WEEKLY CONNECTION VOLUME 46 No. 22 JUNE 22, 2016

Galatians: A Series All Services June 5-July 3

Sanctuary Flowers are needed for Sundays – July 3, 10, 17, and 31. The cost is $125 if our Flower

Guild does the arrangements. Please call Bonnie at the church office (690-8100) or

email bonnie@fumctupelo.com.

N E E D S Y O U R H E L P Meals on Wheels could use some new blood!

Please contact Linda Moses (844-1441, ext 1056) to coordinate what days best fit your schedule. Tell her you are a FUMC member. Meals are picked up

at Traceway, Monday through Friday between 10:30-11 a.m. Delivery usually takes no more than an hour, so it can be done during a lunch hour!

Beat the heat! PRIMETIMERS SUMMER MOVIE June 28 at 6 p.m. at the CLC

CALL/TEXT KATHRYN AT 213-1337 TO RESERVE A SEAT AND A BAG OF POPCORN!

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 Shannon@fumctupelo.com. 

Sesquicentennial UPDATE The Sesquicentennial Committee is pleased to announce that our third focus in the celebration of our yearlong 150th anniversary celebra-tion is 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 Humanity, and Weekend Backpack, and we have taken active roles in missions around the world through our mission trips to the Mississippi 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 to take an active role in one of the mission initiatives at our church, and we in-vite 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 First United Methodist Church of Tupelo is sending 25 church members with a total group of 70 people (other participants from Harrisburg Baptist Church Tupelo; Columbus, MS; and Arkansas) to Honduras later thissummer? The focus of this mission trip will be on building houses, supporting schools, and providing food. The team will be building 9 houses in the Tierra del Padre area, which has been set aside as a new community, and they will work to build a school in this area. They will partner with the USAid organization to provide food to the people in the area and purchase food locally to support the economy. Furthermore, our team will be connecting back with the school in Diamante that our church helped build and that currently houses desks that were donated from the Tupelo Public School District. During the Honduras mission trip that took place in January, the team distributed school supplies to the school in Diamante and took pictures of all the students. We are pleased to share that Sandra Penson came up with the idea to print all of these pictures for the students to give to them this trip with additional supplies. In terms of how you can get involved, our church family has been faithfully offering financial support to help fund the construction of the houses. We ask that you consider making a donation that can go to the house construction or to the support of the wells or the purchase of school supplies, uniforms, and local food. We want to flag that there might be a need for trans-portation support of this mission team, so please reach out to the FUMC office if you are interested in providing this necessary support. Additionally, please con-tinue to pray for the members of our congregation and broader faith family that will be participating in this worthwhile mission trip. —The Sesquicentennial Committee

Posters for sale:

Posters of the 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 celebra t ion. Cal l or emai l the church off ice today (marystewart@fumctupelo.com).

LIBRARY NEWS NEW NEW NEW!! I Wonder: Engaging a Child’s Curiosity about the Bible by Elizabeth F. Caldwell acts as a resource about what translations may be best for children, which passages and stories of the Bible are age-appropriate, and what methods are best to help children learn as they read scripture.

BOOKS NEEDED

The Traceway Library needs your help! Residents are asking for nearly new used books for their library.

Hardback—Paperback—Novels—Romance—Mystery— Please bring these to the Old Fellowship Hall

and place in the box marked Traceway Library.

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!

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.

Used BicyclesIf you have any used bicycles

you would be willing to donate, please contact the church office.

WILL BE COLLECTING BREAKFAST BARS & POP-TARTS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE.

Visit the website to read our weekly blog that will post Tuesdays.

