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November 2014

ON THE INSIDE
Our People 2
Our Projects 2
News /Notes 3
In Celebraton 3
Memorials 3
Responsibilites 7
Calendar 11


Pastor
Karen Miller
Jeferson United
Methodist Church
115 E. Main St.
Jeferson, NC 28640
Uniting to Help our Neighbors in Need
One of the organizations that I have en-
joyed being a part of is the Ashe Ministerial
Association. Its not just because my hus-
band Perry and I can go to the same meet-
ing, though that is an added benefit. Its
because I see that there are people of faith
who share a common vision for helping
our neighbors.

Take Paul Woodall, a retired pastor serving
Lansing Presbyterian. Paul has shared a
vision that the churches could unite to
form a ministry with people who need
more than a temporary fix for a long term
problem. Paul and I have been working on
a project that creates a new entity with a
board that would explore ways that we can
better understand our neighbors in need,
connect with the helping agencies to deter-
mine how we can help, assigns families to a
specific church for assistance, and then
provides train-
ing for how we
can work to-
gether. We
hope to have
this program in
place by January
1.

Or take Will Heyward, the pastor at Mount
Jefferson Presbyterian. He and others have
been working for about a year to create an
online directory of helping agencies in Ashe
County that can be accessed by anyone in
need or any agency seeking resources. We
hope to have that ready to access by Janu-
ary 1.

There have also been a variety of different
community leaders who have come to
share ideas about what resources and pro-
grams might benefit people in our area.
The most recent was offering the largest
churches the opportunity to receive a free
Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) if
we can find 30 people willing to be trained
to use the devise in the event of a cardiac
event. Our church has been selected to
receive one of these devices, so please read
the article about this our newsletter and
sign up for the training if you are interest-
ed.

Another community-wide effort is the meal
packaging event with Stop Hunger Now at
West Jefferson United Methodist Church
on November 1, 9:00-11:00. Our youth
are going to partici-
pate in this event,
but others are wel-
come as well.

The Ministerial As-
sociation is made
up of several de-
nominations,
Protestants and Catholics, laity and clergy.
Our chairperson is Perry Miller and each
time we meet we have a meaningful scrip-
ture-based devotional and plan new ways
that we can assist our community.

Rev. Karen Miller

















OUR PEOPLE: GATHERED TOGETHER

Members
Lena Bingham, Kity
Parmalee, Crystal Baker

Military
Ryan Avera
Casey Caudill
Brian Hallock
Mitchell Hallock
Anatoly Ray
Riley Watson
John Wooten

Friends
Wendell Halsey
Phillip Carter
Mary & Mark Wyat
Bill Bowers
T.C. Hensinger
Darlene Poe
Tracy Grove
Jerry Carpenter
Jerry Hall
Kiersten Sharpe
Lindsey Bennet
Barb Wagoner

Our Staf
Karen Miller
Ashley Church
Maranda Thompson
Christna Wagoner
Zach Fulbright
Michael Bell
Clay Camp
Tifany Fulbright
Brenda Jones
Bety Upchurch
Jacky Brown
REMEMBER IN
PRAYER
Page 2 THE CONNECTION
OUR PROJECTS:
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
The United Methodist Women's next meeting is
Monday, November 17 Noon - 1:30 pm in
the Fellowship Hall. Hostesses Dottie Waecht-
er and Cheryl Baker will provide light refresh-
ments. All women are welcome!


UNITED METHODIST MEN
The United Methodist Men will meet on Tues-
day, November 11th at 6:00 pm in the Fellow-
ship Hall. A new project will be discussed.




CHURCH CHICKS
The Church Chicks will meet November 4 at
Tamales at 6:00 P.M. Please RSVP to Tracy
Vannoy by November 2 at
tvannoymo123@gmail.com.


ACTIVE ADULTS
The Active Adults will have lunch at 11:30 A.M.
Wednesday, November 19 15 at Monte Del
Ray in West Jefferson. Please call Joann or
Glenn Crawley at 336.982.3773 to let them
know you are coming so that they can reserve
seating.
If you would like to receive The Connection by email, please contact Ashley at
jeffersonumc@skybest.com or call the church office at 336.846.9512.
I know that Christmas is several holidays
away but it will be here very soon!
.
A few years ago we collected coins (Change
for a Child at Christmas) to help sponsor addi-
tional children as a church. This year we will
again do the Change for a Child at Christmas
collection. We hope that many of you will still
sponsor a child or two or more by taking a red
card (which will be available in November).
However, by many people contributing even
just a small amount of money through our
spare change we can collectively sponsor an-
other 15-25 (or even more) children as a church
family.

