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November
2013
Hebron United Methodist Church
2325 Mebane Oaks Road
Mebane, NC 27302
hebron@mebtel.net
www.hebron-umc.org
Pastor: Bryan Sexton, Jr.
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Greetings to the Saints,
Doors are passage ways to go
from one place to another. After
the crucifixion of Jesus the disciples hid behind closed and locked
doors. On the day of His Resurrection Jesus appeared to them in
the place where they were hiding,
behind a closed and locked door.
The fact of Jesus’ resurrection
and appearance to them allowed
the disciples to go beyond that
locked door and fear into a new
place of faith in the resurrected
Lord and thus into the world to be
His emboldened witnesses. A
personal encounter with the risen
Lord enabled them to move from
one place to another. They
moved spiritually from fear and
depression into another place of
faith, hope, confidence, assurance
and boldness. In Acts 14:27,
November 2013
Luke reports on the missionary
success of Paul and Barnabas:
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Now when they had come and
gathered the church together,
they reported all that God had
done with them, and that He
had opened the door of faith to
the Gentiles.
We often hear of ‘doorways of
opportunity’ and are familiar
with expressions such as;
“Opportunity knocks but once”,
and “He who hesitates is lost”.
I first heard the later expression,
“He who hesitates is lost” during a football game and it was
spoken to me by a coach. Late
in a ballgame we were losing by
5 points and our team was making a march in the closing minutes of the game to score a
touchdown to win the game. It
was third and long yardage to
keep the drive alive. We had
the ball at midfield. My coach
turned to me and another running back and said, “I need one
of you to take in the screen
pass”. The other running back
had a little bit better speed than
I had, but I had better hands and
ability to catch the ball. I was
sure that the coach would realize this and choose me to take
in the play. When suddenly, the
other running back ran out onto the
field and shouted back at us, “I got
it coach!”. That’s when the
coached looked at me and spoke
the words that taught me a lifelesson I have never forgotten;
“He who hesitates is lost”. Our
team lined up on the field for the
play that would either continue to
keep the drive alive or end our
hopes for a comeback victory. The
ball was snapped. The quarterback
executed a perfect fake to one running back that froze the other
team’s linebackers. He dropped
back to pass and the other team’s
defensive line came after him hard
and fast. The running back who
took the play in gave a brief attempt to block and then swung out
of the backfield into the left flats
behind our offensive line which
had repositioned themselves to
provide blocking for the running
back once he got the ball. The
quarterback executed a perfect
pass that landed right in the hands
of the running back, and as I had
suspected and feared … he
dropped the pass. That ended our
drive. We punted away on fourth
down and never got the ball back
again and the game ended. We
lost. “He who hesitates is lost!”
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2nd
Brian Yoder
3rd
Bradley Dixon
6th
William Overby
10th
Jeff Wilson
Brian Freshwater
11th
Wendy Nelms
15th
Matthew Yoder
Mary Elizabeth Sinatra
16th
Amanda Blankenship
18th
Douglas Wilson
Donna Flack
19th
Angela Hundley
20th
Charlie Wilkinson
21st
Patrick Forrest
23rd
Catherine Kinley
24th
Valerie Gerzma
Zachary Holliday
25th
Richie Mullis
April Strader
26th
Rebecca Richards
27th
Vanessa Brady
29th
Jordan Jeffreys
30th
Lucas Lobaugh, Jr.
If your birthday or that of a loved
one is not on this list or is incorrect, please call the church office
to correct it.
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Attention UMW
Members
Please note that individual UMW pledges
and gifts to any other
area of mission giving
will be due by Sunday,
November 24, 2013.
Questions may be directed to Margaret
Lankford.
