THE STEEPLE BELLBrandenburg United Methodist Church215 BroadwayBrandenburg, KY 40108

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ORGANIZED 1829JANUARY 2015 EDITIONPASTOR: Jim Robinson

SUNDAY SCHOOL: 10:00 A.M.SUNDAY WORSHIP: 9:00 A.M., 11:00 A.M. and 11:11 A.M.

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONPERMIT #6

U.S. POSTAGE PAIDBRANDENBURG, KY 40108

CHURCH: (270) 422-2810PARSONAGE: (270) 422-2833

JANUARY 2015

PASTOR’S E-MAIL ADDRESS: crctrdr@yahoo.comSECRETARY’S E-MAIL ADDRESS: rose.zanone@bburgumc.org

WEBSITE: www.brandenburgumc.comCHURCH FAX NUMBER: 270-422-5771

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(1) Ray Ashley, Jamie Damron (2) Zander Brown, Jimmy Morrison (3) Alyssa Erskine, Stephanie Johnson (4) Bob Qualls (5) Kevin Stickle (7) Devin Hardy, Joe Lambert, Martha Pile, Jennifer Wright (8) Jennifer Bohannon, Mike Collard, Bill Plemmons, Dana Whited (9) Lucas Austin, Betty Bonnette, Mary Lepley, Maggie Wilson (11) Grayson Brown (12) Michael Jackey (13) Kirk Baldwin, Sarah Cannady, Georgia Rose Franke (15) Sandra Love, Debbie Norris, Amber Schneider (17) Scotty Applegate (18) Annette Allen, Don Dodson, Pamela Faith,

Melissa Stiff (19) Jim Carlson, Maurine Chandler, Erika Jackson (20) Jackie Brown, Debbie Dame, Lois Hawksworth, Elizabeth Wilson (21) Sarah Welch (22) Fallon Haines, Jacob Robinson, Karen Spry, Whitley Wardrip (23) Sarah Greer, Amaya Hannah, Genessa Rydell, Sandra Wood, Sandra Louise Wood (24) John Bruington, Tony Capozzi, Grace King (26) Miles Barger, Arrick Jones, Patti Mangin, Milton Santos, Nate Wilson (27) Betty Barger, Shannon Barley, Bettyruth Bruington, Kamela Graham, Franz Holzer (28) Stephanie Hardin, Timi Tolhurst (29) Cole Aebersold, Jeff Hackert, Danica Love (30) Kurt Aebersold, Molly Aebersold, Brian Bohannon Sunday SERVICES

at BUMC

9:00 a.m. The Blend Service11:00 a.m. Traditional Service11:11 a.m. Emerge Service

Asweturnlooseoftheyear2014,somewillwanttograspitandholdontotheverylastmoment, while others willwillingly, even gladly, relin-quishittothedustbinofhis-tory.Theremayevenbeafewwho’dlovenothingmorethantoflingitintothefardistancewithasmuchforceaspossi-ble!Whateverthepasttwelvemonthshaveheldforyou,itisnowinthepast.Wedon’tpos-sesstheabilitytotravelbackintimeinordertoundobaddecisionsortakebackharshwordsspokeninhaste.Whatwecando,though,isstrivetomakethenewyearevenbet-terthantheonejustended. Whatplanshaveyoumadefor 2015? Any new resolu-tions? What hopes do youharbor? What fresh startwould you like to make asthenewyearbegins?Perhapssomeone you know needsto be forgiven of some pastwrong. Or maybe you’re theonewhoneedstoexperienceforgiveness. You may havelongwantedtoreadtheBiblethrough in a year. Or startkeeping a daily journal. OrgetawayonapersonalretreatalonewithGod.Orvolunteerat a soupkitchen.OrfindaLIFEGroup.Orhelpchaper-oneayouthgroupevent.Orspendadayofservicerepair-

ingthingsaroundthechurch.Letmeencourageyoutodreambigin2015...and put feet to those dreams!Makethings happen! See plans through!Thepastisjustthat...past;butthefu-tureisbeforeyou,wideopenandfullofpossibilities.Asyouletgoof2014,leave your hand open and reach forallthegoodthingsGodhasforyouin2015!

