Help us spread the good news!  We'd like to invite you to share on your Facebook page our Sunday services, daily morning prayer, and the inspirational messages we post from FUMC's  Facebook account.  As people are spending more and more time on social media due to social distancing, let us take this opportunity to spread the love of God and the work of FUMC - Rocky Mount! 

 

We will continue to offer the opportunity to connect with FUMC staff and other church members on YouTube while viewing our worship service together.  Join us at 10:00 on our  YouTube page to chat as we watch the service live and interact with one another in the comments section.  Hope to "see" you Sunday morning!

Pastor Jim Bell will be planning sermon themes and sermon series for the upcoming academic year.  You are invited to provide input into this process.

Please list three issues you struggle with in trying to live as a follower of Christ, and/or three topics about which you seek more insight.  Responses will be used in planning sermon and worship themes.

Click here to submit your response.  

You may also submit your response via email to jbell@fumcrm.org or via mail to the Rev. Jim Bell, 100 S. Church Street, Rocky Mount, NC  27804.  Please respond by June 1.  Thank you very much for your ideas and responses.

We are grateful for everyone who is giving online and mailing their offerings to the church office.  This regular stewardship undergirds our continuing ministry.

 

For those who are receiving a stimulus check from the federal government, we invite  you to prayerfully consider tithing it to our church.  For those who are doing well economically during the coronavirus, you may wish to consider giving some or all of it to our church to help people in need.  We recognize that some persons are undergoing economic hardship due to job loss or furlough and need those funds.

 

Thank you again for your support of our congregation, through prayer, remote worship services, financial offerings, service and your daily witness for Christ.

The Rev. Randy Innes has served as the Heritage District Superintendent for eight years.  He will be completing his service in this position in June.  The District Committee on Superintendency will meet with him on May 26.  In lieu 

of a large gathering because of coronavirus restrictions, the committee is requesting cards and emails expressing gratitude for his guidance and leadership.

 

Please mail cards to Wake Forest United Methodist Church, 905 South Main Street, Wake Forest, NC  27587, so they can be presented to him on May 26.  You may also send an email directly to Rev. Innes on May 23 at

randyinnes@nccumc.org.

 

A financial gift in honor of Rev. Innes may be given to the NC Conference Disaster Response.   You may donate online here.   You may also make a check payable to the NC Conference and send to Conference Treasurer-Raleigh Area, P. O. Box 890202, Charlotte, NC  28289-0202.  Put in honor of Randy Innes, NC Storm Response, on the memo line.

Monday Morning Community Breakfast:  TBD
 

Food Bag Ministry:  Our plan is to distribute food bags on  Tuesday, June 9,  

2-3 p.m. at the annex.  We are looking forward to seeing our friends once again!

Backpack Buddies Ministry:  Thanks to our BPB team for a great year as we make our last delivery to the students this week.  We are grateful for your support as we met the needs of the students at Fairview, Swift Creek and D. S. Johnson.  We look forward to the 2020-2021 school year! 

Please pray for leaders of local missions as they continue to find creative ways to meet the needs of Rocky Mount and the surrounding areas.  

For the past several weeks, we have been working alongside Wesleyan College in an attempt to best care for many students who are stuck on campus and unable to return home, predominately the international students!   In response to this need, we have put together what we are calling a Community Connections Initiative!

This is essentially an "adopt-a-student-for-the-summer" program.  We are asking 

individuals/families to build relationships, help meet supply needs, and ultimately be the hands and feet of Jesus to students in this very difficult time!  There are currently 30 students on campus.

If you are interested in helping meet this need, please contact Daniel at

dmullens@fumcrm.org.   You will also need to fill out an application in order for the students' contact information to be released to you.  You can submit these applications to Daniel as well.  Click here for the application.    

Together, we can make a difference! 

As we begin to think about being in ministry together, John Wesley would remind us to first "do no harm."  To do so, whether at the church or the grocery store, wear a mask, gloves, use hand sanitizer, and maintain a distance of 6 ft. from each other.  We may still give a friendly hello, practice active listening with others in need, and be a presence of kindness, gentleness, and hospitality to others.

• Wear cloth face coverings in public settings. 
• Wash your hands often and thoroughly.  Use hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available.
• Disinfect surfaces in your home.
• Avoid touching your face, and cough into your sleeve or a tissue.
• Avoid close contact with those who are sick.
• Stay home if you are not feeling well.
• Practice social distancing (at least six feet) from friends and others.
• Individuals who believe they have COVID-19 symptoms (cough, fever over 100.4 degrees, and/or shortness of breath) and/or have been in close contact with a COVID-positive person should self-isolate and call their healthcare provider, the Nash County Health Dept. hotline - (252) 462-2079, or the NC 24/7 hotline - 1-866-462-3821 - where they will receive guidance on next steps, which may include testing or self-monitoring.
• Gov. Roy Cooper said during a news conference Monday, May 18, that  he's hopeful North Carolina will be able to  move into Phase Two  of his reopening plan this week.   The governor plans to make a decision mid-week (possibly this afternoon) about entering the next phase, which would lift the statewide stay-at-home order.   The state has been in Phase One since May 8, but Cooper's executive order is set to expire this Friday, May 22.   NC Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen said, "When you leave your home, follow the three Ws: Wear a face covering, wash your hands, and wait six feet apart."

 

Prayer Concerns

 

Please lift up in prayer: