sunday, october 15 ministry of wesley chancel choir, praise band and youth band will perform some of...
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Marvin McCormick, Senior Pastor
Philip Galyon,
Director of Student Ministries
Emily Chenault, Director Of Children's Ministries
Amanda Cole,
Wesley Preschool Director
Joanne Griffith, Director of Adult Ministries
Hank Kimbrell,
Director of Music Brenda Berryman, Organist
Amy Whitten, Bookkeeper
Lisa Ramey Financial Secretary
Susan Behrendt,
Office Administrator
Office phone: 256-355-1842
Church email Address:
Church Web Address: www.wesleywired.org
At: wesleywired.org
Wesley’s Olive Branch
The mission is to provide Christian spiritual and personal counseling for individuals, married couples and families of Wesley Memorial and to
depend on the Holy Spirit to direct and lead using God’s Holy Word, prayer, wisdom, discernment and life experiences. Life is filled with many paths, decision, temptations, hurts, successes and failures. We are on a journey in life. The Olive Branch offers the following services to individuals experiencing a variety of life issues such as: Transitions in life (empty nest, growing older,
physical changes, change of career, loss of job)
Forgiveness
Anger
Depression
Anxiety
Grief and Loss
Relationships
Marriage
Secrets
Or you just need to talk
Appointments available Tuesdays from 9am to 4pm beginning November 7 in the Wesley Prayer Room
Contact Sandra Locke-Godbey by email
[email protected] to schedule your appointment.
October 2017
1211 Westmead St SW Decatur, AL 35601
Phone: 256 355-1842
Church email address:
1211 Westmead St SW Decatur, AL 35601
Watch Wesley Memorial LIVE at BOTH services Sundays from 9:00am to 10:00am AND 10:55-12 noon at http://www.sundaystreams.com/go/wesley
We are looking for volunteers willing to be trained to run live stream, sound and projection in both worship services. If you are willing to do this, please contact Hank or Philip. Previous experience not required.
Chancel Choir Schedule: Join us Wednesdays at 7:00pm in the sanctuary and we sing at the 10:55am sanctuary service. We are now starting rehearsals for our Christmas Cantata (“And on Earth Peace”) to be Sunday, December 17, at 6:30pm. We need more voices to join us. Handbell rehearsals are every Sunday in October at 5pm in the sanctuary. New ringers welcome. Previous experience not required. See Hank for more information or call his cell at 256-303-3560. You may also email at [email protected].
Praise Band: Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm in McWhorter Hall Worship Center.
Sunday, October 15 5pm
McWhorter Hall
Covered Dish Dinner Meat and drinks provided Bring your favorite sides
and desserts
Join us as we celebrate the music ministry of Wesley Chancel Choir, Praise Band and Youth Band will perform some of their favorite songs
10 FOR 10 TITHE CHALLENGE
10 Percent for the 10th Month
Tithe 10% of your net income to the general fund for
the month of October. If you can’t pay your bills at the end of the month, contact Lisa Ramey or Marvin
McCormick and we’ll refund your money.
By Amanda Cole It is almost time for Swamp John’s!!!! We are gearing up for our annual fundraiser that is an essential part of supporting our program. Swamp John’s will be here Wednesday, October 11, from 4:00-7:00 pm. Each plate costs $11.00 and comes with your choice of fish, chicken, shrimp or a combo platter, all served with a side of fries and hushpuppies. Students will be pre-selling tickets until October 6. Tickets will also be sold at the door. As always, we will be offering dine in or carry out! October 31 is our Pretend Day where we dress up in our Halloween costumes and have a spooktacular parade. If you would like to volunteer to hand out candy to our little ones, please let me know by October 20. You are welcome to dress up!!!
Getting ready for experiments!
Busy Hands October 27-28
WEB
We've put a busy hands weekend on the calendar. We hope you will mark your calendars and plan to join us for what is always a fun time of dedicated crafting and sewing activities of your choice. We’ll craft Friday from 11am to 9pm and Saturday from 9am to 3pm. Please help us plan by calling the office and reserve your space.
CARING AND SHARING RADICAL HOSPITALITY
FALL STUDIES BEGINNING IN OCTOBER
Girlfriends: Our young Wom-en of Faith meet. We will be reading and discussing Priscilla Shirer’s new book “FerVent”. Our
hope is that through this group we can grow together in our faith, as well as hav-ing a group of women we can depend on and share our experiences. Beginning in
October.
