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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Loral Stinson is graduating from Spartanburg High School and will be attending the honors college at the College of Charleston.
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Michael Henson is graduating from Spartanburg High School and will be attending Wofford College.
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Jack Layne is graduating from Spartanburg High School and is planning to attend Winthrop.
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Bralyn Crocker
Bralyn is graduating from Dorman High School and plans to major in Early Childhood Education at the University of South Carolina Upstate. He would like to teach First Grade one day.
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This Sunday, May 9 is Mother's Day.
and
Graduation Recognition
We can't wait to celebrate this accomplishment with you!
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Graduates
Lauren Dixon (not pictured) following her graduation, Lauren will be moving to New York City in the summer to begin her Masters at Columbia University, Teachers College. She will be studying Sociology and Education with a Policy Concentration. She hopes to make huge strides in making Public Education more equitable by entering Education Law and Policy Analysis in the future!
Graham Driggers (not pictured) will be attending The University of Alabama Honors College in Tuscaloosa.
Maggie Smith (not pictured)
Maggie is graduating from Wofford this year and double majoring in Accounting and Spanish. She will be going to USC for a Master’s in Accounting next year, and plans to take the CPA exam next summer.
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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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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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May 9, 2021
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sermon Mothers and Graduation
Liturgy
Old Testament Lesson: Proverbs 31
Gospel of Matthew 5:1-12
In-person Service streamed at 11 am
centralumcspartanburg.org and on Facebook
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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: Monday, 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
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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 9 Mary, Martha, and the Mess
Speaker: Jennie Ann Montgomery, tv anchor
Below is the link and password to the recording of the Upper Room from Sunday, May 2.
Meeting Recording:
Access Passcode: UpperRoom5/02
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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.
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Altar Guild Memorial Flowers
There is only one vacant Sunday in May for giving flowers: May 16
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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For those of who would like to send a get well card to The Reverend Dr.
Mike Vandiver...
Address:
5016 Cross Pointe
Anderson, SC 29625
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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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May 2, 2021
Memorials
To Grier F. Diangikes by Shirley Atkinson
To Jan Francis by Paul & Sue Lansberry
and Sarah Miller
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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
(see bulletin insert)
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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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 24. 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:
Monday through Thursday
8:15 AM-4:15 PM
and Friday
8:15 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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