Acolyte Schedule
November 3rd
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Maddie Moss
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Caleb Sykes
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Aaron Moss
Communion
Maddie Moss
Aaron Moss
Caleb Sykes
Sub Patrick Forrest
The Mebane Historical Society and Museum and The
S.W.I.F.T. Foundation
(Sue Windsor Initiative for
Teens) both shared their
missions with Downtown
Mebane on October 12th,
to celebrate Autumn Fest
"2013". S.W.I.F.T. gained
exposure and support at
this year's festival. By
working with these two
non-profit organizations,
Downtown Mebane
is investing in our future
(by providing support to at
-risk youth in our local
schools) and honoring our
past (through the preservation of our history.)
REMEMBER: If it is your assigned day, it is your place to
swap out and get a sub if you cannot serve —DO NOT JUST NOT
SHOW UP! DO NOT assume the
sub on the schedule will be there
to cover for you. They MIGHT
Swift had a very large
presence at Autumn Fest
both on stage and with a
information booth.
This event served as the
official kick off to raise
awareness of SWIFT
throughout the community.
The presence of Hebron
UMC and the support of
Hebron Church members
did not go unnoticed.
We would like to formally
say thank you for your
support of SWIFT and its
missions with the youth in
our community. With your
support and assistance we
hope to make a positive impact in the future lives of
young people.
have a conflict too!
Reminder to always wear black
and white if you are on the
schedule.
With Sincere Appreciation
The Sue Windsor Initiative
for Teens
November 10th
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November 17th
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Patrick Forrest
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Alex Arizmendi
November 24th
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Callie Walters
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Daisy Cook
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Minutes for October 2013 Board
Meeting (submitted by Susan
Martin)
The Administrative Council met
October 13th, 2013 with 24 members present.
Tim Dallas called the meeting to
order and Greg Martin opened the
meeting with prayer.
Minutes from September Meeting
were read and approved w/ vote
Treasurer’s Report
General Fund - $2,973.63
Paid to Conference – $14,928.98
Savings - $25,472.59
Insurance - $6,465.05 (left from
roof claim - $2,720 paid for ceiling)
Old Business:
Reminder was made that all plastic toys from playground needed
to be removed and the area
cleaned up. Lynn Walters volunteered youth to begin that process
when they start cleaning nursery
and play area for a youth project
on October 19th. They will be
doing general cleaning of toys
and fix or discard any broken
toys. It was recommended that if
any of the play ground toys could
be sold at yard sale to try that
first, if not then they needed to be
discarded.
Sanctuary ceiling sides were
painted and blended well.
Mike Blalock reported that vacNovember 2013
uum was repaired for $225.
Vanessa asked for help for yard
sale: Meet 6:30 Friday night to
set up and 6:00 AM Saturday
morning to begin.
Mike Blalock advised that the
Eagle Scout project proposal by
Trabor Hamilton was cancelled
due to complications with moving water heater.
New Business:
Scott Powell questioned the
possible need in near future of
exterior painting and Robin
Wilson questioned if we could
use some of the left over insurance money to paint. Ken Powell suggested that we purchase
the needed tile replacements
first and wait until after October
fund raisers to see how much is
left owing for apportionments
then decide what to do with remainder of insurance money.
Board agreed to table for now
and wait until later date to discuss.
Ken Powell presented the 2014
Budget as recommended by the
finance committee for a total of
$210,018. After time was given
to look over budget line items
Ken made a motion to accept
the budget as recommended by
the committee and it was seconded by Judy Hall. Motion
passed with a unanimous vote.
Pastor Report:
Pastor Bryan presented the list
of Administrative Council for
2014 with positions as mandated by the book of discipline.
The list was incomplete so
Bryan asked for recommendations or volunteers to fill the
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positions.
Under Administrative Committee
positions: Scott Powell volunteered to serve as the 2014 Trustee position and the motion
passed with a unanimous vote.
Greg Martin recommended leaving staff parish as is with one
open spot; seconded by Vanessa
and motion passed with unanimous vote.
