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God desires FFUMC to be an intentional, vibrant,  growing faith community transformed through prayer, scripture, worship, and study.

 

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Issue: 24
June 13, 2018
In This Issue
Register for VBS
UMYF
Greeters & Ushers
Happy Birthday!
Children
Care & Prayer Concerns
Quick Links


June 25th-28th
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
 
  "Shipwrecked Rescued by Jesus"
 
Family Promise Host Week - July 8th - 15th
Family Promise
Helping end homelessness, 
one family  at
a time!

Many people are needed to help as we
welcome homeless families into our church for a week, providing a safe place for children and their families to sleep.
 
Volunteers are needed to setup after Sunday school July 8th, breakdown the morning of July 15th, stay overnight, fix dinner,  and fellowship with the children 
and adults. 

Check the sign-up board located on Main Street to see how  YOU can help and to volunteer. You won't want to miss out on 
this life-changing mission!

For more information or to volunteer, 
email  Steve Krupski  or contact him at 
(865) 548-7487.
Youth

United Methodist  Youth Fellowship   (UMYF)
Questions? Email Chuck Powell.
 
 
June 21 - Lunch & Movie
June 25-28 - VBS
July 1 - 5:30 p.m. UMYF
July 8-13 - Youth Mission Trip
July 18 - Lunch & Bowling 
July 22 - 5:30 p.m. UMYF
July 26 - Lunch & Putt-Putt
July 29 - Smokies' Game
August 2 - Whitewater Rafting
August 5 - Blessing of Backpacks Family Dinner
August 26 - Lake Day


Sunday, July 15  
Lunch at Calhoun's on Melton Lake then see "Oklahoma" at Oak Ridge Playhouse.  
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Information Desk
9:00 a.m. -  Renee Alley
10:00 a.m. - Ann Walker

Greeters
9:00 a.m. -   George & Frankie Hommel
11:00 a.m. - John & Brandi Matson
Please contact Lara Burn if you would to sign up to greet on Sundays.

Ushers
9:00 a.m. -  Doug Hulme, Calvin Harris 
& Earl Nall
11:00 a.m. - Sign up with this  link!
Rolling Schedule: Todd Bocik, Robin Herrington & Ryan Reddick
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Congratulations to the following 
who will have birthdays this week!

June:
 1 3 - Ben Alexander
 14 - Bill Mackebee, Jr.
         John Marius
 15 - Sharon Bryant
         Kristen Overbay
 17 - Kaitlyn Bocik
         John Morris
 18 - Rodric Mallison
 19 - Kayla Stinson
FINANCIAL PULSE
As of April 30, 2018

YTD Total Contributions:     $205,607.39
YTD Total Expenses:             $187,295.07
YTD Net Operating Total:      $ 18,312.32
YTD Total Capital Gifts:         $ 62,221.50
Attention Kroger Shoppers!
Don't forget to re-enroll!
  If you shop at Kroger, please click here to visit the Kroger Community Rewards secure website and click on "Enroll" to register your individual Kroger Plus card to First Farragut UMC's account 
(# 84417).  
 
We received $159.56 from your shopping last quarter!

Amazing Things Happen
 
I love this quote from the Rev. Rick Kirchoff, preached to the Memphis Annual Conference a few years ago: "When God sends forth the Spirit amazing things happen: barriers are broken, communities are formed, opposites are reconciled, unity is established, disease is cured, addiction is broken, cities are renewed, races are reconciled, hope is established, people are blessed, and church happens.
 
Today the Spirit of God is present and we're gonna have church.
 
So be ready, get ready ... God is up to something ... discouraged folks cheer up, dishonest folks fess up, sour folks sweeten up, closed folk open up, gossipers shut up, conflicted folks make up, sleeping folks wake up, lukewarm folk fire up, dry bones shake up, and pew potatoes stand up!
 
But most of all, Christ the Savior of all the world is lifted up."
 
