MEDINA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Post Office Box 158

Medina, TN 38355

NONPROFIT
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Medina, TN
Permit No. 27

Change Service Requested

July 2016
Medina First United Methodist Church is a Christian community striving to experience and share God.

Sunday Worship

Church Staff
Pastor:

Rev. Mary Beth Bernheisel

Adm. Assistant:

Alison McKnight

Director of Youth:

Matt Barrick

Director of Childrens
Ministry:

Jessica Strickland

Minister of Music:

Jeremiah Cavitt

Accompanist:

Lynn Holt

Bookkeeper:

Gina White

Nursery:

Nichole Blackmon, Heidi

Briscoe, Jennifer Burns
& Hailey Cook

Parents Day Out:

Joanie Gamble, Heidi Briscoe

Tracy Pemberton & Dianna
Rice

8:15 am Worship
9:30 am Sunday School
10:50 am Worship

Wednesday Nights
(Programming will resume in August)

6:00 pm Programs for all ages

Please notify the Church office if you

have pastoral care concerns, if you
would like to be a participant in our
prayer chain, or if you have changes,
corrections or updates to your address,
phone number, email or birthday.

Office hours: Mon. - Fri. 8 am - 4:30 pm

Phone: 731-783-3230
Fax: 731-783-3533
Email: mfumcoffice@bellsouth.net
Website: www.medinafumc.com

A note from the Pastor:

Greetings Medina FUMC Church Family!
I dont know about you, but I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the interpretations of the Fruit of the Spirit that
have children have offered in worship. And it has been really amazing to watch the Spirit move in the lives of so
many people. You have shared amazing stories with mestories about what happens when you pray for people
you dont particularly care for, stories of how you noticed Jesus on your journey with you, and stories of how
stillness has transformed you.
By the time you read this we will be halfway through our sermon series with just four more fruits to go: kindness/
goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. I hope that you have also been paying attention to the practices that have gone with each fruit: praying (especially for our enemy), noticing Jesus on our journey, stillness,
and building relationships. Practices dont change us, but they allow room in our lives for the Holy Spirit to
shape and transform us to become more and more like Jesus.
Remember that there is a box on the prayer rail for you to share your stories about how the Spirit has been transforming you through these practices. Ive heard some great ones so far and certainly expect to hear more as the
Holy Spirit continues to work in a through the spaces we make for it!
With you, to ensure that No Life is Untouched by Christs Love,
Mary Beth

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Medina Student Ministries News:

Hey everyone!
Were in the thick of summer. VBS was great, the Water Day was a blast, we got to serve the Senter family, we had a great turn out
for Soul Surfer, and we had an awesome time serving at RIFA (and the youth were amazing, you should have seen them!). By the
time youre reading this, Gym Day and the Hangout @ the Santaniellos has probably been completed! Were having a great summer
together, and these lead up to Youth Week in Jackson! Contact me if your youth are interested in signing up, itll be a great experience! We are also getting closer and closer to being prepared for the fall and all the exciting things that entails for the youth program
here at Medina FUMC. The Youth Council has been great!

July 10: Hangout at the Wehners

July 13: Worship Night
July 17: Hangout at Harriss
July 20-24: Youth Week
July 27: Question Night
July 31: Back to School Bash at the McFarlands!
In Christ,
Matt Barrick, Youth Director

Medina Childrens Ministries News:

Gloria Brien & Jennifer Roland

Gloria and Jennifer teach the 1st and 2nd grade Sunday School class. These ladies are professional educators and
they bring that professionalism to the Sunday school classroom as well. They also bring an immense amount of
love and compassion to the classroom that is felt by the children. Gloria views teaching Sunday school as an
opportunity to serve the Lord and teach our children about Him. She enjoys teaching the children how to look up
Bible verses, sometimes for the first time, and teaching them Bible stories and how to apply Gods word to their
lives. Jennifer teaches because she loves the children and strives to be a positive influence on them. She loves to
learn with the children more about all the amazing stories in the Bible. The kids look forward to Sunday mornings
because Gloria and Jennifer are nice, sweet, and very funny and because Mrs. Gloria does cool experiments and
Mrs. Jennifer plays awesome games. Gloria and Jennifer have a commitment for each child that translates from
their great love of the children and their great love of Christ.

Scripture of the Month

Swim Party for Childrens Ministry
July 31
5:00-7:00
Milan Country Club

Dates to remember for August:

8/7 Promotion Sunday & Bible presentation
for 2nd and 3rd graders
8/10 Backpack blessing
8/17 Wednesday night programming resumes

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PARTICIPANTS

Liturgist
Acolytes
Communion Stewards
3 Scott Rich
Ella Rich, Lincoln Rich
Della Yarbrough
10 Nick Santaniello
Sarah Easter, Eliza Kirkbride
17 Belinda Burns
Hailey Stines, Drew Stines
24 Richard Reginald
Joshua Bernheisel, Matthew Schemer
31 Cole Nelson
Karli Allen, Ashley Roland
Childrens Church
Nursery
8:15
10:50
8:15
9:30
10:30
3 Gloria Brien
Donna Stines
Brooke Driggers
Beth Grant
Kayla Brien
Mary Tate
10 Amanda Kirkbride
Emily Brown
Amy Santaniello
Jennifer Allen
Alex Kirkbride
Katibeth Brown
17 Jessica Suiter
Christy Wallsmith
Holly Herndon
Mary Tate
Langston Patrick
Hailey Cannon
24 Jennifer Roland
Maury Rich
Gloria Brien
Karissa Schemer
Cameron Patrick
Rachel Cianciolo
31 Combined Service
Gina White
Combined Service Maury Rich
Janet Wilbert
Jake White
Volunteers are needed !
Please contact the church if you can help.

