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

 

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Issue: 50
December 5, 2018
In This Issue
Financial Peace
Happy Birthday!
Updated Financial Pulse
Angel Tree
Register for Church-Wide Christmas Celebration
Care & Prayer Concerns
Quick Links
Volunteers Needed -  Dec. 12
The Kitchen Committee will need volunteers to help with serving and kitchen clean up for the church-wide Christmas dinner on December 12. We need about 8 extra volunteers. 

If you are able to help that evening contact: 
Sandi Wilkins  865-966-8747
nwilkins82@tds.net 

Friday, Dec. 14
JOY Group Annual Christmas Dinner at Fox Den Country Club at 6:30 p.m.
Youth
United Methodist  Youth Fellowship   (UMYF)

Questions? Email Chuck Powell.
Breakfast with Santa - Dec. 8 at 9 a.m.
December 9  - UMYF at 5:30 p.m.
Resurrection - January 25 - 27
Sunday, December 2, 2018
 
 
Greeters
10:00 a.m. -   Scott & Beth Hilbelink 
             
Please contact Lara Burn if you would to sign up to greet on Sundays.

Security Ushers
8:45 a.m. - Jim Owens
10:30 a.m. - Randy Kirchner

Ushers
10:00 a.m. - Barry Goss, Calvin Harris 
& Joe Bradford
Greeters Needed

What is a Greeter?  Volunteers who love their church so much, they are excited to share that enthusiasm with everyone--- Long time members and Visitors alike.
 
We are looking for New Recruits.   
 
Commitment:  One Sunday per quarter- 25 minutes to say hello and welcome folks to FFUMC. 
 
Please stop by the Welcome desk for sign-up sheets for both 9 am and 11 am open slots. If you are willing to be an alternate, please let us know.  Or you can email us at remyburn@aol.com
 
The Welcome Desk is a vital part of providing information not only to visitors, but our entire church community.  Please also consider committing to serving on this team. You will find a sign-up sheet with available dates  at the Welcome Desk.
 
For those who have been faithful greeters and welcome desk volunteers, thank you for your commitment.  Thank you for helping to make FFUMC a Warm, Informative and Inviting Church.
 
Your Inviting Team,
Brenda Bradford, Judy Westenhaver and Lara Burn

Ready for  Financial Peace?

Financial Peace University  is Dave Ramsey's #1 proven program that will show you how to master budgeting, pay off debt, build wealth, and give generously. We will learn how money doesn't have to be stressful.   Build a Legacy. Dump Debt. Win With Money. Plan For Your Future.

To learn more or sign up, click here.

Time: 6:00 p.m.
Begins: January 17, 2019
Leaders: Andy and Paige Morgan
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Congratulations to the following 
who will have birthdays this week!
 
December:
   4 -  Carol Taylor
          Kristen Wong
FINANCIAL PULSE
As of October 31, 2018

YTD Total Contributions:     $466,493.32
YTD Total Expenses:              $476,709.46
YTD Net Operating Total:     ( $ 10,216.14)
YTD Total Capital Gifts:         $104,034.50
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 
(EY756).  
 
We received $ 161.06 from your shopping last quarter!
  

The words of author Ann Weems have always spoken to me in powerful and meaningful ways. This Advent season let us not forget to look for angels among us. It is easy to forget. Perhaps her wonderful poem from her book, Kneeling in Bethlehem, can serve as a reminder of what can be ... and, indeed, what is.
 
Wouldn't it be wonderful
  if Advent came filled with angels and alleluias?
Wouldn't it be perfect
  if we were greeted on these December mornings
   with a hovering of heavenly hosts
   tuning their harps and brushing up on their fa-la-las?
Wouldn't it be incredible
   if their music filled our waking hours
    with the promise of peace on earth
   and if each Advent night we dreamed of
      nothing but goodwill?
Wouldn't we be ecstatic
   if we could take those angels shopping,
     or trim the tree or have them hold our hands
       and dance through our houses decorating?
And, oh, how glorious it would be
     to sit in church next to an angel
       and sing our hark-the-heralds!
What an Advent that would be!
What Christmas spirit we could have!
An angel-filled Advent has so many possibilities!
But in lieu of that,
  perhaps we can give thanks
   for the good earthly joys we have been given
     and for the earthly "angels" that we know
         who do such a good job of filling
               our Advent with alleluias!
 
