NFUMC Services
Sunday Adult Sunday School: 9:45 am
Worship Service: 11:00 am
Nursery and Children’s Worship
(Pre K to Grade 3): 11:00 am
Tuesday 6:00 pm – Disciple 1 Bible Study
Wednesday 6:00 pm – A.C.T.S.
Mount Carmel UMC
Sunday Services Worship Service: 9:30 am
Sunday School: 10:30 am
2200 Grills Road
Newbern, TN 38059
Mailing address:
Mt. Carmel UMC
℅ Pamela Hassell
187 Loys Johnson Road
Newbern, TN 38059
Did You Know? You can listen to
Rev Lea’s sermons online. Just go to
the website (www.newbernfumc.org)
and click on “Sermons”.
Message from Rev. Lea The Journey of the Baby Jesus…
This year at First United Methodist we are beginning what I hope
will become a new tradition. As we journey from the first Sunday
of Advent to Christmas Eve, the baby Jesus from our nativity scene
will be visiting a different family each day. Beginning on Sunday,
December 2nd, I will give the baby Jesus to a family who will take
him home with them. This family will keep baby Jesus until the
following day and then will choose another family in the
congregation and will deliver baby Jesus to them. This pattern will
continue each day until Christmas Eve. The family that has baby
Jesus on Christmas Eve is asked to bring him to the Christmas Eve
service at 6p.m. to place him in the manger with Mary, Joseph and
the animals.
When Baby Jesus arrives at your home, please call the church office
(627-3386) and leave your name and the date of his arrival. For
example, I might say: “This is Rev. Lea and Baby Jesus came to
visit me on Dec. 4th.” This will help us to keep up with where Baby
Jesus is visiting.
Baby Jesus will be traveling with a special journal used to record his
journey. While Baby Jesus is in your home, please write something
in the journal about what having Jesus in your home has meant to
you. You may choose to share something you did while Jesus was
there, or you may choose to have one of your children to write a
story. Through the years, I've even seen people attach a picture of
something they did while Baby Jesus was with them. Or you may choose to write a reflection of how the
experience changed the way you experienced the Christmas season. It is entirely up to you.
Thank you for entering into this wonder-filled
experience with us as we journey with the Christ-
child together. May this experience fill our hearts
with love as we wait in expectation for His coming.
Blessings, Rev. Lea
First United Methodist Church 103 W Main Street P.O. Box 72 Newbern, TN 38059 www.newbernfumc.org Phone (731) 627-3386
Fax (731) 627-2261
This month it has gotten COLD! And my
momma doesn't turn the heat up high
enough to keep me warm...but she did buy
me a new sweater to wear. I wasn't sure
what she was doing the first time she put
it on me - but I LOVE my sweater now. I
love it so much that two other friends have given me sweaters so I can stay warm even
when momma has to wash this one. Momma has been putting up all sorts of pretty things,
but I'm not really very excited about it because she keeps saying "Ellie, no" when I want
to look at (chew) them. So I just look at them from momma's lap.
Woofy Christmas! - Ellie
Nursery Schedule December 2 – Emily Young
December 9 – Pattye Williams December 16 – Nancy Davis December 23 – Laura Carnell December 30 – Judy Gregory
Children’s Church Schedule December 2 – Betty Hicks December 9 – Amy Davis
December 16 – Judy Gregory December 23 – Nancy Davis December 30 – Nell Smith
Happy Birthday!
2 Judy Gregory
4 Brandon Christopher
Wendy Gregory Smith
10 Natalie Elizabeth Wilkerson
Nicholas Wallace Rushing
14 Rob Younger
22 Joel Simmons, Sr.
Eugene Bartee
24 Sandy Sawyer Peevyhouse
25 Jane Hendrix
26 Josie Gorzola
27 Holly Ray Smith
Rose Oliver
28 Melba Anderson
If you want to be added to the birthday list or
aren’t sure if you already are, please call or
email the church office with your birth date.
The EEsstthheerr CCiirrccllee will meet for its
Christmas gathering on Thursday,
December 13th at the home of Linda
Wilkerson. We will begin at 6:30
pm. Some might wish to meet at the church
at 6:15 and ride together. Bring a finger
food, chips & dips, cheese ball, dessert or
anything that can be eaten easily.
Everything else will be provided. Don't
forget your $10 "Santa" gift. Please RSVP
by Wednesday December 12th.
Linda....731-431-7601.
Hope to see all there!!!!
Kibbles & Bits
Advent Study November 28
December 5
December 12
December 19
At 7:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall
(Nursery care will be provided)
November 30 Christmas tree will be put up
December 1 Christmas Tree will be decorated
December 2 No Communion
5:00 pm – Hanging of the Greens, followed by potluck
December 9 7:00 pm – David Johnson concert
(Love offering will be collected)
December 24
4:30pm Christmas Eve Service
December 9
2:00pm-4:00pm: Parsonage Open House
The UMW is selling cookbooks entitled, “Sharing Our Best.” They
make a great Christmas gift and will also come in very handy for your own
use during the holiday season and beyond. Pick up your copy in the foyer. They cost just $10. Checks should be made payable to UMW
Direct prayer concerns, updates & praises to [email protected] or 334-4393
Praises
Viola Denton is at Dyersburg Manor and is doing great. She should be home by Christmas.
