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G Chat June 11, 2020

                            
                                       
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Dear Cokes Chapel Family,
 
Over the past three months we have continued to be the church in many locations.  As we have sheltered-in-place and prioritized both self-care and the care and concern for our neighbor, we have experienced what it means to be a faith community in a new and unfamiliar way.  We are grateful for your cooperation during this difficult time.  We are also encouraged by your love and care for one another, as well as your patience as we figure things out together.
 
A Health and Welfare Team has been gathered with the purpose of discerning God’s direction for Cokes Chapel as we move toward in-person gatherings in a way that focuses on the health and safety of our faith community and those connected with us.  We understand that as we begin to reopen, each of us is different, with different needs, different concerns, and different circumstances, and therefore, each individual and/or family must discern for themselves what is best for them.  Furthermore, we understand that not everyone will be equally comfortable with gathering in-person at the same rate and that some will attend sooner than others.  Please let it be clear—the date and time that a person or family chooses to return is NO reflection on their level of faith, their commitment to God, or their commitment to the church.
 
Since returning to in-person gatherings involves your health and safety, we value what you are thinking about this situation.  We are asking each person to complete a brief survey to help us best understand the expectations and needs that we as a church have for the upcoming weeks and months in ministry.  (Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BHJPLMD )  Please complete this survey by Wednesday, June 17th.
 
Considering all factors and in our best efforts to “Do No Harm,” the Health and Welfare Team has discerned that our initial gatherings for worship at Cokes Chapel should take place OUTDOORS.  We believe that this is the safest way to gather as a larger group at this time.
Please know that resuming a healthy and vibrant fellowship that is as safe as possible will be a process that unfolds over time.  Outdoor worship is the first phase of our gathering together.  Considering the needs and expectations for our in-person gatherings will be an evolving process that will involve continual evaluation.
 
Thank you, Cokes Chapel Family, for your grace and your prayers as we move through this process together!  God is with us as we seek to be God’s people!  May we honor God in the ways that we show care and concern for one another!
 
With Love,
Kim
 
Kim Reindl
Phase I Health and Welfare Team Coordinator
 
Health and Welfare Team Members:  Kim Reindl—Phase I Coordinator, Bob Hatch—Lay Leader, Karen Seyler—Trustees, Brenda Hanes—Worship,  Cliff Seyler—Hospitality, Brian Smith—Worship, Paul Snyder—Safety Committee, Carma McCallie—Safe Sanctuaries, Jennie Underwood—Medical Professional, (Also, Amanda Dempsey—Occasional Medical Advisor)
 
 Only 5 Minutes!          10 Questions.          Complete by Wednesday , June 17th
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 WORSHIP INFORMATION

Continue to join us each week on Cokes Chapel Facebook for Sunday morning worship!  You will receive an invitation by email with a link to connect!

This Sunday, June 14th  Join us as we worship on line with
Guest Preacher, Rev. Susan Landry, District Superintendent 
Scripture – Acts 10:1-33
Sermon – “Collaborators for Christ”

 


NEW SERMON SERIES STARTS JULY 5TH -26TH at 9:00 & 11:00 

Some of the most intriguing stories in the Bible have to do with heat.  Fire and the presence of God make for lasting impressions in both the Old and New Testament.  Plan now to be with us for exploring how God gets our attention.  We may not be able to escape the heat of summer, but we can experience the fire that comes from being in God’s presence! 
It’s going to be HOT in Newnan on Sunday Mornings, and I don’t mean the weather!  Dynamic stories of God are waiting for us to discover! Our return to worship (outside!!), albeit different, will be awesomely special and will enhance this series in ways we would never have dreamed! Look for coming news on our return to worship on Sunday, June 28.  

Series: Sundays, July 5th through July 9th 

Many of us are asking “What Can I Do?”

Many of us have great concern on how to address the ongoing issues of racism and justice.  Here is a great way to begin to take part!  I won’t be able to march, but I will be signing up to be a virtual marcher.  

Each of us can pray, seek our own path to bring love and peace for and with our brothers and sisters who have experienced discrimination.  I hope you will join me in praying and at least, virtually, stand with those who need our support.  See your invitation below from Bishop Sue.
Peace, Pastor Lisa

 

6/8/2020

North Georgia United Methodist clergy and laity are invited to join Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson and the Conference Committee on Religion and Race for a peaceful, prayerful march on Friday, June 12, to witness to our commitment to stand united against racism. 

To participate, gather at Central UMC in Atlanta at 10:30 a.m. Participants must wear face masks and adhere to 6 feet of social distancing for the duration of the march. Marchers will depart Central UMC at 11 a.m. and end at Atlanta First UMC. Those who are physically unable to march but would like to attend are invited to meet at Atlanta First UMC.

Those who are unable to attend in person, are invited to join in prayer and register as a virtual marcher at https://northga-reg.brtapp.com/UnitedAgainstRacismVirtualMarcher

United Methodists stand against racism and on Friday we will march against racism. 

 

6/9/20. A Message of hope:                              

A Call to Repentance and Pledge from The Bishop and Cabinet

Dear People of the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church:
 
We believe that every human being is a sacred creation of God, made in the image of God, with gifts uniquely given to share with the world. All are equally valuable, precious in God’s sight. But, since the very beginning, when Cain killed his brother Abel, we have jockeyed for superiority, wealth, power, and status.
 
