<p> Vol. 42 Wednesday, January 13, 2010 No. 02 Dr. John Page, Jr. Student Ministry New Year Kick-off! God blew us away on Sunday night when over 70 people walked into the Student Center for our 2010 Youth Kick-off. Thank you to everyone who made our youth and parents dinner possible! The Pruetts, The Trickels, The Whitakers, and The Castleberrys did a lot of work to make it all happen! Calendars for the next 5 months were handed out and families signed up to host our youth for a variety of activities. Some of the really exciting upcoming events include: 5th Sunday Blowout @ Magnolia Lanes in Griffin on January 31st. Cost is $10.00 (includes 2 hours of bowling AND food). We are meeting @ the church @ 4:30pm and we will return by 8:00pm. Jr and Sr Highs are invited. Lenten Breakfasts- EVERY Thursday morning @ 6:30am- We have found host homes for most of the Lenten Breakfasts- here is the schedule so far: February.18.2010- The Irvins' Feb.25.2010-John & Juliet Hightowers' March.4.2010-@Tasty Shoppe- The Pruetts March.11.2010- open March.18.2010- open March.25.2010- Neil and Mary Hightowers' April.1.2010- Charles and Wendy Daniels' REConstruction Jr. High lock-in @ The Student Center. We have a chance to start off the Lenten Season with an incredible program for our Jr Highs. Lent is a chance to reflect on and re- prioritize our lives when the world and its business keeps us from stopping and making the important things important. CONFIRMATION! is coming up soon! It begins the first week in February. Parents of our confirmands are invited and encouraged to participate in the first session on February 7th. The Confirmation Class is open to all Jr Highs. There will be 6 weeks of classes and it will conclude with a Confirmation retreat to Lake Junaluska. R.U.S.H. Weekend @ The Rock Ranch. May 7-8. Cost is $40. We already have one couple interested in volunteering to host and chaperone this trip and we need more of you! Steve Fee is the Worship Leader and his band is incredible! It's an event that can be enjoyed by anyone at any age.</p><p>We were SO excited to see over 25 adults at the kick-off and we are praying that, with the support of those willing adults, we will be able to grow and expand our student ministry in the way that God intends. He has a purpose for us, but he needs each of you and your gifts to make this ministry complete. Check out the website for more information and make sure to stay on top of "what's happening" with our youth by checking out our weekly e-mail updates and newsletter pages.</p><p>CONTACT our Director of Student Ministries e-mail: [email protected],cell: 706.975.5817, office: 706.647.3335,twitter: www.twitter.com/uthtweet MUSIC NOTES to the CONGREGATION!</p><p>Thank you to the Fillingim’s (Claude and Anita) for the great Christmas Party last week. It is always a pleasure to share an event at their home.</p><p>The Chancel Choir is looking toward the Lenten Cantata in March and the Community Choir Festival later this year. If you would like to join us, choir practice is at 6:00pm on Sunday evenings in the music suite.</p><p>The flowers on the altar this Sunday are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Margie and Allen Stiles by their son, Dan.</p><p>OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAMATIC COUNCIL MET TUESDAY EVENING. Each committee is off their chair and running with a terrific start. You will see many new activities and tweaked changes in others! Come! Volunteer! Be an ATTENDANCE Jan. 10 ‘10 8:30am Worship 12 active part of your church’s Contemporary Worship 51 ministry! 