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THE VILLAGE METHODIST A WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF AUBURN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Volume 31 December 13, 2017 Number 49 P.O. Box 3135
Auburn, AL 36831-3135
Office: (334) 826-8800
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Auburn, AL 36830
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Dr. Cory Smith and Rev. Charles Cummings Isaiah 61:1-11 8:00 Traditional Message - Dr. Cory Smith
Music by: Genuine Bells, Children’s Choirs
9:30 Chapel Message - Rev. Charles Cummings
Music by: Joyful Ringers, Women’s Ensemble
9:30 Celebration Message - Dr. Cory Smith
11:00 Traditional Message - Dr. Cory Smith
Music by: Genuine Bells
11:00 Resonate Message - Rev. Charles Cummings
11:00 Korean Worship Service - Rev. Lee
Children’s Ministry
8:00 - 8:30 Joan Baker
9:00 - 9:30 Gene Chandler
Prayer Vigil for December 17, 2017
As part of our special emphasis on prayer, AUMC has established a continuous
prayer vigil each Sunday morning from 8:00am -12:00pm.
10:30 - 11:00 John Helms
Singles’ Ministry
Women’s Hope Open House
December 17 Christmas Merry-Go-Round, Valley, 2:00pm
Sunday Morning Study—AUMC Room B234—9:30am
For more information about these events, contact the AUMC Singles’ office,
334-826-8800 or [email protected]
Christmas Pageant Dress Rehearsal
Dress rehearsal will be held on December 16, from 10:00am –
12:00pm in the Sanctuary.
Christmas Pageant will be performed on December 24 at 10:30am.
Singing in Worship this Sunday, December 17
252 & Rooted kids will sing in worship on Sunday, December 17 at
8:00am and 9:30am Celebration.
Warm ups will begin at 7:30am in the Sanctuary.
Christmas Outreach to Our House
Christmas Story picture books, stocking stuffers and cookies need to
be brought to the church office no later than noon on Sunday,
December 17.
For those children participating in the angel choir, we will meet in
Mathison Lobby at 1:00pm. We will take the church bus to Our House
and return no later than 4:30pm.
Questions? Email Michelle Stearns, [email protected]
New Artwork in the Preschool Wing We are so grateful to Renee Hebson and Gail Price for our new artwork.
The kids are enjoying the paintings so much!
Gentri: The Gentlemen Trio
In Worship This Sunday
MUSIC FOR THE SEASON
Sunday
December 17, 3:00pm – Gentri in Concert (Sanctuary)
ADVENT PROGRAM Wednesday
December 20, 5:30pm — Longest Night and Memorial Service
with Holy Communion (Chapel)
CHRISTMAS EVE
Sunday, December 24
Morning
10:30am — We will have one combined worship service and
Children’s Christmas Pageant (Sanctuary)
Evening
5:00pm — Celebration Candlelight & Holy Communion (Sanctuary)
Featuring music by the Celebration Praise Team
7:00pm — Traditional Candlelight & Holy Communion (Sanctuary
Featuring the Chancel Choir and Jubilate Singers
11:00pm — Traditional Candlelight & Holy Communion (Chapel)
Featuring the Elevate Singers and Genuine Bells
NEW YEAR’S EVE
Sunday, December 31 10:30am — One combined worship service with Holy Communion
(Sanctuary)
The Longest Night
The Music Ministry of Auburn United Methodist Church
continues it’s Christmas musical lineup as they welcome
the men’s trio “Gentri” to Auburn.
GENTRI: The Gentlemen trio was established in June
2014 and is comprised of three highly trained tenors: Brad
Robins, Casey Elliott and Bradley Quinn Lever.
Pioneering a signature sound that can only be described as
“Cinematic Pop,” the music of GENTRI is transfused with
lush, epic orchestrations and rich, dynamic three-part
harmonies all composed by the group’s producer Stephen
Nelson. Critics have called GENTRI’s sound “strong,
brave, and inspiring” as well as “anything but boring.” GENTRI has performed alongside world-renowned talent,
including international tenor sensation Alfie Boe, Tony
Award-winning vocalist Idina Menzel, the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir, and legendary rock band Journey. Other
notable events include performing at the Governor of
Utah’s annual gala, as well as performing the national
anthem for the Utah Jazz, San Diego Padres, and Colorado
Rockies. GENTRI also was recently featured on an
EmmyAward-Winning television Christmas special with
YouTube sensation Lexi Walker that was broadcast to
over 20 million homes. No tickets required. A love offering will be received.
