Whisper Jan 8
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The Week of January 8, 2017
This Week @ Johnson Memorial Today
9:30AM Sunday School
10:30AM Worship
Monday 7:00PM Boy Scouts
Tuesday 12:15PM Chair Yoga
Wednesday 7:00AM
Andrew’s Brothers
Thursday 12:15PM Chair Yoga
6:00PM
Common Grounds
8:00PM AA Meeting
Friday Echo Information Due
NEXT Sunday 9:30AM Sunday School 10:30AM Worship
The monthly breakfast meeting of the JM United Methodist Men will be 8:00 AM, January 21st at the Bob Evans restaurant on 3rd Avenue. We will be discussing plans for future projects. All JM Men are invited to attend. One last reminder that if anyone has yet to complete and return a pledge card, please do so right away. We have not achieved our goal/need. Extra Pledge cards are available from the office or on the table next to the Sanctuary entrance.
Pack For the Future
Jan 9-13 Packing - Gale & Charlie Williams Delivering - Scott & Jean Ramsey Jan 16-19 Packing and Delivering - Steve & Margaret
Williams
If you are interested in packing or delivering (just one day a month), let Linda know in the office at 304-525-8116, ext. 6.
The office is looking for weekly helpers.
• The shifts that are open are Monday 9 a.m.-11 a.m. &
11 a.m.-1 p.m. • During this time there will be some days with light work (occasional mailings, card writing, phone calls, or proofreading) to be done, but much of the time will be spent just being near the phone or responding to the door. Helpers are encouraged to bring a book, puzzle. or something to work on from home. We are also looking for someone to hang • announcements, Thursday afternoons or Friday. Let Tobyn know if you are interested. [email protected] or 304-525-8116 ext 2 Or sign up on the clipboard at the top of the Tenth St stairs.
The CMC Meeting scheduled for Monday has been cancelled. We will have our regularly scheduled meeting on February 13.
From the JM Health Team A New Year has begun and I am sure we all have made resolutions to improve our health. Well below are a few thoughts on how you could keep your resolution. • Walk each day, if able and use a pedometer to keep track of your steps taken, aim for 10,000 steps each day. • Do strength training for at least 20 minutes, two to three times per week. One hint if you don’t have weights use you own body as the weight or a heavy book. • Eat a fish meal, tuna, salmon or other darker type of fish, twice a week. • Drink water. • Reduce your use of sugar and caffeine. • Quit smoking or using any tobacco products. • Eat healthy balanced meals. Such as, more vegetables and protein than starch or carbohydrates.
We invite you to stay following worship to help take down the greenery from the sanctuary. See Chyrl Budd if you are able to help. Western District Know Your Job Training Event January 28, 2017 At Milton United Methodist Church Workshops to help church officers and committee members understand their “jobs” in the church and to share ideas for ministry. Staff Parish Relations Committee will meet January 16 at 6:30pm. Stewardship & Finance Committee will meet January 24 at 7pm. Johnson Memorial Trustees will meet January 29, 2017 after worship. To reach Administrative Assistant, Tobyn Wells, regular office hours are Monday -Thursday, 9AM - 1PM.
As we conclude the Season of Advent, the start of the Christian Year, with our Christmas celebration, we are looking to start 2017 with Epiphany Sunday on January 1, and then spend the next two months in the Season after Epiphany. Our theme for this time is “The Great Invitation,” and it is a time to prepare our church for the work of preparing people to live out the way of Jesus during the season of Lent that follows. This Season after Epiphany is “bookended” on January 8 with the Baptism of the Lord Sunday, and ends on February 26, Transfiguration Sunday. Throughout this season, we will be called to remember and emphasize the beginning and the glorious end of the discipleship journey we’ve undertaken, as we actively invite others to join in during these weeks. Between these two bookends, Paul’s letters to the Corinthians will help us identify and address internal issues that may be hindering us, the church, from doing our Lenten formational work well. The Old Testament and Gospel readings will lead us to extend Christ’s invitation to “come and see” with us what Christ is all about and what discipleship to Christ looks like. Join us this new year in a worship series called “The Great Invitation”!
