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THE VILLAGE METHODIST A WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF AUBURN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Volume 32 June 13, 2018 Number 22

Dr. Cory Smith and Rev. Charles Cummings God Sees the Heart 1 Samuel 15:34 - 16:13

8:00 Traditional Message - Dr. Cory Smith

Music: Women’s Ensemble, Kevin Duvall, Joshua

Edmonson, Gary Klarenbeek 9:30 Chapel Message - Rev. Charles Cummings

Music: Women’s Ensemble, Kevin Duvall, Joshua

Edmonson, Gary Klarenbeek

9:30 Celebration Message - Dr. Cory Smith 11:00 Traditional Message - Dr. Cory Smith

Music: Chancel Choir, VBS Children, Kevin Duvall,

Joshua Edmonson, Gary Klarenbeek

11:00 Resonate Message - Rev. Charles Cummings 11:00 Korean Worship Service - Rev. Lee

In Worship This Sunday

Prayer Pager Ministry

For a listing prayer pager recipients, please visit http://

www.aumc.net/ministries/prayer/prayer-pagers/.

To send a prayer notification to all of our prayer pager recipients at

once, call our cascade number at 334.742.5202. This will alert all of

our recipients that you are praying for them.

To make a prayer chain request during the daytime, please call Michelle

Morrison at the church office at 334-826-8800 ext. 222. At night, please

call either Bo Cavin 334-821-7714 or Deborah McCord 334-703-3646.

Prayer Chain Numbers

Singles’ Ministry June 21–24 AUMC Singles River Trip, Milton, FL

Divorce Care meets Wednesday nights in D134, 6:00pm

Sunday Morning Study in Room B234, 9:30am For more information about these events, contact the AUMC Singles’

office, 334-826-8800 or johnf@aumc.net.

8:00 - 8:30 Joan Baker

8:30 - 9:00 Bets Golden

9:00 - 9:30 Judy Godsil

Prayer Vigil for June 17, 2018 As part of our special emphasis on prayer, AUMC has established a

continuous prayer vigil each Sunday morning from 8:00am to noon.

9:30 - 10:00 Ben Burnett

10:30 - 11:00 Shannon Brandt

Mark your calendars for the 17th Annual Star Spangled

Next Wednesday Suppers will be Wednesday, June 27

WNS will resume the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays over the

summer (June 27, July 11 & 25; August 8 & 22)

5:30pm in the Fellowship Hall; $5.00/person; $15.00/family

Child-friendly menu option provided each week!

No reservations necessary

Visit website for menu and more information:

www.aumc.net>fellowship

Wednesday Night Supper (WNS)

17th annual

Star Spangled Spectacular

June 24, 2018

3:00PM in the Sanctuary

The 17th annual Star Spangled Spectacular

concert, featuring the Festival Choir and full

professional orchestra, will take place in the

sanctuary of Auburn United Methodist

Church on Sunday, June 24, at 3:00pm.

Special features of the performance include a

rousing salute to the armed forces with

representatives from all military branches.

New Members Kenneth and

Linda Arnold joined the church

June 20, 2018. They

transfer their

membership from

Cloverdale UMC,

Dothan, AL.

Auburn United Methodist Church is seeking an

organized and energetic person to be the full-time

Director of Communications. This person will

direct and coordinate the planning, implementing

and evaluation of the overall communications effort

of AUMC. This person should have a bachelor’s

degree in Communications, Journalism or a related

field and appropriate job experience. The Director

of Communications will report to the Church

Administrator and work closely with the AUMC

staff. Salary will be commensurate with experience

and qualifications. Send resumes and any questions

to Ed Crum, Director of Administrative Ministries,

at ed.crum@aumc.net.

Director of Communications.

AUMC Blood Drive

Sunday, June 17, 2018

8:00am - 2:00 pm

In the Bloodmobile by the

Epworth Center Entrance

AUMC Blood Drive

Dear Friends,

Grace and Peace to you!

These are exciting days at Auburn UMC. As I

write this article, over 500 children are enjoying

Vacation Bible School. It is such a joy to

experience our children enjoying this special

week. We give thanks to all of our crew leaders,

volunteers, parents, grandparents, and children. I

hope that you will make plans to join us this

Sunday as we celebrate Father’s Day and hear

music from our VBS children during worship. In these days we are also celebrating the

conclusion of our 2018 Annual

Conference. It was exciting to celebrate

the ordination of Rev. Chris Kelsey.

Chris is a beacon of light to all of us.

During our Annual Conference we also

celebrated the 20th anniversary of

Alabama Rural Ministry and Rev. Lisa

Pierce.

