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God desires FFUMC to be an intentional, vibrant,  growing faith community transformed through prayer, scripture, worship, and study.

 

ffumclogo God wants us to make a real difference in the lives of our neighbors  and each other as we  invite, accept, connect,  serve,  and share the love of Christ.  
Issue: 12
March 21, 2018
In This Issue
Join us on Saturday!
Greeters & Ushers
Happy Birthday!
Children
Talent Night & Dinner
Care & Prayer Concerns
Quick Links
Spring Weed & Mulch
Saturday at 9:00 a.m.
No tools are needed! Lunch will  be served and we hope you will join us for fellowship. 

Please email   Clark Brekke  or   Judy Westenhaver   if you will be staying for lunch. Thanks for helping! 
United Methodist Holy Week Quiz
Soon we will begin the sacred time between Palm Sunday and Easter.
How much do you know about the symbols and meanings of Holy Week?
These  10 questions will deepen your understanding of the season. 
Youth
United Methodist  Youth Fellowship   (UMYF)

Upcoming Mission Trip - July 8-13, 2018
Sign up on Sunday!

MEETS SUNDAY
April 8, 15, 22, & 29 at 5:30 p.m. 
Questions, email   Chuck Powell.
Did you know that FFUMC has a supply of medical devices and apparatus for use by members? Although the number and type are limited, our supply includes adult and youth crutches, walkers (with and without wheels), raised toilet seats, wheelchairs, and various medical apparatus. If the need for a device arises, why not check with Stephen Richardson, Chair of the Serving Team, to see if our supply can help out. 
VBS Planning Meeting
Sunday, April 8 at 12:00 p.m.
Conference Room
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Information Desk
9:00 a.m. -  Joyce Nall
10:00 a.m. - Carol Taylor

Greeters
9:00 a.m. -  Bob & Lib Alston
11:00 a.m. - open
Please contact Lara Burn if you can help.

Ushers
9:00 a.m. -  Ned Rayson, Barry Goss
& Kelly Clancy

11:00 a.m. - Dale Love
Spots still open: sign up with this link!
Rolling Schedule: John Matson, Randy Kirchner & Marty Layman
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Congratulations to the following 
who will have birthdays this week!

March:
22 - Paul Swan
23 - Wes Tankersley
26 - Deanne Lucas
27 - Marilyn Dawson
28 - Zach Lovelace
wesley's attic
Help Families  in Need
Wesl ey's Attic clothing inventory is low. Please donate clothes to help families  for an event in April. Please check your closets for children's clothing sizes newborn to children's size 16 . Please  no adult sizes.
Security Plan
The Trustees have begun the implementation of our Security Plan. Integral to the plan is the monitoring of Main Street and the front door.  This will be done by having a dedicated usher positioned near the information desk from the start to the end of church services. These ushers will be instructed on their role and responsibilities. If you are willing to volunteer for this important position in our church security plan or if you would like more information, please email Steve Krupski.
NEW RESOURCES
First Farragut UMC's Footprints Ministry serves  as a bridge to connect church and home. Click  here  for our current recommendations.
FINANCIAL PULSE
As of February 28, 2018

YTD Total Contributions:     $122,080.79
YTD Total Expenses:             $ 95,406.97
YTD Net Operating Total:      $ 26,663.82
YTD Total Capital Gifts:         $ 23,162.00
Attention Kroger Shoppers!
Don't forget to re-enroll!
  If you shop at Kroger, please click here to visit the Kroger Community Rewards secure website and click on "Enroll" to register your individual Kroger Plus card to First Farragut UMC's account 
(# 84417).  
 
We received $159.56 from your shopping last quarter!

Easter is coming! Our inner lives yearn for the resurrection of the good, and true, and beautiful within us. We look at the life of our Lord and we believe it is possible for the good, true, and beautiful to be resurrected within us, and we live in hope for that day. We also anticipate our own resurrection because we will celebrate the fact of our Lord's triumphant victory over death.
 
Our Christian hope reminds us that the best is yet before us. The greatest glory and good for Christ and the Church are still in the future.

Consequently, the Christian moves forward with confidence, not in his or her power or wisdom, but in the power and wisdom of Him who overcame the grave.
 
We acknowledge the Lord's Passion and celebrate His Resurrection during Holy Week and Easter. Holy Week begins this Sunday, Palm Sunday. We will come together for a special service of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m. in the worship center, and on Good Friday, March 30, also at 6:30 p.m., we will meet for a Service of Reflection. On Easter morning, in the sunrise service at 7 a.m. at the 
fire pit (or inside depending on the weather), and in the 9 and 11 a.m. services, we will proclaim "He is risen! Alleluia! Christ is risen, indeed!"
 
