Weekly Services

Sunday 8:30—Traditional Worship in the

Chapel

10:45—Traditional Worship in the

Sanctuary

Noon—Cable Channel 13

Noon—Service on radio

KVMA-AM 630

KVMA-FM 99.1

Wednesday 7:00 PM—Broadcast of

previous Sunday’s 10:45

Service Cable Channel 13

How to Reach Us: Church Office Hours

Monday—Friday

8:00 –12:00; 1:00-4:00

870-234-4530

Our Pastor:

Larry Kelso, Pastor

cell: 870-949-0499

e-mail: larry@magnoliafumc.org

Our Staff:

Larry Kelso, Senior Pastor

Raymond Cammack, Pastor Emeritus

Barbara Lewis, Dir., The Caring Place

Jeremy Carter, Children & Families

Kim Shirey, Director of Music

David Crouse, Organist

Tracie Nipper, Administrative Sec.

Amanda Franks, Business Manager

Dana Griffin, Director of CDC

J.D. Martin, Building Superintendent

Kenneth Manning, Custodian

Ashley Dingman, Interim Youth Dir.

Leslie Sharp, Youth Assistant

Children’s Music:

Melanie Allen, Christa Marsh,

Jennifer Bailey, Tabitha Lewis,

Anne Couch

Stewpot:

Valerie Sanders, Libby Gilbert,

George Gilbert

Nursery:

Burlene Easter, Kathy Easter

The VisitorThe VisitorThe Visitor First United Methodist Church

320 West Main Magnolia, Arkansas 71753

www.magnoliafumc.org

March 9, 2016

Children’s Ministry

Treehouse News

METHODIST FAMILY HEALTH MISSION PROJECT As part of the “Get Up & Give” mission project

our church is participating in, the children’s

department is collecting toilet paper and paper

towels to be used in the Methodist Family Health

system (Magnolia Methodist Counseling Clinic

and Magnolia Methodist Children’s Homes). We

are competing Boys vs. Girls. The winning group

(boys or girls) will get to SLIME MR. JEREMY!

EASTER EGG HUNT Due to many of our families being out of town for

Spring Break (March 21-25), we will have our annual

Easter Egg hunt during the Sunday School hour on

Easter morning. Bring a basket, a friend, and meet in

Peace Hall.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Dates are being selected for this summer’s Vacation

Bible School. Please be watching for information in

this week’s bulletin. Prayerfully consider how you

can serve the children of Magnolia and Columbia

County at this year’s VBS.

Hannah PREGNAnCY RESOURE CEntER Baby BottlE CamPaiGN

Return your bottle (with your donation) to church THIS Sunday, March 13.

ON TRACK WITH

BROTHER LARRY

Max DePree, author of Leadership Is an Art,

describes a simple, but profound, incident that altered

the culture of one organization:

“My father is 96 years old. He is the founder

of Herman Miller, and much of the value system and

impounded energy of the company is a part of his

contribution. In the furniture industry of the 1920's the

machines of most factories were not run by electric

motors, but by pulleys from a central drive shaft. The

central drive shaft was run by the steam engine. The

steam engine got its steam from the boiler. The boiler,

in our case, got its fuel from the sawdust and other

waste coming out of the machine room - a beautiful

cycle.

“The millwright was the person who oversaw

that cycle and on whom the entire activity of the oper-

ation depended. He was a key person.

“One day the millwright died.

“My father, being a young manager at the

time, did not particularly know what he should do

when a key person died, but thought he ought to go

visit the family. He went to the house and was invited

to join the family in the living room. There was some

awkward conversation - the kind with which many of

us are familiar.

“The widow asked my father if it would be all

right if she read aloud some poetry. Naturally, he

agreed. She went into another room, came back with a

bound book, and for many minutes read selected piec-

es of beautiful poetry. When she finished, my father

commented on how beautiful the poetry was and

asked who wrote it. She replied that her husband, the

millwright, was the poet.

“It is now nearly 60 years since the millwright

died, and my father and many of us at Herman Miller

continue to wonder: Was he a poet who did mill-

wright's work, or was he a millwright who wrote poet-

ry?”

Read Romans 12:1-13, then come to worship

at 8:30 or 10:45. We’ll talk about the work of the laity

as we continue with our ReLent series with

“Respond.” See you then!

GRACE AND PEACE – BRO. LARRY

A Record of Our Faithfulness

Worship Sunday School Offerings March 6 159 78 $7,794.03

METHODIST FAMILY

HEALTH

GET UP & GIVE

WISH LIST:

Socks (boys and girls, ages 3-17, especially

larger sizes)

Underwear (boys and girls, 3-17 years,

especially boys’ white T-shirts and boxers,

medium and large)

Toothbrushes/Toothpaste

Twin-size sheets

Crib sheets

Diapers and Baby Wipes (all sizes, including

training pants like Pull-Ups)

Wireless composition books

Backpacks

Paper towels

Toilet paper

Bath towels and washcloths (white only, no

colors)

Recreational items (such as basketballs,

kickballs, footballs, soccer balls, softballs/

baseballs & gloves, board games, cards,

dominoes

Activity items (such as coloring books,

crayons, colored pencils, and puzzles—500

piece and smaller)

Monetary donations (will be used for

necessities and other unmet needs—please

mark gift “Get Up & Give”)

Items will be collected Feb. 10-March 27.

Drop off boxes are located in the Narthex of the

Sanctuary, the Church Office, & the Chapel.

You are invited to collect items for

children & families during the season of Lent (Feb. 10

-March 27, 2016). The donations will benefit those

served by Methodist Family Health's hospital, group

homes, residential treatment centers, counseling

clinics, and other programs in Arkansas.

