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From the Pastor’s Desk

May 24 marked our 11th week on Facebook Live. This is not a “normal” that any of us want to experience. We are continuing to deal with it in our own unique ways. It is a time of stress, anxiety, fear, depression, anger and a host of other emotions. For some it is a slower pace offering more time for rest. For some it is a time of extreme financial loss. Many essential workers find themselves ex-hausted. People are sick and dying. I would remind us that Jesus said He would build His Church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it. The Church has suffered much worse in its long history. This is our time to bend the knee and confess Jesus Christ is Lord. He is still on the throne, the Sovereign Lord of all. Let us use this time to seek Him with all our hearts to see what He is seeking to teach us and grow in trust of Him. It is so hard to not have in-person contact with other members of the Body of Christ. We are getting a taste of what our shut-ins ex-perience every day. As our state and Conference enter into Phase 2, I want to let you know that we have organized a COVID-19 Response Team. The team is Chaired by Kevin Neal, chair of the Trustees. Members are Mike Hinshaw, Mike Harrison, Barbara Laymon, Patsy Brewer, Don Bowles, Mike Deal, Charlotte Miller, Russell Suggs, Natalie Gray, Lou Wilson, Tommy Dunn and Glenn Myers. The Team met on May 21 to get organized. The group has been reviewing information from a variety of sources including govern-ment officials, the CDC, the Annual Conference, Church Mutual, our insurance company, and the Annual Conference Chancellor (legal advisor). The Team wants to ensure the safety of all of our staff, members and guests and plans to follow the strictest requirements of the Western NC Conference and state government. As soon as prudent and we have a plan in place, we want to re-open worship and then other ministries and small groups will follow. As the summer months approach, online worship will continue for the foreseeable future. Traditionally, the summer months at FUMC take on a more casual approach to worship so we plan to reflect that in our services. I am amazed by the number of people who tune into our online services. We are averaging 463 views on Facebook which could be 2 or more people watching together. Our service is also available on YouTube, our website and on WDSL 96.5 radio at 5pm on Sundays and on their app (which has had listeners in TN and FL). We are grateful to Glen Stanley and Total Realty for providing the radio broadcast. Our church office remains closed, but staff do spend some time working in their offices as well as at home. Please contact any of us as needed. Our phone numbers are listed on the church website. We are taking advantage of the situation to do a deep cleaning of ALL buildings and worship spaces over the summer. The new hand-icapped accessible bathroom off the sanctuary is expected to be finished in the next 2-3 weeks. We continue to stay connected by our Cast Me Not ministry and Stephen Ministry. I encourage you to reach out to others by phone, card, text or e-mail as the Lord brings people to mind. The final pass-by parade will be on Wednesday, June 3. Please pray for our church and the Response Team as we walk by faith into the future. Pastor Glenn

Sunday Services are available on Facebook and YouTube. An audio recording is also available on the church website.

Services are being pre-recorded and available on Sundays and daily. Tune in to WDSL at 5 PM on Sundays to hear the weekly service.

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Christian Sympathy is extended to our Pastor, Glenn Myers, in the death of his father, Lewis Myers who passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Condolences may be sent to Glenn at the church or at 173 Hallander Dr., Mocksville, NC 27028.

IN MEMORY

Tilthia Hanes

By John & Shirley Cottle By Doris Miller

By John and Mary Brock By Charles & Patsy Crenshaw

By Sam & Nancy Redman By Wanda James

By Frances Vazquez By Joe & Monica Jordan By Bill & Kathy Junker By June & Bill Johnson

By Clayton & Mary Anne Peele By Beth Potts

By Patricia Latta By Jimmy & Gail Kelly By Martha Moorefield

By Greg & Angela Williams By Crady & Cathy McClamrock

By Don & Sarah Wood By Carolyn Cartner By Melza Craven

By Thomas & Ann Stayer

IN MEMORY

Gene Mills

By John & Shirley Cottle By Carolyn Cartner

By Don & Sarah Wood

Margaret Foster By Doris Miller

Kenny Jordan By Billie Bean

IN HONOR

Wylie Berry

By John & Kristen Paterson

Rev. Natalie Gray By John & Kristen Paterson

This is great news, from A.R.K. and the Evangelism Committee! We have modified the

winter Blessing Bags so that we can present them for the spring and summer. We have

taken out the gloves, and put in three new snacks, lip balm, and sunscreen! The WHEN