We are also very excited to receive the

appointment of Rev. Kelli Hitchman-Craig as

the newest member of our clergy team at

AUMC. Kelli will begin serving AUMC in

July, and in next week’s Village Methodist

article we will introduce you to Kelli. I am

especially grateful to our lay delegates from

Auburn who took time to travel daily to

Montgomery for this important gathering of

United Methodists. Thank you!

Finally, we give thanks for our youth

mission team who returned home this week

from Haiti. We also pray for our M25

Youth Mission trip. This week many of our

young people will travel to the inner city of

Atlanta. We pray for Marc Baugh and his

team of leaders and all of those who will

participate in sharing God’s love with

others.

Thank you for being a part of what God is doing at Auburn UMC. I look

forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Grace and Peace,

Cory

From the Pastor’s Study

Acolyte: 8:00 - Hope Foster; 9:30 Chapel - Matthew Bullington;

11:00 Sanctuary - Joseph Essamah-Quansah

Scripture Readers: 8:00 - Bo Cavin; 9:30 Chapel - Trish Block;

11:00 Sanctuary - Pam Haney

Ushers: 8:00 - Dennis Marple, Susan Nunnelly, Jim Carroll, Ben Burnett;

9:30 Chapel - Larry McGhee, Annette McGhee, Jimmy Sprayberry;

9:30 Celebration - Bob Dumas, Joe Beckwith, Rod Foster, Rob Wellbaum;

11:00 Sanctuary - Ken Ringer, Hank Elliott, Bill Byrd, Jim Dozier, Jon

Haney, Ford Laumer, Lewis Lowe, Caleb Pipes, Mike Reynolds, Jeff Steele,

Marvin Thomas

Assimilation Team: 8:00 - Nancy Barron; 9:30 Celebration - Jessica

Taylor; 11:00 Sanctuary - Linda Gillespie; Resonate - Sue Ann Fox

Flowers in the Sanctuary are given in loving memory of our fathers,

O.C. Prather and Joe E. Jenkins and in honor of Joanna, David, Prather, and

Anne Reynolds Reaves by Clyde and Deana Prather.

Additional Flowers in the Sanctuary are given in loving memory of our

fathers, by Ray Godsil, Sr. Vince Niemi, by Ray and Judy Godsil.

Additional Flowers in the Sanctuary are given by Hannah Burns and

Thomas Rush in honor of our wedding and in loving memory of our

groomsman, Hunter Allen Chambliss.

Serving in Worship this Week

Record of Faithfulness Weekly Worship Attendance 1,118 Operation Budget $ 4,158,716.00

Operating Received 06/03/18 $ 48,568.65

Total Rec. to date for 2018 $ 1,805,868.11

Jubilee Ministry (Age 60 Plus or Younger Retirees) Prayerful Concerns as of June 11, 2018

Youth Ministry

Media Ministry Radio Broadcast on WANI 1400 AM & 98.7 FM Sundays from 8:00am -12:15pm Online-Live Streaming and

Archives at 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

Summer studies for Adults

“Make a Difference” Following Your Passion and

Finding Your Place to Serve, by James Harnish

This 6 week DVD study will be offered at two

different times:

Sundays 5:00-6:30pm beginning July 8

Tuesdays 12:00-1:00pm beginning July 10

Led by a team of laity and AUMC staff

Connect Your Passion with the World’s Great Need.

Every day we see that things are not right in our world, and as followers

of Jesus Christ, we have an impulse to do something about it. We long

to connect our passions and gifts with the world's great needs, making a

unique contribution for the healing of the world. In Make a Difference,

author James A. Harnish helps you answer the questions "How can I

contribute to God's healing work in this world?"; and "How can I find

my place to serve and make a difference?" Drawing upon biblical

wisdom and real stories of real people who have found their place to

serve, he provides practical guidance to help every disciple make a

difference as a participant in God's transformation of the world. Order your book at www.cokesbury.com or contact Ann Moss

annm@aumc.net by June25.

Summer group for young couples Summer Group for young couples

Updated information!

Join us for fellowship and growing as disciples with other young couples!

Monday night group will begin June 18 at 6:30pm.

Led by Summer and Gary Vaughan, the group will meet at their house:

2631 Lee Road 61, Auburn, AL 36832

Light refreshments!

