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Hartselle, AL
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THE MESSENGER
210 Hickory Street SE
Hartselle, AL 35640
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Please
visit
the
website
http://forrestchapelumc.org/index.php/mission
service/hands-on-hartselle-2016/ for a list of
work opportunities and to sign up. Please
contact
Ragan
Chastain
at
[email protected]
or
256-606-4865 for more information.
Come and help support FUMC Preschool as we gear up for another FUN-FILLED YEAR!
Friday, September 16th • 4:30—6:30 p.m.
KEY / SCAN CARD AUDIT
Pre-order your carry out only sack dinner which includes a Chick-fil-A sandwich, chips,
dessert and drink, all for only $7.00
The church office is conducting a key / scan
card audit. All scan cards will expire on
October 10, 2016. If you have a scan card,
you will need to have it reactivated in the
church office. If you have a key or scan card
that is no longer needed, please bring it by the
office. Thank you!
All you have to do is drive through the church parking lot with your ticket and we will have
your dinner ready to go!
Tickets may be purchased in the preschool office from 9:00—1:00, M—F, in the church
office from 1:00—5:00 p.m., M—T, or online at fumchartselle.org.
Jim Hastings, Building Super
MISSION NEEDS FOR BATON ROUGE
Please check our facebook page for current needs for flood ravaged Baton Rouge. You can order
items online from Amazon, Lowe’s or Home Depot and have them shipped directly to:
Broadmoor United Methodist Church, c/o Eddie Manes
10230 Mollylea Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70815
210 Hickory Street SE
Hartselle, AL 35640
www.fumchartselle.org
(256) 773-6952
HANDS ON HARTSELLE
On Sunday,
September
11 th
our
congregation will partner with other church
families in the community for a day of
missions. All church services will occur at
their regularly scheduled times, however
members are encouraged to consider
participating in this day of service as their act
of worship. All participants will gather
together for a time of prayer at the beginning
of the Cross Ties Service at 9:00 and then
depart to our worksites. Around noon we will
re-gather in the Ministry Center for lunch.
ANNUAL CHICK-FIL-A PRESCHOOL FUNDRAISER
First United Methodist Church
CROSS TIES PRAISE BAND
The Cross Ties Praise Band will play a
variety of praise and worship music at Depot
Days on Saturday, September 17th from
3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m.
September 11, 2016
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALIVE
September 14, 2016
5:30 p.m. • Dinner • Ministry Center
6:30 p.m. •Classes
Menu: Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots,
Green Beans, Roll, Garden Salad, Apple
Cobbler
Kids Menu: Chicken Nuggets, Chips, Fruit
Dinner is always good and the price is only
$6.00 for adults and $4.00 for children 12
and under, $20 for families of four or more,
To Go orders add $1.00. Dinner includes your
drink and a dessert. It’s the best deal in town!
This is a great time to meet people you don’t
know and a good time to visit with those you do
know.
Call us by Tuesday at noon to make a
Wednesday night reservation whenever you can
join us. We only ask that you please make a
reservation. Those that come without a
reservation may have to wait until all those who
have reservations are served before getting your
plate.
HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS
Volunteer Orientation
September 21st
9:00 a.m.—2:30 p.m.
240 Johnston ST SE, Decatur
Have you always wanted to do some
volunteer work but just never got around to
it, NOW is your opportunity to do it.
We have MANY volunteer opportunities
available. Please call 256-350-5585 or email
c l a n d e r s @ ho s p i c eo f t h e v a l l ey . n et
to
reserve a place at the training.
STEWARDSHIP REPORT
GOOD SAMARITAN & HOPE HOUSE
Good Samaritan and Hope House are asking for one or two items a
month to help meet the needs of families seeking help. These items are
not donated on a regular basis.
FINANCES
Find us on Facebook @ Faith House and
Follow us on Twitter @ fumcfaithhouse for immediate needs.
BUDGET
Budget for 2016.……..…..$978,862.80
Required to Date….....…..$677,674.25
Received to Date...………$613,749.86
Received 09-04……….…...$25,125.00
ITEMS NEEDED FOR SEPTEMBER:
Good Samaritan: Canned Food Hope House: Children’s Shoes
CAPITAL FUND
Received to Date….….….$184,762.29
Received 09-04..…………....$7,232.50
GUESTS
Cassie Jones, Grayson, Reese and Braxton Jones, Ruth McCall,
Norah & Quinn Jordan, Connie Whitlow, Brian, Jennifer, Katie,
Alleigh and Jack Williams, Donald & Geraldine Locke
“…We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit
himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot
express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of
the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in
accordance with God’s will.”