Hello from Nashville! Thank you to each of you who have prayed for me and/or donated to Project Transformation
on my behalf! Ive definitely felt your prayers this first month has been the most exhausting, but absolutely wonderful blessing! The only thing easy about it is realizing that God has placed each of us here and is using us to share
His love with the children we serve. Project Transformation is a fantastic ministry and I am blessed beyond measure
to be here. It didnt take long for me to know that the 30+ summer interns from all over would become my family
away from home. And, Matthews Memorial FUMC is a welcoming, beautiful congregation so ready & willing to
serve their community. I am excited to spend the next year with them, but I miss you & would love to hear from you.
Thank you again for your love & prayers.
Love, Anna Santaniello
C/O Project Transformation TN
522 Russell St. Nashville, TN 37206

Thank You
Medina Cub Scout Pack 48, Tiger Den #2 would like to say thank
you to the congregation for allowing our group to use the facilities
at Medina FUMC for our Den meetings this year. Providing a
location for these gatherings to occur is a critical component of the
continued success of the Cub Scout program here in Medina.
Thank you so much for helping make these meetings possible.
Sincerely,
Austin Bateman
Den Leader
Jacob, Ben, Eli, Tyler, Cason, Jackson, Brady, & Clay

Thank You
Your kind and thoughtful expressions of sympathy is
deeply appreciated and gratefully acknowledged by
The Family of Brandon Newman. Thank you so much
for the use of your church for Brandons funeral. You
have no idea how much your kindness meant to us.
Amber & Andy Newman

Dayshore (Lakeshore in our backyard)

coming to Medina FUMC July 25-29.
Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

Medina FUMC Youth having fun and at work!

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July Birthdays
1
3
4
5
6
8
9
12
13

Brandon Bailey
Madelyn Lewis, Sandy Buchanan
Maddy Beth Harris, Jake White
Caleb Utley
Lila Colvin, Gloria Rashid
Coral McCann
Marleigh Parrish, John Walker Radford
Keri Gregory
Jay Bernheisel, Kobe Brockman
Jeremiah Cavitt, Sam Driggers
Lauren Wallace, Madison Wallace
Liam Parrish
Emily Mills

14
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

Elnora Graves
Adam Reynolds
Steve Murphy, Paul Winn
Jeff Mayfield, Mike Turner
Brian Wallace, Frank Wolfe
Angi Baggett, David Snell
Missy Young
Nick Santaniello, Maddie Colvin
Daniel Yarbro
Donna Boswell, Jared Harris
Ryan Harrison, Ricky Thompson
Debi Howell, Della Yarbrough
Melissa Mitchum, Kate Driggers

Dawn Smith
Debbie Bailey, Patrick Burns
Blake McKnight, Donna Stines
27 Zoey Pastorius, Jennifer Harris
Amanda March
28 Keri Ann Parrish, David Simons
29 Nicholas Santaniello, Lori Sharp
30 Jessica Strickland
3 1 Hunter Harris, Landon Scott

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Memorials & Honorariums

Seven Loaves Food Pantry

The following funds are set up for Memorials and

Honorariums:
Building, Children, Playground, Youth & Conference Special
Offering.
Please note which fund you would like to use.
Undesignated memorials and honorariums will go to the Building
Fund.

In Memory of
Christine Senter
Tom & Helen Smith
Claudia Graves
John & Shelia Boswell
Sarah King
Brenda Parrish
Don & Nancy Senter
Charles & Evelyn Foutch
Robert & Belinda Burns

In Memory of
Lucille Graves
Brenda Parrish
In Memory of
Patricia Britt Chadwick
Tom & Helen Smith
In Honor of
Allen & Darlene Grant
John Clayton McKnight

We are currently in need of peanut butter, jelly, pasta,

pasta sauce, soups, canned vegetables, canned meat,
cereal, macaroni & cheese, crackers, and canned fruit.
Please be sure to check the dates on all food brought
for the food pantry. We cannot use food with expired
dates. Donations are also welcomed.
Please join us on July 9th at 8:00 am as we share
breakfast with our neighbors and pack food boxes for
our neighbors and for our schools.

Our next Seven Loaves

Community Breakfast is
Saturday, July 9 in
Fellowship Hall!
We start preparing food at 6:30am,and begin
to receive our neighbors for breakfast at
8:00am. We sing together, pray together, and
share together. This is an amazing way to
engage and receive our neighbors with the
love of Christ! All are welcome!

Combined Worship: Sunday,

July 31 at 10:50 am
Upcoming Dates to Remember
8/2
8/4
8/7

GCSSD starts back to school 1/2 day

Elections, local and state
Bridal Shower for Hannah Cook 2-3:30pm
in the Fellowship Hall
8/7 Facility Planning Committee Meeting at
6pm
8/10 Backpack Blessing at Medina Community
Park at 6pm
8/17 Wednesday night programming resumes