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GLAD TIDINGS (USPS-706-200) PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE ISLE OF HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 412 PARKERSBURG ROAD, SAVANNAH, GA 31406. PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. POSTMASTER: SEND CHANGE OF ADDRESS TO GLAD TIDINGS, 412 PARKERSBURG ROAD, SAVANNAH, GA 31406.

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NEWSLETTEREVENTS*

Traditional Worship 8:45 & 11:15 AM

Non-Traditional Worship 11:15 AM

Sunday School 10:00 AM

Isle of Hope UMC412 Parkersburg RoadSavannah, GA 31406www.iohumc.com

Office HoursMonday-Thursday: 8am-4:30pm

Friday: 8am-1pm

tele: 912.355.8527fax: 912.355.9113

Sign-up for our weekly eNewslettersat www.iohumc.com

412 Parkersburg Road, Savannah, GA 31406

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A few weeks ago I stood on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and watched the sun rise above the Golan Heights. The sight was incredible. I took the photo above, but it doesn’t adequately capture what I saw- or felt. I was deeply moved, once again, by the thought that because of what God has done for us in Jesus Christ, we need never live under the grip of shame, or death, any longer. That was the message the risen Christ delivered to Simon Peter and the other disciples on those very shores where I stood. A hundred miles away, in Jerusalem, they had all failed Jesus. In the courtyard of Caiaphas, the high priest, Peter denied he even knew Jesus. The shame of Peter’s failure and moral collapse had to be devastating on the big fisherman. He believed he was above such a thing. He believed that others with lesser character and courage might compromise their loy-alty to Christ, but not him. He believed he could never stoop so low, or fall so far, as to betray his own conscience, and forfeit his integrity. He was wrong. “I would never!” are the famous

last words of many broken husbands, wives, parents, youth, children, pastors, politicians and other members of the hu-man family. Shame runs deep. Thank God grace runs deeper. In fact, when the big fisherman tried to outrun his shame by leaving Jerusalem and returning to Galilee, he was in for big a surprise. John 21 tells us that when Peter got back to Galilee he was intent on getting his fishing business back on track. He even convinced some of the other disciples to get onboard with him. Misery always loves company. The disgraced disciple got busy. Shame will often drive a person to try and “fix” things, usually by working hard to “get things back to the way they used to be.” However, once we have failed, the answer isn’t be-hind us. We can’t go back “to the way things used to be.” You can’t undo the past. They fished all night and caught nothing. The great news is that while Peter was in the boat cooking up a futile plan to take them back to the way things used to be, Jesus

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Easter Services8:45, 10 and

11:15am

Church VBS Registration Begins

Kids of the Kingdom and Joyful Noise sing

in both services

UMW Spring Meet-ing at 11:30am

'A Taste of the Holy Land' trip

Good Samaritan Circle at 10am

Friends 'n Needles at 11am

Youth Leadership Forms are due!

Youth to Get Air

High School Senior Graduation Banquet

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was on the seashore cooking some breakfast to help move them forward. Shame always revels in the past. Grace always focuses on the future. There on the seashore that morning, Peter found a way forward. It was through the love, forgiveness and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus was his only hope. He is ours as well. He is our healer and deliverer. As Charles Wesley’s hymn pro-claims, “He breaks the power of cancelled sin; He sets the prisoner free. His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood availed for me.”

Standing on the shores of Galilee the other morning, I felt the same power of Christ’s love I am sure Peter felt. The same hope, the same peace, the same joy, the same grace is mine, and yours too. The promise of eter-nal life found in the risen Christ is mine, and yours as well. “Now this is eternal life—that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent” (John 17:3). Eternal life and free-dom from shame is forever linked to the person of Jesus Christ. John 3:16 boldly declares that, “whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” We do not have to live under the guilt of shame, or the fear of death any longer. Looking out over the shoreline of the Sea of Galilee I was reminded that death is no more the end of life than the horizon is the end of the ocean. Because Jesus Christ lives we can be confident of our future. Be-cause Jesus Christ lives we can be free of our past. Forgiveness is

in him. Life is in him. Like me, you may have watched the funer-al service for Dr. Billy Graham. I was struck by the words of two of his children. One spoke of victory over shame, the other about victory over death. His daughter Ruth Graham’s testimony of her father’s unconditional love for her was powerful. Like Simon Peter, the shame of her past failures threatened to destroy her

future. God’s offer of unconditional love and grace changed that. Dr. Graham’s son Frank-lin shared a memorable quote from his dad about victory over death. He said his dad told him, “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just

have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.” That is the promise of the living Christ to all who believe! He is willing to meet all of us at our place of greatest need. He will come to us whenever and wherever shame threatens to destroy us, or the fear of death threatens to defeat us. In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loves us and gave himself for us! (Romans 8:37)

