August 2019

Winstead’s Got Talent

On Wednesday, August 28, you’ll have a chance to see and/or participate in

Winstead’s Got Talent.

The evening will begin with a covered dish dinner at 6:00 pm followed by the

talent show at 7:00 pm. This is a talent show, not a contest. Donations will be ac-

cepted and will benefit the choir.

Do you have talent you would like to share? Contact Kathy Creech with your

talent. They are looking for anything - singing, dancing, reading a story, telling

jokes, etc.

Invite your friends and neighbors and we’ll see you there.

ead Wins Connection Strengthening children and families so that all may know God better.

2 The Winstead Connection

Pastor’s Message project.” (Winstead United Methodist Church History, 1948-1993, p. 3)

Winstead Methodist Church was not

born as a building. Winstead was born as

a persistent, prayerful response to Je-

sus’ call to reach out to the surrounding

community with God’s love.

And it did not spring fully-formed from

a comprehensive building plan, where all

of the details of the building were final-

ized and settled. It began with Miss Zell

Winstead’s faith that even though there

was no church building yet, and no prom-

ise of when there might be one, it was

time to give her own money to buy hym-

nals.

This is the faith that has guided us

through the years -- through the con-

struction of a small one-room multipur-

pose building with folding doors that di-

vided the room up for Sunday School, and

four years later a sanctuary, and still lat-

er a Sunday School wing, and finally the

completion of our current sanctuary in

1986.

Each step involved careful and re-

sponsible stewardship of resources. And

each step also involved a leap of faith,

grounded in prayer and trust in the gen-

erous spirit of current members, and

trust that God would bless our faithful

response to His love with new members.

As we begin our move to Airport

Boulevard, let us remember and continue

to build on this glorious history. Like

those original ten Methodists who met at

Mr. and Mrs. Baker’s house, let us turn to

God in prayer for inspiration and guid-

ance on every step of our plan. And let us

turn to God in prayer with every uncer-

tainty that requires a leap of faith.

(Continued on page 5)

I can feel excitement and enthusiasm,

along with a little anxiety, as we move

toward finalizing the sale of our current

church facility, and develop plans for our

new church building. This is understand-

able. Change -- even change that we

have hoped and prayed for for so long --

is both exciting and a little scary.

As I have prayed and sought God’s

word in scripture through this process, I

have been drawn to Jesus’ words in Mat-

thew 24: 1-2. “As Jesus came out of the

temple and was going away, his disciples

came to point out to him the buildings of

the temple. Then he asked them, ‘You see

all these, do you not? Truly I tell you, not

one stone will be left here upon another;

all will be thrown down.’”

Contrary to what some who heard

these words thought, Jesus is not threat-

ening to vandalize the church. Rather, he

is reminding us of what built the church in

the first place, and what the church is

called to be. The church is certainly not

the building materials, which, like all ma-

terial possessions, will one day return to

dust.

The church is our faithful response to

God’s eternal love and grace, and His

commission to us, to be the living and

resurrected body of Christ in the world.

There are folks in our congregation

who remember Winstead’s birth, when “...

a group of ten interested persons met in

the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Baker for a

prayer service. It was at this meeting that

Miss Zell Winstead gave fifty dollars

which was used to purchase twenty-five

Cokesbury Worship Hymnals and other

incidentals. These cottage prayer ser-

vices continued and as the weeks passed

more persons became interested in the

Pastor George Loveland

540-493-0656

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Kids & Youth @ Winstead

Marty Johnson

Youth Director

336-402-5000

Sunday School Promotion Sunday

It's hard to believe but the summer is

just about to be over and it will be time

for Sunday School Promotion Sunday..

We will have promotion during the

11:00 worship service on Sunday, Au-

gust 18. We will use our children's time

as an opportunity to promote Sunday

School and to promote those moving up

in Children and Youth Sunday School.

This is a special time for our children

and young people as well as our adults.

Please come and show your support of

our children and youth!

Blessing of the Backpacks

We invite all students, educators and

those who help with our school system

to come and be a part of the Blessing of

the Backpacks. This is our annual event

to start off the new school year on Sun-

day, August 25.

All of our youth, children and educa-

tors will process and place their back-

packs on the altar rail.

