BLOOMERS NEEDED FOR CHURCH:

Please put a plea in Church Chat for flowers for the adornment of the sanctuary for the following dates: May 4 & 11  June 1, 8, 15 & 22  Thanks so much, Martha!! 

DOES ANYONE EVEN

need to remind you to cover any tender plants that you may have already planted or may have just sprung up???  Tonight, it is supposed to dip into the mid/low 30's and it could get "dicey," before day break on plant material. 

HOW DO I SAY THANKS???

Joe and I would like to express our appreciation of our church family for the prayers, cards, food and words of comfort following the death of my mom.  We now know in reality through your acts of kindness that we as believers know in theory that within the body of Christ we are never, ever alone.  With great thanks, Christie Koon.

"OUTSIDE" SPRING CLEAN UP

day is THIS SATURDAY!!!  There will be 3 dump truck loads of mulch; two at the church and one at the parsonage.  So bring long handled lawn tools that can help pick up/distribute mulch.  Wheel barrows will also be needed.  PLEASE, DO NOT TRIM ANY ROSE BUSH ON THE PROPERTY!!  The shrub roses and the

cane roses are FULL of blooms and ANY trimming at this time will severe most of the blooms!!! Gas powered blowers and edgers will also be needed.  PLEASE also be aware that weeds  in the beds will have been sprayed by the time you mulch spreaders get here, and we want the Round Up to work all the way to roots, so be mindful that any weeds touched with bare hands have a potential to be contaminated with Round Up.

Can't wash outside windows with water hoses (due to restrictions on water) but need to get the marshmallow "bullets" off the windows in the gathering area window near the drink machine. A 12 foot "A" frame ladder and glass cleaner to be supplied.  There will be other chores that will need doing as well.  Come, let's make God's House look like Augusta #9!!   

COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE

ran Ian Gueth's snail mail address, with the promise that as soon as we got Christina's we would run her's as well.

Got that one now, so, first, let me give you Christina's:

3246 Apt. F Moseley Dr.  Greenville, NC  27858

AND YES, BEFORE YOU EVEN ASK.....I can run Ian's again as well:  9528 Lee Yancey Road  Bullock NC 27507.

WITH MOST THANKFUL ELATION!!

 

DO IT LEGAL!!!

Nasty car??  Want it clean??  Want to do it legal??  Here's Patricia:  Car Wash Tickets are here!  Support the youth summer missions team and purchase an Autobell Car Wash Ticket for $13.  This ticket is for a full service car wash, not just a quick rinse off and go. all proceeds go to the Refuge Summer Mission Trip  

 

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH

Garner United Methodist Church's participation in the Power of 7 Habitat for Humanity Event??  What time is the event???  What can I do to help????  Here's your one stop shopping for all your questions pertaining to Garner Methodist and Habitat:

http://www.garnerumc.org/events/powerofseven.html

HEY YOUTH!!!  WHO'S GOING?????

Who's let Patricia know???  Here's what you need to know if you going:   Busch Gardens May 10, 2008.  The youth will be going to Busch Gardens on Saturday May 10th.  We will leave about 6:30 AM spend the day and return home about 11PM Saturday night.  Cost of admission is $47.  You will also need spending money in the park for lunch and dinner on the way home.  Sign up sheet is on the youth bulletin board. Thank you!!! Patricia!!!

WELL, MY ME!!!

What a turn out!!  This past weekend we had a Board of Trustee's sponsored "Spring Clean Up" day here at the church for the INSIDE of the church facility!!!  And for the four people that showed up, what a mighty cleaning day was had!!  I don't think you could find any cleaner first 8 pews (in the sanctuary) in all of Garner!!  And that one side of the glass door in the Narthex is so clean a person could see themselves!!  If we have as many people to show up THIS coming weekend for the OUTSIDE Spring clean up day, we should at least be able to get the pruning of the first three shrubs up by the front door and six or seven pitch fork loads of mulch in one of the natural areas.  Dream big!!!

SOME OF THE BEST TO

have performed!!!  This is what is being said about the latest crop of "Garner Sinfonia" orchestra here at Garner Church.  Maestro Steve Wheltle had this latest crop of

ANIMAL LOVERS…….. TIME IS RUNNING OUT

to help one of the groups that uses our church (well, this group only uses our parking lot to park their mobile low income assistance, pet surgery unit has a "wish list" of items that they are almost always in need.  This group will be back to our fair shores on 22 April. I was wondering if there were

some of you animal lovers that would like to help out the SNAP-NC group (http://www.snap-nc.org/).  If you would be willing to help this group with some/any of the things listed below PLEASE put your donations by the elevator or in the copier room BUT CLEARLY MARK "SNAP" on the donated item so we will know where this item goes.  If led, here is the list:

WISH LIST:

 **Bottled drinking water

 **Paper Towels

 **Cleaning Sprays such as 409 or Lysol

 **Kitchen size trash bags

 **STAMPS!!!!

 **Quality Liquid Laundry detergent  (Tide, Gain, etc)

 **Quart Size Zipper Seal Plastic Bags

 **Any discarded hospital items such as suture material, gowns,

 **Alcohol/Peroxide

 **3 x 3 Sticky Note Pads, ruled notebooks and #10 envelops

 

CHURCH BAY:

YOU'RE INVITED!!!!!

Neuse Little Theatre will be presenting Foxfire at THE HUT on the corner of Market and Front Streets in Smithfield May 9, 10, 16-17 at 8 pm and May 11th at 3 pm. This would make a great Mother's Day show as the show's star is a mother dealing with the changes in her life from what it used to be. Here is a summary of the story.

            "Annie Nations, an indomitable Appalachian widow of 79, lives on her mountain farm with the acerbic ghost of her husband Hector. Her tranquility is threatened by a brash real estate developer who wants to turn her land into a vacation resort and by concern over her son Dillard, a country singer who has come home with two stranded children because his wife has run away. Annie's battle to decide her future takes her through some funny, touching and magical flashbacks to her life with Hector. Played on Broadway by Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, this couple offers a staunchly affirmative tribute to country folk. Dillard, still singing the music which used to infuriate his father, has an exuberant scene in which the audience becomes his public at a fairground concert. Can Dillard woo his mother away from the recalcitrant ghost? Will development swallow up the family farm? Only Annie can decide.

Come and enjoy a lovely story with some Bluegrass Music thrown in the pot."  Come on out, ya'll hear......Stephanie Veren

 

FOR HIRE: 

Beth Forehand is offering to do baby sitting and also is skilled in office duty work, can run errands, "Girl Friday," type duties.  If you are in need of any of these services, please give Beth a call at:  740-7412 or e-mail at:  beth4hand@hotmail.com