FRANCIS ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 725 ASBURY ROAD PO BOX 67 CANDLER, NC 28715 828.667.3950 faumc1@bellsouth.net

www.FAUMC.com

We are thankful for:

GRADUATION & END OF SCHOOL YEAR CELEBRATION

Join us at Francis Asbury UMC on Sunday, June 11. We will celebrate our Graduates & the accomplishments of

our Children & Youth for the 2016-2017 School Year during morning worship.

A reception will follow worship and we will have a Back to Summer Bash (Water Slide & Cookout & Fire pit in the Courtyard)

that afternoon at 4pm. Don’t forget to bring a chair, a towel & a friend! All ages welcome!

Hope you can join us for this day of celebration!

Please add the clubs, activities, programs, etc. that your child has been involved in this year to our Master List in the Penley Room, drop in the offering plate

or email the church office at faumc1@bellsouth.net

Francis

Asbury

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Methodist

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June 2017

Volume XXXI Issue 6

Praising God, Growing

Spiritually, and Reaching

Neighbors. Rooted in Christ the Foundation! T

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Ministers/Missionaries All Members Pastor Michael Kurtz Lay Leader Keith Henry Music Director Jess Mills Administrator Danya Sellers Custodian Glenda Shook Nursery Ingrid Sanders Ushers Linda Miller Terrie Miller Megan Serzan Betty Wilson Greeters The Miller Family Acolytes Lawson Gardner Andrew Hudson Ben Spear

District Supt.-Rev. Beth Crissman Resident Bishop Paul Leeland

On Sunday, June 4, we will celebrate The Feast of Pentecost, commemorating

the coming of the Holy Spirit and the Birthday of the Church. You can help us

decorate the Sanctuary for morning worship

by wearing red, orange and yellow.

A Message to FAUMC

Family and Friends,

During the Sundays in the month of June we continue

at Francis Asbury with our "Giants of the Faith" Series.

June 4th - David

June 11th - Noah

June 18th - Abraham

June 25th - The Servant Girl

May our faith be inspired and strengthened through the lives of

these biblical characters, who were giants of the faith but they

were down to earth people who had feet of clay, like us. It just

goes to illustrate that God can and will use any and all who will

make themselves available to His call!

Also, observed in worship at Francis Asbury UMC:

June 4th - Pentecost Sunday - The birthday of Christ's church!

June 11th - Trinity Sunday - We serve a Triune God -

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; Recognition of Graduates

June 18th - Father's Day

June 25th - Annual Conference Sunday at Lake Junaluska

(Pastor Michael will be preaching at FAUMC on this Sunday)

A fellow servant in Christ,

Pastor Michael

PEW PRAYER SCHEDULE

June 4-Together Class

June 11-Fellowship Class

June 18-Ladies Bible Class

June 25-Middle School

Youth

LAY READER SCHEDULE

June 4-Pam Moser

June 11-Dick Greene

June 18-Rick Minzer

June 25-Pam Hall

TECHIE SCHEDULE

June 4-Liz Henley

June 11-Jon Hall

June 18-Tammy Henry

June 25-Kaylee Sellers

YOUNG DISCIPLES

MOMENT

June 4-Pastor Michael

June 11-Pastor Michael

June 18-Veronica Crook

June 25-Emily Malloy

CHILDREN’S CHURCH

June 4-Veronica Crook

June 11-Kelly Grover

June 18-Rosie Kooles

June 25-Liz Henley

COMMUNION STEWARDS

Rick & Patti Minzer

CAMP

MEETING DAYS

at FAUMC

July and August

We are calling the Sundays in July and August “Camp Meeting Days” at Francis Asbury UMC.

It is a time for dressing more casually for warmer summer

weather. It is also a time for singing many of the ole time

Gospel hymns and songs. We hope to have a men's chorus and a

ladies' chorus as well. And, it has been mentioned that a couple

of these Sundays we may have "Lemonade on the Lawn"

(in the Courtyard). Hope you will make an effort to attend

these nine (9) Sundays during the summer season; again,

which we are calling “Camp Meeting Days” at FAUMC.

