Red Bank UMC Non-Profit Org. Red Bank United Methodist Church 2909 Old Barnwell Road U.S. Postage Lexington, SC 29073-7730 P-A-I-D Phone: (803) 359-4031 Permit No. 59 Glad Tidings - April 2019 Email: [email protected] Lexington, S.C. Website: www.rbumc.com Return Service Requested SCHEDULED EVENTS SANCTIFICATION Lent is a time in which we focus on becoming more like Christ (Though we should be 02 Faith Friends 10am doing this all year.). Becoming like Christ is called sanctification or a s Methodists say Friendship Circle 6:30pm Christian Perfection in which we live God and neighbor as we should. 03 Fellowship Meal 5:30pm How a Christian becomes more like Jesus? 04 RB Stitchers 3:30pm The following is taken from John Wesley’s sermon “The Scripture Way of Salvation”, 06 Easter Egg Hunt 11am-1pm John Wesley on Christian Practice, the Standard Sermons in Modern English 07 Confirmation Class #5 by Kenneth Kinghorn, Abingdon Press, Nashville TN, 2003, Page 199 of Volume III. 08 Margaret Jett Circle 6pm “You may ask, “But what are the good works that you claim are necessary for Emmaus 7pm sanctification? I answer, first, that our works of piety should include: 12-13 Miles/Travis Wedding Public Prayer 14 Palm Sunday Family Prayer Confirmation Class #6 Private Prayer Receiving the Lord’s Supper 15 - 22 Holy Week Searching the scripture by hearing Spring Break Searching the scripture by reading 15 Church Council 6:30pm Searching the scripture by meditating Fasting or abstinence as our health permits 16 Faith Friends 10am Second, our works of mercy should include: 18 Maundy Thursday Service 6:30pm Ministering to people’s bodies and souls 19 Good Friday Service Feeding the hungry Clothing the naked 6:30pm Showing hospitality to the stranger 20 Newsletter Deadline 10am Visiting the imprisoned Visiting the sick and suffering 21 Easter Sunday Instructing the ignorant Sunrise Service @ RBBC Awakening foolish sinners Cantata at 11am Stirring up the lukewarm Confirming the timid 23 Golden Agers 11:30am Comforting the fainthearted Scouts Pinewood Derby Supporting those who are being tested Rehearsal - FH In every way helping save souls from death 27 Scouts Pinewood Derby “The repentance and fruits worthy of repentance that are necessary for full 28 Women in the Pulpit Sunday sanctification consist of these things. God has ordained that his children do these UMM Country Dinner 11am works while they wait for full sanctification.” Confirmation Class #7 So how are we becoming more like Christ as individuals and as a church? 29 UMM @ 7pm 30 Newsletter Gathering 9am in April SCOUTING NEWS 4/6 Easter Egg Hunt @ 11am - 1pm Wednesday April 3 THANK YOU RED BANK UMC FAMILY FOR A FANTASTIC SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE DINNER. Everyone is invited to come have some fun hunting eggs! There will @ 5:30pm Below is the devotion for our March camp out at Mission Lake. Mrs. Robin George, Troop Chaplin be a bounce house and face painter. The Preschool invites everyone to The playground will be open and come enjoy a yummy Italian dinner of Baked Ziti A Scout is Friendly. What an amazing day to be a Scout! We welcome our newest patrol to Troop 518 as well as bag lunches will be provided. If you with salad, garlic bread and cupcakes! Troop 9518! As we experience these changes in our demographic, let us never forget that a Scout is friendly. have any questions or would like We declare in the Scout Law that we are indeed friendly, but what exactly does that mean? The dictionary says that a to volunteer, see Ashley Reynolds. See the insert in your Sunday bulletin friend is favorably disposed – not antagonistic; warm; comforting; showing kind interest and goodwill; serving a beneficial or contact the office to rsvp for this meal. Egg Hunts: Age/Time Divisions: or helpful purpose; inclined to help or support. We can narrow it down even more with the help of our Scout Handbook which says, “A Scout is a friend to all other Scouts. A Scout offers friendship to people of all races, religions and nations, 2 year old & under - 11:15 am and a Scout respects them even if their beliefs and customs are different.” To have friends, you must first be a friend. 