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Good Thursday morning, everyone!This Sunday, we come to the FINAL installment of "The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations:"  Extravagant Generosity!  Bishop Schnase says, "The practice of generosity describes the Christian's un-selfish willingness to give in order to make a positive difference for the purposes of Christ.  Extravagant Generosity describes practices of sharing and giving that exceed all expectations and extend to unexpected measures.  It describes lavish sharing, sacrifice, and giving in service to God and neighbor."

This Sunday we will celebrate all the ways Christ has shared himself with us through his church.  Also, we will celebrate how we participate in his extravagant generosity through our giving and sharing!



In other news...

Sunday, February 19: 4:00-6:30pm “Unofficial” Bowl-A-Thon Trip for all children, youth and families are invited to Reidsville Lanes. See table in narthex to make a donation to Caregivers.  $1 shoe rental; $2.35 per game. 

Tuesday, February 21: 5:30pm Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner Donations gladly accepted
6:30pm Prayer Shawl Ministry

Wednesday, February 22: 7:00pm Ash Wednesday Worship.  Join our friends from Bethany UMC as we begin our Lenten journey towards Easter.  The service will include times of silence and imposition of ashes.     

 Saturday, February 25: 9:00am-1:00pm Administrative Council Retreat at Camp Guilrock.  ALL ARE INVITED to this day of sharing, visioning, and dreaming about the future of Glencoe.  This will be a culmination of our Five Practices Series.  Contact Ken Walker or Pastor Ed if you would like to attend.  Lunch will be provided. 

Upcoming Events:

Tuesdays 2/28 to 3/27: 7:00pm Dr. James “Mickey” Efird teaches 1 & 2 Corinthians at Christ UMC in Greensboro.  Cost $25 per person, $35 per couple.  Contact Pastor Ed if interested by THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23.  When the church today looks at the letters to the Corinthians, it is almost as if it is looking into a mirror.  Dr. Efird is Professor of Biblical Interpretation at the Divinity School, Duke University.

Thursday, March 8: 8:30am-3:30pm  Dr. Don Haynes will present his book On The Threshold Of Grace at Mount Shepherd Retreat Center1045 Mount Shepherd Road Ext. Asheboro, NC 27205.  Dr. Haynes was born, raised, and went to church here at Glencoe.The event will include a delicious lunch with friends as well as a free copy of Dr. Haynes' book. Call Mt Shepherd at 336-629-4085 to register.

 UMNS Feature
By Barbara Dunlap-Berg*

3:00 P.M. ET February 15, 2012

“It’s hard to understand what success is if you’ve never seen it,” said New York Giants defensive tackle (No. 99)Chris Canty. “It’s hard to understand what accountability is if you’ve never seen it. It’s hard to understand what responsibility is if you’ve never seen it.”

His mom, the Rev. Shirley L. Canty, a United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, has more reason to be proud of her son than his big win.

Chris Canty grew up United Methodist. His mother remembers leaving for a clergy convocation when her son was about 6. Chris was thrilled the bishop would be there. “Could you ask the bishop if I could be your junior pastor?” he asked. That commitment to the church stuck.

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A UMNS Report
By Kathy L. Gilbert*

3:00 P.M. ET February 13, 2012

How seriously do you take the vow, “till death do us part?”

If you look at the statistics — half of all first-time marriages end in divorce — it seems not too many people say “I do” forever.

The Vow, a movie based on Kim and Krickitt Carpenter’s story, debuted Feb. 10 and was the top movie of the weekend, making $41.7 million. However, the romantic movie is not even close to telling the true story of faith and commitment that has kept the Carpenters devoted to each other for 20 years.

Their saga began 10 weeks after their wedding on Sept. 18, 1993. They were in a serious automobile accident that left Krickitt with no memories of her husband or their new marriage. She suffered a severe brain trauma that wiped out 18 months of her life — the entire time she and Kim met, dated and married.

While he was still madly in love with her, he was a stranger she wanted nothing to do with.

The glue that kept them together was their faith in Christ and the promise they had made before God.

The Carpenters attend First United Methodist Church in Farmington, N.M. “Both of us know unconditionally we would not have made it through this ordeal without the Lord being in the center of it all,” Kim Carpenter told United Methodist News Service.

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