- Romans 8:26-27
ATTENDANCE
Worship total.…..……...……………400
Sunday School ………...…………..272
OTHER FUNDS
Received to Date..….….….$79,828.57
Received 09-04…......…….$10,597.50
WORSHIP GREETERS & MORE
8:45 Greeter (Sanc.) Billy Buckelew
8:45 Coffee Time
Jerry & Edna Carol Weeks
Prayer Concerns for Our Church Family
9:00 Greeters
Cindi Sherrill
Faye Sparkman, Peg Norris, Robbie Stephenson,
Ann Sims, Ruth Sharp, Rose Boudousquie,
Dottie Routh
9:00 Coffee Time
Ministry Center
Sallye Swafford
9:00 Set - Up
Keith Corder
Need Volunteer
9:00 Take Down
Sr. High SS Class
11:00 September
Ushers:
Ike Groover (Chair)
Blake Tanner (Co-chair)
Larry Murphree
Jerry Weeks
Prayer Concerns for Family and Friends
Jim Sturdivant //// (Friend of Bobby Ray Halbrooks),
Eileen Money //// (Mother of David Wallace), Jim White
// (Father of Rick White), Sharon Horton Woodruff /
(Daughter of Margarue Garner), Kayleigh McClendon /
(Niece of Calloway and Mica Rabb), Fay Bell / (Mother of
Ray Bell)
Continue to Pray for
Pat Drinkard, Pat Putman, Leesia Johnson, Nita
Bennett, Mary Paul Hendry, Catherine Ann Sims,
Susan Penn, Shirley Pitts, Ann Anderson, Anne Walker,
Larry Lemons, Randy Lewis
FROM THE PASTOR
This Sunday, September 11th, is a special day in our church, in our community and in our
nation.
This Sunday, our church is joining together with several others in our community for
Hands On Hartselle. This is an opportunity for many of our members to become engaged in a
morning of mission work to help some of those in this area who are less fortunate than are we.
It will begin at our CrossTies Worship Service where we will have a brief commissioning act to
send forth the ones who will then go to help in a variety of ways. They will return here at 12:30
pm for a meal and a time of sharing experiences. Some of the smaller United Methodist
Churches in our area are calling off their morning worship services for their members to
participate. We will not do that here at First Church. However, I am very pleased to report
that a number of our Sunday School classes will be involved in this important mission effort. In
addition, our church will provide nursery care for the younger children those parents are
involved. If you would like to be a part of this mission endeavor, I urge you to contact Ragan
Chastain ([email protected] or 256-606-4865) to learn more about what you can do.
Next, this Sunday is Grandparents Day. There is nothing in the world like being a
grandparent. I know because I am one. Grandparents fill a vital role in our society today. In
fact, in an increasing number of situations, grandparents have become the primary care-givers
for their grandchildren. In the church, one of the most vital roles for grandparents is the
transmission of the faith from one generation to another. While this is the primary
responsibility of the parents; if they do not fulfill this responsibility then the grandparents
must. For grandparents, nothing is more important than our grandchildren so there should be
nothing more important to us than to see that our beloved grandchildren come to know Jesus
Christ as their Lord and Savior. This Sunday we will recognize the vital role that grandparents
do or should play in the lives of their grandchildren.
This Sunday is also the Fifteenth Anniversary of 9/11. It was a day of horror such as this
country had never experienced. People had sought to attack this country and bring us down;
but yet again, they failed. The twin towers did fall that day and some three thousand people
lost their lives. But America still stands as strong as ever. However, let us use this
anniversary to take stock of where we are as a nation and what it is that truly makes us truly
great.
This Sunday is a special day. Make sure you make it special for you and your family.
God bless you always!
Jimmy
11:00 Greeters
Need Volunteer
THANK YOU
NURTURE
Please let us know when someone who is not connected to a Sunday School Class or other small group is ill,
just home from the hospital, in an accident, is absent from their place in worship, experiences a death or life
changing event. Please call Ellen Hodgen at 256-345-6910 or Margaret Campbell at 256-773-4817.
Thank you to the Nita Bennett family from the Nurture Committee for the very generous gift of
disposable containers for our cooks to use.
Attention Nurture Cooks!
These containers are in the hall by the kitchen. Please take what you need.
CHURCH CALENDAR
SUNDAY:
September 11
Recreational Ministry Center Closed
7:55 a.m.— 8:25 a.m. Early Riser Sunday School Class (Student Café)
8:00 a.m.—8:30 a.m. Intercessory Prayer (Prayer Chapel)
8:45 a.m.
Early Worship Service (Sanctuary)
9:00 a.m.
Contemporary Service (Gym)
10:00 a.m.
Sunday School
11:00 a.m.
Traditional Worship Service (Sanctuary)
4:00 p.m.
Instrumental Ensemble (Sanctuary)
4:30 p.m.
FATHOM Nursery (101)
5:00 p.m.
FATHOM (Gym / Student Center)
MONDAY:
September 12
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Walking Track Hours
7:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Preschool
8:00 a.m.—9:00 a.m. Firm Up Exercise (208)
4:00 p.m.
Staff Meeting (203)
TUESDAY:
September 13
6:30 a.m.
Men’s Prayer Breakfast (Gym)
7:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. Walking Track Hours
7:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Preschool
9:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry (203)
9:15 a.m.—10:15 a.m. Young Mom’s Bible Study (207)
10:00 a.m.
Heritage Choir (Choir room)
3:00 p.m.
Children’s Handbells (Handbell room)
6:00 p.m.