Onapersonalnote, letmeexpressonbehalfofthewholefamilyourheart-feltgratitudeforallthemanygiftsandexpressions of appreciation we re-ceivedfromyouduringtheChristmasseason.Wewereoverwhelmedbyyourgenerosity and thoughtfulness. Yes,2014certainlyhelditschallenges,butyou made Advent and Christmas somemorable for our family. It remainssuchanhonortobeyourpastoralfam-ilyhereatBrandenburg!Thankyouforallyou’vedone&continuetodo.

– Bro. JimBirthdaysBirthdays

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Brandenburg United Methodist Church will spon-sor a blood drive Sunday, January 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in a mo-bile bloodmobile to be parked outside. Every two sec-onds someone in

the U.S. needs blood because of illnesses and dis-eases, accidents, injuries and violence. Seven out of ten of us will need blood during our lifetime and you never know when you may need it. Each donor can save as many as three lives with one pint of blood. Giving blood is quick and easy and you can do it every 56 days. Nancy Inman is our blood drive coordinator. For more information, please contact Nancy at 270-422-4413 or Rose at the church office at 270-422-2810.

I wish to thank my BUMC family for the generous gift from the church and all the other wonderful cards, gifts and goodies. Your thoughtfulness truly means a lot to me.

Thank you, Rose

The family of Isabell Wilson would like to thank everyone for food, flowers and visits while she was sick. Thanks and God bless you.

The Bud Wilson Family

Dear Church Family,

Thank you so much for the gift from the church and the other gifts and good wishes this Christmas season. I am truly blessed to worship and work at Brandenburg United Methodist Church!

Yours, Sandra Stone

Hello, Church Family!

What an awesome, fabulous, and busy Christmas season! The children were busy with their Christmas Camp and Musical. Our musical, Fact or Fiction, went off with a BANG and the kids loved it. There are sev-eral people I need to thank for helping make it such a success. To all the kids for their hard work and dedica-tion every Wednesday night and practices. To Hersh for running the graphics/sound effects. To Barrett for help-ing set up lights and video recording. To Brian Love for running all the sound and mics. To our awesome helpers/bouncers, Denise Corely, Pat Cates, and Jen-nifer Saylor. And last but not least Miss Mimi Wilson for spending so much time learning and directing these kids. I am truly amazed at what you do with them and blessed to have worked alongside you. Coming up this winter we have some new curricu-lum for both Sundays and Wednesday Night Life! So we know that kids ask a million questions about Je-sus, heaven, sinning, forgiveness, etc. Well here is the chance to answer them! For the next 10 weeks on Sun-days, our curriculum is called “You’ve got questions, He’s got answers.” It is a series based on the life of Joseph where lessons include: “Can God really use me?” and “Do I really have to forgive them?” Then on Wednesday nights, starting on January 14, we will be using music and videos with the lessons to learn what it means to be “Transformed.” Children will learn from Bible characters who come face-to-face with Jesus and were TRANSFORMED. I am excited to see what God has in store for this new year with the BUMC Kidz, and I truly enjoyed my first year as your Children’s Minister. Thank you for all your love and support!

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ATTENDANCE REPORT for NOVEMBER 2014

Date Life Groups WorshipNovember 2 105 320November 9 173 305November 16 145 268November 23 118 298November 30 97 310

9:00 AM – The Blend ServiceUshers: ScottBogard,MelissaShireman, MarvinFackler,MaryAnnPlemmonsGreeters: Narthex-PatCates ParishHall-EdCates Atrium–SteveCannadyWelcome Center:EdStullCommunion Servers: Jody&ValGoins, Tom&MaryBethMcQuaryRevolution Kidz -Willbecontacted.

