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Stephen Ministry

Morris Chapel is a

Stephen Ministry

Church.

When someone is in

need of care, a

Stephen Minister is

available to offer

confidential Christian

care & support.

Contact Samantha

Wesley at 595-8101

for further information.

Need to get in touch with us? Address: 2715 Darrow Road; PO Box 57; Walkertown, NC 27051

Office Phone: (336) 595-8101

Pastor Dan Lyons / [email protected]

Director of Children’s Ministries Sam Wesley / [email protected]

Director of Youth Ministries Drew Curry / [email protected]

Administrative Assistant Amy Whicker / [email protected]

Director of Music Ministries Del Curling / [email protected]

Organist Sheila Bennett (11:00am)

Pianist Judy Benedek (8:45am)

Organist Grant Beard (8:45am)

Stephen Ministry Samantha Wesley @ (336) 595-8101

Ministers Every Member

Email [email protected]

Website www.morrischapel.org

Live 11am Service www.ustream.tv/channel/morrischapel

Sunday Worship Times 8:45am-Chapel; 9am-Crossroads; 11am-Traditional

Morris Chapel United Methodist Church, Inc.

P.O. Box 57

Walkertown, NC 27051

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MORRIS CHAPEL UMC Chapel Echoes Newsletter January 5, 2015

Praise the Lord! A new year is upon us for new beginnings, new opportunities, and new endeavors. I pray this prayer of blessings for you this new year and invite you to pray it for yourselves and others.

Blessings,

Pastor Dan Lyons

A New Year’s Blessing

May God make your year a happy one!

Not by shielding you from all sorrows and pain,

but by strengthening you to bear it, as it comes;

Not by making your path easy,

but by making you sturdy to travel any path;

Not by taking hardships from you,

but by taking fear from your heart;

Not by granting you unbroken sunshine,

but by keeping your face bright, even in the shadows;

Not by making your life always pleasant,

but by showing you when people

and their causes need you most,

and by making you anxious to be there to help.

God’s love, peace, hope and joy to you for the year ahead.

Amen. (author unknown)

PASTOR’S MESSAGE: From the Mouth of Lyons

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.morrischapel.org/

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/morrischapel

For those in need of Hope & Healing: James Joyce, Helen Byrd, Helen Hester, Debra Freeman, Julius Tingen, Austin Owens, Marilyn Smith, Spencer Evans, Alma Lee Amos, Donald Whicker, Kyle Beinke, Eileen Needham, Sarah Sweeney, Nicholas Bowen, David Styers, Dana Murphy, Angie Thomas, Michelle James, Noah Cooke, Tracy Harmon, Becky Middleton, Michelle White, Hannah Beinke, Bob Bailey, Weldon McDonald, Jo & Tommy Perrin, Judy Benedek, Loren “Elmo” Grisham, Earlene Naylor, Michael Wojcik, Angela White, Karl Hunt, Patti Dunmire, Daron Kahn, Ed Day, Nancy Carmichael, Janie Pierce, Sylvia Bailey, Linda King, Lynn Edwards, Kimberly Goss, Barry Wall, Jason Richardson, Kel Billings, Anne Collins, Ralph & Dot Long, Margaret Sutton, Airman USN Zander Cloete, Betty Anderson, Lori Duckworth, Jody Blevins, Tommy Mitchell, Jennifer Sumner, Donrie McKnight, Jean Mills, Coy Cunningham, Bruce Thomas, Judy Groves, Dot Ball, Mildred White, Sarah Solis, Phillip West, Dot Peacock, JW Martin, Myron Solis, Ashleigh Poe Essic, Ted Khuns

For those Who Grieve:

The Family of Lucille Hester, The Families of Ora Cheney, The Family of Patty Mauro, The Family of Stuart Scott, The Family of Virginia Warner

PRAYER CHAIN

Food Pantry

Please remember that donations

are needed throughout the year.

Some of the most needed items are:

Canned vegetables, soups,

stews, spaghetti sauce,

spaghetti noodles, rice, canned

meats, paper towels, paper

bags

Please place donations in the

clear tubs located outside of

the Church Office.

CARING & SHARING

Weekday Ministries

Staff Appreciation

BREAKFAST/LUNCH

VOLUNTEERS

January: The Wesley Circle

February: The Jane Morris

Circle

NEXT CHAPEL ECHOES: Monday, January 12th

DEADLINE FOR ITEMS: Friday, January 9th by 12noon!