The Week of January 8, 2017
This Week @ Johnson Memorial Today
9:30AM Sunday School
10:30AM Worship
Monday 7:00PM Boy Scouts
Tuesday 12:15PM Chair Yoga
Wednesday 7:00AM
Andrew’s Brothers
Thursday 12:15PM Chair Yoga
6:00PM
Common Grounds
8:00PM AA Meeting
Friday Echo Information Due
NEXT Sunday 9:30AM Sunday School 10:30AM Worship
The monthly breakfast meeting of the JM United Methodist Men will be 8:00 AM, January 21st at the Bob Evans restaurant on 3rd Avenue. We will be discussing plans for future projects. All JM Men are invited to attend. One last reminder that if anyone has yet to complete and return a pledge card, please do so right away. We have not achieved our goal/need. Extra Pledge cards are available from the office or on the table next to the Sanctuary entrance.
Pack For the Future
Jan 9-13 Packing - Gale & Charlie Williams Delivering - Scott & Jean Ramsey Jan 16-19 Packing and Delivering - Steve & Margaret
Williams
If you are interested in packing or delivering (just one day a month), let Linda know in the office at 304-525-8116, ext. 6.
The office is looking for weekly helpers.
• The shifts that are open are Monday 9 a.m.-11 a.m. &
11 a.m.-1 p.m. • During this time there will be some days with light work (occasional mailings, card writing, phone calls, or proofreading) to be done, but much of the time will be spent just being near the phone or responding to the door. Helpers are encouraged to bring a book, puzzle. or something to work on from home. We are also looking for someone to hang • announcements, Thursday afternoons or Friday. Let Tobyn know if you are interested. [email protected] or 304-525-8116 ext 2 Or sign up on the clipboard at the top of the Tenth St stairs.
The CMC Meeting scheduled for Monday has been cancelled. We will have our regularly scheduled meeting on February 13.
From the JM Health Team A New Year has begun and I am sure we all have made resolutions to improve our health. Well below are a few thoughts on how you could keep your resolution. • Walk each day, if able and use a pedometer to keep track of your steps taken, aim for 10,000 steps each day. • Do strength training for at least 20 minutes, two to three times per week. One hint if you don’t have weights use you own body as the weight or a heavy book. • Eat a fish meal, tuna, salmon or other darker type of fish, twice a week. • Drink water. • Reduce your use of sugar and caffeine. • Quit smoking or using any tobacco products. • Eat healthy balanced meals. Such as, more vegetables and protein than starch or carbohydrates.
We invite you to stay following worship to help take down the greenery from the sanctuary. See Chyrl Budd if you are able to help. Western District Know Your Job Training Event January 28, 2017 At Milton United Methodist Church Workshops to help church officers and committee members understand their “jobs” in the church and to share ideas for ministry. Staff Parish Relations Committee will meet January 16 at 6:30pm. Stewardship & Finance Committee will meet January 24 at 7pm. Johnson Memorial Trustees will meet January 29, 2017 after worship. To reach Administrative Assistant, Tobyn Wells, regular office hours are Monday -Thursday, 9AM - 1PM.
As we conclude the Season of Advent, the start of the Christian Year, with our Christmas celebration, we are looking to start 2017 with Epiphany Sunday on January 1, and then spend the next two months in the Season after Epiphany. Our theme for this time is “The Great Invitation,” and it is a time to prepare our church for the work of preparing people to live out the way of Jesus during the season of Lent that follows. This Season after Epiphany is “bookended” on January 8 with the Baptism of the Lord Sunday, and ends on February 26, Transfiguration Sunday. Throughout this season, we will be called to remember and emphasize the beginning and the glorious end of the discipleship journey we’ve undertaken, as we actively invite others to join in during these weeks. Between these two bookends, Paul’s letters to the Corinthians will help us identify and address internal issues that may be hindering us, the church, from doing our Lenten formational work well. The Old Testament and Gospel readings will lead us to extend Christ’s invitation to “come and see” with us what Christ is all about and what discipleship to Christ looks like. Join us this new year in a worship series called “The Great Invitation”!
