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May 31, 2017 A Bi-Monthly Publication
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Covington, TN
“Leading Others to Christ, Learning to Be Disciples, Loving through Service.”
Pastoral Staff Rev. Wade Cox Senior Pastor
Care Staff Dr. Faye Beckett
Congregational Care [email protected]
Kendy Erwin
Hospitality Care [email protected]
Outreach Staff Liz Newman
Director of Outreach [email protected]
Program Staff Andrew Davis
Youth Ministries [email protected]
Dr. Bonnie Wright Director of Music
Office Support Staff Sandy Burgess
Administrative Assistant [email protected]
Holley Mills Morris
Business Administrator [email protected]
Musician
Justin Hanson, Organist
Facilities Rebecca Paris
Custodian
Kenny Summers Maintenance
F U MC Off ic e Hou r s: 9: 00 a. m. - 5 :00 p. m.
M ond a y - F ri da y
MEMPHIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
United Methodists from throughout West Tennessee and Western Kentucky will gather June 4-6 at Collierville United Methodist Church in Memphis for the 2017 Memphis Annual Conference led by our Bishop, William (Bill) T. McAlilly. This year’s theme is “Sent to Serve God and Neighbor”. Each year clergy members and lay members attend conference sessions to participate in worship and bible study, hear reports from conference
agencies and ministry teams, and to conduct the business of the annual conference. Lay delegates from Covington FUMC attending are Helene Kramer, Beth Lockhart, Melissa Mitchell and Philip Sigler. Rev. Wade Cox will participate as the clergy delegate. Anyone is welcome to attend but only delegates can vote. Our connectional system is a unique aspect of our church and an important part of our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Please be in prayer as we prepare.
Each year at annual conference a missional offering is taken. This year three conferences are partnering with the East Congo Episcopal Area of the UMC in Africa for Congo Women Arise that is an initiative addressing the needs as a result of sexual violence. It will be named the Mama Lynn Center after Lynn McAlilly, wife of Bishop McAlilly, and will become a life changing place of hope for women to receive care and find restoration. A team from the conference will be traveling to East Congo in July to assist in the construction of this women’s center. Our communion offering for June 4 will go towards this effort.
For more information and a schedule of events, visit the Memphis Conference website at www.memphis-umc.net. Live streaming of the conference will be available at www.memphis-umc.net/stream. You can also download an app for the Memphis Conference at the Apple App Store or on Google Play.
Peace and Grace,
Wade
One Worship Service
Sunday, June 11th - 11:00 a.m., Sanctuary
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Farewell luncheon will be held in the Christian Life Center
for Rev. Wade, Susan, Davis and Brooke following the service.
A BBQ lunch, drinks and dessert will be provided.
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UMW EVENT
United Methodist Women are
planning a book sale for Sunday,
September 10th. As you are doing
your spring cleaning, if you have
gently used books you would like
to donate, please bring them to
the church office. Money raised
from the sale will be used for
missions. For more information,
contact Doris Ann Gray at
SAVE THE DATES FOR VBS 2017
First United Methodist Church
July 9 - 12
Dinner begins at 5:30
July 13 will be the closing celebration at Ripley Park Pool and Waterslide beginning at 5:30 p.m.
NEW THIS YEAR - REGISTER ONLINE!!!
Register your children or volunteer your much needed talents!
Visit https://vbspro.events/p/events/afa024
Plans are being made for Vacation Bible School and supplies are needed. Please
pick up an item or two when you shop and drop it in the donation box provided at
the lower entrance of the Education Building or to the church office by June 4th.
Small Packages of Wet Wipes Fine Tip Permanent Markers Colored Permanent Markers Rolls of Paper Towels Sandwich-Size Resealable Bags Quart-Size Resealable Bags Gallon-Size Resealable Bags 3-Ounce Plastic Cups 9-Ounce Plastic Cups 2-Ounce Plastic Condiment Cups with Lids Tennis Balls Masking Tape Brown Paper Lunch Bags
Pool Noodles Colored Square Party Plates Rolls of Solid Colored Craft Paper Disposable Plastic Table Cloths (Any Color) Glue Dots Polyester Fiberfill Modeling Dough (Play-Doh) Clean Empty Tin Cans of Various Sizes Spray Bottles
CONGRATULATIONS!
Annie Ruth Burgess was born
May 11th at 12:20 a.m. weighing 7
lbs., 1 oz. Proud parents are
Nicky and Liz Burgess. Annie is
welcomed by her big sister Rainey; grandparents, Henry
and Betty Glass and great-grandmother, Gwen Glass.
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May 31 Ryan Ford Lincoln Rogers Anne Thornton June 2 Carly Robison June 3 Russell Bailey June 5 Ema Richardson Ally Newman Joe Winberry June 6 Bill Flanagan June 8 Shelbi Ashpole Bobby Hughes John Wood June 9 JoAnne Cain Melissa Mitchell
June 10 Tom McDow Gene Stockton Jane Whitaker June 13 Ross McDaniel Marie Timberlake June 15 Michael Cooper Justin Davis June 16 Victoria Ward Judy Whitehorn June 17 Drew Lazure Barbra Racy June 18 Chandler Howard Greg Knox June 19 Marti Locke
You are cordially invited to a
Girl Scout Gold Award Reception
for
Kristin Burgess
Sunday, June 4, 2017
12:15 p.m.
Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church
145 W. Church Avenue
Covington, Tennessee
NOTES OF THANKS
“Thanks for the love and support of my church
family over the years. Your graduation gift of
my Bible will be with me when I get to college
at UT Martin.”
In Christian Love,
William Turner
“FUMC Congregation,
Thank you so much for the NIV Study Bible. I
have looked through it and enjoying it. For
those who don’t know me, I usually attend on
Monday night and Praise Team practice. I
plan on being at Murray State University in
KY this fall. I am pursuing Music Education.”
Thanks again,
Porter Wright
“To the Children of First UMC,
Thank you for giving to
Amanda’s Way! I enjoyed
speaking to you all and hope
that you will continue to remember to pray
for Amanda’s Way. May the Lord of All bless
each and every one of you!
Kindest Regards,
Andrea Hopkins
Join us for our Community Worship Night on Wednesday, July 26th at 6:00 p.m. This will be a contemporary style worship in the CLC with multiple churches invited. This worship is for all ages as we will be giving praise to God and praying for the upcoming year. It's open to anyone and everyone who wants to come! For more information, contact Andrew Davis at [email protected] or call 901-451-0363.
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CHILDREN’S CHURCH WORKERS
NURSERY WORKERS
UPPER ROOM PRAYER MINISTRY SCHEDULE
May 14 MorningSong Service Traditional Service Volunteers Needed Volunteers Needed
May 21 MorningSong Service Traditional Service Volunteers Needed Cathy Adams
111 91
165 50
$3,962.00 $10,592.00
May 14, 2017
MorningSong - Sunday School - Traditional Worship - Bread of Life Worship - MorningSong Offering - Traditional Worship Offering -
ATTENDANCE & GIVING
101 99
143 90
$4,422.00 $6,933.00
May 21, 2017
MorningSong - Sunday School - Traditional Worship - Bread of Life Worship - MorningSong Offering - Traditional Worship Offering -
May 14 MorningSong: Laura Thornton and Maddie Smith (Brooke Shipley, emergency relief) Traditional Service: Kacee McCalla (Jennifer Leyvas, emergency relief)
May 21 MorningSong: Sherrie Wright and Jonathan Stewart (Laura Thornton, emergency relief) Traditional Service: Jenny Nix and Lydia Anderson (Beth Lockhart, emergency relief)
May 14 MorningSong: Kathleen Burk and Katelyn Stewart (Annette Maxwell, emergency relief) Traditional Service: JoAnne Cain and Jillian Hunter (Christina Jones, emergency relief) May 21 MorningSong: Jennifer Winberry and Mary Catherine Turner (Joey Caldwell, emergency relief) Traditional Service: Angela Clark and Brenna Grace Lockhart (Yvonne Bryant, emergency relief)
COMMUNION OFFERING
The Communion offering,
Sunday, June 4th, will benefit
the Annual Conference offering for
Congo Women Arise. This
women’s center provides
transitional housing in Kindu,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
and brings physical, psycho-social
and spiritual support for survivors
of rape. Women can learn income-
generating skills such as cooking,
sewing, midwifery, and childcare to
provide long-term sustainability. May 28, 2017
MorningSong - Sunday School - Traditional Worship - Bread of Life Worship - MorningSong Offering - Traditional Worship Offering -
87 75
128 100
$2,200.00 $6,034.00
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# of
Awards
Amount Type of Assistance
2 $ 301.00 Bus Ticket
0 $ 0 Food
106 $ 5,755.00 Lodging
3 $ 200.00 Miscellaneous
27 $ 1,310.99 Rent
115 $ 5,873.75 Utilities
10 $ 200.00 Vehicle Gas
263 $ 13,640.74 Totals
Children: Senior Adults: Adults: Total Individuals: Fixed Income: Lost Jobs:
223 24
329 576 76 56
Year-to-Date Totals
SAMARITAN FUND TOTALS
Samaritan Balance: $1,086.38
As of May 26, 2017
As of May 12 through May 26, 2017
# of
Awards
Amount Type of Assistance
0 $ 0 Bus Ticket
0 $ 0 Food
8 $ 432.00 Lodging
0 $ 0 Miscellaneous
5 $ 250.00 Rent
16 $ 763.64 Utilities
1 $ 20.00 Vehicle Gas
30 $ 1,465.64 Totals
Children: Senior Adults: Adults: Total Individuals: Fixed Income: Lost Jobs:
35 4
33 72 9
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ROUNDUP UTILITY ASSISTANCE
May 12 through May 26, 2017
17 Households were interviewed
CES: 14 total households 4 approved totaling $ 575.92 10 declined totaling $1,295.26 CGWS: 7 total households
3 approved totaling $275.78 4 declined totaling $553.71
Bread of Life Food Pantry helps to feed the physical hunger in our community, as well as an opportunity to feed spiritual hunger. Patrons and volunteers join together in praise, worship, prayer and devotion to begin each Food Pantry Saturday, and each Saturday a request is made by a patron for a Bible. There is a need for large print Bibles and children's Bibles. If you happen to have a gently used Bible that you would like to donate to meet this need,
please bring them to the church office. For more information, please contact Liz Newman at 901-476-9694.
