Newsletter - Virginia Wingard Memorial United Methodist Church

VIRGINIA WINGARD MEMORIAL UMC
1500 BROAD RIVER ROAD
COLUMBIA SC 29210
803-772-0794
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Virginia Wingard Memorial United Methodist Church
1500 Broad River Road, Columbia, South Carolina
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Our Mission: to proclaim Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, and to make disciples
through loving outreach, lively worship, quality care, and exciting education.
March 4, 2015
Prayer Power
“The heavens are telling the glory of God; the law of the Lord is perfect, in
keeping them there is a great reward.”
Psalm 19:1, 7, 11
Prayer Line: 772-0794 X 110 or prayer@virginiawingardumc.com
Miriam Ford
Doug Kearse
Immediate Prayer List for currently ill...
Christina Daniels
Fletcher & Joanne Carter
Eleanor Holmes
Larry Hallman
Please include in your daily devotions all Shut-ins and others we hold dear to our hearts.
Expanded Prayer lists are available on the door of Room 206 and the display rack in the Welcome Center.
8:30 AM Sunday Service
Hostesses
Missie Duke
Jane Andrews-Nicol, Lisa Sutker
Greeters
Marlene Gantt
Sandy Barrett
PowerPoint
Bailey Agee
Sound Tech
Jason Agee
Daylight Savings Time Begins
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Remember to turn your clocks
ahead one hour on Saturday
night, March 7th!
11:00 AM Sunday Service
Greeters
Jane & Parker Evatt
Treasurer
Tal Avera
Altar Guild-March
Ceylle Stroupe
Linda Windham
Acolyte
Brooke Avera
Crucifer
Bailey Agee
Lay Reader
Marlene Gantt
Ushers
*Tammy Grey
Youth, Children
Living Lent Attentively and Gently
- By Henri J.M. Nouwen
Lent is the most important time of the year to
nurture our inner life. It is the time during which we
not only prepare ourselves to celebrate the mystery of the death and
resurrection of Jesus, but also the death and resurrection that constantly
takes place within us. Life is a continuing process of the death of the old
and the familiar, and being reborn again into a new hope, a new trust, and
a new love. The death and resurrection of Jesus therefore is not just an
historical event that took place a long time ago, but an inner event that
takes place in our heart when we are willing to be attentive to it.
Lent offers a beautiful opportunity to discover the mystery of Christ
within us. It is a gentle but also demanding time. It is a time of solitude but
also community, it is a time of listening to the voice within, but also a time
of paying attention to other people's needs. It is a time to continuously
make the passage to new inner life as well as to life with those around us.
When we live Lent attentively and gently, then Easter can truly be a
celebration during which the full proclamation of the risen Christ will
reverberate into the deepest place of our being.
Staff
Pastor: Scott W. Smoak
swsmoak@virginiawingardumc.com
Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Eugene Holmes
Director of Program: Tammy Grey
Director of Music, Organist: Greg Boatwright
Pianist: Winifred Goodwin
Dir. of Finance & Admin.: Carolyn Jackson
Secretary: Gloria Spires
Phone: 803-772-0794
Fax: 803-772-6255
E-mail: office@virginiawingardumc.com
March 8, 2015 ~ 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM
Rev. Scott Smoak
“HOUSECLEANING”
John 2:13-22
Church Activities
Sunday, March 8 ~ Daylight Savings Time Begins
8:30 AM - Contemporary Worship
9:45 AM - Sunday School
11:00 AM - Traditional Worship
1:00 PM - Barbara Adams - AC
8:00 PM - Dutch Square AA
Monday, March 9
9:30 AM - Covenant Group - Conf. Rm.
