March 2018Brandenburg United Methodist Church

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Over 2,000 years ago, God’s plan of re-demption altered the world. The power of sin and death was broken through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ that first East-er. Death was defeated. True life triumphed! And today we continue in God’s story of love as our everyday lives and world are renewed through hope. This season, please join us for a special series of services – Come Alive – on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Bring a friend, and let’s discov-er together what it really means to be a new creation in Christ!

A JOURNEY THROUGH HOLY WEEK

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULESaturday, March 24 Messy Church and Easter Egg Hunt 1-3 p.m., open to all, lunch served (see page 7 for additional information)

Sunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday Worship Services, 9 and 11 a.m.

Monday, March 26, through Friday, March 30 Holy Week Noon Services (see page 3 for additional information)

Thursday, March 29 – Maundy Thursday Communion Service, 7 p.m.

Friday, March 30 – Good Friday Shared Service with First Baptist, 7 p.m. (service at BUMC, Rev. Ramsey preaching)

Sunday, April 1 – Easter Sunday Celebration Services, 9 and 11 a.m. Easter Morning Coffee & Connect, 10 a.m.

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March 4 Youth Serve Sunday9:00 a.m. Contemporary ServiceUshers: Matt Collard, Reece McElfresh, Megan Corley, Madelyn Collard, Cole Corley, Nate HolleyGreeters: Lawson King, Brett Wilson, JD WilsonCommunion: Cailtyn Calarco, Whitley Wardrip

11 a.m. Traditional ServiceUshers: Molly Aebersold, Abby Nelson, Brooks Nelson, Kurt Aebersold, Julia JonesGreeters: Emma Ward, Natalie Nelson, Abby NelsonCommunion: Abby Nelson, Emma WardRegistrants: Molly Aebersold, Brooks NelsonAttendance: Brooks Nelson

Contemporary Service (9 a.m.)Ushers: T. Parker, Logan Steines, Vicki & Eric Hodge8:40 a.m. Greeters: FLC Entrance – Donna FunkAtrium – Ruthie AckermanWelcome Center: Amy BogardCommunion Servers:MaggieWilson,RobinGoff9:40 a.m. Greeter/Atrium: Simone Davisson

Traditional Service (11 a.m.)Tellers: Sharon Martin, Ron PileUshers: Bub Warren, (Head Usher), Jimmy Wilson SharonMartin,JeffCannady,MikeHarreld10:40 a.m. Greeters: Narthex – Michael Smith Parish Hall – Melissa Ward Atrium - Steve Ward10:40 a.m. Welcome Center: Jane SlingerCommunion Servers: Sandra Stone, Joy Trotter

Children’s Moment (both services):Mar. 4 Maggie WilsonMar. 11 Jon MillerMar. 18 Joy TrotterMar. 25 Johnna Pollock

Children’s Church: 9 a.m. 11 a.m.Mar. 4 Elizabeth Wilson Trenya BovaMar. 11 Melissa Vowels J. Witt/M.B. McQuaryMar. 18 Joy Trotter Chris WilsonMar. 25 Maggie Wilson Johnna Pollock

SERVING OUR CHURCH IN MARCH

MARCH EVANGELISM AND CONGREGATIONAL CARE

Evangelism Volunteers for first time guests Tom & MaryBeth McQuaryAssisted Living & Rehab Visitation Salli Gillespie & Sandy HoranShut-in Food Preparation Mar. 1 Shirley Aebersold Mar. 8 Linda Dodson Mar. 15 Barb Thompson Mar. 22 Jean Walls Mar. 29 Joan Wilson & Robyn ProctorShut-in Food Delivery Mar. 1 Shirley Aebersold Mar. 8 Ron & Martha Pile Mar. 15 Barb Thompson Mar. 22 Jean Walls Mar. 29 Joan Wilson & Robyn Proctor

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.

Save the date! On Saturday, April 28, at 2:30 p.m., the Missions Team will host a Garden Party in the Family Life Center. It will be a time of wonderful music, great conversa-tions, and amazing silent auction items. All proceeds will go to our mission fund. More details will be coming soon. The Mission

Team will meet on Tuesday, March 6, at 4 p.m. to make additional plans.

Christmas Miracle Offering – Habitat for Humanity When God’s people hear and respond to God by adjusting their typical Christmas giving, miraculous things happen. On Christmas Eve alone $21,387.50 was given toward our goal of $40,000. The latest total is $32,906.50 If you would be interested in serving on the Meade County Habitat for Humanity Board or a sub-committee, please contact Pastor Jeff Carter. These volunteer positions represent the greatest need at this point for our work with Habitat for Humanity to move forward in building a home for a Meade County family.

