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CENTRAL TIME
The weekly e-newsletter of
Central United Methodist Church
All are welcome!
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Central United Methodist Church, Spartanburg, SC - Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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Lent Together
Worship at Noon
And Lunch following
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The Upper Room Sunday School Class
Recording 2.25.24
Password: UpperRoom2.25.2024
March
3- James Ellis Griffith- What’s Happening in American Protestantism: “Abortion”
10-James Ellis Griffith continued: “The Sexual Identity Spectrum”
17-James Ellis Griffith continued: "Christian Nationalism and the New Apostolic Reformation”
24-Bob Allison-Mount Athos: A Visual Pilgrimage to the Eastern Orthodox Mountain
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from the Choirmaster’s desk…
On February 1st of this year the Worship Committee met to discuss a number of matters of concern and scheduling for the upcoming weeks and months. One item that I would like to bring to your attention now is the availability of our organist, Brian Dailey, for weddings and funerals. Many of you may not know this, but Brian works full-time at the post office in Gramling SC, and he is a staff of one there. It’s a rare occasion that Brian is ever available for a daytime service at Central, Monday through Friday, as he works until late in the afternoon. On Saturdays, he is available, but not before 2 PM.
The need to plan for a funeral often comes about suddenly and unexpectedly. We may not have the luxury of time to find our preferred organist to play the service. By sharing Brian‘s schedule of availability, I hope you can be spared the disappointment of his unavailability.
Keith Jones
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Sunday, March 3
Third Sunday in Lent
11:00 AM
Worship Service
Lectionary
Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 1:18-25; Gospel of John 2:13-22
Cam Treece, Preacher
Worship Attendance
February 25 - 110 in-person; 163 views on-line
February 18 - 133 in-person; 310 views on-line
February 11 - 102 in-person; 151 views on-line
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Tuesday Bible Class
5pm (Fellowship Hall)
You are invited to join us!
We are reading the Gospel of Matthew.
All are welcome! - Andy Crosland, teacher
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Sunday, March
10
UMCOR Sunday
Daylight Savings Time starts.
Monday, March
11
Mary-Martha Circle
Annual Luncheon Meeting & Soup Luncheon
10:30 AM - 11:30 PM (Upper Room)
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM (Fellowship Hall)
Everyone is invited to attend the Monday, March 11, meeting of the United Women of Faith at which time Scott Neely, director of the Faith Initiative to End Childhood Poverty, will tell us all about this exciting Spartanburg project involving many congregations, foundations, and non-profits. The meeting will take place at 10:30 am in the Upper Room, on Monday, March 11. This consortium of congregations is a collective effort to address homelessness and end childhood poverty in Spartanburg County. Come join us as we learn how Central UMC can be involved in this remarkable countywide effort.
United Women of Faith
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Mission Committee Notice to Church:
T.O.T.A.L. (Telling Others They Are Loved)
MINISTRIES’ EMERGENCY NEEDS:
T.O.T.A.L. Ministries has an emergency need for certain items listed below and the Mission Committee is asking for your help. Please bring what you can beginning now until March 24. Put the items in the T.O.T.A.L. basket in the hall near the Church office. If the basket is full, please set the bag(s) near the basket. The Mission Committee will get the items to T.O.T.A.L. as they come in. Thank you so much for your help.
-Mission Committee
NEEDED ITEMS:
PASTA
MAC N CHEESE
SPAGHETTI SAUCE
BREAKFAST FOODS
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Sacred Traditions And Rituals
March 10
Six O'clock pm
Salad Sunday with a Book
Again, this Sunday evening, we will spend time in our Circle sharing thoughts about a book selection during the first part of our time together. Then we will spend time sharing a pot-luck salad smorgasbord.
Everyone will be invited to bring along a bowl or platter filled with their favorite salad (feeding 6-8 folks), if possible. Then, drinks, a sweet, and all utensils will be provided.
Andy Crosland will lead our discussion for this Salad Sunday with a Book, and he has selected a short story by Flannery O'Connor: A Good Man is Hard to Find. We will make it digitally available just after the first of the year and if you don't have a computer or printer, we will have printed copies on request.
Weren't able to read or finish the short story in time? Unable to pull together a salad? Please join us anyway as our Circle is always incomplete when even one person is missing! Who knows, you might find inspiration from the discussion to carry-on and read the story!
