VOLUME XXXVIII No. 36 September 12, 2017 Ministers Every Church Member Dean Bowers Lead Pastor Phone: 966-9909 [email protected]Jeremiah Toole Worship Ministry Leader Media Technology Coord. [email protected]John Simmons Pastoral Care Lacie Oden Children’s Ministry Director Stacy Ezell Student Ministry Director LaWayne Fleming Music Director Patti S. Wright, Pianist Frances Gilmore, Organist Lisa Edmonson Office Administrator [email protected]Vicki Drake Secretary/Receptionist [email protected]Britni Blair Child Care Director Phone: 491-1729 CHURCH OFFICE 491-3421 Prayer Line: 491-3424 OFFICE E-MAIL: [email protected]Website: www.hueytownfirst.com NEW OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-THURSDAY 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM FRIDAY: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM UPCOMING EVENTS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Hueytown, Alabama First United Methodist Church Non-Profit 110 Sunset Drive U.S. Postage Pd. Hueytown, Alabama Hueytown, Alabama (Return Service Requested) Permit No. 205 Connecting Points I gathered with clergy and laity this last week for two separate meetings led by our Bishop. The first one was clergy only and it was a refresher and reminder of our mission and vision in the North Alabama Conference. Our mission is: Discover, Develop and Deploy Spiritual Leaders to make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World." Obviously, we need a strategy for doing all 3D's and a scoreboard so we will know if we are winning or being successful in making our mission a reality. Take a moment to think about how our church needs to be intentional about this mission. How do we go about discovering spiritual leaders? How do we develop spiritual leaders? How do we deploy spiritual leaders? The second meeting included laity and Bishop Wallace-Padgett updated us on the Commission on the Way. To this point, they have named our common ground as United Methodists and they have identified 4 groups within our denomination surrounding the issues of human sexuality or the LGBTQ reality. Those groups are: Traditional/adaptable, Traditional/non-adaptable, Progressive/adaptable and Progressive/non- adaptable. The Commission will make a proposal to the Council of Bishops and they will present it at a called General Conference in 2019. Pray for God's discernment about these conversations that (as our Bishop said), aren't for the faint of heart. Blessings, Pastor Dean Sunday, September 17, 2017 8:30 am Morning Refreshments 9:00 am Sunday School 9:25 am Worship Huddle 10:00 am Traditional Worship 9:45 am Kid’s Worship 5:15 pm Youth (Youth Room) 6:00 pm Sing-a-Long (FH) Monday, September 18, 2017 6:30 pm Boy Scouts 7:00 pm Alpha Circle Tuesday, September 19, 2017 9:00 am Tuesday Morning Bible Study 10:30 am Faith Joy Circle 6:00 pm Discovery Circle (parlor) 6:00 pm Cub Scouts Wednesday, September 20, 2017 4:00 pm Youth Band 6:00 pm Youth Activities 6:00 pm Handbell Practice 7:00 pm Chancel Choir Practice Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:00 am Nifty/Fifty (FH) 5:30 pm Girl Scouts Saturday, September 23, 2017 CHURCH YARD SALE Items for the yard sale can be brought to the Fellowship Hall on 9/21 in the evening or on 9/22 in the morning. NO CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES ON WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL OCTOBER 11 TH WHEN W.E.A.C. BEGINS Red Bird Mission Trip, Beverly Kentucky, September 10 - 16
NEW OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-THURSDAY 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
FRIDAY: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
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First United Methodist Church Non-Profit 110 Sunset Drive U.S. Postage Pd. Hueytown, Alabama Hueytown, Alabama (Return Service Requested) Permit No. 205
Connecting Points
I gathered with clergy and laity this last week for two separate meetings led by our Bishop. The first one was clergy only and it was a refresher and reminder of our mission and vision in the North Alabama Conference. Our mission is: Discover, Develop and Deploy Spiritual Leaders to make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World." Obviously, we need a strategy for doing all 3D's and a scoreboard so we will know if we are winning or being successful in making our mission a reality. Take a moment to think about how our church needs to be intentional about this mission. How do we go about discovering spiritual leaders? How do we develop spiritual leaders? How do we deploy spiritual leaders? The second meeting included laity and Bishop Wallace-Padgett updated us on the Commission on the Way. To this point, they have named our common ground as United Methodists and they have identified 4 groups within our denomination surrounding the issues of human sexuality or the LGBTQ reality. Those groups are: Traditional/adaptable, Traditional/non-adaptable, Progressive/adaptable and Progressive/non-adaptable. The Commission will make a proposal to the Council of Bishops and they will present it at a called General Conference in 2019. Pray for God's discernment about these conversations that (as our Bishop said), aren't for the faint of heart. Blessings, Pastor Dean
Sunday, September 17, 2017 8:30 am Morning Refreshments
9:00 am Sunday School
9:25 am Worship Huddle
10:00 am Traditional Worship
9:45 am Kid’s Worship
5:15 pm Youth (Youth Room)
6:00 pm Sing-a-Long (FH)
Monday, September 18, 2017 6:30 pm Boy Scouts
7:00 pm Alpha Circle
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
9:00 am Tuesday Morning Bible Study
10:30 am Faith Joy Circle
6:00 pm Discovery Circle (parlor)
6:00 pm Cub Scouts
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 4:00 pm Youth Band
6:00 pm Youth Activities
6:00 pm Handbell Practice
7:00 pm Chancel Choir Practice
Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:00 am Nifty/Fifty (FH)
5:30 pm Girl Scouts
Saturday, September 23, 2017
CHURCH YARD SALE Items for the yard sale can be brought to the Fellowship Hall on 9/21 in the evening or on 9/22 in the morning.