Happy Easter,Mike

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Vacation Bible SchoolWhen: June 4th-8th from 9am-12pm daily

Cost: $10 Important Dates:

April 2nd : Church Member Registration OpensApril 16th : Preschool Family Registration

April 23rd : VBS Orientation at 5:30pm in the Ministry Center April 30th : Registration Opens to the Community

May 14th : Registration Closes to EveryoneJune 4th : VBS Begins (9am-12pm daily)

Rise and Shine Preschool Camp

When: July 9th-13th from 9am-1pm daily Cost: $110

Deadline to register: June 25thDetails: Children age 2 (by September 1, 2017) through PreK are welcome! Please bring a sack lunch with a drink daily. Return

payment and registration form to Wez Childers!

Giddy Up and Go Nursery Camp When: July 10th-12th from 9am-1pm daily

Cost: $75 Deadline to register: June 25th

Details: Children ages 6 months to 23 months (by September 1, 2017) are welcome! Please return payment and registration form to Kim Kraft!

Epworth by the Sea - Camp ConnectWhen: June 18th-22nd (for completed 5th graders)

Cost: $315 Deadline to register: June 4th

Registration is available online only at www.campconnectumc.org

When: July 16th-20th (for completed 3rd and 4th graders) Cost: $315

Deadline to register: July 2nd Registration is available only online at www.campconnectumc.org

A Stitch in Time Sewing Camp When: July 16th-19th and July 23rd-26th from 5-7pm

Cost: $20 Details: A sewing camp that is mission minded! Make a project for missions and something special for yourserlf, all with the

help of gifted instructors. Sewing machines are not required but helpful. Register early as class size is limited!

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Come and worship with us!

Traditional Services - 8:45am, 10am and 11:15amAnchor Service - 11:15am

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Thank you to the following people for host-ing our God Squad Progressive Dinner last

month!

Lana and Lee SalterVictoria and Matt Holmes

Pam and Eric Holmes

Join us as we release the butterflies on Eas-ter morning, April 1st, starting at 10am on

the lawn of the Green House!

Preschool registration for current children enrolled in the preschool is in full swing! The preschool offers 2 or 3 days a week classes for 2 year olds, 3 or 5 days a week classes for 3 year olds, and 5 days a week for 4 year olds. Registration forms can be picked up from the Connection Point or on the church website, www.iohumc.com.

For more information, please contact Wez Childers at (912) 308-7778 or email wezchilders@yahoo.com.

First things First provides those things that every child needs for getting a great first start while giving parents a well deserved morning off. This program is open to children aged six months to two years. The two-year olds must have turned two after September 1, 2018.

For more information, please contact Kim Kraft at kkraft@iohumc.com or the church office at (912) 355-8527.

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Our Caregiver Care group, led by Dr. Frank Parr and loving facilitators, is meeting every Tuesday in room 226 at the Greenhouse at 10:15am. This group is open to any family caregiver in our community. Invite a friend!

Hope Arbor operates Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 2pm. The cost is $40 per day. Participants must be independent in the following: walking, eating, toileting, and enjoy being part of a group.

If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering at Hope Arbor, there will be another training on April 18th from 8:30am-2:30pm, please contact Brooke Chambers bchambers@iohumc.com or (912)355-8527.

“The Hope Arbor Respite Program is the highlight of my husband’s week. The volunteers meet him at the door with smiles and excitement that he is there. He is accepted and encouraged to be himself. They actually seem to appreciate him and make him feel special; he feels loved. The singing has brought joy into his life. This spirit carries over into our home. I hear him singing the old hymns he

loves all during the day and he actual-ly remembers the words! I thank God for this program and the difference it

has made in his life and mine. “

- A Caregiver

"As a caregiver it is nice to have a break and share with others in

similar situations."

Caregiver on Support group

“So thankful God led me to the Hope Arbor ministry. It is such

a blessing being with everyone. So rewarding!”

Volunteer

Take a look at what others have been saying about Hope Arbor...

Joyful Noise and the Kids of the Kingdom choirs will sing together in both traditional

services on April 22nd! This is the first time they have sung

together. Don't miss it!

Due to the need for enhanced security around schools, churches and public facilities across the US, IOHUMC will be installing se-curity doors on the most frequently used doors in the preschool and administrative wings of our church facility. All other doors will be locked during business and evening hours. These enhancements will take place over the next several weeks.

During the week, we are encouraging all frequent visitors to use the doors at the office end of the admin-istrative wing of the church. Preschool parents dropping off students will continue to use the two doors currently in use by the preschool until the end of the current school year in May.

While we understand this may cause a slight inconvenience during weekdays, our primary objective is to keep all students, staff and property safe. Your support and understanding is both welcomed and appreciated.