Charlotte Shepard

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The BUMC Tribe will host a Lucky To Have You Dinner

for their church familySunday, March 18, at 6 p.m.Dinner and entertainment

provided by The Tribe! Please sign up on the clipboard

by the youth bulletin board.

Welcome LUCKY March, the Easter Season, and the start of spring weather! The Tribe has been busy! This month we have said goodbye to our “home” for the past six years – our youth house! We spent some time reflecting and be-ing thankful for all of the blessings that have come from our home over the hill. Our current seniors were in 7th grade when we moved into the building, and many great relationships, small groups, Tribe Thanks-givings, Christmas parties, mission trips, Jesus les-sons, fun events, initiations, etc. have been unveiled within those walls. We have found ourselves a new temporary home in the Family Life Center until further notice, so you’ll be seeing more of us! This month we are focusing on the reasons why we are LUCKY as a youth group, and we decided that one of the most important reasons is because of YOU – our church family! So to thank you, we are hosting our WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU dinner and entertain-ment show on Sunday, March 18, at 6 p.m. Look for sign-up sheets and reserve your spot for our GREEN THEME dinner and BUMC’s GOT TALENT! There is no cost for this event; it’s just our way of saying THANKS to our church for always supporting us! As always, I am blessed to have your kids in youth and love them unconditionally. Thanks for entrusting me with them!

In Him, Kelly

BUMC TribeYouth Ministry at

Brandenburg United Methodist Church

Kelly Holley

Holy Week Noon Services at Brandenburg UMCThe Meade County Ministerial Association will host a series of Holy Week Services at noon each day from Monday, March 26, through Friday, March 30. Each service will begin at 12 noon with a half-hour worship experience, followed by a half hour for lunch and fellowship. Brandenburg United Meth-odist Church will be the site for the event. Each service will feature a speaker from a local church with that church providing lunch on that day.

Monday, March 26, Buck Grove Baptist Tuesday, March 27, Brandenburg UMCWednesday, March 28, Saints Mary & TheresaMaundy Thursday, March 29, First BaptistGood Friday, March 30, Bethel UMC

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I continue to hear good reports about everyone’s experience with The Story. As time goes on, it would only be natural for enthusiasm or interest to begin to wane. I want to encourage you to stay with your regular reading. The Bible is an unfold-ing revelation of God’s plan for God’s creation, and you don’t want to miss anything! If you are finding your reading not as helpful as you hoped, I would encourage you to find a small group so you can dis-cuss the readings and themes. You can even start your own group over lunch or coffee with just a few friends. We can help resource you all you want to get the most our of The Story. We will take a break from The Story for two weeks to focus on Holy Week and Easter and then finish the Old Testament before taking a break for the summer. Speaking of Lent and Easter…You are not hearing as much about this significant period of the Christian year as you normally would in our church this year. Nevertheless, I would encourage you to find ways to engage with this Lenten sea-son. The fact of Christ’s death and resurrection are central to our Christian faith. In fact the apos-tle Paul said, “And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless.” As we are learning through The Story, so much of Old Testament is pointing toward Je-sus and giving us reason to have hope and cel-ebrate our salvation through Jesus. Check out the Holy Week article found here in the newsletter for the many options for worship and reflection during the Easter season.

Jeff Carter

Trustee Projects The church building and grounds are currently undergoing some changes and renovations. Outside the building, below the playground and adjacent to the walkway and stairs, a retaining wall is begin added to address drainage and erosion concerns. The atrium is receiving new flooring, and the main hallways upstairs and downstairs will be receiving a fresh coat of paint in addition to new and fresh artwork and dis-plays. The leadership council has formed a new building committee to look at needed space, particularly for our youth program. The de-cision was made to cease renting space at the current youth house after not being able to solve significant odor problems. Plans will be explored to bring the youth meeting space back to main church campus as well as looking at future building needs. Ron Barger and Jeff Cannady serve as your trustee representatives on the Leader-ship Council. The new building committee is being chaired by Tom McQuary and Ron Barger.

Brandenburg United Methodist Church will sponsor a blood drive Sunday, March 18, 2018,

from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the Bloodmobile parked outside church. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood because of illnesses and diseases,

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 the church office at 270-422-2810.

To Our Church Family,

Thank you for your prayers and the good food. We appreciate our church family. Please keep us in your prayers. May God bless you.