A Bead and a Prayer: Improving our communication with God. Do you feel like your prayer life could use a boost? Let’s explore our God-
given sense of touch and sight to coax prayer from the head deep into the heart. This four-week workshop (begins October 4) will allow participants to learn about the making and use of prayer beads. Every person will make prayer beads for them-selves and prayer beads to be given away. Space is limited so register early.
Sunday, October 8 7:30am WEB
All men are invited
Join us in the library, October 3, at 6pm.
THE PAGE TURNERS A Monthly Book Club
Page Turners book club meets the first Tuesday of each month for book discussions and fellowship in the church library. All are welcome. The complete book list is posted on the website: www.wesleywired.org in the announcements area.
The United Methodist Women will meet at Presbyterian Towers Tuesday, October 17, at 6pm to host a bingo party for the residents. We will provide refreshments and prizes. All women are invited to come join a fun time!
Sunday, November 12, we will have our frozen casserole sale before and after worship services. We appreciate any help you can give us by baking casseroles. Aluminum pans will be available for you to use for your recipe beginning the first of October.
Debbie Proctor Update
My time back in NYC has been one of intense prayer and fasting to seek God’s
will and direction for the work He has for me in Astoria. God has been faithful and all my Muslim contacts have returned and our relationships are growing closer with many opportunities to share my faith in Jesus Christ – not as a prophet, as they see him - but as the Son of God who sacrificed His life to pay the penalty for our sins. All my students have also returned for Bible Study – both the believers and the non-believers. I ask for your prayers for all my Muslim contacts and my Bible Study students. For specific prayer requests and so you can pray for these people by name, please send me a request at [email protected]. Thank you for your prayers and your support!
A Day Apart Wednesday, October 18
9am to 12:30pm Explore different types of prayer as presented by different presenters. We will be exploring breath prayer, centering prayer and journaling as prayer. A light lunch will be served.
Please contact the church office to register so that we may prepare enough lunches. If you have questions, please call Myscha Crouch at 256-773-0348.
To all of the kind, amazing, sweet people who volunteered in our time of need,
Thank you to each and every one of you for the love and support you showed to every member of our family and our friends. From the planning, setting up, cooking, cleaning and rearranging to the serving, greeting, praying and tearing down afterward. We know that without all of your effort Brian’s celebration of life, funeral
and dinner after would not have been such a beautiful remembrance of his life. There were so many people working behind the scenes to make sure that we were well looked after.
Thank you all. The Woeber Family
Lori, Jacob, Nathan and Owen
Wesley Connections Page 3 They will know we are Christians by our love OVERLOADING THE SYSTEM
What a week we had at the office last week. It all began with a simple request to upgrade our internet equipment and service. Over the years, our WiFi had become slower and slower until it had become almost unusable in the office. The modem and router were outdated and running at slow speeds. So, the week begins. After many phone calls, lots of waiting and two days of trying to get things back on track, I learned that our problem was caused by too many things being plugged into each other that was creating a loop that was feeding information to something else and overloading the system and causing it to quit working. Now that I have told you everything I know about the IT problems we had last week, let me share with you a lesson that we can all learn from it, even if we don’t know much about computers and how the internet works. When we plug too many things into our lives, our minds and our hearts we can suffer from data, information and sensory overload. We live in a world of the 24-hour news cycle. When something happens in our world we know about. This can cause sensory overload. We get up in the morning and we turn on the news, open our news apps on our tablet, computer, smartphone or we open the newspaper and there it is: Hurricanes hit Houston and Florida, earthquake in Mexico, fires in Montana. And if the natural disasters weren’t enough we read stories of violence, hatred, racism, drug abuse and all kinds of things happening right here in our city, state and nation. That doesn’t even begin to cover what’s going on across our world. Living in a 24-hour news cycle world causes us to ask what can we possibility do? How can we respond or help with so much in so many places? Often times this causes us to shut down. Our brains and emotions are overloaded and we are stymied. This is where our life of stewardship comes in. When we take our vows of membership in the United Methodist church, we are basically pledging to live a life of stewardship. So, when sensory overload takes hold in your life, stop and remember your vows. Support the ministries, not just of our church but of the whole (universal) church: PRAY: pray for all those affected by natural disasters, who suffer from any of the “isms” that separate and oppress, all who are struggling with illness, death and the stuff of life. PRESENCE: show up. Volunteer at the disaster response warehouse, civic organizations, youth, children, adult ministries at the church. Volunteer to go on a mission trip. GIFTS: help financially. Donate to UMCOR, pledge to tithe to the general fund of the church. SERVICE: help in any way you can. Not just in major disasters but in the disaster of life. Stop and help someone broken down on the side of the road, help a child who needs tutoring, give a ride to someone in need. WITNESS: be a positive witness for our church, but most of all be a positive witness for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. October is stewardship month. Our vows lead us into a life of stewardship. When sensory overload occurs and you feel stuck and don’t know what to do, remember stewardship is a way of life, not just a check dropped in a bag or offering plate.