Through the ages, race has been used to divide and conquer. This country, for much of its history, identified those who are White as enslaver, and therefore superior, and those who are Black as enslaved persons, and therefore inferior. This construct has permeated our culture, our politics, our workplaces, our neighborhoods, our educational systems, our financial systems, our churches, and sadly, our very souls.
 
Enslavers often perceived the enslaved persons as less than human. Indeed, even our Constitution provided that only three out of five male enslaved persons counted as people (the women did not count at all) when determining legislative representation. At the heart of history’s greatest atrocities is the oppressors’ conviction that their victims are not fully human.
 
The enslaver’s mindset of domination and dehumanization is all too alive and well in the psyche of this nation. Denial of due process, imposition of cruel and unusual punishment, lynchings, mass incarceration: inhumane treatment was and is all too often the experience of Black people in the American judicial, penal, and law enforcement systems. The incidents of the past few weeks have shed new light on its horrors:
 
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was hunted down and killed in our state by three White vigilantes;
 
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black first responder/EMT in Louisville, KY who was shot at least eight times in her own home by officers serving a “no-knock” warrant; and
 
George Floyd, who died when a police officer pinned his neck to the ground for 8 minutes and 46 seconds after he was already handcuffed, despite his pleas that he could not breathe.

The case of Ahmaud Arbery lay dormant for over two months, and likely would never have been prosecuted had an incriminating video not come to light. This video, and the video of George Floyd’s cruel death, demand that we listen to the pleas of Black people, who have tried for years to tell us of these injustices but have been belittled or ignored. Injustice has been excused, minimized, tolerated, and even applauded.
 
Injustice is also alive and well in the life of our Church. Racism permeates our system, which was born from a polity that institutionalized separation of white churches from black churches. The inequality of that history was transferred wholesale into our Church, with no real repentance and few mechanisms in place to address the inherent imbalances in resources and opportunities.
 
We acknowledge the deep pain that this sinful history of church and state, magnified by the egregious events of the last two weeks, has inflicted upon our Black clergy and laity.
 
We confess that Black clergy do not have the same opportunities for advancement as White clergy, and that White leaders have used Black leaders to gain influence and maintain their power structures.
 
We lament that many churches still balk at receiving Black pastors.
 
We acknowledge that we have established many new white churches but few black churches, and that resources have not been equitably distributed.
 
We, your Bishop, Extended Cabinet, and Conference Chancellor, call the North Georgia Annual Conference, and The United Methodist Church, to a repentance that bears fruit. We have grown weary of statements and ritual actions that do not lead to change. Intent without impact is impotent. We therefore pledge to take the following actions:

  1. Knowing that only God can change a human heart through the power of the Holy Spirit, we will lead the Church in prayer and in practicing the spiritual disciplines that make time and space for the Spirit’s work. We will call our churches to greater spiritual maturity trusting that, as the Holy Spirit perfects us in love, it will banish racist attitudes and make us more like Christ. It will also spur us to action, compelling us to work together to abolish institutional and systemic racism.
  2. We will refuse to allow the Church to dismiss abolishing racism and racist policies as “too political” in order to avoid taking action. We call upon the Church to better balance personal piety and social holiness.  The Early Methodists invested their blood, sweat, and tears in a relentless movement to abolish slavery in the British Empire. We, their spiritual descendants, act squarely in the Methodist tradition by working relentlessly to dismantle and eradicate the insidious evils in our culture born of the enslavement they so detested.
  3. We pledge to lead the clergy and laity in North Georgia in educating ourselves regarding racism, white privilege, and the history of systemic racist policies in United States history. We must help everyone understand that being kind to everyone and seeking to love everyone does not mean that one is not a participant in a racist system or has not received benefits from this system.
  4. We will allocate Conference funds to support anti-racism efforts and address the inequalities inherent in our system. We will designate funding for the Conference Commission on Religion and Race and work in partnership with it to fulfill our goals.
  5. We will lead, in partnership with the Conference Commission on Religion and Race, advocacy efforts to support legislative policy and work in the public sphere to root out and address institutional racism in every aspect of our society.
  6. We will require all clergy coming into our Conference to participate in anti-racism training and demonstrate how they are implementing what they have learned.
  7. We will require clergy and laity serving in any Conference position to participate in anti-racism training.

It is our fervent prayer that we can live into the perfect unity Jesus prayed for in John 17, and that we will abide by Jesus’s new commandment in John 13:34-35: “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
  
The Bishop, Extended Cabinet, and Chancellor of the North Georgia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church

Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson, Jane Brooks, Quincy Brown, Brian Clark, Bernice Kirkland, Susan Landry, John Pinson, Greg Porterfield, Alice Rogers, Jessica Terrell, Doug Thrasher, Terry Walton, Richard D. Winn, Sr.​, Phil Schroeder, Dana Everhart, Keith Cox, Keith Lawder, Bill Martin, Donn Ann Weber, Jim Thornton, Rodrigo Cruz, Michael T. McQueen, Sybil Davidson, Hal Jones, Blair Zant

 


 

We are going to try to make our food pantry more available to people in our community.  Someone will be at the pavilion each Monday morning 9:30-11:00 to distribute prepared bags of food. Please spread the word to anyone you know who might need this service.

