THE VILLAGE METHODIST A WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF AUBURN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Volume 30 December 22, 2016 Number 49 P.O. Box 3135

Auburn, AL 36831-3135

Office: (334) 826-8800

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Auburn, AL 36830

Return Service Requested

Dr. Cory Smith and Rev. Charles Cummings

Celebrating the Birth

Luke 2:1-20

10:30 Traditional Message

Music by: Hayden Johns, solo & Scott Norrell,

piano; Jacquie Cruz

11:00 Korean Worship Message -

In Worship This Sunday

Our Prayer Pager Ministry is excited to share a new option that allows you to

send a prayer message (just like a text message) to our recipients with a cell

pager (see * recipients below). The site for this new service is

(www.prayerphone.net). You will have the option to type in your prayer

message or select a verse from the verses listed. You must use our 334 area

code for the message to be sent.

As the Spirit of God prompts you, first PRAY for these individuals, and then

CALL their prayer pager number (or go to www.prayerphone.net) and follow

the prompts. The prayer pager information can also be found on the AUMC

web site at www.aumc.net.

Prayer Pager Recipients (*cell pager) Pager #’s

Kate Seawell (mother of Joel Seawell) (334) 742-5224

*Randy Lyons (334) 742-5209

*Wesley-Kate Crocker (granddaughter of Bari Hodges) (334) 742-5221

*Michelle Granberry (334) 742-5210

*Allen McCord (334) 742-5240

*Sam McCord (334) 742-5225

Tom White (334) 742-5214

*Ms. Emma Lou Duffel (334) 742-5208

*Robert & Debra Foster (334) 742-5235

*Billy & Lisa Kitchens (334) 742-5236

Christi Ingrum (334) 742-5213

Betty Broach (334) 742-5211

Sherry Clark (334) 742-5250

Cascade Prayer Pager (reaching only participants with actual pagers)

(334) 742-5202

Prayer Pager Ministry

REACH Respite Program

Missions Opportunities at AUMC in 2017

REACH Respite Program

In cooperation with other area churches and

community organizations, AUMC has launched t

he REACH Community Respite Program (Refresh,

Encourage, Activities, Care, Hope). For REACH Participants:

The next Reach Program will be offered on January 10. 2017.

The cost for each Respite Day is $30/day and includes art, mental

and physical exercise and interaction with other participants and

volunteers.

This ministry is for persons with early to moderate memory issues.

Participants must be able to interact socially and attend to their own

bathroom needs.

Those interested in participating must apply through Auburn United

Methodist Church. Applications are now available.

For more information about the program and our needs as we move

forward, please contact Rev. Julie Hare at 334-826-8800 ext. 232 or

julie.hare@aumc.net.

Saturday, December 24 Our Christmas Eve Services will be:

1:00 PM Christmas Eve Communion (Chapel)

A time for those who cannot attend evening worship.

4:00 PM Children’s Pageant (Sanctuary)

The Christmas story comes to life with our Children’s Choirs,

Christmas carols and candlelight.

5:30 PM Celebration Candlelight Service (Sanctuary)

A contemporary service with music by the Celebration Praise

Team.

6:00 PM Memorial Service (Chapel).

A moving service of remembrance for those who have lost a

loved one this past year.

7:30 PM Traditional Candlelight Service (Sanctuary)

Heart-warming worship with music by Chancel Choir,

Jubilate Singers, and Jacquie Cruz.

11:00 PM Traditional Candlelight Service (Chapel)

A service to ‘see in the Christmas morn’ with music by the

Youth Choir.

One Service Only 10:30 AM December 25 and January 1 (Sanctuary) For a complete list of all AUMC Advent Events and activities, visit us online at

www.aumc.net.

The church office will be closed

Aubrey Genetski

was baptized on

December 18. She

is pictured here with

her parents, Tommy

and Meredith

Genetski. We

warmly welcome

you to our church

family here at

AUMC.

Dear Friends,

Greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ!