Christmas is a time of loneliness, sorrow, alienation
and sadness for many. If your heart is hurting
because of grief, illness, broken relationships, loss of
a job or one of many other reasons to feel more
darkness than light during this season, this service is
for you. Come to our Longest Night Service for
meaningful worship that acknowledges the hurt and
hollowness you may be feeling and also allows you
to experience the comfort and compassion of our
loving God in the midst of it all. “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness
has not overcome it.”
– JOHN 1:5
Wednesday, December 20 5:30PM in the Chapel
Gentri: The Gentlemen Trio Sunday, December 17 3:00PM
Celebrate the season with
Women’s Hope
Tuesday, December 19 from
5:00-7:00pm in the Family Life
Center at 820 Stage Rd. Auburn,
AL. We will be featuring a
Chocolate Buffet and we
encourage tacky attire.
For more information call
334-502-7000 or visit the
website womenshope.org
AUMC exists to OFFER Christ, NURTURE one another, and SERVE all.
Jubilee Ministry (Age 60 Plus or Younger Retirees) Prayerful Concerns
Media Ministry Radio Broadcast
On WANI 1400 AM & 98.7 FM:
Sundays from 8:00am -12:15pm
Online-Live streaming and
Archives
www.AUMC.net
TV Broadcast on Channel 181
(Charter Only)
Traditional 11:00am Service
Sundays at 2:00pm and 6:00pm,
Tuesdays at 4:00pm
Celebration Service,
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Acolytes: 8:00 - Cole Myers, Myles Lafrentz; 9:30 Chapel - Madelynn Dickinson,
Lauryn Benitez; 11:00 Sanctuary - Chaney Litkenhous, Joseph Essamuah-Quansah
Scripture Readers: 8:00 - Craig Leonard; 9:30 Chapel - Deana Prather;
11:00 Sanctuary - Sherry Roby
Ushers: 8:00 - Denny Marple, Susan Nunnelly, Jim Carroll, Nancy Barron;
9:30 Chapel - Larry McGhee, Annette McGhee, Jimmy Sprayberry;
9:30 Celebration - Trey Johnston, Michael Tullier, Phil Lindsey, John Whittenburg;
11:00 Sanctuary - Lewis Cannon, Ray Harrelson, Chris Beck, Riley Brice, Tom Harper,
Tom Meagher, Brad Nolen, Dick Phelan, Tom Vaughan
Assimilation Team: 8:00 - Nancy Barron; 9:30 Celebration - Jessia & Andrew Taylor;
11:00 Sanctuary - Linda Gillespie; Resonate - Sue Ann Fox
Flowers in the Sanctuary are given in loving memory of Marshall Conner by his family.
College Ministry
Record of Faithfulness
Weekly Worship Attendance 1,560
Sunday School Attendance 719
Operating Budget $ 3,973,676.00
Received 12/10/17 $ 96,633.48
Total Rec’d for 2017 $ 3,668,340.82
Serving in Worship this Week
Food Pantry News
Missions
Wednesday night suppers will resume on January 10!
Watch for updates!
Wednesday Night Suppers
Loachapoka Lunches of Love Lunches of Love ministry will be packing groceries (15 pounds) to send
home with the Loachapoka Elementary after school children for their
Christmas break on Monday, December 18 at 12:00 noon in the AUMC
Annex. Thank you for partnering with this ministry. Also, thank you to
everyone that contributed to the Thanksgiving bag delivery. We are in
need for the following items
Peanut free Cereal (12-14oz boxes), jelly in plastic containers and
Macaroni and Cheese
If you would like to help pack food bags contact [email protected].
Donations can be brought to the Mathison reception office.
Youth Ministry
Stop by Chicken Salad Chick and get the gift that keeps on giving to
the AUMC Food Pantry!
One $5.00 donation = $75.00 of CSC products during 2018, per one
guest.
Giving cards benefiting the AUMC Pantry will be available from
11/27-12/31 at the following location: 11345 Opelika Road,
Auburn, AL 36830
100% of all proceeds from the Giving Cards at the Auburn, AL location
will go to the AUMC Food Pantry.
Let’s Get Active
This group will not meet again until January 4. Happy Holidays.
Yoga for Wimps
This group will not meet again until January 3. Happy Holidays.