Sitting with your lay members Cookie and Necia, at the closing session of the Holston Annual Conference today, I pray, "Send forth your Spirit, 0 God, among us at First Farragut United Methodist Church! My church family, take a deep breath, and feel the power of God."

Don
Reminder - no choir tonight.
Volunteer for Vacation Bible School!
Please email Paige for details.
      
CHILDREN

Summer Sunday School   (Pre-K - 5th grade)
Different theme each Sunday!
June 17th - Tie Day               June 24th - Shipwrecked/pool day 
   July 8th - Sports Day             July 15th - Hat Day          July 29th - Super Hero Day
                                                              
Vacation Bible School
June 25th-28th - 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Register today!

Want to be "in the loop" on all Children's Wing activities? 
Be sure to join our Facebook group 
(FFUMC Children's Ministry)!

TOMORROW
 
Class will meet every other Thursday at  10 a.m. this summer.
4th of July Parade
If you can help with the float or during the parade, please email Chuck or Paige by Friday, June 29th. Thanks for helping!

FISH Needs YOU
On the 4th Wednesday of each month at FFUMC, FISH (Friends in Service to Humanity) volunteers take phone calls from Knox County residents who need an emergency supply of groceries. We enter data into the computer to generate delivery routes. Delivery volunteers pick up food and deliver it to those who have called.

We need volunteers to take phone calls and enter data into the 
computer. Our FISH team will provide training. The time commitment is  8:30-11:30 a.m. on the 4th Wednesday of the month every 2-3 months.

We also need volunteers to deliver groceries. You will be assigned to an experienced volunteer to learn the delivery process. Women volunteers must work in teams of two or more. The time commitment is 2-3 hours every 4th Wednesday of the month.

This ministry is fun and rewarding! Please consider joining our FISH team. Contact Laura Derr  for more information.
NEW RESOURCES
First Farragut UMC's Footprints Ministry serves  as a bridge to connect church and home. Click  here  for our current recommendations.

Care and 
Prayer 
Concerns

Please remember the following  care 
and prayer concerns  this week:
  • Christian Missionaries Everywhere
  • JoyCe Abrams (spinal surgery, friend of Randee Schoenike)
  • Brian Bartosik
  • Richard Bartosik 
  • Karen Blazer
  • Bob Burn (cardiovascular) 
  • Troy Cato (colon cancer, son of Renee Alley's friend)
  • Lee Collins
  • Lisa Davis (brain cancer, friend of Carrie Linn)
  • Marilyn Halas & Family (son had intestinal tear repaired,
  • J.T. Hankins
  • John Hankins 
  • Charlie Helms
  • Kenneth Henderson  (hospice, Marilyn Halas' father)
  • Kris Lane (son-in-law of Steve & Jeanette Krupski)
  • Cheryl Lewis & Family  (chemo shots continue, friend of Harden Family)
  • Phillip Luster (husband of Brenda Bradford's niece)
  • Cathy Perreault (spinal fusion TLIF surgery, David Morgan's sister)
  • Bill & Sherry Purdy (friends of Alvin Jenkins)
  • Michael Rainwater 
  • Jolanda Rice (cancer, mother of Jeanette Krupski)
  • Sarah Roberto
  • Julianne Schoolcraft
  • Melody Schwab  (breast cancer, friend of Jean Fowler)
  • Mendi Smitherman (unexpected additional surgeries for cancer, friend of Barb Collins)
  • Becky Luther Tannehill (breast cancer, Carrie Linn's aunt)
  • Judah Thacker (brain cancer, Molly Veness' friend's nephew)  
  • Bill Van Pelt (heart blockage)
  • Trecia Walters (cancer, Mark Overbay's cousin)  
  • Virginia Zanti  (cancer)
  • Military Personnel & their families
Intermediate and long-term concerns are held in prayer daily through our 
prayer chain and prayer groups. 
If you have a prayer concern, 
please contact 
the church office  at 966-8430 or [email protected].
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