It is a joy to be a part of Auburn UMC in these final moments of Advent and

first days of the Christmas season. The music, missions, pageants, and worship

services have been filled with so many opportunities to worship God and

connect with others. We proclaim with the prophet Isaiah:

For to us a child is born,

To us a son is given,

And the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

(Isaiah 9:6)

We pray that the wise counsel of Christ may guide your thoughts, words, and

steps as we journey through these holy days. May the power of God’s love and

grace fill your heart and soul, and may you experience the parental embrace of

God’s love for you and all humanity as we look to Christ as the source of our

hope, peace, joy, and love. Merry Christmas,

Cory and Charles

January Studies

January studies sign-ups in Mathison Lobby,

Hamill Court, and Epworth Commons.

For more information, check the enclosed brochure.

The church office will be closed December 26

and 27, 2016 for the Christmas holiday. Then

will be closed January 2 and 3, 2017 for New

Years.

From the AUMC Staff we wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This will be the last Village

Methodist published until January 12, 2017

Flood Relief - January 8-10

to Baton Rouge

MLK workday - January 14

& 16

Nicaragua Mission Tr ip - February 17-25

Around the World Weekend - March 31-April 2

Panama Mission Tr ips - May 7-14, May 27-June 3, June 3-10, June 10-17

North Dakota Mission Tr ip - June 24-30

Bolivia Mission Tr ip - July 24-August 3

Baptism

AUMC exists to OFFER Christ, NURTURE one another, and SERVE all.

Prayerful Concerns

Acolytes: Char lie Wilson Scripture Readers: Tom Lucius

11:00 Sanctuary - Lewis Cannon, Ray Harrelson, Chris Beck, Riley Brice,

Tom Harper, Tom Meagher, Brad Nolen, Dick Phelan, Tom Vaughan Assimilation Team: Dar lene Rath Flowers in the Sanctuary are given in loving memory of Tracy Wright by her

family.

Serving in Worship this Week

Capital (Give Thanks)

Receipts 12/18/16 $ 5,820.00

Total Received for 2016 $ 273,511.57

Loan Balance $ 122,884.98

Record of Faithfulness Weekly Worship Attendance 1,284

Sunday School Attendance 637

2016 Operating Budget $ 3,918,676.00

Received 12/18/16 $ 83,264.43

Total Received for 2016 $ 3,722,419.28

Jubilee Ministry (Age 60 Plus or Younger Retirees) Our Place Children’s Christmas Pageant

Mark your calendars - Church family retreat! February 3-5, 2017

Shocco Springs Retreat Center

“Uncommon Community”

Dr. Brian Miller, speaker

Rob Webster, music

Online registration now available! Contact Sarah Goolsby for more

information: sarahg@aumc.net

Youth Ministry

College Ministry

Welcome Week begins January 8!

All regular weekly activities will resume after classes begin on

January 11, 2017.

Winter Retreat 2017 is February 10-12, at SIFAT. Bible professor Brian

Russell will be leading us. Cost is $50. For more info, see website!

Follow us on social media to find out what, when and where! Twitter:

@AUMCCollege; FB: “AUMC College Ministry”; Instagram:

@aumc_college.

For more information about the AUMC College Ministry contact Nick Melton at

nickm@aumc.net.

MLK Workday

January 14 & 16, 2016 we are going out to serve in the community

with Alabama Rural Ministry for their MLK Service Days. Saturday

projects include home repair, MLKids children’s ministry, and other

local ministries. Monday projects will primarily be home repair. If you

are interested in volunteering, contact Caroline Garner,

carolineg@aumc.net, 404-839-1818.

Want to know more about YOUR church?

You’re invited to OUR PLACE,

where we find our place in the

Body of Christ.

OUR PLACE is a two week ser ies, beginning Sunday, January 22,

10:45am-12:00 in the Conference room off Mathison Lobby

(B-160). Gather by Mathison Lobby coffee pot between 10:30 and

10:45am.

The series will conclude on Sunday, January 29 with a lunch for the whole

family. Meet the church staff and take a tour of the campus.

Come learn about AUMC—our mission and where we are going, our United

Methodist theology and heritage, how to grow in your walk with Christ,

AUMC’s programs and how to get connected.

Hear from our Pastors, staff and laity.

For more information, contact Sarah Goolsby, sarahg@aumc.net, 826-8800.

Children’s Christmas Pageant

Will be held on Saturday, December 24, 4:00pm

Children should arrive dressed in costume at 3:00pm in the Sanctuary for

warm ups.

252 Xtreme and Rooted will not meet again until January.

Confirmation Parent/Student Meeting

Sunday, January 8 in the gym at 10:30am. This is a mandatory meeting for

all parents and students who wish to participate in Confirmation.