If $3 in change a week were added to 100
cups for 6 weeks that
would add up to $1800
and we could sponsor
about 30 children with
just our spare change!

Plastic cups for col-
lecting change are availa-
ble at the church. The turn-in day will be Sun-
day, November 16. Thank you in advance for
helping the children of Ashe County to have a
Christmas present! We many never know what
impact our gifts may make on a childs life!
From working with the project for many years
I have heard about teenagers and adults that
received gifts as children in turn sponsoring
children because of their appreciation of the
gifts they received.

Call Colleen Dixon at 704-575-5126 or 846-
8323 or email colleenjdixon@gmail.com if you
have any questions.

Looking for other ways to help? We need
toys for various ages, gift cards for teenagers
($5 or more at McDon-
alds, Hardees, Parkway
Theater, Sweet Frog, etc),
games, and clothes.

Colleen Dixon
ASHE COUNTY CHILDREN CHRISTMAS PROJECT


TOTAL GIVING AS OF 10/26/14
Year-to-date Giving : $224,574.84
Year-to-date Building Fund: $65,973.00
Capital Campaign Balance Through June 30:
$405,169.78

The following note is part of a letter from Claira Corley.
Dear Pastor Karen,
Thank you so much for my new Bible. I read
some of it every night. It is very useful and I have
learned a lot already. I hope you are our pastor for a
very long time and I hope I learn much more from my
Bible. I am glad I got it. Claira C.
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NEWS AND NOTES
Dana Tugman
Charles & Debbie Jones
Jeanne McChesney
Bob & Trilby Wall

Dr. Roy Freeman
Bill & Pearl Ashley
Jack & Elizabeth Freeman
Ruth Gambill
Harmony Grove UMC
Harmony Grove UMC UMM
Harmony Grove UMC Seekers
Sunday School Class
Richard & Rachel Hawks
Gale & Ina Ruth Hurley
Jeanne McChesney
Tom & Kathy Pemble
Mary Gordan Tugman
Bob & Trilby Wall

Shane Colvard
Ashe County High School
Bill & Pearl Ashley
Hal & Dot Colvard
Shelba Colvard
Dennis & Wendy Gambill
William & Alice Graves
Charles & Debbie Jones
Jeanne McChesney
Edward & Beth Meriwether
Ralph & Betsy Reeves
Peter & Harriet Schulz
William & Betty Sebastian
Jimmy & Alice Thompson
Mary Gordan Tugman
Stuart & Linda Tugman
Bob & Trilby Wall
Roberta Widman
Cecile Worrell
Thomas Worth

Wava Woodie
Jimmy & Alice Thompson
Cecile Worrell

MEMORIALS
Memorials have been given in memory of the following individuals:
WELCOME LITTLE ONE!
Please send celebratory messages which reflect our members talents and contributions to our church and our
community to Ashley at jeffersonumc@skybest.com or drop your items in the office mailbox.
We would like to congratulate Heath and
Chelsea Roop on the birth of their daughter,
Layla Jackson Roop. Layla was born on Octo-
ber 2, weighed 7 lbs 8 oz , and was 19 inches
long. She is the granddaughter of Dana Col-
vard and great-granddaughter of Mary Gordan
Tugman.
LaYLA JACKSON ROOP
|
7 lbs. 8 oz.
19 inches

making spirits bright
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Christmas is around the corner and Jeffer-
son United Methodist Church will be collect-
ing filled shoeboxes for Operation Christmas
Child. Completed boxes need to be
brought to the church by November 16.
Please pick up your shoeboxes on the table
located in the hallway outside the narthex,
along with all the information you need to
fill the boxes. For information contact Ma-
randa Thompson at 276-768-0281 or
jumcyouth@skybest.com.


CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS PAGEANT REHEARSALS

Rehearsals for Christmas Pageant begin
Sunday, November 2 from 12-2PM. Pizza will
be provided. All ages are invited and eve-
ryone will get a speaking part. Sign up in
narthex or contact Maranda Thompson at
276-768-0281 or jumcyouth@skybest.com for
more information.

