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FRANCIS ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 725 ASBURY ROAD PO BOX 67 CANDLER, NC 28715 828.667.3950 [email protected]
www.FAUMC.com
We are Thankful for:
SQUIRE PARSONS, Author of Sweet Beulah Land, will be
presenting
our morning
message in song
on Sunday,
March 19th
at 11am.
Francis Asbury
Church Sanctuary
Everyone is invited! Please help us spread the word.
A Love Offering will be collected.
Francis
Asbury
United
Methodist
Church
March 2017
Volume XXXI Issue 3
Praising God, Growing
Spiritually, and Reaching
Neighbors. Rooted in Christ the Foundation! T
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`` IN MINISTRY
Ministers/Missionaries All Members Pastor Michael Kurtz Lay Leader Keith Henry Music Director Jess Mills Administrator Danya Sellers Custodian Glenda Shook Nursery Ingrid Sanders Ushers Sondra Cooper Melanie Hudson Peggy Milroy Brenda Rhinehart Greeters Margie Anson & Bettie Smith Acolytes Lawson Gardner & Andrew Hudson
District Supt.-Rev. Beth Chrissman Resident Bishop Paul Leeland
Service
March 1st at 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary
Supper & Open Gym from 5:30-6:15pm
PEW PRAYER SCHEDULE
Mar. 5-Fellowship Class
Mar. 12-Ladies Bible Class
Mar. 19-Middle School
Youth
Mar. 26-FROG Young
Adults
LAY READER SCHEDULE
Mar. 5-Keith Henry
Mar. 12-Carolyn Shorter
Mar. 19-Sam Spear
Mar. 26-Jean Jones
TECHIE SCHEDULE
Mar. 5-Kaylee Sellers
Mar. 12-Liz Henley
Mar. 19-Jon Hall
Mar. 26-Tammy Henry
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Mar. 5-Pam Hall
Mar. 12-Veronica Crook
Mar. 19-Kelly Grover
Mar. 26-Rosie Kooles
COMMUNION STEWARDS
Rick & Patti Minzer
WHAT IS ASH WEDNESDAY? Ash Wednesday is the start
of the Lenten journey of
forty weekdays (Monday
through Saturday) that
takes the church to the
eve of Easter.
Ash Wednesday is about collective penitence and
facing our mortality. We confront our mortality and
our sinfulness, and we do this together. We
acknowledge and embrace our mortality through the
imposition of ashes as a united sign of our collective
acknowledgment and repentance, both individual
and together. We confess and turn away from our
sinfulness through confession and pardon. These two
actions—embracing our mortality and acknowledging
and turning from our sin—are the heart of the
Ash Wednesday Service. From Discipleship Ministries
WHAT IS LENT?
Lent is a season of forty days, not
counting Sundays, which begins
on Ash Wednesday and ends on
Holy Saturday. Lent comes from
the Anglo Saxon word lencten,
which means “spring.” The forty
days represents the time Jesus
spent in the wilderness, enduring
the temptation of Satan and
preparing to begin his ministry.
Lent is a time of repentance, fasting and preparation
for the coming of Easter. It is a time of self-examination
and reflection. In the early church, Lent was a time to
prepare new converts for baptism. Today, Christians
focus on their relationship with God, often choosing to
give up something or to volunteer and give of
themselves for others.
Sundays in Lent are not counted in the forty days
because each Sunday represents a “mini-Easter” and
the reverent spirit of Lent is tempered with joyful
anticipation of the Resurrection. From UMC.org
Worship Service at Pisgah Villa
Sunday, March 26 2:30pm
March 8, 15, 22 & 29!
SUPPER is served
from 5:30-6:15pm.
Freewill donations.
OPEN GYM
is from 5:30-6:15pm.
PRAISE, PRAYER &
WORSHIP
is from 6:15-7pm
in the Fellowship Hall.
CHOIR PRACTICE
is from 7-8 pm.