We will need to refill our shelves.  Please drop off your donations of food in the bin under the pavilion.  Thank you for your support as we seek to help folks in our community.  The current pantry needs are:

spaghetti and spaghetti sauce           canned vegetables (other than green beans and corn)

peanut butter and jelly                        boxes of cereal

canned meats                                     crackers

baked beans                                       dry beans

egg noodles                                        rice

macaroni and cheese

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE REPORT

Committee on Finance-As Finance Chair (Vivian Snyder), I apologize for my error on the Financial Snapshot last week.  I have no real excuse. The correct information is below:

Financial Snapshot for April and May: Your treasure is where your heart is.

Revised projected budgeted expenses for April, May and June – $18,571.14 

Total April funds deposited to General Funds – $19,082.30

Total May funds deposited to General Funds –  $20,747.30

As of June 10th funds deposited to General Funds – $16,896.29

Current bank balance: June 9 = $90,282.65

 

We must give a shout-out  to Brenda (Office Adm), Velda (Financial Sec) and Marcia (Bookkeeper) for their efforts to keep the deposits up-to-date and accurate.  Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity. 
 

We have been asked to analyze  restricted accounts (Charitable contributions whose use is restricted by donors.  The church has no discretion in the management and disbursement of such funds) and designated accounts (Funds set aside from general funds for a specific use or purpose i.e. $500 moved monthly from general funds for a specific purpose (to increase Trustees Capital Improvement #2295 Account or contributions for a specific solicited purpose i.e. Wesley Woods)

 


BUILDING USE AND ENTRY

Please remember to re-lock all doors that you unlock.  This is God’s home, please treat it as your own.

Cokes Chapel Childcare is now using the Worship Center for rooms to accommodate our social distance requirements.
Due to our Child Safety Policy, until further notice, Monday-Friday, no entry allowed through the worship center doors between 6:00 am and 6:30 pm.  No exceptions.  Should you need to access the Worship Center, please check in through the CCCC office to gain entry.  

INTERGENERATIONAL, YOUTH, & CHILDREN’S DISCIPLESHIP

MINISTRY MESSAGE:  INTER-GENERATIONAL AND YOUTH MINISTRY, June 10, 2020: 
 
This week’s Inter-generational Sunday School lesson focuses on the book of Job.  This story raises the age old question of theodicy—meaning, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”   This lesson will engage us with the wrestling of deeper questions and invite us to imagine the view of reality from God’s perspective.
 
If you would like to be included in the email list and receive the lesson each week, please contact Kim Reindl at kim.reindl@gmail.com.  Each lesson includes commentary to help enlighten your study, questions for thought and reflection, as well as an optional activity that can be done at home with children and/or youth. 
 
In Children’s and Youth Ministry, plans are being made for summer programming.  This is a whole new world of reimaging how we can keep young people engaged in faith formation and connected with the faith community while changing the ways in which we gather.  Developments are underway for a modified offering of Kids Mission Camp (more information on this to come).  Also, in Youth Ministry, plans are being developed for more creative gatherings through technology, as well as ways for our young people to safely serve others during their summer break.
 
God is at work all around us!  May we hold each other by heart and lift each other by prayer as we journey together, and apart! 
With love,
Kim
(Kim Reindl, Director of Inter-generational, Youth & Children’s Discipleship; kim.reindl@gmail.com)
 

PRAYER TEAM

Cokes Chapel Prayer Team is praying for all of you. Your requests, concerns, and praises are important to us. Please let us know if you need anything or have a special prayer request. I am available and happy to pray with you by telephone or just be a listening ear. Please join us in daily praying for God to heal our world. Claim it in the powerful name of Jesus Christ and give thanks to God for all things. Contact Debbie at DebbieCarter30263@charter.net or 678-233-4980.  
 

IN OUR HEARTS & PRAYERSCURRENT

Betty, sister of Carole Smith
Dylan, grandson of Carole & Larry Smith
Mitchell Flynn, Sr., father of Mickey Flynn
Carolyn Huckaby
Dick Vermilyea
Betsy, daughter of Margie Jones
Nancy Lenard
Ann Navin
Van Askew
John Harrison, brother of Jason Harrison
Mike Monts, brother of Jennifer Hickman
Mr. Paulus, father-in-law of Ernie & Brenda Haines

ONGOING PRAYERS

Jim & Lara McCarthy and Jim’s mother Joyce
Stan Smith, Marcia Smith’s husband
Jerry Freeman
Roger Harkins
Cera Carter
Mick Moore
Jake Thomas, brother-in-law of Lorraine
      Burt
Pastor Wayne Ellis & Family
Jones Family, Howard & Margie, etal
Glenn Etheridge (Pastor)

SEE HOMEBOUND BELOW

Prayers for one another and our country for comfort, peace, freedom from anxiety, depression and fear. May God surround us and protect us during this difficult time.

 
Show our Shut-ins some Love!  A note from you would brighten their day and make a difference.  You don’t even have to “know” them, just sign the card, “your Coke’s Chapel Family”.
 
