Cullowhee United Methodist Church · 2015-07-30 · Cullowhee United Methodist Church A Christ...

Cullowhee

United Methodist Church A Christ Centered Community Growing Together

David Reeves, Minister Julia Trantham , Deacon Associate Jay Hinton, Director of the Wesley

Foundation 828-293-9215 828-293-9215 828-508-7026

Church website: www.cullowheeumc.org Email:[email protected]

Come say goodbye to our Summer Duke Intern!

We are having a Potluck! Please bring a dish to share for Abby’s last Sunday with us August 2. We eat at noon in the big fellowship hall. We have been blessed with her many gifts and talents, and we wish

her well. This fall Abby will continue her studies for her third and final year at Duke Seminary.

Annual Welcome Back Potluck Luncheon (yes another

Potluck) The Annual Welcome Back Luncheon for our church family and WCU students will be enjoyed Sunday, August 23, following the 11:00 a.m. worship service. Each church family is asked to bring a covered dish to feed their family plus 5-7 others. This is a great fellowship time to get re-acquainted after the summer and welcome new folks and students to our church family.

WCU Valley Ballyhoo, Saturday, August 15, 4-6:00 p.m. If you would like to bake a pan of mac & Cheese or hand out flyers to welcome students during the event on campus. Please contact Julia

Trantham or Sheri Turk.

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Located on the campus of Western Carolina University

Calling all 4th Graders! Bible Presentation

We will be presenting all 4th Graders with their own personal bible on Sunday, August 23 during both worship services. Fourth graders will be receiving a letter with more details soon. For more information you may contact either Julia at

[email protected] or Larissa at [email protected]

Back to School Project The 2015-2016 school year will begins very soon. There are children in our community who will start school without basic supplies unless we help. The Back to School Project is a program offered by the Jackson County Department Social Services and has supplied many children with backpacks, new shoes and basic school supplies for the past 16 years. Please support the project and help our less fortunate children prepare for their first day of school. Please make checks out to CUMC and mark it “Back to School.”

Sunday, August, 16, at noon all youth and

their parents are invited to a meeting to talk about the new youth group structure.

Middle School Youth Sun., Aug. 9 2-4:00 p m. End of Summer Pool Party at the Brembry's (Nathan Wade's grandparents' house!). Please bring a snack to share! Drinks will be provided. Address: 36 Hollow Lane, Sylva Sun., Aug. 30 4-6:00 p m Youth Kick Off! We have some new and exciting things to reveal for youth this year. Come out and see what it's all about.

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What to do with extra produce from your garden? • Donate to Bountiful Harvest. On Sundays a table is set up in the downstairs

church foyer for your extra produce. Shop and put a donation in the jar with all proceeds going toward the engine repair of the church truck. The truck is very important to our outreach projects.

• Drop off donations at United Christian Ministries, 191 Skyland Drive, Sylva. Please call 586-8228 for hours of operation.

• Drop off donations at The Community Table, located in the old Golden Age Center between the Sylva Pool and Poteet Park.

Community Table Fundraiser The Community Table will hold a fundraiser on Sept. 30th at Andy Shaw Ford. We need at least 300 people who will agree to test drive one of about 9 new fords. The route will be from the dealership to the high school and back. All you need is to show that you have a valid license. An Andy Shaw employee will accompany all drivers.

Only one member of a household is allowed. We have been assured of a donation of $30.00 per driver and possibly $40.00 from Ford Motors, Andy Shaw Ford and Harrah's. Barbecue and all the trimmings will be provided by Harrah's for a donation of $7.00. We feel sure that this will be our biggest fundraiser ever and we really are struggling to meet the needs of our Jackson County needy. I would like to share our numbers with you for the month June and you can readily see our need for funds. Meals served- 2580. Daily average of 143 dinners. 962 food boxes went to 501 homes where there were 1500 people living in the home. 37% were children. Please let me know if you are willing to participate in out DRIVE AWAY HUNGER fundraiser. Please call me at 631-3106 or e-mail me at [email protected]. You know I will be calling you if you don't. Thank you Linda Fulk

Coats for Kids Yard Sale

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Start saving your items and mark your calendars: Coats for Kids of Jackson County, a local non-profit, will have a COMMUNITY YARD SALE/SILENT AUCTION on Saturday, August 15th, 9am-1pm at Sylva First Methodist Church. All proceeds will go to help ensure LOCAL children stay warm this winter. If you have items to donate BEFORE the DROP OFF TIME, Friday, August 14th, Sylva First Methodist Church, Noon- 5pm, or would like to

volunteer, please email Coats for Kids of Jackson County at [email protected]. Items can include: kitchen items, children items and toys, baby items, tools, boots, gardening items, sewing items, household items, antiques, furniture, and summer clothing items.

Sunday School Super Sundays will continue meeting through August in the Small Fellowship Hall Our new

program will begin September 13.

Sunday School Classes • The Serendipity Sunday School Class meets in room 117 from 10:00-10:45

for a Bible study. For more information, contact Sheri Turk at [email protected]

• The Contemporary Issues Sunday School Class meets in room 207 from 10:00-10:45 for an intellectual book study. For more information contact Ed Taylor at [email protected]

• The Faith and Family Sunday School Class meets in the Wesley fellowship

hall on Sundays from 10:05-10:45 for a group study focused on parenting and families. For more information, contact Carmen Huffman at [email protected]

• The Young Adults meet in the Gathering Room outside of the sanctuary from

10:00-10:45 for a time of food, fellowship, and prayer. For more information, contact Hunter Yarborough at [email protected]

• The High School youth will have informal discussions about faith and life.