Fellowship Lunch
Come and join us at Chappy’s deli on Wednesday, December 20 at 11:00am
for a time of fellowship. Just ask where the Auburn Methodist Church
members are sitting.
Prayer Shawl
This group will not meet again until January 4. Happy Holidays.
Newcomers and Visitors Are Always Welcome! For more information contact
Winsley Bates at the Jubilee Ministry Office (826-8800, Ext. 281).
Sixth annual Christmas in Haiti team
Our sixth annual Christmas in Haiti team appreciates
your prayers as we prepare for the time we’ll spend with
our friends at Haiti Rév Home from December 21-26.
We are in need of financial donations (no amount is too
small!) this will allow the kids in the children’s home to
share in service and giving to other Haitians in need. You
can make a contribution to “Haiti Special Projects”
online at www.aumc.net/giving, or email
[email protected] for more information about how to
donate. Thank you for sharing in this opportunity for the
Rév Home kids to both give AND receive this
Christmas!
as of December 11, 2017
In EAMC: No one listed at this time.
Recently released from the hospital: Tucker Gaston; Margie
Galloway; Edith Jones; Phillip Klesius; Tom Varner In Birmingham: Harry and Sue Hooper’s cousin Eddie Wall; Carly
Parker; Betty Sims’ brother Ken Walker
In Georgia: Anita Boyle’s brother Denny Blair In Indiana: Sally Granberry’s foster brother Bob Moore
AUMC Family Concerns: Chris Adams; Josh Adams; Talmadge and
Mary Balch; Gordon Barksdale; Anita Beatty; Ron Bodeen; Ben
Bowden; Charlotte Brennan; Jean Chapman; Sylba Cleveland; Paul and Dixie Conner; Earl Crutchfield; Nick Davis; Mark DeGruiter; James
DeWitt; Jackie Diener; Betty Dillard; Mike DiOrio; Marjorie Draper;
Emma Lou Duffel; Ollie Edwards; Rebecca Ellis; Lynn Franklin; Wendy Franklin; Pat Gibson; Diane Gjerstad; Bets Golden; Michelle
Granberry; Casey Hamilton; Gary Harrelson; Wayne Houston; Bettye Howard; Agnes Jones; David Jones; Mary Ellen Klinner; Emily Lacy;
Pam LaMar; Jane Lowe; Kathryn Lucius; Barbara Marsee; Donny
Marshall; Allen McCord; Sam McCord; Patrick Morrow; Mo Moseley; Ann Neighbors; John Neubauer; Gretchen Oliver; Marilyn Olson; Grace
Prince; Teresa Sides; Ellsworth Steele; Tommy Stone; Glenn Thompson; Nell Wetzel; Tom White; 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); Haldine Baxter; Mary Bloodsworth;
Pamela Boyd’s sister-in-law (Betsy Copeland); Pat Brackin’s brother (Gus Lane); Jane and Sheldon Cain; Joe Carlton’s father (Howard
Carlton); Carolyn Carr’s nephew (Jason Carr); Eloise Carter’s daughter-in-law (Tamara); Sonny Carter; Douglas Chamblee; Sherry Clark;
Jennifer Clegg’s mother (Joanna Jones); Jennifer Cleiland’s father
(Clem Matlock); Bobbie Clevenger’s brother (Homer Dillard); Carol Cochran’s mother (Eleanor Holdbrooks); Thomas Corbitt’s grandfather
(Roy Corbitt); Susan Corley; Phillip and Susan Cowart’s grandson (Barrett Phan); Ashley Pruitt Creamer; Tricia Crowley; Wendy
Franklin’s brother (Rev. Norman Williams); George Gayle; Emily
Gentry’s grandmother (Cathline Hill); Morris and Gerry Gillespie’s daughter-in-law (Michelle Gillespie); Jack and Jon Gipson’s daughter
(Terry Lund); John Goodin’s sister (Mary Campbell); Sally
Granberry’s brother (John Carson); Pam Haney’s father (Rick Wilt); Barbara Harper; Ray Harris’ grandson (Ethan Harris); Carol Ann
Holmes; Wayne Houston’s brother (Jerry Houston); Lucile Hoyt’s nephew (Kirk Stephens); Jerry Hughes’ father (Billy Hughes); Donna
Kelly’s brother (Andy Shipp); Beth Kellum; John Klinner’s mother
(Cordelia Klinner); Abby Langham’s parents (Del and Carole Tull) and grandmother (Mary Evelyn Braden); Beth Lawrence’s father (Bill
Atkins); Ouida and John Lawrence’s daughter (Ava); Jeff Lawson; Tom
Lenyo; Julia MacDonald; Nancy McGinnis; Collie McGinty; Rob McKinnell’s mother and sister (Julie McKinnell, Susan McKinnell);
Jason Meigs; Baret Melton’s mother (Sandra Parker); John Meredith’s father (Benjamin Meredith); William Mixon’s brother-in-law (Brian