The family

of

Connie Brown,

Sister of Rusty Brown, who passed away on May 21.

Our Deepest Sympathy & Christian Love to this family.

HOMINY VALLEY ABCCM Current Needs:

Volunteers: in all areas--counseling, reception, food pantry, clothing room--to fill gaps during vacation season. One shift once each week.

You pick your day and shift, mornings-8:30 to 1; afternoons 1-4:30.

Clothing Room: Especially diapers, toilet paper & paper towels.

Food: Powdered milk, peanut butter, soups,

vegetables, hot/cold cereals, flour, sugar, cooking oil, rice, dried beans, pasta & sauce

Please leave food donations in the large basket in the lobby. You may

place monetary donations in the offering plate marked “ABCCM.” Every 4th Sunday is

Hominy Valley ABCCM Sunday at FAUMC.

Next Fatz Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser for HOMINY VALLEY CRISIS MINISTRY of ABCCM

is SATURDAY, JULY 8, 8-10 AM.

IN HONOR OF HELEN ARGALL’s

100th BIRTHDAY GENERAL FUND by Betty Harkins

by Emil & Coralee Holloway by Jean Jones

by Donald Kemp by Madalyn Kemp

by The O’Connor Family by Dan & Glenda Shook

By Russell & Carolyn Ueber

IN MEMORY OF

ELVETA EARLEY

GENERAL FUND by Veronica Crook by Alberta White

Enka School District Summer Feeding Program for Children Last year, Francis Asbury UMC

participated with 3 other groups in feeding children

living in Mountain Ridge Trailer Park (#2 Misty Mountain Way) in Candler.

Our church covered Tuesday and 1090

meals were given out to children living at that site last year.

We begin the feeding again on

June 13-August 15. Volunteers are needed to pass out meals

on Tuesdays from 11:30-12:45pm. Two people can do it easily.

Books are provided for the children to take and read over the summer to

keep their reading level stable.

This is indeed a much needed outreach ministry as these

children qualify as a poverty pocket in the Enka School District.

Many of these children attend Sand Hill Venable Elementary

School.

Sign-up sheet in the Penley Room. Contact Robert McCain

with questions at (828) 231-6140.

ROOM IN THE INN

Hominy Valley Churches are providing housing the

week of June 4-11 here at Francis Asbury UMC

for Room in the Inn, a housing ministry for

homeless women for a week at a time. We are grateful to Peggy

Milroy for serving as the coordinator for RITI. Thank you in advance to those serving as

innkeepers, open & closers, food preps, etc.

If you would like to help with RITI in some capacity, please contact Peggy at 665-7877.

Please keep the Ladies of RITI and the volunteers supporting this important ministry in your prayers.

Women Of

Wisdom

Meet the

1st Tuesday of each month

at 1:30 pm in the Ladies Class.

June 6. All ladies welcome.

Thursday, June 29 1:30-6pm in the Gym

Call 667-3950 or go online to

www.redcrossblood.org sponsor code: faumccandler to schedule an appointment.

Summer Gift Exchange &

Covered Dish Supper

on Tuesday, June 13th at 6:30pm at the Home of

Anita Darby (14 Arborwood Trail in Candler).

The FAB Women would like to invite ALL LADIES!

Bring a nicely wrapped, summer gift ($10-$15) and a covered dish and join the fun! Devotion

by Lynn Zabloudil. Have questions or need directions? Please call Anita at (828) 421-1333.

“The family of Broughton Wallin

send their deepest thanks for the

delicious food shared the afternoon

of his service,

for the many,

many cards

received, and

your caring

notes of support

and concern.

Every act of

kindness has

been

a blessing!”

Director of Family and Children's Ministries

Recently we had four (4)

resumes sent our way as

concerns FAUMC's advertised part time position of Director of Family and Children's Ministries. Of the

four received, three desired full time employment. The fourth candidate

decided to go another direction. Therefore, the position remains open

and unfilled. We continue to pray about and seek to fill this position.

If you know of anyone who might be interested please contact

Veronica Crook or Pastor Michael. Prayer Shawl Ministry

Do you know a friend or family member who could use some extra love? Prayer Shawls,

as well as instructions and prayers, are available in the

Penley Room. Please write down your name and the purpose for the prayer shawl so we’ll know the lives these shawls are touching.