CHURCH YARD SALE
Saturday, March 18th in the GYM
from 8am-1pm
8-10am Provided by the
United Methodist Men
Now accepting yard sale item donations. Please leave in the Fellowship SS Class/FAB Room.
Table rental is $10.
Please see Danya Sellers or call 667-3950
to reserve your spot.
Cub Scout Troop Meeting
on Tuesdays from 6-7:30pm
in the Francis Asbury Gym.
Boys, ages 6-11½, are invited.
Just show up to join. Please see Chip Miller for more information
or with questions.
SPRC Meeting (Staff Pastor Parish
Committee) on Sunday, March 19th at 4:30pm
FAB Women Meeting on Tuesday, March 14th
@ 6:30PM at the Home of
Glenda Shook (11-A Heather
Way) All Ladies are
Welcome!
UNITED METHODIST MEN BREAKFAST
Sunday, March 19 at 7:30am
All men are invited.
Women Of
Wisdom
Meet the
1st Tuesday of each month
at 1:30 pm in the Ladies Class.
MARCH 7th. All ladies welcome.
Thursday,
March 2 1:30-6pm
in the Gym
Call 667-3950 or go online to redcrossblood.org
sponsor code: faumccandler to schedule an appointment.
To Live Is Christ by Beth Moore
The Life &
Ministry of Paul
Remaining Dates
of this
11 Session Study:
March 7, 21 & 28,
April 18 & 25, May 2
at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall
Sunday,
March 26 at 5:30pm
in the Fellowship
Hall
HOMINY VALLEY ABCCM Current Needs:
Bar soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste,
toothbrushes, canned mixed veggies & green beans, and
dried beans
Please leave food donations in the large basket in the lobby. You may
place monetary donations in the offering plate marked “ABCCM.”
Every 4th Sunday is
Hominy Valley ABCCM Sunday
at Francis Asbury UMC.
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser for
Hominy Valley ABCCM by the Hominy Valley
United Methodist Men
at Fatz Café on
Saturday, March 25 8-10am
Tickets are $7 & can be purchased at the door or
in advance (Please see Jon Hall or Robert McCain).
A Message to FAUMC Members and Friends,
The Season of Lent provides Jesus followers an opportunity and
responsibility of doing some spiritual inventory, some Christian
examination, in our lives. To assist us in this faith growth journey this
Lenten Season, we are invited (as listed on our Ash Wednesday worship bulletins) to reflect upon the following spiritual inventory questions:
For Ash Wednesday: WHERE DO I SEE WEAKNESS IN MYSELF AND THE NEED TO CHANGE?
For the Week of March 5th: WHAT DO I NEED TO ALLOW TO DIE IN ME IN ORDER TO BE CLOSER TO GOD?
For the Week of March 12th: WHAT DO I NEED TO CONFESS IN ORDER TO BE RID OF GUILT?
For the Week of March 19th: HOW FAR HAVE I STRAYED FROM GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE?
For the Week of March 26th: DO I DOUBT GOD, MYSELF, OTHERS?
For the Week of April 2nd: FROM WHAT OR WHOM DO I RUN AWAY AND HIDE?
These above listed questions, when honestly asked, and faithfully acted upon can
bring positive spiritual and emotional growth individually....and collectively,
as a community of faith seeking God's will and way for our lives.
During this Lenten Season, we are invited as a church family to participate in a spiritual
discipline journey in which we explore and seek to better practice observing Sabbath time.
In a fast-paced, hurry-sickness culture making time for authentic sabbath time often
suffers; or, worse, is totally eliminated from our lives. Under the guidance of scripture and
a book entitled "24/6” by Matthew Sleeth, MD, we will
seek to carve out a regular practice of sabbath time -
that which our souls and our lives crave and need for
authentic spiritual life and freedom. “24/6” will guide our
Lenten Journey and form our Sermon Series during the
Season of Lent as well as our Lenten Bible Study.
All are invited and encouraged to take part.
