BEULAH UMC

Worship God • Serve Others • Welcome All Fall 2018

From the Pastor’s Desk

The season of Advent is quickly approaching! Our world tends to jump
quickly into the joy of Christmas Day, but this period of waiting—of
anticipating the birth of Christ—is important. It reminds us of the “Connecting and
waiting Mary had to do, and it gives us time to prepare ourselves for
growing in love,
Christ’s coming.
This Advent, I invite you to wait and prepare in a variety of ways. You hope, and peace
can find our worship schedule for December on the back of this through worshipping
newsletter. We will also have a devotion book available to anyone who
would like it. This devotional, similar to the one we offered during Lent, God, serving others,
provides a short reflection and prayer each day as we anticipate
Christmas Day. We will also have a calendar of Advent Faith Practices and welcoming
available. This calendar provides a suggested practice for each day, such all people as we
as a way to serve, a prayer, or another activity. Both of these will be
available at the church on November 25. If you would like a copy, but embrace tradition
are unable to pick them up, please let us know and we will gladly send
and transformation.”
you one!
I would like to lift up our Longest Night Service. This is a time of worship - Mission Statement
that may be unfamiliar to many, but I find it one of the most meaningful of Beulah UMC
services of the year. For many people, joy is not the only emotion they
feel during Advent. This service provides a space for mixed emotions, for
grief, and for loneliness, while reminding you of God’s compassionate
love. I encourage you to attend.
May you find hope, peace, joy, and love this Advent season.
Peace, In This Issue:
Rev. Katrina 1—From the Pastor’s
Desk
2—Children’s Sabbath
3—UMW
4—Trustees, Hurricane
Assistance, SPRC,
Men’s Group
5—Food Bank News
6—Trunk or Treat
7—Finance, Text Alerts
8—Worship

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 Children’s
Sabbath

On Sunday, October 14,

the children and youth led us in worship,
including the sermon!.

They helped us live into Jesus’ words in

Mark, “Let the little children come to me.”

We are proud and blessed to have such a

remarkable group of young people!

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 United Methodist Women
Annual Our UMW has been busy the last few months. We continue to plan for
Ladies the annual Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale. The Bazaar will be held on
November 17, 2018 from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm EST. The UMW ladies
Christmas have had two craft sessions making items for the Bazaar and another is
Brunch planned for November. We invite church members to share or donate
handmade items, baked goods and casseroles and new or gently used
Christmas items to the UMW to be sold at the Bazaar. You may bring
your donations to the Fellowship Hall or the parsonage. And please,
The brunch will be plan to come shop the Bazaar. The proceeds from the Bazaar go
towards the UMW outreach programs in the Beulah community.
on Saturday,
December 8 at Martha Pugh had
10:30 a.m. EST and the wonderful idea
will be held at Linda for the UMW to
Dicks’ home. host a supper for
the first responders
All ladies of our in the Beulah
congregation are community. That
event was held on
cordially invited to
August 16. Thank
attend and bring a you to all UMW and
Members of our wonderful Beulah Fire Department!

brunch/lunch dish church members who donated food for this event. The responders
to share. were so grateful. We hope to make this an annual event.

Additional details Our UMW packed water, snacks, candy, etc. and delivered 85
will follow in the “Welcome Back” bags to the Senior Class at Beulah High School for
coming weeks. their first Senior Class Meeting of the year. The UMW, along with
church members, hosted a pre-game BBQ dinner for the Beulah
Please join us for a football team and cheerleaders prior to their game on September 16.
wonderful morning It was a pleasure for us to meet and serve the coaches and the fine
of fun and young men and women of the football and cheerleading programs. A
special thank you to all who contributed and to Old Time Country
fellowship. Buffet for the delicious BBQ.

The UMW donated funds to provide dinner for the band members prior
to a game in November. Linda Sexton will be coordinating the dinner
with the Beulah Band Department.

At Beulah United Methodist Women, our desire is to offer women an

opportunity to join us for fellowship, support, and outreach. If you are
not a member of the Beulah UMW, you are extended a special
invitation to visit a meeting. Our meetings are on the second Monday
of each month at 6:30 pm EST in the Fellowship Hall. You will find
dedicated women who donate their time and resources to support of
the Beulah Community.

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BUMC friends helping on our work day, July 2018 Trustee
Report
The trustees have
been hard at work,
keeping up with
regular maintenance
around the church and
planning for the
future!