POINSETTIA ORDERS

Our Worship Committee is planning to have
poinsettias for sale that will be in the sanctu-
ary during the holiday season. The plants
are $7 each and can be purchased in
memory or honor of someone. Please pro-
vide the name of the donor and the person
in whose memory or honor the flower is giv-
en. We prefer to have given names rather
than Nana or Papa since this is a public
document. There will be inserts for this pur-
pose in the bulletin in November, or you can
call the church office Monday through
Thursday with the information.
Serving Our Church & Community:
Holiday Events

Nov. 1 Kids 4 Christ packing food for Stop
Hunger Now West Jefferson UMC 9-11AM

Nov. 2 Christmas Pageant Rehearsals
Begin (Every Sunday 12-2 PM)

Nov. 9 Youth Spaghetti Lunch Fundraiser
Kids for Christ

Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Day (Office Closed)

Nov. 30 Hanging of the Greens

Dec. 1 Gift Wrapping for Ashe Co. Christ-
mas Project (6-8PM) at Family Central

Dec. 7 Cantata

Dec. 14 Christmas Pageant at 10AM
(Breakfast @ 9AM)

Dec. 16 Samaritans Purse Operation Christ-
mas Child Packaging Center, Boone 5-10 PM

Dec. 17 Children caroling to Active Adults

Dec. 21 Love Feast

Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Service 6PM

Dec. 25 Christmas Day (Office Closed)

No 9:00 AM Worship in December

The Stories Behind the Windows are bio-
graphical sketches of the men and women in
whose memory windows have been placed in
our church. The lives of these dedicated
Christians cover many years from the ear-
ly 1800s until the 1970s. Each story tells of
devotion to and love for this church, and
those of us who feel the same love can be
thankful for their lives. They helped make
our church what it is today.

JOSEPH COX WORTH

Joseph Cox Worth was born on October 15,
1881 in Creston, North Carolina. He was
the son of Thomas Clarkson Worth and
Ruth Cox Worth, and the grandson of David
and Elizabeth Thomas Worth. He graduated
from the Bridle Creek High School in Vir-
ginia and then attended the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Afterward he
was engaged in farming and the mercantile
and lumber business in Creston until 1913
when he came to Jefferson to accept the po-
sition of Assistant Cashier of the Bank of
Ashe. He continued to work in banking un-
til his death on December 19, 1942. He was
married to Ina Phipps on February 9, 1921.
They built a home on the lot between the
Jefferson Methodist Church and the parson-
age. The location of their home brought
many blessings, as they were privileged to be
neighbors to the many fine parsonage fami-
lies who came and went through the years.
They were the parents of 5 children, Eliza-
beth, Joe, Jennie Clyde, Ina Ruth, and David.

Rev. Garland R. Stafford, a former minister
at Jefferson Methodist Church, wrote of him
not long after his death. If the measure of a
mans life is his devoted service to others,
Mr. Joe, as he was affectionately known,
lived a great and successful life. The young
people of the Sunday School had in him an
inspiring teacher and a sympathetic counse-
lor. His car was always ready to take them to
youth meeting over the county. He guided
the boys in their scout work. For a number
of years, he was secretary and treasurer of his
church and Sunday School. Several terms he
was member of the Jefferson School Board.
He supported the church generously, often
at real personal sacrifice. So earnest was his
desire to be a good neighbor and to be ready
at all times to help anyone in need, that no
door was ever locked at his home. The
neighbors knew they could go in and call
him and he would go for the doctor or help
with the sick, both of which he did often and
gladly. When he died on December 19,
1942one year and three days after his
brothers death scores and scores of his
neighbors and friends came through bitter
cold to bear testimony to the affection they
had for him and the esteem in which they
held him.

Mr. Joe was joined in his loved for the
church and for friends everywhere by his
wife, Ina, and together they left a legacy of
faith, love and devoted service.

We are featuring one person from the
windows each month. We would like to
thank Jennie Clyde Hightower for doc-
umenting the church window history.

THE STORIES BEHIND THE WINDOWS


SANCTUARY STAINED GLASS WINDOW RESTORATION
We have received gifts or
pledges of $34,063..83
through 10/5/14 to assist
with the repair and restoration
of the stained glass windows
in the sanctuary. Thank you
to the donors. If you would
like to make a gift of any size,
you may write a check or give
cash to the church. You can
always make a gift in honor or
memory of someone. Please
indicate that your gift is for
Stained Glass Restoration.
Thank you!
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GOOD NEWS

Our pledge total on Commitment Sun-
day was $236,360 to the general fund,
$39,040 to the building fund with writ-
ten-in additional commitments of
$3,700 to the food pantry, $1500 to the
pastor's discretionary fund and $100 to
the church window restoration. The
pledges to the operating fund represent
76.7% of the budget. We express our
gratitude to Joe Thore and the Budget
Subcommittee as well as Gwyn Camp-
bell and the Stewardship Committee for
their faithful work!
Photo Caption
An Automatic External Defibrillator
(AED) is a device used to restart a
heart in the event of a cardiac emer-
gency. Mission HeartStart, spon-
sored by Ashe Memorial Hospital,
applied for and received a federal
grant to provide AED devices to
qualified Ashe County churches, fire
departments and other emergency
agencies over the next three years.