Azro & Mary Janes

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Over the last few months, Brandenburg United Methodist Church has been blessed to welcome the following to our church family:

Greg and Gail Dreitzler and their children, Mark and Christine, had been a part of our church sev-eral years ago, but then Gail, who is in the Army, was transferred. With Gail’s return to Fort Knox, the Dreitzlers have come home in more ways than one. Mark and Christine were part of our confirma-tion class last fall. Greg and Gail joined December 10, 2017. Todd and Stacy Blackburn and their sons, Alex and Lucas, joined BUMC on January 21, 2018. Jay and Amy Boyer joined our church family on January 28. Their son, Ian, was part of the confir-mation class last fall, and their daughter, Linnea, was baptized on Confirmation Sunday. Amy was born into a military family and married a military man. She has moved numerous times and was never a member of a church until now. Amy sings in the Chancel Choir. Jeramy and Jodi Witt joined our church family on January 28 as well. Their twin daughters, Keara and Lauren, were also members of the confirma-tion class last fall. The Witts are also a military family. Jeramy is retired and is now attending culinary school; Jodi is in the Reserves. Jodi also sings in the Chancel Choir.

COMMUNION OFFERING for MARCH

One Great Hour of Sharing OurcommunionofferingforMarchwillgo to theUnited Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) “One Great Hour of Sharing.” Serving on mass-response and individual levels, UM-COR is ready to reach out immediatelywhenever andwhereverGod’speopleareinneed.TheOneGreatHourofSharingofferingallowsUMCORtorespondrapidlyto disasters such as devastating cyclones, earthquakes, floods,hurricanesandtyphoons,warandcivilstrifeandoutbreaks of disease. Yourofferingoffershopethroughprayers,physicalhelpandfinancialsupport.Italsoworksinmanywaystoassistpeoplewhostrivetofeedandsupportthem-selvesandtheirfamilies,tolearnnewskills,toobtainbetterhealthcareandtosurviveandtoworktowardafuller life. Please do your part by giving generously to One GreatHourofSharing.Now,morethanever,theworldneeds you. Thank you.

Safety and Security Team Update

Members of a newly formed safety and secu-rity team have been meeting regularly over the past month to make plans to help our church be ready to respond better to any issue which may arise. The team identified five chunks of work to address safety issues: medical, weather/disaster, children/youth, building/facility, and intruder. The team has worked on getting a list of quali-fied medical volunteers, purchasing adequate first aid materials and an AED device. Members of the safety team will serve each Sunday to be ready to assist and respond in case of any type of emergency arises. They will walk the building and grounds to serve as eyes and ears and to assist greeters and ushers in case any problems arise. Any questions for the safety team may be directed to Bill Adams.

We love having you as part of our flock! Let’s keep in touch via e-mail and text!

Brandenburg United Methodist Church has begun using a new tool – Flocknote – to keep in touch with members and friends. If you receive a message from Flocknote via text or e-mail, please know that’s from us. If you’re not receiving messages, please check your spam folder, and indicate

Flocknote as an approved sender. If you are not receiving electronic notices from BUMC and would like to, please e-mail communications@bburgumc.org with your contact information.

HALFTIME MENU(subject to change)

March 7

Breakfast casserole, biscuits & gravy, cooked apples,pastries

March 14Spaghetti,salad,garlicbread,strawberrytrifle

March 21Grilled hamburgers & hotdogs, potato salad, chips,

baked beans, ice cream cones

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Regular Weekly Events:Sunday, March 4, 11, 18, 25 9:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service 5:30 p.m. God’s Hands (Interpretive Movement) 6:30 p.m. Tribe Time (BUMC Youth)Monday, March 5, 19, 9:30 a.m. Sisters in Christ, members’ homes Contact Pat Carlson, 270-422-5700Monday, March 5, 12, 19, 26 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 6:30 p.m. Boy ScoutsTuesday, March 6, 13, 20, 27 10:00 a.m. Sisters in Christ (BUMC Library)Wednesday, March 7, 14, 21 9:00 a.m. Ladies’ Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Young Mothers’ Group 5:45 p.m. Halftime Meal 6:30 p.m. Halftime Activities - All Ages 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir RehearsalWednesday, March 28 9:00 a.m. Ladies’ Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir RehearsalThursday, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 6:45 a.m. Brothers in Christ 5:30 p.m. Love In Action Meal 6:00 p.m. Cub Scouts 6:30 p.m. Prayer Gathering (all welcome)Saturday, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 7:00 a.m. Brothers in Christ (FLC)