Email Summer and Gary for more information and directions to their

house (GPS not always correct!): vaughanse@att.net,

vaughangw@att.net

The group will use Gary Thomas’ book Cherish over the 6 weeks. You are

welcome to purchase the book ($14) but the study guide is all you will need

($7) Cherish: The One Word That Changes Everything for Your Marriage

Jubilee Sock Hop

How long since you have been to a sock hop? Well, we will have one

here in the fellowship hall on June 19 at 7:00pm. We have a special DJ

who will be playing music from the 50’s and 60’s. Refreshments will be

provided. Get your mate or a date, or not, and come take a trip down

memory lane. For information contact Winsley or Cheri at 826-8800. Day Trip

We will be traveling to Montgomery on Wednesday, July 11 to see the

play “Annie”. We will leave the church at 10:00am, have lunch at the

famous Martin’s restaurant in Montgomery then travel to the Alabama

Shakespeare Festival for the 2:00pm matinee. The cost will be $45 and

includes tickets to the play as well as the bus fee. Lunch is on your on.

To register or for information contact Winsley or Cheri at 826-8800. Let’s Get Active

The low-impact exercise group meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at

8:30am in the gym. Yoga for Wimps

Class meets on Wednesdays at 8:30am in the gym. Fellowship Lunch

Come and bring a friend to Chappy’s on Wednesday, June 20 at

11:00am for a time of fellowship and food.

The fellowship meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Newcomers and Visitors Are Always Welcome! For more information

contact Winsley Bates at the Jubilee Ministry Office (826-8800, Ext. 281).

Children’s Ministry

Sunday School meets at 9:30 and 11:00am in C179. Summer Youth Events

The Youth Summer Calendar is on our website at www.aumc.net.

Wildcard Wednesdays will include going to dinner (student pays),

games, worship and group Bible Study. Dates for WCW are June 27,

July 11, and July 25.

Sweat Week, July 15-20.

Sweat Week is full, but we are still accepting students on our

waiting list. Registration forms can be picked up in the Youth

Room or at the receptionist desk in Mathison Lobby or a form can

emailed to you.

In order to be added to the Waiting List we must have a

completed registration form and payment.

Registration is open to students who are presently in grades 6-11.

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 jillp@aumc.net.

Acolyte Training Training is open to all children entering fifth or sixth grade in the fall

of 2018 and will be held June 18-21, 9:00am-12:00pm.

Information about the Acolyte

Program was mailed to all

present 4th and 5th grade

parents. Register for acolyte

training online at

www.aumc.net.

If you have questions, please

contact Jill Perry at

jillp@aumc.net or

334-207-9908, Patti Robinson

770-241-6669, or

Brooke Bailey 334-704-3667.

College Students Summer 2018

Sunday School

9:30am in the AUMC College Room.

Living Room Worship

Sundays, 8:00pm in the AUMC College Room.

Thursday Night Dinner & Bible Studies

Dinner at 6:30pm and then Bible Studies at 7:15pm at the Auburn

Wesley Foundation. For more information go to auwesley.org, check out our Instagram:

auburnwesley, or go to the Auburn Wesley Foundation Facebook Group.

VBS Family Event

Wednesday, June 13, 5:30-7:00pm

Hamburger/Hotdog Dinner with TCBY ($5.00 plate/$15 per family)

Inflatables and Games, Children will perform VBS songs

Don’t cook dinner….

Join us for Food, Fun, and Fellowship for the Whole Family!

SMILE: Summer Missions Involves Loving Everybody

Our first SMILE will be this Tuesday, June 19, 9:00am - noon

Parents will drop off and pick up children in the upstairs gym of the

Mathison Building

We will be working on mission projects around the church and walking

downtown to show acts of kindness to others. Please wear comfortable

shoes.

You may register online or pick up a registration and permission form

at the front office. Registration closes for each event on the Monday

before each SMILE by noon.

Contact Dru Washburn for more details, dru.washburn@aumc.net

In EAMC: Elmyra Cleiland, Ken Copeland; Bettye Howard Recently released from the hospital: Sylba Cleveland; Jackie Paleologolos

In Birmingham: Wayne Sellers; Marti White’s mother Peggy Jones

In Dothan: Angie Dollar

In Ohio: Winsley Bates’ cousin Ashley Lynn AUMC Family Concerns: Chris Adams; Josh Adams; Talmadge and Mary

Balch; Gordon Barksdale; Bob Bennett; Ron Bodeen; Ben Bowden; Charlotte

Brennan; Jean Chapman; Paul and Dixie Conner; Earl Crutchfield; Nick Davis;

Mark DeGruiter; James DeWitt; Jackie Diener; Betty Dillard; Mike DiOrio;

