Eugene First United
Methodist Church
1376 Olive Street, Eugene Oregon 97401
Phone: 541-345-8764 Fax: 541-485-5025
July 24, 2018
This Week At First

Thursday:
9:45 a.m. Theology Thursday in the Library

Friday:
2:00 p.m. Well Circle in the Parlor

Saturday:
9:30 p.m. Handbells in room 20

Sunday:
10:00 a.m. Worship in the Sanctuary, Inside-Out Sunday
11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour
No Restore
Summer Family Programs @ First

Washington Park, July 24th, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Bring a dish to share and your play game!
We are going to say goodbye to Kay!

Family Night at FUMC, July 28th, 5 - 8 p.m.
Bring your family, a dish to share,
and prepare to have some fun!

Sleepover, July 28th, 8 p.m. - July 29th, 10 a.m.
If you are ready to spend the night at the church,
please join us for an evening filled with
silliness, play time, and a cool art project!

Shotgun Creek Adventure, August 19th, 1-6 p.m.
We can carpool together after worship.
This afternoon and early evening time together
will involve playing in water,
having some group games, and a delicious grill out.

Dinner Together, August 23rd, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Join us to enjoy the summer and have time together.
Stay tuned for the date and time announcement.
Welcome Jackson Hartzell Pitney

The Pitney family welcomed Jackson on July 12th at 1:17 a.m.
Inside-Out Sunday Report

Thank you all for your responses and sign ups for Inside-Out Sunday teams! If you did not sign up yet, never fear! You may drop in on any of our groups on Sunday morning.


Here are the current needs for food bags:

279 Cracker Packs
83 Raisin Boxes
256 Pudding/Fruit Cups
324 String Cheese Sticks

We also can use more adult sized tube socks.
Summertime Salad and Dessert Picnic

All women are invited to attend a salad, bread and dessert picnic at Blake and Jo Ann English’s home on July 31.  You can carpool from the church parking lot by 11:30 a.m.  Bring your favorite salad, bread, or dessert to share. We will gather for conversation, fellowship, and lunch at 12 noon on the shaded deck near the trees, flowers and pond. If it is too hot on July 31, we will move the tables inside to enjoy the cool air conditioning! Look forward to this time of fellowship. Contact Jo Ann English at 541-741-0575 with questions. 
Please Join Us Next Thursday
August 2nd, 2018

When Congress decided that the U.S. Capitol should have a Statuary Hall, every state was asked to provide statues of the two most important figures in its history. The Oregon Legislature voted to send statues of Methodist missionary, Jason Lee; and Hudson’s Bay Chief Factor, Dr. John McLoughlin.

Replicas of those statues now face each other on our State Capitol grounds where they show the mutual respect those men showed in life.

When fears arose that Statuary Hall’s floor could not continue to support all those statues, each state had to choose which of its statues should stay and which should be moved to other areas of the Capitol. The Oregon Legislature decided that Jason Lee’s should stay.

McLoughlin’s statue ended up in the Capitol Visitor Center where the good doctor appears to be welcoming visitors today just as he welcomed weary travelers almost two centuries ago.

If you want to know more about Lee and McLoughlin, sign up for our 2018 Heritage Tour. It will happen on August 2 when our bus will take us to Fort Vancouver.

The final sign up opportunity will be this Sunday after worship. Tour cost will be $10 plus $5.00 for a Subway sandwich lunch unless you choose to bring your own food. If you want a Subway, indicate if it should be vegan, ham, turkey, or turkey on gluten free bread.

And we hope that each of you will bring your own water bottle.

You may sign up after worship this Sunday
in Fellowship Hall.
Prayers and Thanksgivings

Joys for the birth of Saylor James Hollens to Evynne, Peter, & Ashland Hollens by the proud grandparents Karen Ziros-Smith & Saylor Smith ; for Suzanne Knight's family as her father John Cheney has been placed on hospice; for Alan , brother of Betty Boyce , who is fighting multiple cancers; for Betsy Guinn and her extended family as they move through a season of mourning the death of her son Joy ; for Edith Sorenson who is recovering at home after some time in the hospital; thanksgiving for the birth of Jackson Hartzell Pitney to Debbie and John's son and daughter-in-law; C leo Mapfumo for peace and love in the world; for Shelley Hutson's nephew Eric Rolston as he makes decisions on treatment options; Gaye Gough for all facing surgeries and other medical procedures; Millie Ridge and Lanny Massey who are on hospice care; Bren Nukles in permanent care at South Hills; those going through treatment for cancer: Laurie Granger & Mick Gough … Gracious God, hear our prayers.