This Week
at
Forrest Burdette
Memorial UMC
 
2848 Putnam Avenue
Hurricane WV 25526
304.562.5903
C.O.M.: 304-562-9170

     
Monday, January 27
8-9:00 a.m. Open Gym for Walking
9:30 a.m.  Preventicare -Byrd Hall
4:00 p.m.  Cupboard Board Mtg -225B
6:30 p.m.  Scouts BSA 236 -Scout Hut
6:45 p.m.  Putnam Piece Makers -FH
7:00 p.m.  Cub Scouts 236 -Basement+
8:00 p.m.  Lacrosse (Newman) -Gym
8:00 p.m.  AA -308
   
Tuesday, January 28
8-9:00 a.m.  Open Gym for Walking
9:30 a.m.  Y.A.H. Charity Quilts -Byrd Hall
10:00 a.m. C ommunity Cupboard
6:00 p.m.  Basketball (HABL) -Gym
6:30 p.m.  Girl Scouts 10295 -Byrd Hall
7:00 p.m. Kids' Team Mtg -201
7:00 p.m.  Youth Leaders' Mtg -219
7:00 p.m.  Civic Chorus -Sanctuary
                           
Wednesday, January 29
8-9:00 a.m. Open Gym for Walking
9:30 a.m.  Preventicare -Byrd Hall
10:45 a.m.  Midweek Bible Study -207/213
2:30 p.m.  Hooks & Needles -201
6:30 p.m.  FB Kids -Byrd Hall
6:30 p.m.  Uth -225A/219 (Gym @ 7:30)
6:30 p.m.  Adult Small Groups:
Clark -225B, Cunningham -211,  Delph -111, Gatewood -Chapel,  Grant -207/213
7:30 p.m.  Praise Band -Sanctuary
8:15 p.m.  Lacrosse (Newman) -Gym
  
Thursday, January 30
8-9:00 a.m. Open Gym for Walking
8:00 a.m.  TOPS WV 0530 -Byrd Hall
10:00 a.m.  Circle of Friends -211
1:30 p.m.  Senior Basketball -Gym
6:00 p.m.  Orchestra Practice -Sanctuary
6:00 p.m.  Basketball (HABL) -Gym
6:30 p.m.  Scouts BSA 360 -Scout Hut
6:30 p.m.  Dancer's Choice -FH
7:00 p.m.  Choir Practice -Sanctuary
   
Friday, January 31
8-9:00 a.m. Open Gym for Walking
8:30 a.m.  Visions Newsletter Assembly -201
9:30 a.m.  Preventicare -Byrd Hall
10:00 a.m. C ommunity Cupboard
6:30 p.m.  Savage Basketball -Gym
  
Saturday, February 1
7:30 a.m.  Emmaus Prayer Group -110
9:30 a.m.  Basketball (Denny) -Gym
  
Sunday, February 2
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Communion
8:30 a.m.  Worship
9:45 a.m.  Sunday School
10:00-1:00 Soup & Chili Cook-Off -FH
11:00 a.m.  Worship
5:00 p.m.  Handbell Practice -Choir Rm
5:30 p.m.  Uth Lead -219
6:00 p.m.  Uth Bible Study -219
6:00 p.m.  Men's Group -201
6:00 p.m.  Worship -Chapel
6:00 p.m.  Soccer (Elkins) -Gym
7:00 p.m.  Adult Basketball -Gym
  
Upcoming Events:
2/5: We Care Meeting, 12:00 p.m.
  
2/8: Laura Stewart Bridal Shower, 1:00 p.m.
  
2/9: Scouts BSA Sunday; Cub Scout Pack 236 will be selling tickets to a Pancake Breakfast fundraiser at Applebee's on March 7th.
  
2/15: Cub Scout Pack 236 Pinewood Derby

 E-Connection

 January 27, 2020
        
       
      I was deeply moved by the choir anthem yesterday, "He Is Here".
The beautiful melody and lyrics really spoke to me as the choir worshipfully sang:
"He is here! Hallelujah! He is here! Amen! He is here! Holy Holy!
I will bless His name again. He is here! listen closely: Hear Him calling out your name.  He is here! You can touch Him; You will never be the same!"
     Once we have touched Him and He has touched us with His deep and abiding peace and joy of His presence, we can never be the same.  God is Good.....All the time
 
David Shanklin
Choir Director
                                              
SOUPer Bowl Sunday: February 2nd!
The Uth will be hosting a Souper Bowl Soup and Chili Cook-Off this  Sunday, February 2 , in the fellowship hall! All proceeds go toward their 2020 Mission Trip to Virginia Beach with TEAMeffort Mission Trips. Bring an appetite, a vote, and a donation! We appreciate your help! 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. , to allow everyone a chance to taste and cast their vote. To-go containers will be available. Do you want to enter your soup or chili in the contest? Sign up at the Connection Center desk!
     Will you be cheering for the San Francisco 49ers or the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl LIV? Vote for your favorite team by bringing in cans of soup and placing your cans in the cart marked with your team , at the front of the sanctuary. Soup will be donated to the Christian Community Cupboard.
   
