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May 30, 2010
General Fund $ 2840.10
Attendance:
Traditional 49
Sunday School 55
Contemporary 54
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Wed. June 2nd:
NO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES
Thurs. June 3 - Sat. June 5:
Sun. June 6th:
Sunday School Promotion and Teacher Recognition Sunday
12:15pm Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
5:30pm Youth
5:30pm Choir Practice
6:30pm Handbell Practice
Wed. June 9th:
5:30pm UMW Meeting
6:30pm Bible Studies for all ages
Sat. June 12th:
9am - 3pm NCD/Strategic Planning Meeting
for a complete calendar visit our calendar on the church website. |
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Ministry
June 6, 2010 | | |
Traditional Service
Ushers: Volunteers Needed
Nursery: Babs Holcomb
Sunday School
Nursery: Greta Ayers
Contemporary Service
Greeters: Volunteers Needed
Nursery: Paula Wright
Projection Assistant
Virginia Robinson
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| Birthdays & Anniversaries
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Birthdays
June 3 Melissa Daniel
June 14 Robin Martin
June 15 Carlie Collazo
June 17 Noah Guffey
June 21 Carrie Bucklin
June 24 Anna Kate Self
June 25 Kim Collazo
June 29 Kelly Saylor
Anniversaries
June 5th- Mike & Janie Franks |
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Prayers!! | | |
If you would like to be a part of the praying community at New Life, please contact Nell Barker at barker2@nehp.net or 728-8003 or Denise Acker at kittey@nehp.net or 728-4988
Thank you! |
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Upcoming Events | |
Women's Bible Study 9:00AM Monday -- Youth Center Every 2nd Saturday Simpson Point Trash Pickup, Top of the Mountain @ 8:00AM Every 3rd Saturday-
10:00-12:00 Youth Trash Pick-up
Word Mountain
Every 4th Sunday
United Methodist Men's Breakfast 6:00AM to cook, 7:00AM to eat. |
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New Life Line
June 2, 2010 |
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Greetings!
We have a big week ahead of us! Please keep the North Alabama Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in your prayers as we meet this week. Remember you are always welcome to come observe the work of the Conference and everyone is invited to join us on Saturday to hear the teaching of Adam Hamilton. Milanda Taylor is our lay member of annual conference and she will give you a report on Conference in the weeks to come.
This Sunday we will also have our Promotion Sunday with our children and youth moving up to their new classes! During worship, we will recognize and bless our Christian education teachers and then thank them with a luncheon following the Contemporary Service. In addition, our new children's pastor, Melisa Saccucci, will be with us in worship for the first time. Be sure to greet her!
Finally, I want to share some wonderful news with you. As most of you know we have been involved in the Natural Church Development (NCD) process since October 2008. NCD is a process of assessing and working on church health. You can learn more about NCD here. In our first survey, we identified Gift-Based ministry as the area we most needed to improve and we also identified the need for a vision statement for our congregation. As part of the process, the NCD Church Heath team has been working hard to address our growing edges as a congregation. Last month, a number of you participated in our second NCD survey and I am happy to share that our scores have increased significantly with improvements in all areas! What's more, Gift-Based Ministry is now our strongest factor! We will share more with you in the months to come including plans to address our newest minimum factor, Holistic Small Groups. But for today I want to celebrate the hard work of the NCD Health team and of this congregation!
This week, we'll reflect on an Old Testament story so important that Jesus referred to it several times during his ministry:
8Then the word of the Lord came to [Elijah], saying, 9"Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded a widow there to feed you." 10So he set out and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink." 11As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand." 12But she said, "As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die." 13Elijah said to her, "Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your son. 14For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth." 15She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days. 16The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah. I Kings 17:8-16
- If you had only enough oil and meal for a final meal for your family, how likely would you be to share it with a total stranger?
- What do you think motivated this foreign woman to respond to Elijah's request?
- What are you most afraid of? What are the places in your life where you feel you are lacking?
- Have you ever had a real need, such as the widow's, for the basics of life-food, water, clothing? How did God comfort and provide for you in your need?
I look forward to worshiping with you on Sunday!Pastor Sherill |
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Scripture Lesson for June 6th
1 Kings 17:8-16 |
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DATE CORRECTION!
NCD/Strategic Planning Meeting
The NCD/Strategic Planning Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, JUNE 12th from 9 am until 3 pm. The previous newsletter stated that it would be held on June 5th. Please disregard that date, and plan to be there on June 12th.
Apologies for any inconvenience! |
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Sunday, June 6th
June 6th will be promotion Sunday for all Sunday School Classes. It will also be Sunday School and Wednesday class Teacher appreciation day. After the second service, teachers will be honored with a lunch for them and their families.
Contact Thames at 728-8852 if you would like to help with this event.
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Pastor Melisa will be officially joining our church staff this coming Sunday, June 6th. She will be doing the Children's Chat in both services so be sure to stop by and introduce yourself. |
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Please keep our Youth Mission Trip in your prayers!
June 20-25, 2010
Joe Rush Center for Urban Mission
Birmingham, Alabama
Urban Ministry is an inner-city mission agency of the United Methodist Church. Our work will be exterior house painting for the low-income elderly and disabled in inner-city Birmingham. We will stay at the dorm at Walnut Grove UMC in Midfield, AL. For more information, see http://www.urban-ministry.com/Rush.html
Tool Donations requested: paint brushes (all sizes), paint rollers, safety goggles, scrapers, wire brushes, mineral spirits, drop cloths, scrub brushes |
~ SUMMER CAMP
AT CAMP SUMATANGA~
Day Camp at Camp Sumatanga
June 28 - July 2, 2010
For: Rising 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Graders
Transportation will be provided to & from camp everyday.