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

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

1 Charles Carter

John Michael Crabtree Nancy Diffee

Margaret Jarrell Posey McGraw

Barrett Richardson 2

Kim Hammond Tanner Harris Ethan Simons

Tommy Turner 3

Kelsey Adams Chandler Craig

Mary Grace Gaines Phil Ruff

4 Joanie Bowen David Branner Chris Coffin Ethan Decker Toni Denton

5 Lou Ann Buskirk

Carter Daniel Harris VanBuskirk

6 Jonathan Geddie Cindy Jourdan Addie McCoy

Hannah McCullough John Pannell

Mary Lin White 7

Kristen Capps Blair Hughes Will Jennings Ann Neuhaus

8 LeRoy Carver Ashley Ray

Lewis Russell Todd Underwood Richard Warriner

9 Megan Beasley

Pat Beasley Michelle McAuley

Mitchell Rhea Emerson Thomas

Caroline Underwood 10

Brier McCurdy Silas Peters

Laurie Simons McKenzie Weatherford

11 Mike Greer, Sr. Mallie Imbler

12 Nancy Anderson

John Collins Bailey Jenny Lynn Bond

Ellie Sparks 13

Beth Richardson Brandon Turney

Libby Whittington 14

Brooke McAuley Lee McCollough Allye Neuhaus

Semmie Wicker 15

Michael McGuire Amanda Viator

16 Cole Crenshaw E.C. Emmons

Michael Herman Preston Rish Owen Roper Katie Wiygul

17 Ed Gore

Ned West 18

Jack Brady Butch Dendy

Shirley Gillentine Ellie Green

Hamp Hughes 19

Bridges Alvarez Deloris Buskirk

Addy Eckard Stan McCarver Jean-Luc Roper

Mary Campbell Wise Jean Yarborough

20

Donnie Bridges Jim Denton Cathy Grace Nate Hester Tim Hester Ann Kay

Hall Sumner Rachel Williams

21 John Bowen

Michaela Bryan Tom Hutson

22 Robin Neuhaus David Pace, Jr. Katie Pannell

David White, Jr. 23

Scott Daniel Catherine Holliday

Amy McCoy 24

John Oliver

Katie Pilgrim Avery Tate Andi Webb

25 Rosemary Dillard

Riley Hawkins Jeff Roper

26 Jet Adams

Claudia Gore Rob McAuley Robin Walton

27 Davis Burk

Becky Ewing 28

Linley Daniel Tillman Ewing Gay Ramsey

30 Carean Dendy Beth Eckard

Pam Fry Margaret Hill Peyton Rish

Tommy Thompson Susan Tims

31 Warner Bryan

Martha Tate Dodge Jim Irby

John Prince Ruff Thomas

1 M/M Bobby Laney D/M Clay Hudson

4 M/M Mitch Ellett

M/M Hamp Rogers M/M Dal Eckard

5 M/M Gordon Hollingsworth

10 M/M Ted Moll

11 M/M Travis Cartwright

13 M/M Markel Whittington

M/M Richard Alvarez 14

M/M Chris Coffin 15

M/M Jim Denton 17

M/M Rick Lake M/M Jeff Green

19 M/M Jimmy Long

M/M Drew Clayton D/M Robert Pitcock

M/M Guy McCoy 20

D/M Murray Estess 21

M/M Harold Kay D/M Terry Pinson

22 M/M Gary Hancock

23 M/M Andy Hughes M/M Scooter Carr

24 M/M Dick Hill

M/M Bill Waters

25 M/M Paul Mize, III

28 M/M Steve Lake

M/M Mike VanBuskirk 29

M/M Bob Gatlin 30

M/M Phil Ruff M/M Jeff Leddy

31 M/M Payne Atkinson

SUNDAY, JUNE 26 8:45 Worship, Sanctuary 8:45 The Invitation, WH 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Worship, Sanctuary 6:00 Youth Swim Party, Craig Home MONDAY, JUNE 27 7:30 CASA, CLC 9:00 Preschool Summer Fun Days 10:00 Youth Girls Study, Room 207 12:00 Youth Lunch Bunch TUESDAY, JUNE 28 7:30 CASA, CLC 8:00-11:30 Clothes Closet Open for Donations 9:00 Invitation Worship Planning, CR 10:30 Staff Meeting, CR 5:15 Administrative Council, WH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 7:30 CASA, CLC 9:00 Preschool Summer Fun Days 12:00 Rising 9th Graders Lunch 6:00 Youth City Wide Worship, WH 7:00 Chancel Choir

THURSDAY, JUNE 30 Honduras Team Departs 8:00-11:30 Clothes Closet Open for Donations 7:30 CASA, CLC 9:00 Invitation Worship Planning 10:00 Methodist Children’s Advocate Training, Ed. Wing 1:15 Traceway Van FRIDAY, JULY 1 7:00 Prayer Group, Chapel 7:30 CASA, CLC SATURDAY, JULY 2 9:00-12:00 Helping Hands Open SUNDAY, JULY 3 8:45 Worship, Sanctuary 8:45 The Invitation, WH 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Worship, Sanctuary MONDAY, JULY 4 Happy 4th of July—Offices Closed TUESDAY, JULY 5 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, JULY 6 7:30 CASA, CLC 9:00 Preschool Summer Fun Days 7:00 Chancel Choir THURSDAY, JULY 7 8:00-11:30 Clothes Closet Open for Donations 7:30 CASA, CLC 9:00 Invitation Worship Planning 1:15 Traceway Van FRIDAY, JULY 8 7:00 Prayer Group, Chapel 7:30 CASA, CLC SATURDAY, JULY 9 Honduras Team Returns 9:00-12:00 Helping Hands Open

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH—TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI CALENDAR FOR JUNE 26-JULY 9, 2016

SERVING SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2016

SANCTUARY SOUND: 8:45: David Dillard 11: Butch Dendy TV OPERATORS: Joe Bailey, David Dillard, Ansel Mote GREETERS: 8:45 Traditional: Elsie/Dick White Invitation: Trent Hammond 11: Drew Clayton/Jean Laney USHERS: 8:45 Traditional: Jim Black, Jim Denton, Ron Stephens, Phillip Williams The Invitation: Chan Brown, Lynn Holland, Jack Foster, David Pace 11:00: Mickey Akers, Mike Armour, Marshall Briscoe, Randy Daniel, Phil Ruff

SERVING SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2016

SANCTUARY SOUND: 8:45: Ansel Mote 11: Jim Karrant TV OPERATORS: Harold Hudson, Jo Mark, Ansel Mote GREETERS: 8:45 Traditional: Jean Harper The Invitation: Jeff Green 11:00: Richard/Polly Crenshaw USHERS: 8:45 Traditional: Raymond Jourdan, Fred Mothershed, Jim Rish, Stacy Simmons The Invitation: Carl Brangenberg, Mitch Hester, Mike Marlin, Ty Robinson, Eddie Warren, Ken Wilson 11:00: Bill Beasley, Scooter Carr, Mac Curlee, John M. Holliday

STEWARDSHIP

2016 Budget Goal ..............................$2,331,817.43 2016 Needed Weekly .............................$44,842.65 2016 Six-Month Budgeted Amount ..$1,165,908.47 Last Week’s Offering through 6/16........$77,739.05 2016 Offering through 6/16 ...............$1,209,966.79 Spent to Date 2016 through 6/16 .......$1,007,828.39

MEMORIALS

…Jack Reed, Sr. By: M/M Smitty Harris M/M Wayne Williams …Bill Dickson By: Tupelo FMC Retirees