If you see anything

that needs the
attention of the
trustees, please
contact Bill Ward or
the church office and
let us know.

Men’s Group
Thank you to our new
men’s group for the work
you did around the church!
If you are interested in
joining, contact Hugh Dicks
or the church office.

SPRC
We continue praying for those affected by Hurricane Michael. The SPRC wants to thank
To find out how you can assist, our staff for the good work
and to find out more information about the they continue to do!
pastors, churches, and parsonages affected,
visit http://hurricanemichaelrecovery.org

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 Food Bank Dates:
(10-12am ET)

November 13

November 27

December 11

Food Truck Dates:

(2:30pm ET)

November 7
New outlets and refrigerator in the Outreach Center
December 5

Food Bank News January 2

February 6
The Food Bank continues to be a vital and well known mission in the
Beulah Community. From July through September we averaged
serving 55 recipients with an average of 22 lbs. of food on each Food
Bank Tuesday. With the holidays and winter around the corner, we
expect an increase in the number of recipients.

We purchase dry goods and frozen meat for 18 cents a pound at East
Alabama Food Bank in Auburn. Fresh vegetables and fruit along with
some brands of bread are free. Beginning January 2019, all fresh
vegetables and fruit will cost 9 cents a pound. We have been fortunate
for many years to not have a charge on these items. This means we
can look for an increase in the cost to
operate the Food Bank in 2019.

Beulah Baptist Church is a dedicated

supporter of our Food Bank mission. They
send a quarterly check to help purchase
food and every month they send food
items they collect to add to our donation
pantry. If you have friends and/or family
at Beulah Baptist, please let them know
how much we appreciate their faithful
support.

If you are interested in working at the

Food Bank, please contact Angie Ward,
Linda Dicks or Kathy Herren. You can also
leave a message at the church office and it
will be forwarded to us.

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Trunk
or
Treat

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Ways you can
give to
Beulah UMC:

 You can give in

the offering plate
on Sunday
morning. Beulah UMC, World Communion Sunday

 Talk with your

bank! Most can Finance
set up your
account to Thank you for your continued generosity as you support our church.
automatically The money you give helps us with special events, such as Trunk or
mail us a check on Treat; purchase curriculum for the children and youth; and take care
a recurring basis. of general maintenance. As always, if you have any questions, feel
free to call us at the church.
 Through the
“donate” button YTD Through September 2018
on our Facebook FUND
FUND REVENUE EXPENSE
page. BALANCE
GENERAL 104,962.00 120,000.00 127,506.00
 Securely online BENEVOLENCE (LOVE) 5,457.00 3,990.00 4,374.00
through our BUILDING 3,870.00 10,990.00 19,621.00
website: SCHOLARSHIP 3,650.00 2,000.00 12,369.00
PASTOR 0.00 205.00 1,311.00
http:// EARMARKED 380.00 0.00 0.00
beulahumc.net/ TOTAL 118,319.00 137,185.00 165,181.00
giving.html
YTD BUDGET 118,988.00 143,155.00

Did you know?

You can now receive text alerts from BUMC!

To make it easy to contact people, we have set up a text alert system.

To sign up, text @beulahumc to the number 81010.

If you would prefer to receive email notifications,

sign up at http://rmd.at/beulahumc.

We don’t anticipate sending too many messages,

but this will be helpful in events such as inclement weather.

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Worship Contact Us
November
In November we will begin a sermon series, “Gifts of Love,” Church: 5165 Lee Road
following the Lectionary texts. We will celebrate All Saints’ Sunday 270, Valley, AL 36854
on November 4. On November 11 we will remember the 100th Church Office: 5051 Lee
anniversary of the end of WWI. November 25 is “Reign of Christ” Road 270, Valley, AL
Sunday, and the end of the church year. 36854

December Outreach Center: 5284

Advent begins on December 2 this year! On that Sunday we will Lee Road 270, Valley,
have “Hanging of the Greens” and Communion. On December 9 AL 36854
our children will present their nativity play. December 18 at
(334) 745-4755
6:30pm ET will be our Longest Night service. The Choral Program
and Christmas Brunch will be on December 23. beulahumc1@gmail.com

Christmas Eve http://beulahumc.net

We will have 2 services on Christmas Eve. A service of Holy
Find us on
Communion will be at 4pm ET. At 6pm ET we will have a service of
facebook at:
Communion, Music, and Candlelight. BeulahUMChurch

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