Aaron); Dana Morgan’s mother (Toni Clune); 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; Steve Paleus; Glenda Parrish’s brother (Glenn Stacey); Paige Pearson’s grandmother (Margaret Stone);
Phyllis; 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); Paul
Register’s father (Howard Register); Jessie Rhodes’ daughter (Leslie
Donovon); Denise Robinson; Eric Sanderson’s uncle (Vic Sanderson); Jackie Schwadron; Joel Seawell’s mother (Kate Seawell); Wayne and
Gayla Sellers’ granddaughter (Sellers Philpott); Greg Shaw’s cousins (Robin Roemon, Joe Thrasher and Olivia Mann); Sam Shaw’s cousin
(Debra Crain); Jan Smolinski; John and Carol Stivers’ daughter (Kathy
McDaniel); Reginald Strickland; Kim Talmage’s brother (John Van Deusen); Fred Thomas; Jack and Katherine Thomas; Gale Walker’s
brother (Terrell Lucas); Chery Williams; Ed Williams’ mother (Perry
Williams); Judy Williams; Mike Williams; Sara Williams; Sharon Williams’ brother (Mark Tidmore); Sheila Young’s brother (Mike
Thrower); Alison Zunklei.
Sympathy to:
Michelle Jackson and family in the death of her father Michael Kelley
An informational meeting for those interested in participating in the Financial
Peace class will be held on Monday, December 18 at 6:00pm in Room A115.
Childcare will be provided.
This 9-week class will be held on Monday nights at 6:00 beginning
January 22.
Eddie Shadeed, leading. For more information, please contact Sarah Goolsby at [email protected] or
334-826-8800.
Disciple 1, Making Disciples through Bible Study: A study of the entire Bible,
Genesis – Revelation.
Monday, January 8, 6:00pm
Bill Brawner and Jimmy Lawrence, leading
The group will begin this 34-week study in January, taking a few breaks
through the year. Contact Sarah Goolsby at 826-8800 for more information.
All The King's Daughters Small Group is starting a new book study
Mom Set Free by Auburn graduate, Jeannie Cunnion.
Thursday, January 11 at 7:00pm in the Annex D134.
The book is for moms who struggle with getting everything done and feeling
good enough about what they do.
We will meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 in the Annex. Any questions, please contact Susan Canaan [email protected]
All women are welcome!
Check out www.aumc.net for more studies and further information.
Upcoming Studies
All weekly events will cease after 12/10 for Christmas break. The
College Room will be open 24/7 during Finals Week for both studying
and hanging out!
Freshmen Connect
Freshman Connect has finished meeting for 2017. Watch the
GroupMe or email Nick to find out about small groups for next
semester!
Winter Retreat
Winter Retreat will be February 9-11, 2018 at Camp Alamisco and
the cost is $50.
The retreat will be a chill weekend away with fellow college
students to spend time with God, each other, and some nature.
Registration forms are available from Nick or Jill. To pay online
go to www.aumc.net. Then click on Ministries>College>College
Retreats.
To join Life Groups or Family Connect group, contact Nick Melton, our
director of college ministries at [email protected]. Follow us on social
media! Twitter: @AUMCCollege; FB: “AUMC College Ministry”;
Instagram: @aumc_college.
MYF Sunday, December 17, 5:30-7:00pm
Join AUMC Youth Ministries at
Shocco Springs Camp in Talladega,
Alabama for our annual Youth
Winter Retreat February 2-4, 2018. Register online at
www.aumc.net.
Come discover and explore what it means when we say
EPIC!
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 or Jill Perry, 334-826-8800, ext. 223 or [email protected].
Winter Retreat 2018
MYF will resume on January 7, 2018
Invite Night is a night of unpredictable fun! This is the
perfect place to bring new friends along.
Come join us for our Christmas Party. There may be
snow!!
Mark your calendar!
Church wide Retreat will be February 2-4, 2018
Watch for more details!