Deanna Dozier; Marjorie Draper; Emma Lou Duffel; Ollie Edwards; Lynn

Franklin; Wendy Franklin; Pat Gibson; Diane Gjerstad; Bets Golden; Michelle

Granberry; Morrison Hemphill; Wayne Houston; Agnes Jones; David Jones;

Kenneth King; Emily Lacy; Pam LaMar; Kathryn Lucius; Barbara Marsee;

Allen McCord; Sam McCord; Blaine McElfresh; Patrick Morrow; Mo

Moseley; Ann Neighbors; John Neubauer; Sig and Marilyn Olson; Jean

Prather; Grace Prince; Glen Schultz; Ellsworth Steele; Glenn Thompson;

Michael Tullier; Mark Waldrip; Nell Wetzel; Tom White; Alexis Yount. Extended Concerns: Kon Adams; Anna Anderson’s mother (Julie

McCluskey); Liz Baker’s brother (Coven Shivers); Haldine Baxter; John Blake;

Mary Bloodsworth; Anita Boyle’s brother (Denny Blair); Pat Brackin’s brother

(Gus Lane); Marion Burrell; Carolyn Carr’s nephew (Jason Carr); Eloise

Carter’s daughter-in-law (Tamara); Bo Cavin’s brother-in-law (Billy Hotalen);

Jennifer Clegg’s mother (Joanna Jones); David Cleiland’s mother (Elmyra

Cleiland); Carol Cochran’s mother (Eleanor Holdbrooks); Thomas Corbitt’s

grandfather (Roy Corbitt); Phillip and Susan Cowart’s grandson (Barrett Phan);

Ashley Pruitt Creamer; Tricia Crowley; Jack and Julie Downes’ daughter-in-

law (Penny Downes); Wendy Franklin’s brother (Rev. Norman Williams);

George Gayle; Emily Gentry’s grandmother (Cathline Hill); John Goodin’s

sister (Mary Campbell); Tammie Gourdouze’s mother (Billie Burnside); Pam

Haney’s father (Rick Wilt); Ray Harris’ grandson (Ethan Harris); Cheri Hart’s

brother-in-law (David Smith); Tammy Hartwell’s nephew (Bob Turner);

Jennifer Heath’s mother (Barbara Dimmick); Abby Heidenreich’s grandmother

(Patty Craig); Wayne Houston’s brother (Jerry Houston); Lucile Hoyt’s

nephew (Kirk Stephens); Cody Hudon’s father (Randy Hudon); Jerry Hughes’

father (Billy Hughes); Beth Kellum; Meghan Kemp’s father-in-law (Eugene

Kemp); Abby Langham’s parents (Carol and Del Tull) and grandmother (Mary

Evelyn Braden); Beth Lawrence’s father (Bill Atkins); Ouida and John

Lawrence’s daughter (Ava); Jeff Lawson; Evelyn Leachman; Tom Lenyo; Rob

McKinnell’s mother,sister and mother-in-law (Julie McKinnell, Susan

McKinnell; Alice Flynn); Jason Meigs; John Meredith’s father (Benjamin

Meredith); Dot Mitchum’s sister-in-law (Patsy Johnson); Dana Morgan’s

mother (Toni Clune); Michelle Morrison’s nephew (Tony Gratys); Sue

Nelson’s mother (Christine Jordon); Gretchen Oliver’s parents; Steve Paleus;

Greg Panowicz’s grandfather (Emil Panowicz); Glenda Parrish’s brother

(Glenn Stacey); Paige Pearson’s grandmother (Margaret Stone); Barbara

Pickard’s brother (Bill Guinard); Barbara Priester; Paul Register’s father

(Howard Register); Jessie Rhodes’ daughter (Leslie Donovon); Denise

Robinson; Eric Sanderson’s uncle (Vic Sanderson); Glen and Doris Schultz’s

daughter (Julie Dodarell); 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 brother and cousin

(David Slimp and Debra Crain); Betty Sims’ brother (Ken Walker); John and

Carol Stivers’ daughter (Kathy McDaniel); Reginald Strickland; Kim

Talmage’s brother (John Van Deusen); Jack and Katherine Thomas; Gary

Vaughan’s stepfather (Jon Ford); Glen Vollenweider’s mother (Patricia

Vollenweider); Gale Walker’s brother (Terrell Lucas); Chery Williams; Ed

Williams’ mother (Perry Williams); Mike Williams; Sharon Williams’ brother

(Mark Tidmore); Don Wyatt; Sheila Young’s brother (Mike Thrower); Juan

Zapata; Alison Zunklei. Sympathy to:

Butch Brock and family in the death of his mother Gene Brock

Bob Money and family in the death of his aunt Hazel Money