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June 8, 2017 | Volume 24 Issue 24



The 2017 session of the Alabama-West Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church is complete.  I want to express my deep appreciation to the clergy, the lay delegates, staff, and countless volunteers who served this week in a variety of ways. We were honored to host both the Service of Ordination and Commissioning and the luncheon for the spouses of our clergy here at First United Methodist Church of Montgomery.  

I am thrilled to announce that the Reverend John Blount, Reverend Gillian Walters, Reverend Jack Allen, and I have been reappointed to serve at First United Methodist Church of Montgomery for the coming year.  I want to express my deep appreciation to them and to all of you for your support and encouragement over the past nine months as I have returned to serve among you and I look forward to the upcoming year of ministry together!

As is custom, I want to take this opportunity to share with you the appointments of former clergy, along with others who are connected to First United Methodist Church of Montgomery.  We offer our prayers for these friends of ours, and for their families, as they faithfully serve in the following places:

Former Appointed Clergy
Dr. Nathan Attwood- FUMC, Marianna, FL- 2nd year
Rev. Jay Cooper- FUMC, Bay Minette, AL- 4th year
Dr. Ed Glaize- Fairhope UMC, Fairhope, AL- 3rd year
Rev. Alecia Glaize- Dauphin Way UMC, Mobile, AL- 2nd year
Rev. Rusty Hutson- Cornerstone UMC, Auburn, AL- 19th year
Dr. Mark LaBranche- President, Martin Methodist College, Martin, TN- 1st year
Dr. Hays McKay- Covenant UMC Dothan, AL- 20th year
Rev. Allen Newton- Demopolis District Superintendent- 2nd year
Dr. Patrick Quinn- Frazer Memorial UMC, Pike Road Campus- 9th year
Dr. David Saliba- Perdido Bay UMC, Pensacola, FL- 2nd year
Dr. Wesley Wachob- FUMC, Pensacola, FL- 12th year
Dr. Jeff Wilson- Montgomery-Opelika District Superintendent- 1st year
Rev. Robin Wilson- FUMC, Opelika, AL- 1st year

Clergy Related to FUMC
Rev. June Jernigan- Director of Ministerial Services,  Assistant to the Resident Bishop- 1st year
Rev. Tony McCullough- FUMC, Brewton, AL- 3rd year
Rev. Jennifer Zeigler Medley- Chaplain, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL
Rev. Olivia Poole- Mt. Zion UMC, Smiths Station, AL- 4th year
Rev. Steve Reneau- Trinity UMC, Phenix City, AL- 4th year
Rev. Jack Stanley- Chaplain, U.S. Air Force
Rev. Nancy Watson- Directory of Connectional Ministries

Reverend Chip Hale and Reverend Randy Woodham retired at this session of Annual Conference.  Our own Reverend Ed Deabler also entered the retired relationship but will remain on staff as an Associate Minister assisting with pastoral care and visitation.  

Please pray for all of the clergy and their families, as well as the over 600 churches of the Alabama-West Florida Conference that together we would experience the best year ever in mission and ministry in the name of Jesus Christ!

Blessings and peace, 
Jeremy


News & Upcoming Events


Summer Sunday School Assemblies
Sundays, June 4-August 6 | 10:05-10:45 a.m.
All adults are welcome to meet in the Fellowship Hall this summer for a more relaxed Sunday school experience. This is an excellent opportunity to reconnect with friends in other classes, meet new people, or even try Sunday school for the first time! Members of Huntingdon College faculty, our clergy, and church members will lead the summer classes which will also serve as a preview of the studies offered this fall. Make plans to join us this summer! 

Upcoming Speakers

June 11
Acts: You Will Be My Witnesses
Rev. Jack Allen

June 18
Religion in American Life
Dr. Jeremy Pridgeon

June 25
Disciple IV: Under the Tree of Life
Rev. Gillian Walters and Rev. John Blount

July 2
Prayer Partners
Rev. John Blount



Television Broadcast Pre-empted
Due to national programming, the WSFA televised live broadcast of our 11:00 Sunday morning service will be pre-empted on June 11. If you are unable to join us in person, we invite you to worship with us via livestream by visiting our website at fumcmontgomery.org/livestream.





