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 If you are looking for a loving, caring church home, First United Methodist Church is open! For information about becoming a part of this congregation, please contact Rob or the church office.
UPCOMING EVENTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
The deadline for information for the weekly newsletter is Tuesday before noon of each week.
Daylight Savings Time begins this Saturday night, March 13. Be sure to set
your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed on Saturday!
There will be “Prayers on the Square” from 5:15 until 5:45 p.m. on the first Monday of every month. This is a community effort for all people of Anson County to come
together in a time of prayer and meditation. Come join your friends
from across the county the first Monday of every month to pray
for our community, state, nation and world.
 Bishop Larry Goodpastor will be visiting the District on Tuesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m., at
Central UMC, Albemarle. The lay leader, annual conference delegate, PPRC chair, and
administrative council chair are asked to attend. It is open to all laity, and you are invited
to attend. We will take a bus if there are at least 10 people attending.
A sign-up sheet is on the table in the education hall.
The Wadesboro Community Blood Drive will be at First Presbyterian Church
on Wednesday, March 17,from 1:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Please donate blood if you are able -the need is always great.
Energizers will meet on Tuesday, March 23,
at 11:30 in the fellowship hall.
 Albemarle District Lay Speaker Training
will be held at First UMC on three Sundays, March 7, 14,
and 21 from 2-5 p.m. Call the church office for more
information if you are interested in becoming a lay speaker.
 The Relay for Life Quilt is completed, and tickets are available from any
New Beginnings member. The pattern is “Sunburst,” made in a red batik
fabric.Relay for Life is May 21-22.
 Thursday’s Child, our Community Children’s Choir for all children in Anson County from first
through sixth grades, meets every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Invite someone you know to come be a part!
“Dance for Fitness”, led by Leslie Snow, is the last Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m.
Visit the Calendar page to see activities for the current month
United Methodist Women News
The UMW monthly meeting will be held on the first Monday of each month at 4:00
p.m. Note the time change, due to the “Prayer on the Square” event on each first
Monday at 5:15 p.m.
The Annual UMW Prayer Breakfast will be on Saturday, March 20, at
Central UMC, Monroe. See Sue Burr for more information.
The entire church family is asked to join with the United Methodist Women to be in prayer
for Chelsea Dill, who will be on a mission trip to Nicaragua March 7-15.
Please lift Chelsea up in prayer each evening at 7:00 p.m. while she is on the mission trip.
 If you have been saving your “Boxtops for Education” coupons, it is now time
to turn them in. The school will send them off at the end of March. These
boxtops, found on many General Mills products, are turned in for cash to be
used in the schools. A collection box is in the education hall.
The hands-on project for the UMW is thick-page books for children. These will be taken to the
meeting to be given and distributed wherever needed in the conference.
For further details, call Sue Burr or Betsy Haskell.
OPPORTUNITIES
 The Flower Calendar for 2010 is posted on the bulletin board in the education hall. You
may reserve as many Sundays throughout the year as you wish. Please write your
bulletin information on the paper below the list and place in the folder.
 Convert your old LP records to compact disc! The radio station has some new
equipment which is able to copy your old phonograph records to CD. The cost of each
album transferred to CD is $10.00. See Jim Bruney for more information, or call the
church office. This is a great way to preserve your favorite “golden oldies”
so that you can hear them anytime!
The recycling project for used inkjet printer cartridges continues. Any cartridge about the size of the palm of your hand or smaller, may be recycled. The company no longer accepts the individual mail-in envelopes; please bring your empty cartridges to the church to be sent for recycling.
We need volunteers to assist in keeping the church nursery on Sunday. According to our policy, two adults are needed in the nursery at all time. Marissa Hardison is the regular attendant; if you can help please let the office know.
Please check the list you were mailed to see if you are scheduled to be an usher or a greeter during the month. If you cannot serve, please call someone else on the list to arrange for a substitute. Ushers should call Elwood Green if you cannot serve; all others use the list.
The Life Line fund, Food Collection program and the TV ministry -- are still in operation. These are active ministries totally funded outside of the church budget. Please continue your support of these extensions of our ministry into the community.