New Prayer Concerns Sally Hamblin Monica Permenter – had brain surgery last month Jason Caldwell (Amy Davis) – Fractured his L2 vertebrae when a tree fell on him. Allen Hester – Under radiation treatment for 2-weeks and is on a feeding tube.
Pray for restored health, comfort and peace for:
Raymond Benyo (Bobbie Valentine) – chest pains Trevor Brown (Joe Holland) – in accident
Amanda Carruth Caldwell (Amy Davis) Jimmy Canada Mary Virginia Palmer Clossen (Jane Yarbro’s niece) John Combes (friend of Joe Holland) – Brain surgery
Katie Bondurant Creech (Amy Davis) – brain tumor
John Dykes – bone cancer Paul Enochs (Brother of Penny Gean) Pat & Dillard Howard David Hunter – Throat Cancer Roger Jowers (Judy Gregory) – Heart complications
Tripp McNeil The McCewen Family Tommy McDowell (Alma Ruth Michael) Carolyn Potter – cancer Bradley Rogers Sharon Rouse Suzanne Seat (Laura Carnell) – tumor surgery Sharon Sparks Lisa Turnbo-diagnosed with pancreatic cancer Charlotte Vaughn (Judy Gregory) – stomach replacement Edith Walker (Mt. Carmel) James Wilkerson
Please continue to pray for our friends /family, homebound, in rehabilitation, assisted living or nursing homes;
Lois Austin – Room 26, Canterbury Place, 900 Hwy 51 Bypass N., Dyersburg, TN. Mary Helen Ladd – Covington Manor, Hwy 51 S., Covington, TN, 38019 Marjorie Lindley – Room 219, The Highlands Lucille Parker – 810 W Main Street, Newbern, TN 38059 Herman Rabalais – Room 14A, Oakwood Community Living Center, 1636 Woodlawn Ave., Dyersburg 38024 Richard T. Moore, Sr. – Waterford Assisted Living, 8118B Sawyer Brown Rd, #409, Nashville, TN 37221-1402 Etta Caldwell Pearson – 5518 Freret, New Orleans, LA 70115 Dorothy Enochs – Canterbury Place, 900 Hwy 51 Bypass N., Dyersburg, TN. Jean Forrester – 614 West Main Street, Newbern, TN 38059
Christmas Poinsettias (Orders due by Dec 11th)
Given by: _______________________________________________________________
In Honor of: ____________________________________________________________
In Memory of: __________________________________________________________
Cost: $15.00 – (Please submit payment with order. Checks should be made payable
to Newbern First UMC)
Choctaw Calendar
December
3 & 4 - School Play @ 6pm
4 - EOC Testing
5 - EOC Testing
6 - EOC Testing
Fall Sports Banquet
7 - EOC Make-Up Testing
10 - Band Concert @ 6pm
11 - EOC Testing
12 - EOC Testing
13 - EOC Testing
20 - Final Exams 6th & 7th
21 - Final Exams 1st & 2nd
Early Dismissal @ 11am
(classes resume Jan 7th)
- 24th - 31st - Christmas Break
December 1st
December 3rd
December 7th
December 14th
December 18th
December 21st
December 27th-29th
Rector Shootout
Henry County
Hardin County
Millington
Caruthersville, Mo.
Henry County
Martin Lion's Club Tournament
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December 3rd
December 4th
December 7th
December 14th
December 18th
December 21st
December 27th-29th
Rector Shootout
Henry County
Munford
Hardin County
Millington
Caruthersville, Mo.
Henry County
Martin Lion's Club Tournament
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The DCHS Band is selling
Christmas Hams; spiral-sliced, fully cooked, glazed and hot off the rotisserie. Please see Michele
Gammill or any band kid or band parent to purchase your ticket. The price is $30. They will be available for pick up
behind the DCHS cafeteria on December 22nd
from 1pm to 4pm.
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
2 No Communion
5:00 pm- Hanging of the Greens
3 5:30 pm – Trustees 6:30pm – Finance 7:00pm – Council
4
NO Disciple 1 Bible Study
5 6 pm – ACTS 6:00 pm -Outreach 6:30 pm – Choir 7pm-Advent Study
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8 9 2-4pm-Parson-age Open House 7:00 pm- David Johnson Concert
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11 6:00 pm – Disciple 1 Bible Study
12 6 pm – ACTS 6:30 pm – Choir 7:00 pm-Advent Study
13 6:30pm – Esther Circle Christmas Gathering at Linda Wilkerson’s house
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17 1:30 pm- Dorcas Circle
18 6:00 pm – Disciple 1 Bible Study
19 6 pm – ACTS 6:30 pm – Choir 7:00 pm-Advent Study
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23 5:00-7:00 pm Come ‘n’ Go Communion at Mt. Carmel UMC
24 4:30 pm-Christmas Eve Service
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Merry Christmas!
26 No A.C.T.S. or Choir Practice until January 9th
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YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
We welcome you! Join us for worship and fellowship as we worship the Lord together. Come explore with us what it means to “Make disciples of Jesus Christ”. If you are a guest with us, we ask that you complete an information card and place it in the offering plate. If you do not have a church home, please consider worshiping with us every Sunday.
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