Consider sending one card each week to rotate through the list, and let the Cokes Chapel love shine out!
 
Marie Allen 355 Millard Farmers Industrial Blvd. Apt. 212 Newnan, GA 30263
Jerry Freeman 28 Sweetwater Place, Sharpsburg, GA 30277-1882
Jerry & Del Lenox 45 Soliel Ct. Sharpsburg, GA 30277-2307
Mick Moore 4661 Highway 34E, Sharpsburg, GA 30277-3509
Merlene Smith 25 Newnan Lakes Blvd.c/o Benton House Newnan, GA. 30263
Claudette Schunk 519 Perkins Rd. Apt. 222 Palmetto, GA. 30268-2365
Joyce Taylor 152 Riva Ridge Ln   Newnan, GA 30263-6713
Al Warren 14 Hampshire Ln   Newnan, GA 30265-6058
 
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G Chat June 4, 2020

                            

Recently our District Superintendent, Susan Landry, offered an opportunity for those interested to meet by Zoom to discuss the issue of racial division.  The purpose is to begin with work on ourselves, on our relationships with one another and then we might determine next steps together.
It was timely, and significantly, Susan offered this before the recent death of George Floyd and further unrest.  I believe in the providence of God, and believe we all have a Christian responsibility to grow in our relationships and love.
Pray with me and for our group as we seek better methods and ways of being examples that light the way for peace.  Thank you to Margie Jones, who is joining us after I told her what I was involved in.  We are truly a church that loves well!  Love, Pastor Lisa
 
 
The Commission on the General Conference has announced new 2021 dates for our United Methodist General Conference. The event will take place August 29 – September 7, 2021, at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Immediately following the announcement, the Council of Bishops set Jurisdictional Conference dates for November 10-12, 2021. The SEJ Conference will be held in Lake Junaluska, N.C.
The SEJ also announced that assignments will be extended for SEJ Bishops, including postponing retirements, until November 2021.
 
 

WORSHIP INFORMATION

Continue to join us each week on Cokes Chapel Facebook for Sunday morning worship!  You will receive an invitation by email with a link to connect!

This Sunday, June 7th 

“Our Shepherd” 

Scripture  Psalm 16

NEW SERMON SERIES STARTS JUNE 28TH – HOT TIME IN THE SUMMERTIME!
Some of the most intriguing stories in the Bible have to do with heat.  Fire and the presence of God make for lasting impressions in both the Old and New Testament.  Plan now to be with us for exploring how God gets our attention.  Escape the heat of summer, come into the cool for worship and experience the fire that comes from being in God’s presence!  Sundays, June 28th through July 9th 
 


 

Our Food Pantry is at work in our community.  We have had several families contact us during the past few weeks to ask for help with food.  We met with them and were able to provide food for these families and their young children.  We are planning to make the pantry more available in the future.  We will need donations of food and will let you know next week where and when to drop them off. Most needed items are:

spaghetti and spaghetti sauce

peanut butter and jelly

canned meats

baked beans

egg noodles

macaroni and cheese

dry beans

rice

crackers

cereal

canned vegetables (other than green beans and corn)

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE REPORT

Committee on Finance  – overview of financial snapshots for April and May:

 Revised Monthly Projected Budget Needed for April, May and June $21,158

Actual General Funds Collected April 1-April 30, 2020                       $18,782

Actual TOTAL Funds Collected                                                           $20,127.30

Revised Monthly Projected Budget Needed for April, May and June $21,158

Actual General Funds Collected May 1-May 31,2020                        $20,747.30

Actual TOTAL Funds Collected                                                           $21,462.30

Once again, the lights are on, staff has been paid, and bills have been paid so far.  As long as program chairs keep spending to essentials ONLY, we should be able to keep the lights on.  Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity.  We are truly EASTER people with hope and joy!  

 


BUILDING USE AND ENTRY

The Sanctuary was found unlocked again.  Please remember to re-lock all doors that you unlock.  This is God’s home, please treat it as your own.

Cokes Chapel Childcare is now using the Worship Center for rooms to accommodate our social distance requirements.
Due to our Child Safety Policy, until further notice, Monday-Friday, no entry allowed through the worship center doors between 6:00 am and 6:30 pm.  No exceptions.  Should you need to access the Worship Center, please check in through the CCCC office to gain entry.  

INTERGENERATIONAL, YOUTH, & CHILDREN’S DISCIPLESHIP

This week’s Inter-generational Sunday School lesson focuses on Isaiah 58:1-14.  In this Sunday’s Scripture passage, the Israelites are struggling to connect with God and build a just society. The lesson will explore issues of justice and righteousness and how the faith community is to support right relationship with God and neighbor.
 
If you would like to be included in the email list and receive the lesson each week, please contact Kim Reindl at kim.reindl@gmail.com.  Each lesson includes commentary to help enlighten your study, questions for thought and reflection, as well as an optional activity that can be done at home with children and/or youth. 
 
