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Volume 11 Issue 7

July 1, 2013

Food for Thought from the Pastor’s Desk….Food for Thought from the Pastor’s Desk….Food for Thought from the Pastor’s Desk….Food for Thought from the Pastor’s Desk….

Jesus Wants Followers

Jesus doesn’t want fans. He wants followers. Jesus wants people who will do more than

simply sit in a pew and clap and cheer. He wants people who will take up a cross daily,

the cross of service and love.

Some of you may know the story of Rich Stearns. When Rich Stearns was a young manand new Christian, he got engaged. His fiancée like many young brides wanted to register

for china at the local department store. But he said to her, ‘‘As long as there are children

starving in the world, we will not own china, crystal, or silver.”

What a wonderful statement of discipleship. His answer reminds me of that man in Luke

9:57 who said, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

However, as Rich entered the corporate world and started climbing the ladder, he found

he had a really good head for business. Twenty years later he was the CEO of Lennox--

ironically, the top producer of luxury tableware--fine china--in the country.

One day Rich received a phone call from an organization called World Vision, asking if

he would consider getting involved with them. So Rich went to Rakai, Uganda, an area

considered ground zero for the AIDS pandemic. In that village he sat in a thatched hut

with a thirteen-year-old boy with the same first name as his--Richard. A pile of stones

outside the door of the hut marked where they had buried Richard’s father, who had died

of AIDS. Another pile of stones marked where they buried his mother, who also died of

AIDS. That kind of thing happens every day in Africa.

Rich talked for a while with young Richard--now the head of the household trying to

raise his two younger brothers--and asked him at one point, “Do you have a Bible?”

Yes, the boy said, and he went into the other room and brought back the one book in their

house.

“Are you able to read it?” Rich asked, and at that the boy’s face lit up. “I love to read the

gospel of John because it says Jesus loves children,” the boy said.And suddenly Rich Stearns knew what he had to do. He needed to follow Jesus full-time.

He left his job and his house and his title. Today he’s working for God.

Rich Stearns is the kind of man Christ is looking for. Christ is not looking for people

who’ll get excited for a few moments on Sunday morning and then forget all about their

good intentions. He’s not looking for people who are suffering from the “But-first”syndrome (Luke 9:61) and who are continually making excuses about why now is not a

good time for them to make a commitment. Jesus is looking for followers--people who

will wake up each day with a determination to live as Christ would have them live. Can

he count on you?

- John Rich Stearns, The Hole in Our Gospel (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2009).

Cited in John Ortberg, The Me I Want To Be (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010).

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This Month’s Calendar

The UMM will NOT meet in

June, July or August. Their

breakfast meeƟngs will

resume in September.

The UMW will not meet in July or August. MeeƟngs will

resume on September 10th.

The AdministraƟve Council will not meet in July. Their next

meeƟng will be Monday, August 19th at 7pm in the

Fellowship Hall.

Pastor Steve will be returning to Emory University for study

this month. He will be in the pulpit July 2 and 21. Tim

Goodwin will deliver the message on July 14 and Chel

Whaley will serve on July 28th.

July Greeter: Anne Roberts

Nursery Volunteers

July 7: Chel WhaleyJuly 14: Mitzi NeelyJuly 21: Emmie HollingsworthJuly 28: Susan Wakefield

Thanks to all who volunteer to serve in the nursery. If YOU

can give Ɵme to serve in this ministry, please see Randa

Sanders or call her at 588-6110. Please consider helping

out. Even occasional availability to “sub” is appreciated. A

background check is required in order to be a volunteer.

Remember Our Shut-Ins

We have several members who often find they

are unable to be with us in person. These folks

would love to hear from you—in person, with a

call, or a card.

Please remember: Hilda Perry, Hermine Raybourne

(White Oak Manor), Dixie Taylor (228 Dogwood Avenue,

Goose Creek, SC 29445) and Viola Wood. (Let me knowif there are others.)

“Happy birthday America!”

The Upper Room Daily Devotional

booklets are available for pick-up in the vestibule.. Please help yourself to

this most useful guide for your daily living. They are made available to you

at no cost by the FBUMW.

Vision Statement:Folly Beach United Methodist Church is a loving, growing family of believers who, in the spirit of Christ, welcomeall people to worship, serve, and share in fellowship.

Mission statement:Connecting people to God by worshiping Him through Word, sacrament, and music; fostering Christiandiscipleship through learning, service, and outreach; sharing in fellowship with our church family, the localcommunity, and beyond “the Edge.”

