MESSAGE FROM RICKY
Dear Friends,
As we approach the election, I wanted to let you know about two important things happening at your church.
First, we are once again serving as a polling site. It is an honor to provide a place for citizens of our community to exercise their right to have a voice in who leads our government. While it causes extra work for our staff and extra traffic around the building, it is a great way to use our facility for the benefit of others. The gym has been sanitized and prepared in order to keep the poll workers and voters as safe as possible.
Second, we are opening our Sanctuary on Tuesday, from the hours of 8am to 4pm for prayer and reflection. We invite you to come any time during those hours to pray for our country, for the candidates, and for the peace of God's Kingdom to be known on earth. We will have some prayer prompts and scripture guides for you. Feel free to come and stay for as long as you would like. Staff will be on site to keep everyone safe and socially distanced, and to assist you if you have any questions.
I leave you with this advice of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement. In 1774 he met with those in a Methodist society who had votes in a coming election, and advised them:
- To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy;
- To speak no evil for the person they voted against;
- To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those on the other side.
As Americans, we are privileged to live in country where the voice of the people is sovereign, but as Christian we have a greater privilege to live in a Kingdom where Christ is King.
Grace and Peace,
Ricky
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PLEASE REGISTER TO ATTEND WORSHIP |
It is important to pre-register for worship attendance. This pre-registration helps our staff to prepare our facilities each week and expedites the Sunday morning check in process upon arrival. We are currently offering our one hour 9AM Traditions and 11AM Connections in-person worship services on Sunday mornings. We will also continue the online pre-recorded service at 10AM. You can access the online service through our website or facebook page whenever convenient to your schedule.
Each in person service still requires a reservation as we continue to abide by attendance guidelines with limited seating arrangements. Please Note: Nursery for children 3 years of age and under will be available with advanced registration for the worship services. At this time nursery for Sunday School is not included. Please read and follow the instructions for making a nursery reservation once you have clicked on the desired service registration below.
The 9AM Traditions service has increased attendance to 200 while the 11AM service is currently offering seating for 110 people. During the check-in process and service masks and social distancing will be observed.
To be able to operate under the current COVID guidelines / restrictions we need to know in advance who will be attending our services. This registration process enables us to:
- Ensure we remain within the room’s capacity restraints.
- Comply with record keeping so that we can undertake contact tracing if required.
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CLICK BELOW FOR THE 9AM SERVICE |
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CLICK BELOW FOR THE 11AM SERVICE |
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ALTAR FLOWER CALENDAR OPENINGS
A floral contribution to our worship service is a meaningful way to honor someone special, commemorate a special event, or remember a loved one. We currently have open dates in November as follows: November 8 (1 arrangement) and November 29th (2 arrangements). Please call the church office to reserve any dates for altar flowers or confirm your previous calendar request(s).
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Preparation continues for our Christmas program, set for December 13th during the morning worship service. Our Angelicas Ringers will be featured, as well as several soloists and a string quartet. Please pray for these and all of our musicians as we continue to navigate through the murky waters of doing music ministry during the pandemic.
I hope that you have a wonderful week and I'll see you all in worship next Sunday morning, where we will hear a beautiful solo from our music assistant, Jalysa Jones.
In His Service,
Tommy
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Special Offering for Methodist Children's Homes |
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UNITED NIGHT
Two more for the year
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Our schedule for Sunday nights will be as follows:
4:00pm // Free Time
5:00pm // Worship and Message
5:30pm // Small Groups
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YOUTH WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Youth large group and small groups are meeting via Zoom! If your student needs to be connected to a group please email Hunter Lacefield for information on how to join in this week! Reminder there are only two more United Night events for the year. We look forward to seeing you there!
Small Group Leaders
HS Boys // Jake Craft and Hunter Lacefield
JH Boys // Christian Sutherland and Jake Clarke
HS Girls // Amanda Pennington, Jenna Miller, Olivia Roberts, Rachel Rogers
JH Girls // Rachel Townsend, Shreve Bland, Shelby Dean, Anna Prestwood
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- Free time will be outside in the Gym parking lot. We will have 9 Square set up, as well as some other games and picnic tables to hang out at!
- We will meet for worship and message in the Worship Center.
- Small Groups will meet spread out in the worship center after the message.
- We will plan to be finished at 6:00.
- No meal will be available.
- For those not ready to come back in person, you will have the opportunity to join on ZOOM for the message and for small groups!
Contact Hunter to receive the
ZOOM Meeting ID and Passcode.
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HOLIDAY CARE FOR K-5th Grade KIDS
Thanksgiving Week:
Monday – Wednesday, Nov 23 through Nov 25
Christmas Week:
Monday – Wednesday, Dec 21 through Dec 23
New Year’s Week:
Monday – Wednesday, Dec 28 through Dec 30.
$35 per day per child for all day holiday care
$50 registration fee is good through May 2021.
First United Methodist Church / Weekday Ministries 601-924-9961
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EAGLE LAKE ASSISTANCE
Submitted by Mike Grove
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Members of our missions team had a great experience at Eagle Lake helping Mr James Luke. The team started out moving furniture and then ripped up flooring throughout the entire home and began the process of putting down brand new wood flooring! Mike Grove commented, "Needless to say that by 4:30 our team was worn down…!" The group consisted of Barbara Trott, Jim McBrayer, Dwayne Chisolm, Larry Thomas and Mike Grove. The team worked alongside of a team from Raymond Methodist and a mix of locals along with the UMVIM rep, Miss Patty.
The project didn’t get finished by a long shot but, some will go back to finish it up! Mr Luke was most appreciative, his own age and health, along with his wife battling Alzheimer’s, have kept them from being able to do any of the work. "It’s always refreshing and humbling at the same time to be able to help someone that really needs it…..!"
Blessings to our church family for always answering the call!
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THANKS FOR MAKING OUR
PUMPKIN PARADE A FUN FALL EVENT!!!
To see more pics
from this event
visit our
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SHARE YOUR REQUEST
Our church continues to serve our congregation and community during this season. If you have a prayer request or if you, or someone you know, has a need complete a short request form (click on button). These requests will be reviewed by our Pastoral team.
Please review the prayer list download. If you would like to add to the prayer list please continue to use our digital form for submission which can be accessed by clicking on the link in this email or on our website.
Pastoral Care Line 601-460-0570
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November 2020
November 1: $28,631
October 2020
Total Giving: $82,367
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September 2020
September Giving: $71,080
Other Income: $8,007
Total Income: $79,087
Sept Expenses: $99,036
Sept Deficit: ($19,949)
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2020 Year to Date
Through September
YTD Giving: $767,108
Other Income: $80,196
YTD Total Income: $847,304
YTD Expenses: $933,738
YTD Deficit: ($86,435)
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PASTORAL CARE INFORMATION
If you have an emergency need or need to speak
with a pastor please feel free to call.
Pastoral Care Number: 601-460-0570
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