6th graders typically go through Confirmation at AUMC. Older students

may participate if they previously missed Confirmation.

Questions, email Michelle Stearns at michelles@aumc.net

Let’s Get Active

This group will not meet again until January 3. Happy Holidays.

Yoga for Wimps

This group will not meet again until January 4. Happy Holidays.

Harvester’s

January’s Harvester’s program will be with historian Jim Phillips as

he brings us “Antebellum Alabama” the history of pre-Civil War

Alabama. Jim has spoken at countless gatherings across the state

for years and will be a big treat for us at AUMC. Come, bring a

covered dish and a friend and join us Wednesday January 4 at

10:45am in the Epworth Fellowship Hall. If you have any old

coins or old bottles etc., bring them with you. Jim will appraise

them after lunch.

Handyman Ministry for Seniors

The Jubilee group is exploring the possibility of starting a ministry

to help seniors with needs around the house. Many seniors don’t

feel comfortable getting on ladders to change light bulbs or replace

batteries in smoke alarms etc. The team members would work

together in groups of 2 to help with small projects around the

house. If this is something that you would be interested in helping

with please call Winsley Bates at 826-8800.

Newcomers and Visitors Are Always Welcome! For more information

contact Winsley Bates at the Jubilee Ministry Office (826-8800,

Ext. 281).

Winter Break Youth Schedule

Sunday School will resume on 1/8/17.

MYF will resume on 1/8/17.

D-Groups will resume on 1/11/17.

Morning Studies will resume on 1/10/17 for Sr. High and 1/12/17 for

Jr. High.

Winter Retreat 2017

Join AUMC Youth Ministries at Shocco Springs

Camp in Talladega, Alabama for our annual

Youth Winter Retreat February 3-5.

Come discover and explore what it means to look

BEYOND.

To register online, go to www.aumc.net. Click on the BEYOND logo.

Paper forms are available in the Youth Office or contact Jill at

jillp@aumc.net.

For Youth Activities, follow our social media and online calendar.

Go to www.aumc.net/youth.

Like our Facebook page: Auburn UMC Youth Ministry.

Follow us on Instagram @AuburnUMCYouth.

AUMC Youth Office, Marc Baugh, Sarah Buck, or Jill Perry,

334-826-8800, ext. 223 or jillp@aumc.net.

as of December 19, 2016

In EAMC: Drew Brown; Wayne Mitcham; Harmon Straiton

Recently released from the hospital: Virginia Edwards; Matt

Flurry’s mother Barbara Bailey; Dot Mitcham In Gadsden: Kenneth Copeland’s brother Calvin Copeland

In Fairhope: J im Holmes’ brother Harold Holmes

In New Orleans: Glen Vollenweider’s father Howard

Vollenweider AUMC Family Concerns: Phillip Adamson; Talmadge and Mary

Balch; Gordon Barksdale; Tom Bingham; Ron Bodeen; Ben Bowden;

Jeanne Bradley; Charlotte Brennan; Betty Broach; Jim Chaki; Jean

Chapman; Sylba Cleveland; Paul and Dixie Conner; Earl Crutchfield;

Bill Curtis; James DeWitt; Jackie Diener; Mike DiOrio; Emma Lou

Duffel; John Dunkelberger; Lynn Franklin; Wendy Franklin; Pat

Gibson; John Gittings; Diane Gjerstad; Michelle Granberry; Casey

Hamilton; Wayne Houston; Agnes Jones; Mary Ellen Klinner; Emily

Lacy; Kathryn Lucius; Pam LaMar; Barbara Marsee; Richard Marsee;

Donny Marshall; Allen McCord; Sam McCord; Wayne Mitcham;

Patrick Morrow; Mo Moseley; Ann Neighbors; Grace Prince; Wilner

Richards; Jack Smith; Ellsworth Steele; Glenn Thompson; Mark

Waldrip; Sandra Watwood; Nell Wetzel; Tom White; Betty Wittel;

Alexis Yount. Extended Concerns: Kon Adams; Justin and Brittany Alexander’s

daughter (Jordan Claire); Liz Baker’s brother (Coven Shivers);

