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IN WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021
3RD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Psalm 62:5-12 (UMH 787)
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Mark 1:14-20
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TRADITIONAL AND THE JOURNEY WORSHIP SERVICES ARE LIVE ON SUNDAYS AT 11AM
Our Traditional Worship Services are now live-streamed on our FCUMC Facebook page on Sundays at 11am! The Journey continues to be live-streamed on The Journey Facebook page on Sundays at 11am. Both services are added to our YouTube channel after their completion if you miss the live-streamed events. Please join us!
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We look forward to meeting in person again when that time comes and are considering ways we can worship outdoors, weather permitting. Stay updated with the latest information on our website, in Realm, in our weekly E-spirit, and on social media. We appreciate your continued support of FCUMC.
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2021 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN
Our Invest in Hope Stewardship Campaign is coming to a close. We want to thank those of you who have sent in your commitments for 2021. If you have not had a chance to send yours in, please use this link to download the commitment card and send it to the church office by January 31, 2021. Empowered by the Holy Spirit and with your help, we can do miraculous things in the name of Christ! Invest in Christ’s Church and kingdom. Invest in Hope.
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DISCIPLESHIP NEWS
Rev. Dr. Kristen Burkhart and Mark Seals, Director of The Journey, are live on Facebook on Wednesday nights from 6:30-7:30 pm every week leading up to Lent. Please join them by visiting The Journey Facebook page.
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FOUNTAIN KIDS
Weekly Bible Story • January Week 4
Bible Story: Golden Slumbers (Parable of the Bags of Gold) Matthew 25:14-30 (NIV)
Bottom Line: Make the most of what you’ve been given.
Monthly Memory Verse: Suppose you can be trusted with something very little. Then you can also be trusted with something very large. Luke 16:10a (NIrV)
Monthly Life App: Responsibility-showing you can be trusted with what is expected of you.
Fountain Littles & Fountain Kids Zoom Club: Wednesday Night at 6:30pm
Parents will receive information via Fountain Kids Weekly Update email.
Parent reminder: The Parent Cue App is free in the Apple App Store and in the Google Play Store. The app offers daily faith-moment cues for parents and grandparents to engage their kiddos. There is also a blog, podcasts, and timely parenting tips and tools. Yes, this is free! You can download, create your free account and immediately have access to resources that apply to toddler, preschool, elementary, middle school and teen children.
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FATHER DAUGHTER SPRING DANCE
Get out those dancing shoes! Our Father Daughter Spring Dance is set for Saturday, April 10. Registration will open March 1.
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Mark your calendars for VBS!
Fountain Kids Vacation Bible School, TREASURED: Discovering You're Priceless To God, will take place June 14-17, 2021.
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NOTABLE NEEDS
PLACES TO SERVE
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The UMCOR Sager Brown Depot is the hub of UMCOR’s relief-supply operations. Each year, more than 2,000 volunteers prepare about $5 million in supplies for shipment from the Baldwin, Louisiana facility. Since volunteers have not been able to be on campus since the middle of March 2020, they are beginning to conduct virtual mission trips to keep volunteers connected to the outreach ministry of Sager Brown.
You are invited to join a Zoom meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, January 20 at 2:30 pm. If you are able to attend, please RSVP here. If you are not able to attend and would like to know about future Sager Brown Virtual Mission Trips, please email Sandy Morgan, our Sager Brown Mission Team Leader.
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GRESHAM PRAYER PARTNERS MINISTRY
Please click here for detailed information about how you can support GMS as a digital prayer partner, to view the available Gresham staff, and to "adopt" that staff member.
COVID COMPASSION
Want to love your neighbor during this stressful time? Click here to sign up to run errands, call, or write notes to our homebound and those in isolation, all on a flexible time schedule.
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NEWS AND NOTES
THE MORE YOU KNOW
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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 missions and ministries that make a difference and change the lives of hurting people. Decisions to award money to mission projects are made by the Scroggie Mission Endowment Committee.
The call for applications for the 2021 Scroggie Mission Endowment Fund is now open.
All applications are due no later than January 31, 2021. Should you experience any difficulties with the online application, please contact Melissa Greene.
CHARLES SLOAN SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
The Charles Sloan Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Spring Semester Scholarships. Congratulations to Susannah Clabough, Brooke Flatford, Claire Graves, Todd Graves, Elizabeth Smiddy, and Sarah Catherine Smiddy who are recipients of the Charles Sloan Scholarship. Susannah Clabough was awarded the Charles Sloan Distinguished Award.
The Scholarship Committee appreciates the support and contributions given toward the financial needs of our college church members and their families. Please consider giving to the scholarship fund when you are making contributions to the church.
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OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY MEAL
As Fountain City UMC strives to meet the needs of our neighbors, we will once again provide Community Meals.
Beginning on February 3, we are moving distribution of these meals to Fountain City Ministry Center to reach more people. Doug Shipman and crew will provide these monthly meals outdoors every first Wednesday from 5:30-6:00 pm until further notice. If you know of families or individuals who are in need of meal assistance, please guide them to our community meals at Fountain City Ministry Center.
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GRIEFSHARE SPRING 2021
It hurts to lose someone. Find help at GriefShare, a friendly, caring group who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.
GriefShare meets online on Wednesdays at 10am.
Griefshare also meets online on Thursdays at 6:30pm.
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YOUTH NEWS
Our weekly Wednesday Night Zoom meetings are from 6:30-7:30 pm. As soon as it is safe to go back indoors, we will. If we have an unseasonably warm day or two and we can meet outdoors, we will do that. Stay tuned!
Resurrection 2021
Resurrection will be live streamed this year. It will be a one night event this Saturday, January 23, from 7-9 pm. You can check out the Resurrection website for information on the speaker and the band for the evening!
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THANK YOU LETTER FROM WILLOW COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY AND WILLOW UMC IN WILLOW, AK
Dear Fountain City UMC Friends:
We wanted to send Christmas and Epiphany wishes and New Year's Blessings your way! We are so thankful for your partnership with us, enabling us to be in ministry here in Willow, Alaska. (Please use this link to read the entirety of the letter from Willow UMC.)
A NOTE OF THANKS FROM BEVERLY PARK PLACE
Thank you for all of the gifts that were sent to the residents here at Beverly Park. We really appreciate your help in making their days a little brighter. - Beverly Park
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS FOR JANUARY
Our office staff is working remotely during the following hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8:30am-5:00pm
(closed for lunch from 12:00-1:00pm)
Friday: 8:30am-12:00 pm
Calls to the church office phone number will be answered during the hours listed above. To contact staff members directly, please email them. You can find staff emails on Realm or on our website under the Who We Are menu on our home page. If you need to meet with a staff member in person at the church, please make an appointment directly with that staff member.
JANUARY 2021 NEWSLETTER
Check out the January edition of The Spirit Newsletter!
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NEXT UP AT FCUMC
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
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- January 23 from 7-9pm: Live-Streamed Resurrection
- April 10: Father Daughter Spring Dance
- June 14-17: Vacation Bible School
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PASTOR ON CALL
Kristen Burkhart
(865) 357-6354
(Please call. Do Not Text.)
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WORSHIP WITH US
We invite you to join us for our
at 11am on our Facebook pages.
These services are also available on our YouTube channel after they have concluded.
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