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Sunrise United Methodist

Volume 19

Church Office

Debbie Barfield

919-303-3720 x200

M-F

9am - 4pm

Sunday Worship

8:30 & 11:00am

Pastor Tom

Ext. 201

(m) 919- 884-6315

Sunday School

all ages

9:50am

Youth Minister

Amie Stewart

(m) 919-200-3217

Minister of Adult

Christian Education

Lisa Pearson

lpearson@

mysunrise.org

Minister of

Music& Arts

Laura Garrett

Ext. 208

Sábado Adoración

en Español

7:00PM

Pilar Adrianzen

(m) 919- 815-5971

Ext. 202

Stephen Ministry

Tammy Lack

919--744-5735

Preschool

Kim Sain

Ext .204

Inside

From The Pastor p. 2

Music and Arts p. 3

Children & Youth p. 4

From Rev. Amie

Stewart p. 5

Opportunities p. 6

Birthdays p. 8

Prayer Concerns p. 9

Scripture p. 10

Dear Sunrisers, “See! I am making all things new!” What a won-derful statement. If only it was true. Can it be true in 2015? Can it be true in your life? If these were the words of a newly elected president or senator we would be excited. If these were the words of a leader we respected they would hold power. What if I told you they were from God? Journey with me to the last book of the Bible, Revelation. The first 8 verses of chapter 21 give us these words and oth-ers that bring hope…lasting hope. What would you like to become new this year? 2015 is ripe with untapped potential. It may be the best year of our lives. It may be filled with bless-ings and it may be filled with heartache and it will probably have a mixture of both. It will be a new year. We have never lived 2015 before. Whether it turns out differently than previous years…whether it is “new” for us or just another repeat of the years that have come before…well…that’s up to you and me. God’s desire is clear. God desires that all things be made new…including you and me! God is in the business of making all things new. There are so many passages that speak to this truth. Another of my favorites is 2 Corinthians 5:17 where we are told we ARE new creations if we are in relationship with Jesus Christ. Then there is Nicodemus who struggles to understand Jesus when he tells him to be born anew from above (see John 3). Even as far back as the Prophet Isaiah, God declares a new thing is beginning and that we should already per-ceive it (Isaiah 43:19). The question it seems is not if God will make any-thing new this year, but rather, will we allow our-selves to be made new in Christ’s image this year. Will you? I know the leaders of Sunrise Church have been praying for this very moment. We have discerned God’s voice and are developing and im-plementing many programs, some brand new (continued on page 2)

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January 2015

and never tried before and others time honored and honed throughout years of ministry, all designed to help you find a new beginning to Jesus. Maybe you’ll join a disciple class this year. Maybe you’ll join a divorce recovery group this year. Maybe you’ll lead a sma ll group or host a Bible study or attend a study on Revelation. It is our job to present you with options and avenues to grow deeper in your rela-tionship with Jesus Christ who is the Lord of Life. With Jesus, we become new just like the burning bush of Exodus grew new life even though it was on fire as God spoke to Moses (see Exodus chapter 3). God is life and light and love. God changes us from the inside out. 2015 is fresh territory for God to do what is familiar to God yet brand new to us: create life from death, hope from despair, possibility from impossibility. Are you interested? Would you like 2015 to be different from all the other years you’ve lived? Would you like to be new? God is eager for your reply…

Happy New Year! Tom Newman, pastor

January is “Love Your Church” Month

During the month of January, the Nurture Committee is organizing activities to clean up around the

church. These include:

Nursery – Children’s Ministry

Kitchen – Women’s Day group

Mulch around the retention pond – sponsor needed

Mulch outside the playground fence moved into playground – sponsor needed

If you see a project that needs to be added to the list or if your group would like to volunteer for an

activity, please contact Mary Kay Calloway at callowaymk@aol.com.

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Reflecting on Live Nativity and Bethlehem Marketplace, December 19 & 20, 2014

Please help Sunrise UMC Staff and volunteer leaders evaluate our first-ever Live Nativity and Bethlehem Mar-ketplace. Your feedback will help us make good decisions about our ministry together. Thanks!

*** Purpose: Our stated purpose for this event was to help people experience Jesus’ birth in a new way, through the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes reminiscent of the first Christmas. We hoped to reach not only members of Sunrise UMC, but also attract people from the community at large. Do you think we accomplished our purpose? Please explain… Here is a list of the various facets of our event. Please reflect on each one, and jot down two things:

What was most effective? What might we do differently if we do this again?