We need your help in up-dating the newsletter! If there are additions or deletions
to the prayer list, please let the church office know either by a phone call,
or give a note to Charles or Betty Ann. Throughout the year,
you may request additions or deletions to the list at any time.
Also, please let us know of any changes in email addresses for the newsletter,
or of anyone who you would like to add to email. Anyone who is now receiving the newsletter
by regular mail may convert to email, and help the church save some money on printing and postage costs.
Email is free – all it costs us it about 30 seconds to add a name to the list.
NO BOUNDARIES
Upcoming trips
No Boundaries trips are always open to all church members until spaces are filled. Signup sheets are located in the hall next to the Education Parlor.
(Health and insurance forms are available for past, present and future travelers that must be filled out and returned to the church office. This is a requirement of our Safe Sanctuaries policy.)
Organ Renovation Project
 Several months ago, the Administrative Council authorized the creation of an Organ Renovation Fund for the future renovation of the pipe organ in the sanctuary. The organ was installed in 1965, and has served faithfully over the past 43 years. It is, however, becoming evident that there are some major repairs that will have to be made fairly soon. The "mechanical" parts of the organ are deteriorating to the point of not functioning correctly, resulting in some unexpected and unwelcome surprises on Sunday morning and other times! Also, there are great advances in pipe organ electronics over the last four decades which we hope to incorporate into the organ.
As part of the project, we also hope to add a few digital voices to blend with the traditional pipe voices; this is a common practice in organ renovation, allowing some additions at a fraction of the expense of traditional pipework. We are in conversation with several experts in the field of organ renovation at the present time.
Our Moller organ is an exceptionally fine instrument, worthy of our stewardship to preserve it for many future generations. Contributions to the fund are welcome at any time.
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REMINDER: When you give a memorial or honor gift to the church, please indicate on the check or note which fund you want your gift to go to. If not designated in writing, it will go to where the family has indicated or to the Beautification and Improvement fund, in accordance with the memorial gift policy.
PRAYER LIST
Be joyful always, pray continually ...
I Thessalonians 5:16
| NURSING HOMES |
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MEADOWVIEW
Sally Maner
Becky Godwin
Preston Burns
HERITAGE HILLS
Bernice Murray
RAEFORD GROUP HOME
Quay Burns
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LILLIE BENNETT
Peggy Mitchell
Marie Burns
ALDERSGATE
Marion Clarke
THE PALMS
John Crawford
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Corrie Odom
Foye Ray
Mary Gaddy Ratliffe
Becky Puryear
Daisy Chandler
Vannesa Hough
Aiden Beam
Bill Hardison
Violet Lee
Jennifer Sikes
Ann Chandler
Linda Tarlton
Elaine Lee - Diane Timmons' mother
Ruth Evans - Wilma Dunbar's sister
Dalton Rhinehardt – Eddie and Alice’s grandson
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James Misenheimer – Julia Winfree’s brother
Keith Boughman - Bill Hardison's friend
Becky Sikes Wilson – Margaret Bowers’ niece
Arnold Greene – Selene Hardison’s friend
Elaine Mackey – Selene Hardison’s friend
John Tuck - June Rollins' uncle
Donna Cottle - Becky Dill's friend
Janet Kirkley – Mary Alice VonCannon’s daughter
Sabra Plymale – June Rollins’ mother
Gilbert Evans -- friend of Dot Huntley family
Donna Pierce Wilkins – friend of Judy Bye
Margaret Feehley – Betsy Watts’ sister
Helen Madaras -- Joe Madaras' mother
Tsuneo Tamura -- Richard Tamura's father
Stewart and Ursula Pope – Carol Beam’s parents |
Students and staff of Peachland-Polkton Elementary School
All whom we name in our hearts, inside and outside our church family
The men and women serving in the military at home and overseas
Our country, county and community
Our church
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Colleen Schwerk
Cornelia Tucker
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Corrie Odom
Juanita Williams
Louise Hill
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In order to keep our prayer list up to date, please let the church office know if anyone should be added to or removed from the list.
Addresses posted on bulletin board in Education Hall.
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