In Youth Ministry, we are in the process of developing a summer plan for our “new normal.”  Our guiding Scripture is Psalm 105:3—”Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the Lord!”
Our goal is to continue to create grace filled environments where young people are actively SEEKing to walk in the way of Christ for the sake of the world. (Service, Exploration, Engagement, Kinship)
 
God is at work all around us!  May we hold each other by heart and lift each other by prayer as we journey together, yet apart! 
With love,
Kim
(Kim Reindl, Director of Inter-generational, Youth & Children’s Discipleship; kim.reindl@gmail.com)

 

PRAYER TEAM

Cokes Chapel Prayer Team is praying for all of you. Your requests, concerns, and praises are important to us. Please let us know if you need anything or have a special prayer request. I am available and happy to pray with you by telephone or just be a listening ear. Please join us in daily praying for God to heal our world. Claim it in the powerful name of Jesus Christ and give thanks to God for all things. Contact Debbie at DebbieCarter30263@charter.net or 678-233-4980.  
 

IN OUR HEARTS & PRAYERSCURRENT

Dylan, grandson of Carole & Larry Smith
Mitchell Flynn, Sr., father of Mickey Flynn
Carolyn Huckaby
Dick Vermilyea
Betsy, daughter of Margie Jones
Nancy Lenard
Ann Navin
Van Askew
John Harrison, brother of Jason Harrison
Mike Monts, brother of Jennifer Hickman
Carlene, sister-in-law of Sandy Cavender
The Paulus Family, in-laws of Ernie & Brenda Haines
Joann, sister of Sandy Cavender

ONGOING PRAYERS

Jim & Lara McCarthy and Jim’s mother Joyce
Stan Smith, Marcia Smith’s husband
Jerry Freeman
Roger Harkins
Cera Carter
Mick Moore
Jake Thomas, brother-in-law of Lorraine
      Burt
Pastor Wayne Ellis & Family
Jones Family, Howard & Margie, etal
Glenn Etheridge (Pastor)

SYMPATHY

Sympathy to Floyd Collins and family on the loss of his cousin and also his uncle.  

SEE HOMEBOUND BELOW

Prayers for one another and our country for comfort, peace, freedom from anxiety, depression and fear. May God surround us and protect us during this difficult time.

 
Show our Shut-ins some Love!  A note from you would brighten their day and make a difference.  You don’t even have to “know” them, just sign the card, “your Coke’s Chapel Family”.
 
Consider sending one card each week to rotate through the list, and let the Cokes Chapel love shine out!
 
Marie Allen 355 Millard Farmers Industrial Blvd. Apt. 212 Newnan, GA 30263
Jerry Freeman 28 Sweetwater Place, Sharpsburg, GA 30277-1882
Jerry & Del Lenox 45 Soliel Ct. Sharpsburg, GA 30277-2307
Mick Moore 4661 Highway 34E, Sharpsburg, GA 30277-3509
Merlene Smith 25 Newnan Lakes Blvd.c/o Benton House Newnan, GA. 30263
Claudette Schunk 519 Perkins Rd. Apt. 222 Palmetto, GA. 30268-2365
Joyce Taylor 152 Riva Ridge Ln   Newnan, GA 30263-6713
Al Warren 14 Hampshire Ln   Newnan, GA 30265-6058
 
 


G Chat May 28, 2020

WORSHIP INFORMATION

Continue to join us each week on Cokes Chapel Facebook for Sunday morning worship!  You will receive an invitation by email with a link to connect!

This Sunday, May 31st 

“Pause for Pentecost” 

Scripture  Acts 2:1-21  “God Is A Giver!”


 

Backpack Buddies

New Office Hours – Wednesdays & Fridays 9am-12pm

All donations may be made during these hours.  Please drive around to the back of the building to the roll up door at 96 Werz Industrial Blvd.
If you would like to help deliver weekend bags this summer, sign up on the BPB website.

 

Donations
Food and monetary donations continue to be a huge blessing to Backpack Buddies. You may also check out our website at http://www.backpackbuddies.org/food-list to keep up to date on the most current food list.  

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE REPORT

The Committee on Finance once again thanks our congregation for their generosity and faithfulness.  As some would say, the actual church building is not important to worship God…it is people that make the church.  I agree, and we miss those who we see and greet on Sunday mornings.  However, take just a minute to imagine worship without our beautiful old comfortable sanctuary and, comparatively, our new spacious worship center at the Childcare Center.  Hard to do, right?  We are all liked minded.  We love hearing and reading the Apostle’s Creed together, participating in communion around the alter together, singing and being sung to together, reading and hearing God’s word together, learning about God’s word and how the LOVE of God can change your life together and last, but certainly not least, giving back to His church to keep the lights on, to pay the salaries, to pay the bills and most importantly to spread His word together.  These are all individual actions we do to formally WORSHIP in COMMUNITY with God.     We have been blessed. Amen

Financial Total for the month of May:

Revised monthly budget for April, May and June:  $18,571.14

Total May General Funds:  $20,672.30

Total Other Contributions:  $715.00  

We came up a little short in the May operating statement because of some quarterly and annual bills (insurance, pest control and termite control)  that had to be paid over and above the revised budget.  However, God is in control and He has never left us.  We are okay!  

If you go forth in LOVE, you will find your PEACE.


BUILDING USE AND ENTRY
Cokes Chapel Childcare is now using the Worship Center for rooms to accommodate our social distance requirements.
Due to our Child Safety Policy, until further notice, Monday-Friday, no entry allowed through the worship center doors between 6:00 am and 6:30 pm.  No exceptions.  Should you need to access the Worship Center, please check in through the CCCC office to gain entry.  