Join a Small Group this Semester!
It's not too late to join a small group. For further information and class descriptions, please click here.
Wednesday Evenings at 6:30 p.m.:
Chris Clark - "On Being an Overcomer", Room 225B
Debby Cunningham - "Simon Peter: Flawed but Faithful Disciple", Room 211
Ron Delph - The Book of Revelation, Room 111
Don Gatewood - The Book of John, Chapel
Ed Grant - The Gospel of Mark, Room 207/213
Middle & High School Uth - Room 225A
FB Kids - ages 2 through 5th grade, Byrd Hall (Nursery available)
     
Wednesday Morning Bible Study with Ed Grant, 10:45 a.m. - The Gospel of Mark, Room 207/213
   
Thursday Morning Circle of Friends with Rosemary Cook & Cindy Woodworth, 10:00 a.m. - "A Woman's Walk with God", Room 211
   
Uth Mission Trip Deadline Approaches
The sign-up deadline for this summer's Uth Mission Trip is January 31, 2020 . Join us as we work with TeamEffort again in Virginia Beach, July 12-18, 2020. If you are in 6th-12th grade and feel called to let God work in your life, we encourage you to sign up for this awesome trip, a fun but hard-working week! Adult volunteers are welcome too. Questions? Talk to former mission trip participants, or see Pastor Jeremy.
     
Baby Bottle Boomerang
The Baby Bottle Boomerang will continue through Sunday, February 2, and donations are welcome anytime. When you donate, you are helping to keep Women's Choice Pregnancy and Resource Center open to provide clients with the facts they need to make informed decisions, plus other free services like pregnancy testing, confidential peer counseling, and physical help like clothes, diapers, and baby items.  Volunteers are needed. Call 304-346-9779 to find out more about how you can help. 
      
College Care Team
Attention those who are wanting to help us reach out to our college students throughout the school year! A new team is being built to help send care packages and goodies to our students. We will be meeting Thursday, February 6 , at 7:00 p.m., in Room 219 upstairs. If you want to help but can't make it, please see Pastor Jeremy or Jennifer Sette. Also, parents, if you have new addresses for your student, please let us know ASAP!
       
You're Invited to a Bridal Shower...
Our Church Family is invited to a Bridal Shower given for Laura Stewart on Saturday, February 8, at 1:00 p.m. , in the Fellowship Hall. Please RSVP by text or call to Lisa Fawcett at 304-539-2860. Laura and her fiancé Mitchell are registered at Target, Pampered Chef, and Macy's (wedding date: 3/21/2020).
       
Girl Scout Service Project
We are Bailey and Ashton , and we are from Girl Scout Troop 38317 that meets at Forrest Burdette Memorial UMC. We are working on our Silver Award for Girl Scouts , and for it we are helping the Huntington City Mission by hand-making pillow cases and filling them with what the people who live at the mission need. At the moment the mission is asking for donations to help the residents who stay there. Please consider donating to our project so we can help the people at the mission who are in need. If you have any questions, contact Sarah Warner at 304-610-6768.  A donation basket is by our table. We would like for you to donate: bath luffas, shower gel/wash, reusable cups, hairbrushes, children's books, chapstick, small Bibles, razors (2-3 blade only), tampons, small toys, baby shampoo, diapers, baby bottles, baby wipes, formula, swaddle blankets, baby toys, face wipes, mini mouthwash, mini hand sanitizer, by 2/16.  Thank you!
    
Giving Statements
2019 Financial Statements have been emailed, and paper copies are available for those who need them. Paper statements are not mailed unless requested. Contact or stop by the Church Office during the week for your statement (304-562-5903).
     
2020 Upper Room Disciplines
If you would like to purchase a copy of daily devotions for 2020, you will find "Disciplines" available for $5 at the Connection Center (marked down from $10.99), published by The Upper Room.
    
Wednesday Evening Cook Still Needed
Are you or someone you know interested in preparing our Wednesday evening Fellowship Dinners? Please contact the church office (304-562-5903), or talk to one of our staff members. Without someone to coordinate and prepare these weekly meals, we won't be able to have our meals this semester.
                   
This Week's Birthdays
1/27 -  David McBrayer, John Neville, Laura Stewart, Hunter Vance
1/28 - Casey Smith
1/29 - Jim Vealey
1/30 - No birthdays today
1/31 -  Maxine Birt, Katlin Swisher
2/1 - Alex Dorsey, Tom Hankins, John Lawman, Melissa Schamp
2/2 - Jackson Clark, Ron Delph, Mike Hill, Hunter McCoy, Jaden Stark