**Any items submitted AFTER the Friday deadline may be included

in the following week’s issue based on space availability**

OUR GIFTS

Week of January 4, 2015

Budget Receipts this week $ 9,051

Receipts to Date $ 9,051

Budgeted to Date $ 9,607

Ahead/(Behind) $ (556)

Building Fund Receipts this week $ 836

Building Fund Receipts YTD $ 50,880

Capital/Building Fund Balance $ 92,610

OUR PRESENCE

Attendance for

January 4, 2015

Sunday School: 249

Worship Services:

8:45am: 32

9:00am: 136

11:00am: 104

Total: 272

OUR GIFTS

Week of December 28, 2014

Budget Receipts this week $ 27,307

Receipts to Date $ 485,296

Budgeted to Date $ 478,688

Ahead/(Behind) $ 6,608

Building Fund Receipts this week $ 4,309

Building Fund Receipts YTD $ 54,353

Capital/Building Fund Balance $ 96,083

OUR PRESENCE

Attendance for

December 28, 2014

Sunday School: 191

Worship Services:

8:45am: 30

9:00am: 134

11:00am: 107

Total: 271

A HUGE thank you to all the MC Kids and MO CHAP

youth and their families for donating food, attending

and helping out at stations at our first annual

carnival-o-rama! Everyone had a blast! Thank you

again for all your support and prayers as we grow the

family of God together!

Thanks...Sam and Drew

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Sam’s Corner I know to some of you it is hard to believe that I am getting ready to work on a project for VBS, actually in all actuality, I start working on VBS for the next year before the current VBS is over! Our theme for 2015 VBS is, Everest: Conquering Challenges with God’s Mighty Power. In many pictures I have seen of Mount Everest, I noticed the many colorful flags hanging throughout the mountains. After some research, these flags are called Tibetan Pray flags, which traditionally carry messages of peace, compassion, prosperity or happiness. The prayer flags are colorful panels or rectangular pieces of cloth often hung along the mountain ridges in the Himalayan mountains to bless the countryside or send out a message of goodwill. As the wind blows through the flags the prayers are being lifted up. How cool is that????

My vision over the next months leading up to our VBS is that I would like to create Morris Chapel VBS prayer flags that our whole church can take part of creating prayer blessings for our VBS. Well, this leads me up to where I NEED SOME HELP…I am looking for panels or rectangular pieces of cloth or fabric in blue, white, red, green and yellow, so we can start to work on the flags. During VBS these flags with prayers and drawings on them will be displayed around the church and outside. So, if you have some fabric or cloth that needs a new home, you may drop them off at my office.

Thank you in advance

Samantha

Children’s Ministry

Youth News & Upcoming Events

Wednesday Youth - Jan. 7, 14 & 28th (6-8pm)

Sr. High Breakfasts - Friday, Jan. 9, 16, 23 & 30 (7:30-8:30am)

Lock-In - Friday, Jan. 16 (Begins at 8pm, Ends on Sat. at 8am)

Ski Trip to WinterPlace, WV- Tuesday, Jan. 20 (7:30am-9pm)

Youth Council - Sunday, Jan. 25 (3-4pm)

January Events

SPECIAL GIFTS

IN MEMORY

In Memory of: Joseph Causby Given By: Randy & Sharon Burnette, Brad & Lori Cook,

Pete & Margie Howard, Eddie & Ashley Owens, Steve & Debby Pegram, Darron & Betsy Southern (Budget)

Given By: Wayne & Louise Biby, William & JoAnn Byrd, Eddie & Mary Alice Campbell, Dick & Sandra Flynn, Coy & Verda Hennis, Thelma Lemons, Robin Neal, Ann, John, Dylan and Odessa Stevens, The Adult Disciples Class, The Jane Morris Circle (Good Samaritan Fund)

In Memory of: Carol Jones Mitchell Given By: Brenda & Jerry Gordon, Melvin & Margaret Hicks (Budget)

Given By: Liz & Jessie Dull (Good Samaritan Fund)

In Memory of: Stephen L. Amos, Levi Amos, Malcolm Dillon, Leona Dillon Given By: Teresa Clodfelter (Budget)

IN HONOR

In Honor of: Helen Byrd’s 90th Birthday Given By: Rex & Mildred Voss, Liz & Jessie Dull (Good Samaritan Fund)

In Honor of: Pastor Dan Lyons & the Morris Chapel Staff Given By: Lee & Jean Carpenter (Good Samaritan Fund)

In Honor of: Rhonda Day & the Food Pantry Volunteers Given By: Lee & Jean Carpenter, Rick & Susan Hartman (Food Pantry)

In Honor of: Colleen Whicker, Pan Briles, Del Curling & Don Whicker Given By: Lee & Jean Carpenter (Budget)

In Honor of: Ruth Voss Given By: Ed Amonsen & Katherine Voss (Budget)

In Honor of: FC Dillon and Thurmon & Bertha Dillon

Given By: April, Steve, Addie & Eli Dillon and Harrell Dillon, Jr. (Budget)

In Honor of: Sharon Burnette Given By: United Methodist Foundation of Western North Carolina (Gifts of Grace and Jamaica Mission)

