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Ministers—Congregation Pastor— Dee Dowdy

Administrative Assistant—Gina Bailey Burns Financial Secretary—Gerry Cagle

Wee Angels/Children's Director—Peggy Epperson Traditional Choir Director—Jennifer Roland

Traditional Pianist—Gloria Griggs Traditonal Organist-Gavynn Golden

Contemporary Keyboard—Jeanne Mabeus Custodian—David McWhorter

Audio & Visual Technicians—Scott Jones

Alan McInturff, Jimmy Owens, Randall Vickery

Greeter Schedule Crossroads

Linda Cleveland & Penny Burns

Ushers Jonathan Roland

Chuck Nalan Jim Nabors

David Blanton

Communion Assistants Crossroads

Mike Brothers & Susan Duke Evelyn Muskett & Phe Archer

Traditional Service Amy & Mike Mitchell Chuck & Angie Nalan

Acolytes April 5:

Jacqueline Roland/Akarra Tucker April 12

Amberlee Tucker & Lily Epperson April 19

Jacqueline Roland & Briggs Archer April 26

Amberlee Tucker & Lily Epperson

Children’s Church Crossroads—Peggy Epperson

Traditional—Sheri McInturff

Scripture Readers Crossroads– Patsy Henderson

Traditional– Michael Archer

Prayer of Consecration Crossroads– Sam Puckett

Traditional– Tom Greenhaw

Wee Angels Daycare Phone: 256-442-8001

Email: [email protected]

Highlights is a monthly publication of First United Methodist Church of Rainbow City 3208 Rainbow Drive Rainbow City, AL 35906 Phone: 256-442-3620 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rbcfumc.org Editor: Gina Bailey Burns

April 2015

Apri l 2020 Issue

Highlights

3208 Rainbow Drive Rainbow City, Alabama 35906 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rbcfumc.org Phone: 256-442-3620

April 2020

Weekly Schedule

Sunday Crossroads Worship Service 8:45 am

Sunday School 9:45 am Traditional Worship Service 11:00 am

Nursery Information: Sunday mornings a nursery is provided. Birth-Age 3. Wednesday a nursery is provided if needed. Contact Peggy Epperson at 256-442-8001 Birth-Age 3 Special Events child care is provided for children of all ages.

Twitter:@rbcfumc

facebook.com/rbcfumc

From Your Pastor: Raised With Christ “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as he raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by this same Spirit living within you.” Romans 8:11 As I write this article, the church building is very quiet as the “Wee Angels” children are not in the building. I have grown accustomed to the different

sounds of life emanating from the children’s wing. So the quiet is almost haunting because every-thing seems “dead” right now. Plus, all schools are closed, restaurants have gone to drive through only, and we have been encouraged to stay away from one another, causing us to be unable to wor-ship in the same space together. So indeed everything feels lifeless. But Resurrection (Easter) Sunday is just around the corner! Death could not hold him, the grave couldn’t keep him! The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ also means that there is no power in heaven nor earth that is greater than our God’s power! For if God can raise the dead, He can cer-tainly get us through anything! And the Apostle Paul reminds us in Romans 8:11 that the very Spirit of God that raised the lifeless body of Christ lives in us. This means that we have already escaped death before we even die! It means that even if the world seems lifeless right now, that our God’s Spirit is still alive and well and is living in us. Therefore, even though the world may seem a bit bleak right now, we know that our God is with us and in us. So, we have a reason to rejoice! CONCERNING HOLY WEEK SERVICES You are probably all wondering what we will do if we cannot meet for Holy Week. The answer is: WE WILL WORSHIP TOGETHER. Since we now offer live stream services over Facebook as well as the new conference call system (see article in this newspaper). We will have services of some kind on Holy Thursday, and Good Friday at 6:30 pm. If we are able to meet together for these, then thanks be to God! But if we cannot, I will work with others to provide a meaningful ser-vice to help us recall what our Lord has done for us. The same will apply for Easter Sunday. If we are able to meet, we will have our normal two services at their normal times. If not, we will have one live streamed service. Then, when we are able to come together, we will have a celebration of our Lord’s resurrection. So rest assured, we will NOT skip over the celebration of the single most important event in all of his-tory. WE WILL CELEBRATE JESUS!