In partnership with Ashe Ministerial
Association and Ashe Baptist Asso-
ciation, Mission HeartStart has invit-
ed our church to be one of the first
to receive a free AED and store it at
our church. To qualify, we must
have at least 30 people willing to
learn to use of the AED, chest
compression and other emergency
measures. Trainees must be at least
16 years of age, but there is no maxi-
mum age.

We will schedule a training soon.
During the next few weeks, we need
the names of people who are willing
to be trained. We can have more
than 30, but we will not qualify to
receive the AED unless we have at
least 30.

If you are interested in attending the
training, please call the church office
or let Karen Miller know. She re-
ports, I have served two churches
in which people have had heart at-
tacks. One survived because of
quick response time on the part of
emergency workers and one did not.
I have personally been trained in
using an AED device, and it is a skill
that almost every adult can master
with practice. I have recently
learned that CPE is no longer done
with emergency breathing. Chest
compressions alone have been
shown effective if blood can be cir-
culated through the body. Learning
these skills can save a life! We are
very fortunate to have this AED
equipment provided for us at no
cost. Please take advantage of this
opportunity!
BECOME A PART OF SOMETHING IMPORTANT
CHURCH COUNCIL DIALOGUE
SPONSORED BY THE APPALACHIAN
DISTRICT

Nov. 16, 2:30-4:40 p.m.
West Jefferson United Methodist Church

For everyone in Jefferson United Methodist Church Council, select
one of the following topics that fits closest to your ministry area:
discipleship, evangelism/hospitality, worship, stewardship, mis-
sions.
Come prepared to discuss:
1. Best practices in the area of ministry.
2. Greatest success in the area in the past year of two.
3. Hopes that haven't been achieved yet.
4. Stumbling blocks that keep your church from achieving the
hope.
Everyone on the 2014 Church Council is to come! Others are wel-
come!
REACH OUT!
REACH UP!
CELEBRATE!

November 2014
JEFFERSON UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH

2 Thomas Worth
4 Jennie Clyde Hightower
5 Nathan Howell
10 Melissa Cowie
11 Gene Midyette,
Darlene Phillips
Jean Barnette
13 Brandon Vannoy
18 Marilyn Wooten
20 Tammy Thore
21 Gene Anne Buck
Matthew Levi
22 Cindy Howell
23 Jeanne McChesney
24 Gaylord Snyder
28 Paul Bailey
29 Leslie Worth
30 Lewis Upchurch
B
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ANNIVERSARIES
11 Dan and Beth Harrington
27 Mike and Cindy Bingham
SERVICE
FLOWERS
2 Karen Cooper
9 Jim & Susan Powers
16 Jessica Roland
23 Donna Weaver
30 Larry & Alice Graves

ACOLYTE
2 Claira Corley
9 Becka Wonsick
16 Robbie Parsons
23 Jayden Jones
30 Jordan Jones

CHILDRENS TIME
2 Sarah Sanders
9 Marilyn Wooten
16 Peggy Bailey
23 Colleen Dixon
30 Jessica Roland

NURSERY
We are looking for volunteers to assist our paid nursery attendant,
Tiffany Fulbright, in the nursery through the remainder of the
year. Our Safe Sanctuary policy requires that we have two attend-
ants at all times. A sign-up sheet is available in the narthex. Vol-
unteers please contact Maranda Thompson at 276-768-0281 or
jumcyouth@skybest.com to confirm that you will be present on
your date.