+Publicity and signage, bulletin inserts, bulletin boards, info sheet/handout, other… +Setup of church inside and outside… +Parking… +“Marketplace” and Ten Thousand Villages crafts… +International foods… +Liturgical Dancers… +Holy Family Manger Scene, costumed characters… +Live Animals…

+Other thoughts? Please provide your name________________________________What night did you attend? _____________ Were you also a worker?____ In what area did you volunteer? ______________________ Thank you so much for your feedback! Laura Garrett Minister of Music and Arts Please return this sheet with your reflections to Laura Garrett. Thanks!

Children’s Ministry

Sunday School 9:45-10:45

Children’s Bible Club Sundays at 4pm

in the Nursery. All children K-5 invited

to attend.

Children’s Church Every Sunday at 8:30 and 11:00 services

Youth Group Schedule

Jan 10: Youth Ministry Team Planning Retreat at 10am

Jan 11: Youth Group Welcome Back Party, 5-7pm

Jan 11: Fireproof resumes, Confirmation begins

Jan 12 LOGOS resumes. All High Schoolers welcome!

Jan 16-18 High School Ski trip to Wintergreen Resort.

Jan 18: No Youth Group. High School Retreat to

Wintergreen

Jan 19: Logos HS Study, 7:30pm

Jan 25: Youth Group, 5-7pm

Jan 26: Logos Study, 7:30pm

Logos High School Bible Study

Come join LOGOS! The group will be studying various current event topics this Spring and relating them to Scripture. Topics include: public prayer, tattoos, interfaith marriage, advertising, etc. We will also participate in a monthly outreach with the Holly Springs Food Cupboard. Sessions will be held on Monday evenings at 7:30, starting January 12. The Bible Study is open to any high school age youth. Please see Paige Mileski, or Laura Rabon for more information.

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I recently shared coffee with one of our youth, and we were talking about skiing. I recalled how nice it was when our family took a trip out west to the big mountains of Colorado. The trails were wide and long, and we seemed to float on top of the fresh snow. In college, skiing at Massanutten in Virginia, I remembered how cautiously we moved along the ice, not sure which direction our ski tips might turn!

I remember when my brothers' and I first learned to ski. My younger brother, Kyle, was fearless. At the age of 4, he turned his skiis parallel with the slope and went straight down to the bottom! Faster he flew, without one thought of the ground beneath him.

Sometimes I think Jesus just gets it right. Like when he reorients the expectations of those in search of the 'correct' answers on how to be great and enter the kingdom of Heaven. It is instead those who be-come like children who get the firmest grasp of faith. Focusing on the wonder all around, with little pause or hesitation, they absorb the love of God like a sponge. The older I get, the harder it is to let go of requiring certainty, constantly assessing my foundations, and seeking what is right instead of striv-ing after Jesus.

We can't always see what dangers may be lurking, what disappointments may ensue even despite our best efforts. There is so much we can learn from the faith of our children. And yet, how great the need is to, borrowing a phrase I love, "show them the ropes!" It is we, as youth and adults, who teach through our actions and presence, how to serve God in the world. In Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week, Sue Miller includes an interesting note about the pertinence of teach-ing our children at a young age: "Between birth and age fourteen, [George Barna] found there is a 32 percent chance an individual will accept Jesus. After than point, the number drops quickly, to about 6 percent during the rest of a person's life." We have no time to lose! Our kids need us as much as we need them!

In this new year, how might you come to experience faith like a child by serving the youngest disciples among us? Each week our children embark on a journey - from the Children's Moment, Children's Church, Sunday School, to afternoon Guitar Lessons + Kid's Praise Ensemble, and Children's Bible Club. Kids walk with Jesus all day on Sunday. But this is only possible with the devotion and tireless efforts of our parent and adult volunteers. At what point on this journey might they encounter the love of Jesus through you?

From Minister of Children & Youth Rev. Amie Stewart

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Warmth for Wake is a seasonal energy assistance outreach

program which kicks off each year in October to provide fuel to low

income residents of Wake County. Sunrise volunteers cut, sort, pack

and deliver wood to low income participants through the program,

several of whom reside in Holly Springs and surrounding communities.

Contact: Mike Smith at masmith1068@nc.rr.com or 919-567-9060

The remaining dates for this season are:

January 3, 17, and 31, 2015

February 7 & 21

March 7 & 21 (If needed)

BEGINNER YOGA CLASSES Join us for beginner yoga classes starting the week of January 12th

on Mondays at 1:00 and Wednesday evenings at 7:15. These 45 mi-

nute sessions will utilize a variety of gentle poses to improve your flexi-

bility and strength. No prior yoga experience necessary. Participa-

tion in these classes may be counted toward your Walk to Jerusalem

miles. Contact Beth Gaughan at gaughan3693@hotmail.com or Lisa

Pearson at Lpearson@mysunrise.org with questions.

