This Week
at
Forrest Burdette
Memorial UMC
 
2848 Putnam Avenue
Hurricane WV 25526
304.562.5903
C.O.M.: 304-562-9170
  
   
Monday, June 17
8-9:00 a.m.  Open Gym for Walking
9:30 a.m.  Preventicare -Byrd Hall
5:00 p.m.  Girl Scouts CPR Training -FH
6:30 p.m.  Scouts BSA Trp 236 -Scout Hut
8:00 p.m.  AA -308
   
Tuesday, June 18
8-9:00 a.m.  Open Gym for Walking
9:30 a.m.  Ruth Byrd Circle -Byrd Hall
10:00 a.m. C ommunity Cupboard
6:30 p.m.  Basketball (Stout) -Gym
7:00 p.m.  Israel Trip Meeting -Chapel
8:00 p.m.  Church Softball -Valley Park
                        
Wednesday, June 19
8-9:00 a.m. Open Gym for Walking
9:30 a.m.  Preventicare -Byrd Hall
2:30 p.m.  Hooks & Needles -201
6:30 p.m.  Delph Small Group -219
6:30 p.m.  Gatewood Small Group -Chapel
7:30 p.m. Praise Band -Sanctuary
    
Thursday, June 20
8-9:00 a.m.  Open Gym for Walking
8:00 a.m.  TOPS 0530 -Byrd Hall
1:30 p.m.  Senior Basketball -Gym
6:30 p.m.  Scouts BSA Trp 360 -Scout Hut
6:30 p.m.  Dances Choice -Byrd Hall
7:00 p.m.  Choir Practice -Sanctuary
   
Friday, June 21
8-9:00 a.m.  Open Gym for Walking
9:30 a.m.  Preventicare -Byrd Hall
10:00 a.m. C ommunity Cupboard
   
Saturday, June 22
7:30 a.m.  Emmaus Prayer Group - 110
7:30 a.m.  Uth meet at Church for trip to Awesome Lazy River
9:00 a.m.  Decorate for VBS (until 12:00 p.m.)

Sunday, June 23
This will be Ellis & Julie Conley's final Sunday with us before their retirement.
Exodus 17:8-13
"Hand Holding"
8:30 a.m.  Worship
9:45 a.m.  Sunday School
11:00 a.m.  Worship
5:15 p.m.  VBS Dinner -FH
6:00 p.m.  Vacation Bible School (until 8:00 p.m.)
   

  
Upcoming Events
6/30: Welcome Reception for Ed & Brenda Grant and Celebration of Jeremy Daniels' Reappointment, 9:45 a.m.

 E-Connection

 June 17, 2019
      
     
Hi from COM!
Lot's of new and exciting things have been happening.

First, we need to thank the church people, our staff, and some volunteers who came out to help fill our playground from the mound of mulch we had delivered. This last weekend, the boy scouts made a work day out of it and were able to get the remainder onto the playground for us. We honestly could not have had this completed for our children, if it hadn't been for your generosity in supporting our fundraisers and offering the assistance you did on our work day. Thank You.

There are also quite a few new faces in our program this summer. We have added many new Summer Safari Counselors, 2 summer cooks, and a few more subs in the Early Ed program. Everyone has stepped in and filled the open positions extremely well, and we feel blessed to have a great staff who care not only for but also about the children. They are very much appreciated as we have more children this summer than have attended in the past. There are only a couple of spaces left in our entire Early Ed program, so if you know of anyone needing care, they should contact us ASAP.

Our Summer Safari kids have already been out and about, visiting Camden Park, seeing a movie, swimming, hiking, and bowling all during the first week, and have lots more fun coming up this summer! Upcoming trips include, among many other things, attending a WV Power Baseball Game, Visiting the Cultural Center Museum and being a part of WV's birthday celebration, and touring the Blenko Glass Factory. Not only do they do fun things, there is a bit of education snuck in as well.

