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First United Methodist Church 122 Public Square North Shelbyville, TN 37160 931-684-2535

Glorifying God as we make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

May 2018

THE UNITED METHODIST YOUTH

and

UNITED METHOD MEN

The Congregation’s response to this UMYF and UMM Fundraiser “Lunch / Dessert Auction”

through your attendance, participation, and contribution was heartwarming.

We can’t say enough about the way Ted Phillips, John Teague, and Wendell Agnew “worked” the

crowd, making it fun and keeping those bids always getting a little bit higher as Kenny Griffin and

Grayson Lane kept those desserts moving. A special thanks, of course, to our wonderful cooks that

took time to make their special recipe which made the fundraiser a SUCCESS!

The UMM will be able to use those funds to support many worthy causes such as the Red Bird

Mission Building Project.

High School Graduates

Anna Claire Hull

Daughter of Danny and Vickie Hull

Granddaughter of Wayne and Linda

Crowell

Granddaughter of Phil and Terri Hull

Graduate of Cascade Central High

Alexcis Simmons

Daughter of Steve and LeAnn Simmons

Granddaughter of Ronnie and Faye Sudberry

Granddaughter of Barbara Turner and Kenny

Simmons

Graduate of Shelbyville Central High

Maddie Northcutt

Daughter of Linc and Dona Northcutt

Granddaughter of Rex and Gail Northcutt

College Graduates Proud Grandmother, Lynda Phillips

Nathanael Glen Nelms

Bachelor of Education Degree from

Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN

Rachel Catherine Phillips

Bachelor of Science in Nursing from

Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN

Graduation May 12, 2018

Emily Alden Procopio

Master of Arts in Youth Ministry

from Memphis Theological Seminary

Daughter of Frank and Meg Procopio

Granddaughter of Jo Ann Procopio

Our Youth Minister

Please share with the church office, graduations in your family

so we may celebrate them together.

On Thursday May 3, we will be hosting the

community National Day of Prayer worship

service and luncheon. Worship will begin at

noon in our sanctuary with Lanita preaching

and various clergy helping to lead prayers.

You are invited to this time of community

worship.

A light box lunch will be provided in the

fellowship hall following worship.

If you are willing to assist with lunch

preparations, please contact the church office.

New Address

Monty Thomas

411 Ashlawn Court

Nashville, TN 37215

montythomas@att.net

UMW NEWS

Congratulations to Nina Gay Segroves and Pat Sherrill,

our latest recipients of missions recognition from our chapter.

Nine of us attended the mission study on the three special conferences of the United Methodist Church at Pleasant Grove UMC on Saturday, April 21. The study was led by Joyce Clark.

Joyce will lead one of the studies at Mission University at St. Marks UMC in Murfreesboro. Mission University will be July 12 and 13. Rheaetta has applications for these informative classes.

The next UMW meeting is Tuesday, May 8. Executive meeting at 10:15 and the general meeting at 11:00. Trish Hubbard has lined up a wonderful program on lessons learned from beehives. Circle V will no doubt, dazzle us with their culinary skill.

Speaking of culinary skills, the UMW is grateful to Andy Borders for our delicious meal at our April meeting. Andy never disappoints and the UMW is so happy that he graces us with his gifts.

Rheaetta

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The Bedford County Senior Citizen Center is

needing delivery drivers for our Meals on Wheels

program.

This is a great opportunity to help the elderly of

our county receive a nutritious meal and have a

few minutes of fellowship daily.

The routes are Monday-Friday and only take

approximately 20 minutes.

If you are interested in lending a helping hand one

day a week, please call April at 931-684-0019.

ENSURE and ENSURE PLUS is available through the Shelbyville-Bedford

County Senior Citizens Center for $23 per case.

Available flavors are vanilla, strawberry,

chocolate, and butter pecan.

Call April at 684-0019 to order.

National Day of Prayer

Thank you for each kindness shown

following my recent surgery. Your prayers

were felt and I am recovering well.

Thank you,

Donna Brock

STUDENT MINISTRIES

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May 2018

May Events for Children and Youth May 6– UMYF @ 5pm

May 13– Mother’s Day; NO UMYF

May 20– Messy Games Night in Lewisburg

(grades 6-12)

May 21– Field Games Night in Lewisburg (grades 6-12)

May 22– Trivia Night in Lewisburg (grades 6-12)

May 23– Nerf Wars Night in Lewisburg (grades 6-12)

May 24– Pool Party @ Davis Home TBD– all ages

welcome!