Bro. Marvin
Rev Marvin McCormick
Gratitude For the last few weeks, I have felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude. This gratitude is not the simple “I am thankful for my blessings”, but a very deep feeling of gratefulness to God for all of the many ways he has touched my life and provided for my every need. This renewed feeling of gratitude has made me look at how I am sharing my God-given gifts. I am looking for guidance for new ways to share those gifts in the coming months. Stewardship month is upon us and I would challenge you to look deep into your heart to see how God has enriched your life and how you can be generous in every way. This generosity includes your time, talents, gifts, service and witness. During October, you will hear how you can follow your call at Wesley. God calls everyone of us to be in relationship with Him and to serve Him in our daily lives. It is my hope that you will spend some time in prayer and meditation about how God is calling you not just at Wesley but also in your family, community and world To help you in following your call, we will be including an interest survey on the back of our commitment cards. This will give you an opportunity to think about where you might serve in the church or community. These surveys will be available in worship, around the church and on the church website. Please let me know if you need one mailed to you. Lisa Ramey
TEXT GIVING NOW AVAILABLE!! Text the amount of your gift to 256-304-9272.
Contact Lisa Ramey 256-355-1842 or [email protected] with questions.
We have an energetic and passionate youth group here at Wesley Memorial. During September, we worshipped, laughed, prayed and served together. We had Kingdom Worship Band lead us in a community night of worship, we kicked off our small groups, and were able to connect with God and each other. Our youth room is now open Wednesdays at 3:30pm for those who need a place to study. Homework help is available.
October Announcements: Sunday October 8- No Youth Group Sunday October 15- Church-wide potluck meal and Music Celebration 5pm in McWhorter Hall. Youth Bank will play. Sunday October 29- Fall party at the Herons’ house. Meet at church at 4:30pm and we will be back by 8pm.
Someone once said “He who sings prays twice.” Music is and always has been a vital part of worship and our daily relationship with our Lord. From the time of King David, people have always expressed their love for and understanding of God through music. This has been done with various instruments as well as with singing. Wesley Memorial is fortunate to have many talented musicians who participate in both of our Sunday morning worship services via the Praise Band (Arise Service) and the Chancel Choir (Sanctuary Service). Our Youth Praise Band leads youth worship Wednesday evenings and occasionally leads music in our Arise service. Our Handbell Choir adds another musical element to both of our worship services several times a year.
Sunday evening, October 15, we will present a Celebration of Music event in McWhorter Hall. This celebration will immediately follow our covered dish meal which begins at 5:00 p.m. Church will provide
meat and drinks. You are asked to bring your favorite side dish or dessert. During our celebration of music, the Chancel Choir will present several of our favorite anthems. Our Praise Band will play our favorite songs and the Youth Praise Band will lead us in a few songs as well. This is a great opportunity to worship our Lord through music. All are invited to come, share a meal and celebrate Wesley’s music ministries together. This would be a great opportunity to invite a friend or neighbor to come and join us as well. I believe God will truly bless our time together.
Hank Kimbrell, Director of Music Ministries
LIFT Youth Group
Grades 6-12
Sundays 5:15pm
and
Wednesdays 6:00pm
INSIDE OUT COMING OCTOBER 28! Inside Out is a new opportunity to connect with our community.