9th-12th graders are invited to join Meredith Willis from 10:00-10:45 in room 206. For more information, contact Meredith at [email protected]

• The Middle School youth will study Uncommon Bible stories. 6th-8th graders

are invited to join this class led by Julie Barnes from 10:00-10:45 in room 208. For more information, contact Julie at [email protected]

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United Methodist Women’s Morning Circle

Meeting August 18

The UMW Morning Circle will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 18, in the small fellowship hall for brunch and devotions. Please join us!

Wednesday Night Activities WHEE Wednesday dinners, Adult studies and Children

activities will resume September 2, 2015

• August Meditative Flow Yoga will meet on Wed. 5, 19 and 26 and taking a break on August 19. The class is led by Chad Hallyburton and will meet in the Small Fellowship Hall, room 111.

• Chancel choir rehearsals resume August 12, 7-8:30 p.m., led by Damon

Sink in the Choir Room.

Welcome Jackson Everett Howk was born June 14, 2015. Proud parents are Diane and Cory and big sisters and brother are Theodore, Kaylin and Rebecca. Edison Charles Virtue was born June 5. His proud

parents are Emily and Drew and his big sister is Edith.

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LEAP for the future! Are you interested in volunteering?

Would you like to practice your Spanish or even another language?

How about making a difference right here in Cullowhee?

Come be a volunteer or a helper for the LEAP Program! This is a new afterschool program that targets English language learners from Cullowhee Valley School. The program takes place at Cullowhee United Methodist Church, Mondays-Thursdays from 2:45 – 5:45 during the academic school year for Jackson County Public Schools.

The LEAP Program is looking for volunteers and helpers for the 2015-2016 school year. Volunteers can work with students who need help with homework (math and literacy), as well as English as a Second Language activities. Then, volunteers can either teach students about something they’re interested in during club time, or they can help out LEAP tutors and students during club time. Some clubs that will be on the agenda for the upcoming year: Legos, Drama, Arts & Crafts, Walking, Multicultural, Cooking, Tech, Gymnastics, Crochet, Knitting, Soccer, Gardening, and much more. If you have a specific skill or interest that isn’t listed here, we’d love to hear about it.

There are two ways to help. You can become a LEAP Volunteer and commit to one year of service to the students. Or, if you’re more interested in doing more short-term help, you can sign up to be a LEAP Helper, where you can drop in and help where it’s needed. Regardless if you’re a volunteer or helper, we’d love to have you!

Hours are flexible, but if you are a volunteer, you’ll follow a monthly schedule based on your availability. If you’re a helper, you can drop in and help as you can. Orientation and trainings for volunteers will be in August 2015. Helper orientation will be ongoing, starting in August.

If you’d like to work with students, you’ll want to get a background check done through Jackson County Public Schools.

For more information, get in touch with Cyndi Calhoun, LEAP Program Director at 828-227-3695 or email [email protected]

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Cullowhee United Methodist Family Responsibilities for

August 2015

Children’s Church for August 2 Open 9 Sandy Railsback 16 Open 23 Sandy Railsback 30 Open

Altar Flowers August

2 Open 9 Open 16 Open 23 Open 30 Open

Greeters for August 2 Rosie Reeser 9 Lisa Bacon 16 Barbara Starnes 23 Sue Heckert 30 Roz Behre Head Ushers August 2 Sue Heckert 9 Roger Bacon 16 Carol Martin-Vegue 23 Calvin Maye 30 Sue Heckert

Hospitality Team for June 7 Ben and Carol Smoot 14 Meredith Willis, Elaine White 21 Turks and Mae Claxton 28 Dawn Gilchrist, Bill Manware, Blacks and Mayes Food for “Come and See” worship service 2 Hali Yarborough 9 Bonnie Stephens 16 Julie Ogletree 23 Carly Borchelt

August Birthdays August Birthdays 1 Natalie Steinbicker 2 Joseph Y. Bassett, Caleb Corwin Sarah Thompson, Nathan Starnes 3 Louisa Madill 4 Mark Teague 5 Lawson Wike 6 Eliza Macaulay, Sylvana Colette Witherspoon Geneva Avais Witherspoon 11 Jason DuPree, Charlie Myers, Alex Briggs 12 Christine Bassett, Kyle Bewsey 13 Jeanette Morrison Cody, Darold Londo Shannon Cowan 14 Sarah DuPree, Ron Mau, Kaylin Howk 15 Shane Pittillo, Mary Georgia Grube 16 Justin Tye, Ed Taylor 17 Roz Behre, Calvin Huffman 18 Liam Patterson, Todd Collins

19 Hollis Ayling, Vicki Greene 20 Lew Cloud, Ally Esco, Stacey Hepp 22 Jay Scifers 23 Spencer Stone, Melissa Henson Mattie Queen, Ella Queen, Edith Virtue 24 George Weekley, Jr. 25 Brennan Burke, Betty Farmer 27 Kathy Moore 28 Jessica Heckert, Ian Patterson, Angie Cloud 31 Jenna Bates, Gail Debnam August Anniversaries 6 Brian and Sandy Railsback 7 Earl and Jo Ann Black 9 Richard and Nancy Smith 10 Frank and Donna Watson 11 Jim and Gloria Wallace 14 Jim and Rena Rowell

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Church Directory

Are you in the online Church Directory? If you are not in the directory, can we take a photo and add you to the directory? Just let Sue Heckert know. The directory can be accessed through the church website but requires a passcode. Please call the church office for the passcode. You can also download the APP for Instant Church Directory and have church family information at your fingertips.

**Note: To access by APP, your email must be in the directory.

Bingo Prizes Needed

Bingo prizes are needed for our friends at Jackson Village. Item ideas: toiletries, stationary, games, everyday practical items,

etc. Prizes may be left in the church office.

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Scenes from this summer

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