“It’s A Date”
March 24th – Stop Hunger Now
Konnoak Hills UMC, afternoon
Winston-Salem, NC
rsherrill@triad.rr.com
April 5th – District Office Closed
Easter Holiday
April 10th – District Prayer Breakfast
Mt. Tabor UMC, 8:00 a.m.
Winston-Salem, NC
ajohnson@wnccumc.org
April 15th – District Adult Ministries Trip
Sedge Garden UMC, 7:00 a.m.
Kernersville, NC
dwatts@sedgegardenumc.org
April 30th – District Youth Lay Speaking
In conjunction with Lexington District
dcooke@wnccumc.org
IMPACT COMMUNITY DAY
SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH
CONFERENCE-WIDE
“Available for Take-out”
The District Resource Center has a DVD copy of the EcuFilm Classic “Clayride”, taken from the previous longer version, which uses clay animation with an original music score to present a synopsis of 200 years of Methodist history in America. Your Confirmation Class may learn from it and enjoy it at the same time!!!
“It Worked for Us: Best Practices for Ministry with Children and Families” is edited by Judy Comstock and comes with reproducible resource pages and a CD-ROM. Topics covered include various age-level tips, safety, special events, special needs children and families, spiritual formation, technology and volunteers. Come by and check it out for yourself or your lay volunteers.
The new spring shipment of Cokesbury curriculum has arrived and includes samples for Rock Solid, One Room Sunday School, Bible Lessons 4 Youth and Dramas for Tweens.
In an effort to save you and your teachers’ time, we have begun adding our DVD resources to the district web-site, www.winstonsalemdistrictumc.org. You can go to the site and click on “Resources”. We currently have all Disciple studies, all Mickey Efird studies and Nooma studies that we own listed. Others will be added as time permits. You can then call 727-1222 to see if the resource you need is ‘in’ or ‘out’.
SAFE SANCTUARIES MANDATORY
"Prayers"
Please remember the following in your prayers:
Rev. Tom Albert as he recovers from recent foot surgery
We rejoice with the following:
Rev. Keith and Mrs. Becky Bingham in the birth of their grandson, Jackson Warren Tosi, on March 6th
District Information
Celebrate Aldersgate, A Wesley Hymn Sing
The Winston-Salem District will Celebrate Aldersgate with choirs from Mt. Tabor, Main Street, Konnoak Hills and New Hope on Wednesday, May 26th at 7:00 p.m. at Main Street UMC in Kernersville. The choral directors have chosen anthems based on Wesley hymns with brass ensemble and timpani. Dr. Jon Brotherton of Greensboro College will be the guest conductor. If your choir would like to participate, please contact Donna Cooke, District Educator, at 727-1222 or dcooke@wnccumc.org. We hope to have a choir of 100 singers for the anthems and a congregation of 300 to sing Wesley hymns from the current hymnal. The love offering taken will benefit the Open Arms Community.
LOCAL DATES TO REMEMBER
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Thursday, March 18th, “Traces of the Trade: a Story from the Deep North”, screening and discussion of film concerning the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, Green Street UMC, 639 S. Green St., 6:30 p.m., grnst.admin@gmail.comor 722-8379
- Saturday, March 20th, 30th Annual Hickory Cooked Barbecue Supper, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Morris Chapel UMC, Adults $8.00, Children $4.00, 595-8101
- Thursday, March 25th, Healing Meals, local restaurants raise money for art education for children facing medical challenges, www.artsforlife
Thursday, April 15th, Basic Coaching Workshop, 8:30 – 4:00, led by Coach Gary Waldron, PhD, designed to equip pastors and ministry leaders with skills that can be incorporated into their local ministry coaching4clergy.com, for initial survey contact pksuggs@yahoo.com
- Saturday, April 17th, Shred Ahead, 520 Cleveland Ave., WS, an on-site event to shred your personal papers and documents sponsored by The Bethlehem Center, $5.00 donation per box or bag, paper only, 722-6264
- Sunday, May 16th, “The Power of Three: Plug In”, 3:00-4:30 p.m., place TBA, a district event sponsored by the witness/evangelism committee for successful ideas to grow your church, keith@lewisvilleumc.org.
- Sunday, May 23rd, “Faith, Families and Substance Abuse”, 2:00-4:00 p.m., Cokesbury Room, Maple Springs UMC, a workshop to educate and support our congregations who are impacted by substance abuse, pksuggs@yahoo.com
The Hispanic Ministry of the WS District will be taking children in their ministry program to Camp Elk Shoals on June 14th for a 4 day, 3 night experience. The cost per child is $125 and is not included in their current funding. Through their own efforts they can now afford to send 10 children but need more help. Please make your check payable to The Winston-Salem District Treasurer and mail to 1031 Reynolda Road, 27104. This can be a project for any small group in your church. bacazuniga@yahoo.com
The children of The Open Arms Community are available to sing for programming at your local church. To arrange scheduling, contact Vickie Sigmon, 724-0850 or Debbie Wall, 655-8624.
"CONFERENCE DATES TO REMEMBER"
- Saturday, April 17th, Spring Stewardship Event, “Freely You Have Received, Freely Give”, Dr. Leonard Sweet, Mt. Tabor UMC, 9:30-2:00, $20.00 registration includes lunch. www.umfoundationwncc.org
- Saturday, June 5th, Community Impact Day, WNCC, current district options include Thunder on Thurmond, reveffie@yahoo.com, Morning Children’s Event, kate@maplesprings.org, Block Party on 11th Street, eileenayuso@gmail.com
- Wednesday, June 9th, 17th Annual Children’s Home Benefit Golf Tournament, Lake Junaluska Golf Course, 2:00 p.m., $60.00 fee, includes cookout, lmetz@tchome.org
- Thursday, June 19th, “Seven Sacred Pauses, A Spiritual Day Apart”, Macrina Wiederkehr, Central UMC, Clyde, NC, 10:00 a.m., $25.00 registration includes lunch, rsherrill@triad.rr.com
- UMVIM encourages all teams interested in the restoration of Haiti to follow theses recommendations: 8-12 members per team; leader has prior experience in Haiti; leader has UMVIM leader training; immunizations are current; teams work on prioritized projects established UMVIM coordinators, mcollins@wnccumc.org
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Mount Shepherd Retreat Center has the 2010 Camp Schedule on the web-site, www.mtshepherd.org. There are day apart opportunities available for elementary age children for $15.00 which includes lunch – 1 adult per 7 children.
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