Pastor Dee

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Giving

March 1st

Total Deposit:

$14,583.00

March 8th

Total Deposit:

$10,951.25

March 15th

Total Deposit:

$0

March 22nd

Total Deposit:

$3,897.64

Presence

March 1st

Total Attendance:

126

March 8th

Total Attendance:

126

March 15th

Total Attendance:

24 (Online views)

March 22nd

Total Attendance:

342 (Online views)

April

Fellowship Friends:

Lead Family -Gerry & Barbara Cagle

Phe Archer

Steve & Carol Edge

Peggy Epperson

Shelby & Larry Hawkins

Tommy & Beth Herring

Rex & Pat Murray

Nancy & Randall Vickery

Carl & Carla Watson

Jane & Heather Whitfield

Jean Williamson

Robert Williams

Marie & Angela McCluskey

Joan Whitt

Helen Wright

Mike & Dean Bryant

Birthdays

1st Randall Vickery 6th Hanna Watson 6th Richard Gibbs 14th Lennon Baxter 18th Scott Jones 20th Louise Allison 23rd Gayle Chambers 24th Kevin Riggan

Anniversaries

14th Dale & Diana Blanton 17th Jim & Wanda Douthit

Newsletter info Deadline

20th of each month

STEWARDSHIP AND ATTENDANCE

FOR MARCH

April Birthdays

and Anniversaries

Introducing Our Newest Way to Be in Touch

We have just recently purchased an application that will allow each of you to hear both our new Thursday Night Service (held at 6:30) as well as our regular Sunday morning services. To use this service dial 425-585-7512. You will then hear something about a code; ignore that. Next, you will hear a prerecorded welcome from Pastor Dee. Follow-ing that you will be prompted to say your name, please do so. At that point you should be joining the group. It may take a few moments for everyone to sign on, so don’t hang up, just keep listening. You should NOT attempt to join too early before each service. I would suggest about 6:25 for our Thursday night service and about 5 minutes before the start of our Sunday services, which will be held at 2 p.m. We plan to continue this until we can resume ser-vices at the church again.

HOLY WEEK EVENTS

NOTE: Please watch for emails and phone mes-sages so that you can stay informed about our Holy Week. Chances are we will have our Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday via live stream and/or our new conference calling system.

Unfortunately, our bills keep coming even if our doors are closed. Let’s stay faithful with our tithing. Please mail your tithes to:

RBCFUMC

3208 Rainbow Drive Rainbow City, AL 35906

Or go to the church website rbcfumc.org and click on “giving” and follow the prompts.

Thanks to all who have contributed to the fellowship hall worship space project. We have new lighting with dimmers and new carpet has been installed on the stage. Gerry Cagle and Bo Bohannon have worked hard on installing the backdrop wall. It looks great!

Financial Report as of 3/20/2020

GF Begin Balance: $88,125.78 Income YTD $73,864.33 Expenses YTD ($61,544.94) YTD Profit/Loss $12,319.39 Current GF Balance $72,354.89 Designated Funds $18,044.96 Savings $15,214.71 Total $105,614.56

Thank you for your generous contributions during these unusual times we are living in these days. We received a total of $4,707.64. Even though our church has been closed for several weeks, the bills continue to come in.

We are in unusual times so be aware that any church event may be cancelled, post-poned or changed. Please listen carefully to any phone messages or emails sent out by the church so we can all stay informed.


Welcome to our Church! Memorials

In Loving Memory of Martha Gillian

(Nellie Salter’s daughter)

Dennis & Pat Henderson (Sanctuary Sound System) Tom & Diane Greenhaw (Sanctuary Sound System)

Marcy & Sam Puckett (Crossroads Renovation) Olivia Kendrick (Sound System)

In Loving Memory of Velma Botteroff

(Jeanne Mabeus mother) Tom & Diane Greenhaw (Sanctuary Sound System)

Evelyn Muskett Olivia Kendrick (Missions)

In Loving Memory of David McAbee

Mary McAbee

In Loving Memory of Barbara Mack Jimmy & Evelyn Owens (Crossroads Renovation)