INTERGENERATIONAL, YOUTH, & CHILDREN’S DISCIPLESHIP

This week’s Inter-generational Sunday School Class will continue “at home” lessons in the book of Acts.  In this Sunday’s Bible story, Philip’s evangelistic travels signal that God’s salvation has arrived for the outcasts of Israel (Acts 8:26-40). The lesson focuses on how Philip’s reaching out to the Samaritans and the Ethiopian eunuch are an indication of God’s inclusive love.
 
If you would like to be included in the email list and receive the lesson each week, please contact Kim Reindl at kim.reindl@gmail.com.  Each lesson includes commentary to help enlighten your study, questions for thought and reflection, as well as an optional activity that can be done at home with children and/or youth. 
 
In Youth Ministry, we will hold a Zoom Youth Group meeting on Sunday, May 30th.  On this Pentecost Sunday, we will continue a focus of God’s greatest commandment (Mark 12:28-30).  We will explore the question of what means to love God with our strength (i.e., bodies). 
 
God is at work all around us!  May we hold each other by heart and lift each other by prayer as we journey together, yet apart! 
With love,
Kim
(Kim Reindl, Director of Inter-generational, Youth & Children’s Discipleship; kim.reindl@gmail.com)


Week 3 is in the books! There were 65 children attending daycare at the Cokes Chapel Childcare Center this week. We expect that number to increase, especially with “Summer Camp” beginning June 1.

The state approved our use of the Worship Center for a new classroom (2 teachers, 18 children). We will be starting that classroom on May 26 or June 1.

The CCC received a grant of $2000 from Communities 4 Children, a non profit. Thank you for your support and ongoing prayers!

PRAYER TEAM

Cokes Chapel Prayer Team is praying for all of you. Your requests, concerns, and praises are important to us. Please let us know if you need anything or have a special prayer request. I am available and happy to pray with you by telephone or just be a listening ear. Please join us in daily praying for God to heal our world. Claim it in the powerful name of Jesus Christ and give thanks to God for all things. Contact Debbie at DebbieCarter30263@charter.net or 678-233-4980.  

IN OUR HEARTS & PRAYERSCURRENT

Mitchell Flynn, Sr., father of Mickey Flynn
Carolyn Huckaby
Dick Vermilyea
Betsy, daughter of Margie Jones
Nancy Lenard
Ann Navin
Van Askew
John Harrison, brother of Jason Harrison
Mike Monts, brother of Jennifer Hickman
Carlene, sister-in-law of Sandy Cavender
Rachel, daughter of Lorraine & Paul Burt
Dana West, granddaughter of Larry Smith
The Paulus Family, in-laws of Ernie & Brenda Haines
Joann, sister of Sandy Cavender
Terri Cannon, friend of Jean Raines
Dorothy Croft, Mike Croft’s mother
Bob Brown, Pat Harkins brother
Jill, friend of Carol Ross

ONGOING PRAYERS

Jim & Lara McCarthy and Jim’s mother Joyce
Stan Smith, Marcia Smith’s husband
Jerry Freeman
Roger Harkins
Cera Carter
Mick Moore
Jake Thomas, brother-in-law of Lorraine
      Burt
Pastor Wayne Ellis & Family
Jones Family, Howard & Margie, etal
Glenn Etheridge (Pastor)

SYMPATHY

Sympathy to the family of Darius Allen, son of Marie Allen, who passed away this past week.
Sympathy to Brenda Hanes and family on the passing of her uncle.

SEE HOMEBOUND BELOW

Prayers for one another and our country for comfort, peace, freedom from anxiety, depression and fear. May God surround us and protect us during this difficult time.

 
Show our Shut-ins some Love!  A note from you would brighten their day and make a difference.  You don’t even have to “know” them, just sign the card, “your Coke’s Chapel Family”.
 
Consider sending one card each week to rotate through the list, and let the Cokes Chapel love shine out!
 
Marie Allen 355 Millard Farmers Industrial Blvd. Apt. 212 Newnan, GA 30263
Jerry Freeman 28 Sweetwater Place, Sharpsburg, GA 30277-1882
Jerry & Del Lenox 45 Soliel Ct. Sharpsburg, GA 30277-2307
Mick Moore 4661 Highway 34E, Sharpsburg, GA 30277-3509
Merlene Smith 25 Newnan Lakes Blvd.c/o Benton House Newnan, GA. 30263
Claudette Schunk 519 Perkins Rd. Apt. 222 Palmetto, GA. 30268-2365
Joyce Taylor 152 Riva Ridge Ln   Newnan, GA 30263-6713
Al Warren 14 Hampshire Ln   Newnan, GA 30265-6058
 
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G Chat May 21, 2020

Expectations are high, as we plan for returning to Worship and Gathering

This week, I began our planning for Cokes to return to Worship/gathering with the June 28 date as our deadline.  This is of course, a tentative date that will be confirmed as we move closer to that time by our Bishop.  

