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Welcome Sherry and Mike Harris
We are excited to have Sherry Harris re-joining our Clergy team. Please plan to welcome Sherry and Mike at a reception during the coffee hour (9:15-9:45 am) this Sunday, July 9, in the Fellowship Hall.
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 VHUMC in Panama
Our Boomer Mission team just returned from our third annual trip to Panama where they assisted the ministry of the Panamanian Methodist Church. This year's team consisted of 11 members all between 50 and 70 years old. Six members were from VHUMC where they are all members of the Serendipity Sunday School class. Like our past two trips, the team spent each morning in construction activities to help missionary Rhett Thompson develop a youth camp. This year they focused on building the kitchen and dining hall. Each afternoon they helped to provide recreational activities with area children ages 5-11. The team stayed in very nice cabins on the camp property with fully operating bathrooms!
With four other teams scheduled for construction work this summer, it is hoped the building will be completed by the early fall. VHUMC plans to send another team back to Panama in the spring/summer of 2018, to continue construction for the youth camp. We hope to announce the dates soon and we really hope you will consider coming with us! For more information contact Jim Frazier (769-0126 / [email protected]). |
 Sunday Evening Worship Series
Come as you are and join us Sunday Evening at 5:00 pm, as we sing, pray, and fellowship together in the Rutland-Memorial Chapel.
We are grateful that Mike Harper will be preaching on "
Micro and Macro
" from Psalm 8. Next Sunday Butch Williams will be preaching.
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 Middle School Man Cave
Calling all Middle School Men! We are starting a new program called Middle School Man Cave. Our first event is tomorrow night, Friday, June 9, from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. We will have food, a time of worship and message, and then play dodgeball! This week, we will be looking at the life of King David, including his successes and struggles and how we can learn from him, even today.The cost is only $5 and is open to all current 6th-8th graders. Make sure to invite your friends for this awesome event!Dads, if you are interested in helping out with this event please contact Jeremiah Stone ([email protected]).
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 Calling All Superheroes
Vacation Bible Camp starts this coming Monday, June 12, and this year our theme is Hero Central. We will be learning how we can become truly heroic in God. You can register your 4k (by last September 1, 2016) through 5th grader by clicking the link below or visiting www.vhumc.org.
We are still in need of volunteers, so please contact Jamie Meeks ([email protected]) if you are able to join us! If your 6th-12th grader would like to volunteer as a student helper please contact Anna Watts ([email protected]) ASAP. We hope you can join us for the fun!
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Blessing the VBC Volunteers
We are so grateful to all of the volunteers who take their time to make Vacation Bible Camp an exciting, memorable week for our children. This Sunday, June 11, we will be blessing our volunteers in both of our traditional worship services (8:30 and 11:00 am in the Sanctuary) as well as our contemporary service (11:00 am in Tyson Hall). If you will be volunteering at VBC we hope you can join us during one of these services as we bless this important ministry! |
 VBC Break Room
We can use your help for the VBC break room. Each year during VBC we provide drinks and snacks for the 250+ volunteers and teen helpers. This year we are in need of 2-liter drinks (Diet Coke, Coke, Sprite, Sunkist, Root beer, etc.). We would also love for you to drop off non-perishable items such as chips, crackers and candy. We have a box designated for this in the church office. If you would like to donate perishable items (fruit, dips, breakfast casseroles, brownies, muffins, donuts, veggie trays ,etc.) we will take those the week of VBC in the Lighthouse kitchen area. Thanks in advance for your help! If you have questions feel free to contact Cindy Tyus (616-7936). |
 Elementary Awards Assembly
Our 1st-5th graders had a great time at the Sunday School Awards Assembly last Sunday! Congratulations to John Dawson Watkins for winning the overall highest attendance award and to Mary Chappell Register and Brady Ferrell for winning the memory verse bikes. Congratulations, also, to those who won the awards for highest attendance in their Sunday School classes:
Vaughan Rainer, Ivy White, John Dawson Watkins, Luke Harper, Thomas Hocutt, Emily Meeks, Owen McGriff, James Bentley, and John Harris Hocutt.
We hope to see everyone in our Pre-VBC Assembly this Sunday from 9:45-10:45 am, in the Fellowship Hall! |
 Parents Night Out Registration
Parents Night Out is a laity led ministry designed to enrich the marriages of couples with children- ages 3 months through 5th grade- by providing a loving, safe and fun-filled time for their children while parents enjoy an evening out together. It's "families helping families grow stronger." We are currently accepting registration for limited space for the 2017-18 school year. For more information, email Julie Bray ([email protected]). |
Summer Theatre Production
The Summer Theatre Production (formerly produced by The Parable Players) will be presented by The Conservatory of the Arts. This summer's show, "Life, Love, and Laughter" is a compilation of three one-act plays that embody the ups and downs of everyday life. The show will take place in Tyson Hall, on June 23 and 24, at 7:00 pm. Tickets are available by clicking the link below or at the door each evening. For more information, contact Sandy Draper ([email protected]).