LITURGIST
Kevin Kurtz

11:00 USHERS
Clarence & Dalene Hardison
Randy Gambill & Sharilyn Owens

TRANSPORTATION
Jim Wooten and volunteers



**PLEASE CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE
IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS.**




In Memory of:
J. Thomas Blair Army
Russell Dent Caudill Air Force
Shane Colvard USMC
William Parks Colvard Air Force
Leslie Dixon USMC
William Farrington Navy
Roy Freeman Navy
Maynard Cox Gambill Army
Philip D. Handy Air Force
Iris H. Harrison Navy Waves
Wayne Hartsog Navy
D. Earl Hightower Army Air Corp
A. B. Hurt, Jr. Navy
Kenneth H. McChesney Air Force
Joseph Robinson Neal Army Med Corp
Rollin Schwirtz Navy
John E. Snipes Army
Howard Glenn Stanley Air Force
Burton R. Zimmerman Army




In Honor of:
Bill Ashley Army
Gary Bennett Air Force
Gwyn L. Campbell Army
Hal B. Colvard Army
Glenn Crawley Army
Joseph D. Duvall Army
Randall Cox Gambill Air Force
Clarence L. Hardison Air Force
Ben Harrison Army
Bob Hughes Navy
Gale Hurley Army
Jerry Jeremiah Army
Gerhard W. Kalmus Navy
Jerry Lafferty Navy
Robert David Lambert Army
Matthew Levi Army-Retired
Gene Lewis Navy
Gene Midyette Navy & Army
Bob Miller Air Force
Mark Shepherd Marines
John Ulrich Army
Robert Wall Air Force
John Wasner Air Force
Jim Weaver Army Reserves

Contact the church office at
336.846.9512 to add names to our list.


CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILIES



YOUTH GROUP
Our youth meets every Wednesday night
6:30-7:30 in the Morphew house. Lately we
have had 10-12 youth.

CHILDRENS CHOIR & BELLS
Childrens Choir will meet on Wednesdays,
6:00- 6:30 in the Johnston Classroom. For
more information, contact Mindy Wonsick at
wonz35@hotmail.com.

Jefferson Youth Ringers will meet on Wednes-
days, 5:45-6:30. Joyful Ringers will meet 6:30-
7:00. Contact Kalen Fulbright at ful-
bright@skybest.com for more information.





SUPPORT OUR
YOUTH
Our youth
group is raising
money for a
weekend re-
treat in Blowing
Rock on Febru-
ary 6-8. Please join us for a Spaghetti lunch
on November 9th. There will also be a Time
& Talent auction following the lunch where
bids will be placed on each youth member.
The winning bid will reap the benefits of the
skills of the youth; this could mean having
your leaves raked or dishes washed!

GET LOST IN THE CORN MAZE
Our children and youth enjoyed our annual Corn Maze outing on October 19th. It was a
beautiful day filled with laughter and fellowship!

BISHOP GOODPASTERS DIALOGUES

Starting in 2013, United Methodist Churches in our area
united to start a volunteer tutoring program. Reading
Renewal matches volunteer tu-
tors to elementary schools in
Ashe and Alleghany counties,
grades K-5. Volunteers choose
the school, the time, and the
grade level. If you are interest-
ed in volunteering for the 2014-
2015 school year, you can con-
tact Cindy Atwood at 336-359-8154 or at
woodcb@yahoo.com or contact Kathy Mock at 336-
469-9387 or golden.mock765@gmail.com. Paul Bailey is
a volunteer from our church.

The program involves a four hour orientation training,
so that tutors will feel comfortable and know what to
expect and how to conduct tutoring sessions that will
benefit a child. Please make a difference in a child's life
by volunteering.
Bishop Goodpaster facilitated a panel discussion in June
at the Annual Conference about the future of our de-
nomination, including the possibility of denominational
division over issues such as Biblical interpretation and
issues related to homosexuality. During that time it was
announced that there would be a series of conversations
at various sites across the conference during the coming
months, open to interested United Methodists. These
90-minute sessions will utilize a variety of models, with
opportunities to engage in conversation in a spirit of
respect, care, and openness to the Holy Spirit. The one
nearest us is 2:30 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 7
at FaithBridge United Methodist Church in Blowing
Rock.
READING RENEWAL PROGRAM
LOVE PACKAGES
Liberty Grove Baptist Church collects used Christian
literature of all kinds to send to foreign countries. They
would like to invite us to recycle materials to put into
the hands of persons who could use them to grow the
kingdom of God. We are looking for a person to collect
and box materials and make arrangements to take them
to Fleetwood or Ashe Really Cares.
They will accept:
Bibles, Sunday school supplies, Christian magazines,
reference books and commentaries, Christian books and
paperbacks, devotionals, tapes (cassette and VCR), CD's
DVDs and Blue Ray. Hymnals and musicals, sheet mu-
sic, puppets, Bible games, nativity sets, Biblical puzzles,
Bible coloring books, and complete Vacation Bible
School kits, curriculum, school supplies, sewing ma-
chines, bicycles, walkers, canes, crutches, wheel chairs,
communion sets, and clean good choir robes.
They will not accept:
Secular magazines or books, incomplete vacation Bible
School kits, Christian magazines focusing on American
culture and politics, non-Christian religious books, or
Guideposts.
SUNDAY BRUNCH
The Hotel Tavern in West Jefferson invites you to Sunday Brunch. When you bring your church bulletin from
that morning and they will donate 10% of your total bill to the Sharing Center, which supplies food to local resi-

