May 2012 Newsletter
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The Trinity Torch Pastor: Rev. David Brannock, [email protected] Administrative Assistant: Donna Lowery Financial Secretary: Jim “Chip” McKenna Director of Music: Jerry Long [email protected] Director of Youth: Amy Brown [email protected] Director of Children: Jennifer McHan [email protected] Custodian: Tim Cansler Office e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (423) 638-7521 Trinity Library: [email protected] Web Page: www.trinity-um-church.org MAY 2012 Pastor’s Remarks A Word from the Pastor As our nation moves toward another presidential election in November, I am reminded of one of Carl Sandburg’s poems in “The People, Yes” (#69). Sandburg writes that a surgeon, an engineer, and a politician all claimed that their profession was the oldest in the world. They based their argument on God’s work of creation in Genesis 1-2. The surgeon : “My profession is the oldest. God put Adam to sleep and took out one of his ribs in order to make Eve.” The engineer : “My profession is the oldest. The world was in chaos, and God’s organized development of it was the supreme engineering feat.” The politician : “My profession is the oldest. Who do you think made the chaos?” _________________________________________ It happened when Mary Ethel and I were living in an apartment in Bristol. Behind our building was a peaceful, wooded area with a creek. One day I was reading on our back porch when I noticed a duck on a little island in the middle of the creek. The duck was in distress because its neck was caught in one of those plastic rings which hold together a 6-pack of Cokes. I hurried out and tried to get close enough to pull the plastic ring away from the duck’s neck, but the scared creature would not let me come near without making an even bigger fuss and trying to flee from me. Not wanting to make a bad situation worse, I backed off and tried to think of how I could help. Fortunately, before I came up with Plan B, the duck managed to wiggle its head free and swim happily on its way. That day I vowed I would never again throw away a plastic drink ring so that no animal could get tangled up or even choked to death. Before I recycle one, I cut each of the individual rings apart. No matter what happens to the plastic ring after I put it in the recycling bin, no animal will ever get trapped by it. We recently celebrated Holy Week because long ago, God looked down from heaven and had compassion on all of His sons and daughters who struggle to break free from the chokehold of sin. But unlike that duck, sin gets you and me so tangled that it is impossible for us to wiggle free on our own. We need outside help. John 3:16 declares that God sent this outside help to the world in the form of Jesus. On Easter we celebrated that you and I don’t have to remain tangled and strangled by the chokehold of sin. Jesus broke the shackles of sin and death by leaving behind an empty tomb. When Christ draws near to set us free, we can get scared and try to flee, or we can let ourselves be rescued. And when we let ourselves be rescued by the Lord, remember this: our Savior doesn’t just recycle, He resurrects. Easter blessings, Pastor David
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May 2012 Newsletter of Trinity United Methodist Church, Greeneville, TN
Transcript of May 2012 Newsletter
The Trinity Torch Pastor: Rev. David Brannock, [email protected]
Administrative Assistant: Donna Lowery
Financial Secretary: Jim “Chip” McKenna
Director of Music: Jerry Long [email protected]
Director of Youth: Amy Brown [email protected]
Director of Children: Jennifer McHan [email protected]
Custodian: Tim Cansler
Office e-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (423) 638-7521
Trinity Library: [email protected] Web Page: www.trinity-um-church.org
MAY 2012
Pastor’s Remarks
A Word from the Pastor
As our nation moves toward another presidential
election in November, I am reminded of one of Carl
Sandburg’s poems in “The People, Yes” (#69). Sandburg
writes that a surgeon, an engineer, and a politician all
claimed that their profession was the oldest in the world.
They based their argument on God’s work of creation in
Genesis 1-2.
The surgeon: “My profession is the oldest.
God put Adam to sleep and took out one of his ribs in
order to make Eve.”
The engineer: “My profession is the oldest.
The world was in chaos, and God’s organized
development of it was the supreme engineering feat.”
The politician: “My profession is the oldest.
Who do you think made the chaos?”
_________________________________________
It happened when Mary Ethel and I were living in
an apartment in Bristol. Behind our building was a
peaceful, wooded area with a creek. One day I was
reading on our back porch when I noticed a duck on a
little island in the middle of the creek. The duck was in
distress because its neck was caught in one of those
plastic rings which hold together a 6-pack of Cokes.
I hurried out and tried to get close enough to pull
the plastic ring away from the duck’s neck, but the scared
creature would not let me come near without making an
even bigger fuss and trying to flee from me. Not wanting
to make a bad situation worse, I backed off and tried to
think of how I could help. Fortunately, before I came up
with Plan B, the duck managed to wiggle its head free and
swim happily on its way.
