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Issue: 36
September 20, 2017
In This Issue
Greeters & Ushers
We need you!
Happy Birthday!
Updated Financial Pulse
Updated Total Received
Children - NEW EVENTS
Article Headline
UMYF Future Dates
Care & Prayer Concerns
Quick Links

UMCOR Appeal for Cleaning Kits
and Hygiene Kits

UMCOR has made an appeal for the collection of Cleaning Buckets and Hygiene Kits to respond to recent devastating hurricanes from Texas to Florida. The cost of a Hygiene Kit is about $12. The cost of a Cleaning Kit is about $65. You may bring individual items or a full kit and we will deliver to Oak Ridge office.

The Serving Team will:
  • place lists of needs on missions table
  • provide buckets and lids for Cleaning Kits and large plastic bags for Hygiene Kits
  • cover the shipping costs for the kits.
Please bring your donations and leave the items at Missions table. Thanks to your generosity, the Serving Team has already delivered six cleaning kits and twelve hygiene kits at a value of over $500. 

Bless you for responding to this unprecedented need.

...that FFUMC will soon be partnering with the Town of Farragut in its Adopt-a-Mile program. As a participant, we need to pick-up trash on our mile of road on a quarterly basis. We will be assigned Union Road, right in our backyard! The Town of Farragut supplies the supplies, we supply the labor. A positive is that  "It's a family affair" if you want it to be. More details will follow.
Attention Club 52 Members!
Sunday at 6:00 p.m. is 
our annual  
Club 52 Dinner!


Please register with the number of attendees to Chuck Powell by tomorrow. 
Weekly Devotionals

The Prayer Team is providing weekly devotionals. They will cover various subjects, but mostly expound on the sermon topic from Sunday. Our prayer is that they will aid you in your Bible Studies or devotional times. You will find them located on the table beneath the Prayer Team bulletin board. P lease take one home with you! Click here to read them online. 
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Information Desk :
9:00 a.m. -- Nancy Roberts
10:00 a.m. -- Ann Walker

Greeters:
9:00 a.m. -- Marjorie & Alvin Jenkins
11:00 a.m. --  

Ushers:
9:00 a.m. -- Ned Rayson, Barry Goss 
& Kelly Clancy
11:00 a.m. -- John Matson, John Templeton 
& Ryan Reddick
 
If you still need help with Realm, email Jen or Randee. This link offers video instructions. 
Upcoming Events
 
Sunday -  "The Drowsy Chaperone" at Cumberland County Playhouse at 2:30 p.m. CT and buffet lunch at Cumberland State Park before the show.  


Thursday, October 26 - Fun and Games night with heavy hors-d'oeuvres at FFUMC 6:30 p.m. Judy Bensey and Joyce Nall will set up a fun filled evening.

Friday, November 17 - Guatemala Trip Presentation by Clark Brekke at 7:00 p.m. in the conference room at church.

Friday, December 15 - Annual JOY GALA CHRISTMAS DINNER at Fox Den Country Club at 6:30 p.m.

Seeking Coordinator
The Serving Team is looking for a coordinator for our Mobile Meals ministry. Melanie and Allie Mobley have served in this position for several years and are ready to turn it over to someone else. We already have several cooks and drivers in place for the one Saturday each month on which we participate. We just need someone to lead the ministry. This is a ministry that FFUMC has been actively involved in for many years, so please pray with us as we seek new leadership. If you are interested in learning more about this position, please contact Amy Tankersley at (865) 696-8139.
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Congratulations to the following 
who will have birthdays this week!

September:
         20 - Charlie Helms
                Amy Tankersley 
        21 - Madison Lovelace
                Renni Morris
        22 - Andrew Lounsbury
        24 - Cassie Plummer
        26 - Matt Wolverton        
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 August 31, 2017:

YTD Total Contributions:     $380,030.28
YTD Total Expenses:             $371,850.05
YTD Net Operating Total:     $8,180.23
YTD Total "FTF" Gifts:          $67,510.00
   (Forward to Freedom)
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 $152.18 from your shopping last quarter!
 
 "A huge storm came up. Waves poured into the boat, threatening to sink it. And Jesus was in the stern, head on a pillow, sleeping! They roused him, saying, "Teacher, is it nothing to you that we're going down?" Awake now, he told the wind to pipe down and said to the sea, "Quiet! Settle down!" The wind ran out of breath; the sea became smooth as glass. Jesus reprimanded the disciples: "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith at all?" They were in absolute awe, staggered. "Who is this, anyway?" they asked. "Wind and sea at his beck and call!"    Mark 4:35-41 (MSG)  
 
I believe the story of Jesus calming the storm is one of the most significant passages of scripture for those passing through the turbulence of the waters of life. It is a powerful reminder Jesus is in the boat with us. In the troubled sea of anxiety, perplexity, confusion, angst and strife, we cry out to the Master to awaken and reach out his hand, so that we can put our hands in the hand of the Man who stilled the water; put our hands in the hand of the man who calmed the sea.
 
Jesus Christ knows how sinkable we are. He knows our insecurities, our weaknesses, our anxieties, our fears, our failures, yet he loves us and cares for us. Sometimes it feels like the ship is going down. We become fixated on our limitations - and wonder, "how long can I tread water?"
 
The Williamson Turn is a nautical maneuver named for  John Williamson , USNR, who used it in 1943 to recover a sailor who had fallen overboard. There are other standard turns, but I am drawn to this one because the maneuver back toward the person who went overboard takes the shape of a sideways teardrop.
 
