Greenery Project Set for Monday, November 28
On Monday, November 28, a greenery project will be conducted by Cheryl Postlewait. All children and youth who are interested in joining in, please call the church office (537-7002) by November 25.
Events
Trunk or Treat at FUMC
Decorate your trunk in the church parking lot on Sunday evening, October 29 beginning at 5:00 pm.
Wednesday At The First Returns
“I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.” (Matthew 13:35) – Have you ever wondered about the meaning of any of the more than sixty parables as related in the Bible? Jesus, just as the rabbis of his time, employed good educational …
Vacation Bible School Set for End of July
Join the fun this summer at First Methodist when VBS marks its return beginning on Sunday, July 24 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. The activities continue during the week with supper daily from 5:30 to 6:00 and crafts, games and learning activities from 6:00 to 8:00 nightly, Monday through Thursday. Double the fun and bring …
Salkahatchie participants to leave for upstate
During Sunday’s worship service, the Rev. Ken Timmerman, speaking for the first time from the pulpit and accompanied by his wife Sara Dee and son Cooper, commissioned the local volunteers who will be departing Cheraw on Saturday for a week’s work in the Pendleton area of the upstate making repairs to the homes of underprivileged …
Awards go to local scholars
Seven local graduates recently received First Methodist Scholarships funded by endowments from church members. The seven awarded this year went to (pictured left to right): Jake Crouse graduating from Furman University, attending Columbia University this fall and pursuing a Master’s degree in Journalism and receiving the F Garland Streete Scholarship; Sullivan Chapman, Cheraw High, Charleston …
Newly appointed to FUMC Cheraw
The Bishop’s recent appointment of Rev. Kenneth B. Timmerman to serve First United Methodist of Cheraw was made public this week. Ken is a native South Carolinian, born in Graniteville and receiving his undergraduate degree from USC-Aiken, earning a divinity degree from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia and since 1984 serving several churches in …
Mericless Methodists to represent First Methodist at Chesterfield County Relay For Life event on April 29
Friday evening, April 29, Chesterfield High School stadium is to be the site of Chesterfield County’s Relay For Life fundraising event with a goal of $135,000. First Methodist’s entry is known as the Merciless Methodists and you can help by providing bottled water or canned soft drinks dropped off at the church office. Anyone can …
Spring Barbecue Returns Saturday, April 2
The First Methodist Spring Barbecue makes its return on April 2nd with dine-in buffet or take-out service from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Tickets are available at the church office, from many church members or at the door.
maundy n. Old French, maunde….referring to a basket of alms given to the poor or other symbolic means of alleviating their condition, e.g. foot washing
This Holy Thursday service, as it is also called, is a night in which Christians commemorate the supper Jesus shared with his disciples before his crucifixion. It recalls when Jesus washed the disciples’ feet and instituted the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. Maundy Thursday gets its name from the new commandment (mandatum novum in Latin) …