Meal Train for Lynn Urda

Lynn Urda has been in the hospital and is home now recovering from a lung procedure. Please sign up to provide a meal to the Urdas as Lynn recuperates at home. You can also give GrubHub gift cards through the Meal Train sign-up. Click on the Meal Train logo to sign up. 

Open Door Sunday School

Begins New Book Discussion

You are most welcome to join the book review of Jesus, the Stranger. The Man from Galilee and The Light of the World.

This book is a laity focus on Jesus’ humanity in a way that looks at the numerous oppositional characters and groups reported in the gospels, the hometown folks, family members, religious leaders, and politicians. We’ll take a close-up view of the parts and, on the whole, the grand theme. 

The Open Door Sunday School class meets on Sundays at 9:45 am in room 209.

Questions? Please contact Joe Kilpatrick at jkcpa71@gmail.com. 

Summer Heat Got You Low?

Lift your spirits by attending the 2022 Women’s “Mini-treat” Retreat on Saturday, August 13, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in Jenkins Hall. The study focus is “Walk With God's Love and Know Your Are Beloved” with a scripture backdrop of 1 John 3:1.

The program includes fun moments, hymn singing, and sharing with those who care. We will eat lunch together, and we invite you to bring a salad to share. Please register by contacting Patti Rioux at patti.rioux@comcast.nett. 

Support the Good Samaritan Fund

The Good Samaritan Fund supports the emergency benevolence needs of members and neighbors in the community. Funds are used to provide Kroger gift cards that can be used for food or gas and emergency hotel stays. Currently, the funds have been depleted, and we cannot provide this assistance to those in need. Please consider supporting the fund. Donations can be placed in the labeled box found in the narthex, or you can give online or in the church office.   

2022-2023 Confirmation Class

Another Confirmation season at Tucker First is quickly approaching. Our next Confirmation classes begin on September 18, and we have a scheduled Confirmation Parent meeting on Tuesday, August 2. Dinner will be provided, and the tentative location is Enzo’s Pizza.

All middle school youth who have not been through confirmation are invited. Questions? Contact Chris Moss at 770-883-3095 or cmoss@tfumc.org.

Acolyte Sign-Up and Training in August

On Sunday, August 21, there will be an acolyte lunch in Jenkins Hall following the 11:00 am worship service. We invite all current acolytes and those wishing to become an acolyte to attend. Following lunch, there be training in the Sanctuary which will include baptism, communion, and gospel procession procedures. This program is open to all children and youth in the fourth grade through high school. 

Question? Please contact Mimi Sanders at mimi_sanders@tfumc.org. 

Last Call for Office Supplies

This Sunday will be the “Blessing of the School Supplies” as part of our Back to School Sunday. If you have not donated supplies, you can do so by this Sunday. The supplies are collected for Idlewood Elementary, Tucker Middle Schools, and the foster children served by WellRoot Family Services. We reached out to find out how we could best support their work, and they all provided us with a requested list of items. For questions, please contact Evelyn Burkett at ehburkett@comcast.net. 

United Methodist Men Asking For

Clothing Donations

Our United Methodist Men will work at the Northlake Clothes Closet on August 10. They are asking for clothing donations (see the list on the right column. The donations can be placed in Room 209 any time between now and August 10. 

Summer Lunch Buddy Volunteers Give Out Over 2,000 Meals

In support of the Mission Team’s Lunch Buddy program, pairs of volunteers gave out smiles and yummy lunch bags to children at Tucker Mobile Homes all summer. Each weekday of summer vacation, Connected Communities Inc. prepared and delivered 50 fresh lunches and milk cartons to the office porch of Tucker Mobile Homes for Lunch Buddy volunteers to hand out to children there. On Fridays, volunteers also gave out bags of non-perishable meal items for the weekend provided by Oak Grove UMC. The kids were excited to pick out books from dozens donated by our congregation in early June. “I love cookies!” said a 5-year-old when he found a copy of “When You Give A Mouse a Cookie."

Back to School Sunday

Sunday, July 31

Ice Cream Social

Sunday, July 31

2022 Women's Mini-Retreat

Saturday, August 13

Breast Cancer Pillow Workshop

Wednesday, August 17

Breast Cancer Pillow Workshop

Thursday, September 15

Great Day of Service 2022

Saturday, September 24