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Sunday, September 14, 2025


Bulletin

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Monthly Mission Focus:  For the month of September our Mission Focus is  NETworX Yadkin  You can  make a check payable to YUMC, with a memo “NETworX” or an online donation by choosing the “other” category and type “Backpack” in the note section.  See page 9 of this bulletin for more information.


Yadkin Christian Ministries.  YCM is in need of back to school items for children, like chef-boy-r-d (ravioli, SpaghettiOs, etc.), snack cakes, gummies, individual treats, crackers, soups, pop tarts, cereal, etc.  Baskets are in the Commons for your contributions. (YCM Food pick up for Sunday, September 21, 2025 is Brad Mason.)


Deep Creek Friends and the Susan Steelman family are sponsoring the annual YCM Walk for Hunger on October 5, 2025 from 3:00pm until 4:30pm at the Yadkinville Community Park.  Anointed by Grace will provide music for the event. (Flyer page 15).


Clothing Closet Corner.  What are the needs of the Clothing Closet?  We are in need of t-shirts, men’s jeans, and children’s clothes.  We also need financial donations to purchase another clothing rack for sorting clothes.


ReNew with Connect Clothing Closet.  The clothing closet has returned to our regular hours.  Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 2:30-4:30pm.  If you would like to sign up to volunteer, sign up in the office or use the QR code.   There will be a work Day on Saturday November 1, 2025 from 9:00 am until noon.  We will be switching from Spring/Summer to Fall/Winter clothes.


NETworX Yadkin.  Join us on Monday evenings beginning at 5:30 pm for NETworX programming. We would love to have you join us as we explore what it means to live a holistically well life. We will garden, can, cook, and discuss deeper issues such as healthy relationships, how trauma affects our lives, what divides  us as people,  and strive to connect on a meaningful level. We are still searching for meal sponsors so if your group would be willing to donate a meal, please contact Crystal.


Nursery. If you would like to serve in the nursery, contact Sidney Matthews-Gunnell (336) 416-9160.


Leadership Team.  The Leadership Team meets every third Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm in the John Classroom.   Our regular monthly meetings are open to all members of the church.  Because your voice matters, there is  a designated time for YOU, our church membership, to ask questions, to communicate with the Leadership Team, or to just see what is happening with the church management. Our next meeting is September 17, 2025 at 7:00 pm. If you would like to read the minutes of our meetings, see the budget, or YUMC’s Guiding Principles, visit www.yadkinvilleumc.org/members (password: YadkinvilleMember).  Your 2025 Leadership Team is: Janet Culpepper (Chair), Lori McCann, Maureen Silvernale,  Nick Gunnell, Oz Prim, Jim McGrath, Sandy Steele, and George Bissette. 


Friday Night Dinners @ The Parsonage!  In 2025, Jonathan and Keri (and the boys by default) are experimenting with hosting weekly dinners at the Parsonage! Each Friday night (that we’re in town) we’re committing to having a small group of folks over for dinner.  All of you church folk are formally invited (we’ve also extended the invitation to our local friends and some of the community organizations that we are members of). You can find more information, and sign up to attend here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r_DB5dJqvUhJ901CENfpI-6qbrAz3x7vIBJ1VJDYqeA/edit?usp=sharing) or contact Keri or Jonathan to find a date that works! We’re asking folks to sign up, so we know who to expect and are able to take account of any dietary needs. Feel free to bring your friends and neighbors! Looking forward to another year of community with you all!


Share your stories of Yadkinville UMC: We want to collect stories of Yadkinville UMC and you have them! If you have a personal story or memory that you are willing to share please let Pastor Jonathan know. You don't have to write it down you just have to tell it! If you have any pictures of YUMC over the years we would love those too, we will scan them and give the original back. We are especially looking for stories of: The Hobsons & other influential members, experiences of worshiping in the Old Sanctuary, Times the church faced difficult decisions, meaningful Holidays, times the church served well, what it was like when the old sanctuary/ education building/ sanctuary was built, and times you have encountered God through Yadkinville United Methodist Church. Let Pastor Jonathan know if you would be willing to share your story.