10:00 Sunday School 116 10:55am Worship 128 Wed. Church Supper 42 Total Morning Worship 191 VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE January 17, 2010 STEWARDSHIP Dec.27&31’09 General Budget $13,874.42 10:55 Service Greeters Specified 741.00 The Fellowship Class Faith Mission .00 Endowment B&G 1,000.00 10:55 Service Ushers Total $15,615.42 Walter Brown, Jim Hoskins, Dan Stiles, Bob Gallman STEWARDSHIP Jan. 3 ‘10 General Budget $6,385.00 Acolytes Specified 475.00 Caroline Irvin & Mary Faith Missions 125.00 Catherine Head Total $6985.00 </p><p>Contemporary Greeters STEWARDSHIP Jan. 10 ‘10 Fred & Pam Whitaker General Budget $6,964.40 Specified 1,671.81 Youth Supper Chefs Faith Missions 45.00 Jonathan & Debbie Busbee Endowment B&G 375.00 Total $9056.21 CHILDRENS’ MINISTRIES 2010</p><p>ALL BOYS and GIRLS are INVITED TO SING at both the 9:00am and the 11:00am worship services THIS SUNDAY, JAN. 17th.</p><p>Wear your khakis and a shirt which can be changed easily. We’ll sing “Good News” from Camel Lot. Please be in the Children’s MusicRoom at 9:20am to sing at the close of Contemporary Worship and/or at 10:30am to sing at the beginning of the 11:00am Traditional Worship service.</p><p>ACOLYTE SCHEDULE JAN. 17 – Caroline Irvin & Mary Catherine Head JAN. 24 – Henry & Sophie Daniel JAN. 31 - Lisa Davis & Meagan McMahon FEB. 7 - Olivia Pruett & Gracie Ward FEB. 21 - Ella Hix & Emily Siscel</p><p>WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY SNACK SCHEDULE JAN. 20 - Caroline Irvin & Anna Jordan JAN. 27 - Olivia Pruett & Jamie Kay Grubb FEB. 3 - Catie Evans, Natalie & Knox Miller FEB. 10 - Alyssa, Ansley, & Andy Rawls FEB 17 - Sophie Trickel & Olivia Kate Castleberry FEB. 24 - Meagan McMahon & Mary Grace Johnson MAR. 3 - Jake & Lisa Davis MAR. 10 - Parker Perry & Hunter Mickle MAR. 17 - Murray & Jenna Bette Deen MAR. 24 - Stephen & John Marriage MAR. 31 or APR. 1 - Conor Brown and Caleb Crawford APR. 7 - Gracen & Camryn Boatright APR. 14 - Ella Salter & Brooke Marshall APR. 21 - SPECIAL ACTIVITY APR. 28 - Kaila, Jet & Ryan Hoffman MAY 5 - Trey & Kate Kelly </p><p>THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT. IT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED. EACH of you IS SPECIAL. </p><p>Love, Miss Pat </p><p>YOUTH NEWS</p><p>The student ministry here at Thomaston First United Methodist Church has some big goals and expectations for the upcoming year. As of the new year, our schedule on Sunday nights is as follows: 5:30pm- Jr Highs: Recreation Sr Highs: Bible Study 6:00pm- Dinner (both groups together) 6:30pm- Jr Highs: Bible Study Sr Highs: Recreation EVERYTHING WILL CONCLUDE BY 7:00pm</p><p>The most efficient way to get information and updates out to all the youth and parents seems to be through this newsletter page and through the new youth e-mailing list. You can sign up for the mailing list by visiting our website www.thomastonfirstumc.org/youth and entering your e-mail address. We've been sending out a couple a week for the past couple weeks and it looks like all the kinks have been worked out. So make sure you've signed up! OUR NEW UNITED METHODIST INFORMATIONAL CLASS to be known as “ United Methodist 101” Update Due to the weather and a few other conflicts, we did not get to start the United Methodist 101 class this past Sunday. So, we’ll be starting with the first session this coming Sunday, January 17, at 10:00 a.m. in the Parlor, which is the room directly across from the Church Office. If you plan on attending, it would be helpful if you would call the Church Office (706-647-3335) and let us know that you will be attending. If you have questions, you may call John Page at church or on his cell phone (404-234-4603). Martin Luther King Holiday The Church Office will be closed on Monday, January 18, in observance of the Martin Luther King Birthday holiday.</p><p>Christian Believers Class, led by Dr. John Page, Jr., began Jan. 13th, after Wednesday Church Supper. Plan to join us in the Step Room each Wednesday evening as we continue to learn and marvel at God’s plan for us.