Once again, I would like to invite you to share your gifts and talents with our young people, sewing, simple wood working, magic, juggling, making music, painting, crafting....... anything you enjoy doing. We would love to incorporate a time for you to share your completed projects, as well as teach us a bit about how to do what you do. Just contact the office and we ill get you set up.
Thanks again for all you do to support our program. Please keep our families, our children, and our staff in your prayers as we care for
Until next time,
  
Cathy Daley, Director
Children's Outreach Ministries (COM)
Vacation Bible School Starts Next Sunday!
This year we are headed to outer space, all the way "To Mars and Beyond!" And we're guided and strengthened by God's power. Our VBS verse is Ephesians 3:20 (CEB) -  Glory to God, who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by his power at work within us!  W e will learn how God's power provides us with: Faith, Boldness, Kindness, Thankfulness, and Hope.
      We're blasting off Sunday, June 23 - Thursday, June 27 from 6-8 p.m., with a free family dinner at 5:15 (please, let us know about dietary restrictions). Our morning sessions run Monday, June 24 - Friday, June 28 from 9-11 a.m., for the children enrolled in COM's summer programs.
      To Decorations and Beyond! Your help is needed to hang decorations for Vacation Bible School next Saturday, June 22, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. , at the church. We need a crew to turn the church into a spectacular "space"! Please help out if you can!
      And you can sign up to help or register your children online at:
      Invite and bring friends so they can join in the galactic-sized fun!
      
Wednesday Evening Study Groups
Come, relax, and enjoy the summer as we gather to study a variety of topics, facilitated by Ron Delph. We will begin with the list below and spend as much or as little time as desired on each. Should you have a different topic or question, we are flexible and will work it in. We gather in Room 219 (upstairs in the new building) on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Topics: 1. Recognizing and "Hearing" God when He speaks; 2. Understanding the Trinity; 3. Creationism versus Evolution; 4. The Israeli/Arabic conflict; 5. Anger & Depression- The Biblical view; 6. Are there Saints among us; 7. Understanding Propitiation and Dispensation
     Join Don Gatewood weekly as he continues a study in Romans, now in chapter 11, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., in the Chapel.
     Our full schedule of Wednesday Night Live programming will resume in the fall!
     
FBUth Summer 2019 - Join in the Fun!
6/22: "Awesome Lazy River", Shepherdsville, KY (7:30 a.m.),  $15 + cash for dinner. See Pastor Jeremy ASAP to sign up!
7/21: Mission Team leaves for TeamEffort's Virginia Beach Mission Trip (7/21-27); Team packs the night before departure
8/5: Power Baseball Game (6:00 p.m.),  $3 seats, $1 hot dogs, drinks, & popcorn
8/17: Pottery & Pizza (11:00 a.m.) - Cost TBD
       
Name Badges
Help your new pastor get to know you! Order a name badge to wear on Sundays at worship. Each badge costs $5. Click here for the order form, and return it with payment to the church office.
     
Men's Church League Softball
The 2019 season is in full swing!
Want to play?  Contact Coach J.B. Marinacci, 304-767-1172.  Want to cheer on the team? Catch a game at Valley Park! Here's the schedule:
June 18, 8:00 p.m.
 July 1, 8:00 p.m.
 July 16, 8:00 p.m.
June 24, 6:00 p.m.
 July 12, 6:00 p.m.
 July 22, 8:00 p.m.
      
This Week's Birthdays
6/24 - Bill Cutlip, Alyssa Hazler, KrisAnna Parsons
6/25 - No birthdays today
6/26 - George Beckett, Greg Cleveland, Ed Davis, Stephanie Mills, Rose-Ann Prince, Sierra Rose
6/27 - Shay Ellis, Rodney Kimble, Joey Nelon, Bill Warden
6/28 - Lilly Faulknier, Joe Grady, Rev. John Mason, Sarah McCallister, Paul McClanahan, Billy Smith, Emily Wilson
6/29 -  Claire McCoy
6/30 - Beth Court, Steven Dorsey, Renee Vickers
      
Coming Up This Sunday
June 23, 2019
This will be Ellis & Julie Conley's final Sunday with us before their retirement.
Exodus 17:8-13    "Hand Holding"