S U N MO N T U E WE D T H U F R I S A T
1
9:00 to 11:00
Stop Hunger Now
@ WJUMC
7:30 PM
NA Meeting
2
All Saints Sunday
12:00 to 2:00
Pageant Rehearsal
5:00
Charge Conference
3 4
9:00 to 12:00
Food Pantry
6:00
Church Chicks
5
9:00 AM Womens Bible
Study
5:00 PM Wind Inst Rehearsal
5:15 PM Dinner/Choirs/Bells
6:30 PM Youth Group
7:30 PM NA Meeting
6
11:00 AM
Partners in
Prayer
7 8
7:30 PM
NA Meeting
9
12:00
Youth Spaghetti
Lunch
12:00 to 2:00
Kids for Christ
10 11
9:00 to 12:00
Food Pantry
12:00
Worship Cmte
6:00
UMM
12
9:00 AM Womens Bible
Study
5:00 PM Wind Inst Rehearsal
5:15 PM Dinner/Choirs/Bells
6:30 PM Youth Group
7:30 PM NA Meeting
13
11:00 AM
Partners in
Prayer
14 15
7:30 PM
NA Meeting
16
12:00 to 2:00
Pageant Rehearsal

2:30 to 4:30
District Mtg at
WJUMC
17 18
9:00 to 12:00
Food Pantry
1:00
Training for Christ-
mas Project
5:00
Finance Cmte
6:00
Trustees
19
11:30 AM Active Adults
5:00 PM Wind Inst Rehearsal
5:15 PM IVC
5:15 PM Dinner/Choirs/Bells
6:30 PM Youth Group
7:30 PM NA Meeting
20
*Newsletter
Deadline

11:00
Partners in
Prayer

6:00 to 7:00
Food Pantry
21 22
7:30 PM
NA Meeting
23
12:00 to 2:00
Pageant Rehearsal
24 25
9:00 to 12:00
Food Pantry
26
No Dinner or Choirs

7:30 PM NA Meeting
27
Thanksgiving
Church Office
Closed
28 29
7:30 PM
NA Meeting
30
No 9AM Service

12:00 to 2:00
Pageant Rehearsal

Hanging of the
Greens

9:00 and 11:00 Worship
10:00 Sunday School for all ages
Give Thanks to the Lord for He is good - Psalm 107:1
JEFFERSON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Wednesday Night Schedule
5:45 Jefferson Youth Ringers
6:00 Childrens Choir
6:30 Joyful Ringers
6:30 Youth Group
6:30 Adult Choir
7:30 Adult Handbells

Jefferson United Methodist
Church
P.O. Box 236
115 East Main Street
Jefferson, NC 28640
Welcome!
OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS, OPEN DOORS
Were on the web!
www.jeferson-umc.org
USA
FOREVER

Our church will be applying for a grant to
purchase food from Second Harvest Food
Pantry. If chosen to receive this grant, our
church will need to raise up to $500 during
the period of November 24th through Fri-
day, December 19th.

If we are notified that we qualify to re-
ceive the grant, the money raised will be
sent to Second Harvest and will be
matched by Second
Harvest Food Bank,
dollar for dollar
up to a maxi-
mum of
$500. The
grand total
will be deposited into our churchs ac-
count at Second Harvest Food Bank to
purchase food. Our funds will be due to
Second Harvest Food Bank by Wednes-
day, December 31st and will be credited,
along with the Food Bank's match, by
Wednesday, January 7th.

We will know soon if we qualify for the
grant. If you would like to make a dona-
tion to this effort, be sure to put
MATCHING GRANT on your check or en-
velope and make the check out to the
church. We will hold the checks until we
are certain that we qualify. Thanks for
your wonderful support for our food pan-
try.
-SUPPORT OUR FOOD PANTRY -