The Communicator ~ February 2016
Church Life
Ministry is about life in Christ which affects everything we do.
Welcome, To Our New Members
from November and January!
Night Out for Adults, Night In for Kids!
On Friday, February 12, the Fellowship Ministry is sponsoring a “Social Dinner/Parent’s Night Out” for all adults. Dinner will be held at LeRoy Fox (705 S. Sharon Amity Rd) at 6:30 p.m. A room has been reserved for as many people as it will hold. Others can
Mel, Debbie and Matt Bowling
choose tables in the restaurant. (Dinner at LeRoy Fox is not required to take advantage of the childcare.)
Children ages infant through 5th grade are invited to the Sardis House for a pizza dinner and childcare. Youth, grades 6th and up, are invited for pizza and to Mimi & Robert Dobbins
Angie & David Harrison
help with games and activities for elementary children. If you wish to take advantage of this “Parent’s Night Out” childcare, you must reserve a spot for your child(ren) in advance. Register them online or by calling the reservation line (704.926.1590). When calling the reservation line, please indicate your child(ren’s) ages and names. The cost of the event is
Sheri Johnston
Charlene & Steve Preston
the cost of your dinner and for childcare, $10 per child, with a maximum of $25 per family.
JUST LIKE YOU AND ME!
Susan & Jeremy Robbins
Richard Samson
Peter Schuetz
All children in grades K – 5 are invited to join the Children’s Choir in presenting a musical, Just Like You and Me by Susan Burt on Sunday, April 24 at the 11:00 worship service. Rehearsals will be on Thursdays.
If you are interested in your child being a part of this wonderful musical on how Susan Sessler
Lauren & Jeff Shue
Carla & Mark Shumate
God can use common, ordinary people to do great things, please contact
Not pictured: Jung Sook Lee
Kaitlyn
Davros
kaitlyn.davros@sardis.org soon as possible.
Charles MacCallum 2 The Communicator ~ February 2016
at as
Church Life
Ministry is about life in Christ which affects everything we do. February 16 Friendship Connection
This fellowship group for retirees welcomes our own Dr. David McKechnie as our guest speaker. His topic is: “Shaping Tomorrow, Today” and you are invited to come to hear and experience what that means for each of us and our world today. Reservations are necessary for lunch ($8/person) and need to be made by Friday, February 12. To make your reservation, register online at www.sardis.org or call 704.926.1590.
There’s an App for That!
Spiritual Sessions
This is a new group, especially for those in the 50+
Can’t find a current phone number, email, or address in
age group who are seeking a deeper relationship
your old church directory? Try the Church Life app for
with our Creator. Spiritual Sessions is designed to
your smart phone or tablet.
celebrate who we are and who we are becoming.
You will need to use the same username and password you
Join us on the second Tuesday of each month
use for MySardis. If you do not have one, call the church
beginning on February 9. We will meet in room
office, and we can set that up for you. Church Life will
216 at 11:30 a.m.‐1:30 p.m. You are welcome to
provide you up‐to‐date names, addresses, phone numbers
bring your lunch. We will provide coffee and
and church calendar information right at your fingertips.
dessert. For additional information, contact Suzanne Bach at 704.335.0253.
Sardis Bus Drivers Needed
Did you make a resolution to give back this year? One way
Loving Hands Needed
you can give back to Sardis is by becoming a bus driver.
in the Nursery
There is a dire need for bus drivers for our Rama Road
Elementary tutoring program and other ministries at
Nursery volunteers are needed at
Sardis. You do not need a special driver’s license to drive a
both services for children infant
Sardis bus; all that’s required is a short training session.
through 5 years old. Please
Please consider becoming a Sardis bus driver. Contact John
contact
Carriker at 704.650.4884 for more information and to attend
heather.eddy@sadis.org for more
a short training session in February.
information.
Heather
Eddy
at
Basketball Sunday
Basketball Sunday will be during the 9 a.m. worship service on Sunday, February 14. During this special worship service, the basketball ministry at Sardis will be recognized as we thank Sardis for their support. Basketball players are encouraged to wear their jerseys/ t‐shirts and join the Sports and Recreation Ministry in the Education Hall for a juice and donut reception after the service.
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Church Life
Ministry is about life in Christ which affects everything we do.
A Time for Singing – Glory to God!
The time for singing has come! We will be introducing the NEW Presbyterian Hymnal, Glory to God, soon. The choirs, Worship Ministry, and staff have all been busy preparing for the arrival of the Glory to God Hymnal. Volunteers have been stamping and placing dedication and memorial plates in many books.