Ministry generously financed $5 McDonald’s gift cards for each bag, also! Thank you,

WHEN Ministry! There is no need to add anything else to the bags, unless you think you

really need to. We are trying to cut down on contact with the items and bags because of

COVID-19. This is a wonderful and much-needed outreach; especially during these chal-

lenging times. I was talking with someone, the other day about our Blessing Bags pro-

gram. The person asked me, “Who do you give those to?” I explained that we give them

to the homeless and needy. He replied, “How do you know if the person receiving the

bag really needs it?” I told him that our commission is to do this for “the least of these.”

We are doing what He instructed us to do. What comes next is not really up to us. Also,

we do not know which ones of the recipients may actually be “angels unaware” receiv-

ing these gifts, and blessing us in our giving. As it says in Hebrews 13:2: “Be not forgetful

to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Christian

Standard Bible. Regardless, in any case…I think it’s worth the risk! We have filled a lim-

ited number of bags, so we are asking each family to only take one, for now. You can

find the Blessing Bags each Tuesday and Thursday, from 10:00 to 3:00, outside the FLC,

in the wagon, near the picnic table! Stay safe and healthy!

JUNE 2020

Thank you for your generous financial sup-port. Your ongoing gifts are vital to the ministries of FUMC! Please continue to mail your offerings to the church or drop them off in the mailbox beside The front doors of the Family Life Center. The mailbox is locked, and it is checked regularly. FINANCIAL REPORT:

Ann Stayer

PO Box 333

256 North Carolina Circle

Mocksville NC 27028

D.C. Blakley

313 Aubrey Merrell Rd.

Mocksville NC 27028

Mary Brock 1276 Jericho Church Rd. Mocksville NC 27028 Molly Jo McClamrock Bermuda Commons Room # 403 316 NC Hwy 801 Advance NC 27006

Mary Lou Musselman 113 Cedar Ridge Rd. Mocksville NC 27028 Jackie Nicholson c/o Somerset 150 Ken Dwiggins Dr Mocksville NC 27028 Louise Bowden c/o Mocksville Senior Living 337 Hospital Street Rm 202 Mocksville NC 2028

Madeline Shelton 153 Woodhaven Drive Mocksville NC 27028 Elmer Stoneman 425 Avon Street Mocksville NC 27028 Hal & Peggy Clark 142 Bermuda Village Dr. #2324 Bermuda Run NC 27006 Peggy Branham 148 Cemetery St. Mocksville NC 27028

Jean Shelton Bermuda Commons Room # 508 316 NC Hwy 801 Advance NC 27006 Peggy Hill 401 N. Main St. Apt. 7-H Mocksville NC 27028 ARMED FORCES FN Collin Russell

Please let us know of any additional names to be added or any names which should be removed. We like for our Pray-er List to be current and correct. To con-tact the Prayer Chain with a prayer re-quest or to become a part of the Prayer Chain, please contact: Lillian Sharpe 336.936.9014 bs2005@aol.com Kristen Paterson 336.624.0501 klk5279@gmail.com

Kevin Neal is tentatively planning on taking our

building team to Haiti November 6 – 16, 2020. This

could change based on the COVID-19 pandemic and

if the unrest in Haiti is settled down. Anyone inter-

ested can email or call Kevin.

kevinneal@roadrunner.com or 336-577-1887.

