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PASTORS: TOM BALLARD, KRISTEN BURKHART
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IN WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY
LECTIONARY READINGS FOR JANUARY 26, 2020
3RD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
1)
Isaiah 9:1-4 2) Psalm 27:1, 4-9 (
UMH
758)
3) 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 4) Matthew 4:12-23
WEDNESDAY EVENING DISCIPLESHIP CLASSES
Please c
lick on "Prayers", "Presence", "Gifts", or "Service" below to sign up for a class. For more information on our discipleship opportunities, please call the church office at (865) 689-5175.
1.
PRAYERS (Room 138) Tim Brown teaching The Battle Plan for Prayer, an 8 session study helping to refresh or jump start your prayer life and how that impacts your relationship as a disciple of Jesus.
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PRESENCE (Room 137) Mary Fredna Danford and Kathy Castenir teaching "Help, I'm a Caregiver", an 8 session course to help family caregivers learn about taking care of themselves while caring for others.
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GIFTS (Wesley Hall) Rev. Patricia Johnson Smith, retired UM Clergy from the Kentucky Conference will be guest teaching with us for a 7 week series on Taste and See as we seek to discover God among butchers, bakers, and fresh food makers. Join us for this biblical look at food as you start your healthy new year.
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SERVICE (Room 135) Alexis Dietz, our ASL interpreter for The Journey Worship Service will be teaching an introductory 6 week course in American Sign Language.
OUR 17TH ANNUAL FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE
Registration is now open! We are so excited to announce our 17th annual Father/Daughter Dance on Saturday,
February 8 from 5:30-8:00 pm in the Gym. Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. DJ Tara and Gigglebox will once again join us for this special father-daughter experience! This is a super sweet time for young ladies and the special father/father figure in their lives. Tickets are $10 per father/father figure & $5 per daughter. When registering, please register daughters as "guests", then choose registration type (Father, Daughter, or Additional Daughter(s)) from the drop down under each name in order to be charged correctly. This is one of the biggest fundraisers for our Fountain Kids ministry and everyone is invited so share with your friends, your family, your neighbors, & your coworkers! All ages are encouraged to celebrate the special relationship between fathers and daughters. For more information, please contact
Donna Lewis. Don't miss this sweet event!
TRIP TO THE HOLY LAND
One year from now, we are anticipating several people from Fountain City UMC traveling to the Holy Land. To be able to make such a pilgrimage to places referred to in scripture adds a dimension to our reading and learning. The Society for Biblical Studies has arranged a 10-day itinerary for us, Dan to Beersheba, February 11-20, 2021, with an optional 4-day extension, The Wonders of Petra. Check out the itinerary by clicking
here. We will actually be in the Holy Land on Ash Wednesday, which will be unforgettable, no doubt. A trip of this magnitude doesn't come together overnight, so I invite you to begin giving it some prayerful consideration. If you are interested, we have information available in the office for you to review. Without a doubt, this experience will be life-changing and life-enhancing.
IT'S TIME TO REGISTER FOR RESURRECTION 2020
Resurrection is an awesome annual event of worship and spiritual growth for youth and youth mentors hosted by the youth ministry of the Holston Conference. Each year over 12,000 come together in Pigeon Forge to celebrate the God of The Resurrection with inspirational words and music.
Register by January 23. This event will require a notarized
Fountain City UMC Waiver for 2020. Check out the Resurrection Youth
website
for more details!
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NOTABLE NEEDS
PLACES TO SERVE
SCROGGIE MISSION ENDOWMENT FUND
The Scroggie Mission Endowment Fund is given each year to support missions that impact our community, nation, and world.
Thanks to the generosity of Lucy Scroggie, Fountain City United Methodist Church is able to support mission and ministries that make a difference and change the lives of hurting people through the Scroggie Mission Endowment Fund. Decisions to award money to mission projects are made by the Scroggie Mission Endowment Committee.
The Call for Applications for the 2020 Scroggie Mission Endowment Fund is now open. Please check
out the Scroggie Mission Endowment Fund
Guidelines and the 2020 Scroggie Mission Endowment Fund
Online Application.
All applications are due no later than January 31, 2020.