Under Ministries positions: Open
positions: Lynn Walters advised
that Callie Walters would serve as
the ACS position. Judy Hall volunteered to return as the Acolyte
Coordination. Robin Wilson volunteered to fill the Alter Guild
and Flower position. Vanessa
Brady added the position of Children’s Church to the list with her
and Pattie Sexton. Alan Wilson
volunteered Timothy Wilson for
the Website position. All other
positions were filled except Sunday School Coordinator.
Robin Wilson explained that the
Membership Secretary was a duplication of duties based on the
new computer system used by
Cathy; therefore it was eliminated
from the Administrative Positions.
Tim Dallas made a motion to accept the Administrative Council
as presented with additions and
changes; it was seconded by Ken
Powell and passed with unanimous vote.
Bryan read the recommended
membership removal roster for
the second year of a three year
process. Greg Martin made motion to remove these members and
it was seconded by Scott Powell.
Vote passed unanimously.
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was forever burned into my memory as one of those negative learning experiences of life.
To hesitate or to refuse to go
through an open doorway of opportunity may mean missing out
on a blessing or on God’s will for
our lives. The Apostle Paul referred to open doors of opportunity
that were presented to him by God.
In 1 Cor. 16:8 he informs the
church of Corinth by letter; 8But I
will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost. 9For a great and effective
door has opened to me. And
again in his second letter to the
church of Corinth he states;
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Furthermore, when I came to
Troas to preach Christ’s gospel,
and a door was opened to me by
the Lord, (2 Cor. 2:12)
Sometimes ‘opportunity knocks
but once’ and we all know the deal
…’You snooze you loose pal’ …
‘He who hesitates is lost.’
What a beautiful contrast is portrayed by Jesus in Revelation 3:20;
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Listen! I am standing and
knocking at your door. If you
hear my voice and open the door,
I will come in and we will eat together. (CEV)
Notice the present perfect tense of
the verbs that Jesus uses: I am
standing, I am knocking. This
tense of verbiage indicates an ongoing action, not just a onetime
thing. In the epic 182 line poem
‘The Hound of Heaven’ written in
the nineteenth century, the English
poet Francis Thompson reflects on
his life. He takes into account two
things: God’s persistence in seeking him out, and his persistence in
resisting God. In the end the
‘Hound of Heaven’ is successful in
bringing the resistor of His grace
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into a relationship with Himself
as Thompson eventually surrenders to the persistent love of
God. How wonderfully gracious is our God, who is persistent in presenting us with doors
of opportunity for us to go from
a place of loneliness without
him, to a place of fellowship
with him. Jesus continues to
stand and to knock on the door
of our hearts asking for permission to come in. It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to
note that the Great God of
Heaven, ‘The Hound of
Heaven’ is reaching out to us
through His Son Jesus, not in
an effort to draw us into a legalistic religion of rules. The
Good News is not about external rules, but about internal fellowship with the person, character and divine nature of God
through Jesus. When we respond to the persistence of God
in Christ and open the door of
our hearts to Him, we do not
become enslaved with religious
laws that we should but cannot
keep, but rather we become partakers of the Divine Nature
through Him who persistently
stands at the doorway of our
hearts and knocks. How incredible that God desires to live
His life in and through us and
constantly presents us with the
opportunity to experience His
presence in our lives. He freely
gives us His Divine nature to
live inside of us. The Laws of
God are an external expression
of His Divine nature. Christ
Jesus is the fulfillment of all of
the law and of the prophets. So
when He comes to live in our
hearts we become holy because
He is holy! When we open the
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door of our hearts to Jesus, He
transports and moves us through
the door of fellowship with Him
from one place to another; from
sinfulness to righteousness, from
alienation to fellowship, from
faith to faith. Selah.
Stay in the Word,
Pastor Bryan
Daylight Savings
Time Ends on
Sunday, November 3rd!! Please
set your clock
Have a Blessed
and Happy
Thanksgiving!!
November 2013
Hebron’s United Methodist
Men are holding a Brunswick
Stew Sale on Saturday, November 16th.