The conference recommended creating a Health and Welfare Team be created to address local church guidelines and safe practices.  Using our current committees, I am thankful to report that we have a strong team of people that will begin discernment for how and when we will begin to host gatherings. More details will follow, with specifics and plans so we can all participate in supporting safest practices, minimizing risks for all of us, and keeping our choices open for on-line worship for those not yet ready to return.

Return to Cokes will be an emotional, physical and spiritual event.  God has accompanied us apart, and we know God will be with us in our return.  Pray with me to listen to God, allow God to open our spirits to what will be pleasing to God as we adjust our expectations to God’s deepest desire, for us to Worship Him.

Until then, we continue to abide by the guidelines we were given from our Bishop on returning to worship on June 28.  We can expect that safe distancing, wearing masks and other actions that will be part of our gathering.  Drive-in Worship has required a bit more tweaking, but more will come about that opportunity.

Please continue to pray and care for one another, our neighbors and community as you so often do.  If I can be of support, please let me know by email ldempsey@cokeschapel.org or phone 770-598-5066.

Love and peace,
Pastor Lisa

As we celebrate Memorial Day may we always remember those who paid the greatest sacrifice, the loss of their life while in service to our country!

 


WORSHIP INFORMATION

Continue to join us each week on Cokes Chapel Facebook for Sunday morning worship!  You will receive an invitation by email with a link to connect!

“Psalms   A Place to Find Our Voice” 
A Four Week Series 

Psalms is my go-to book of the Bible.  Within the poetry and worship the words help us express how we are feeling.  God desires for us to know ourselves so we can know God. Naming our feelings before God can be our best opportunity for righting our spirits and healing for our souls.  

Isn’t God good?  Join us in discovering God with us in all times!  Series will run on Sundays, May 17, 24, June 7 & 14.

This Sunday, May 24 
Scripture  Psalm 16 “God our Refuge”

                                      

GRADUATE RECOGNITION CARDS/NOTES:

 
During this time of social distancing, it’s not difficult to imagine how anticlimactic and disappointing this graduation season must be for many of our Graduating Seniors.  The anticipated rites of passage, such as senior class gatherings with peers, celebrations with family and friends, and even “walking” to receive that hard-earned diploma at a graduation ceremony, are not possible this year.
 
Our Graduating Seniors need our love and support at this important time in their lives.  These young people need to know that they are surrounded by a faith family that is here to lift them up, even when circumstances are difficult and unexpected. 
 
YOU, the Cokes Chapel family, are being invited to share a simple note or card of love and encouragement with our Graduating Seniors as an expression to them of what it means to be held by a faith community.  It does not matter whether or not you know these young people personally.  What matters is that they feel God’s love for them through this simple but meaningful gesture of love and kindness.
 
If you would like to send a card or note to our Graduates, their names and addresses are included below.
 
Thank you, faith family, for wrapping words of love and encouragement around these young people as they venture forth into a new stage of life!—Kim Reindl (kim.reindl@gmail.com)
 
Graduating Seniors (High School Graduates): 
 

 

Owen Collins
(Son of Joel Collins,  
Grandson of Floyd & Donna Collins)
295 Westminister Village Blvd.
Sharpsburg, GA  30277
 
Hannah Ferrell
(Daughter of Mike Kimbell,
Step-Daughter of Carma McCallie)
35 Briandwood Drive
Newnan, GA  30265
 
Raven Ferrell
(Daughter of Mike Kimbell,
Step-Daughter of Carma McCallie)
35 Briandwood Drive
Newnan, GA  30265
  
Marley Ray
(Granddaughter of
Mickey and Brenda Flynn)
133 Parks Place, 
Sharpsburg,  GA 30277
 
Hailey Smith
(Granddaughter of Lori & Burt Taylor)
370 Westminster Village Blvd
Sharpsburg GA 30277
 
Devon Fleener
(Grandson of Lori & Burt Taylor)
370 Westminster Village Blvd
Sharpsburg GA 30277
 
Malcolm Stewart
(Son of  Sherralyn & Josh Stewart)
1481 Roberts Drive SE
Mableton, GA  30126
 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE REPORT

We would, once again, thank you for your kindness, faithfulness and generosity.  We experience blessings each and everyday of our lives.  God has continued to bless us with your tithes and offerings even in the middle of pandemic.  Please continue to pray for God’s church and His guidance through these trying and changing times.  If God is with us, who can be against us.  Amen

Financial Snapshot for May:

Revised projected monthly adjusted income needed   $18,571.14

Total May funds (so far) deposited to General Funds   $19,437.30
 

INTERGENERATIONAL, YOUTH, & CHILDREN’S DISCIPLESHIP

This week’s Inter-generational Sunday School Class will continue “at home” lessons in the book of Acts.  In this Sunday’s Bible story, the apostle Paul and his friend Barnabas face one challenge after another as they work diligently to bring the gospel message to the Gentiles (Acts 13:1-14:28). The lesson focuses on how in spite of difficulties, God can give us the strength we need to persevere, especially when we are supported by the community of faith.
 
If you would like to be included in the email list and receive the lesson each week, please contact Kim Reindl at kim.reindl@gmail.com.  Each lesson includes commentary to help enlighten your study, questions for thought and reflection, as well as an optional activity that can be done at home with children and/or youth. 
 