A LETTER TO FCUMC
FROM WILLOW COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
Dear Fountain City UMC,
We want to send our deepest thanks for your wonderful gift of $2500 through the Advance to support our church and community ministries here in Willow. What a wonderful blessing! It has arrived safely here and we are so very thankful for your wonderful partnership.
Thank you for making our outreach ministries here possible. This last month we had over 170 families visit our food pantry, we provided help to several families who lost homes in the McKinley fire, we fed many children (about 50 each week) through our weekend Sack Pack program, and we also provided emergency assistance to many. We delight in sharing the love of Jesus here in Alaska. And we are so very thankful to each of you for your ongoing support.
We delight in being your "mission outpost" here in Willow. Our love & thanks to you all!
Blessings, Pastors Christina and Joe-d
NEWS
& NOT
ES
THE MORE
YOU KNOW
CALLING ALL COOKIE MAKERS!
If you are making your special cookies for the 17th Annual Father Daughter Dance, please be sure to have them to the church office by 10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 7.
It's going to be another night to remember!
SAFE SANCTUARIES
Parents, please check in your children on KidCheck. If your child is in the nursery - 4 year olds classrooms, please give leaders any information about your child that may have changed from the week before. If your child is in
K-5th grade classrooms, please confirm that your child is with their large group leader after check in. Questions? Contact Miss Donna.
CHANGES TO ELECTRONIC GIVING
If you currently give electronically (reoccurring or one-time gifts), the church is transitioning to a new electronic giving software. We need to inform and assist you in the transfer process. Please contact our church financial assistant, Ashley Garren via email, phone
(865-689-5175), or stop by the church office. Thank you for your continued financial support of Fountain City UMC.
Check out the
December 2019 edition
of the
Liberia Education Update from Helen Robert-Evans.
This ministry is a Faith Promise endeavor, and we are in covenant relationship with Helen Roberts-Evans.
SIGN UP FOR THE FLOWER CALENDAR
Altar flowers are a beautiful way to honor & memorialize a special person or event in your life. Flowers are arranged by Petree's Florist and cost $65. Contact
Melissa
in the church office at (865) 689-5175 for available dates this year.
JANUARY NEWSLETTER
Check out the January
edition of
The Spirit
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NEXT UP AT FCUMC
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Check out our
calendar
for a complete list of this week's events.
OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY MEAL
Our monthly Open Door Community Meal will be on Saturday,
January 25, at 5:45 p.m. in Wesley Hall. Join us for a delicious meal with our Fountain City community!
YOUTH SUPER BOWL PARTY - February 2 at 6:00 pm
YOUTH GROUP - SUNDAY NIGHTS
Our youth group will begin meeting again on Sunday nights beginning on February 9 at 6:30 pm. See you there!
Join us on Saturday, February 15 for lunch and a trip to Escape Game Knoxville!
We will meet at the church at 11:30 am near the buses. We will grab lunch at Tomato Head and then bust out of a room at Escape Game Knoxville! We'll head back to the church around 3:30 pm. The cost is $20.00 - please
sign up by February 10! This event requires a
Fountain City UMC Waiver
and an EscapeGame waiver. If you already have a
Fountain City UMC Waiver
on file for 2020 then you will only need the EscapeGame waiver. EscapeGame waivers will be sent out once registration has closed on February 10. Don't miss this fun event!!
SAVE THE DATE - MISSION CELEBRATION WEEKEND
Mark your calendars! Our Mission Celebration Weekend is set for March 27-29 with our Rise Against Hunger meal packing event on Saturday, March 28. We need 200 volunteers to sign up! More details coming soon.
MISSIONS COMMITTEE MEETING - FEBRUARY 9
If you are mission-minded, we would love for you to join us at our next meeting on
February 9 at 4:00 pm.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - June 22-25, 2020
While planning summer vacation and family visits, please remember our amazing VBS. The dates are set for June 22-25. Registration will open March 1. More details coming soon.
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PASTOR ON CALL
Kristen Burkhart (865) 357-6354
Fountain City United
Methodist Church
212 Hotel Road
Knoxville, TN 37918
(865) 689-5175
www.fountaincityumc.org
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WORSHIP WITH US
Traditional Service
8:30 am & 11:00 am
(Sanctuary)
The Journey
Contemporary Worship
11:00 am (Gym)
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