1/1 Walt Hutchings 1/3 Bryan Porter Cody Southern 1/4 Helen Hester Tina McDonald Elaine Patterson 1/5 Jean Carpenter Angelina Rose Huie Lindsay Walton 1/6 Tom Clutter Louie Pack, Jr. 1/7 Andrew Jones Lindsey McCoig Bryce Simmons Ann Stevens 1/8 Noah Dobesh Carli Laws Kennedy Southern 1/9 Ed Brockwell Fred Hepler Donna Masten Jeff Masten Ann Parker 1/10 Tracy Goins Amy Patterson 1/11 Gabby Bemis Kenneth Vanhoy 1/12 Chris Barrow Janie Pierce Jackson Ring 1/13 Marie Bowen Jennifer Kerns Becky Stepps Jan Swaim 1/14 Cindy Barrow Roger Briles Wyatt Goins 1/15 Tony Dillon Steve Fulp Tommy McKenzie

1/17 Matthew Smith 1/18 Tanner McPeak Kathy Voss 1/19 Will Dake Lindley Warf Samantha Wesley 1/20 Stephen Paul Joyce Marty Vogler 1/21 Jase Vogler 1/22 Chris Hargett Nick Murphy John Tingen Dan Westmoreland 1/23 Jacqueline Church Jan Curling Leslie Gordon Dayle Mundy 1/24 Alma Lee Amos Gray Bailey Eric Fivecoat Trevor Kerns 1/25 Heather Link Gary Mundy Brian Tally 1/26 Megan Curling Jerry Pegram 1/27 Melissa Byrd Ragin Pace Bill Randleman 1/28 Morgan Whicker 1/30 Jenni Eller Angela Pegram Becky Peterson 1/31 Jimmy Barrow Wesley Hutchins Salem Shupp

1/2 David & Kathie Tally

1/8 Jerry & Angela Pegram

1/14 Rex & Mildred Voss

1/16 Robert & Janet Neal

If your birthday or anniversary is missing or

there is an error in this publication, please

notify the Church Office at 595-8101 or

[email protected].

January 2015 Celebrations Upcoming Events Wesley Circle U.M.W.

» The next Wesley Circle U.M.W. meeting will be held on Saturday, January 10, at

2:00pm in Room # 39 (* Please note the date change. *)

» January 13, 2015, 11:00am - Brunch for Weekday Ministries Teachers and workers in

the Hospitality Room.

» January 14, 9:00am - Kitchen Committee Meeting

» February 2015- Making chicken pies all four weeks in February if the weather is good.

Schedule is to set-up on Mondays (2/2, 2/9, 2/16 & 2/23) and to make pies on Tuesdays

(2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24). Pickup dates will be on Wednesdays(2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25) from

3-5pm.

» The February Wesley Circle U.M.W. meeting will be held on Saturday, February 7th at

2:00pm in Room #39.

» March 3, 2015 - Joint meeting: Call to Prayer and Self Denial. Meal will be served at

6:00pm followed by the program. Hostesses will be the Wesley Circle U.M.W. Pro

gram speaker will be Vivian Morrison, Social Action, Yadkin Valley U.M.W. Offices.

The topic will be “Human Trafficking”.

» The date for the 2015 Fall Bazaar has been set, it will be held on Saturday, October 24th!

Upcoming Meeting United Methodist Men

The Morris Chapel Methodist Men will hold their breakfast for January on Sunday, January, 11 at 7:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall.

All men plan to attend and bring a friend.

Cook Crew:

Larry Whicker - Chief, Dan Westmoreland, Ladd Whicker, Darrell Westmoreland, Dan Young, Mike Tate

Upcoming Events Chapel Ramblers

Thursday, Jan. 15, 8:30am

Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant

Friday, Jan. 30, 5:30pm

Annual Chicken Stew in the Fellowship Hall.

The gospel group Chords of Faith will sing

after the meal. This is the group that local

Pastor Larry Neal sings with. Bring your

friends and family. All are welcome! The

cost is $5.00 per person. Please sign-up on

the sheet on the bulletin board outside of

the nursery. * Committee members, please report at 4:30pm.

Upcoming Meeting Jane Morris Circle

The Jane Morris Circle will meet

on

Tuesday

January 13, 2015

6:30pm

In the Hospitality Room (#39)

The speaker will be Drew Curry (Director of Youth Ministries at Morris Chapel)

All ladies of the church are invited!

