THE MESSENGER
First United Methodist Church
Loving Christ, Loving others, Serving God
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11:00 a.m.-Curriculum Workshop with Dan
Parker, Community Resource Consultant
with Cokesbury, GYM
Our new District Superintendent Jim
Genesse will be our guest speaker.
July 27, 2016
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4
6:00 PM, FELLOWSHIP HALL
CHILDREN’S SABBATH
SUNDAY, JULY 31
8:15 a.m.-Back to School Breakfast,
Fellowship Hall
At the Back to School Breakfast, there will
be a basket for donations to help offset the
cost of the Camp Lake Stephens scholarship
fund.
**Mrs. Edee will have a “back-to-school”
photo booth set up in the fellowship hall for
anyone who would like to take back-toschool pictures of their children.
8:45 a.m.-Sunday School
9:30 a.m.-Fellowship in Activities Building
10:00 a.m.-Morning Worship, Blessing of
the Backpacks
NOMINATIONS
It’s that time of year when the Nominations Committee
begins looking at nominations for the leadership of our
church. If there is an area where you would like to serve or
if you are currently on a committee and would like to come
off, please contact Ed Temple, member of the nominations
committee or the church office to let us know.
Nominations Committee Members:
Calvin Flint, Dale Jernigan, Jeff Magee, Bill McKenzie,
Eddie Nabors, Monroe Pointer, Sara Trotter, Mitzi Still,
Asa Tucker, Jan Shipp
LIBRARY NEWS
If you like poetry, check out A Treasury of the Familiar (A
WOO) donated the Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Keating or Life’s
Treasures (A SAL), A Heap o’Living (A GUE), or I Call
You Friend (A TAN) donated by the John Meacham
family.
GOOD SAMARITAN FUND
With the summer months here and school being out, our
number of calls for assistance through our Good Samaritan
Fund has increased. We are not able to help people right
now because this fund is low. Please consider giving a
little extra to Good Samaritan.
WELCOME NEW MEMBER
Madeline Clayre Seale received the sacrament of baptism on
Sunday, July 24 at the 8:45 worship service. Madeline is the
daughter of Clay and Mary Seale and little sister of Matthew.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
Back to School Shower
for Methodist Children’s Home
Please help supply youth with personal and back-to-school needs
from this list. Bring your donations to UMW meeting August 8 or
place in the box labeled “Methodist Children’s Home” in the
Gathering Room before August 15.
Personal: deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, pillows &
pillowcases, towels & washcloths, $25 birthday gift cards
Back-to-school: USB flash drive 2.0, highlighters, college rule
paper, 3 X 5 index cards, ear buds, composition books, mechanical
pencils & lead
ALTAR FLOWERS
August 7-Communion
September 4-Communion
August 14-Open
September 11-M/M Terry Hubbard
August 21-Lisa Newcomb
September 18-Open
August 28-Open
September 25-Open
If you would like to put flowers in the sanctuary in honor or in
memory of someone, please contact the church office 563-4534 or
[email protected].
ATTENTION PRE-SCHOOL PARENTS
Mrs. Marsha and Mrs. Tracy’s Sunday School classes will sing
the Call to Worship on Sunday, July 31. We will sing a song that
we already know from Sunday School.
Happy Birthday
July 28-Leslie Childers, Andrea Ferguson, Jim Kelly Miles
July 31-Asa Tucker
August 1-Sloan Garner, Kay Kay Smith
August 2-Mills Allgood, James Hardy
August 3-Charlie Dawson, Lent Thomas, Jr.