 May the continuing days of Advent be filled with the alleluias of guardian angels, perhaps some you have known for a long time, and perhaps new ones that surprise you!
     
All wrapped presents for the Angel tree must be returned by this Sunday. The recipients of the gifts are students at the Wesley House after-school program. 

The angel can be used as a gift tag on the wrapped gift. Wesley House will pick up the gifts on December 13. If you have any questions, please contact Ondie Reese at (865) 719-2319 or (865) 909-9301 or kenondie@bellsouth.net .
Last day to register is today.
Church-Wide Christmas Celebration
Wednesday, December 12 at 5:45 p.m.
Don't miss out on our annual Church-wide Christmas Celebration! We'll have dinner, music, and a pageant so awesome and fun  that you'll want to bring everyone you know!  This event is open to all ages!  
Click here to register.
    
CHILDREN

Breakfast with Santa - December 8 at 9 a.m.

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

FISH Christmas Cards will be available on Main Street beginning Sunday. These cards cost $5 each and benefit the FISH Hospitality Pantries in Knoxville. $5 feeds a family of four for three days. The FISH Pantries support our West Knox FISH Pantry and our Christmas Community Day ministries with free bread. FISH Christmas cards are the major annual fundraiser for the Hospitality Pantries. Give the real gift of Christmas this year!
We need you!  Any adult at FFUMC can join the security usher team. Please consider serving in the way. Contact Steve Krupski if you are interested in helping on Sunday mornings.
Stop by and pick up a "Welcome to Your Home  B ucket" for a new neighbor. They are available at the Information Desk.
NEW RESOURCES
First Farragut UMC's Footprints Ministry serves  as a bridge to connect church and home. Click  here  for our current recommendations.

Care and 
Prayer 
Concerns

Please remember the following  care 
and prayer concerns  this week:
  • Christian Missionaries Everywhere
  • Richard Bartosik
  • Judy Bensey
  • Karen Blazer
  • Donna Bocik
  • Eileen Bruno (clinical trial, Leslie Goss' friend)  
  • Father of Erica Kay Burnette (dislocated shoulder)
  • Troy Cato (colon cancer, son of Renee Alley's friend)
  • Lee Collins
  • Lisa Davis (brain cancer, Carrie Lawson's friend)
  • Kylen Ellis & Michelle (Michelle is Kylen's mom. Kylen has rare form of leukemia.)
  • Marilyn Halas (son Carl  has colon cancer)
  • John Hankins 
  • Charlie Helms
  • Kris Lane (son-in-law of Steve & Jeanette Krupski)
  • Cheryl Lewis & Family  (chemo treatments continue, friend of Harden Family)
  • Deanne Lucas' sister
  • Phillip Luster (husband of Brenda Bradford's niece)
  • Pam Morris (John & Renni Morris' sister-in-law)
  • Paula Northcutt (bone marrow donor )
  • Jack O'Brien (stage four lung cancer, Jim O'Brien's brother)
  • Kevin O'Brien (end stage renal failure, Jim O'Brien's brother)
  • Marilyn Oliver (stage four liver cancer, mother of Kerri White's
    co-worker)
  • Michael Rainwater 
  • Jolanda Rice (hospice, Jeanette Krupski's mother)
  • Julianne Schoolcraft
  • Mendi Smitherman (cancer, Barb Collins' friend)
  • Becky Luther Tannehill (breast cancer, Carrie Linn's aunt)
  • Judah Thacker (brain cancer, Molly Veness' friend's nephew)  
  • Mackensie Thomas (daughter of Ashley and David, granddaughter of Pastor Don and Anna)
  • Teresa Tomlinson (kidney failure, Patti Parker's sister) 
  • Trecia Walters (cancer, Mark Overbay's cousin)  
  • 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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