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

 

ffumclogo God wants us to make a real difference in the lives of our neighbors  and each other as we  invite, accept, connect,  serve,  and share the love of Christ.  

In This Issue
Register for VBS
UMYF
Greeters & Ushers
Happy Birthday!
Updated Financial Pulse
Children
Care & Prayer Concerns
Quick Links
 
Church Potluck and
Don's Retirement Celebration
June 30 at Noon

Pulled pork and a gluten free chicken option will be provided.  Please click here to register.  Please bring a side dish (with list of ingredients) to share 
for the potluck. 
Breakfast for the Homeless

As part of its "Feeding the body, Feeding the soul" program/mission, FFUMC members (Scott Blazer; Kelly Clancy; Austin, Barry and Leslie Goss; Scott Hilbelink; Patrick and Scott Milliken; and Aidan and Jason Yarbrough) monthly prepare a breakfast in the church kitchen to serve to the homeless who live under the bridges in Knoxville and who are not residents of the area missions. This program began this spring and will continue through the summer. Approximately 170 homeless are served each month 360 eggs, 200 biscuits, 200 sausage patties, 150 hash brown patties and 2-3 gallons of sausage gravy. This food has been contributed by Scott Blazers company and by a contribution from the FFUMC UMM. Pastor Chuck Powell feeds the spiritual appetites of the participants. 

If you'd like to help support this activity, contact Kelly Clancy at  jkclandman@aol.com.

VBS
June 24 - 27
6 p.m - 8:30 p.m. 
Click here to register.



See you Sunday!
 
9:00-9:15       Morning Prayer
9:30-10:15     Sunday School
10:30-11:30   Morning Worship
Youth
United Methodist  Youth Fellowship   (UMYF)


Questions? Email Chuck Powell.
Check out bulletin board for upcoming events.
June 24-27 - Vacation Bible School
Sunday, June 30 - Church Potluck & Celebration
Sunday, June 23, 2019

Information Desk
   9:30 a.m. - Lara Burn
   10:30 a.m. - Carol Taylor
Greeters
9:15 a.m. - George & Frankie Hommel
10:15 a.m. -  open
             
Please contact Lara Burn to sign up
to greet on Sundays.

Security Ushers
8:45 a.m. - Okon Enyenihi
10:15 a.m. - Mackenzie Quesenberry

Ushers
10:30 a.m. -  Ned Rayson, Barry Goss, Kelly Clancy
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.
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Happy birthday to members   who  have birthdays this week!
June:
21 - Brandon Goss
         Rachael Gilhooly
23 - Savannah Mallison
26 - Judy Bensey
FINANCIAL PULSE
As of May 31, 2019

YTD Total Contributions:     $248,546.03
YTD Total Expenses:              $237,300.12
YTD Net Operating Total:     $  11,245.91
YTD Total Capital Gifts:        $  47,363.00
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 $156.03 from your shopping last quarter!
  

We are 5 days away from the start of another year of Vacation Bible School!
 
Every year, I'm amazed not only at the work that goes into this event but the incredible impact it has on so many children and their families. 
 
This year, our theme is "To Mars and Beyond." It'll be a wonderful experience as we encourage the children to grow in their faith as we "go beyond" with faith, boldness, thankfulness and kindness.
 
A special thanks to all who have already worked so hard to make this a reality once again, and to all who will be working hard throughout the rest of this week and next week to impact these young lives for the kingdom. 
 
Let us continue to pray for another fun, safe, and spiritually uplifting week of VBS at First Farragut!
 
Blessings,
Chuck
Family Promise
Family Promise Host Week
July 7th - July 14th

Helping end homelessness, 
one family at a time!

Many people are needed to help as we welcome homeless families into
our church for a week, providing a safe place for children and their families to sleep.  

Volunteers are needed to setup after Sunday school on July 7th, breakdown the morning of July 14th, stay overnight, fix dinner, and fellowship with the children and adults.  

Check the sign-up board located on Main Street to see how YOU can
help and to volunteer. You won't want to miss out on this life-changing
mission! For more information or to volunteer, contact Steve Krupski at
(865) 548-7487 or sjktools@charter.net .
Join us! First Farragut will have a float on July 4th in this year's Farragut Independence Day Parade. We need kids to ride on the trailer and adults to walk along and hand out goodies. 

Please email Chuck or Paige by June 28th, if you can participate. Thanks for showing your support of FFUMC by joining us in the parade on July 4th!