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 Summer HIIT Exercise Class
Join group exercise instructor, Jordan Singletary, for a high intensity interval training (HIIT) class in the Lighthouse gym on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from 5:30-6:30 pm. The class will not meet on June 8 and July 25. The cost is $5/class. Contact Megan Drumm ([email protected] / 769-0139) for additional details. |
 Lighthouse Volunteers Needed
Our Health, Wellness, and Recreation ministry is seeking volunteers to assist in the Lighthouse. If you are looking for a way to serve VHUMC, this is an excellent way to volunteer and meet members of the church. Please contact Megan Drumm ([email protected] / 769-0139) for more information. |
Group Personal Training Sessions with Ali
 Have you ever wanted a personal trainer but didn't think you could afford one? Now you can have the benefits of a trainer, pay less per session, and be motivated by your group to train hard! Ali Sanders, who has a degree in Exercise Science from Auburn University and is an ACE certified Personal Trainer with over 15 years of experience, is offering group personal training sessions in the Lighthouse gym. Six 45-minute sessions are offered each week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:15 am and Monday-Friday at 1:00 pm. Sign up for two sessions a week for $110/month or three sessions a week for $150/month. Each session runs for four weeks. Space is limited to 10 people per session. Don't miss out on this great exercise opportunity! Ali also offers individual training sessions. Contact Megan Drumm ([email protected]) with questions. |
Volunteers Needed for Family Promise
 VHUMC was one of the first churches to begin hosting Family Promise when they started many years ago. They are the only organization we know of that keeps families together when they are homeless. VHUMC usually hosts families 3-4 times a year depending on the schedule. Our next week to host is June 18-23. There are many responsibilities during our week as a church host for the families and we are in need of volunteers. There is literally a job for everyone. If you are interested in helping during our host week, please contact one of our coordinators, Rob Armstrong ([email protected]) or Susan Sturdivant ([email protected]) to find the right place for you to serve.
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Hannah Prayer Team
The Hannah Prayer Team continues to pray for expectant moms and their new babies, including 3 sets of twins coming in the next few months. If you are expecting a new baby, our prayer team would love the opportunity to pray for you and your family during this time. Please contact Ty Howell ([email protected] / 529-1262) if we can pray for you or if you would like to join our team to pray for these young mothers and their babies. |
 Helping Hands in the Hills Planning
The Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce and City of Vestavia Hills are planning the third annual Helping Hands in the Hills "day of service" to assist our residents (senior citizens, disabled, etc.) who need a helping hand with minor projects around their homes. This community service day will be on Saturday, September 9, but they want to identify needs and assistance teams now. Please be thinking about your volunteer teams and/or possible community service projects to be considered. Please contact the Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce ([email protected] / 823-5011) for more information. |
Conservatory of the Arts Summer Specials
Musicianship Classes
We are once again offering our Musicianship (music theory) Classes for adults and students who wish to learn how to read music or advance your musical knowledge. Anyone can take these classes, but it will particularly be of use to students in middle or high school choir or band. Classes have started, but you can still join us. Click the link or contact Ellen Bryant (
[email protected]) to register or for more information.
Art Workshop
Art Workshop is designed for students who have completed 5K and are looking for a class on sketching, painting and sculpting techniques. The kids will take home a finished canvas art piece, a sculpture, and more at the end of the week. This workshop will be July 17-21 from 2:00-3:30 pm. Click the link to register.
Piano Camp
There are only a few spots left in Piano Camp for students who would like to learn to play in ensembles with two or more other students, enjoy meeting a guest artist, and learning how to use music technology. Piano Camp will be held the week of June 19-23 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm and is for students with all levels of piano experience. Click the link to register.
Photography Class
This five-week photography course is designed specifically for the amateur photographer who wants to improve the quality of their photos. Middle school students through adults are welcome to register for this class. Come with a basic working knowledge of your point and shoot or SLR digital camera. These classes will meet for five Thursdays from 6:00-7:30 pm beginning July 13. Click on the link to register.
Kindermusik Classes
Kindermusik classes are new this summer at VHUMC! Kindermusik is one of the very best ways to share the wonderful gift of music with young children from infants through age six. There is a June session and a July session. In addition, fall classes begin in August! Don't let your child be left out! Classes are available both in the morning and late afternoons to accommodate busy parent schedules. Click the link for more information or to register.