The 4-part “24/6” Bible Study will meet at 4:30pm in the
Fellowship Hall beginning Sunday, March 5th. Other
Bible study dates are Sundays-March 12, 26 & April 2nd.
Perhaps some of the above questions, along with additional ones, will be a part of our
discussion and/or reflection during our study. Books are available for $5. Please see Danya
Sellers.
A fellow servant in Christ,
Pastor Michael
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7 1:30 WOW Meeting in the Ladies Bible Class 6-7:30 Cub Scouts 6:30 Beth Moore Paul Study
15 11:30–1
Hominy Valley Welcome Table 5:30-6:15 Supper & Open Gym 6:15-7 Worship 7-8 Choir Practice
8 11:30–1 HV Welcome Table 5:30-6:15 Supper & Open Gym 6:15-7 Worship 7-8 Choir Practice
20 1st
Day
of
26 ABCCM Sunday
10 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 2:30 Pisgah Villa 4:30 24/6 Lenten Bible Study 5:30 Church Council
1 11:30–1
Welcome Table 5:30-6:15 Supper & Open Gym 6:30 Ash Wednesday Service 7:30 Choir Practice
MON
TUES
WED
SUNDAY
5 10 Sunday School
11:00 Worship & Holy Communion 4:30 “24/6” Lenten Bible Study Begins
12 9:30 Coffee Fellowship & Snack 10 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 4:30 “24/6” Lenten Bible Study
19 7:30 UMM Breakfast 10 Sunday School 11:00 Worship Special Guest Squire Parsons 4:30 SPRC Meeting
27
14 6-7:30 Cub Scouts 6:30 FAB Women Meeting at the home of Glenda Shook
21
6-7:30 Cub Scouts 6:30 Beth Moore Paul Study
28 6-7:30 Cub Scouts 6:30 Beth Moore Paul Study
22 11:30–1
Hominy Valley Welcome Table 5:30-6:15 Supper & Open Gym 6:15-7 Worship 7-8 Choir Practice
M A R C H 2 0 1 7
29 11:30–1
Hominy Valley Welcome Table 5:30-6:15 Supper & Open Gym 6:15-7 Worship 7-8 Choir Practice
DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR THE LENTEN SEASON
This Lenten Season, you are invited to join the discipline of daily
devotions. Copies of the March/April edition of the Upper Room
Devotional are available in the Lobby and Penley Room.
Our many thanks to Frank & Nancy Moore for supplying us
with additional copies this month.
16 4:45-6PM Weight Watchers
30 4:45-6PM Weight Watchers
9 4:45-6PM Weight Watchers
23
4:45-6PM Weight Watchers
FRI
SATURDAY
THURS
25 Pancake
Breakfast Fundraiser for HV
ABCCM at Fatz Café 8-10pm
3 OFFICE CLOSED
10 CHURCH OFFICE
IS CLOSED
17 OFFICE CLOSED
YARD SALE SET-UP 4-6PM
Happy
St. Patrick’s
Day
24 CHURCH OFFICE
IS CLOSED
4
11
18 YARD SALE in the Gym 8am-1pm
Free Breakfast 8-10am
31 CHURCH OFFICE
IS CLOSED
2 0 1 7
3 Habitat
Work Day
2
1:30-6pm
in Gym
4:45-6PM Weight Watchers
Francis Asbury United Methodist
Church
667-3950
3/1 Carol McLimans
3/1 Jim Moore
3/5 Bettie Smith
3/7 Oris Crout
3/7 Mary Gregg
3/7 Danya Sellers
3/13 Gracie Rudisill
3/19 Christine Worley
3/20 Adam Crook
3/21 Kathy Cochran
3/22 Margaret Anson
3/22 Lauren Gay
3/23 Broughton Wallin
3/24 Colin Scott
3/28 Kathy Warren
3/29 Rusty Brown
Happy Anniversary to... 3 Ken & Patty Hamlin
18 Broughton & Joretta
Wallin
20 Tom & Kati Phelps