Carillon Choir (Handbell room)
6:00 p.m.
Boy Scouts (306)
7:00 p.m.
Handbell Quartet (Handbell room)
7:00 p.m.
Trustees (116)
WEDNESDAY:
September 14
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Walking Track Hours
7:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Preschool
8:00 a.m.—9:00 a.m. Firm Up Exercise (208)
10:00 a.m.
Falkville Sing-a-long
3:00 p.m.
United Café (Student Center / Gym)
4:30 p.m.—5:15 p.m. Youth Praise Band Practice
5:30 p.m.
Wednesday Night Alive Dinner (Gym)
5:30 p.m.
Notations (Handbell room)
6:15 p.m.
Children’s Choir, Led by Sonja McKelvy (308)
6:30 p.m.
Children’s, Learning to Pray (306)
Led by Karen Florence
6:30 p.m.
Children’s Learning to Use My Bible (308)
Led by Laura Aymett
6:15 p.m.
Uplink (Student Center)
6:15 p.m.
Entrusted, Led by Becky Tankersley (209)
6:30 p.m.
Matthew, Led by Jimmy Bassham (211)
6:30 p.m.
The Epic of Eden, Led by Anne Burleson (208)
6:30 p.m.
Men Wanted, Led by Scott Burton (207)
6:30 p.m.
For the Love, Led by Jennifer Sittason (204)
6:30 p.m.
Psalm 1 Society, 5th & 6th grade boys (312)
Led by David Aymett, Taylor Robert &
Tom Sparks
6:30 p.m.
Daughters by Design, 5th & 6th grade girls (311)
Led by Susan Moore & Marianthe Snyder
6:30 p.m.
Jr. High Cohesion Groups (Student Center)
6:30 p.m.
Copper Clappers (Handbell room)
6:30 p.m.
Chancel Choir (Choir room)
6:30 p.m.
Praise Team Practice (Gym)
THURSDAY:
September 15
7:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. Walking Track Hours
7:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Preschool
9:00 a.m.
Women’s Bible Study (208)
6:45 p.m.
Adult Men’s Basketball (Gym)
FRIDAY:
September 16
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Walking Track Hours
7:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Preschool
8:00 a.m.—9:00 a.m. Firm Up Exercise (208)
4:30 p.m.—6:30 p.m. Preschool Chick-fil-A Fundraiser
SATURDAY:
September 17 Depot Days
8:30 a.m.
Emmaus Meeting (Gym)
3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m. Praise Band @ Depot Days
CHANGE OF DATE
THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
Broken and Blessed by Jessica LaGrone
“How God Used One Imperfect Family to Change the World”
Resumes September 15th
10:00 a.m. • Room 208
Every family since the beginning of time has been both
broken and blessed. In the six-week study, Jessica LaGrone
takes us on a journey through Genesis, a book that tells the
story of one perfectly imperfect family—from Adam and Eve
all the way to Joseph and his brothers. Despite their
brokenness, God chose to love and bless this family so that
their blessings might overflow. As we get to know each
generation, noting both the good and bad traits that were
passed down, we will see that God worked for good in their
lives for the good of the world. And we will see that God
wants to do the same in our own imperfect families, bringing
blessing from brokenness. Whether you’re single, married, or
divorced—with or without children or grandchildren—you
are an important part of God’s family meant to bless the
world.
As you make your way through the study, you’ll discover
that when God wants to change the world, He starts with a
family; and when God wants to change a family, He starts
with one person. You will be challenged to be the change
agent in your own family, just as Joseph was in his. And you
will know with confidence that every family can be used by
God to bring blessing in a hurting and broken world.
Jessica LaGrone is Associate Pastor at The Woodlands
United Methodist Church in The Woodlands, Texas.
CANS FOR KAYLEIGH
A large container will be placed in the church parking lot
(on Hwy 36/Main Street near the fire station) to collect
aluminum cans. There are at least seven other churches
participating in this fundraiser. All the proceeds will be
donated to the family of Kayleigh McClendon. Kayleigh is
an elementary school student who is undergoing major
medical treatment. Please bring your cans beginning,
September 11th through Sunday, September 25th.
You can also take your cans or other metals directly to
N & W Metal, Inc., 4800 Old Hwy 31, Decatur, AL, 35603.
They are open Monday—Friday from 7:00—3:30. If you drop
cans off at N & W Metals, please ask them to add you to the
Kayleigh Fundraiser ticket.
MEMORIALS
BUDGET
In memory of Jean Smith by Earline Abercrombie.
CAPITAL
In memory of Jean Smith by Lib Speake.
GOOD SAMARITAN
In memory of Alice Glasgow, Donald Elrod and
Jean Smith by Margaret Sittason.
In memory of Jean Smith and Donald Elrod
by Hal & Barbara Moore.
In memory of Jean Smith by Pat Roberts.
In memory of Jean Smith by Haynes SS Class.
In memory of Donald Elrod, Kenny Shariott and
Jean Smith by Bill & Clyde Whatley.
In memory of Donald Elrod
by Derwin & Bonnie Teichmiller.