About 400 hymns are carried over from the 1990 “blue” hymnal – including the majority of the hymns we sing at Sardis. There are more than 450 new hymns that come from older Presbyterian hymnals, other songbooks, and individual authors and composers. Glory to God includes a brief note with each hymn, providing information about its music, theology, and/or history. It reflects the diversity, width, and breadth of the church, incorporating many different musical styles: gospel, folk, spirituals, traditional, contemporary, and global music.
The majority of our current hymnals will be donated to other churches. Sardis is reaching out to various groups to find churches and ministries that may be in need of hymnals. Other hymnals will be available for our congregation to take home with them after it is retired.
Sardis is half way toward our goal of sponsored hymnals. Please consider investing in this hymnal that will inspire current and future generations of members at Sardis. For more information about the hymnal project, check online at www.sardis.org or contact Kaitlyn Davros at 704.366.1854.
The Church Office Will Be Closed for the day on February 15 and the morning of February 22. The office will open at 1:00 p.m. on February 22.
December Financial Highlights December
December Expected
This year so far
This year so far expected
Pledges, gifts, and other revenue
$307,806.29
$358,752.49
$2,137,867.70
$2,266,000.00
Expenses
$247,646.93
$230,477.50
$2,220,847.36
$2,266,000.00
Net Total
$60,159.36
$128,274.99
($82,979.66)
$0.00
Annual Budget: $2,266,000
Our Church Family Our Christian Sympathy: to Bill Kronewetter upon the death of his father, Joseph Kronewetter, to John Tallent upon the death of his mother, Corrina Tallent, to the family of Martha Helms McKnight, to Nordy Vater upon the death of his mother, Pauline Vater, to Jerry Meetze upon the death of his brother, Jack Meetze, to Elizabeth “Betsy” Ray upon the death of her daughter, Anne Mullinax .
Congratulations: to Jessi and Michael Stout upon the birth of their daughter, Katelyn Reese Stout. 4 The Communicator ~ February 2016
Lay Ministry
The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve.
Help us Tackle
Collection Drive for
Hunger February 7
Upcoming Haiti Trip
Please bring cash for our
Souper Bowl of Caring collection on Sunday, February 7. The collection will benefit the Urban Ministry Center Soup Kitchen, feeding Charlotte’s homeless every day.
Ten Sardis members will be in Bayonnais, Haiti from February 17‐24. We will be collecting toothbrushes and toothpaste to deliver to the health care clinic. On February 7 and 14, there will be baskets
in the Gathering Place and the Narthex for this
The UMC Soup Kitchen, which served 99,230 lunches
collection. Please consider bringing these items in and
last year, is open to all. Neighbors do not have to share
joining us in the support of our friends in Haiti.
their names, participate in any programs, or even say
thank you. They feed the hungry, but have found that the Soup Kitchen is a crucial first step to getting neighbors on the path to end homelessness.
If you would like to send something to your sponsored child, you can also place it in one of these baskets. Please limit items to what would fit in a gallon zip lock bag.
Thank you Sardis for your continued
Calling All Crocheters
support of our brothers and sisters in
and Knitters!
Bayonnais, Haiti.
Come join us at the Prayer Shawl Ministry meetings. We meet on the second and
Needed: Lightly Used
fourth Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. in
Christian Books
the parlor. Our prayer shawls are blessed by the Prayer
Shawl Ministry members. We pray over the shawls and
Christian Library International, based in Raleigh, sends
ask for God’s love and healing grace so that the shawl
books to prison inmates in over 1,300 US
may bring comfort, healing, and strength to those who
prisons, jails, and juvenile detention centers in all 50
receive them as signs of God’s presence in their lives.
states. These books can be Christian fiction and non‐
The shawls are available for our pastors to take them to
fiction, devotional books, and Bibles. Hundreds can be
those who are recovering from surgery, those who are
blessed by just one used book! Donation boxes will be
grieving, those who are homebound, and to those who
in the vestibule of the Gathering Place from January 31
need comfort. Shawls are also given to Life Share of the
through February 21, 2016.
Carolinas, an organization that is involved with organ donors and recipients.
If you would like to become a part of this meaningful
Don’t forget to bring your
ministry, please feel free to attend one of our meetings
spaghetti sauce and pasta
or contact Peggy Baird. If you are unable to attend our
every Sunday! This little
meetings, you can still be a part of the Prayer Shawl
act can mean a lot to
Ministry. Contact Peggy Baird with questions or
someone who is hungry.
interest at 704.571.7112 or pbaird@carolina.rr.com.
