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Announcements
Sunday, October 2, 2022
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Covered Dish Meal & Town Hall Meeting
It is time for our fifth Sunday covered dish meal. Well, sort of! Remember we had to cancel it in July? The reschedule date is TODAY!! We are having a covered dish meal immediately after worship in the Family Life Center. We will also have a Town Hall meeting on our Leadership Team’s Discipleship pathway and a brief update on the UMC.
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Meals on Wheels needs drivers! Call Yadkin County Senior Center (336-679-3596) for more information and details.
COVID UPDATE! Due to the increased cases of COVID we are asking that everyone to wear a mask during in-person worship.
Yadkin Christian Ministries will have their annual Walk for Hunger fundraiser in memory of Susan Steelman is TODAY from 3:00 pm until 4:30 pm at the Yadkinville Elementary School gymnasium. We hope that you will support this important ministry.
Yadkin Christian Ministries. YCM is in need of cereal, crackers, and canned fruit. Baskets are in the Commons for your food contributions.
Nursery. Serving in the nursery today are Dale Dodson and Rosemary Riddle. If you would like to serve in the nursery, contact Sidney Matthews (336) 416-9160.
Lay Leadership and Nominations meeting October 11, 2022 in the New Sunday School Classroom at 7:00 pm.
Family Life Center Lighting. The Building and Grounds Team and the Leadership Team have approved a bid for $16,000 to switch the fixtures in the FLC to LED. Now we have to pay for it! If you would like to contribute to this improvement, please memo your check “lights”.
Time with Pastor Jonathan. If you want to take a walk, meet for coffee, sit for a spell on a porch, grab breakfast or lunch (outdoors) go to calendly.com/jgaylordyumc and pick a time to get together! There are early morning times on Tuesdays and evening slots on Thursdays. If none of those times work for you reach out to Pastor Jonathan so that you can pick a different time.
Attendance. Please remember to register your attendance online at www.yadkinvilleumc.org/here.
AGAPE Project, September 11, 2022 to October 18, 2022. Clothes for Children. UWF will be collecting new clothes (sizes 2-14) for children served by the AGAPE Project in Armenia. Boxes for donations will be placed at the entrances of our church from September 11, 2022 until October 16, 2022. On October 18, 2022, at the UWF Gathering, all clothing will be packed for delivery to the Mission Response Center.
Bibles & Breakfast: We continue with the Bibles & Breakfast Sunday School class led by Pastor Jonathan. This study is called Faithful and Inclusive: The Bible, Sexuality, and the United Methodist Church. The study is in-person in the FLC and online. The Men's group will be making breakfast for those in-person. The study is six sessions long and covers: How United Methodists Interpret Scripture, Old Testament Scriptures, Influence of Culture and How We Read the Bible, New Testament Scriptures, The Jesus Ethic: What Did Christ Say?, and Where Does the United Methodist Church Go From Here." We may add a 7th week to do Q&A and cover anything that was missed during the study. If you missed today’s class, but are still interested in participating, please email Bobbi or Pastor Jonathan for the link.
CANDY. Halloween is around the corner! We need some candy. Candy donations can be place in the designated container in the commons. Monetary donations to purchase candy should be earmarked “candy”. Thank you!
UMCOR / HURRICANE RELIEF. To give to hurricane relief go to https://umcmission.org/umcor and click the button at the top of the page that says "Hurricane Response." You may also give through YUMC by marking "HURRICANE" on your check or online donation.
The Yadkin Lectio Podcast. New episodes come out each Wednesday and include a reading for the upcoming Sunday's scripture lesson as well as prompts for praying the scripture with Lectio Divina.
The Yadkin Examen Podcast. The Examen is a method of reviewing your day and week in the presence of God. New episodes come out each Monday and include a brief excerpt from Sunday's sermon (no more than 5min) with questions about the sermon and scripture and prompts to engage in the Examen.
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Serving in Worship NEXT Sunday, October 9, 2022
Greeters & Ushers: Linda Williams and Myron Williams
Scripture Reader: Wayne Dixon (Colossians 1:15-28)
Nursery Volunteers: Sidney Matthews and Betty Dixon
Online Host: Sandy Tucker
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