Visit the website to read our weekly blog that will post ... · WEEKLY CONNECTION VOLUME 46 No. 21 MAY 25, 2016 Visit the website to read our weekly blog that will post on Tuesdays.

WEEKLY CONNECTION VOLUME 46 No. 21 MAY 25, 2016

Visit the website to read our weekly blog that will post on Tuesdays. Rev. Fred Britton wrote our first edition.

We will receive a special offering on Sunday, June 5 for this year’s 2016 Annual Conference Mission. Please give generously.

Please join us for a Retirement Celebration honoring 

Lee McKenzie for her 16 years of service to FUMC 

SundaY, MaY 29 9:45-10:45 a.m. in the GatherinG Room

The United Methodist Women will be collecting DIAPERS for Helping Hands during the months of May and June. All sizes and

brands are welcome. Please place your donations in the Helping Hands bin in the Old Fellowship Hall or outside Wesley Hall.

FUMC TV MinistrY  

First United Methodist Church’s TV Ministry continues to be enjoyed over Various satellite and cable systems throughout Northeast Mississippi. Our 11 a.m. Traditional service can be  currently seen on the following channels and systems: 

Comcast cable– Channel 4 MaxxSouth cable – Channel 20 

Cable One‐ Channel 11 DISH Network Satellite – Channel 49 And with a TV Antenna – Channel 49 

For further information, please contact Shannon Turner at 690‐8100 or [email protected]. 

Sesquicentennial UPDATE The Sesquicentennial Committee is pleased to announce that our third focus in the celebration of our yearlong 150th anniversary celebra-tion is to spend the end of May and month of June learning about and intentionally supporting mission work that takes place at our church. Our church members continually find ways to offer support here in Tupelo with initiatives like Helping Hands, Habitat for Hu-manity, and Weekend Backpack, and we have taken active roles in missions around the world through our mission trips to the Missis-sippi Delta, Mexico, Africa, Costa Rica, and other locations. We are excited to share that we will culminate our focus on missions this year with a commissioning service for the mission trip to Honduras on Sunday, June 26. We challenge you during the end of May and beginning of June to take an active role in one of the mission initiatives at our church, and we invite you to make a priority of attending the church service on Sunday, June 26 as we recognize the Honduras mission trip team as a part of our sesquicentennial celebration.

Fun Facts: Did you know that the vision of Habitat for Humanity is “ a world where everyone has a decent place to live”? Luther Millsaps, a member of our church who passed away in 2010, began trying to organize Habitat for Humanity in 1982 out of Sunday school classrooms, and the actual chapter of Northeast Mississippi Habitat for Humanity began in 1984. Since then our church has endeav-ored to fulfill the mission of Habitat for Humanity : “Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.” First United Methodist Church has spon-sored around 30 Habitat houses, helping bring hope to families in Tupelo. In September of 2015, FUMC sponsored a Blitz Build which was a com-mitment to complete the building of a house in a week’s time. We had over 200 individuals from FUMC volunteer on the construction of a house on Park Street for the Crayton family putting in well over 800 volunteer hours. Because of the success of this project last year, our church has committed to another Blitz Build, for another deserving family, in the fall of 2016. The Blitz is a wonderful way to connect with our church family as well as others in the community, as we all work as a team to provide safe, affordable housing to members of our community. Skill as a builder is not a requirement, although it is nice to have a few of those skilled in construction. Please be on the look out for information this fall about how to get involved.

Posters for sale:

Posters of the beautiful artwork of the church for the Sesquicentennial Celebration are now for sale! The cost is $30 and checks can be made out to FUMC, for 150th celebration. Call or email the church office today ([email protected]).

The newsletter will publish every two weeks during June and July.

MAY 25, JUNE 8, JUNE 22, JULY 6, JULY 20 Weekly publication will resume on August 3.

Vacation Bible School

Youth Parents! We want to keep you in the loop! If you are currently

not receiving Updates about Youth news, text @fumct to 81010. This will allow you to

receive text updates about the Youth without being in a group text!

During the month of May, Older Children will be collecting toothpaste for Helping Hands!

Bring your donation to Sunday School!

June 6-10, 9 a.m.—12 p.m. Registration deadline is May 26!

