Volume XII Issue 23 June 28, 2017 Milledgeville First United Methodist Church 366 Log Cabin Road NE Milledgeville, GA 31061 Missed church? See last week’s sermon “ONLINE” www.milledgevillefumc.org Financial Report 1/1/2017 thru 06/19/2017 YTD Budget $488,358 YTD Expenses $443,988 YTD Giving $506,772 YTD Missions Giving: $ 31,467 Sunday Sermon “You’re Free” John 8:31-36 Coming Up… June 28th Youth Movie Night June 29th High School Youth Bible Study July 4th Independence Day Holiday - Office closed July 5th - 9th River of Life July 11th Middle School Youth Bible Study 1:00 to 4:00p July 14th Youth Leadership Retreat for 11th & 12th graders July 19th Parenting Our Teens in the Age of Social Media, Part I 6:30 to 8:00p July 23rd Murphy - Harpst Offering Sunday July 26th Parenting Our Teens, Part 2 River of Life In the spring of 2007, I was offered an opportunity that completely changed my life. I was made the youth pastor at Milledgeville FUMC. I had the pleasure of beginning my now over 10-year career in ministry in this wonderful community. It was at that point that I was introduced to one of the most well run local mission projects around. While on staff here, I got to see first hand how much time, effort and prayer goes into being a host church where over 200 youth from across the state can come and have a life transforming experience. After having worked here for two years, Ashley and I moved to Cobb County where I was hired as the Youth Pastor at Acworth UMC. While there I began the journey to get my Masters at Asbury Theological Seminary. And after the birth of our first child, Avery, I accepted the Assistant Pastor/Minister to Youth and Families position at Monroe FUMC. The first order of business for me there was to bring my youth group, rather small at that point, back to Milledgeville for River of Life. It was on that trip that I had five of my youth accept Christ for the very first time. I have been bringing my youth group back every year since. This is my 7th year bringing a group from Monroe and my 10th total year being a part of River of life. This year I have the honor for the second time to be preaching every night during River. We are going to focus on helping students propel their faith beyond just showing up at church and hearing information. My goal is for them to propel their faith forward and putting what they hear about Jesus into practice! This church cares for others. This church is in the business of sharing Christ ’s love with EVERYONE. You all have a great Pastor, wonderful staff, amazing laity and devoted disciples. Because of your faithfulness to River of Life over the years, hundreds if not thousands of teens and adults have had hands on experience with serving others and experiencing God in new and exciting ways. So thank you for your vision. Thank you for your generosity. Thank you for your hospitality. And thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus in Middle Georgia! God Bless and Go Bobcats! Wes Sorrells
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Volume XII Issue 23
June 28, 2017
Mil ledgevil le First United Methodist Church 366 Log Cabin Road NE Mil ledgevil le, GA 31061
June 28th Youth Movie Night June 29th High School Youth Bible Study
July 4th Independence Day Holiday - Office closed July 5th - 9th River of Life July 11th Middle School Youth Bible Study 1:00 to 4:00p July 14th Youth Leadership Retreat for 11th & 12th graders July 19th Parenting Our Teens in the Age of Social Media, Part I 6:30 to 8:00p July 23rd Murphy-Harpst Offering Sunday July 26th Parenting Our Teens, Part 2
River of Life
In the spring of 2007, I was offered an opportunity that completely changed my life. I was made the youth pastor at Milledgeville FUMC. I had the pleasure of beginning my now over 10-year career in ministry in this wonderful community. It was at that point that I was introduced to one of the most well run local mission projects around. While on staff here, I got to see first hand how much time, effort and prayer goes into being a host church where over 200 youth from across the state can come and have a life transforming experience. After having worked here for two years, Ashley and I moved to Cobb County where I was hired as the Youth Pastor at Acworth UMC. While there I began the journey to get my Masters at Asbury Theological Seminary. And after the birth of our first child, Avery, I accepted the Assistant Pastor/Minister to Youth and Families position at Monroe FUMC. The first order of business for me there was to bring my youth group, rather small at that point, back to Milledgeville for River of Life. It was on that trip that I had