Through the tears and rescue of the cross, Christians claim Jesus is unsinkable, and we are too when we're in the boat with him.
 
Rembrandt, the great Dutch painter, has a familiar painting of this gospel account in Mark called, "The Calming of the Seas." He not only vividly portrays the raging storm and the fear of the disciples, but he also gives us a hint as to why they were so afraid. They are shown hanging on to everything. One has his arms around the mast, another is clinging to a rope; a third is grasping an oar. Anything and everything to hang on - anything except Jesus Christ. 

To get beyond our fear and limitations, as individuals and as a church, then we must go to him, knowing always he is searching for us, the one whom even the wind and the seas obey.

Grace and Peace,
 
Helping end homelessness, Family Promise
one family at a time!

Family Promise Host Week

Thanks for all your time and support this week. If you can help,
w e will need volunteers to  setup the areas after Sunday school 
on Sunday .
      
CHILDREN


 
3rd Grade Bible Retreat
Friday - 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
 
Half-Time - Wed., Sept. 27th a
t 6:00 p.m.
Join us for a 
time of fellowship and dinner. PLEASE RSVP to Paige if your child plans to be in attendance.  It's for grades K-12.

 
Paint a Pumpkin Party
Sunday, October 1st at 5:30 p.m.
Children are invited to come paint a pumpkin as we get into the Fall spirit. Parents please plan to stay with your child to help them with their project. Please RSVP to Paige September 25th with how many from your family plan to attend. Dinner will be provided.

  
Trunk or Treat
Sunday, October 29th
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
 
 
Sunday, November 5th at 5:30 p.m.
More details to follow.

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

Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! It's that time of year again. Christmas Community Day at First Farragut is Sunday, December 3. 
CCD is the day we invite families who have attended our Mobile Pantries to join us for fellowship and free shopping for toys, groceries, food, and books. This year will mark the tenth anniversary of this outreach ministry at FFUMC.
 
Please join us for a planning meeting on Sunday, October 1 at noon in the Conference Room. Whether you have been a team leader for years or this is your first CCD, you are welcome! A light lunch will be served, so please sign up in advance with Laura Derr or on Realm by going to NEWS.
Hurricane  Support
$6,620 collected as of  9/17/2017

If you would like to give a monetary donation to the Holston Conference  Relief Fund , please write your check payable to FFUMC with "Hurricane or UMCOR" in the memo section. You may place it in the offering plate or in the lock box in the church office. Thank you for your generosity and giving to those in need.
Youth

United Methodist  Youth Fellowship   (UMYF)


Please sign up on Sunday for our 
YOUTH JAM FALL RETREAT!
November 3rd - 5th
Or you can email Chuck to RSVP.
Sign up sheet on bulletin board.

SUNDAY @ 6:00 p.m. -   Club 52 Dinner 
Wednesday, September 27 - Half-Time @ 6:00 p.m.

OCTOBER DATES
Sunday, October 1 - UMYF @ 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 8 - UMYF @ 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 22 - T4FFUMCYaFGAPH
Wednesday, October 25 - Half-Time @ 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 29 - Trunk or Treat @ 6:00 p.m. 
Care and 
Prayer 
Concerns

Please remember the following  care 
and prayer concerns  this week:
  • Christian Missionaries Everywhere
  • Remember Hurricane victims
  • Karen Blazer 
  • Joe Bushey & Diane Travis (Diane's Dad, Joe, is in hospice care, friend of Colleen Zanti)
  • Lee Collins
  • Marvin Combs (friend of Barb Collins)
  • Jill Cox (home)
  • Lisa Davis (brain cancer, friend of Carrie Linn's)
  • Cliff Egner (hospice)
  • Cindy Daugherty Galyon  
  • Jerry Halas (heart problems, Marilyn Halas' husband)
  • J.T. Hankins (at home with PT)
  • John Hankins (late stage colon cancer)
  • Charlie Helms 
  • Kenneth Henderson (Parkinson, Marilyn Halas' father)
  • Brad & Michelle Hinds (Brad has liver cancer. Michelle is a client of Carrie Linn.) 
  • David Johnson, Jr. (end stages COPD, father of Jan Sangid Ghorashi)
  • Jeanette Krupski (Basel Cell Carcinoma)
  • Kris Lane (son-in-law of Steve & Jeanette Krupski)
  • Cheryl Lewis & Family (radiation and chemo, friend of Harden Family and daughter of Norma Jean Melcher)
  • Calista Mallison (niece of Tyler & Tara Mallison)
  • La Gonda & Lee Mapes (La Gonda's uncle, dementia-Ben Atchley State Veteran's Home )
  • Norma Jean Melcher (serious kidney issues, mother of Cheryl Lewis)  
  • Gary Phillips (Anchor Rehab in Aiken, SC) 
  • Tyler Pritchard & Family  (Tyler is hospitalized with serious injuries, Tara Mallison's cousin)
  • 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)
  • Randy Sedlacek (hospice, Jodie Petersen's father)
  • Melody Schwab (breast cancer, friend of Jean Fowler)
  • Jimmy Taylor ( Clinical Research Participation)
  • Trecia Walters (Mark Overbay's cousin)
  • Greg Wilson (chemotherapy, friend of Paige Morgan)
  • Vivian Yonkey ( hospice,  Brenda Bradford's niece)  
  • 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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