Woodmeade Elementary 11:00am-1:00pm. HOTDOGS ~ GAMES ~ MUSIC ~ FACEPAINTING
To participate in this day contact Emily Chenault or just show up!!!! Here’s what you can look forward to at Pioneer Clubs this year: ~ Your child will grow in a personal relationship with Christ and know his word ~ Grow personally and in relationships with other kids and adults (PAL Program) ~ PAL Party ~ Christmas Party ~Mission Extravaganza ~Skating Party ~ Learn new skills ~ Bible Memory ~ Earn Awards ~Parent Nights ~ Camp out at the church WHEW!!! and more…. Pioneer Club is designed to help grow your child in his or her relationship with Christ and with the community. I am excited that we have the opportunity for a second year of Pioneer Club. BE A PAL PAL program is developed to partner pioneer club members with adults who can strengthen them through prayer, encouragement, counseling and being a friend. Throughout the year our PALs will be invited to join us for club parties and meetings. I would love to have as many PALs as club members. If you would love to pray for, hang out with, and encourage a club member please contact Emily Chenault at [email protected] or at the church office. We are beyond excited to welcome our church family as Pals for our children here at Wesley!!! Contact Emily Chenault to order your child a Pioneer Club t-shirt or pick up a green order form on the Elevate desk.
Happy Birthday! As usual, we have included the KNOWN birthdays of members. If yours is not on the list, it is not intentionally left off. Please call us and let us know your birthday if we have left it off. We want to complete our records in the computer. Please use this list as a prayer guide.
October Birthdays
If you attend Wesley regularly and your birthday is not known by the office, please email your
information to [email protected]
Oct. 3 Mike Keck Conley Brannon Oct. 4 Hazel Johnson Oct. 5 Marty Kent Oct. 6 Helen Thompson Oct. 7 Clara Blackwell Helen Crunk Paula Evans Oct. 8 Sandra Locke-Godbey Emily Whittier William Griffin Oct. 9 Peggy Rudolph Philip Galyon Oct. 10 Rose Brooks Shea Griffin Larry Kreynus Oct. 11 Sundra Keck Amy Whitten Wesley Persons Oct 12 Bill Marco Oct. 13 Taylor Woods Ruby Stolz Carol Petrie Oct. 14 Thomas Ramey Oct. 15 Laura Thompson Oct. 16 Whitney G. Sutton Oct. 17 James Burnside
Oct. 18 Ron Seymore Oct. 20 John Barnes Michele Plunkett Gracie Terry Oct. 21 Sandra Jordan Oct. 22 Richard Smith Oct. 23 Preston Rudolph Dane Ard Oct. 24 Olivia Tucker Chase Taylor Jacob Maynard Oct. 25 Forrest Jordan Oct. 26 Jo-Wan James Corinne Ferranti Oct. 28 Roberta Sommerville Ed Daggs Oct. 31 Mary Bragg
Senior Lunch Outing
Join the seniors for lunch Thursday, October, 5 at the 'Ole Cook Stove', 11:30. To ride the bus meet at the church at 11:00. Note the change in date due to the restaurant being closed Wednesdays.
Piecemakers Patriotic Quilt Give Away
The Piecemakers are selling tickets for a chance to win this year's queen bed-sized quilt. We will be selling the tickets at church-wide events from now until the drawing at our Harvest Fellowship Dinner November 5. Tickets are $1.00 each, or 6 for $5.00. You may purchase tickets from Edna Butler, Marty Lawson, Laura Miller, Deana Johnson or Mary Harris.
PIONEER CLUBS
Ladies walk # 31 October 26-29
Benedictine Sisters Retreat Center in Cullman.
What is this all about? You will enjoy three days of singing, learning, laughing, worshiping, reflecting, praying and participating in small groups. Discussions center on 15 talks given by laity and clergy. These talks present the theme of God’s grace, how that grace comes alive in the Christian community and how it is expressed in the world. You’ll also discover how grace is real in your life, how you live a life of grace, and how you bring that grace to others.
The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation, special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion. For more information, contact Lisa Ramey, 256-355-1842, or Myscha Crouch, 256-773-0348.
We have delivered our first month of snack bags. I am so thrilled that we still get to be a part of this great service to our neighborhood chil-dren. This year we are serving 30 children through Full Tummies. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time and those who continue to give monetarily.
GOD’S GARDEN AT WESLEY, AND PRICEVILLE MTN
As God’s Garden at Wesley draws to a close for this season, we have reached an all-time high in the amount of produce we have been able to give to the needy. For the 2017 growing season, we have been able to grow, pick and distribute more than 4,700 pounds of raw produce. Thanks be to God for allowing us to bless others through our efforts this year. We should finish our distributions within the next month and move into the next phase of our garden ministry. God bless all who helped with this outreach this year.
Dennis Griffith