OPPORTUNITIES

We will celebrate Human Relations Day on January

18 with a special offering. Human Relations Day calls the church to

recognize the right of all God’s children to realize their potential. The

purpose of the day is to further the development of better human

relations. This offering supports Community Developers self improve-

ment programs, United Methodist Voluntary Services and Youth Of-

fender Rehabilitation projects. As a result, lives have been turned

around, communities revitalized and the gospel proclaimed. Your

gift to this special offering makes a world of difference!

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The Walk to Jerusalem Starting at Sunrise January 3rd

!

What is the Walk to Jerusalem?

It is a church wide walking program designed to increase the physical and

spiritual health of Sunrise members.

The Walk to Jerusalem will begin January 3rd

with the goal of accumulating

enough church wide miles to reach Jerusalem by Easter.

This “imaginary” trip to Jerusalem is accomplished by individuals within the

church logging their own walking miles each week by keeping track of their

physical and spiritual activity.

“Miles” can be accumulated in several ways: walking, biking, swimming or any

other activities that are measured in miles.

Any type of aerobic exercise for 20 minutes equals one mile: house cleaning,

yard work, dancing, jazzercise, and sports

Those with health issues can participate too. Physical therapy exercises can

count toward miles.

5 miles per week will be given to those who do the daily devotion and prayers for

the entire week.

For Weekly Devotionals and Scriptures online go to mysunrise.org and

click on resources. Hard copies are available in the Narthex.

Start this New Year off right with a resolution to become more physically and

spiritually fit!

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5 Rebecca Floyd, William Nunn, Lane Sauls,

Martha Williamson

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7 Leslie Burkes, Carolyn Floyd, Becky Sloan,

Ron Walkotten

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10 Kathleen Barkley, Matt Davidson, Madeleine

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11 Vinnie De Benedetto, Barbara Leenstra

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13 Tyler Ash

14 Randy Bunn

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16 Peggy Staley

17 Randy Pridgen , Evangeline Richardson

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19 Edna Russell

20 Sydney Haggard, Zachary Preble

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22 Jakob Bron, Charlie Butts, Jennifer Rogers

23 Celeste Pollok

24 Kathy Miller

25 James Bingham, Madelyn Scholle, Alan

Taguinot

26 Melanie Jarvis, Barbara Miller

27 Sherry Barker, Tom Glossop

28 Chuck Brown, Ashley Holm

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30 Kate Chaplin

31 Michael Atwood, Maria Atwood, Jane Erb

Are You Ready To Unite With

Sunrise? Empowering, Devoting, Transforming for Christ

That’s where the Spirit is leading here at Sunrise,

and you are invited to become a part of this grow-

ing congregation.

You may join by a profession of your faith in Jesus

Christ or by transfer of membership from another

congregation where you have made that profes-

sion.

To have a loved-one baptized, please speak with

Pastor Tom as well.

If you have any questions, please contact Pastor

Tom: (m) 919-884-6315 or tnewman@mysunrise.org

WLFJ ministries is an Evan-

gelical outreach to the

needy community in Ra-

leigh, N. C. and surround-

ing areas.

Our goal is to minister

to the spiritual as well

as physical needs of

those individuals we

serve each week.

Sunrise UMC volunteers on

the 1st Friday of most

months. You are welcome

to carpool from the Sunrise

parking lot on Friday, Feb-

ruary 6th 8:15am to WLFJ.

We return around noon. If

you would like more infor-

mation please contact

Bob Holm 267-5404.

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Remembering our loved ones who serve

Brent Ash Tommy Bice Tom Helms

Andrew Burkes Peter Burkes Patrick Dunn

Joseph Gahagen Andrew Gallion Colby Hammonds

Christopher Jarvis Kyle Pearson Ben Rosado

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Pat Causey

Lois Smith

Franklin Floyd

Tom Glossop

Larry Francis

Laura Garrett

Alex Taylor

Bob & Janice Mustian

Hilda Ripperger

Stanley Moss (Derek Moss)

Kyle Rose (Mary Jo Rose)

Blair Rice’s mother

Jennifer Grim’s mother

Lori Taguinot’s mother

Lisa Tinglestad & Family (Mark DelaCourt)

Barbara Lawson (Matt & Jan Raymondi)

Father and Grandmother of Heath Hayes

CARILLON FELLOWSHIP

Sunrise shares the “Good News”

with residents at the Carillon As-

sisted Living of Fuquay-Varina.

(6516 Johnson Pond Rd.)

9:45-10:45 :1st, & 2nd Sundays or

3rd Sundays, at 10am

Jay Preble and his family on the loss of his aunt.

Susan Buck and her family on the loss of her father,

David Booker.