</p><p>SERMON AND SCRIPTURES FOR SUNDAY, January 17, 2010 Scripture: John 2:1-11 “About Miracles”</p><p>8:30am –Traditional Service-Chapel 9:000am- Contemporary Service- Fellowship Hall 10:55am Traditional Service-Sanctuary BIRTHDAY GREETINGS January 11-January 20, 2010 Please let us know if we do not publish your birthday. Jan.11: Elaine Penny, Christin King, Chad Watson; 13: Beth Elsey, Barry Welch; 14: Parrish Swift, Luke Ellington; 15: Pam Whitaker, Bryan Shaver, Wendy Daniel; 17: Mike Anderson, Stephen Mallory; 18: Shannon Trotter, Leslie Murphy </p><p>IMPORTANT DATES COMING Up NEXT SUNDAY</p><p>Jan.17th-Noon- Crosstrainers Luncheon 1:00PM Contemporary Design Team Mtg. 2:00PM Missions Committee Mtg. 5:30PM Youth 7:00PM Evangelism Mtg. Prayer Concerns Please call to make us aware of those in need of prayer. Thank you. OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL& OUR MISSIONARIES: around the world. SOUTHLAND HEALTH & REHAB: Opaline Woodson (151 Wisdom Rd., Peachtree City,30269). WARM SPRINGS REHAB. INSTITUTE: Ann Jenkins ( broken hip) Address: RWSIR – EW2; POB 1000 Warm Springs, GA 31830-1000 Room 2030A (706-655-5354); John Chatfield-Room 2014 CURRENT REQUESTS: Margaret Moseley FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES IN NEED OF PRAYER: Steve Furtick (brother-in-law of Kathy Berryhill), Elaine Holloway (recurring cancer), Elaine Graves, Wanda Hewitt, Dylan Brown, Hope Blackstock, Bo Storey, Kim Passeneau, Joan Nell Marks, Charles Daniel, Lisa Taylor Lanxston, Bill Dallas, Sam Haygood OUT-OF-TOWN: Marion Berry, Luella Boyers Jean Raines, Elizabeth www.thomastonfirstumc.org Storey, Opalene Woodson, Rev. Timothy Green email: AT HOME: Chessie Rogers, Frankie Oxner, Rozelle Orrick, Ernest Gore [email protected] PROVIDENCE: Carolyn Bowen, Elsie McKinley Office 706-647-3335 RIVERSIDE: Dot Humphries, LaFayette Short, Hilda Koch Fax: 706-648-2658 WEST VILLAGE: Willie Bentley, Betsy White, Gertrude Taylor, Katie Nell CHURCH STAFF Pinkard, Carolyn Knight, Robert Cravey Dr. John Page Pastor Pat Dodson Director WEDNESDAY of Ministries CHURCH SUPPER Bonnie Douglas Youth Director January 20th, 2010 Joan Thomas Music Director 5:30pm Sherry Rawls Admin. Assistant CALENDAR Henrietta Johnson 14: THURSDAY Financial Secretary 9:00am-MMO & Preschool Rick McManus 15: FRIDAY Organist Anita & Claude Fillingim Church Hosts Rosa Smith 9:00am-Aerobics /Step Room 17: SUNDAY 8:30am Traditional Service/Chapel 9:00am Contemporary Service/FH 9:45am Sunday School 10:00am New Member Class/Parlor 10:55am Traditional Serv./Sanc. Menu: Baked Tilapia Fish 5:00pm Handbells Home Fries, Slaw 5:30-7:00pm Youth Hush Puppies, Fruit Squares 6:00pm Chancel Choir Practice Adults $6, Children 12 & under $3 18: MONDAY Family Maximum $20 Martin Luther King Day Holiday Remember to make your Office Closed reservation by Tuesday noon. 19: TUESDAY 9:00am MMO & Preschool 7:00pm SPR Training/Barnesville UMC AEROBICS CLASS 20: WEDNESDAY MEETS MONDAY 9:00am MMO & Preschool 3:00pm Wonderful Wednesday AND FRIDAY 5:30pm Church Family Supper/FH MORNINGS AT 6:00pm Crown Ministries Study 9:00AM Library 6:30pm Bible Study/ (Revelations) Social Hall 6:30pm Christian Believers Class Step Room www.thomastonfirstumc.org email: [email protected] Thought for the week: Office 706-647-3335 Fax: 706-648-2658 Some minds are like concrete , CHURCH STAFF Dr. John Page Pastor thoroughly mixed up and permanently set. Pat Dodson Director of Ministries Bonnie Douglas Youth Director Joan Thomas Music Director Sherry Rawls Admin. Assistant Henrietta Johnson Financial Secretary Rick McManus Organist Anita & Claude Fillingim Church Hosts Rosa Smith Housekeeping Kevin Cochran Maintenance</p><p>Published Weekly by the First United Methodist Church OUR MISSIONARIES 132 Cherokee Rd., Thomaston, GA 30286 Ron and Belinda Tyler-Africa Second Class Postage Paid at Thomaston Arthur and Mary Alice Ivey-PeruThe Send Address Changes to: TheDearmons-Africa Navigator, P.O. Box 707, Thomaston, GA Datwyler Family-Ecuador George and Martha Mixon-Kenya</p>