WEEKLY CONNECTION
VOLUME 46 No. 29
AUGUST 24, 2016
August 24
Chicken Stir Fry, Beef Chow Mein over Noodles,
Rice, Sautéed Mixed Vegetables, Chicken Nuggets,
Expanded Salad Bar, Strawberry Shortcake
5:15 p.m. – Dinner
Cost: $6:00 per person; $3:00 per child; $25:00 per family
6:00 p.m. – Study
“The Gospel of John” by Dr. Ben Witherington III.
This is a 12 week study that includes video
and a short discussion time.
August 31
FESTIVAL ON THE FIELD
6-7:30 p.m.—Robins Field
with special guest Kelly Biddle Williams
Monday, September 12, 2016
6 p.m. in Wesley Hall
$5 at the door - nursery provided
Please send the following information to
[email protected] or call the church office.
Name: ___________________________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________________
Nursery Needed
Children’s Names & Ages: ________________________________
A Women’s Small Group
Study Opportunity!
Malachi:
“A love that never lets go.”
Interested? Please email [email protected]
Name: _________________ Email: ___________________
Nursery Needed
I am interested in being an “age group table leader.”
Mondays
6-7:30 p.m.
Wesley Hall
Sign-up today by contacting Smith at 690-8100 or [email protected].
PRIMETIMERS SUMMER MOVIE
Tuesday, August 30
6 p.m. in Wesley Hall
Call Kathryn Barrow (213-1337)
to reserve your seat & popcorn.
Journey to the Holy Land
with Rev. Lynn Mote & Rev. Smith Lilley
Who would like to join us on 10 days of Biblical Study and Adventure as we journey to the Holy Land?
Departure date is February 7, 2017. Our tour will be led by Jerusalem Center of Biblical Study Instructor Rev. Dr. Willis Britt.
Brochures are available at the church for more information, including the cost of the trip, itinerary, and
more. Please stop by the office or call Rev. Lynn Mote for more information.
There will be an interest meeting on Tuesday, September 6 at 6:00 p.m. in the Gathering Room. Rev.
Britt will be here to answer any questions you may have. Attendance at this meeting is not an obligation
to go, but will help you in making your decision to join us.
Please join us as we study the 5th Gospel – the land where Jesus walked.
SENIOR ADULT MINISTRIES
PRESENTS
Thursday, September 8 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Wesley Hall—$5
With special guest Jack Curtis as Elvis
Curtis, a member of St. Luke UMC and a singer in its
Praise Band, has finished in the Top Five in Images
of Elvis national competition in Memphis and has
won the regional competition in Monroe, La., three
straight years. The owner of Jack Curtis Insurance
Agency in Tupelo, he has been in the Medicare supplement insurance business for 35 years, specializing in Medigap and Part D prescription drug plans.
Curtis and his wife, Pamela, have two daughters in
college, Paige and Peyton.
Please contact the church office (690-8100)
to get your name on the list to enjoy a fabulous meal, as well as the performance of a
lifetime!
The United Methodist Women will be collecting
TOILET PAPER for Helping Hands
during the month of AUGUST.
Please put in bin in Old Fellowship Hall or the bin outside Wesley Hall.
NEW
EXCITING
INFORMATION
This Christmas season is shaping up to be a wonderful
celebration during the 150th year of FUMC Tupelo.
Also as part our Sesquicentennial Celebration, FUMC will have a LIVE NATIVITY in conjunction with our Singing Christmas Tree in December and
we need your help! If you would like to be a part of the Planning Committee
for this event, please contact Leigh McGregor at [email protected] or
Kristen Partin at [email protected].
As before advertised, we need help putting up the NEW Singing Christmas
Tree for a trial run on the mornings of August 26 & 27 (THESE ARE NEW
DATES) at 8:30 a.m. Work will occur for about 6 hours each day. Our
original tree was built in 1984 and it was time for a NEW tree. This tree
was purchased from a company in Texas.
The builder will be here to
oversee construction on these days. Please call the church office (6908100) to sign up. Thanks!
-The 150th Committee
CAROL CHOIR (preK and Kindergarten): August 30—3:15-4:15 p.m.
JUBILEE SINGERS (grades 1-2): August 31—3:20-4:45 p.m.
JUBILATION CHOIR (grades 3-6): August 31—3:20-4:45 p.m.
CHANCEL CHOIR
Began August 10—7:00 p.m.
Please call Beverly McAlilly (690-8100, ext. 18) if you are interested in joining the choir.
YOUTH CHOIR: Began August 14—5:00 p.m.
Detailed information has been mailed to all children and youth.
LIBRARY NEWS
A Tribute to Elie Wiesel
On July 2 the world lost a powerful voice for human rights. Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize winner, theologian, and educator. He made it his life’s mission to tell
the story of the Holocaust. In addition, he authored over 50 books. To learn more about his
life and his mission, the following books are available in our library:
•
All Rivers Run to the Sea – a memoir
•
The Night Trilogy – contains Night, a masterpiece of Holocaust literature, and two novels.
•
Open Heart – his last book, published in 2012, is a very different work of introspection in
which he reflects on his life and family and confronts his own mortality.
Each year, hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 5 die of malaria.
We, as members of United Methodist Church, have the ability to help eradicate this
mosquito-borne disease. In the efforts to stamp out malaria, the Mississippi Conference of the UMC is focusing on Imagine No Malaria, a campaign to raise awareness and money to eradicate this disease and has set a goal of supplying 100,000
malaria nets. Please pick up your donation box and begin collecting. These offerings will be received on World Communion Sunday, October 2.
