Sunday, July 10
Preacher: Rev. Taylor Fuerst
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-16
This week's curious question is, "Where is your brother?"
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9:00AM and 11:00AM | Sanctuary
Austin/Travis County's community COVID level has returned to medium. At this time, masks are recommended during worship at FUMC Austin. Masks are also required for staff and children (age 3 and up) in Childcare. They are also required for adults and recommended for children participating in Children’s Sunday School. For more information about this community of faith's approach to masking, visit our website.
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Table for 8, please! Whether you are picnicking, potlucking, hosting, or dining out, it is hard to beat a shared meal as a way to make new friends and reconnect with old ones. Just think of all the ways Jesus used meals to invite all kinds of people into deeper relationship with God and one another!
Table for 8 is a casual, fun way to spend one meal a month connecting with people from FUMC in a relaxed atmosphere. Whether you participate solo, with a spouse or partner, or with a family of any age, the goal of Table for 8 is to bring a small group of adults who live in the same general geographical area together for fellowship and a meal. We hope groups will meet three times in the fall and three times in the spring. Once created, your group will organize the details of those meals based on the needs and preference. The goal is to meet new people or deepen connections with people you don’t know well. Sign up with a sense of adventure! Do continue to see your longtime FUMC friends, but please don’t request that we put you in a Table for 8 groups with specific people.
As you sign up, you can indicate whether or not you are interested in being in a group that also includes children. Groups will be notified in mid-August and will begin meeting in September. When you register, consider volunteering to help coordinate your group’s first meeting. Questions? Email Emily Buchanan.
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Community First! Cinema:
A Goofy Movie
Friday, July 8 | 8:00PM
9301 Hog Eye Road
Nestled into Community First! Village, the cinema is one of the coolest outdoor venues in town, even in this heat. The Mercy & Justice Team invite you to make a night of it. All proceeds help the residents of the Village earn a dignified income. Purchase tickets>
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Volunteer Training for Vacation Bible School
Sunday, July 10 | 12:15-1:30PM
SAN Wesley Hall
Adult leaders are required by Rio Texas Conference Policy to complete a three-step background check and safety training certification process. For more information about this process, visit our website or contact Emily Buchanan.
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TOAST Happy Hour
Sunday, July 10 | 4:30PM
Scholz Garten | 1607 San Jacinto Blvd.
This community of young adults and young professionals meets regularly to dig into faith and life. While our dinner FEAST events delve into the more difficult aspects of our faith lives, our happy hours are a chance for us to TOAST and celebrate one another. For more information about this or any FEAST event, contact Pastor Brad King.
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Coffee Talk
Sundays, July 10-July 24
10:00-10:45AM | EDU Murchison Chapel
Come as you can to Coffee Talk, a brief, casual time of connection this summer. On Sunday mornings, we will meet in Murchison Chapel to meet new people, learn, and share together. This week's theme is "Power." Whether you are in town one weekend or all summer, you are welcome to this chance to meet people and help us dream about how to help our community flourish. For more information, contact Pastoral Intern Becca Edwards.
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Archivers Work Day
Saturday, July 16 | 10:00AM-1:30PM
SAN RM 210
Bring your curiosity, stories, and cell phone to this FUMC Archivers work day. Help sort, identify, catalogue, and digitize the holdings in the church archives. By preserving these artifacts together, we get to care for, hold, and share the whole story of this community of faith, which has been bolder than the state of Texas since 1840. For more information, contact Amy Wink.
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Fourth Tuesday Feed My People Breakfast
Tuesday, July 26 | 5:15-7:15AM | FLC
We need volunteers! Preparing and cooking this meal that feeds our vulnerable neighbors begins at 5:15AM and clean-up is finished by 7:15AM. July 26 is a fourth Tuesday, for which FUMC Austin sponsors the meal and provides the volunteers. Contact Pastor Cathy Stone with questions. Sign up here>
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Cheers to Visit Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel: The Exhibit
Thursday, July 28 | 6:00-7:30PM
Paddock Events Center | 9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd.
Join the Cheers Ministry, a community for those young-at-heart who are recently retired and semi-retired, as they visit Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition. This exhibit allows guests to admire Michelangelo’s masterpieces up close like never before. Purchase your senior tickets ($22.60) and register with the church so we know to expect you. Contact Dick Young with any questions. Find all the links you need and register here>
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For 15 years, FUMC Austin has partnered with Pickle Elementary School, finding fun ways to empower and care for students like hosting the annual book sale. It is no secret, though, that the last few years have been extra challenging for teachers and staff, so we put our heads together with Pickle Principal Rosa Waters to create some new ways to support the Pickle community.
This summer, our goal is to raise $8,000 to transform a space into a teachers lounge and welcome the staff back to school in style. Want to know how far your gifts will go?
- $20 provides a gift card to go into the Back-to-School care packages our VBS children will put together.
- $50 provides a reading lamp to help make the teacher’s lounge a warm and inviting space.
- $100 provides coffee for tired teachers on their first day back in the classroom.
- $200 provides a coffee station or a rocking chair for tired staff for all the days after that.
- $500 provides a cozy couch or yummy snack station for the teacher’s lounge.
- $1000 provides a fresh coat of paint for the whole lounge.
Teachers and staff return to work on August 8, and we will celebrate them with breakfast tacos and other treats. If you would like to help host that breakfast or you have a decorator’s eye and are ready to transform the teacher’s lounge, contact Pastor Cathy Stone at cathy@fumcaustin.org.
Help us lean into love this school year by sharing your gifts in ways that make a difference to those who share their gifts with Pickle students! Your gifts, marked “Pickle,” may be brought to worship, mailed to or brought by the church office, or made online by typing “Pickle” in the optional memo box on the giving page of our website.
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Submit a prayer request online.
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Within Our Congregation
The Drazic Family, Pat Freeman, Melissa Maluski, Sallie Novinger, and Dan Wood.
Condolences to Danielle Thoma on the death of her stepfather.
Beyond Our Congregation
Jo Rene Altenberg, sister of Fay Brown; Sue Bloodsworth, mother of Michelle Gaiewski; Crissie Donato; Doug and Todd Fogle, brother-in-law and nephew of Meridith Albright; Nancy Hartman, friend and cousin of Marijo and Howard Hartman; Glen Holt, brother of Robbie Ausley; Johnnie Houston, mother of Marcia Houston; Bill and Genie Kilday, parents of Dan Kilday; Elissa Marek, friend of Curt Ashmos; Rev. James Mayfield, friend of Molly Drazic; Robert McCarroll, son of Virginia McCarroll; Reg Mills; Mitzi Moore and Vickye Patrick, friends of Jan Ashmos; Will Niels, newborn child of Ann & Dick Young’s friends; Lauren Stafford, niece of Cheryl Bias; Susan, friend of Cindy Gunderson; Tonya Basler Stout, sister of Grady Basler; Candace Vielma, friend of Meridith Albright; and Dr. Robert Wootton, friend of George Gaston.
Condolences to the family and friends of Gay Ellis on her death.
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Contact Us
First United Methodist Church
1201 Lavaca St. Austin, TX 78701
(512) 478-5684
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