Grace and Peace,
      
CHILDREN

 
THIS SUNDAY
 The children will sing in both services on Sunday!

 
 
Easter Egg Hunt - Sunday 
5:30 - 7:30 p.m
RSVP TODAY to Paige Morgan 

VBS Planning Meeting - April 8 at 12:00 p.m.

Want to be "in the loop" on all Children's Wing activities? 
Be sure to join our Facebook group (FFUMC Children's Ministry)!


Click here to register.
Email Paige or Dave with questions.

FFUMC, through the Serving Team, supports numerous Conference Advance Projects: Emerald Youth Foundation, Holston Home for Children, Wesley House Community Center, Morgan-Scott Project, Wesley Woods, Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer Ministry Center, Interfaith Clinic, and missionaries in Prague, Turkey and South Sudan. We also contribute to Disaster Relief in the Holston Conference. Your generous donations to the Serving Team Easter Offering in 2017 made it possible to support these ministries. We need your support again in 2018 to continue our tradition and vision "to make a real difference in the lives of our neighbors and each other."  Please be praying about your contribution on Easter Sunday,  April 1, 2018. Join with us in "serving as Christ served, loving as Christ loved."
Upcoming Events

Wednesday, April 4 - Day trip to Birthplace of Country Music, Bristol, VA (price $11.55) and Gray Fossil Site and National Museum (part of the Smithsonian museums) price $5.00 in Gray, TN. We will carpool from FFUMC at 8:30 a.m., have lunch in Bristol, and arrive back in Knoxville by approximately 6:00 p.m. 
Please RSVP by Sunday . 
What are those?!?!

FFUMC will still have its garden this summer! But instead of edible vegetables, we will have a Pollinator Garden, including bee houses/hotels to attract Mason Bees as some of the various pollinators we are expecting. Mason bees, unlike our common honey bees, do not produce honey, and the females will sting only by rough person-handling. Milkweeds and flowering plants, such as Butterfly Bush and Joe Pye Weed, have also been planted to attract Monarch Butterflies and other pollinators. So come on down and check out the Pollinator Garden as the spring, summer and fall seasons result in a constantly changing scene! For those interested in vegetable gardening, there is room for that also.
Care and 
Prayer 
Concerns

Please remember the following  care 
and prayer concerns  this week:
  • Christian Missionaries Everywhere
  • Richard Bartosik 
  • Karen Blazer
  • Bruce Burr (throat cancer, Debbie & John Salzer's son-in-laws' stepfather)
  • Tom Butcher (cancer, Sandy Noble's former boss)
  • Troy Cato (colon cancer, son of Renee Alley's friend)
  • Lee Collins
  • Lisa Davis (brain cancer, friend of Carrie Linn)
  • Phil Dawson
  • Cindy Daugherty Galyon  
  • J.T. Hankins (continuing PT)
  • John Hankins (defibrillator replacement on 3/23)
  • Calvin Harris  
  • Charlie Helms
  • Kenneth Henderson (hospice, Marilyn Halas' father)
  • The Family of Kris Lane (death of  Kris' mother, Janette Lane)
  • Kris Lane (son-in-law of Steve & Jeanette Krupski)
  • Cheryl Lewis & Family (chemo shots continue, friend of Harden Family)
  • La Gonda & Lee Mapes (La Gonda's uncle, dementia-Ben Atchley State Veteran's Home )
  • Nancy Morgan (David Morgan's mother)
  • Bill & Sherry Purdy (friends of Alvin Jenkins)
  • Michael Rainwater
  • Jolanda Rice (cancer, mother of Jeanette Krupski)
  • Sarah Roberto (recovering at home )
  • Judith Russell (former FFUMC member)
  • Melody Schwab  (breast cancer, friend of Jean Fowler)
  • Randy Sedlacek (hospice, Jodie Petersen's father)
  • Becky Luther Tannehill (breast cancer, Carrie Linn's aunt)
  • Jimmy Taylor ( Clinical Research Participation)
  • Jake von Trump (Marilyn Halas' grandson)
  • Michael & Janine Zaiser (Michael will be deployed soon; Janine is expecting third child in March; their twins are 2 1/2 years old; Michael is nephew of John & Brandi Matson)
  • Virginia Zanti (cancer)
  • Military Personnel & their families
Intermediate and long-term concerns are held in prayer daily through our 
prayer chain and prayer groups. 
If you have a prayer concern, 
please contact 
the church office  at 966-8430 or admin@ffumc.org.
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