Important Parade Reminders:
  • Meet in the Farragut High School parking lot around 8:00 - 8:15 a.m. 
  • Kingston Pike will close at 8:30 a.m. Please give yourself time to  get into the lot. 
  • Please bring your own sunscreen and water bottle.  
  • Children under 10 must ride on the float, youth and adults can walk next to the float or ride if you have difficulty with walking. 
Wesley's Attic Needs Children's Clothes

Wesley's Attic needs CHILDREN's clothing sizes BABY - CHILD's Size 12 ONLY. We especially need boys sizes 5-8 and girls sizes 3-5. We do NOT need larger sizes. Gently used, clean shoes of any size are welcome. We will also be collecting coats for adults and children. Children's hoodie fleece jackets are especially needed. Our next FFUMC Mobile Pantry with Central UMC will be July 27 when all the above items will be distributed.  

Did You Know ....   that the church campus has finally gotten its spring face-lift? This past Saturday mulch was  wheelbarrow-ed and spread along the front of the church, the front flower bed circle and surrounding the trees in front of the church and the east and north sides of the parking lot. The playground shrubs and the driveway trees also were mulched. Appreciation is extended by the Landscape Committee to Ann Walker, Ray Peterson, Judy Westenhaver, Bob and Lara Burn, Stephen Richardson, Clark Brekke, and Robert Whatley and his son Jackson, for mulching; to Harry Pullum for weed spraying; and to Teresa and Randy Belles for completing the lovely memorial garden on the east side of the church. It all looks spiffy!!
CHILDREN
VBS June 24 -27
6:30 to 8 p.m.  -  Sign up today.
 
Want to be "in the loop" on all Children's Wing activities?
Be sure to join our Facebook group
(FFUMC Children's Ministry)!
 

Come learn a new way to  serve at FFUMC!

If you can push a button or click a mouse, you can help with  visual or audio on Sunday mornings. We are looking for more  volunteers to help! If you would like to join the team or have questions, please email Tom Derr or Mark Veness.
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
  • Jim Audas (neuropathy & headaches, Leslie Goss' step-father) 
  • Richard Bartosik
  • Karen Blazer
  • Donna Bocik
  • Jason Caprio, daughters Melanie & Maggie (Melanie is nine and extremely ill. Maggie is eight. Jason is Tessa Cortes' brother)
  • Necia Carter (radiation therapy) 
  • Troy Cato (colon cancer, son of Renee Alley's friend)
  • Chase Clark (multiple injuries from car accident in April, friend of Barbara Collins)
  • Lee Collins
  • Daughtry Family - Morgan (born premature),
    Kayla & Chris (parents) (friends of Bob & Lara Burn)
  • Lisa Davis (brain cancer, Carrie Lawson's friend)
  • Andy Detiveaux (cancer, son of Leslie Goss' friend)
  • John Hankins (Drema Harden's brother)
  • Charlie Harden (broken wrist)
  • Charlie Helms
  • Doug Jenkins (son of Alvin & Marjorie Jenkins) 
  • Jeanette Jenkins (acute myeloid leukemia, wife of David Jenkins, daughter-in-law of Alvin & Marjorie Jenkins)
  • Jeanette Krupski (spinal ablation)
  • Don Lee (in rehabilitation after stroke)
  • Cheryl Lewis & Family (chemo treatments continue, friend of Harden Family)
  • Kristen Lowder (liver disease, Carrie Lawson's friend)
  • Deanne Lucas' sister
  • Phillip Luster (husband of Brenda Bradford's niece)
  • Trish Mixon (breast cancer, Karen Blazer's sister)
  • Jack O'Brien (stage four lung cancer, Jim O'Brien's brother)
  • Kevin O'Brien (end stage renal failure, Jim O'Brien's brother)
  • Noel Pietranski (chemical imbalance affecting ability to process) & His Family (friends of Bob Burn)
  • Gabriel Powell (Chuck Powell's nephew)
  • Bryson Presnell (Children's of Cincinnati, son of Jen Braun's friend)
  • Tyler Pritchard (seizures, Tara Mallison's cousin)
  • Michael Rainwater 
  • Jolanda Rice (hospice, Jeanette Krupski's mother)
  • Julianne Schoolcraft
  • Brent Shumaker
  • Mendi Smitherman (cancer, Barb Collins' friend)
  • Becky Luther Tannehill (breast cancer, Carrie Linn's aunt)
  • Jimmy Taylor (clinical trial)
  • Teresa Tomlinson (kidney failure, Patti Parker's sister) 
  • Susan Trammell (cancer, Julie Alexander's great aunt)
  • Trecia Walters (cancer, Mark Overbay's cousin)  
  • Jon Wilson (aggressive cancer diagnosis, Tessa Cortes' uncle) 
  • 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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