During the service we will not only

bless the backpacks but pray for our

children, youth, and all of those in-

volved in our children. We know it takes

a whole village of disciple mentors to

raise a young person in the way he or

she should grow in the Lord!

If you have any questions, please

feel free to check with Marty Johnson,

Ann Baker or Mandy Jenkins.

Pray for Me Campaign

We are looking to provide opportuni-

ties for the adults of our church to pray

for our students through the school

year.

We are looking at the possibility of

using the Pray for Me Campaign as our

program for praying for each of our

students as they go through the school

year. We will provide you with seven

essential areas to pray for our young

people and we would like to get at least

two different generations of adults. We

plan to begin on Sunday, September 8.

Please be praying and keep your ears

open as we will be talking about this at

upcoming Sunday morning services.

What a great opportunity this would

give you to pray over our children and

youth students. This will be a great way

for you to grow your faith as well as be

an important person in the spiritual life

of our children and youth!

If you would like more information ,

please contact Marty Johnson.

Dates to Remember

Friday, August 16 7 pm – 9:30 pm

Café ECHO Youth Fund Raiser

Live Music with Food for Sale!

Sunday, August 18 Sunday School Promotion Sunday

during worship

Sunday, August 25

Blessing of the Backpacks Sunday

(during 11am Worship)

Sunday, Sept. 8 6pm – 8pm 10th Annual *Messy Games* @

ECHO – Youth

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August at Winstead

Sunday, August 4

9:45 am Sunday School Assembly 11:00 am Worship

Monday, August 5

6:30 pm Building Committee 7:00 pm Scouting

Tuesday, August 6

6:00 pm Nominations Committee 6:30 pm Hand in Hand Committee

(pg. 4)

Sunday, August 11

7:45 am UMMen’s Breakfast 9:45 am Sunday School for all ages 11:00 am Worship

Monday, August 12

7:00 pm Scouting 7:00 pm SPRC Meeting

Friday, August 16

7:00 pm Cafe ECHO

Saturday, August 17

10:00 am WOW Meeting (pg. 5)

Sunday, August 18-Promotion Sunday

9:45 am Sunday School for all ages 11:00 am Worship 6:00 pm ECHO Youth

Monday, August 19

7:00 pm Scouting

Tuesday, August 20

7:00 pm Church Council Meeting

Sunday, August 25

Newsletter Deadline

9:45 am Sunday School for all ages 11:00 am Worship - Blessing of the

Backpacks (pg. 2) 3:00 pm Sunday School Picnic (pg. 5) ECHO Youth at Picnic

Monday, August 26

7:00 pm Scouting

Wednesday, August 28

11:00 am Mae’s Magic Age (pg. 4) 6:00 pm Covered Dish 7:00 pm Winstead’s Got Talent (pg. 1)

Mae’s Magic Age

by Shirley Galloway

Meet at church at 11:00

a.m. on Wednesday, August

28 for a bus trip to the Ra-

leigh Farmer’s Market! We

will have lunch at one of the restaurants

at the market, followed by time to browse

and shop. Come join in the fun and fellow-

ship!

August Birthdays Garrett Harper ........................................... 2

Ophelia Taylor............................................ 3

Peggie Shultz ............................................... 6

Madison Ferrell ........................................... 8

Josiah Kirby ................................................. 9

Brenda Pitt ................................................. 13

Winnie McVey........................................... 14

Ryan Heiniger............................................ 18

Kathy Creech ............................................. 19

Patricia Murray ......................................... 21

Carey Griffin............................................. 23

Lisa Tedder ................................................ 27

Jeff Stith ................................................. 29

August Anniversaries Al & Marcia Parker .................................. 23

John & Judy Vause ................................... 25

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Connect

Women of Winstead

By Sanda Hight

After a summer break, Women of Win-

stead (WOW) will resume meetings for

the fall, starting in August. WOW will

meet on Saturday,

August 17 at the

church at 10:00 am in

the choir room. Ann

Baker and Mary Smith

will be hostesses.

WOW has deci-

sions to make for the

fall about plans to spend money for

church and community mission. WE EN-

COURAGE ALL WOMEN OF THE CHURCH

TO ATTEND AND HELP PLAN THE WOW

ACTIVITIES FOR THE FALL.