That day I vowed I would never again throw away
a plastic drink ring so that no animal could get tangled up
or even choked to death. Before I recycle one, I cut each
of the individual rings apart. No matter what happens to
the plastic ring after I put it in the recycling bin, no animal
will ever get trapped by it.
We recently celebrated Holy Week because
long ago, God looked down from heaven and had
compassion on all of His sons and daughters who
struggle to break free from the chokehold of sin. But
unlike that duck, sin gets you and me so tangled that it
is impossible for us to wiggle free on our own. We
need outside help. John 3:16 declares that God sent this
outside help to the world in the form of Jesus.
On Easter we celebrated that you and I don’t
have to remain tangled and strangled by the chokehold
of sin. Jesus broke the shackles of sin and death by
leaving behind an empty tomb. When Christ draws
near to set us free, we can get scared and try to flee, or
we can let ourselves be rescued. And when we let
ourselves be rescued by the Lord, remember this:
our Savior doesn’t just recycle, He resurrects.
Easter blessings,
Pastor David
Prayer List MAY 2012
For Our Armed Forces Justin Sayler Kenneth Kelley
Brian Benton Jamie Moseley
John Penland Joseph D. Carson
Justin Walter Steven Ayers
Thomas White David Jones
Steven Sams Stanley Keselicka
Jay Burns
For Trinity Members & Constituents
Buck Jones Georgia Lister
Jack Johnson Violet Reynolds
Robert Morris & Dickens
Jackson Fisher Southerland
For Family Members & Friends Melanie Mee Larry Sluder Jimmy Seay
Carolyn Ayers Ray Morrison
Church in Mission Fran Lynch Baxter-Willow, AK
Steve Geegbe/Richard Tefley - Home in Liberia
For the Persecuted Church around the world.
For the Ministry of Our Church, Its Leaders,
Pastor Brannock & Staff.
For Our Known Bereaved
The Family of Elsie Nesbit
The Family of Carrie Schrefer
The family of John Headrick
Healing Needed from Cancer
Ronnie Hooten Ed Stalcup
Lynette Bradford Mary Peters
Hugh Wells Benny Goodwin
Karen Broyles Payne Earnestine Gray
Susan Ramsey Albert Rasnake
Victor Knapp Carl Lacher
Rick Felton Stanton Whittaker
Richard Arwood Charlotte Nicodemas
Roger Solomon Jimmy Carter
Lynn Rollins Jerry Hackney
Evelyn Blake Michael Renfro
Leonard Harrell Brenda Loveday
Patty Guinn Max Cox
Darnell Marie Barker Carrie Schrefer
Faye & Billy Kelton Avery Armstrong
Edna Cutshaw David Lamons
Hugh Allen Shipley Danny Starnes
Teresa Krause’ Jewell Hughes Families and Caregivers of those with cancer
For Our Nursing Home &
Assisted Living Members: Helen Phillips Anna Belle Hankins
Beryl Smith Mabel Philbeck
Iva Walker Carolyn Tilson
For Our Homebound Members: Bobby George Kitty Knittel
Belva Drake Faye Reynolds
Norma Cureton Virgie Gray Doc Dowden Patsy Reynolds
Helen Jeffers Frances Million
Thanks from the Longs: For your prayers, cards and calls for
Annetta’s loss of her sister Carrie …and Jerry’s recent ‘health scare.’
_____________________________________
Pathways Through Loss
June 8-10, 2012
Hinton Rural Life Center Hayesville, NC
Registration Forms are provided in the office.
Email questions concerning the event to
Amy Spivey, [email protected]
_____________________________________
How are we doing compared to last year? (Jan. 1- Mar. 31, 2011 vs. Jan. 1 - Mar. 31, 2012)
1st 3 months _____ 2011 _ 2012
Worship 220 215
Sunday School 159 159
Revenues $79,792 $68,818
Expenses $70,659 $85,077
Those who wait for the Lord
shall renew their strength.
They shall mount up with
wings like eagles… Isaiah 40:31a
MAY BIRTHDAYS
05/01 Wilma Holley
05/01 Arne Hartman
05/02 Tiffany Wilhoit
05/03 Carl Eikenberry
05/03 Carol Smith
05/03 Marty Miles
05/04 Mary Lee Fields
05/04 Patsy Dority
05/05 Chris Bullington
05/05 Douglas Crum
05/06 Amie Douthat
05/06 Brandon Rogers
05/07 Charles Renner
05/07 Harold (Buddy) Link
05/07 Laura Garland
05/08 Kay Jones
05/08 Patricia Chesnut (Trish)
05/09 Mitzi Holt
05/09 Ryan Parkins
05/09 Jerry Long
05/10 Georgia Lister
05/10 Katherine Parker
05/11 Faye DeBusk
05/11 Grant Jones
05/11 Karen Close
05/12 Lauren Morelock
05/12 Mike Bueck
05/13 Allison Holt
05/13 Becka Gregory
05/13 Don Wilhoit
05/14 Allison Rogers
05/15 Steve Tunnell
05/17 Landon Kinser
05/17 Victoria Harmon
05/18 Diane Foreman
05/18 Sharon Hill
05/19 Cindy Fisher
05/21 Eric Waldroup
05/21 Mike Franklin
05/22 Rene Thornhill
05/24 Amy Gross
05/24 B.J. Broyles
05/24 Carmel Rasnake
05/24 Jan Taylor
05/25 Amy McDonald
05/25 Becky Rotan
05/27 Marma Lee Boles
05/27 Tom Garland
05/27 Marcia Whaley
05/29 Jimmy Sams
05/29 Tammy Knapp
MAY YOUTH ACTIVITIES:
Amy Brown - Youth Director
May is going to be a very busy month!
