Upcoming Events and Announcements

Tryon UMC is no longer live streaming its Sunday morning worship service, but will record and upload each week’s worship service to our church’s website as well as to Facebook. Online viewers can watch each Sunday worship service anytime they wish during the week. Every effort will be made to have each Sunday’s worship service video available to view online no later than Monday at 6:00 PM.

On our church website, www.tryonumc.org, use the dropdown menu and select “Worship Video”. On our church’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tumctryon, click on the menu item “Video”.

➢ We continue to encourage you to make your offerings to the church so that we can continue to operate and take care of the essential day-to-

day things to keep us functioning as a church. You can mail in your offering or come by and drop it in our locked mailbox. You can also give on-

line with your credit card. Click on the link on our website under Giving.

➢ Chancel Choir - Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m. Choir Room All are welcome to come and

“lift a joyful noise unto the Lord”!

➢ Handbells -Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m., Handbell Room. All are welcome to come and

➢ Comfort Shawls. Every second and fourth Tuesday. 10:00 a.m. Comfort Shawl Room.

➢ Qi Gong. Monday’s and Fridays. 10:00—11:00 a.m. Fellowship Hall

➢ AA Meetings: Meets on Monday evenings at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

➢ Girl Scouts: Thursday. 4:30 p.m. Education Rooms, 2nd Floor (Not meeting during the summer.

➢ Living Clean. Thursday. 6:00 p.m. Fellowship Hall.

OPERATIONS BUDGET

Giving for March 23, 2025 $3,216.08 Weekly Goal $2,785.44

Total Giving through March 23, 2025 $31,566.80 Monthly Goal $12,068.50

ATTENDANCE

March 23, 2025 IN PERSON: 46 ON-LINE: 134 TOTAL: 180

Stewardship for the 2025 Budget

Amount Pledged to date: $57,792.00 Total Budget for 2025: $144,822

Inserted in your announcements this week is information on giving for the first four months of 2024. In our Gathering Meeting on April 23rd, some of you mentioned you would like to see more information about giving and how we are doing regarding making our budget for the year.

The insert includes weekly and monthly giving for January through April and what we need each week and month to meet our budget. Going forward, you will get a summary each week in the bulletin to let you track how we are doing.

If you have any questions about this information, please contact Lynn Montgomery, our church treasurer, or Pastor Lynnette.

➢ in-person during Sunday worship services.

➢ Drop off your offering in our locked mailbox outside the church office.

➢ Give on-line with your credit card. See our website at www.tryonumc.org Click on “Giving” link. NOTE: Make sure you identify our church as

Tryon UMC in Tryon, NC in the Blue Ridge District (there is a Tryon Methodist Church in Charlotte in the Metro District. Sometimes we get

confused with them).

On behalf of our staff, thank you to everyone for the cards, gifts, and contributions during the holiday season. They were very much appreciated.

Thank you, especially to all of those who have helped in this process.

Tryon United Methodist Church

Mission Statement: The people of Tryon United Methodist Church seek to answer God’s call to be disciples of Christ

Vision Statement: As Disciples of Christ we come together as a loving, caring family of faith:

To share the hope, peace, grace, and love of Jesus Christ.

To worship God and nurture spiritual growth.

To grow in understanding of the Bible and its revelation of Jesus Christ.

To serve the needs of our neighbors near and far.

Page Turners

Monday, April 21, 2025 • 10:00 a.m. • Library

“Foster” by Claire Keegan.

It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsellas’ house, she finds an affection and warmth she has not known and slowly, in their care, begins to blossom. But there is something unspoken in this new household—where everything is so well tended to—and this summer must soon come to an end.

A story of astonishing emotional depth, Foster showcases Claire Keegan’s great talent and secures her reputation as one of our most important storytellers.

It Is Time to De-Stash Your Craft Rooms

The Local Cloth group of Asheville has been having Hurricane Relief efforts for the Asheville artisans throughout western NC. If you have extra fibers of any kind, fabric, notions, kits, beads, paint supplies, brushes, specialized books to assist the artists who lost everything due to the floods and winds. We are taking a truck to Swannanoa on the 4th. If you have items to donate, we can meet at TUMC (the time to meet is still being determined).

If you have additional questions or would like to know when the next event happens,

, contact Jane Armstrong.

From the Pastor’s Desk:

From the Pastor’s Desk:

While I haven't been able to verify it, there's a story about Albert Einstein and his chauffeur that I hope is true! It seems that Einstein once embarked on a lecture tour to numerous universities and was transported by a chauffeured limousine. After several months of driving the famous professor and attending every lecture, the chauffeur said to Einstein, "Professor Einstein, I've heard your lecture so many times that I believe I could give it myself! Dr. Einstein, said, "Well at the next university they've never met or seen me. I'll put on your Chauffeur's hat and you go in and give the lecture. We'll see how you do."

So, the two make the adjustments needed for the arrival. When they got there the driver went to the podium and gave Einstein's lecture flawlessly. Einstein was impressed. But something happened on the way out, two physics professors approached the driver and asked him a complicated question. The driver was quick on his feet and said, "I'm shocked that's such a simple question my chauffeur could answer it. Go ask him!"

While he was able to recite the words of Einstein's speech, the driver wasn't able to comprehend their meaning. Sometimes that's the way it is with Scripture, creeds and especially God, we do have words, that we may not fully comprehend, but in the graciousness of the God we can clearly see God in Jesus, which is our way of understanding the nature of the universe and for that, we are all grateful. —Pastor Mike

If you know of anyone who would benefit from a pastoral visit or phone call, please let the church office or Pastor Mike know (mbailey@wnccumc.netor (336)829-0157 phone or text). If you would like a visit so that Mike may get to know you and/or your family, don't hesitate to reach out to the church office or to him.

~SPECIAL OFFERING FOR UMCOR SUNDAY~

UMCOR Sunday in 2025 is on March 30th, a special churchwide offering that supports UMCOR's administrative costs, ensuring that 100% of donations made to UMCOR throughout the year go directly to U.S. and international disaster response and humanitarian efforts.

• What is UMCOR Sunday? UMCOR Sunday is a special offering within The United Methodist Church designed to support the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).

• Why is it important?UMCOR Sunday helps cover UMCOR's administrative costs, allowing 100% of other donations to go directly to disaster relief and humanitarian efforts.

• What does UMCOR do? UMCOR is a humanitarian organization that responds to disasters and provides relief and recovery efforts in the United States and internationally.

• How can I participate? Individuals and congregations are encouraged to give to this special offering on March 30, 2025

• UMCOR Sunday is one of The United Methodist Church's Special Sundays. Special Sundays are designated Sundays each year that deepen the connection between the local church and ministries on a global scale.

Here’s to the bridge-builders, the hand-holders, the light-bringers, those extraordinary souls wrapped in ordinary lives who quietly weave threads of humanity into an inhumane world. They are the unsung heroes in a world at war with itself. They are the whisperers of hope that peace is possible.

Look for them in this present darkness. Light your candle with their flame.

And then go. Build bridges. Hold hands. Bring light to a dark and desperate world.

Be the hero you are looking for. Peace is possible. It begins with us.

~L. R. Knost~

Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”

–John 12:35-