LIBRARY NEWS Thanks to the family of Jack Reed, Sr., the library has a wonder-ful collection of his “Great Courses” studies and ”Superstar Teacher Series”. The collection includes titles of: Jesus and the Gospels, The Old and New Testaments, The Foundation of West-ern Civilization, The Conquests of the Americas, The History of the U.S., Churchill, Lincoln, American Literature, Great Authors, The Great Minds of Western Intellectual Tradition, Philosophy Religion, and the Meaning of Life and more. A wealth of knowl-edge is in this collection. Note: They are recorded on cassette tapes.

Come by the library and pick one up. They do not have to be checked out.

With the FUMC Prayer Ministry invites you on a ROAD TRIP in the church bus for a day retreat!

Saturday, June 11, 2016 10 a.m.—3 p.m. (depart 8:30 a.m. – return 4:30 p.m.) Cost: $35 (includes lunch) Location: The Dwelling Place, Brooksville

Reflecting on the ancient wisdom of the Desert Ammas, we are offered a refreshing approach in the pre-sent. Our leader, Stephanie Bussey-Spencer Patton completed her diploma in Spiritual Direction at San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California and recently received her Doctor of Ministry Degree from the same institution. She has served almost thirty years as a Presbyterian pastor (PCUSA). She currently pastors a small congregation in Oakland, TN and has a Spiritual Direction practice at First Presby-terian Church in Memphis, TN. She also teaches Formation for Ministry Classes at Memphis Theological Seminary (MTS). Stephanie is married to Mike Patton, an attorney at Baker Donelson, and has two grown children, Mollie and Walker. There will be time for listening, quiet periods for reflection and response, and opportunity to rest in the spirit of desert wisdom.

Interested? Contact Jennifer Shepherd 662-891-3689 or [email protected] Event registration can be done online at http://www.events.centerforministry.com/assnfe/ev.asp?

June Birthdays 1

Linda Sullivan Megan Ware

2 Hoyt Reed Barnes

Ellie Crabb Med Leake

3 Walter Mayfield

Julie Smith 4

Melody Asters Mary Morgan Brown

Emily Gatlin Olivia Lee

Phyllis Livingston 5

Mary Beth Baker Merrie Hughes

6 Cheryll Arnold Emily Davidson Sandra Hudson Barrett Lovorn

Lorene McAlilly Graham Richey

Laura Thompson 7

Catherine Bell Harriet Ellett

Lilla Riede McGraw Holley Meriweather

Luke Stanford 8

Chris Hill Melissa Miley

Julie Sloan

Lillie Sloan 9

Jarie Thompson 10

Carolyn Boggan Penny Collins June Geddie

Laura Hodges Jessica Ramsey Wendell Trapp

12 Gary Hawkins Ainsley Hunt Mem Leake

Alexis Moscato Sheila Oliver

13 Jack Capps

Mary Ruth Furr Amanda Mitchell

Anna Kathryn Sloan 14

Fred Mothershed Lily Ware

15 Rick Caldwell

Claude Clayton, Jr. Leslie Galjour Jon Hancock

Jean Hill Jessie Leddy BJ Simmons

16 Gary Beadles

Alex Bibighaus Bryan Darling Katie Grace

Brian McGraw DeDe Miley

Mike Williams 17

Kay Loden 18

Jordan Estess Katie Hancock Laura Hankins

19 Jimmy Long

Katherine Stone 20

Brian Condit Ben Curtis Bob Gatlin

Maddie Hammond Addison Harris

Sara Hinds Steve Southworth

21 Reed Bingham

Heather Cartwright Wilson Miley Steve Monts Andy Osbirn Julia Reed

Gaston Swords Summer Wilson

22 Stephanie Adams Edwin Crenshaw

Eddie Warren 24

Tina Holland Hester Lowe

Molly Massey

Doty Miley Mike Oliver

25 Sawyer Clayton Randy Daniel Peggy Eckard

JJ Moscato Shannon Quiroz

26 Cade Curry

Jason Garrett Candace Hunt Will Leathers Adrian Turner

27 Paula Calhoun Angela Clegg

Crofton Sloan, Jr. 28

Sara Kathryn Beasley Rainy Carr Carrie Cole

Drew Richey Lex Rutledge Charlie Weir

29 Olivia Kate Harris

Jeffrey Jaggers Caroline Markle

Susan Wright Roberts 30

Donna Bridges Raiford Carter Abby Grace

Merrell Rogers

June Anniversaries 1

D/M David Irwin M/M Harry Sumner

2 D/M Bob Buckley

4 M/M Todd Davidson M/M Chris Hawkins M/M Ty Culpepper

5 M/M Fred Strange

6 M/M John Brady

8 D/M Joe Edd Morris M/M Don Shepherd

9 M/M George Simpson

D/M Tom Hutson M/M Chad West

11 M/M Curtis Buskirk

D/M Jim Rish M/M Keith Lindsey

D/M Fred Mothershed M/M Felix Rutledge, Sr.