T hank You, Ordination Volunteers
The clergy and staff send a heartfelt thank you to the many, many volunteers who helped make Ordindation a success! Through ushers, greeters, those who prepared food, flower arrangers, the adult choir, and countless others, the church was able to offer our signature radical hospitality to our conference. Without your help, it would not have been possible. We are grateful for your service to the church!


New UMW Night Circle
Wednesday, June 21  |  6:00 p.m.
The new UMW Night Circle will meet at a Panera Bread on Carter Hill Road at 6:00 p.m. on June 21.  Plans are being considered concerning projects to help women and children, involvement in the Bazaar in October, and the direction of these women as they gather together for fellowship and for service.  Please contact Kristine Jones for further        
   information  at kbj0007@auburn.edu or 256-345-6846.



Patriotic Concert and Dinner
Sunday, June 25
Dinner at 4:30 p.m.  |  Concert at 7:00 p.m.
Join us for the 31st Annual Patriotic Concert at FUMC Montgomery! This year, we will celebrate the music of Independence Day with all of the traditional rousing music of July 4th including Battle Hymn of the Republic and the Salute to the Armed Forces and the Stars and Stripes Forever!  Come join us for a hotdog dinner in the Fellowship Hall at 4:30 p.m. for $6 a person and celebrate in the Sanctuary at 7:00 p.m.!  The Patriotic Concert is free and open to the public. Invite your friends and neighbors to join us!



Congratulations to Daphne Johnston
Congratulations to our church member Daphne Johnston for receiving the Alice Lee Award for the Alabama West-Florida Conference! "Recipients of the Alice Lee Award have not only demonstrated commitment to God and their church, but have also been bridge builders and barrier breakers for women through their leadership in the church and community."  Read more about the Alice Lee Award.



Nell Brown Retiring
Nell Brown, our Volunteer Coordinator, will be retiring June 15 after serving FUMC in many different positions for over 14 years. If you would like to show appreciation for her hard work and dedication to FUMC, you may leave a card at the reception desk. These will be collected and given to Nell as a token of our appreciation.





Giving Kiosk
A giving kiosk is now available for use at events and on Sunday mornings in the Narthex. Please feel free to use this kiosk to make a gift toward your pledge, memorials, or other areas.



Books for Valiant Cross Academy
Valiant Cross Academy is collecting books to start a library. They need books for reading levels ranging from 2nd grade through middle school. If you have books to donate or would like to make a financial contribution, please contact Claire Smith at 834-8990 or csmith@fumcmontgomery.org. To learn more about Valiant Cross and the work they are doing in our community, visit valiantcross.org. 


Music
for Sunday, June 11

Offertory
The Majesty and Glory of Your Name 
arr. Tom Fettke
Cathedral Choir


Children
Vacation Bible School Celebration & Open House
All church members and visitors are invited to Wesley Hall on Wednesday, June 14, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. for dinner and a VBS open house featuring Thomas Toole, hamburgers and hot dogs, extreme inflatables & more. Come visit the children's VBS classrooms and enjoy the fun. Children are invited to wear their Hero Central capes. Please remember to bring them back to VBS Thursday morning.

Vacation Bible School Begins Monday!
June 12-16  |  9:00 a.m.-Noon
Theme: "Hero Central - Discover Your Strength in God"
Ages include children who turned 3 by September 1, 2016 (beginning of the past school year) through those who have completed 5th grade. Come to Hero Central VBS and learn ways to be truly heroic in God. It will be a spectacular adventure! Register now to make the mission possible. Save the day by volunteering for this exciting week!  Many opportunities to serve!  Visit fumcmontgomery.org/vbs  to volunteer and register for this exciting week!