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Memorials and Tributes
In Memory of Jesse Cannon Good Samaritan Fund by Keith and Sandra McCalla In Honor of Jack and Nell Fox Food Pantry Fund by Randy and Martha McDaniel In Memory of Velma Peeler Landscaping Fund by Anna Anderson Landscaping Fund by Earl and Faye Beckett Landscaping Fund by Brasfield and Brasfield Landscaping Fund by Robert and Kathryn Buckles Landscaping Fund by Chuck and Carla Carter Landscaping Fund by Shirley Davie Landscaping Fund by Skip and Kendy Erwin Altar Guild Fund by Lynne Fisher Operating Fund by Chris and Sara Gangaware Landscaping Fund by Lynn Gardner Landscaping Fund by Michael and Pam Harris Landscaping Fund by John and Laura Howard Landscaping Fund by Jeff Huffman, County Executive and Tipton Co. Government Employees Good Samaritan Fund by Keith and Sandra McCalla Landscaping Fund by Newton and Barbara Metcalf Landscaping Fund by Leonard and Brenda Moss Landscaping Fund by New Beginnings Sunday School Class, FUMC Landscaping Fund by Patriot Bank Landscaping Fund by Curtis and Geraldean Person Good Samaritan Fund by Sara Lee Price Landscaping Fund by Jim and Beverly Smith Landscaping Fund by Gary and Lyndall Snyder Landscaping Fund by Mary Lee Tipton Landscaping Fund by Glenn Travis and Tim Travis Landscaping Fund by Ted and Carolyn Turner Good Samaritan Fund by Tim and Kathy Wallace Landscaping Fund by John and Louise Whittemore
“I would like to thank everyone for their
prayers and to those who provided help to
me at the end of the Traditional worship
service, Sunday, May 28th. After a brief
trip to the hospital, I am doing well. I
truly appreciate everyone’s care and
concern.”
-Cheri Jones
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who
comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in
any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
Corinthians 1:3-4
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Billy Anderson Bo Anderson Donna Beard Tom Bready Dot Butler Joe Campodonico Amber Corbitt Cimadevilla Cassie Evans Lauren Gilliland Marian Hendricks Becky Horstkoetter Janet Klutts
Bernie Liles Lori Butler Lindley Donna Luckey Peggy Massey Billy Myers James Neely Frank Racy Carolyn Rogers Lance Russell Mike Shankle BJ Smith Maurice Smith
Daniel Stock Jacob Stock Jimmy Turner Bart White Ginny Whitehorn Camille Whitley Dr. Barney Witherington III MaeBelle Wright
Cindy Pease, M.H.S.P., Licensed Professional Counselor, Nationally Certified. For appointments call the FUMC office 476-9694, ext. 17.
Faye Beckett, D.C.C. Doctorate in Christian Counseling. For appointments call the 901-603-0456. Counseling Ministry: Empowering others to reach their God given purpose.
COUNSELING
Counseling is available for individuals, couples or families. Fees are based on ability to pay.
Condolences to the family of Velma Peeler. She passed away May 16th. She was a member of the church for 75 years and will be remembered by many for her love of gardening. Please keep the Peeler family in your prayers.
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WORSHIP TIMES
Morning Song Service Sundays at 8:30 a.m. Christian Life Center
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Traditional Service Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
Sanctuary
First United Methodist Church 145 W. Church Avenue Covington, TN 38019
Phone: 901-476-9694
Fax: 901-476-5352
E-mail:[email protected]
Website:www.covingtonfumc.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FUMCCovington
Twitter: twitter.com/FUMCCovington
WORSHIP BROADCASTS
Live radio broadcast of the Traditional Worship on WKBL AM 1250 @ 11 a.m.
Delayed broadcast of the Traditional Worship on KBJ Cable TV, Channel 5 (city) and 19 (county) - Sundays at
1:00 p.m.; Tuesdays at 12 Noon.
MorningSong broadcast is on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. Also, live streaming of the traditional service is available at www.covingtonfumc.com. Both services are also archived at our website and can be viewed online anytime.
FAREWELL MESSAGES FOR REV. WADE COX
A memory book is being created for Rev. Wade Cox, Susan, Davis
and Brooke to be presented to them June 18th. Please take a
moment to write a note on a page provided or write a letter of your
own to be added. The pages will be available in the Christian Life
Center and in the hallway leading to the Sanctuary. Individual
letters may be dropped off to Sandy in the church office by June 16th.