Volume 11 Issue 7 Page

Remember in PrayerBill and Theresa Awtry, Mary Ashley Barbot,

Faye Branks, Ellie Brooks, Jack Brooks, Amanda

Brown, Veronica Rose Capobianco, Jim and

Shirley Carney, Justin Clamp, Jake Cook, Sandy

Cooper, Milton Costa, Gene Coulter, Ann Davidson,

Carolyn Dawson, Ted Duncan, Josh Dybzinski, Bill Ebersole

Greg EllioĴ, John Griffin, Drew Hensley, Fred Holland,

Judy Jones, Mike Keetch, Rainley Leathers, Tom Leonard,

Florrie Lingo, Mark Lingo, Marvin Lloyd, Fenton Miller,

Susan Morris, Forrest Neely, Tim Parnell, Hilda Perry,

Jerry Pierce, Roy Pooser, Joe Porcelli, Hermine Raybourne,Karen Slanker, Kim Steiner, Dixie Taylor, Eric Thuresson,

Susan Wakefield, Sharon Wann, Sarah Watkins, Emily

Weaver, Nellie Weaver, Donald Wiggins, Gayle Yarbourgh


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BIBLE SCHOOL 2013 ONCE AGAIN, FBUMC JOINED FORCES

WITH EPWORTH UNITED METHODIST

CHURCH ON CAMP ROAD FOR VACATION

BIBLE SCHOOL ON JUNE 24TH –28TH.

THIS YEAR IT WAS HELD AT EPWORTH

WITH FOLLY FURNISHING THE MEAL ON

MONDAY NIGHT AND LENDING A HAND WHERE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE

WEEK.

MANY THANKS TO THOSE WHO MADE SANDWICHES, COOKIES AND POTATO SALAD AND PROVIDED DRINKS, CHIPS,

FRUIT AND PAPER PRODUCTS. THE EFFORT WAS HEADED BY RANDA SANDERS AND BARBARA KNIGHT. THANKS,

TOO, TO THOSE WHO HELPED WITH THE OTHER ACTIVITIES. THIS TIME OF JOINING FORCES WITH A NEIGHBOR CHURCH IS ALWAYS FUN AND REWARDING. WE LOOK

FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR HOSTING AT FOLLY!

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Back to School

Even though July has just begun school days are right around the corner. As always, we will

be providing new school uniforms and school supplies to HALOS children in CharlestonCounty so that they can start school looking and feeling “just like everyone else”. There is a special need for large

backpacks so, if you feel you can provide one, it would be a big help.

We may do things a little differently this year by providing a “generic” student with uniforms.

School Uniform Needs

Sizes needed: Youth 5-16 (regular, slim and husky)

Pants and skirts: colors - khaki or navy blue

Shirts with collars (polo style): colors – white, navy blue, light blue, red

Gift cards for High School students clothes

(include a gift receipt to exchange sizes)

School Supplies Needed:

No. 2 pencils, 24 count crayons (no 8 count), glue sticks and bottled glue, large pink erasers, marbled blackcomposition books, color markers (broad tip only), round and pointed scissors, 1 1/2 “, 2” and 3” three ring binders invarious colors, loose leaf paper (wide and college rule), graphing paper, yellow highlighters, scientific calculator(TI-30XA), pencil sharpeners that hold the shavings, large backpacks, folders with pockets, red, blue and black ballpoint pens, large tip dry erase markers (black only), pencil cap erasers, graphing calculators (used accepted as theyare expensive). NO SPIRAL BOUND NOTESBOOKS.

All uniforms and supplies have to be back by August 4th in order to be distributed to students before school starts.Your are asked to purchase at least two complete uniforms.

Thanks for your support!



FOLLY BEACH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

MINISTERS: ALL MEMBERS

MUSIC DIRECTOR: RICHARD S. REWIS

PASTOR: STEPHEN A. WILLIAMS

July 1

John McGill

July 2 Laurie King

July 3 Paul Warner Melissa Ladd Bob Deal

July 9 Mary Joan Oexmann

July 10 Harry Ericson Jr.

July 12 Leah Jackson

July 18 Fenton Miller

July 19 Johnny Ohlandt

July 20 Violet Wakefield

July 22 Katie Rodwell

July 23 Hannah Novit

July 27 Marsha Pardee

July 30 Linda Knight

July 31Will Sneed

Anniversaries

July 3 John & Helen

McGill July 28

Tom and Katie Rodwell

If your birthday and/or

anniversary has not been included in this section and you would like for it to be listed,

please notify Chel Whaley or the church office.

JULY BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Phone: 843 588-9174

Parsonage: 843 588-9329

E-mail: [email protected]

118 West Indian Avenue

Post Office 1079

Folly Beach, SC 29439

Open Hearts, Open Minds,

Open Doors

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