MARCH CALENDAR Current Events:Monday, March 5 6:00 p.m. Vision Team Meeting Tuesday, March 6 4:00 p.m. Mission Team MeetingWednesday, March 7 4:30 p.m. Outreach Team MeetingThursday - Sunday, March 8 - 11 7:00 p.m. Men’s Emmaus Walk 146Thursday - Sunday, March 15 - 18 7:00 p.m. Women’s Emmaus Walk 147Saturday, March 17 9:00 a.m. FLC Reserved – Special Olympics BBQSunday, March 18 9:00 a.m. Blood Drive, Bloodmobile 6:00 p.m. Lucky To Have You Meal hosted by The BUMC TribeWednesday, March 21 4:30 p.m. Hospitality Team MeetingSaturday, March 24 1:00 p.m. Messy Easter Eggstravaganza 4:00 p.m. Cub Scouts Blue and Gold BanquetSunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday 5:00 p.m. Sanctuary Reserved - Saxophone Recital 6:00 p.m. Leadership Council MeetingMonday, March 26 12:00 p.m. Holy Week Noon ServiceTuesday, March 27 12:00 p.m. Holy Week Noon Service 1:30 p.m. United Methodist Women Wednesday, March 28 9:00 a.m. Ladies’ Bible Study 12:00 p.m. Holy Week Noon Service 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir RehearsalThursday, March 29 – Maundy Thursday 12:00 p.m. Holy Week Noon Service 7:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday ServiceFriday, March 30 – Good Friday 12:00 p.m. Holy Week Noon Service 7:00 p.m. Good Friday Service @BUMC Shared service with First BaptistSaturday, March 31 9:00 a.m. Family Life Center ReservedSunday, April 1 – Easter Sunday 9:00 a.m. Contemporary Celebration Service 10:00a.m. EasterMorningCoffee&Connect 11:00 a.m. Traditional Celebration Service

Wednesday Night Programs The last meal for the late winter/early spring se-mester of Half-time will be served on Wednesday, March 21, and will feature grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. Individual groups who are studying The Story are encouraged to consider how they want to proceed. Some may want to continue meeting on Wednesday nights, some may cease meeting while encouraging their members to connect with a Sunday morning Story group, or some may choose to meet once a month April-June and review sev-eral chapters at a time. However you choose to proceed with small groups, please continue to keep up with The Story with weekly chapter read-ings and Sunday sermon attendance.

Spring Forward! Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 11.

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Happy Spring!

Don’t forget, we are having a children’s team meeting and planning session Sunday, March 4, af-ter the 11:00 service. Pizza will be provided as well as childcare. Please RSVP for childcare. We need to start planning for summer. Messy Easter Eggstravaganza will be March 24, 1-3 p.m. Egg hunts will start at 1, 1:30, 2, and 2:30. Additional activities and food will be in the gym. If rain occurs, all activities will be happening in the gym and children’s area. This is open to the public. Boxes will be in the atrium for candy dona-tions.

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The Story Continues:March 4 Chapter 7March 11 Chapter 8March 18 Chapter 9 March 25 We will be focused on Palm Sunday

To get the most from The Story, we have Chil-dren’s church, Sunday School, and Wednesday night fun and learning.

Children’s Church Leader Schedule:3/4 Elizabeth Wilson, Trenya Bova3/11 Melissa Vowels Jeramy Witt and Mary Beth McQuary3/18 Joy Trotter, Chris Wilson3/24 Maggie Wilson, Johnna Pollock

Blessings! Ms. Val

Donations of individually wrapped candy needed for Easter Egg Hunt

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ORGANIZED 1829MARCH 2018 EDITIONPASTOR: Jeff Carter

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

PASTOR’S E-MAIL ADDRESS: pastor@bburgumc.orgSECRETARY’S E-MAIL ADDRESS: Sandy.Horan@bburgumc.org

WEBSITE: www.brandenburgumc.comCHURCH PHONE NUMBER: (270) 422-2810

CHURCH FAX NUMBER: 270-422-5771

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Lisa Emert (11) Cooper Crump, Olivia Honaker (12) Earl Murphy, Duncan Reed, Joy Trotter, Richard Tucker (13) Theresa Cook, Lawson King, Rebecca Miller, Ben Wilson (14) Shane Burnfin, Bob Wilson (15) John Hamilton, Khristina Phillips (16) Nikki Banks, Larry Mangin (17) Kasey Beaton, Angela Klockow, John Bruington, Ashley Mattingly, Jennifer Webb, (18) Ethan Medley (19) Mimi Honaker (20) Linda Bailey, Daniel McQuary (21) Sam Redman (22) Denise Carter, Terri Davis, Olivia Florence, Lillie King (23) Sam Morrison (24) Allen Applegate, Morris Futrell, Austyn Pierce, Rebecca Shacklette, Angela Waddle (26) Ilene Aeborsold, Thomas Saylor (27) Lauren Sutton (28) Charles Alexander, Sharon Haynes, Amelia Stull (29) Jake Fackler, Barry Kasey, Benjamin King, Jon Miller, Caroline Spry (30) Brooke McElfresh, Jennie Neff (31) Robert Butler, Paul Corley, Gary Grant, Amy Hamilton, Michael Smith

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