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Memorials
To Cecil Abrams by Jacqueline Wilson
To Pat Hasty by Sarah Miller, Keith & Louise Parris
To Ann Howard by Keith & Louise Parris
To Bill Mount by Anita & Al Hammerbeck, James & Eileen Kilbreth, Keith & Louise Parris, Linda Whisnant
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March 6
Menu:
Spaghetti Dinner
Garlic Bread, Dessert, Tea & Coffee
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Birthdays
March
1 Bill Tinder
2 Brent Driggers, Mary Hines, Danny Smith
3 Peter Moore
7 Wes Robison
8 Molly Chappell-McPhail, Keith Jones
Martha Tinder
9 Debra Liner, Katie Parris
11 Sandra Berry
13 Patricia Painter
14 Brenda Hanna, Arthur Holt, Jack Layne,
Jane Nodine
15 Maggie Alford
16 Dexter Bridges
18 Betty Monroe, Betty Peeler, Brooklyn Wyatt
20 Jacy Crocker
22 Joel Atance, Dan McPherson
25 Shirely Atkinson
26 Sarah Parris
28 Rosalie Atance, Elizabeth Zimmerman
29 Penny Holt, Lynn Proctor
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a study on what the gospels really teach about Jesus's final days in Jerusalem.
Wednesday Evenings
6:30-7:30 PM
Upper Room Classroom at Central UMC
February 28 - Palm Sunday & Monday, led by Tom Steagald
March 6 - Tuesday & Wednesday, led by Cam Treece
March 13 - Maundy Thursday & Good Friday, led by Scott Neely
March 20 - Saturday & Easter Sunday, led by Megan Gray
March 27 - Conclusion, led by Andy Crosland
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Altar Flowers
Please contact:
Kathy Worley, Memorial Secretary, to place flowers on the calendar. Thank you!
We have openings in
April & May.
Call: (864) 978-0294
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Please continue to pray for. . .
Members
Joanie Bilton, Thomas Bridges, Dianne Brown, Kathy Cann, Dave & Eloise Clyburn, Doris Wilson & Mike Johnson, Joan Johnson, Jeff Lane, Sue Lowe, Mary Lou Miller, Jimmy Painter, Bob Perrin, Carolyn Rickenbaker, Barbara Ropp, June Sereque, Becky Smith, Wyatt family
Family & Friends
Adrianne, Beverly, Dwight, Jeff, Mary Beth (friends of Claudia Lange, Luther Rickenbaker's step-daughter), Greg Brown (relative of Dexter Bridges), Mark Campbell (friend of Luther Rickenbaker), Charlotte Hall, Danny Harling, Caroline Broyles Henson, Megan Kendall (friend of Nonie & Kathy Hudnall), Sheila Lindsey (friend of Patricia Painter), Jane McKenzie, Robbie Sholde, Dr. Melissa Reitmeier (friend of Paul & Sue Lansberry), Griffin Rousseau and family (friends of Marty and Susan Taylor), Rachel Thompson (friend of Marty and Susan Taylor), Caroline Vizzuto (friend of David Earl and Jeannie Shelley's family), Ann Willard, Judy Workman, Becky Wyatt’s mother, and Lee Wylie
Members’ Extended Family
Martha Bordogna, Donna Copeland (Chuck Clark’s mother) Betty Jackson (Kay Lawrence’s mother), Ashley Parker (Kay & Jack Lawrence's son-in-law) and Martha Petoskey
In Assisted Living or Nursing Homes
Kathy Cann, Mary Hines, Gladys Hudgens, Mildred Ragan, & Tom Wilkes
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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.
- Contact the Financial Secretary to set up a recurring gift through an automatic bank draft.
- VANCO Mobile
- 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.
Central United Methodist Church
Website
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Wofford Lifelong Learning
Email us at
lifelonglearning@wofford.edu
(864) 274-2917
Lifelong Learning
Director, Lucy Woodhouse
Lifelong Learning at Wofford
864-274-2917 (main)
864-597-5304 (direct)
Website: Lifelong Learning at Wofford
Spring Term 2024 - March 18-May 17
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New Members
February 18, 2024
Bob & Susan Allison
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If you have any news to share of a birth or death in your family in the Central Time
e-newsletter, please email Gina Hamer, Central's Administrative Assistant or call the church office at (864) 582-7263.
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LET'S STAY CONNECTED!
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Facebook
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Central United Methodist
founded 1837
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Palmetto Moravian Fellowship
The next worship service with the Moravians is scheduled for Sunday, March 3, at 9:00 AM in the Cannon Memorial Chapel - Central UMC.
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Central Office Hours:
Monday through Friday
9:00am-2:00pm
Mission Statement:
"Our purpose is making
and nurturing disciples of Jesus Christ."
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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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