VBS! It’s almost that time of year!

Get ready for a wonderful week of fun games, awesome music, and stories of hope to remind us that Jesus is our Rescuer! Your kiddos won’t want to miss this week and we will need all hands on deck to help make it happen!

Date: TBD

Due to a lack of interest, we have decided to cancel the scheduled YouthWorks

Mission Trip to Chattanooga. During this summer, it is our prayer that the youth

will continue to pursue opportunities to serve their community and that the adults

of the congregation will encourage and support them in such work.

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May 2 Elijah Smith

May 3 Randy Owen

Ashley Preston

May 4 Ernest Limbo

May 6 Nina Gay Segroves

May 7 Dianne Wagner

May 8 John Carney

Debbie Hedge

May 9 Barbara Green

Linda Kraus

Alyssa Soileau

May 10 Wendell Agnew

Jon Brock

Jan Jackson

Glenn Watson

May 11 Sarah Morgan Brock

May 12 Cassie Davis

Ruby Sullivan

May 16 Bobby Jenkins

May 17 Rita McBee

May 18 Lanita Monroe

May 22 Myrna Cobb

May 23 Chris Stewart

May 24 Kitty Graham

May 25 Rebecca Baker

Drew MacQuarrie

Sylvia Pinson

May 26 Peggy Feck

May 27 Christina Warinner

May 28 Elle Thompson

May 29 Bailey Haskins

May 30 Jerry Bradshaw

Conner Hedge

Dot Tune

May 31 Dale Rucker

Anniversaries May 5 Virginia Stewart and

Gene Schaefer

May 11 Rachel and Randy Cunningham

May 13 John and Jere Thompson

May 25 Michael and Belinda Seepe

May 26 Bob and Carolyn Bellenfant

May 31 Biff and Betty Farrar

For everything there is a season,

and a time for every matter under

heaven…

Three years ago our Staff-Parish Relations

Committee embarked on a new adventure as we

partnered with the Center for Youth Ministry

Training. Out of that partnership, we have been

blessed to have Alden Procopio as our Director of

Student Ministries. Alden has helped to shape our

youth ministries program so that our youth are

finding their place as leaders within the

congregation and in worship. She has offered

leadership with our Christian Education ministries

and support to our Wesley’s Warriors. Each week

she has provided age appropriate Sunday school

curriculum for our children and youth, leadership

on Wednesday evenings, and activities for United

Methodist Youth Fellowship. She attended

countless sporting events, concerts, and recitals to

offer support and encouragement to “her peeps” in

their daily lives. Alden set aside time for

fellowship together in settings other than church,

home, or school. She helped expand the youth

and congregation’s world-view through mission

opportunities and experiences. Alden has done

this all while being a full-time seminary student.

...a time to break down, and a time to build up;

a time to weep, and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn, and a time to dance…

And so we come to a time when we can celebrate

all that has been accomplished and all that is yet

to be. Alden will graduate on May 12 and will be

leaving us to join the staff at Emmanuel United

Methodist Church in Memphis. Together we have

learned and grown so very much.

Join us for a reception

honoring

Alden Procopio

Sunday, May 6

11:00 a.m.

5:30pm Soup Kitchen

Reception for Alden Procopio following Worship

Memphis Theological Seminary

5:30 pm Soup Kitchen

5:30 pm Soup Kitchen

9:30am Prayer Group 10:45am Circle VI Youth Room 2:00pm Circle VIII Youth Room 5:30pm Soup Kitchen 6:00pm Circle VII Home of Brenda Knight MAY

Memorial Day

Office Closed

Cascade High School and Shelbyville Central High School Graduation

5:30pm

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STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FIRST FRUITS OUR PRAYERS, OUR PRESENCE, OUR GIFTS, OUR SERVICE, AND OUR WITNESS

We extend our sympathy to the family and friends of Cyndy Wolfe who died February 15, 2018.

We extend our sympathy to Lisa Anible and family on the death of her father Gerald C. Anible who died April 13, 2018.

Sympathy is extended to the family of Jere Wallace Carr, Jr., son of Yolanda Carr, who died April 17, 2018.

We also extend our sympathy to Bob and Janie Burke and

family on the death of his son, Bobby Burke, Jr., who died

April 19, 2018.