The cost of the stew is $7.25 per
quart. The stew must be picked
up by 12 o’clock. Sign up
sheets are available in the Vestibule for orders.
The United Methodist Men
will be meeting on Sunday,
November 24th at 5:30 pm
rather than the normal 6:30
pm.
We will begin to
decorate the
Church and Fellowship Hall for
Christmas on Saturday, November
30th at 8:30 am.
Please come out
and help!!
There will be a showing
of Billy Graham’s “My
Hope” at Hebron on
Thursday, November
7th at 7 pm. Please
come and join us for
this special presentation.
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR DECEMBER
Our annual Thanksgiving
Service will take place on
Sunday, November 24th
at 7 pm this year. Please
make plans to attend.
DECEMBER 8TH
STAFF/PARISH RELATIONS COMMITTEE WILL
MEET AT 4 PM
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
WILL MEET AT 5 PM
MEBANE PRESBYTERIAN HAND BELLS
CHOIR WILL BE AT HEBRON
AT 7 PM
REFRESHMENTS WILL FOLLOW IN THE HUT
Everyone is invited
to a Baby Shower
for Rachel Lankford
on Sunday, November 17th from 2 to 4
pm in the Fellowship Hall. Rachel
has registered at
Walmart.
November 2013
DECEMBER 15TH
CANTATA “SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT @ 10:30 AM
YOUTH CHRISTMAS PLAY
@ 7 PM
DECEMBER 24TH
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
@ 7:30 PM
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Two additional names were recommended for immediate removal; Vanessa Brady and Margaret Cheek with verify with
those members for immediate removal.
Charge conference will be Oct 21
at Graham UMC 7-9.
The Bishop has called a mandatory meeting with pastors and volunteer for lay leaders, for October
25 at Elon UMC from 3-5.
Pastor Bryan reminded board of
the “My Hope” presentation by
Billy Graham on November 7.
Tim closed the meeting and
Monty Freshwater closed the
meeting in prayer.
CROP Walk Results
Thanks so much for
all prayers and donations. Hebron had
a total of $320 in donations from 15
sponsors. Please
remember, whenever we have a joint
effort, the seemingly
smallest donation
becomes a
lot. Never hesitate
to give whatever you
are led to give.
Thanks again!
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Sympathy
The Church wishes to
extend its heartfelt sympathy to the
families of:
Louise Atwater
Kirkpatrick
William Ham
Prayer Concerns
Tootie Riley
Harriet Squires
Joan Gregg
Betty Albright
Jean Mullis
Peggy Gregory – Mike’s
Mother
Pastor William Holliday
Barbara Lee
Unsaved
Charlie Wilkinson
Leon Summers
Family of William Ham
If you have a prayer concern for next week fill out
a prayer request card or
call the church office at
919-563-3375 or send an
email to hebron@mebtel.net.
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Samaritan's Purse
Operation Christmas
Child Shoebox GiftsSince 1993, more
than 100 million children around the
world have been
touched by the power
of a simple
gift. Every shoebox
that you pack, also
carries the gospel
message to a child
somewhere in the
world. We are called
to tell the "Good
News" of John 3:1617, so what a great
way to do it! Please
use the brochures
which will be available with item suggestions and labels
to add to each
box. Please remember to include $7 for
each shoebox in the
donation envelope.
You can donate it online if you want to discover the destination
of your box. Shoebox
collection Sunday will
be SUNDAY, NOVEMBER
24. Please place
shoeboxes in the library on or before 11/24 so they
can be delivered that
day. Remember to
pray for the children
receiving each box.
Thank You!