Trustees, IOHUMC

Week of the Young Child April 16-20, 2018

The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration hosted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The Isle of Hope Preschool will be observing this special week as they celebrate early learning, young children and their teachers and families. On Thursday, April 19th, each age group will celebrate together. Research tells us that the first three years of a child’s life is the time of greatest brain de-velopment and learning. Ensuring that the children who attend the IOH Preschool receive loving and devel-opmentally appropriate care and learning has long been part of the preschool’s philosophy. It is the joyous responsibility of the preschool to set children on the right path to learn and grow physically, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritu-ally. During this week we’ll also celebrate the wonderful teachers of young children that we have at Isle of Hope, starting with our preschool teachers and our First Things First teachers, extending to our Sunday School, choir and all who lovingly help our young ones to learn. *If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Wez Childers at wezchilders@yahoo.com)*

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Hello Isle of Hope Students and Families!Hard to believe that I have been here almost a month and God is already doing some AWESOME things in OUR students and parents. God is definitely moving in a mighty way and I am looking forward to seeing even more what God is going to be able to do in the days, weeks, months and years ahead. Parents, please make sure that you continue to stay in the know by picking up ourweekly SURGE student newsletter and by joining us on Facebook in the weeks ahead as we are in the process of updating our information. Students PLEASE make sure to stay on top of things in the days to come as well. As we have it now, Lake J retreat has already filled up for our middle school students, but we will have many other events that is coming up for our middle school students that will continue to grow our middle school ministry. Please go ahead and begin praying on how everyone can can join us for River of Life June 27th-July 1st. You don’t want to miss out on that AMAZING experience. As for our high school students, please remember that we have a lot going on! Our senior trip is in discussion and our summer camp deadline is fast approaching and you really don’t want to miss the Ducktown retreat this year! Also any student interested in being a part of our Student Lead-ership team please make sure to pick up a leadership form and turn it in by APRIL 8TH! As far as other upcoming events, please make note of the following dates and times listed below:

April 21st Get Air- Deadline to sign up is April 11thApril 29th- Senior Graduation Banquet

May- New Dates to be determined after parents meetingJune 15th Savannah Banana’s Game- Cost is $15

July 26th-29th High School Summer Camp- Ducktown, TN $150

Looking forward to watching God EXPAND OUR TERRITORY over the days to come!

In His grip,Jason Wade & Sam PaulStudent Ministry Team

The United Methodist Women invite all women of IOHUMC to join us for our Day on the Island Kick-Off Pinterest Party! This will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 11:30am in the Ministry Center. Join us for a fun afternoon of lunch, fun and simple hands-on worshop assembly for our Day on the Island shops, win a doorprize and get the "skinny' on our DOI Tour of Homes, auction and shops!

The April meeting of the Good Samaritan Circle will be on Friday, April 6th, at 10am in the Greenhouse. Jim Bryan, who was originally scheduled for that snowy day back in January, will share his musical talents while bringing his message of his service to the church. We are truly looking forward to his being with us. Everyone is welcome!

Adult Ministries sponsors “A Taste of the Holy Land”

Were you unable to travel to Israel this winter? Would you like to share a delicious and authentic Bible times meal? Visit a goat hair tent? Hold 2,000 year old pottery from a Jewish home? Pray in the catacombs? Then sign-up today to

travel by charter bus to the Biblical History Center for a beauti-ful and authentic adventure in antiquity.

April 25-26th 2018 Trip cost per person $120.00

Register by emailing Meg Procopiomprocopio@iohumc.com

Space limited so register today!

The next meeting will be on Thursday, April 5th from 11am until 2pm with our usual potluck

lunch in the Seekers sunday school room. We are busily working on our

inventory for Day on the Island in October.

Recently the group decided to disburse funds from sales of our handmade things to: The Christ

Child’s Nest $1,000, Faith in Practice $1,000, Wesley Com-munities Centers $1,000 and Park Place $1,000. Thank you

all for your support by purchasing our items.

Family Mission Trip Springfield/Claxton, Georgia

June 14th-17th, 2018

Registration for the annual Family Mission trip to Springfield/Claxton, Georgia have begun! Families with children who have completed 4th grade

are encouraged to participate. Register by visiting our website at www.iohumc.com/missions-outreach/domestic-outreach/. The cost of this trip

is $60 per person, $250 family maximum. You won't want to miss this incredible opportunity for missions with your family.

We're updating our church directory! Start-ing this summer, we will have an online and hard copy directory available

for church members. The following dates have been reserved for picture taking:

May 10th, 11th, 18th and 19thMay 22nd-26th

May 29th-June 2nd(Monday-Friday 1pm-8pm)

(Saturday (10am-5pm)