Happy Anniversary
July 28-M/M Brent Holloway
July 29-M/M Chris Dugger, M/M Steve McCord
July 30-M/M George Pratt
July 31-M/M Robert Walker
August 1-M/M Joel Rice
August 3-M/M Dee Garner
July 31-Nursery Workers
Divonia Miles
July 31-Acolytes
Emily Wells/Jenna Grace Burnett
July 31-Ushers
Chris Smith/Dennis Land
Andy Garrott/Stevie McMinn
MORNING WORSHIP
“Children of God”
Mark 10:13-16
Jim Genesse
EVENING WORSHIP
Ed Temple
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Wednesday, July 27
6:15 P.M.-Chancel Choir
Thursday, July 28
5:15 P.M.-PiYo, Activities Bulding
Sunday, July 31
8:15 A.M.-Back-to-School Breakfast, Fellowship Hall
8:45 A.M.-Sunday School
9:30 A.M.-Fellowship with coffee and donuts in the
Activities Building
10:00 A.M.-Morning Worship
6:00 P.M.-Evening Worship
Monday, August 1
1:30 P.M.-Prayer Shawl Ministry
Tuesday, August 2
9:00 A.M.-Staff Meeting
5:45 P.M.-PiYo, Activities Building
Wednesday, August 3
6:15 P.M.-Chancel Choir
Financial Report for July 24, 2016
2016 Budget
$996,609.00
Budget Amt. Needed Weekly
19,165.56
Budget Amt. Needed to Date
574,966.84
Budget Amt. Offering
15,651.00
Budget Amt. Rec’d to Date
506,653.77
Good Samaritan
315.00
Screen/Projector Rec’d to Date
16,920.00
“For all things come from you, and of your own we
have given you.” (1 Chronicles 29:14b)
Attendance for July 24, 2016
Sunday School
174
Morning Worship
261
8:45 A.M.
161
10:55 A.M.
96
Nursery
4
PRAYER REQUEST
MEMBERS: Mary Evelyn Barber, Larry & Brenda Pratt, Louise
Powers (Kenya Mission Trip), Andy Garrott (Mission trip to
Honduras), SuzAnne Walton, John Willis, Doc Meacham, Henry
Heafner, John Davis, Spencer Davis, Ann McDowell, Nell Foshee,
Marguerite Williams, Clint Williford, Bonnie Bingham, Margaret
O’Keefe
FRIENDS: Patsy Brasell, Runt McMinn, Betsey Kimbriel,
Arkabutla UMC, Linda McLarty Brasell (friend of Tracy Dulin),
Cathy Buckley, Beth Johnson (Rosemary Woodall’s sister), Betty
Herron (Amy McMinn’s mom)
ONGOING PRAYER NEEDS
MEMBERS: Bonnie Johnson, Smylie Carothers, Al Haberman, Mary
Moody, Bonnie Land, Stephen Moake, Betty Summers, John Bailey,
Lady Embry, Betty Flint, Bill McKenzie, John and Diana Green, Mary
Haberman, John Mothershed, Margie Carson, Soren Bowie
FRIENDS: Susan Beth Hyde (Mary Katherine Baglan’s sister), Clay
Hoyt (Loree Tucker’s brother-in-law), Anna Claire Stokes (Donna
Sanders’s cousin), Beth Johnson (Rosemary Woodall’s sister), Tyler
Anderson (friend of Ellis Byrd), Eleanor Schmitt (Becky Owen’s mom),
Tracy Hannaford, Betty Malavasi (Darlene Greenlee’s mom), Hazel
McBride (Ellis Byrd’s sister), James Wade Kelly, Steve Brown (Barbara
Broome’s son-in-law), Heather Campbell
NURSING HOME
PROVIDENCE (P O Box 1632 / 640 Keating Road)
Louise Crowley
Doc Meacham, Rm 33
Marguerite Williams
Nanette Sissell (Nancy Bridges’ mom)
Gen Gigler Rm 14 (Harry Guckert’s grandmother)
Martha Rowsey (Kathleen Rowsey’s mother-in-law)
Martha Phelps (Annette Kornegay’s mother)
Clint Williford, Rm 10
Jessie Kornegay (Gary Kornegay’s mother)
BROOKDALE (100 Azalea Dr., Oxford, MS)
Dora Ciener
YALOBUSHA COUNTY NURSING HOME (PO Box 1469)
Margie Williams (106)
Elizabeth Taylor (Nettie Rivers’ mom)
OUT OF TOWN
Joan Houston Highland House, 638 Highland Colony Pkwy #712,
Ridgeland 39157
Flora Cobb
TALLAHATCHIE NURSING HOME
Betty Langley