3, 4 & 5 year old - 11:30 am Our God and Life class is learning about and discussing the life of the Apostle Paul and I see many similarities to the 6, 7 & 8 year old - 11:45 am If you or a family member, who is a member of RBUMC, changes going on in Scouts BSA. Saul, as he was first known, was a Pharisee of Pharisees. Ivy League trained, 9, 10 & 11 year old - 12 pm will be graduating this year, he was zealous to serve God and wipe out this new “sect” called “The Way.” He resisted the change he saw happening. please contact the office with He KNEW Scripture, but he didn’t KNOW the One about whom Scripture foretold. Jesus had told His followers, 4/14 Palm Sunday regular service times “To see Me is to see the Father.” (John 14:9b MSG) Once Paul saw the light – literally – his life changed. Instead of the graduates’ name and school, Children are encouraged to gather in the narthex prior degree and if they have any plans a persecutor of Christians, he became an evangelist. Instead of imprisoning innocent people, he taught many how to each service and participate by entering waving yet for the future by April 15, so Christ could set them free. Instead of pushing them away because they were different or didn’t believe what he believed, palm branches before rejoining their parents. that we may celebrate with them! he brought them to the feet of Jesus and many were saved. We all have a choice. We can choose to resist change or Parents may walk with their children if they like. embrace it and by doing so, I believe, embrace the heart of Scouting. A Scout is a friend to all other Scouts. Be a friend! 4/18 Holy Thursday with the service @ 6:30pm Scouts BSA Troop 9518 - Troop 9518 is in full force! We had an awesome 2nd campout on beautiful Mission Lake. Over the past few weeks we learned all about knots, fire building, lashings and how to build chariots. We competed in 4/19 Good Friday with the service @ 6:30pm Women in the Pulpit Sunday our first Scout Troop Olympics and brought some fierce competition to the games! Our next adventure will be at Tallulah Gorge Falls State Park in Georgia in late April. We are an adventurous and friendly group. Join the adventures with us! 4/21 Easter Sunday the sunrise service will be at April 28, 2019 This is an all girl troop ages 11 thru 17. For more information on Troop 9518 contact Lori Norris, Scout Master at Red Bank Baptist Church this year, followed by a free [email protected]. community breakfast. We will have special music at In many different roles, women have helped our 8:50am service with the full “One Day” Cantata to shape the history of the Methodist Church, at the 11am service and an Easter Message by and on this day we celebrate all women. Scouts BSA Pack 518 – What a blessing Red Bank UMC was to the Cub Scout Pack at the Shrove Tuesday dinner. Rev. Dr. Bob Dunn On Sunday, April 28 we invited all women to join It was a great fundraiser and the support of our church family made it a success. In March, the Pack hosted their spring in and take an active role in the worship service; camp out at Mission Lake. The Arrow of Light den, Eli B., Finn S., Chad S., Misbah R., Daughtry D., Reese J., choir, greeters, ushers wherever you feel called, Colby S., Ian B., crossed over from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts in a moving ceremony. Many fish were caught and the * The Living Cross * show up, step up and lift up others! spirit of scouting was present. For more information on Cub Scouts, call the church office at 359-4031. The cross, adorned with spring flowers, Girl Scout Troop 1803 has been very busy selling cookies!!! Ms. Jessie is super proud of how hard the girls have is yet another reminder that Jesus lives! worked this year. The troop has been working on badges and about to start their Journeys for this year. The girls are You are encouraged to bring flowers in UM Men’s Country Fried very excited about the campouts they have planned. They are looking forward to their spring campout. The troop will be bloom to adorn the cross on Easter traveling to Charleston to participate in a three hour kayak tour and they will explore Shem Creek and Crab Bank Island. morning. People will be able to flower Steak Dinner the cross as they come into the Narthex The troop will also have their family campout at the end of May. At the family campout, the girls will receive the rest before services. If you have extra The UM Men would like to invite everyone to of their awards and badges that they earned this year. They will also have their Bridging Ceremony at the family flowers, please, bring them to share with come enjoy their delicious Country Fried campout. The troop will be taking their cookie trip sometime in June. For more information about our troop please feel anyone who may not have brought flowers.