MINISTRY TEAMS FOR JANUARY 2015

Greeters (8:45am): Eddie Campbell, Robin Neal

Worship Leader (8:45am): Steve Pegram Crib/Toddler Nursery (9am): Janet Neal (1/4); Jane Whicker (1/11); Loretta Sloan (1/18); Tammy Younts (1/25) Greeters (11am): Bill Vanhoy/Ron Williams Class Worship Leader (11am): Spencer Evans Ushers (11am): Harvey Dillon (C), Sammy Clodfelter, Don Jones, Hank Read, Tim Shoaf, Richard Teague, Zachary Vogler Acolytes (11am): Brooke Bowen & Belle Martin (1/4); Maggie & Emma Owens (1/11); Zach Freeman & Shelby Scott (1/18); Trinity Kerns & Cali Holder (1/25); Children’s Church Samantha Wesley (1/4); Tracy & Zachary Vogler (1/11); 3/4/5 & K/1/2 ages (11am): Susan Smith (1/18); Dana & Emily Webster (1/25)

Crib/Toddler Nursery (11am): Elaine Laws (1/4); Debbie & Mike Causby (1/11); Debra Freeman (1/18); Tracy Vogler (1/25) Evangelism Visitor Pastor Dan Lyons (1/4); Follow up: Janet & Robert Neal (1/11); Patricia & Sammy Evans (1/18); Sherry Gray & Carolyn Clodfelter (1/25)

5 3:30-5pm - FLC Reserved (GLCS)

6-9pm - FLC Reserved (R. Amos)

7pm - Men’s Chorus Practice

7pm - Long Range Planning (22)

6 10-11am - Food Pantry Open

(S. Hartman, L. King, K. Dobesh)

6:30pm - Boy Scouts (FH)

7pm - Cub Scouts (FLC/Classrooms)

7 6:30pm - Children

(Sunshine Kids Only)

6-8pm - Wednesday Youth

6-8:30pm - FH Reserved

7:15pm - Chancel Choir

11 7:30am - UMM Breakfast (FH)

2-9pm - FH Reserved (J. Swaim)

4-7pm - Youth

7-9pm - FLC Reserved (S. Day)

12 3:30-5pm - FLC Reserved (GLCS)


6:30pm - Worship Advisory Council

(22)


(D. Wilson, C. Whicker, K. Dobesh)

11am - Weekday Ministry Brunch

provided by Wesley Circle (39)

3:30-5pm - FLC Reserved (GLCS)

6:30pm - Jane Morris Circle (39)



14 9am - Kitchen Committee (39)

6:30pm - Children

6:30pm - Weekday Ministries

Board (22)



18 3-9pm - Choir Christmas Party

(FH-D. Boles)

4-7pm - Youth


19 - Martin Luther King Day CHURCH OFFICES CLOSED


7pm - Men’s Chorus Practice

7pm - Staff Parish Relations (40)

WSFCS Closed

20 7:30am-9pm - Youth Ski Trip

(Winterplace, WV)

10-11am - Food Pantry Open

(V. Hennis, D. Freeman, S. Bailey)

6pm - Missions Committee (21)

21 6pm - JAM (FLC)


25 3pm - Youth Council

4-7pm - Youth


26 6-9pm - FLC Reserved (R. Amos)

7pm - Church Council (43)


(S. Hartman, L. King, K. Dobesh)



28 10am - Garden Club (39)

6:30pm - Children



SUN MON TUE WED

Children’s Choirs

(Sunshine Kids Only)

Wednesday Youth

- FH Reserved (T. Vogler)

Chancel Choir


(L. Ashburn, R. Hackaday,

K. Dobesh)

6-9pm - FH Reserved (R. Amos)

7pm - Praise Band Practice

7pm - Stephen’s Ministry (40)

9 7:30am - Sr. High Breakfast (FH)

3:30-5pm - FLC Reserved (GLCS)

10 6am-5pm - Boy Scout Pancake

Jamboree Fundraiser (FLC)

2pm - Wesley Circle (39)

4-9pm - FH Reserved (Faith in Action-

Tentative)

Kitchen Committee (39)

Children’s Choirs

Weekday Ministries

Board (22)

Wednesday Youth

Chancel Choir

15 8:30am - Ramblers Breakfast

(Olympic Restaurant)

10-11am - Food Pantry Open

(MJ Weavil & Teddy Weavil)

3:30-5pm - FLC Reserved

(GLCS)



8pm - Youth Lock-In (until 8am on

Saturday)

17 9-11am - FLC Reserved (R. Amos)

JAM (FLC)

Chancel Choir


(L. Randleman & B. Brown)



9am-9pm - FLC Reserved

(Branches of the Vine Class)

6:30-8:30pm - Children’s Game

Night (FH)


2-5pm - FH Reserved (A. Parker)

Garden Club (39)

Children’s Choirs

Wednesday Youth

Chancel Choir


(L. Ashburn, R. Hackaday)

6-9pm - FH Reserved (R. Amos)



5:30pm - Ramblers Annual

Chicken Stew (FH)


9am-9pm - FH Reserved (Ramblers-

bad weather date for Chicken Stew)

WED THU FRI SAT

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