M/M Jon Paul Rhea 12

D/M Rick Griswold D/M Swan Burrus D/D Dax Eckard

14 R/M Hershel Wiygul

16 D/M Roy McAlilly

M/M Michael Herman D/M Robert McAuley

17 D/M Jim Stone

18 M/M Mac Curlee

M/M Herb Parham M/M Jim Metcalfe

19 M/M Charles Johnston M/M Michael Ashley

D/M Chris Decker 20

M/M Buzzy Mize M/M Bill Morgan

21 M/M Nat Leathers

M/M David Branner 22

M/M Howard Hinds M/M Marion Cagle D/M Doug Clark

23 M/M Landon Morse

24 M/M Jimmy Hollingsworth

25 M/M John Mark Holliday M/M Lanier Thompson

M/M Shipman Sloan 26

M/M Mark Rutledge M/M Reid Waldrip

27 M/M Harry Collins

28 M/M Bill Moore

29 M/M Hugh Harris

30 M/M Thomas Mize M/M Ben Bingham

SUNDAY, MAY 29 8:45 Worship, Sanctuary 8:45 The Invitation, WH 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Worship, Sanctuary MONDAY, MAY 30 Memorial Day—Offices Closed TUESDAY, MAY 31 7:30 CASA, CLC

8:00-11:30 Clothes Closet Open for Donations 9:00 Invitation Worship Planning, CR 10:30 Staff Meeting, CR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 7:30 CASA, CLC 9:00 VBS Workday 7:00 Chancel Choir THURSDAY, JUNE 2 8:00-11:30 Clothes Closet Open for Donations

7:30 CASA, CLC 9:00 Invitation Worship Planning 1:15 Traceway Van FRIDAY, JUNE 3 7:00 Prayer Group, Chapel 7:30 CASA, CLC SATURDAY, JUNE 4 9:00-12:00 Helping Hands Open

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH—TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI CALENDAR FOR MAY 29-JUNE 4, 2016

HONORARIUMS

SERVING SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2016

SANCTUARY SOUND: 8:45: Wes Partin 11: Robert Marion TV OPERATORS: Chris Coffin, Harold Hudson, Robert Marion GREETERS: 8:45 Traditional: Costa Hill The Invitation: Michelle/John Guyton 11:00: Jodie/Sean Thompson USHERS: 8:45 Traditional: John Brady, Harry Collins, Steve Hol-land, Gordon Hollingsworth The Invitation: Todd Buskirk, Donnie Bridges, Jeff McGregor, Ken Waldrip, Jim Zuelzke 11:00: Sam Agnew, Jim Diffee, B.B. Hosch, Buzzy Mize, Jak Smith, Joe Yarber, Markel Whittington

STEWARDSHIP

2016 Budget Goal ............................. $2,331,817.43 2016 Needed Weekly ............................ $44,842.65 2016 Five-Month Budgeted Amount ... $971,590.31 Last Week’s Offering through 5/19 ....... $19,873.60 2016 Offering through 5/19 .............. $1,019,643.39 Spent to Date 2016 through 5/19 ......... $862,616.25

…Beverly McAlilly …Sarah Karrant …Elsie White …Emily Mote …Danna Roper …Carean Dendy …Suzye Sheffield …Kim Hodges …Shannon Barber …Kim Coffin …Polly Bailey …Johnna Garner …Laurie Simons …Susan Lann By: Ellen & Cade Curry Hall & Wesley Sumner …LaVerne Prince By: Shawn Evans …Diana Ezell By: TPSD Central Office Staff …Carolyn Moore By: Lisa Cook

…Polly Bailey By: M/M Jim McGraw M/M Benton Hilbun …Beverly & Steve McAlilly By: M/M Benton Hilbun …Beverly McAlilly …Sarah Karrant …Elsie White …Emily Mote …Danna Roper …Carean Dendy By: Lily Pace …Beverly McAlilly …Polly Bailey …Johnna Garner …Laurie Simons …Emily Mote …Susan Lann …Carean Dendy By: Corinne Pace

…Harrison Eidt …Will Davis By: Shawn Brevard