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November 1, 2026

All We Can

Deuteronomy 15:7–11 | 2 Corinthians 8:1–15

What does it mean to be part of a community where everyone belongs and everyone matters?

This Sunday, we continue our All In stewardship series with “All We Can.” Building on last week's reminder that God's idea of enough includes our neighbors, we'll explore how generosity helps us care for one another.

In Deuteronomy 15:7–11 and 2 Corinthians 8, we discover that generosity is about more than the size of a gift. It's about opening our hearts and hands, recognizing the needs of others, and allowing God's grace to shape the way we live together. When we share what we can, we make God's love visible in our community and beyond.

We'll also celebrate Holy Communion, gathering at Christ's Table, where our place is not something we earn but a gift of grace we receive.

At Christ's Table, there's room for everyone. And when we leave that Table, we're called to make room for one another in the way we live.



We hope you'll join us this Sunday as we worship, share in Communion, and consider how God's grace calls us to care for one another.

This Sunday we will be

serving Communion 

Many people bring a jar or two of peanut butter on communion Sundays as an offering. The peanut butter goes to the Community Food Connection of Blount County.

The Sandal Fund

Green Meadow maintains a special fund to support church community in times of financial need, known as the Sandal Fund. Any cash left on the altar during Communion is added directly to this fund.

*For corrections, additions, or updates to the calendar,

email GreenMeadowPastor@gmail.com

Adult Sunday School 9:30

Children's Sunday School 9:30

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30

Sunday Evening Worship (Sudanese) 5:30

Please note the District Dates highlighted in yellow.

Special church Events are in orange

Home for the Holidays - November 1, 2:00, Family Promise Sycamore Tree*

Finance Committee - November 2, 6:00, Library

Church Council Meeting - November 2, 6:30, Library

You can view October Council Minutes here.

Thursday Social - November 12, 6:00, Pizza Hut, Alcoa Hwy

Commitment Sunday - November 15 during worship *

Family Promise Week - November 16-21,

to volunteer, contact Mary Lynn Roy

District Day with the Bishop – November 17, Seymour UMC*

Guest Speaker November 22 - Rev. Bill Green

Decorate the Church for Advent - November 22, following worship

United Women of Faith - November 24, 12:00 Fellowship Hall

Advent Starts November 29

Church Council Meeting - December 7, 6:30 Library

You can view October Council Minutes here.

United Women of Faith - December 8 Pledge Service

Thursday Social - December 10, 6:00, Pizza Hut, Alcoa Hwy

Churchwide Christmas Dinner - December 13, following worship

Christmas Eve Service - December 24, 6:00

January 3 - Put away Advent Decorations after worship

Church Council Meeting - January 4, 6:30 in the Library

*For more information on these activities and events, see below...

Groups:

• Sunday School 9:30 am - children through adults
• Sunday Lunch at Panera - following worship
• Finance Committee - Every first Monday at 6:00
• Council Meeting - Every first Monday at 6:30
• United Women in Faith 12:00 - Every fourth Tuesday of the month For the full 2026 Unit schedule, click here.
• Tuesday Bible Study 2:00 Library
• Tuesday Evening Choir 6:00 pm Sanctuary
• Tuesday Cub Scouts Pack 285 6:30 pm Education Building
• Thursday Lunch Bunch at Southland Cafe - 11:30 am
• Thursday Supper Group 6:00 pm - Second Thursday of the month: Pizza Hut on Alcoa Hwy (Hwy 129)
• Thursday NA (Narcotics Anonymous) 6:00-7:30 pm
• Earth Club events for everyone happen periodically. Look for information below.

To book an appointment with the Pastor, click here

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Mailing a check to the church?

You can send it to: Green Meadow UMC

P.O. Box 485 Alcoa, TN 37701

Or send a payment through Venmo @GreenMeadowUnitedMethodistChurch

Altar Flowers

Help beautify our worship space by providing altar flowers for a Sunday! Flowers may come from your garden, the grocery store, or a florist and may be given in honor or memory of someone, for a special occasion, or simply to enhance our worship. Sign up on the bulletin board outside the fellowship hall. Thank you for helping make our worship space beautiful!

Commitment Sunday: All In

Sunday, November 15

Throughout our All In stewardship series, we've been reminded that everything we have and everything we are is a gift from God. Stewardship is about more than money. It's about offering our time, talents, resources, and lives in response to God's generosity.

On Sunday, November 15, we will celebrate Commitment Sunday with lay leaders sharing about some of the ministries of our church as we bring our All In series to a close.

This is an opportunity to prayerfully consider how we will support the ministries and mission of Green Meadow United Methodist Church in the coming year.

Along with our giving commitments, we are also inviting everyone to complete the Service Opportunities Survey. This survey is an opportunity to share your interests, gifts, and willingness to serve in different areas of our church's ministry. Whether you've been serving for years or are looking for a new way to get involved, your gifts matter! You can print off a copy (Gift and Talent form) or pick up a copy from the table where we keep the bulletins.

Please bring both your completed giving commitment and Service Opportunities Survey to worship on November 15. To help us plan for the coming year, we encourage everyone to complete and return both forms, even if you plan to continue your current giving commitment or serve in the same ministries. Every response helps us prepare for another year of faithful ministry together.

