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Called Charge Conference
As mention last week in our eNewsletter, Goodall Homes is interested in purchasing 731 square feet of FFUMC property at the southwest corner of Union Road and Ivey Farms Road. Their offer for this property is $15,000 plus any associated closing costs. The Board of Trustees has reviewed the offer and recommends the sale of the land which would equate to $892,613 per acre.
On Tuesday, August 18 at 7 PM, during the church council meeting, our District Superintendent will be present to call a Charge Conference so that the body of the congregation may vote on the sale of this land. We will hold the Charge Conference via Zoom. Registration is now available this link. The information to join the meeting will be emailed to you after you register. You must register before the meeting.
All proceeds of the sale will go directly to the principal of our mortgage, as is required both by the Book of Discipline and the terms of our loan. If you have any questions about this proposed sale, please contact Kelly Clancy or Lee Mapes.
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Blessing of the Backpacks - Tomorrow, August 12
Join us for a drive thru Blessing of the Backpacks tomorrow, August 12, from 3 PM - 5 PM. If you are not starting school but want to join us in this special time of prayer and encouragement, please join us!
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Family Promise of Knoxville has been gearing up to celebrate their 15th Annual Pasta and Bluegrass festival on Facebook. For the safety of our network, our guests, and our donors, we have redesigned this year’s Pasta & Bluegrass Festival into a week-long schedule. Between, Sunday, August 16 and Saturday, August 22, we will feature two local bluegrass bands, two local chefs cooking follow-along recipes, a pasta recipe prepared by your FPK staff, and videos from Family Promise of Knoxville’s previous guests, board members, staff, clergy, and volunteers. Every evening at 6:00 PM, we will share our video for the day on our Facebook page.
Even though we can't be together, we can continue to support families in our neighborhood experiencing their hardest season. Donate online or mail your donation to Family Promise of Knoxville, P.O. Box 10184, Knoxville, TN 37939-0184.
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Food Pantry at Cornerstone Church Needs Help
Cornerstone Church, our next-door neighbor at 12813 Kingston Pike, is the site of a drive through food pantry on Thursday afternoons twice a month. The food pantry is part of Compassion Ministries, a 501c3 non-profit which began in 2009 as a multiple outreach initiative of Cornerstone Church. Compassion Ministries has supported our Mobile Pantry food giveaways and Wesley Attic’s distribution of children’s clothing. Due to the issues of the current pandemic, they are seeking additional volunteer support in unloading, repackaging, and distributing food. Volunteer times and days are flexible. If you are interested in learning more, contact Laura Derr at L_derr@prospectman.com.
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Serving Team Annual Easter Offering
Every year, our Serving Team collects the annual Easter offering from our generous First Farragut congregation to fund the many mission projects FFUMC is involved in directly and gifts to mission, relief and charitable organizations in Farragut, East Tennessee and around the country and the world.
This year, as Easter fell early in the COVID19 Pandemic and we were all learning how to adapt to new ways of life and church, we decided to postpone the Easter Offering until this fall.
We hope that you will prayerfully consider the wonderful ministries the offering supports and give as you can. Since we are not worshiping in the building together, you may give by mailing your offering to FFUMC or select from one of the option available using this link.Please note Easter Offering with your gift.
Here is the first of three videos we'd like to share from The Serving Team Chair, Mr. Stephen Richardson, describing just one of the many wonderful ministries that your offering will continue to support.
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Click here to join the First Farragut Roundtable Facebook group. Our goal is to post content 2-3 days a week that will help us go a little deeper into sermon topics and scriptures as we journey through the theme of the “ABCs of Our Faith” throughout the fall. You’re invited to watch or read the content at your own pace and to post questions and comments as we go along.
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Let’s Get Together – Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
The movie Parent Trap had a great song in it – Let’s Get Together (click here to view). This is a great time for folks at First Farragut UMC to get together virtually.
We’re going to get together with a new spin on an old “pen pal” method through letters, emails, FaceTime, Facebook – whatever works best for you. This is an opportunity for the whole family and all ages to grow together individually and as a community. Those willing to serve in this manner will be matched up with households within the FFUMC family. Email Renni Morris to get started.
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Gleaning Opportunity
FFUMC has been asked to expand our gleaning of the Dixie Lee Farmer’s Market to include 1st and 2nd Saturdays. Currently, we are gleaning the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Saturdays. The man who currently serves the 1st and 2nd Saturday is trying to setup gleaning at the Oak Ridge Farmer’s Market.
This is a great opportunity for families as well as individuals. It only takes about 1 to 1 ½ hours and you can pick a Saturday each month that fits your schedule. Everything that you need will be provided. Contact Alvin Jenkins (a.l.jenkins@att.net) to volunteer and receive more information.
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Online Worship - Sundays at 10:30 AM
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