In Youth Ministry, we held a Zoom Youth Group meeting on Sunday, May 17th.  Along with a time of games, sharing, and prayer, we continued a focus of God’s greatest commandment (Mark 12:28-30).  We explored the question of what means to love God with our hearts (i.e., emotions). 
 
Finally, this coming Sunday, May 24th is Graduate Recognition Sunday, a time to recognize and celebrate our seniors.  Please look for a special Graduate Recognition Slide Show as part of Sunday’s online worship.  Also, we are encouraging YOU, the Cokes Chapel family, to reach out to our graduates through a congratulatory note or card.  Please see additional information, including names and addresses of graduates in this issue of the G-Chat.
 
God is at work all around us!  May we hold each other by heart and lift each other by prayer as we journey together, yet apart! 
With love,
Kim
(Kim Reindl, Director of Inter-generational, Youth & Children’s Discipleship; kim.reindl@gmail.com)
 

TRUSTEES

BUILDING USE AND ENTRY
Cokes Chapel Childcare is now using the Worship Center for rooms to accommodate our social distance requirements.
Due to our Child Safety Policy, until further notice, Monday-Friday, no entry allowed through the worship center doors between 6:00am and 6:30pm.  No exceptions.
Should you need to access to Worship Center, please check in through the CCCC office to gain entry.

The CCC re-opened to children on 5/4/2020, but we have never really been closed! Staff had been working on professional improvement and keeping the CCC clean and ready to go. 

The State of Georgia has granted us $30,106 based on our enrollment prior to shutdown. The state has restrictions on how the money can be spent, but the CCC will easily accommodate those restrictions. Also, the Payroll Protection Grant, that the CCC received last month, is currently being used to cover payroll. 

We are following state guidelines for group assembly. We have been given approval from the state to use the Worship Center for an additional classroom. 

Starting June 1, with easing of state mandates, the CCC will be able to accommodate 20 people to a room. This will increase potential enrollment to 180. We expect that parents will start to return their children to the day care as jobs return and work shifts from home based back to office. Also, we expect new clients as one local daycare has shut its doors permanently. 

The CCC appreciates the continued support of the Cokes Chapel congregation! We are thankful for the return of our children and look forward to more each week!

Please pray for our bookkeeper, Marcia and her husband, Stan who is in chemotherapy. 

Yours in service, 
Arianna Smith

A NOTE
From Marie Allen: “Thank you for your cards, calls to me during this time.  A Youth called me! Each contact means so much to me. I love and miss my Cokes family!”
 

PRAYER TEAM

Cokes Chapel Prayer Team is praying for all of you. Your requests, concerns, and praises are important to us. Please let us know if you need anything or have a special prayer request. I am available and happy to pray with you by telephone or just be a listening ear. Please join us in daily praying for God to heal our world. Claim it in the powerful name of Jesus Christ and give thanks to God for all things. Contact Debbie at DebbieCarter30263@charter.net or 678-233-4980.  

IN OUR HEARTS & PRAYERSCURRENT

Nancy Lenard
Ann Navin
Van Askew
John Harrison, brother of Jason Harrison
Mike Monts, brother of Jennifer Hickman
Carlene, sister-in-law of Sandy Cavender
Rachel, daughter of Lorraine & Paul Burt
Dana West, granddaughter of Larry Smith
The Paulus Family, in-laws of Ernie & Brenda Haines
Joann, sister of Sandy Cavender
Terri Cannon, friend of Jean Raines
Dorothy Croft, Mike Croft’s mother
Bob Brown, Pat Harkins brother
Jill, friend of Carol Ross

ONGOING PRAYERS

Jim & Lara McCarthy and Jim’s mother Joyce
Stan Smith, Marcia Smith’s husband
Jerry Freeman
Roger Harkins
Darius Allen, Marie Allen’s son
Cera Carter
Mick Moore
Jake Thomas, brother-in-law of Lorraine
      Burt
Pastor Wayne Ellis & Family
Jones Family, Howard & Margie, etal
Glenn Etheridge (Pastor)

SYMPATHY

Sympathy to Jimmy Parham on the passing of his nephew, Billy Plummer this past week.

See Homebound below

Prayers for one another and our country for comfort, peace, freedom from anxiety, depression and fear. May God surround us and protect us during this difficult time.

 
Show our Shut-ins some Love!  A note from you would brighten their day and make a difference.  You don’t even have to “know” them, just sign the card, “your Coke’s Chapel Family”.
 
Consider sending one card each week to rotate through the list, and let the Cokes Chapel love shine out!
 
Marie Allen 355 Millard Farmers Industrial Blvd. Apt. 212 Newnan, GA 30263
Jerry Freeman 28 Sweetwater Place, Sharpsburg, GA 30277-1882
Jerry & Del Lenox 45 Soliel Ct. Sharpsburg, GA 30277-2307
Mick Moore 4661 Highway 34E, Sharpsburg, GA 30277-3509
Merlene Smith 25 Newnan Lakes Blvd.c/o Benton House Newnan, GA. 30263
Claudette Schunk 519 Perkins Rd. Apt. 222 Palmetto, GA. 30268-2365
Joyce Taylor 152 Riva Ridge Ln   Newnan, GA 30263-6713
Al Warren 14 Hampshire Ln   Newnan, GA 30265-6058
 
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