June 01 Janet Taylor Carolyn Vickers June 02 Ward Wilson June 03 Lynne Hicks Lillian Sharpe Shirley Wicker Rob Wilson June 04 Mattie Clark Shirley Cottle June 05 Scott Rhodes June 07 Tiffany Berry Anita Neal June 09 Jim Henderson

Margaret Overcash June 10 Amy Wood June 11 Nan Neal June 13 Zeb Chapman Lauren Koehler June 14 Dean Hendrix Harry Little June 15 Alice Hanes

Karen Lutz

June 16 Russell Prillaman June 19 Diana Bromley June 20 Jackson Hendricks June 21 Christi Cowden Patrick Mandarano June 22 Charlie Crenshaw Marla Johnson Burke Rosenbaum June 23 Maggie Foster June 23 Jean Shelton June 24 Cindy Corriher Hannah Shuskey June 26 Bill Brelig David Koehler Walter Wilson Bill Brelig June 27 John Sykes June 28 Wanda Bowles

Cara Beth Hendricks Debra Stanley Steve Walker

June 30 Marianne Stein Christine Woodruff

If your birthday is missing, please let the church office know, and you’ll be added to the list!

JUNE BIRTHDAYS

Apr ‘20 Jan-Apr ‘20 Tithes/Offerings $42,643 $181,230 Memorials GF 1,099 3,338 W/S Foundation 2,634 Other Income 5,496 Total Income $43,742 $192,698 Expenses <72,584> <234,091> Total <28,842> <41,393>

JUNE 2020

Fellowship Meals There are no scheduled Wednesday

night meals through August 2020.

All committee meetings, small groups, Bible studies, etc. are canceled until further notice.

All Young at Heart trips and events have been canceled. Stay tuned for updates.

2020 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES Kathryn Bradley Anderson

UNC-Chapel Hill Junah Grady

Forsyth Tech - Transfer program Rachel Jordan

UNC-Wilmington Mollie Russell

DCCC – Tranfer program Zach Shuskey

DCCC – Transfer program

COLLEGE GRADUATES Lauren Koehler

Master’s Degree in Science Management Morgan Taylor

Bachelor’s Degrees in English & Business Admin. Rachel Williams

Washington & Lee School of Law

Join us every Thursday at 4pm on Facebook Live for Children’s Chapel. Starting June 4 we will begin our “Summer of Sym-

bols” themed chapel program! We will go through many of our Christian symbols of our church and the Christian year!

Big thank you to Aaron and Lisa Prillaman for their work on our special video tributes on Prayer and for Mother’s Day

throughout this time. Our special graduate video will be posted on Facebook, YouTube, and emailed out to you on June 7!

Operation Cast Me Not Ministry is still ongoing. Shoppers are still shopping for vulnerable adults and callers are checking

on our senior adult members. If you need a shopper or errands ran please contact Natalie Gray (704) 213-3143. The Cast

Me Not ministry and our Adopt A Graduate ministry was featured in the WNCC UMC newsletter. Click the link to read the

article. https://www.wnccumc.org/newsdetail/one-churchs-dedication-to-caring-for-seniors-13993602 The Western NC

Conference of the United Methodist Church wil feature these ministries in the Annual Conference Magazine. Let’s contin-

ue to find creative ways the BE THE CHURCH!

Thank you to all those that came and participated in our “We Miss You Wednesday” parades during the month of May.

Special thank you to Lisa Prillaman and Alice Hanes for planning the routes each week! Upper Room devotionals, treat

bags, and homemade masks were delivered to our church family along the routes. There is one more parade scheduled for

Wednesday June 3, 3:30pm. We have been contacted by local Fox News channel to come and they will do a story on our

We Miss You Wednesday’s parades. Let’s make it a good parade! Come out and join us in our last parade!

VBS for July 2020 has been postponed. Stay tuned for updates.

All summer mission trips have been canceled for 2020.

Graduates’ names will be announced with scholarship recipients at the June 7 online worship service.

This beautiful scripture is on the front wall of the choir room, but sadly, no one is there to read it each week. The good news is that those of us that love music and love singing, also have this written on our hearts. It is a very strange time in the life of our church, and the news changes daily about how we should proceed. But the news about singing is very sad and has not

changed. At this point in time, based on the science of COVID-19 as it is un-derstood by scientists, singing is not a safe activi-ty in a group setting.