Brooke Ballard’s mother (Debbie Askew); Brenda Bixler’s father

(Dave Bixler); Pamela Boyd’s sister-in-law (Betsy Copeland); Pat

Brackin’s brother (Gus Lane); Joe Carlton’s father (Howard Carlton);

Carolyn Carr’s nephew (Jason Carr); Chester and Edna Carroll’s

daughter (Meg Rheubottom); Eloise Carter’s mother-in-law (Frances

Brunson) and brother-in-law (Tom Carter); Sonny Carter; Douglas

Chamblee; Sherry Clark; Jennifer Cleiland’s father (Clem Matlock);

Bobbie Clevenger’s brother (Homer Dillard); Katie Corbitt’s father

(Bill Hughes); Thomas Corbitt’s grandfather (Roy Corbitt); Susan

Corley; Bill Curtis’ brother (Ken Curtis); John and Sue Ann Fox’s

daughter (Kristin Vardaman); Emily Gentry’s grandmother (Cathline

Hill); Jack and Jon Gipson’s daughter (Terry Lund); Sally Granberry’s

sister (Barbara Glen) and brother (Ed Carson); Pam Haney’s father

(Rick Wilt); Julie Hare’s mother (Vicky Robertson); Barbara Harper;

Cheri Hart’s nephew (Paul Williams); Jennifer Heath’s mother-in-law

(Betty Heath); Carol Ann Holmes; Wayne Houston’s brother (Jerry

Houston); Lucile Hoyt’s nephew (Kirk Stephens); Jerry Hughes’

father (Billy Hughes); Traye Hulsey’s father (Donald Hulsey); Edith

Jones’ daughter (Susannah Jones Cleveland); Beth Kellum; Amy

Kelsey’s mother (Linda Maddox); John Klinner’s mother (Cordelia

Klinner); Abby Langham’s mother (Carole Tull); Beth Lawrence’s

father (Bill Atkins); Jeff Lawson; Tom Lenyo; Chuck and Annette

Ludwig’s daughter (Kristi Ludwig Kline); Julia MacDonald; Sally

McDonald’s mother (Sara Kinney); Nancy McGinnis; Dot Mitcham’s

brother (Don Lee); Grace Morris’ father (William Byrd); Michelle

Morrison’s nephew (Tony Gratys); Laurie Newton’s father (Gene

Faison); Julia Norton’s nephew (Will Payne); Gretchen Oliver’s

parents; Jill Perry’s mother (Barbara Faherty); Dennis and Jean Ellis

Pinkard’s granddaughter (Peyton Drake); Allyson Ponder; Sue and

Tom Rankin’s daughter-in-law (Nancy Rankin); Ed Reaves’ parents

(Richard and Arlene William); Jessie Rhodes’ daughter (Leslie

Donovon); Connie Ripley; Denise Robinson; Eric Sanderson’s uncle

(Vic Sanderson); Jackie Schwadron; Joel Seawell’s mother (Kate

Seawell); Sam Shaw’s mother (June Slimp); Bill Smith; Reginald

Strickland; Kim Talmage’s brother (John Van Deusen); Fred Thomas;

Howard Wadsworth’s sister (Winn Taylor); Gale Walker’s brother

(Terrell Lucas); Amy Wiley’s father (Danny King); Ed Williams’

mother (Perry Williams); Mike Williams; Sara Williams; Connie

Davis Young; Alison Zunklei. Sympathy to:

Margaret Brown and Emily Lacy and families on the death of their

nephew David Christenberry

Single’s Ministry

WINTER SMALL GROUPS begin January 11. — Online registration IS

available right now.

Groups meet from 5:45pm-7:00pm, Fellowship Dinner following from

7:00pm-8:00pm ($4) — AUMC Annex (entrance off N. Magnolia) —Small

Groups Offered: Divorce Care, Boundaries, The Daniel Plan, and Disciples

and Other Sinners

*For more information about these events contact the AUMC Singles office,

334-826-8800 or johnf@aumc.net.

Missions—Flood Relief Trip - January 8-10

We are joining another group

from New York in Baton Rouge

January 8-10 to continue helping

with flood relief. We will be

leaving after church at 2:00pm

on Sunday and coming home

Tuesday evening. We’re staying

at FUMC Baton Rouge and the

cost is $25 for lodging and meals

provided by the church. If you

would like to serve, contact Caroline Garner carolineg@aumc.net