11:00 A.M. – Traditional ServiceTellers: TomMcQuary,LindaDodsonUshers: DonMartin(HeadUsher),SharonMartin, BrunoIlario,KellyNelson,JimmyWilsonGreeters: Narthex-MaryLeeErnst ParishHall–JoanWilson Atrium–10:00a.m.-JoanWilson 11:00a.m.–DaveWilsonWelcome Center: MarthaPileCommunion Servers: RonBarger,AlLawrence, Don&LindaDodson

11:11 a.m. – Emerge ServiceConnect TeamJAN. 4: MelissaRobinson,ToriAikin, StephanieStoneJAN. 11: BradleyFamily,AlisonHowardJAN. 18: Steve&RhondaLaslie,ToriAikinJAN. 25: Chris&SandyLove,EdiePace

Revolution Kidz/Jr. Youth - 10:00 a.m. Pre-K/K: DeniseCorleyGrades 1/2:KimRobinsonGrades 3/4:KellyNelsonGrades 5/6:JackieBruington

Children’s Church - 11:00/11:11 a.m. Grades 1/2:MeganFackler,MelissaVowelsGrades 3/4:JenniferMiller,DanaeMiles

Nursery volunteers will be contacted

SERVING OUR CHURCH IN JANUARY JANUARY EVANGELISM AND CONGREGATIONAL CARE

Evangelism Volunteers for first time guests JeffCannady,LeeKlockowNursing Home and Assisted Living Visitation ChristineRamseyShut-in Food Preparation Week1–JoanWilson,RobynProctor Week2–KarenIlario Week3–BettyPowell Week4-JessieMooreShut-in Food Delivery Week1–JoanWilson,RobynProctor Week2–KarenIlario Week3–ZoeAnnMcDonald,RogeneWilson Week4-JessieMoore

If you would like to receive e-mail messages from the church, please send a message to com-munications@bburgumc.org to be placed on the distribution list. Our members list includes all mem-bers and regular attendees for whom we have e-mail addresses. Our prayer request list goes only to those who specify they would like to be included on the e-mail prayer chain distribution. Additionally, there have been some issues lately with e-mail replies arriving at their intended destination. If you have a bbtel e-mail address and are not receiving e-mails from Sandra Stone or from the church e-mail, please check your spam folder to see if e-mails are landing there. If so, you may select “approve sender,” and that should cor-rect the problem.

Do we have your e-mail address?

Monthly servers are listed in the bulletin the last Sunday of the month and the monthly Steeple Bell.

If you are unable to serve on the day you are scheduled, please make arrangements, when

possible, to switch days with another member.

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Church Office Hours:Monday-Thursday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m.Friday 8:00a.m.-12:00noon

Regular Weekly Events:Sunday, January 4, 11, 18, 25 9:00a.m. TheBlendWorshipService 10:00a.m. SundaySchoolLifeGroups 11:00a.m. TraditionalWorshipService 11:11a.m. EmergeWorshipService 6:30p.m. InvasionYouthMonday, January 5, 12, 19, 26 10:00a.m. SistersinChrist(varioushomes) 6:00p.m. CubScoutsTuesday, January 6, 13, 20, 27 10:00a.m. SistersinChrist 6:30p.m. BoyScouts(FLC)Wednesday, January 14, 21, 28 5:45p.m. HalftimeMeal 6:30p.m. WednesdayNightLifeGroups 6:45p.m. BrothersinChrist (EdwardJonesBldg.) 7:30p.m. ChancelChoirRehearsalThursday, January 8, 15, 22, 29 6:30a.m. BrothersinChristFriday, January 9, 16, 23, 30 6:00p.m. GirlScoutsSaturday, January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 7:00a.m. BrothersinChrist (StoneLawOffice)

JANUARY CALENDAR

Please Remember: When there is no school (either scheduled or canceled due to weather),

there will be no church activities, including Halftime activities and shut-in meal delivery.

