disciples, what does He do to prove to them that it
is really Him?
Shows them His hands and feet; eats a
piece of broiled fish – Luke 24:38-43
9. What did Thomas say after seeing Jesus and
hearing Him say, “Stop doubting and believe?”
“My
Lord and my God!” – John 20:26-29
10. In Acts 1, the writer
says Jesus appeared to the believers over a period of how many days? 40
days – Acts 1:3
Any questions or comments
please e-mail or call me at waynebiddix@triad.rr.com or 922-0531.
Do you know
that Brookstown has a phone prayer chain? The purpose of the chain is
to let folks know that there is a need for prayer for certain individuals or
situations.
The first person on the list
calls the next one with a name or situation.
Then that person calls the next one on the list until everyone is
notified.. Each
individual then offers a prayer for the situation or name given.
If you would like your name
added to the Prayer Chain, please call the church office and specify either
daytime group or evening group. If
someone is interested in an e-mail prayer chain, please let the church
office know that, too.
Thank you. If you have questions, call Kay in the church
office.
YOUTH NEWS Benita
VanWinkle
God is so good – and once
again I am overwhelmed and proud of our youth.
For our Lenten season, the youth ‘experienced’ what it means to be on
the path with Jesus, from the last supper to the vinegar to the cross and then
looking skyward. Please stop by the
youth room to see our cross. (Thank you,
Destination Unknown is April 6. Ask one of the youth
about this special experience after we return.
We will also attend a special event at Faith United Methodist featuring
Andy Lambert on April 13.
Signs of Spring are
motivating us all to be outside, so feel free to join the youth group as they ‘spruce
up’ our church with our mission work for April, starting right here on the
grounds of Brookstown. We will be
spreading mulch, planting flowers, and other spring cleaning on April 12 from
9:00-12:00. (And then there is lunch, of
course!)
As we continue to raise
money for our mission trip, the youth are selling ‘Buy one, get one FREE” Krispy
Kreme cards at $12. There is no expiration date on the cards, so even if
the diet is limiting now, you could use it later! Thanks to Rene Galyean for getting those! We are also selling “Danny Duzit”
stainless steel sponges – the best kitchen helper ever- so please ask us about
purchasing one or two, or three of these as well. (Emilie says they are the best!)
This month the youth will be
serving dinner to the
If you see birdhouses or
paintbrushes about, just know that the youth are participating in Birdfest, the largest fundraiser of
the year for Habitat for Humanity. Not only are our youth getting birdhouses
ready for our ‘tweet’ friends, they will be helping with the actual Birdfest event on May 4. If you would like to donate artwork of any
kind (knitting, woodworking, ceramics, painting, photography) the dates to turn
in work are April 17-19. Please see
Benita for more details, or visit www.habitatforsyth.org.
We are looking for art
supplies that we could take on our mission trip. Part of the work will be a ‘kids club’ and
our experience has been that we always need more art supplies. We are having a HUGE (with your help!) YARD
SALE and BBQ
THANK YOU,
Benita
SPECIAL SERVICE IN APRIL
Acolytes
April 6 Aubrey Apperson and Abby Jameson
13 Erin Jameson and Evan Lowrance
20 Dustin Cannady and Paul Lasley
27
Flowers
April 6
13 Carey Mock
20
27 B. Lanier
Greeter - Sandra Galyean
Nursery
April 6
Tammy Cannady
13
20 Teresa Apperson
27 LouAnn DiMarco
Refreshments (8:30 AM)
April 6 Elaine Layland
13 Sandra Snarski
20 Pam Steppe
27 LouAnn DiMarco
Ushers - Dale Thomson*, Linda Thomson, Henry Jackson, Carol
Jackson
Worship Leader
April 6 Pam Steppe
13 Bruce Bailiff
20
27 David DiMarco