Kids' Music and Theatre Arts Camp
June 19-23  |  8:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m.
Registration is open to children currently in grades K-5.
The children will have a blast all week while we rehearse, build sets, sing, dance and play improv games. On Friday night we will present Star Quest, which takes place in space and uses memory verses to conquer evil and rise together victorious! Register online here. Email aborden@fumcmontgomery.org for more information.

Camp Lee
July 19-22
For children who just completed grades 3-5
Online registration will open soon after Vacation Bible School.
  
Thought for the Week: 
A house is made with walls and beams. A home is made with love and dreams.


Youth
SUNDAY, JUNE 11
8:45 a.m.  Commissioning of  Middle School Mission  Team
9:45 a.m.  Youth Fellowship
10:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Commissioning of High  School Mission Team

Middle School Mission Trip Parent Meeting
9:45 a.m.  |  Youth Attic

High School Mission Trip Meeting
12:00 p.m.  |  Youth Lounge

Pool Party
The Lindseys' house
4:00-6:00 p.m.
 
VBS/YOUTH WEEK
Youth volunteers are needed to help with VBS every day, have lunch together and  come back in the afternoon to cook and feed the homeless.

Monday-Wednesday
VBS 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Lunch 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Local Missions  3:30-5:30 p.m.
Worship 5:45-6:15 p.m.
Thursday
VBS 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Meet at Eastdale Mall for dinner and Broom Hockey  |  8:00 p.m.

Oakwood | July 10-14
We are excited for Oakwood 2017 at Camp Blue Lake in Andalusia, Alabama. Don't miss out on this amazing week of fun and fellowship discussing #LifeGoals. The cost is $200.   Register online here.

For more information please contact Anne Chandler in the Student Ministry Office or at achandler@fumcmontgomery.org.


Senior Adult Activities
Terrific Tuesdays will resume June 20.
From 10:00 to noon each Tuesday, fellowship, a program and lunch is offered for older adults. Lunch is $2.50.  All are welcome.

Stimulate Your Brain Day will resume June 23.

Ladies Exercise
Tuesdays and Thursdays | 4:30-5:30 p.m. |  Wesley Hall Gym

Our Fix-It Shop meets to build and repair on  Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m.

For more information about senior adult activities, contact Nee Nee Webb at 834-8990 or nwebb@fumcmontgomery.org. 


Travel with the Senior Adults to North Carolina
Invite a friend and travel with the FUMC Montgomery Senior Adults on an upscale autumn adventure to the Meadowbrook Inn, nestled in the High Country of the North Carolina Mountains from October 25-28, 2017. For more information or to register, click here or contact Nee Nee Webb at nwebb@fumcmontgomery.org or 834-8990. Deposits are due by July 1.



Did You Know?
Did you know that on November 30, 1939, the Alabama Conference of the Methodist Church met at First Methodist Church for the first time.  At this point the concrete floors in the new sanctuary were installed, but the stained glass windows were not. The windows were temporarily covered by canvas to hold in the warmth from the recently installed radiators in the aisles along the walls. New ministers were ordained in the sanctuary for the first time, and conference representatives held lively discussion about the issue of the unification of the Methodist Church.





Start each day with a daily devotional. Simply call 262-7342 to hear the Upper Room daily devotional read by volunteers from our Work Area on Prayer.



WEEKLY WORSHIP
SUNDAY WEDNESDAY
Worship at 8:45 & 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.
Glory, Majesty, and Power  Psalm 8
Dr. Jeremy K. Pridgeon
Chapel Service & Holy Communion
5:30 p.m. in Duffey Chapel 
Rev. John Blount preaching
Family Dinner: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Menu: Hamburgers and Hot dogs
Dinner is moved to Wesley Hall Epworth Room this week!


334.834.8990 |  fumcmontgomery.org
Minister on call (weekends): 334.318.8708