NO CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING
UNTIL OCTOBER 11TH
WHEN W.E.A.C. BEGINS
Red Bird Mission Trip, Beverly Kentucky, September 10 - 16
OUR KNOWN HOSPITALIZED:
HOSPITALIZED
Recovering at Home:
Upcoming Surgery:
Dot Moran , knee replacement, 9/22
Rick Parsons, shoulder surgery
Marily Cannon (starts chemo 9/11)
Oru Christian love and sympathy is extended
to . . . Jery & Emma Benson and family on the
death of Emma’s brother, Jim Everitt, who
passed away last week in Tuscon, Arizona.
Special Prayer Requests: Mary Clyde Moore Randy Smith
Wanda Pitts Beverly Seale
Charlie Young Richard Clark
Bud Sellers Ann McCown
Barrett Ezell Jan Towers
Betty Rheuby Marie Thrasher
Susan Rheuby Mark Zito
Sue Douglass Betty Jane Kornegay
Robert England Kathryn Cole
Sunday School 56
Morning Worship 136
Evening Services
Received this Sunday $
Received last Sunday $ 11,913.79
Total Received 2017 $ 283,676.26
Budget for 2017 $ 499,297.60
Total needed Monthly ,608.00
Attendance & Contributions September 10, 2017
Remember In Prayer
CHRISTMAS SHOE BOXES . . . . . . for children in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and
Uganda. More boxes have arrived and are available in the office. Completed boxes should be returned to the office by September 20
th.
Please add $5.00 shipping for each box. Checks may be made payable to Hueytown First UMC UMW.
C Proceeds go towards
Parlor Kitchen Remodel
CONTRIBUTIONS Memorials & Honorariums
BUDGET
In Memory of Betty Bowers In Honor of Dean Bowers and Family
In Honor of Beverly Sesle In Honor of Charlie Young
In Honor of Dot Moran By Betty Jane and Busrter Kornegay
In Memory of Betty Bowers
By Ruth Cale
In Memory of Betty Bowers By Chancel Choir & Handbell Choir
In Memory of Jim Everitt (Emma Benson’s brother)
By The Chancel Choir & Handbell Choir
In Honor of Allen and Steve on their Birthdays Love, Mom & Dad
In Honor of Pastor Dean
In Memory of Betty Bowers By Doug and Sue Douglass
In Honor of Wanda Pitts, Mary Clyde Moore,
Sue Douglass, Jimmy Cole, Randy Smith, and Beverly Seale
by Jack and Nancy Moon
WINDOW RENOVATION In Memory of Dean’s mother, Betty Bowers
By Jack & Nancy Moon
In Memory of Betty Bowers By Don Hubbard
In Memory of Betty Bowers
In Honor of Dean Bowers By Esther Towers
In Memory of Betty Bowers
By Cheryl Finch
Church Prints By Donna Geise
AVAILABLE (First come, first
serve) $20 & $25
HIRING: Assistant Children’s
Director
(Part time position)
Interested people should submit a
resume and letter of interest at the
church office.
NEW
TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
“Living in Christ’s Presence”
By Dallas Willard
Join us Tuesday, September 12th
SonRise will sing a mini concert from 9:45 am - 10 am
before the Traditional Service
next Sunday morning September 17th.
Come join us!
WINDOW RENOVATION In Honor of Our Ministers, Bro. Jack,
Bro. John and Bro. Dean By Ruth Cale
In Honor and Thank you to Phylilis Holloway
By Berthelle Waid S.S. Class
CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY In Honor of Lauren Rose & Allie Davis,
A.J. Bishop and Dean Bowers, Mandy and Brian Davis By Granny Rose Bishop
SUNDAY MORNING FELLOWSHIP Enjoy the refreshments and comradery around the room at our weekly Sunday Morning Fellowship hour from 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
SEPTEMBER HOSTS: The Open Door Sunday School Class