May 2: We will be performing our program at
Wonderful Wednesday.
May 6: We will be having our Senior Banquet @ 6:00.
May 9: The youth will be practicing youth choir for
our upcoming program on May 20.
May 13: Mother's Day (No Youth Tonight)
May 20: Youth led Worship Service
for that Sunday Morning.
May 20: That evening we will be having an End of
the Year Blow Out!!! Please bring your Fitsum money.
May 27: Memorial Day Holiday (No Youth Tonight)
MAY CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES:
Jennifer McHan
Children’s Director
Buffalo Mountain Camp Information packets have been set around the
church and in the appropriate age classrooms
and in the narthex and church office.
If you are interested in sending your child to
camp this summer and want more information
you can contact me, the church office,
or the specified areas.
The end of school is near and that means it is
VBS time!
Hope to see you all there June 3rd-7th!
BRING A FRIEND!
Music in May What Wonderful Variety
May 2nd
Wonderful Wednesday 6:30
Youth Choir & Bells
May 6th
Sunday Worship 9:30
TN Tech Wesley Foundation
May 13th
Sunday Worship 9:30
Mother’s Day
May 20th
Sunday Worship 9:30 Youth Sunday
Youth Choir & Bell
Adult Handbells
May 27th
Sunday Worship 9:30
‘Trinity’s own’ Chancel Choir
Jerry Long - Director of Music Ministries
Happy Mother’s Day!
Trinity United Methodist Church 524 Tusculum Boulevard Greeneville, TN 37745
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Monthly Item Trinity’s Food Bank item being collected during May
is Peanut Butter.
Donations can be placed in the cardboard boxes provided
in either the Large Fellowship Hall or
the Old Narthex outside the Sanctuary.
Pick up will be June 3.
____________________________________
ECHOES News
On Friday Evening, May 4
the ECHOES group will be having their
Monthly Dinner Meeting & Program @ 5:30, SFH.
Menu: Pork Chops, Cream Potatoes, Broccoli Casserole,
Slaw, Mixed Fruit, Rolls, Shoney’s Strawberry Pie,
Coffee & Tea
The meal will cost $6.00 a person.
R.S.V.P w/ Lucille Cutshaw
Entertainment: Amy Benedict
New Pet Food Bank in Greeneville!
A new Pet Food Bank has been formed in
Greeneville to assist pet owners who are having
a difficult time financially. A collection box is located in the large fellowship hall.
All cat food and dog food will gladly be accepted.
If your Sunday School class or group would be
interested in making a donation,
please contact Tracy Horner at 552-8810.
The food bank will be open once a month
for qualified applicants.
ATTENTION:
2012 Graduates & Families
We are making a list of our
high school, college,
& grad school graduates.
Please notify the church office @ 638-7521
or email @ [email protected]
so your graduate’s name will be included on this list.
UMW News
Lister Circle meets Wednesdays
in the Junior High room @ 5:10. All junior, senior & college students are invited to join us.
Maude Landmesser - May 10
Ruth Group - May 14 @ 7:00, J. Kellis Home
Shalom - May 15 @ 6:00, D. Oldenberg Home __________________________________________________
Trinity Church Rummage Sale
Saturday, May 5
8:00 am - 12:00 Noon, LFH
WE NEED YOUR STUFF!
Thursday & Friday May 3 & 4
See Georgia Lister for more details.
The SKY is the limit if we. . . Trust God!
We are about to take "Flight" into a great adventure, and I need your help!
Crews are needed for the following areas:
Flight Crew Leaders (Preschool - 5th grade)
Nursery
Recreation
Creation Station
Exploration Station
Kitchen Assistance
Music and AV
Registration
Set Up (week prior to Bible school)
Clean Up
Public Relations & Advertisement
Photographer
Prayers!
Please contact me if you are interested in helping.
Thanks in advance,
Holly Hope
[email protected] or 423-525-5002