Congregational Care and Concerns

Dot Allen, Bart Bartley, Barbara Beaty, Jim Beaty,

Ed Bomar, Wilene Bomar, Cathleen Cross, Paul Cross,

Martha Fox, Charles Gavin, Kitty Graham, Barbara

Green, Susan Harvey, Jeff Jones, Myrna King,

Suzy Lambeth, Gale Limbo, Linda Odeneal,

Katherine Potts, Nina Gay Segroves, Irby Simpkins,

Ann Spencer, Don Spencer, Ronnie Sudberry,

Barbara Turner, Liz Ward, Jackie Wolfe

Remembering these…

Carriage House (311 Colloredo Blvd.): Dot Allen,

Martha Fox, Isabelle Pewitt, Scott Shapard

Celebration Way (895 Union Street): Kather ine Potts,

Ed Bomar

Christian Care Center (1253 Lake Barkley Dr.,

Kuttawa, KY 42055): Shirley Nicholson

Community Care (901 County Farm Rd. H102,

Murfreesboro 37127): Peggy Piedmonte,

Juanita Hastings

Glen Oaks Rehab (1101 Glen Oaks Rd): Susan

Harvey

Apt. A

NHC Rutherford (Room 200B 420 N. University St

Murfreesboro 37130): Virginia Wray

NHC Tullahoma 1321 Cedar Lane, Tullahoma, TN

37388: Dot Tune

St Thomas Rutherford (1700 Medical Center Pkwy.

Murfreesboro, TN 37129): Inez Lane

Vanderbilt (1211 Medical Center Dr ive): Mary

Finchum

Community Concerns: Sympathy to the family and friends of Kenny Blint who

died April 8, 2018.

Cheryl Baker: sister-in-law of Rebecca Baker

John Carneal: Alzheimer’s father-in-law of Molly Phillips

Carneal

Corey Curlee Bates: breast cancer, in MD Anderson

Hospital, niece of Suzy Stewart and Tom Potts

Carl Bodie: cancer, brother-in-law of Nancy Reak

Tom Brockway: brother of Sally McReynolds

Linda Brockway: sister-in-law of Sally McReynolds

PRAYING FOR ONE ANOTHER Johnny Crowell: heart attack, cousin of Vickie Hull

Gracie Curlee: sister of Sylvia Pinson

Steve Dickerson: lung caner, friend of Jeanie Phillips

Vensen Hawkins: torn rotator cuff, friend of Peggy Feck

Scott and Trish Hubbard: family concerns

Sarah Hudson Family: continued prayers

Jennifer Carlton Jarrell: continuing a long recovery,

daughter of Janice Carlton

Suzanne Jernigan: continuing a long recovery, Mother of

Rachel Teague

Christie Kennedy: Parkinsons, friend of Jeanie Phillips

Anderson Kreiger: infections, great nephew of Ed and

Joan Leichner

Star Lambert: death of husband, college friend of John

Carney

Sympathy to the Larry Hardison Family. Larry died

April 20, 2018.

Charlotte Lytle: age related, Grandmother of Barbara

Ann Lytle

Francisca Lytle, M.D.: praise, hearing much improved,

wife of Aldon Lytle

Carolyn McLean: new chemo for blood disorder,

sister-in-law of Tom and Mickey McLean

Mitchell Petty: car wreck, severe damage to arm, friend

of Melody and John Teague

Elizabeth Potts: granddaughter of Katherine Potts,

daughter of Susan and James Ivan Potts, III, difficulty

with mobility and speech. She is 27.

Carl E. Robinson: doing better, grandfather of Tanya

Lane, great grandfather of Grayson Lane

Mark Robinson: health issues, brother of Lori Jones

Carolyn Roland: ALS, neighbor of Barbara Green

Bethany Ross: cancer has returned, niece of Nancy Reak

Bob Russell: health issues, brother of Liz Palmer

Ronnie Spears: kidney cancer, friend of many

Rev. Carl Strange: fully recovered from heart surgery,

friend of Aldon Lytle

Wanda Strayhorn: Ill, friend of The Hubbards

Chuck Taylor: seriously ill, uncle of Carrie Brooke

Simmons

Joanne Theis: autoimmune concerns, sister-in-law of

Larry Theis

Scott Thorton: car accident, friend of the Teagues

Jackie Treadwell: health issues, friends of the Inmans

Taylor Walden: praise, last chemo #2 for lymphoma,

great nephew of Joan Leichner

Martha Watkins: heart problems, sister of Ruby Sullivan

Wendell Williams: colon cancer, cousin of Wanda

Grissom

Shannon Williams: inoperable brain tumor, beginning

experimental treatment, young mother, wife of Matt

Williams, daughter-in-law of Jimmy and Linda

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Sunday, April 1 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School $36.00 Morning Worship $12,114.00 Total Offering $12,150.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $185.00 Choir Fund $50.00 Good Samaritan $125.00 Youth Fund Gifts (Mem) $40.00 I My Church $25.00 Children’s Choir $20.00 Mandy’s Place $25.00