Elementary Camp at Camp Sumatanga
June 27 - July 2, 2010
For: Rising 4th, 5th, & 6th Graders
Jr. High Camp at Camp Sumatanga
June 27th - July 2, 2010
For: Rising 7th & 8th Graders
Senior High Camp at Camp Sumatanga*
DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET
For: Rising 9th Graders and Older
*If you are interested in attending Senior High Camp, Please let either the Church Office ( newlifeumc@nehp.net, 256-728-2093) or Lisa Saylor know.
Volunteers are needed to assist with transportation to camp, as well as to help with paper work. Please contact Lisa Saylor if you are interested in volunteering.
Sign Up sheets are in the Narthex.
Additional information will be there as well! |
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Summer Time Schedule Changes
Summer Activities run June 6th - Aug. 4th
Beginning June 9th, All Wednesday Night Activities will begin at 6:30! Please mark your calendars! |
 Vacation Bible School! July 12-16, 2010 Ages: 3 thru Rising 5th Graders
Nursery will be available for Ages 2 and Under. |
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~Nursery Workers & Ushers Needed~
Feel the need to serve the church through working in the Nursery or being an Usher??? GREAT!!!
Ushers
We are in need of Ushers for the rest of the year (Including the month of May in Traditional Worship). A Sign-up sheet is located in the Narthex or you can contact Carrie Bucklin ( newlifeumc@nehp.net) to sign up. Please indicate which month you would like to serve, and if you would like to split the month with someone....
Nursery Workers
We are in need of Nursery Workers for the following times:
2nd Sunday of the Month - Sunday School Hour
3rd Sunday of the Month - Sunday School Hour
4th Sunday of the Month - Sunday School/Contemporary Worship
5th Sunday (when applicable) - Sunday School/Contemp. Worship
All Nursery workers must pass a background check (please see Carrie Bucklin for more details) or must sign up with an individual that has already completed a background check. This is to keep in compliance with the Safe Sanctuary Policy and there are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule. Time Commitments would include showing up at the start of your particular time and staying for at least 15 minutes into the Hour Slot. If no-one shows up or has not contacted you to say they would be bringing a child from the service, you are Free to Go! Easy as that!!! |
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YOUTH SUMMER SCHEDULE!
The Youth will not meet on Sunday Night's this Summer! Please see below for Summer Youth Schedule of Activities!
Youth Summer Activities (for rising 6th-12th grades):
Starting Wednesday, June 9th: Minute-to-Win-It Wednesdays! 6:30 pm at the Youth Center every Wednesday
Wednesday, June 16th: Spring Valley Beach
Saturday, June 19th: Clean-up Kidtopia Mission Day
June 20-25: Mission Trip to Birmingham
Sunday, July 27: High School Pool Party at Buffington's
TENTATIVE: Wednesday, July 7: Middle School Pool Party
July 12-16: VBS (youth will assist)
Friday, July 30: Youth Lock-In
Sunday, August 1st: Youth Sunday
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Reminder: Work Session at Honeycomb Cemetery
When: Saturday, June 5th
What Time: 8am - 12pm |
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NEW LIFE SHEPHERD MINISTRY
We need each of you to be praying to find out if God is leading you into this ministry.
The Shepherd Ministry will be making phone calls, visiting, and sending cards to members of our church family.
Each member will receive a list of approximately 8 to 10 families for which you will be responsible for keeping in touch with calls, visits, and/or sending cards.
If God leads, please join us for blessings you won't believe.
Contact Nell Barker at 728-8003 |
"The Fountain" - New Life UMC Monthly Food Drive
New Life United Methodist Church is joining with First Baptist of Grant in support of "The Fountain". For those who may have missed Thames Robinson's excellent article in The Advertiser Gleam, the Fountain distributes food and attempts to provide other help to individuals and families in need who live in the Grant area. This is done every Wednesday morning from the little red church across from Hardees. Bags of food are distributed to local individuals with demonstrated need. The 50 or so individual bags of food are free to clients, but of course are not really free. Even free food from the Alabama and USDA Food Banks carries a transportation service charge. Local businesses and individuals provide much, but additional help is always needed. If you hear of a food donation box or a rail offering to purchase "free" food, every bit of it will stay in the Grant Area and will go to our neighbors in serious need of help.
We will hold a monthly food drive on the
4th Sunday of every month.
Please note the food schedule below
so you will know what to bring! June - Canned Veggies July - Pasta (Mac & Cheese, Spaghetti, etc.) August - Canned Soup or Sauces September - Jams, Jellies, Syrups October - Canned Stew, Chili, Spam |
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Church Office Hours
8 AM - 1 PM Monday Through Friday
728-2093
Church Staff
Pastor:
Sherill Clontz (256) 508-3760 (cell)
Secretary:
Carrie Bucklin 728-2093
Choir Director:
Susan Smith 728-7559 (hm)
Contemporary Music Director:
Jim Holcomb 587-0217
Youth Director:
Milanda Taylor 728-3099
Children's Ministry Director:
Rev. Melisa Saccucci (256) 337-3101 (cell)
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Vision of New Life United Methodist Church
The mission statement of the United Methodist Church is:
To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world
Therefore, we will:
NURTURE
EMPOWER
WORSHIP
LOVE THEM IN
INVITE PEOPLE INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST
FELLOWSHIP
ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY
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