five of my youth accept Christ for the very first time. I have been bringing my youth group back every year since. This is my 7th year bringing a group from Monroe and my 10th total year being a part of River of life. This year I have the honor for the second time to be preaching every night during River. We are going to focus on helping students propel their faith beyond just showing up at church and hearing information. My goal is for them to propel their faith forward and putting what they hear about Jesus into practice! This church cares for others. This church is in the business of sharing Christ’s love with EVERYONE. You all have a great Pastor, wonderful staff, amazing laity and devoted disciples. Because of your faithfulness to River of Life over the years, hundreds if not thousands of teens and adults have had hands on experience with serving others and experiencing God in new and exciting ways. So thank you for your vision. Thank you for your generosity. Thank you for your hospitality. And thank you for being the hands and feet of Jesus in Middle Georgia! God Bless and Go Bobcats! Wes Sorrells
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C H I L D R E N ’ S M I N I S T RY
Children's Corner
Creativity is a reflection of the character of God. From the opening pages of Scripture, we encounter God’s creativity in action. With words, Let there be light, the poem of creation unfolds as light gives way to time, oceans and mountains form, galaxies are set in motion, and the earth is filled with birds, fish, and every creature imaginable. But God is not finished creating. God decided that He wanted His image to populate the earth. He created people in His image to take care and develop His magnificent creation. Humans are unique in that we reflect God in how we interact with each other and the world around us. That interaction includes God’s creativity. We may not form mountains and oceans, but we create art and music, build cities, solve problems, and innovate technology—all of which starts with our God-given creativity. We think it’s important for us to help our kids and families discover more about Creativity—imagining what you could do because you are made in God’s image. Our Memory Verse for June comes from Psalm 139:14. In Psalm 139:14, we read, How you made me is amazing and wonderful. I praise you for that (NIRV). Through this Psalm, David acknowledges God’s continued provision for his life. He worships God for His care and concern for even the smallest aspects of life. Being created in God’s image, means that we are special compared to the rest of creation. We reflect God in amazing and wonderful ways. WEEK 4 Finally, we head to Genesis 3:1-23 and find out what happened when Adam and Eve decided to do what they wanted to do instead of following God’s plan for them. Adam and Eve had one rule: don’t eat fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. But the serpent tempts them, and they decided to give into the temptation so they could become like God. And in a moment, everything changed. All that was perfect was now broken. Thankfully, although the consequences for Adam and Eve were severe, God never gave up on having a relationship with His creation. Bottom Line: God made you to know Him. We know now that God sent Jesus to make a way for us to truly know Him again. We pray that kids will discover that no matter what they’ve done or how far away they feel from God, that Jesus came to make a way for them to be right with God. God made us know Him, and that’s possible because of Jesus. Upcoming Events:
Kingdom Kids End of Year Party - June 25th, 5:30 to
7:00 pm
End of the Year party will be at Georgia College pool.
Food and drinks will be provided and a “lifeguard” will be
on duty during this time.
Serving Him together,
Ms. Shannon Bentley
July 2nd Harold Ewers
July 4th
Tripp Simpson, III
July 5th Nancy Brown
Joe Grant William Smith Tom Torrance
July 7th
Wyatt Baugh Nancy Devore Bailey Mullis
July 9th
Wes Cobb Traci Medders
July 10th
Nancy Mims McKay Pittman
July 11th
Stephanie Caldwell Carly Cowart
Kaleigh Donnelly
July 12th Kay Collins
July 14th
Evan Harrington Linda Hodges Jonathan Pope
Steve Rush
July 15th Dotty Jones
July 16th
Marge Smith
July 17th Carley Stanley
Mark Strom Georgia Treichler
July 18th
Scott Tidwell
July 19th Andrew Hayes Bill Jones, Jr. Aubri Medders
July 20th Neil Dyer
Nancy Mizelle
July 21st Betty Sue Hemphill Andrew Hitchcock John Austin Vance
July 22nd
Betty Hendrix Cathy Malone
Ed Robinson, III
July 25th Troy Burner Burton Smith
July 26th
Tracy Cornelius Maxine Murphy
July 27th Pam Gray
July 28th
Helen Pope
July 29th Jay Harrington, Jr.