Sunday, April 8 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School $36.00 Morning Worship $8,656.00 Total Offering $8,692.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $35.00 Good Samaritans $496.00 Altar Flowers $50.00 Student Ministry Fundraiser $139.64 Mandy’s Place $50.00 Wesley’s Warriors (Mem.) $20.00

Sunday, April 15 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School $41.00 Morning Worship $7,204.00 Total Offering $7,245.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $131.00 Good Samaritans $100.00 Upper Room $1.00 Thompson Farrar Loan $100.00

Sunday, April 22 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School $25.00 Morning Worship $5,180.00 Total Offering $5,205.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $60.00 Soup Kitchen $100.00 Thompson Farrar Loan $100.00

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FIRST FRUITS OUR PRAYERS, OUR PRESENCE, OUR GIFTS, OUR SERVICE, AND OUR WITNESS

M Virginia Anible

Don and Jo Cathey

Co-Workers of Clare Anible

Tucker

Biff and Betty Farrar

Billy and Margaret Hicks

Sally McReynolds

Don and Ann Spencer

Bo, Rheaetta and Jim Bo Wilson

and Sarah Mac Young

Bobby Burke

Wanda Grissom

Billy and Margaret Hicks

Randy and Tina Prince

Carol Bowden

Wayne and Linda Crowell

Bonnie Hughes

Adult Sunday School Class

Bart and Kay Bartley

Wanda Grissom

Billy and Jan Hix

Ed and Joan Leichner

Don and Ann Spencer

Patsy Taylor

UMW Circle VIII

Rex Allen Young

Bart and Kay Bartley

Wayne and Linda Crowell

Billy and Jan Hix

emorials

Flowers for Worship May 6 Luanne Neeley

May 13 Luanne Neeley

May 20 Jeanie Phillips

May 27 Available

A Sign Up Calendar is posted outside the

nursery door. If there is a special date that you

would like flowers for the year 2018, please

sign up or call the office to save those dates.

Our Presence 04/1 04/08 04/15 04/22

Sunday School 71 70 64 55

Worship 298 181 166 134

(931) 684-2535 Office Hours: 9:00 a.m.—2:30 p.m. M-F fumcshelbyville@att.net

Lanita H. Monroe, Pastor ............................. (cell: 931-200-1981) .............................. lanitamonroe@att.net

Donna Brock, Church Administrator Anne Tittsworth, Financial Secretary

Jeanie Phillips/Larry Theis Church Secretary/Executive Assistant

Jon Brock, Director of Music Ministries Lori Schuler, Organist / Pianist

Alden Procopio, Director of Children and Youth Ministries .................. eaprocopio@memphisseminary.edu

Rebecca Baker, Sexton

Barbara Owen, Assistant Pianist Frances Gill and Ruth Statum, Nursery Workers

Wayne Crowell, Sound Technician Cassie Davis, Video Technician

Our Witness—God Sightings

STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FIRST FRUITS OUR PRAYERS, OUR PRESENCE, OUR GIFTS, OUR SERVICE, AND OUR WITNESS

Acolyte Schedule

May 6 Grayson Lane

Brooklyn Wheelon

May 13 Charlee Davis

Rett Davis

May 20 Kenny Griffin

Tori Hull

May 27 Elle Thompson

Joe Weston Pitner

New

Flower Dates Available Through August

June 10 July 1 August 5

June 17 July 15 August 19

July 29

It’s Up to You

God gave you this day to do just what you

would.

You can throw it away - - or do some good.

You can make someone happy, or make

someone sad.

What have you done with the day that you had?

God gave it to you to do just as you would.

You can do what is wicked, or do what is good.

You can hand out a smile, or just give ‘em a

frown.

You can lift someone up, or push someone

down.

You can lighten some load, or some progress

impede.

You can look for a rose, or just gather some

weed.

What did you do with your beautiful day?

God gave it to you, did you throw it away?

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