  

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National Park Sermon Series

During our National Parks Sermon Series you are invited to dress more casually, like you are getting ready to go visit one of the parks. If you have any National Park T-Shirts now would be a great time to pull them out. 

If you have visited any of the parks below Pastor Jonathan would like to hear a story of your visit. We can record them and put them into the intro video for that Sunday or you can send Pastor Jonathan a video or audio recording from your phone. Everything will be edited, so feel free to ramble! The worship series will make stops at Yellowstone, Mammoth Cave, Badlands, Great Smoky Mountains, Mesa Verde, and Shenandoah National Parks.


If you have any testimony or insight on the questions below- take a video or audio recording of your answer and send it to Pastor Jonathan for the intro videos:

  •  When is a time you have felt God's Faithfulness? 
  • Have you ever learned anything in a time of spiritual darkness? What? 
  • Share a time when you thought someone showed real wisdom. 
  • How has diversity enriched your life? 
  • What is a story of change in your life? 
  • What does it mean to come home ?

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FALL BAZAAR is fast approaching, and we need everyone's help, PLEASE.


The dates are

Friday, October 24, 2025 from 3pm-8pm & Saturday, October 25, 2025, 8am-3pm.


We need YOUR help?

  • Planning and doing some basic crafts with the materials we currently have in the craft room.  Start meeting on Friday September 12, 2025 at 10 am in the Craft Room.

  • Yes, the chicken pies are coming.  We have set a date of October 3, 2025 to make 100 pies for this year.  Mark your calendar - WE NEED YOUR HELP:  (1) Help in cooking chicken breasts and freezing for the pies before October 3, 2025 and/or (2) Help in constructing pies on Friday October 3, 2025 starting at 9 AM.

  • Volunteer to help with baked spaghetti meal on Friday evening - October 24, 2025.
  • Volunteer to be present for an assigned time slot during the Fall Bazaar to help sell.

Thank you.  We will need everyone helping to make this a success.


Call Maureen Silvernale at (336) 408-4704 to help OR we will see you September 12, 2025 for the first of the planning/working sessions.


 

Who is serving at YUMC in September?

Thank you for serving during Worship.  

If you are unable to serve on your respective date, please see if you can trade with someone on another date. 

If you are unable to find a substitute, call or email Pastor Jonathan or Bobbi.

Lighthouse Congregation

Our Leadership Team met on February 28th and approved the following:

 

Our congregation, Yadkinville United Methodist Church, has decided to become a Lighthouse Congregation of The Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church in partnership with The United Methodist Collective. In doing so, we not only commit to remaining a part of The United Methodist Church but also to serving those who have lost their church homes through disaffiliation or closure. We will partner in this work by providing a welcoming  place, offering ministry opportunities, helping organize remnant groups in our community, and assisting individuals and groups in discerning their next steps as they find a new church home.

 

This means that Yadkinville UMC commits to:

1) Provide a welcoming place to belong during this time of grief and transition, which might be for just a season, or for a lifetime. This includes a safe space with caring relationships, listening hearts, and unconditional love within a congregation that is confident it is remaining in the UMC.

2) Offer “No pressure” ministry opportunities (if the person or group is willing). These will include worship, discipleship, and mission.

3) Organize local Remaining UMC groups by proactively finding and connecting with individuals and groups displaced by disaffiliating churches.

4) Connect individuals or groups with Conference and District resources to help them discern their next steps as they consider a new church home.

 

The Equally Blessed Community

of Yadkinville United Methodist Church

The Equally Blessed Community of Yadkinville United Methodist Church welcomes you to YUMC!  Our group is affiliated with the Reconciling Ministries Network.  We work here at YUMC to support full inclusion for LGBTQ+ people in the United Methodist Church.  We also provide educational opportunities for the community and congregation on LGBTQ+ issues and topics.  Please contact Shannon Sheek - (336) 466-2797 for more information.  We hope to see you soon!