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Y O U T H H A P P E N I N G S
P R O G R A M S
Serving This Weekend: July 2nd, 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Acolyte/Acolyte Parent Sara Johnson/Stephanie Johnson Altar Guild Linda Hodges, Therry Deal, Malinda NeSmith, Nancy Buchanon &Diane Brooks Sound Technicians Mark Paulish, Paul Hitchcock & Dwayne Morgan Ushers (11:00) Elizabeth Wells, Stephanie Johnson, Beverly Mann, Mandy Petty, Cay Quattlebaum & Collene Dalrymple
W O R S H I P & M U S I C
S P E C I A L G I F T S
What a blessing to have our youth reaching out and touching the lives of the Monica family. I think all involved could feel His presence as we ministered to the family. Thank you to all who helped make it possible; for the youth that attended; and a special thanks to Pam & Judy for cooking the wonderful meal. What’s next– As mentioned, exciting things are happening for the youth. Next week (Wednesday, June 28th), we will be having a movie night at the Miller’s at 6 pm (check our Facebook page for additional details and address information. Also, starting the 29th of June, we will have a high school Bible study from 12:00 to 2:30 pm at Stacked Sandwich Shop. More details to come!!
*A gift was given to the Christian Counseling Center in memory of Nelle Brannen, by: - Pete & Gay Ibbotson - Mr. & Mrs. William Francis - Anne Chamlee - Lewis & Kathleen Iuliucci - Randy & Susan Stewart - Danny & Donnell Brown - Lane & Jan Morgan - Richard & Arlene Mueller - Paul & Courtney Hitchcock - Russ & Anne Walden - Bob & Anne Culberson - Susan Taylor - Ouida Williamson - Gary & Sally Thrower - Rian & Hilda Ringsrud - Miggs Thomson *A gift was given to the General Fund in memory of Nelle Brannen by: - Mr. Bill Rohner - Bill & Georgeann Watson - Philip & Lee Chesney - Sharon Kirk Wilson - Helen Fetrow *A gift was given to River of Life in memory of Chris Monica by: - Paul & Courtney Hitchcock *A gift was given to the Children’s Ministry in memory of Nelle Brannen by Ed & Linda Moore. *A gift was given to River of Life in honor of all the supervisors and volunteers by Susan Taylor. *A gift was given to River of Life in honor of Sam Watson’s 90th birthday by the Monday Prayer Breakfast Group.
Y O U T H H A P P E N I N G S , C O N ’ T
Please be sure to plug into our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/harborfumc/) if you haven’t already. Also, if you are not getting emails (and want to), please send a note to me ([email protected]) so that you can be added to the weekly updates. Hope to see you at the Miller’s!! Thanks Barb
Retirement Celebration Honoring Collene Dalrymple
July 23, 2017 5:00 pm
Please mark your calendar and make plans to join our church family on July 23, 2017, at 5:00 pm in the FUMC Worship Center for a covered dish supper (meat provided by the church) as we honor Collene Dalrymple to celebrate her years of dedicated service to Milledgeville First United Methodist Church and her well earned retirement!!! Please rsvp via email to [email protected] or call the church office at 478-452-4597 by July 17, 2017. A head count is needed in order to ensure enough meat is provided and tables for sitting. We look forward to celebrating with Collene as she starts a new phase of her life.
Milledgeville First United Methodist Church
366 Log Cabin Road NE Milledgeville, GA 31061
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Permit No. 67 Milledgeville, GA
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“The Milledgeville First United Methodist Church’s mission is to serve Jesus Christ, Share God’s word, grow in faith, and love one another.”
First United Methodist Church is a Stephen Ministry Congregation.
Minister of Programs & Pastoral Care Collene Dalrymple [email protected] Dir. of Children & Family Ministry Shannon Bentley [email protected] Pastor of Spiritual Formation Rev. Stephanie Caldwell [email protected]
Praise Band, Youth/Student Minister Asst. to Children & Youth Chelsea Pool [email protected] Minister of Music Steve Crocker [email protected] Organist Dr. Tom Davidson Dir. of Noah’s Ark Weekday School Karen Williams [email protected] Dir. Christian Counseling Center Amanda Wilson Harper 478-456-6219 For Appointments
Intercessory Prayer Mon - Thurs at 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Wed 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Attendance Report—06/18/17 8:30 - Early Service 98 9:30 - Contemporary Service 63 11:00 - Traditional Service 152 Total Worship Attendance 313 Sunday School Attendance 127
THIS WEEK AT MILLEDGEVILLE FIRST Sunday - 2nd Tuesday - 4th