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 Summer Grand Camps
If you have a grandchild between the ages of 4 to 9-years-old, then you need to consider taking them to Camp Sumatanga this summer. Jim Frazier will be leading two Grand Camps July 9-11 and July 12-14. You will have the chance to spend quality time with your grandchild while you swim, ride horses, hike, canoe, fish, make crafts, and sing songs around the campfire. Click on the link to register or call 256-538-9860.
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BSC Service of Tribute
Dr. Ralph M. Tanner, Birmingham-Southern College alumnus (BA, '54; MA, '57) and president (1972-75), passed away in Baldwin City, Kansas, in November 2016. Please join his family and friends at a Service of Tribute in Birmingham on Friday, June 23, at 1:00 pm, in the Yeilding Chapel, on the BSC campus. Informal reception and conversation to follow in Hulsey Hall.
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Memorials and Honorariums
Click on the link below or visit www.vhumc.org to see the memorials and honorariums given last month. Thanks to everyone who has given to help the church in recognition of a loved one.
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| Ongoing Outreach
Paint Supplies Needed
The Grace Class is responding to a request from Grace Episcopal Church in Woodlawn for paint and supplies to help Grace Works Ministries paint a 50-foot mural on the outside wall of Willow Woods community center. The need is for new and partially used cans of exterior paint of any color - preferably pre-mixed with primer. They also need old brushes, roller poles and handles, and medium rollers. Basically any painting supplies that you are willing to give. Please place paint items on the outside balcony behind Tyson Hall anytime during the week of June 19-23.
Food Pantry
The
Food Pantry needs medium size shopping bags for fresh fruits and veggies that we receive from our
F
a
rmers Market for our families. Special thanks to
Rocky Ridge Pharmacy for donating monthly food
, S
prouts for donating produce on Mondays and Wednesdays
,
Publix and Panera Bread for their continuing donations
, and the four
awesome 7th graders who helped us unload the trucks
this past Monday!
Oak Mountain Mission
Oak Mountain Mission desperately needs furniture to be given to families who have lost their homes due to fires, floods
,
or loss of jobs.
Please call Brenda at 685-5757 to arrange a pick-up.
They are open Monday - Thursday
from 8
:30
am
- 1:00
pm
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8:30 am Traditional Service
Matthew 28:16-20
"
Mighty Big God
"
Bill Brunson
9:45 am Service of Word and Table
Matthew 28:16-20
"
Trinity Love
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Butch Williams
11:00 am Traditional Service
Matthew 28:16-20
"
Mighty Big God
"
Bill Brunson
11:00 am Contemporary Service
2 Cor. 13:11-13
"
Strength in Numbers
"
Kipp McClurg
5:00 pm Sunday Evening Worship
Psalm 8
"Micro & Macro"
Mike Harper
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Our Time and Resources
Donations this past week
January 2016 - April 2017
Donations
Other Income
Auxilary Ministries Net*
Total Income
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Actual
$53,046
$4,934,219
$236,260
$171,913
$5,342,392
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Targeted
-$
12,359
-$95,274
-$11,591
+$80,534
-$26,331
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(+) Better or (-) worse for the church than our target
* Includes COA, Summer Days, VDS, and Vestavia Dance
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Care and Support
Congratulations, hospitalizations, and sympathies |
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Prayer Requests
Careline: 205-822-9336
Weekend or After-Hour Health Emergencies: 205-914-3121
Please be in prayer for the following persons:
Jo Baskerville
Margean Brasher
Lynn Brasher
Sam Cunningham
Jami DeMarco
Chris Dibble
David Dixon
Elliot Dobelstein
Adam Draney
Tim Eddins
Peg Edwards
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Allison Ellis
Cheryl Gulledge
Kendra Haddock
Fay Harbin
Ann Harris
Pat Madison
Billie Meloy
Mary Morgan
Will Nailen
Paul Noto
Bill Phillips Sr.
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Norman Ponder
Faye Richards
Allyson Roebuck
Nan Rucks
Jim Sanders
Annette Smith
Judy Strong
Bobbye Trammell
William Tucker
Jim Vickery
Bob Wilson
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Requested prayers for service members in combat areas:
- 1st Lt. Spencer Carroll, US Army, (Kuwait)
In an effort to keep the prayer request list current, names will be listed for two weeks unless we are otherwise notified. VHUMC will not publish the names and/or concerns of persons known to be minors (18 years of age or younger) without the permission of said minor's legal guardian. Thank you.
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