12:00 PM - Sarah Dawsey Circle - W C
8:00 PM - AA Study Group
Tuesday, March 10
10:00 AM - Quilting Group
Wednesday, March 11
12:00 PM - Lenten Lunch - Westminster Presbyterian
6:00 PM - Dinner
6:30 PM - The Net
7:00 PM - Chancel Choir Rehearsal
8:00 PM - Dutch Square AA
Thursday, March 12
NO EVENTS SCHEDULED
Friday, March 13
8:00 PM - Dutch Square AA
Saturday, March 14
NO EVENTS SCHEDULED
FACTS & FIGURES
February 22, 2015
Combined Worship Attendance
184
Church School
72
Budget Offering
4,169.00
Specials
1,452.00
March 1, 2015
Combined Worship Attendance
186
Church School
94
Budget Offering
9,758.00
Specials
967.00
Special Gifts
....in memory of Fran Wood’s Birthday to
the Quilter’s Fund by Peggie Lipscomb and
by Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Wood & Family.
...in memory of Pierce Liles to the Budget
by Kathleen Fowlkes; Henriann Goddard &
Johanna V. Gibbs; Eric & Faye Pantsari; Sue
& Robert Allen; Ellen Cooper; Larry & Jane
Pearce; Nora Rice; Frances Richardson;
Steve & Kay Minsky; William & Linda
Coleman. To BRAC by Frank & Sandra
Selman.
....in memory of Herb Chambers to the
Building Fund by Jean & Johnny Mitchell.
To the Budget by Charles & Frances Hill;
Betty Jeanne Gray & Gray Children; Kevin
Dailey, Cindy Minnick & Julie Smith; Eric &
Faye Pantsari; Paula & Richard Paulling;
William & Linda Coleman.
....in memory of Darrell Housey to the
Budget by Kay Riley.
Mark Your Calendars
Annual Church Picnic
& Egg Hunt
Sunday March 29th ~ 3:00 PM ~ 5:00 PM
Saluda Shoals ~ Red Bud Pavillion
Come join us for a cookout, fellowship,
games, face painting, and an Egg Hunt for
the children!
Community Lenten Services
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Each Wednesday Through March 25th
12:00 Noon ~ Light Lunch ~ $2.00
Virginia Wingard will host on March 18th .
You are invited to be a part of these special
Services each Wednesday. Each week one of
the community churches will lead the Service.
Come and share in this special worship time.
GET YOUR RUNNING SHOES ON!!
Virginia Wingard MUMC has a team for the
2015 Color Run in Columbia on March 28th !
Registration is open. Cost $40 per person for a
team! Go to www.thecolorrun.com/columbia
to register. Join the team VWMUMC! Let
Tammy or Scott know if you are joining the
team and/or have any questions!
UMW March Mission Project
Family Promise
Supplies needed: Cleaning supplies, bleach,
paper plates & cups, washing machine liquid
detergent.
Daytime Fellowship Meeting
Monday, March 23, 2013
10:00 AM ~ Activity Center
Speaker: Tom Poland, Publisher/Writer
He will share how one road trip led him to
publish 5 books about traveling in SC. He will
also have photos and stories about his trips.
United Methodist Men Service Night
Recognition of Service to
Community & Church
Monday, April 6th ~ 6:00 PM - Activity Center
Speaker: Sheriff Leon Lott
Dinner: BBQ Chicken & Sides from Shealy’s
Cost: Adults ~ $10
Children: $5 (11 yrs. & under)
Tickets available on Sundays in the Welcome
Center and the Church Office.
Stations of the Cross
Following Jesus to the cross is
part of our discipleship journey.
This year during Holy Week, the
church will offer the Stations of
the Cross, a series of artistic
representations depicting Jesus journey to
the cross. The object of the Stations is to
help the faithful to experience a spiritual
pilgrimage of prayer, through meditating
upon the chief scenes of Jesus's sufferings
and death. There is an opportunity for a
few persons to serve as monitors and guides
during this time. There is a sign up sheet on
Tammy’s office door if you are interested.
BIBLE STUDY FOR LENT
Each Wednesday thru April 1st our Adult
Net program continues. Dinner at 6 p.m.
followed by a Lenten Bible Study led by
John Adams. Dinner will be Pizza & salad.
The study will be “Thank God It’s
Thursday” (Encountering Jesus at the Lord's
Table as if for the Last Time). We hope you
will take time during this Lenten season to
attend.
Bereavement Committee Volunteers
We will be having sign ups again this week
during the Hospitality time and after the
11:00 AM Service. Please be in prayer as to
whether the Lord is leading you to minister
in this way.
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