November 2013
OUR COLLEGE AND MILITARY ADDRESS
FOR 2013/2014
College
Jeff Arnette
151 Pressley Creek Road
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Whitney Blalock
800 Meadowview Drive #11
Boone, NC 28607
Ashley Martin
Liberty University
1971 University Blvd.
MSC Box 110461
Lynchburg, VA 24502-2214
Phillip Martin
Liberty University
1971 University Blvd.
MSC Box 110467
Lynchburg, VA 24502-2214
Caroline Powell
132 Arial Street
Lillington, NC 27546
Anna Megan Sexton
Methodist University
Box 12386
5400 Ramsey Street
Fayetteville, NC 28311-1498
Jonah Sykes
Moore Hall - Room 717
UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
Rachel Sykes
211 East Wilson Street
P. O. Box 1437
Wingate, NC 28174
Military
SR Annis, Jeremy Ryan
Ship 09 Div 406
3425 Sailor Drive
Great Lakes, IL 60088-3415
Lucas Brady
1715 Hayford Road
Apt. M204
Spolane, WA 99224
Zachary Holliday
P. O. Box 331424
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Shannon F. Long
4680 Spruce Ct. Unit 3
Andrews AFB, MD 20762
We are trying to reach the following people, if you can help
with an address or phone number please let the church office
know. Letters sent to the addresses on file have been returned.
Alan Daniels
Randy Lineberry
Dale Ray
Bobby Riggans
Anita Singley
Phil Yarborough
Janice Blalock
Stephanie Shelton
Janice Doby Chappell
Johnny Crawford
Tony Deal
Lori Dewoody
Susan Dunlap
Don Estler
Glenn Kirby
Keith McDaniel
Denise Robinette
Sharelle Robinette
Andy Speight
Wendy Blalock Tilley
Beverly Glosson Warner
Archie Wilborn, Jr.
Kip Foster
Linda Utley
Wayne Utley
Sherri Pennington
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Worship Committee
The White Christmas Committee is now accepting nominations for families, individuals, and/or Hebron
neighbors that we could possibly help this year and try to brighten their Christmas season. The forms were in
your bulletins this past Sunday and extras are out in the vestibule. The last day to submit your nomination will
be November 10.
On November 24, a list of needed items to help with our project(s) will be available if you would like to sign up
for specific items (if there is a need that we can specifically request in this way). Monetary donations and gift
cards will be received starting November 24 by placing in collection plate and marking White Christmas donations. Other donations such as requested items on our specified list, canned goods / staple items can be
placed under our Christmas tree starting December 1. December 15 will the last day to donate and/or turn in
your donations.
November 2013
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HEBRON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
2325 Mebane Oaks Road
Mebane, NC 27302
919-563-3375
November 2013
Weekly Meetings
Sunday
Sunday: 9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship Service 4 pm UMYF Meeting
Wednesday: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting,
7:00 pm Choir Practice
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
6:30 pm UMM 4th
Friday
Saturday
1
2
8
9 Youth
Daylight Savings Time Ends 11/3
3 Daylight Sav- 4 Trustees to
5
6
7
“My Hope”
Billy Graham
7 pm
ings Ends /
Communion/
Senior Citizen /
Covered dish
lunch
meet at 7 pm
10
11
12
13
14
15
17 Baby
18
19 Deadline
20
21
22
23
27
28
29
30Decorating
SPRC 5:30
pm/ Admin.
Council 7 pm
Shower 2-4 pm
Rachel Lankford
24 UMM @
Pilgrimage
For December
Newsletter
25
26
5:30 pm /
Thanksgiving
Service 7 pm
Nov.
Nov..
Nov..
Nov
3 Nur
10 Nur
17 Nur
24 Nur
16
UMM
Brunswick Stew
Pick up by Noon
$7.25/quart
of the Church at
8:30 am
Tammy & Kristen Powell
Judy Hall & Tammy Doles
J.A. & Joannie Wilson
Jennifer & Dwayne Allred
Hall Monitor
Hall Monitor
Hall Monitor
Hall Monitor
Margaret Cheek
Vernon Cheek
Monty Freshwater
??
Greeters for November: Alan & Robin Wilson
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November 2013