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Youth ministry
“…set an example for the believers… 1 Timothy 4:12.”
Middle School Sky High
High School Ski Retreat Postponed
On Sunday, January 3, the Middle School Youth
Due to the severe Winter Storm Jonas, the High School
Ministry traveled to Sky High, a trampoline jump
Ski Retreat was postponed until February 26‐27.
center, to “Jump into the New Year!” Over 25 youth
Safety is always our top priority, and we made what
and adults attended this fun outing to bring everyone
we all believe was the best decision by moving the
closer as we begin the new year. As we continue our
retreat back a month. We pray that we will have some
focus on the Body of Christ, the middle school students
good snow, but maybe not quite as much as was
needed to use their bodies to run, jump, and participate
dropped on Virginia and West Virginia during the
in the high ropes course. The Middle School Youth
storm.
Ministry have plenty of other awesome events lined up both on Sunday evenings for our Sunday Night Fellowship and with our one‐day snow tubing trip on Saturday, February 6. Contact Adrian at the church office for more information.
Youth Bowling
On Sunday, January 17, both the middle school and high school students participated in an evening of bowling, pizza, and fellowship. Since this was over the holiday weekend (MLK Day), we combined both groups for the night. With over 40 total participants, it was a great success!
Mid‐Week Programs
Upcoming Dates
We have mid‐week programs for both our high school
Saturday, February 6—Middle School Snow Tubing
and middle school programs. For high school, they
Sunday, February 7—Souper Bowl of Caring Offering
participate in the Take‐a‐Break Tuesday program from
Sunday, February 14—High School Party with
6:30‐7:30 p.m. at a local restaurant where we have a
Plantation Estates
serious Bible study and talk about how the passage
Sunday, March 6—Youth Sunday
applies to us and what we need to do with the passage.
Sunday, March 20—Middle School Pancake Breakfast
Fundraiser
The middle school youth have their weekly Sabbath
program on Wednesday nights from 6:00‐7:00 p.m.
In addition to these special dates, we will continue to
where we eat pizza, share about our week, and have a
offer our regular Sunday Night Fellowship and
devotion, before playing games to round out the night.
mid‐week programs that offer us a time to study the
Bible and how it impacts us today.
Come and join our mid‐week programs and get energized to face the rest of the week at school! For more
information,
please
contact
Adrian
at
704.778.6432.
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“Let the little children come unto me.” VBS—Save the Date!
LOGOS
This year’s Vacation Bible School will take
LOGOS has started its Spring
place July 11 through 15. We are in the
Semester. This year the children
process of choosing a theme and are planning
have had Service Night, where they
on an exciting week of learning more about
made beds and set tables for Room
our faith, arts and crafts, music, games and
In The Inn. They will celebrate
fellowship with each other. Volunteers are
Mardi Gras and observe Ash
always needed.
Wednesday,
Birthday Night Out at Chuck E
If you are interested, please contact Renda Brinson at renda.brinson@sardis.org.
as
well
as
have
Cheese. The music staff will work with them on a spring program.
If your child, K through 5th grade, is
Acolyting
interested in the LOGOS program, please contact Heather
Acolytes are an important part of the worship
Eddy at heather.eddy@sardis.org.
service. They carry the light of Christ into the service and out into the world. Acolytes
God, Me and Faith – Human Sexuality
are children in 2nd through 5th grade. If your child is interested in becoming an acolyte, please contact Renda Brinson for a training session.
For 5th and 6th grade students April 22‐23, 2016
SWS Thanks!
KidCheck Update
The Sardis Weekday School extends special thanks to David
The KidCheck Check‐In
Abercrombie and his volunteers for their ongoing efforts to keep
System is now in phase II.
our playground sand boxes full to the brim each year. We thank
Guardian
both David and the Fellowship Ministry for their donation and time!
being
Receipts
used
in
are the
preschool. We are pleased
Sardis Weekday School Updates Registration is still open
PAC (Parents Advisory Council) will sponsor
for the 2016‐2017 school
the annual SWS Valentine’s Day Dance and
year! Please contact Louise
Auction on Friday, Feb 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. Our
Lippi for class availability
students are invited to join us for dancing,
or additional information
pizza, cookies, and fun activities!
at or louise.lippi@sardis.org
A silent auction will be held
or 704.366.9681.
during the dance to benefit SWS.
with this new method of keeping our children and volunteers
safe!
Please
remember each week to check
your
Preschool
children into all services, and
your
children
Elementary
into
Sunday
School.
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