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HALFTIME MENU

January 14Soupfest

January 21BBQsandwiches,chips,coleslaw,sugarcookies

January 28Porktenderloin,scallopedpotatoes,peas,

applesauce/marshmallowdessert

Current Events:Saturday, January 3 6:00p.m. FLCReservedMonday, January 5 12:00noon MinisterialAssociation 6:00p.m. MissionTeamMeetingThursday, January 8 5:30p.m. LoveinActionMeal 6:30p.m. TrusteeMeetingSaturday, January 10 1:00p.m. FLCReservedSunday, January 11 9:00a.m. Bloodmobile 5:00p.m. SPRCMeeting 6:00p.m. ChurchCouncilThursday, January 15 6:00p.m. TigerDenMeetingSaturday, January 17 11:00a.m. FLCReservedMonday, January 19 ChurchOfficeClosedTuesday, January 20 8:30a.m. VAOfficerSunday, January 25 5:00p.m. LifeGroupLeaderTraining 6:00p.m. BUMCConcertSeries FeaturingHeatherMoseleyTuesday, January 27 1:30p.m. UMW

JANUARY COMMUNION OFFERING

Human Relations Sunday Our January communion offering will be for Human Relations Day. This is one of the six yearly United Methodist church-wide offer-ings. Human Relations Day calls the church to recognize the right of all God’s children to realize their potential as human beings. It also supports programs for community development voluntary services and police-community relations. Your offering provides a secure foundation for God’s children of all ages. More than thirty church-based commu-nity developers work in racial and ethnic mi-nority communities in the United States and Puerto Rico providing vital outreach. Your offering on Human Relations Day models Christ’s love through: • Local church youth offender rehabilitation projects that match United Methodist mentors with first-time, nonviolent young offenders; • A multiracial network of grass-roots social justice organizations related to United Meth-odist Voluntary Service. God calls us to model Christ’s love in our churches and communities and to lead others to Christ. Please give generously on Human Relations Day. Your gift can make a world of difference!

Congratulations to Cody and Katrina (Fred-erick) Hager in the birth of their child, Knox Finley Hager. Knox was born October 21,

2014, and weighed 6 lbs., 1 oz.

Happy 2015! It promises to be another great (and busy) year for our Invasion Youth and we hit the ground running…

New Weekly Schedule! Starting January 14, all Invasion Youth will meet for Life Group on Wednesday nights in the Youth Center. Dinner at BUMC each Wednes-day at 5:45, followed by groups at 6:30. We will start with a series called “Move” and I’m excit-ed about what God will do. Inviting all 7th-12th graders out each Wednesday night!

Winter Jam 2015 - Join us Saturday, Janu-ary 3, for Winter Jam concert. $10 at the door and more bands than you can count! Let me know before Saturday if you plan to go. This trip is for all youth (7th-12th-grade). Middle School Ice Skating - January 10. We will meet at BUMC at 5pm, eat on the way and skate until our rear ends can’t handle any more falls! This is a middle school only trip (7th- & 8th-grade). High School Snow Ski Trip - January 18. Still putting plans together for this but we will leave sometime after church in the afternoon and ski late. You’re off school the next day so you’ve got time to rest up!

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Believe Middle School Conference - January 23-24. This is an overnight middle school conference in Louisville and I’m really pumped about this trip. We don’t get to do stuff like this often with this age group. Don’t miss this trip! Finally, a HUGE thanks to our church family for baking and bidding at our Youth Bake Auc-tion. We raised roughly $1,200 for our youth, and this will be a great start to all the activities and ministry we have planned for 2015. Thanks to ALL of you for your continued support.

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SoupfestWednesdayJanuary 145:45 p.m.

Please join us on Wednesday, January 14, for our Annual Soupfest at Brandenburg United Methodist Church. Please sign up to bring your favorite soup and/or dessert to share. The church will provide crackers and drinks. Then, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Life classes and groups for all ages will begin.