Commitment Sunday isn't about pressure or obligation. It's about responding to God's grace and discovering how our gifts can make a difference when we offer them together.

How is God inviting you to be All In?



After a hiatus, Tuckaleechee United Methodist Church is again hosting a fan favorite, the Fall Festival. The Fall Festival is a major church fundraising effort. Proceeds help to fund the church's mission work and community outreach efforts. It is also a time of welcoming friends and visitors to our church and beautiful community, highlighting the beauty of the area, the bounty of the season, and sharing God's love. Everyone is welcome!

If you are interested in getting involved in Family Promise, contact Mary Lynn Roy. She will share a little about it on Sunday November 15.

We invite all women to join in our purpose "to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church. We are turning “faith, hope and love into action on behalf of women, children and youth around the world.” 

Contact: Glenda Eastridge 865-984-8682 eastridge_gs@bellsouth.net

Mission U, July 16-18, 2026 at State Street UMC

Meetings are held monthly on the 4th Tuesday at noon

for shared lunch, program, and action.

For the full 2026 Unit schedule, click here.

Each week, the bulletin includes Continuing the Conversation: Living the Word Together, a few short questions connected to the sermon that invite reflection on how God’s Word shapes daily life.

These questions can be used over lunch after worship, around the dinner table, in a small group, or in conversation with a friend. The hope is simple: that the sermon continues beyond the benediction through thoughtful conversation and lived discipleship.

Change for Children

Throughout the year, we invite everyone to drop their loose change into the pitcher. Change for Children is a ministry of the Holston Conference that provides grants to ministries serving children. Each year, we take the money collected in our pitcher as one of our church’s offerings to Holston Annual Conference.

On the last Sunday of each month, we pass the Blessing Bucket and share a blessing and an offering. These connectional ministries help our understanding that congregations can do more together to transform the world for the sake of Jesus Christ. To see 2026's full list click here.

Our United Methodist Social Principles remind us,

"We affirm that all creation belongs to God... Human beings,

nonhuman animals, plants, and other sentient and nonsentient beings participate in the community of creation, and their flourishing depends upon the care of all God's creation." 

November 2026

Landfills pollute the environment, generate potent greenhouse gases, consume massive amounts of land, pose health risks to nearby communities, and negatively affect property values. Keep items out of landfills. Recycling is a good option.

Buy green. In this market-driven economy, what you buy and what you don't buy have an impact. Avoid excess packaging and single-use plastics. Choose local goods to cut down on the emissions from transport. Purchase products with recycled content so that more companies will create merchandise that incorporates recycled materials. Your dollars speak loudly.

Watch what you recycle. We want to do our part, but 25% of what is going into recycling facilities is wrong and contaminates the output. 1) Make sure the items are dry and not soiled with food. 2) Know your local guidelines for recycling. They are different in different places. 3) Take a tour of your local recycling center. 4) Watch for news about recycling from your local government and spread the word. 

Even “little” choices make a difference for creation. Choose aluminum cans over plastic bottles. Plastic can be successfully recycled just once or twice, and only 3–6% of plastic that makes it to the recycling bin is truly recycled. On the other hand, aluminum can be recycled over and over again—as long as you put the can into the recycle bin.

Recycle your paper and cardboard. The effects of recycling a ton of paper and cardboard are impressive: saving 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, and 7,000 gallons of water. What you do adds up.

Your recycling—if it’s in a plastic bag—won’t be recycled. The bag will be pulled off the line and trashed because there is no time to open and empty it, and plastic bags cannot be allowed to go through because they tangle up the equipment and cause shutdowns. Learn and follow the rules for your local recycling facility. Give thanks for those who work there.

Go “thrifting” (another name for recycling). When you purchase gently used clothing and other items at thrift stores, you are keeping fabrics out of landfills. Also, shop your own closet for what you can recycle by donating for someone else to use.

Church Finance

Year-to-Date Giving: $112,193

Estimated Year-to-Date Expenses: $113,673

Annual Budget: $151,564

October 25, 2026

Sunday School - 21

Worship - 45

July - August

Peanut Butter 96 lbs

*To add someone to the Circle of Prayer, email greenmeadowprayers@gmail.com

Staci Stalcup: mother, Jan Kerr, rheumatoid arthritis

Jennifer McIntyre: Jerry Sullivan, back pain

Jennifer McIntyre: Nathan McIntyre, open-heart surgery November 10

Cindy Wells: Ivy recovering from broken arm

South Sudan Relief Ministry: funding and prayers for the pastors serving displaced people

Doris Ridenour: grandson deployed to Iran

Chip and Terri Hultquist: Joan Lankford

Pam Gildrie: Kyna Humphrey Burger, cancer

Sharon Tippton: April Smith, husband, Chip with leukemia

Those grieving: loss of loved one, an ability, or death of a dream

Mary Lynn Roy: Sharon Mitchell, liver cancer

Hilde Phipps: brother Doug cancer

Cindy Wells: Dennis Walker

Our Nation and the political unrest

Seedbed Initiative – praying for next steps in ministry

Julie Hamlin: Nephew, Tim Kopf  

Dan Moore: Margaret with ongoing health issue