Thank you for your continued support of

Methodist Family Health.

Tues., March 15

at 5:30 p.m.

(FUMC-Lifetree

Café) Averitt Hall

A note from the prayer ministry...

A Point of View

“Prayer offers a new point of reference. We listen to the

evening news and know that, in prayer, we commune with the

One who is in fact running the whole show. His presence and

the knowledge of his power make it hard for us to get very

nervous. Christ is not holding just my hand; he is holding the

fate of the universe.

The more time we spend in prayer, the more we experi-

ence the love of God; the more we feel the Father looking at

us as his beloved child, the more we grow and become like his

Son. The mind of Christ cannot be in me if I don't know what

it is, but if he is beside me all day long and if I am repeatedly

turning my thoughts to him, I have an increasingly clear idea

of that mind of my Savior.”

From The Book of Not So Common Prayer

by Linda McCullough Moore

3/1 T.H. Bradley, Jr. 3/16 Don Blackwood

3/2 Clair Burge 3/17 Josephine Davis

3/2 Peyton Card 3/17 Joe Winstead

3/2 Sybil Cole 3/19 John Alexander, Sr.

3/2 Lucy Ray 3/20 Bob Burns

3/2 Jerry Stoker 3/21 Randy Couch

3/3 Tracie Nipper 2/23 John Michael Davis

3/3 Shelby Chesshir 3/23 Miriam Leman

3/4 Anna-Marie Wilson 3/24 Rachel Epperson

3/5 Harriet Alexander 3/24 Isaiah Williams

3/6 Ross Burge 3/25 Brianna Brummett

3/7 Ella Williams 3/25 Caylea Brummett

3/8 Morgan McDonald 3/27 Joey Kaar

3/0 Mike Boyd 3/27 Valerie Kent

3/9 Lori Epperson 3/28 Sandra Cawyer

3/13 Maggie McDonald 3/28 Taylor Fallin

3/13 Tabitha Lewis 3/28 Riley McCook

3/14 F.M. Kirkley

The SAU Wesley Foundation has been award-

ed a $4,500 matching grant from the Conference

Board of Higher Education to replace a much

needed roof on the Wesley building. We have

already raised $3,000 of matching grant money

and are looking for churches or groups who might

help us with the remaining $1,500.

If your church, or a Sunday School class, or a

UMM or UMW group in your congregation, could

make a gift to this project, your support would be

greatly appreciated.

Thank you for considering this request.

Grace and Peace,

Bro. Mark Lasater

Join the FUMC Team in the Magnolia

Blossom Festival 5K Race/Walk! The 5k will be Saturday, May 21. We have

awesome red t-shirts to wear. For more

information, contact Bonnie Adcox (234-6583),

Amy Nelson (786-9706), or the

church office (234-4530).

THIS WEEK AT

FIRST UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH

THURSDAY, MARCH 10 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BANQUET (PEACE) 10:00 AM THE CARING PLACE 4:00 PM STEWPOT SUNDAY, MARCH 13 8:30 AM WORSHIP (CHAPEL) 9:30 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:45 AM WORSHIP (SANCTUARY) 6:00 PM YOUTH MONDAY, MARCH 14 12:00 PM JOHN: THE GOSPEL OF LIGHT AND LIFE (AVERITT) 4:00 PM STEWPOT 4:30 PM CIRCLE 4 UMW (CONFERENCE) TUESDAY, MARCH 15 4:00 PM STEWPOT 5:30 PM LIFETREE CAFÉ (AVERITT) “HOW TO LIVE TO 100” 5:30 PM CUB SCOUT PACK 32 (PEACE) 5:30 PM STEWPOT BOARD MEETING (CONF.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 1:00 PM INTERCESSORY PRAYER (MARILYNN BLACKWOOD’S) 4:25 PM BEGINNING YOUTH HANDBELLS (3RD-6TH GRADE) 5:00 PM RECHARGE SNACK SUPPER (PEACE) 5:30 PM BIBLE STUDY WITH BRO. LARRY

(AVERITT) 5:30 PM ELEVATE CHILDREN’S PROGRAM (PRESCHOOL-6TH GRADE) (PEACE) 5:30 PM JR. HIGH YOUTH (BASEMENT) 6:30 PM J.A.M.-JESUS AND MUSIC (PRESCHOOL-2ND GRADE) (AVERITT) 6:30 PM JOYFUL SINGERS (3RD-6TH GRADE)

(CHOIR ROOM) 6:30 PM INTERCESSORY PRAYER (CHAPEL) 6:30 PM SR. HIGH YOUTH (BASEMENT) 6:30 PM ADULT HANDBELL PRACTICE 7:15 PM CHANCEL CHOIR PRACTICE (SANCT.)

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Organization

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AR

Permit No. 84

Address Service Requested

Schedules ALTAR GUILD—Sanctuary

Jan Alford & Mitzi McCook 2/29—3/13

ALTAR GUILD—Chapel

Whitney Whitelaw

First United Methodist Church

320 West Main

Magnolia, AR 71753

OUR SYMPATHY

Sympathy is extended to the

family of Joe Woodward.

Candy needed for egg hunt. Individually wrapped candy

please. Chocolate candy

is now accepted!

Drop off your candy at the

church office or

Mr. Jeremy’s office.

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS Packets for the college

scholarship applications have

been mailed. Seniors--If you did

not receive one, please email

Ashley Dingman at

ashley@magnoliafumc.org or

call the office at 234-4530.

ArkansasGives.org is a 12-hour

online giving event April 7, 2016

sponsored by Arkansas Communi-

ty Foundation.

You can help grow the love for Arkansas’s non-

profit organizations by making a donation to the

charity of your choice between the hours of 8 a.m.

and 8 p.m.