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Leadership Structure for BUMC(Beyond what is required by The Book of Discipline)

Each position is elected year-to-year except as noted

BUMC LEADERSHIP 2015Disciplinary Required Committees and Officers

Committee on Lay Leadership2017 2016 2015Edie Pace Jessie Moore Ron Pile Stephanie King Cindy Swanson Joy Adams Tara Powers T. Parker John Inman

Staff-Parish Relations Committee2017 2016 2015 Jason Sutton Adam Robinson Jennifer Saylor CHTom McQuary Steven Ward Ron PileJennifer Honaker Donna Funk Val Goins

Trustees2017 2016 2015Doug Aebersold T.J. Miles Doug Stone Arrick Jones Rob Pack Rhonda LaslieBrian King Karen Ilario Bub Warren

Finance CommitteeMartin Powers ChairBen Wilson Vice-ChairJessie Trotter Lay LeaderStephanie Stone Lay Delegate to Annual ConferenceSheila Smith TreasurerJon Miller Stewardship ChairJeff Hackert At-large 2015Pat Cates At-large 2016Heather Wilson At-large 2016T. Parker At-large 2017Jody Goins At-large 2017

Endowment CommitteeMartin Powers Finance ChairSheila Smith Treasurer*TBA Trustee ChairSteve Wilson At-large 2015Melissa Ward At-large 2016Doug Reed At-large 2017

Prayer TeamClaudia Stull Captain

Evangelism TeamSheila Smith Captain

LIFE Group TeamJeff Hackert CaptainMaris Harreld College Ministries*TBA United Methodist Women

Family Life TeamSharon Martin CaptainDon Martin Veterans Affairs

Worship TeamJohn Trotter Team CaptainDonna Reed Wedding Coordinator

Communications TeamSandra Stone Team Captain

Mission TeamCharlotte Shepard Team CaptainLee Klockow Jail MinistriesMartin Bosemer Jail MinistriesJim Tussey Disaster ReliefDennis Keeling Disaster ReliefScott Bogard At-large MemberSandy Horan At-large Member

Ministry TeamsCongregational Care TeamMelissa Ward Co-CaptainMelissa Wardrip Co-Captain*TBA New Mother’s MinistryRobyn Proctor Recovery MinistryNancy Inman Recovery MinistryJessie Moore Caregiver Care MinistryChristine Ramsey Nursing Home MinistryKaren Ilario Shut-in MinistryDenise Wilson At-large MemberJudy Stone At-large Member

Décor & Furnishings TeamChristy McElfresh Team CaptainDonna Reed Wedding CoordinatorMartha Pile At-large MemberTara Powers At-large MemberSandy Dupin At-large MemberLori Collard At-large MemberJoan Hershey At-large Member

Media & Technology TeamL.G. (Hersh) Hershey Team CaptainChad Pickering At-large MemberRoxanne Miles At-large MemberCindy Swanson At-large MemberChris Love At-large MemberScott Wilson ComputersMelissa Robinson At-large MemberMark Ellis At-large MemberDoug Stone At-large Member

*To Be Announced

Church CouncilLee Klockow ChairJen Miller Recording SecretaryRev. Jim Robinson PastorJessie Trotter Lay LeaderStephanie Stone Delegate to Annual Conf.Claudia Stull Prayer Team CaptainSheila Smith Evangelism Team CaptainSharon Martin Family Life Team CaptainMelissa Ward Congregational Care Team Co-Captain

Melissa Wardrip Congregational Care Team Co-CaptainCharlotte Shepard Mission Team CaptainJohn Trotter Worship Team CaptainSandra Stone Communications Team Captain*TBA Trustee ChairMartin Powers Finance ChairJennifer Saylor SPRC ChairJon Miller Stewardship ChairJoan Hershey At-large Member