We raised $250 for our Prayer Shawl Ministry at our Silent Auction on May 7. Many thanks to

Friends & Fiberworks for the donation of the beautiful wraps & shawls that were auctioned. And thank you to those who purchased wraps & shawls in support of this important ministry.

Francis the Prayer Bear News Corner A ministry of love and support from

Francis Asbury UMC for those facing

difficult times in life.

In May, Francis traveled to:

• A 2 yr old with cancer by Rosie Kooles

• A mom having her 1st Mother’s Day after

losing her teenage daughter by Sondra Cooper

• A student in the hospital by Anita Darby

• A 17 yr old with cancer by Ann Gay

Please remember these people in your prayers!

Don’t forget to show your love to Francis.

He may be sitting in the pew right beside you,

ready to travel at a moment’s notice.

For more information, contact Jeanette Swann

at 667-2826 or Danya Sellers at 667-3950

(church office). Suggested donation is $10.

Enka Middle School Ministry Update

As the 2016-2017 school year comes to a close, we want to thank everyone for your investments of

time, talent and treasure in our

partnership with Enka Middle School. Together we aided

the school by:

· Providing Bed-in-a-Box sets to 5 students who had no bed, and often no home, of their very own.

· Collecting Box Tops for Education to support the school.

· Sponsoring a family at Christmas by donating gifts.

· Collecting 251 school items for students to begin the school year.

· Preparing lunch for school staff members twice, (fall and spring).

· Providing staff appreciation “treats” monthly.

· Providing personal encouragement and prayer support to two teachers monthly through a “Partner in Education” relationship.

· Providing funds for breakfast food for a new small group of at risk boys. This group is supervised by a school counselor and the school social worker.

· Promoting School Homework Diners and other activities with flyers on the tables at Welcome Table.

· Having FAUMC members who work at the school and who volunteer with the PTO and Communities in Schools Community Resource Team.

We look forward to our continued ministry with Enka Middle School. What a gift to partner together to help change lives here in our

Enka/Candler community!

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12 11-2 Serve Lunch to EMS Staff

6 1:30 WOW in Ladies Bible Class 6-7:30 Cub Scouts

14 11:30–1 Welcome Table 6:30 Choir Practice

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Welcome Table 12:30 Smokey Mtn. District Bus Tour 6:30 Choir Practice

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10 Sunday School 11:00 Worship

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4 Pentecost Sunday

10 Sunday School 11:00 Worship & Holy Communion 12 Reception 6pm Room in the Inn Ladies Arrive

11 Trinity/Grad/

School End Sunday 10 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 12 Reception 4 Back to Summer Celebration

18 Father’s Day No UMM Breakfast 10 Sunday School 11:00 Worship

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ROOM IN THE INN AT FRANCIS ASBURY UMC HOSTED BY HOMINY VALLEY CHURCHES FROM JUNE 4

Thank you for your tremendous support at our Basket Auction!

We raised $1390 with bids & donations for our Youth & Children’s Ministries. Many thanks to FAB Women for the donation of

the great baskets that were auctioned.

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8 4:45-6PM Weight Watchers

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6/6 Anna Darby

6/6 Eddie Rudisill

6/9 Kaylee Sellers

6/12 Troy Howell

6/12 Susie Latta

6/12 Kim Leslie

6/12 Jet Mills

6/22 Liz Zabloudil

6/25 Tammy Henry

6/25 Sharon Lutz

6/25 Lillian Serzan

6/27 Michael Kurtz

6/29 Cindy Crook

Happy Anniversary to... 6/7 Dan & Glenda Shook

6/10 Ron & Kim Leslie

6/19 Calvin & Carol Dixon

6/19 Ryan & Lynn Zabloudil

6/24 Jim & Anita Darby

SATURDAY

ROOM IN THE INN AT FRANCIS ASBURY UMC HOSTED BY HOMINY VALLEY CHURCHES FROM JUNE 4-11

ANNUAL CONFERENCE JUNE 23-25