Radical Hospitality Awareness

by Sanda Hight

Radical hospitality is an on-going op-

portunity for our congregation. During

our present time of transition, opportuni-

ties for showing hospitality abound as we

share our space and meet our brothers

and sisters in Christ who are near us. Let

us make a strong effort to call our neigh-

bors by name and greet them with love

and joy during the coming months. We

are all children of God. We need to con-

tinue to extend hospitality to our own

congregation and visitors as well each

time our doors are open for worship and

other gatherings.

I Peter 4:9 "Offer hospitality to one

another without grumbling." Church History

By Sanda Hight

During our transition period, some

members of our congregation might run

across documents or items that need to

be saved in our church history. If you see

pictures, scrapbooks, documents or oth-

er items that you think need to be saved,

please get them to the church historian,

Sanda Hight. We will try to find a place to

store them so that our church history

may be preserved.

Sunday School Picnic

By Pastor George

The Winstead Church Picnic, spon-

sored by our Sunday School program, is

Sunday, August 25 at Rotary Club Park.

Games and socializing begin at 3 p.m.,

with dinner to follow around 5 p.m.

Please sign up to bring a dish on the sig-

nup sheet in the narthex.

And especially, let us keep Jesus’ message firmly in our hearts and minds, that God’s

church is not a building, but the body of Christ that lives and moves through us as Holy

Spirit.

Pastor’s Message (Continued from page 2)

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Serve

Outreach Committee

by MaryEllen Bass

Summer Food Drive - Fred and Sanda

Hight are sharing cabbage and other

vegetables from a local farm with the

Hope Station. Our packaged and canned

food drive will be held later this

fall. Information will be forthcoming.

Thank you for supporting the

upcoming Hand in Hand School Supplies

Drive.

Missing in Action

By Sanda Hight

After cleaning out one of the storage

rooms in Hood Hall, we discovered that a

number of the green tablecloths used for

church dinners and receptions were not

in the storage cabinet with the white,

beige, and yellow cloths. The green ta-

blecloths are frequently needed to cover

tables for church functions. If you have

taken some of them home to launder af-

ter a church function, please call Sanda

Hight and let her know that you have

them. The tablecloths are being stored

and are available for whenever we need

to prepare a meal.

Also, two boxes of used children's

books have been left at church. If the

books belong to you and you need them

back, please call Sanda Hight. Otherwise

the books will be stored and taken to our

new church building to be used in the

nursery. Thanks.

Hand in Hand News

By Sanda Hight

After a break for the summer months,

the Hand in Hand Committee will meet on

Tuesday, August 6 at 6:30 pm in the choir

room to start planning activities for our

fall partnership with Vick Elementary

School. Committee members are en-

couraged to bring ideas for the fall activi-

ties for Hand in Hand.

Ringers Needed

By Joyce Wolfe

Handbells make beautiful music, and

offer us some “me time” to wash away the

dust that builds up each week. Grace

Notes meets weekly on Wednesdays at

6:00 pm in the sanctuary. Our season will

begin on Wednesday, September 4. If

you’d like to make beautiful music while

having a fun time with great people, let

Joyce know! Call her at 291-0834.

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Summer at Winstead

Cafe ECHO

Red, White and Blue Family Celebration

Joe leading Children’s Time

Winstead United Methodist Church

1407 Tarboro Street

Wilson, NC 27893

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Sunday Schedule

Sunday School for All 9:45 am

Worship 11:00 am

Pastor : Rev. George Loveland

Email: George.Loveland@nccumc.org

The Winstead Connection

3000 Pounds of peanuts (100 cases @ 30 lbs.)

480 Cases of jars (12 jars / case)

~30 People needed to acquire, unload, label,

cook, package and deliver peanuts

23 Stores delivered to

5 Crews of 4 people to cook and package pea-

nuts

Peanuts by the Numbers Did you ever wonder what it takes to run Winstead’s peanut

ministry?

These are numbers for items purchased, jars labeled,

peanuts cooked, jars packed and delivered each month.

The peanut ministry is always looking for more help.

Contact Harry Barker to volunteer.

Pastor

Rev. George Loveland

Director of Youth Ministries

Marty Johnson

Minister of Music

Sandy Pittman

Handbell Choir Director

Joyce Wolfe

Church Musician

Faye Jones

Office Administrator

Gretchen Hunt

Lay Leader

Priscilla Morello