We look forward to working with everyone in our church
to do our part to help the Conference met our goals!
The Helping Hands Clothes Closet
is in need of boys and girls school
clothes, baby clothes, and toddler
clothes.
ADULT TRIP TO
LAKE JUNALUSKA, NC
Fall Fling
October 18-21, 2016
Come and fling into fall at the
fabulous Lake Junaluska, NC!
We will depart on Tuesday, October 18th and stop for
lunch at the Jarrett House in Dillsboro, NC. Each
morning we will spend in devotional and with Rev.
Rebecca Lile as she talks about the Power of Story –
Your Story, God’s Story.
We have free time each afternoon to enjoy the beauty
of autumn. Afternoon excursions may include such
places as Biltmore Estate, the beautiful town of
Waynesboro, or touring the World Methodist Museum on the Assembly grounds.
We will take the FUMC bus, as well as other cars if
necessary. Please pick up a brochure or contact Rev.
Lynn Mote for more information.
Deadline to register is September 14, 2016
Visit the website to read our weekly blog that will post Tuesdays.
Would you like to meet with a small group, study The
Gospel of John in depth, and develop relationships with
other believers, at a day and time that is right for you?
This fall we will offer opportunities to study with a small
group in addition to the regular Wednesday evening gathering.
Presently, we expect to offer a Tuesday evening group;
Wednesday evening groups; a mid-week daytime group; and
other groups that will decide their own time and place to meet.
Sign ups have begun! We invite others. Dates, times, and
leaders are to be announced. Please contact Lynn or Smith at
the church office (690-8100).
FUMC TV MINISTRY
First United Methodist Church’s TV Ministry continues to be enjoyed over various satellite and cable systems throughout Northeast Mississippi. Our 11 a.m. Traditional service
can be currently seen on the following channels and systems: Comcast cable– Channel
4; MaxxSouth cable – Channel 20; Cable One- Channel 11; DISH Network Satellite
– Channel 49; And with a TV Antenna – Channel 49 For further information, please
contact Shannon Turner at 690-8100 or [email protected].
OUR SYMPATHY IS EXTENDED
TO THE FAMILIES OF:
…Tom Livingston, who passed away August 21 in Centerville, OH. He was the father of Amy Williams
(Blakely) and the grandfather of Riley Williams.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
•
Welcome to Jack and Erika Thompson who joined at
the Invitation worship service on August 21. They have
a son, Hudson (6 months). Jack is a Physical Therapist
at Crossroads Rehab. and Erika is a Physical Therapist
at NMMC.
SERVING SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2016
SANCTUARY SOUND:
8:45: Butch Dendy
11: Jim Karrant
TV OPERATORS:
Robert Marion, Lee McKenzie, Ansel Mote
GREETERS:
8:45 Traditional: Dick/Elsie White
Invitation: Brenda Chase
11: Judy/Billy Spencer
USHERS:
8:45 Traditional: Chris Hill, Lindsey Leake, George
Rutledge
The Invitation: Jamie Osbirn, Kevin Rose, Bill Spencer,
11:00: Jeff Short
BIRTH ANNOUNCMENT
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•
Congratulations to Mary Rollins and Ty Culpepper
on the birth of their daughter, Anna Tyler
Culpepper, born August 19 in Tupelo, MS. Anna
Tyler has a sister, Kate Alan (2). She is also the
granddaughter of Mary Lin and David White from
our congregation.
Congratulations to Jeffrey and Claire Logan on the
birth of their son, Robert Miles Logan, born August
22 in Tupelo, MS. Bo’s grandmother is Dale Stanford from our congregation.
STEWARDSHIP
2016 Budget Goal..............................$2,331,817.43
2016 Needed Weekly .............................$44,842.65
2016 Six-Month Budgeted Amount ..$1,554,554.79
Last Week’s Offering through 8/18........$37,038.39
2016 Offering through 8/18...............$1,633,511.43
Spent to Date 2016 through 8/18.......$1,425,698.41
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH—TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2016
SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
8:45 Worship, Sanctuary
8:45 The Invitation, WH
10:00 Sunday School
11:00 Worship, Sanctuary
2:00 District Ministry Resource, Event WH
4:00 Cub Scouts, FH
5:00 Youth Choir
6:00 Youth Small Groups
MONDAY, AUGUST 29
9:00 Preschool/MDO/Kindergarten
2:30 CASA, CLC
5:00 Library Book Group, CR
5:30 Lay Leader Meeting, GR
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30
8:00-11:30 Clothes Closet Open for Donations
9:00 Invitation Worship Planning, CR
9:00 Invitation Worship Planning
9:00 Preschool /Kindergarten
9:00 Preschool/Kindergarten
10:30 Staff Meeting, CR
1:15 Traceway Van
2:30 CASA, CLC
2:30 CASA, CLC
3:10 Carol Choir
3:00 THS Football Meal, WH
6:00 Sr. Adult Movie Night, WH
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
7:00 Prayer Group, Chapel
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31
7:00 Youth Prayer B’fast, Connie’s
9:00 Kindergarten
9:00 Preschool/MDO/Kindergarten
2:30 CASA, CLC
2:30 CASA, CLC
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
3:30 Jubilee Singers/Jubilation Choir
9:00-12:00 Helping Hands Open
6:00 Festival on the Field, Robins Field
6:00 Sanctuary Handballs
7:00 Chancel Choir
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
8:00-11:30 Clothes Closet Open for Donations