So where do we go from here? How do we continue sharing God’s love through music as we patiently wait for a vaccine or treatment? Those of you that know me well already know my answer: we con-tinue to sing! We just make it look a little differ-ent. We sing at home with our families. We can sing on Zoom meetings, even though we can’t hear each other. We sing during our worship services on Face-Book, YouTube, our church website and WDSL radio. And as John Wesley

reminded us, “sing lustily and with a good cour-age...lift your voice up with strength.” And above all he tells us to “Sing Spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing Him more than yourself or any other creature.” And that, my friends, is how we con-tinue. We use our voice to please God more than any other creature. So tell your family to be prepared for whatever sound you may send forth, because God wants to hear you sing!

Lou Ann Wilson Director of Music

JUNE 2020

LOU’S LINES

All rehearsals for Chancel Choir, Handbell Choir, & Children’s Choir are canceled until further notice. Praise Band will not meet until further notice.

CHILDCARE MINISTRY Congratulations graduates! To our preschool class of 2020, our kindergarten, 5th grade, 8th grade, high school and college gradu-ates...Oh the places you’ll go! May the Lord be with you as you move on to your next adventure. Our preschool graduates for the 2019-2020 school year were recognized in a drive thru end of year celebration/graduation ceremony on May 21,2020 and while it wasn’t exactly what we had in mind for what that day would have traditionally held, it was a beautiful morning celebrating our preschoolers as God’s blessings rained down. Our graduates this year were: Allie Myers, Attikus Mezic, Ayla Justice, Bristol Collier, Chase Whitaker, Chloe Sparks, Eli Markland, Emersyn Stokes, Finn Hall, Gregory Giles, Harper Correll, Hayden Veach, Jayden Monteleone, Katelynn Hare, Liam Ward, McKinley Waterson, Millie Maurer, Raegan Fisher, Rylan Gregory, Samuel Tew and Saxton Brooks. As we near summer, you may be wondering about Build Up! Summer Day Camp 2020. While it is with mixed emotions we an-nounce we are not having camp this summer, I want to invite YOU to Build Up! Build up your friends! Build up your family! Build up your Faith! This was our theme for 2020 and while our plans are on hold, we encourage you to stop and think of ways you can build up others and your faith! We are taking summer camp to the streets and moving into our mission field- the walls outside our building to BUILD UP this summer! We look forward to a safe fall re-opening of preschool and after school care and hope to have some details later this summer for how that will look! Allison Gupton

Join Lou Wilson and Tommy Dunn on Facebook or YouTube on Sunday, June 14 at 7:00 PM for a time of singing comfort hymns. This broadcast will be pre-recorded and then available at 7:00 PM on FaceBook or YouTube on June 14 and any time going forward.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

310 N Main Street Mocksville NC 27028 Phone: (336) 751-2503 www.firstumcmocksville.org

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 310 N. MAIN STREET | MOCKSVILLE, NC 27028

www.firstumcmocksville.org

Dr. Glenn L. Myers, Jr. Senior Pastor 336.751.2503 X 2224 glenn@firstumcmocksville.org

Philip Morris Natalie Sanders Custodial Staff

Rev. Natalie Gray Associate Pastor 336.751.2503 X 2225 natalie.gray86@yahoo.com Tommy Dunn Music & Technology/Office 336.751.2503 X 2221 tommy@firstumcmocksville.org

Allison Gupton Childcare Ministries 336.753.1900 allison@firstumcmocksville.org

Teresa Lakey Financial Administrator 336.751.2503 X 2226 teresa@firstumcmocksville.org

Lou Wilson Director of Music 336.751.2503 X 2238 lou@firstumcmocksville.org Shane Butcher Financial Assistant 336.751.2503 X 2226

The mission of First United Methodist Church is to believe in Jesus Christ as Lord, to receive the power of the Holy Spirit,

and to respond to the needs of others with the love of God the Father.