CENTRAL TIME
weekly e-news from Central United Methodist Church
Mission Statement:
"Our purpose is making and nurturing
disciples of Jesus Christ."
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From the Minister of Christian Education and Programs
It is not every day that one has blue scrambled eggs for breakfast, but that it is what happened today. This morning, Maddie requested green eggs and ham for breakfast. Ham less and not so enthusiastic about adding dye to eggs, I reminded her that we generally only dye food on special occasions. I told Maddie that we could have green eggs and ham when her class learns about the story at school or some other special occasion. Determined and unconvinced of my logic, Maddie proceeded to give me a rather lengthy explanation of why today is a special day. Her reason? We are still celebrating Easter. Maddie is right. In this short conversation, I was reminded that Easter is a season. We celebrate the resurrection for 50 days throughout Eastertide. A time of celebration and formation, the Easter season is an opportunity for us all.
This Easter season, may we take time to notice glimpses of the resurrection around us. Reminders of the joy of Easter can show up in the most unexpected places, even blue scrambled eggs.
Paige Wolfe
Central Park Work Day
rescheduled for . . .
Saturday, May 1, 9:00 am until noon.
We hope to see you there!!! - John Simmons
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The church is forming a team of volunteers to operate the video camera on Sunday mornings and connect our live stream to Facebook and our website. Please contact Al Jeter (864) 585-7308 or Paul Wood (843) 222-5257 right away if you are interested in receiving training and joining the team. |
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Love offering for Pastor Tom
The Staff/Parish Relations Committee is sponsoring a collection for the entire month of May to honor Pastor Tom's retirement. If you choose to mail a check or include it in the offering plate, please be sure to make your gift payable to Central UMC, designated to "love offering for Tom".
You may donate online through the Central website. In this case, when designating your gift, please check "other" and fill in "love offering for Tom."
The Reverend Dr. Thomas H. Norrell
We are grateful . . .
- for the years you have served as our pastor. We appreciate your teaching, your sermons, your leadership, your comfort and compassion. Thank you.
- for your many, many years of service in the ministry to other congregations and groups. Thank you.
We hope your imminent retirement will prove to be a time of contentment and blessing.
The members of Central United Methodist Church, Spartanburg, SC
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Epworth Children's Home (special offering)
has been a ministry of our church for more than 125 years. They are not an apportioned item by the SC Conference, which means they receive no funding from the conference other than our offerings. They rely heavily on the donations received from our Mother's Day offering to provide direct care for the children residing at Epworth. Please give generously.
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IMPORTANT MEETINGS!
Finance Committee via Zoom Meeting on Monday, May 10, at 7:00 PM
Below is the Zoom meeting information for the Finance Committee meeting on May 10.
Topic: Finance Committee
Time: May 10, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 848 3577 2676
Passcode: 361110
Dial by your location
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
Meeting ID: 848 3577 2676
Passcode: 361110
Church Council @ Large
The Church Council will meet Wednesday, May 12th at 5:15 PM in the Fellowship Hall with proper social distancing and masks required.
If your committee has an update to give to the council, please provide it to Thom Henson, Chair at hensontm@wofford.edu.
The meeting will conclude at 6:15.
At the request of the Finance Committee Staff/Parish Relations Task Team (formed to address Central's financial shortfalls), the Trustees have voted unanimously to ask the Church Council to approve the sale of the parsonage. Details will be presented at the meeting or Church Council members can call the Chair of the Trustees, Linda Bilanchone, 864-583-1983.
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Helpful Reminders and Seating Arrangements . . .
Continue to join us in-person or at our regular time on-line. In order to make sure that we seat people and maintain safety precautions in distancing, parties of three or more in the smaller pews, (alcove) please continue to sit in every other pew. Restrictions do not apply to S.T.A.R. activities in the Fellowship Hall or the Palmetto Moravian Fellowship which is held in the Cannon Memorial Chapel, and only meets once a month. The next Moravian worship service is scheduled for May 30, 2021. If you have any questions, please contact the church office. For those activities that are taking place in-person, masks must be worn that cover both your nose and mouth, and a distance of six feet or greater between yourself and others must be maintained at all times. Remember our "ten commandments" for safety and health.
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Upper Room Sunday School Class
You are invited to join the Upper Room Sunday school class on Sunday mornings at 9:30-10:30 AM on Zoom. If you want to join, click the link below and enter the meeting ID and password!
Meeting ID: 815 9104 7549
Password: 778963
May 2 Competing Theologies in the N. T.
Speaker: Tom Norrell
Below is the link and password to the recording of the Upper Room from Sunday, April 25.
Meeting Recording:
Access Passcode: 4/25UpperRoom
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Sacred Traditions And Rituals
Those Darn Girls
a service devoted to ordinary, divine feminine energy
Sunday, May 9, 6:00 PM
Fellowship Hall
Each Mother's Day, our service celebrates all women, who are 'artists of the everyday.' Those in larger, obvious ways as well as smaller, quieter ways. These are women making their world and ours, a better place.
As part of our service, we will meet some of them, whose passion energized them to do what they had to do, to get done what they saw, heard, and experienced as their divine calling. During our time together, we will recognize and honor their seeming ordinariness as part of an extraordinarily bright light of hope . . . reflecting back into the world for those they love, for us and many they will never know.
