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This week's Events:
Sunday, August 1 ~ "The Gospel Growing in the Community Garden"
Text – Luke 12:13-21
8:30, 8:45, 9:45 and 11 am; Rev. Ashley Crowder Stanley, preaching
One of the earliest lessons we learn as children is the importance of sharing. Some of us learned it better than others. We know that some of us have more than others; we also know how hard it is to turn loose of the material trappings of our lives and give them to someone who is hurting, hungry or needy. Yet, Jesus challenges our tendency to hoard and instead points us to the blessing that comes when we place less importance on keeping and more on sharing. He wants us to be “rich toward God.”
In our scripture for Sunday, we hear a powerful story about a man who had misplaced his priorities. He was confronted with both an economic and a spiritual dilemma. And Jesus offers a pathway out of this dilemma.
If you’ve ever struggled with your own priorities, if you are struggling now with the stressful economic picture, if you’ve made decisions that were more about being “rich” toward yourself and less about being “rich toward God,” Jesus’ story is for you. It’s a story about a man, his barn, his crops and his eternal life.
I hope you’ll be in worship on Sunday. When you come, please bring any fresh fruit and vegetables to be shared with folks in our community. If you have a garden, bring some of your crop; if you would rather, please bring something from the produce department at your local grocery store. We will gather the produce together and share it.
Our scripture for Sunday is Luke 12: 13-21. Please read it before you arrive on Sunday and pray that we will be led to be “rich toward God” and each other.
PS: Did you know that Wesley Memorial has a big Community Garden that is being tended by members of our church? You will be able to take a tour of the garden during the morning on Sunday! It’s a wonderful sight!
Have you cleaned out the attic this summer? Do you have unsold items from a yard sale? The UMW would like to have your clean, gently used treasures for the bazaar in November. No clothing please. If you need a place to store it call Faith Key at 885-1921.
A Gathering of the Laity ~ August 13-15, 2010 ~ Remember to register for the annual Laity Gathering at Lake Junaluska. Pick up a brochure located in the information kiosks and read about this spiritual weekend. There will be plenty of invigorating music and inspirational messages, all captured in a most beautiful mountain setting. We have a few rooms on reserve for your convenience. Call 884-2204 ext. 240 for more details.
Come to Lake Junaluska…you’ll always remember your Lake experience.
Imagine what it would feel like to be evicted or to have nowhere to stay except in your car...nowhere to keep your clothes and other belongings. Interfaith Hospitality Network provides a temporary home, a meal, a place to sleep for families who have nowhere to go. Your help is needed to host the families who will be calling Wesley Memorial their home during the week of August 8-15. Volunteers are needed for overnight hosts (8 pm - 6 am), dinner hosts (5:15 pm - 8 pm), dinner preparers (drop food off at the church), van drivers (6:30 am - 7 am or 5 pm - 5:30 pm), setting up the “bedrooms” (Sunday, Aug. 8 at 11 am), laundry (after the week is over), and re-arranging the rooms after the families leave on Sunday, Aug. 15 (9:15 am). If you can help out, please contact Mendy Kearns (906-2407) or kearns@northstate.net.
You are invited to a recital given by Choral Scholar Joshua Conyers. His AUF WIEDERSEHEN RECITAL will be presented in the Church Sanctuary on Sunday, August 1 at 4 pm. A free-will offering will be taken to help Josh as he continues his studies at Indiana University.
Summer Outreach Project: Collection of School Supplies for Fairview and Oak Hill Elementary Schools ~ Please bring donations of school supplies (notebook paper, pencils, colored pencils, small pencil sharpeners, pens, crayons, clue sticks, school glue, watercolor markers, student safety scissors, folders with pockets, but no 3-ring binders please) and backpacks and place in the collection boxes found throughout the building. Collection will continue through July and August. Sunday School children will sort the items and prepare backpacks on Sunday, August 15 so we can get them into the hands of the children
who need them for the opening of school. Thank you!! Volunteer Work Days! Our next work day is August 21,
9 am - 12 noon. The Wesley 100 will prepare breakfast for all volunteers on 3rd Saturday Work Days at 8 am in the Dining Hall. Price is by donation. The Property Committee is offering these work days for all age volunteers to come help take care of our campus.
College students (including rising freshmen) are invited to join a Bible study on Sunday mornings at 9:45 am in the Soul Café. Scott Buchanan is leading the study on the book of Ecclesiastes.
Stewardship ~ “Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put in your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” ~ Luke 6:38
(Consecration Sunday will be October 3, 2010)
Room Usage ~ Facilities personnel (night security) will be scheduled based on the church calendar during the summer months, so please confirm your event is on the calendar. The church will close at 6 pm on those evenings without scheduled meetings and events. Please contact Cindy Dominick at 884-2204, ext. 232 to confirm your meetings.
Adult Sunday School Offerings for July and August ~ This summer, there are two separate opportunities for Adults to attend Sunday School at 9:45 am. They offer excellent opportunities for spiritual growth and reflection and are open to adults of any background.
1. Paul’s Teachings on Christian Commitment, Adult Fellowship Classroom, leader: Dr. Rod Fulcher – How do Christians make and keep their commitments? Participants read the Scriptures, study the lessons in the Adult Bible Studies series, and share their interpretations and
experiences. For information, contact class leaders Bill and Carlene Blackmon (882-0930).
2. Yes, Lord I Have Sinned, But I Have Several Excellent Excuses, Aldersgate Miller Classroom, led by various Sunday school teachers – This 12-week study, which includes a brief 10-minute introduction to each lesson, points out that we use our circumstances, past events, and even evil spirits in an attempt to justify bad choices we knowingly make in our daily lives. For information, contact Jim Royal through the Church Office at 884-2204.
The Sunday worship bulletin is available on the church website each week! Go to www.wesleymemorial.org. The bulletin is listed by date on the left side bar, just under the Volunteer Connection icon. Sermons are also available; click on “Sermons” on the left side bar for previous sermons.
The way to connect at WMUMC:
The Volunteer Connection!
Perhaps you have a passion to serve in a specific area; maybe God is nudging you to respond in some tangible way or perhaps you’ve been thinking of a way to volunteer your time and talent but didn’t know where to begin. All you have to do is let us know that you want to volunteer. The Volunteer Connection desk has been established as a simple way of connecting you with areas of service in the church and our community missions. Just call 884-2204, ext. 240 (The Volunteer Connection line) between 10 a.m. and 12 noon and get connected! Or, e-mail us at volunteer@wesleymemorial.org. We will help you get connected…why wait? Just call!