Chip & Willene Griffith

In Honor of Cathy Majors & Sherry Watson Olivia Kendrick (Medical Masks)

Dear First United Methodist Church of Rainbow City, Thank you so much for your generous monetary donation given to us during the hardest time of our lives. You will never know how appreciative we were and are at the time we received the donation. Your church touched our hearts in a mighty way and you all will always re-main close to our hearts. Please continue to pray for us as Baby Maylee earned her wings on February 27, 2020. She turned one year old on Febru-ary 7, 2020 and was never able to come home from the hospital. God will meet your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4: 19. In Christ, Rhett and Kimberly Lister

Church T-shirts! You may have seen folks wearing these t-shirts around the church. We have nice, heavy cotton, prewashed t-shirts with our church name along with a wonderful message still available for $11 each. ($12 for sizes 2x and 3x) We strongly encourage you to purchase one so that we can all wear them to cer-tain church activities. Call the church of-fice at 256-442-3620, if you want to pur-chase one.

Pictured left– front of shirt Pictured right-back of shirt.

Meet Anne Carpenter!

Growing up in Eufaula, Alabama, Anne joined the First Baptist Church at 12 years old. She enjoyed singing in the choir and graduated from Eufaula High School as an honor student. Anne attended Huntingdon College for two years, then transferred to Auburn University where she received her B.S. in home eco-nomics education and M.S. in family life education and sociology. She spent 30 plus years in teaching, research, and extension for Auburn University. She re-tired as Lee County Agent in home economics. Anne was married to Lee-Scott Academy headmaster, Thomas Church and helped rear two teenage step children. After his death, she married Bill Carpen-ter, a statistician at Ampex Magnetic Tape. She has five grandchildren, who she adores.

Meet Jan Denton!

Jan Denton was born in Picayune, Mississippi. She was married in Anchorage, Alaska and has two sons. One lives in Birmingham, AL and the other one lives in Ft. Mill, South Carolina. Between them, she has four grandchildren. Jan has traveled quite a bit in her life, mostly due to her career in the Trade Show Business and has had the opportunity to meet some famous people. She has lived in several places including the Greek Island Crete in the Mediterrane-an Sea. Her favorite hobby these days is reading. If you get an opportunity, sit down and have a chat with Jan. She has some interesting stories to tell.

WELCOME Stephen Arnold

(joined in February).

Steve moved here from Wake Forest, NC to be close to Kay’s remaining family. They were members at Millbrook Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC. Stephen retired from the U. S. Air Force in 2004 and retired from SCHNEIDER Electric (Square D) in 2015. Stephen is spending much of his time trying to get retired life figured out and is looking forward to being part of the church family!

Meet Donna Walden! Donna was a member of this church for a long time, but moved to Trussville to be closer to her children, where she joined Trussville FUMC. However, due to some health issues she felt she needed to be somewhere where she could get some addi-tional help, therefore she moved to Regency Pointe. We welcome her back home. She is pictured here with her oldest son, Lance.


A Peek at Our Kids April Mission Focus We will be collecting hygiene items for the women inmates at Julia Tutwiler Prison

located in Wetumpka, Alabama. The following are needed items:

Solid Deodorant (no roll-on or spray)

Bar Bath Soap

Toothpaste & Toothbrushes

Please bring in these items by Sunday, April 26th and place them in the Office De-

pot. Thank you for your help!

Look what we made at Wonderful Wednesday!

Wee Angels learning about Dr. Seuss

Wee Angels at Mardi Gras

Leap Year Feb. is Black History Month

Leap Year

While the Wee Angel’s Daycare was closed last month, the daycare workers took ad-vantage of their time, by cleaning and sterilizing all toys and the entire Children’s wing in an effort to combat COVID-19.

Thank a Security Team Member today!

We have a security team here in place at Rainbow City United Methodist Church. These men are assigned so that each week during our service our building and parking lot are monitored. These men are trained to alert our police officer if there is any suspicious ac-tivity so that we can worship without fear. Our security team on schedule this month is:

April 5th—Alan McInturff April 12th– Jim Nabors

April 19th –Randy Phillips April 26th– Kevin Riggan

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