Join Zoom Meeting:
Meeting ID: 864 7886 0640
Passcode: 079828
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Cannon's Memorial Chapel
Palmetto Moravian Fellowship
Worship Service
May 30, 2021, 9am
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Nursery Volunteers Needed
We are considering the possibility of opening the nursery back up during worship. In order to provide nursery care in the safest environment possible, we need volunteers to serve in the nursery each week with Scotti Killian. Please let Paige know if you are interested in serving with the youngest members of our congregation. Volunteers will be assigned on a rotation to serve during the worship service. You may reach Paige by email at paige@centralumcs.org or by calling the church office.
Youth Fellowship
The May 2nd meeting of MYF will be a special trip to listen to Chris Singleton Live at Bethel UMC. Chris is an inspirational speaker and former baseball player whose mother was among those killed at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. Seating is limited and must be reserved prior to April 26. Please RSVP to Paige Wolfe if you or your youth plans to attend. The Chris Singleton Live event will be livestreamed for those interested and unable to join in person.
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We will recognize our graduates this year on May 9, Mother's Day.
High school and college graduates, please send the church office your graduation pictures and plans. We can't wait to celebrate this accomplishment with you.
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Altar Guild Memorial Flowers
There are three vacant Sundays in May for giving flowers. They are: May 16, 23, & 30.
Please contact Kathy Worley, Memorial Chairperson, if you would like to place flowers on the altar for our morning worship service, in honoraria or in memory of someone.
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Church Announcements for
Central Time or Sunday bulletin
If you have an announcement that you would like to appear in the Central Time, Sunday bulletins, on social media, or on the church's website, please submit that information to: info@centralumcspartanburg.org before noon on Mondays. Thank you!
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Ways to Give to Central
We continue to be deeply grateful for continued support of the mission and ministry of Central Church. There are a few ways to continue to make offerings extremely easy.
- The US mail always works. We are at 233 North Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306.
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Contact Ann Darby to set up a recurring gift through an automatic bank draft.
- On the homepage on the church's website there is a "Give" link. Once you set up that app any additional gifts are as easy as one or two clicks.
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Tuesday Evening Bible Class taught by Andy Crosland on Zoom, at 6:00 pm.
You are welcome to join or to rejoin us.
The Zoom link information for every class is . . .
Meeting ID: 847 8558 8972
Passcode: 800422
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April 25, 2021
Memorials
To Grier F. Diangikes by Jennie Montgomery, and Jim & Joy Spencer
To Jan Francis by Jim & Joy Spencer, and
The Upper Room Sunday School Class
To Sam Hanna by Jim & Joy Spencer
To Alice Heavrin by Jim & Joy Spencer
To Pat Hemmer by Jennie Montgomery
To Charlie Teague by Jim & Joy Spencer
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April Birthdays
28 Donna Treat
29 Thom Henson, Michael Henson
May Birthdays
1 Sherrill King, Fran Racine
5 Jennifer Hasty
6 Janet McConnell
9 John Coggins, Angie Hudgens Wyatt,
Elizabeth Smith
13 Sawyer Zimmerman
14 Carolyn Rickenbaker
15 Caroline Keaton, Melissa Parris, David Wood
16 Haiden Lancaster, Leslie Newman,
Pete Sereque
18 Carol Kyllonen, Flo Lyles, Les McMillan
20 Benita Stavely
22 Carolyn Sparks
23 Lindsay Taylor
24 Vicky Norrell
25 Barry Johnson
26 Mike Ayers
27 Zachary Rawlinson
28 Linda Bilanchone
30 David Mercer
31 Kaydee Crocker, David Earl Shelley
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Our Giving
COVID-19
In the midst of this time of great challenge:
2020/2021 MONTHLY COMPARISON
a/o March 31, 2021
YTD Budget $150,826
YTD Received $ 98,461
YTD Expenses $126,095
YTD OVER/UNDER $(52,365) RECEIVED
YTD OVER/UNDER $(27,634) EXPENSES
a/o March 31, 2020
YTD Budget $161,911
YTD Received $109,003
YTD Expenses $142,675
YTD OVER/UNDER $(52,908) RECEIVED
YTD OVER/UNDER $(33,672) EXPENSES
Financial Statements are available in the hallway outside of the church office.
The work of Central continues and would not be possible without the prayers, generosity and support of our leaders and laity.
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2021-2022 United Methodist Women
All the books listed in the most recent email are available at the Spartanburg County Library.
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Eva Hoffman Scholarship Fund 2021
Letters of interest are being accepted.
If you are a senior in high school and planning on attending college this year, or you are already a college student (undergrad), you may send a letter of interest to the attention of:
Mr. Henry Sparrow, Chair
c/o Central UMC
233 N. Church St.,
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Please give information regarding the name of the college, and your ID #.
Note: The deadline for receiving letters of interest is Monday, May 24th. Thank you.
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LET'S STAY CONNECTED!
Central (864) 582-7263
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Central United Methodist
founded 1837
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Central Office Hours:
COVID-19
Monday through Wednesday
and Friday
9:00 AM - 12 Noon
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Get text notifications from Central
To sign up, text the word "Central" to 864-661-4726. After texting the keyword to this phone number, you will receive a reply asking for some simple info. Please click the link, include your name, and submit the form. You will be signed up! Any questions, contact Rev. Paige Wolfe.
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