Sunday Worship, May 14

Graduation Sunday!

"Looking, Learning, Loving"

John 13-31-35

Rev. Gerald Varner preaching

"Then he took a deep breath and breathed into them. “Receive the Holy Spirit,” he said. “If you forgive someone’s sins, they’re gone for good. If you don’t forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?” John 20:22

Meal Train for Wanda Melton

Wanda Melton is home and recovering from surgery. A meal train has been set up for her and her family. If you would like to take a meal or send a food gift card, you can access it by clicking on the Meal Train logo.

Safe Sanctuaries Training

There will be a Safe Sanctuaries training session on Sunday, May 22, at 3:30 pm in Jenkins Hall. Anyone who works with our youth or children needs to be Safe Sanctuaries trained.

Questions? Contact Mimi Sanders at

mimi_sanders@tfumc.org.

Finding Our Path:

Conversation on the Future of the UMC and What it Means for Tucker First



Tucker First will host a series of five conversations that will focus on how our congregation will prepare for decisions by the General Conference regarding the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ clergy and congregants. These sessions are intended to help us navigate the tension and divisiveness surrounding this issue and create space for listening deeply, sharing respectfully, and discerning our path together.

May 19, 26, and June 9

7:00 - 8:30 pm | Chapel

Please note: Sessions will take place in person only (Chapel). No reservations are required. You are encouraged to attend all or most of the sessions because each is different.

Wanted: Your Tucker First Memories

Sunday, May 22, is Heritage Sunday in The United Methodist Church. We will honor and celebrate our history as a church on this day together. We want to display some of your Tucker First UMC memories in the Gathering Room before and after worship.

If you have photos you would like to be part of the display, please drop them off at the church office or email them to Rev. Anne Cumings at anne.cumings@ngumc.net.

Please make sure they are clearly labeled if you would like your photos returned to you.

One More Time!

Attention All Former Youth Choir Members

On Sunday, June 5, our Celebration Singers will perform their 2022 Home Tour Concert during our 11:00 am worship service. As previously announced, Lynn Urda will be retiring after fourteen years as Director of Youth Choirs.

All former Celebration Singers, Jubilee Singers, and adult chaperone singers are invited to join the choir in singing the last song on the program (Psalm 139.- a favorite over the years!) After worship, we will honor Lynn with a reception in the Wesley Center. All are welcome to attend.

Please spread the word to all former youth and chaperone singers! To have a pdf and recording of Psalm 139 in advance, please contact Lynn at lynn@graphicworksatlanta.com.

Preschool Teachers Needed for 2022-2023 School Year

Our Weekday Preschool has several paid teacher positions open for the upcoming school year.

If you or someone you know would consider serving, please get in touch with

Marti Coleman at 678-325-4020 or preschool@tfumc.org or

Mimi Sanders at mimi_sanders@tfumc.org.

Good news!

Our class for 3-year-olds (4 or 5 days) has a waitlist!

Vacation Bible School

June 20-24

9:00 am - 12:00 Noon

Rising Pre-K - 6th Grade

Questions? Contact Mimi Sanders at mimi_sanders@tfumc.org.

Interested in volunteering at VBS but don't know where to start? A list of volunteer slots for this year's VBS program is listed below. 

• T-shirt coordinator and t-shirt handout team members

• Registration team member - handles June 20^th registrations

• Group leaders

• Drama/Bible storytellers

• Music, recreation, crafts, snacks, or science team members

• Opening / closing assembly team members – actors, sound/ AV operators, puppeteer, etc.

• Traffic controller and team for driveway drop-off and pickup

• Student pick-up indoor coordinator

Volunteers Needed for Music & Drama Camps

The Music & Arts ministry at Tucker First is excited that we have so many children participating in musical activities this summer. You can help in little and big ways. Volunteers are needed to assist with snacks, greeting, costumes, drama, or just be another adult. You can sign up for one day or all five days.

Contact Beverly Blissett at bblissit@tfumc.org to volunteer. We need all hands-on deck (get it?). 

Summer Lunch Buddy Needs Your Help

The Children First Lunch Buddy Program, a ministry of Tucker First, provides meals to children in our community during school holidays who depend on the school lunch program. The mission team relies on volunteers to hand out bagged lunches to children at Tucker Mobile Homes during the weekdays of summer vacation from Monday, June 6 to Friday, July 29.

If you are available to help from 11:45 am - 1:00 pm, please click on the green button.

For questions, please contact Robin Pounds, robinpounds631@gmail.com or 404-918-0069.

Thank you for supporting this outreach ministry in our community!

Let's Build a Greenhouse Together!

Our Tucker First Mission Garden supports our neighbors in need with fresh, organic vegetables during the summer and fall growing seasons. 2021 was the first year for this mission, and volunteers helped harvest and deliver over 150 pounds of food to NETWorks Cooperative Ministries, our neighboring food pantry. Vegetables donated in 2021 included a variety of tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, squash, Swiss chard, sweet potatoes, broccoli, and cabbage. An added benefit of the garden is the meditation/ relaxation area centrally located among flowers and flowering vines. 

The initial cost to build the garden in 2021 was approximately $5,000, supported by our church members and garden enthusiasts. The annual recurring cost to maintain just the garden is estimated to be roughly $500, mainly for new seedlings and soil amendments.

In the current garden, weather determines our planting and growing seasons. If a 12 x 16-foot greenhouse were to be placed adjacent to the garden, the volunteers would be able to produce fresh vegetables year-round and expand the variety grown to include mushrooms, microgreens, and other leafy vegetables that thrive in a protected/ controlled greenhouse environment and cooler temperatures.

This greenhouse could nearly double the annual production of vegetables in the garden by using organic hydroponic methods. Additionally, seedlings for all seasons can be started from seed reducing the yearly recurring costs. The annual costs of the greenhouse would also be offset by the reduced costs of seedlings and spring plant sales to the community. Furthermore, Neil Duggan has offered to use the greenhouse as a teaching opportunity for hydroponics and other growing skills.

Our Finance Committee has approved a one-time fundraising effort for up to $2,500 to add a greenhouse to the Tucker Mission Garden. It will be located adjacent to the garden in a couple of parking spaces behind the Wesley Center. Neil Duggan will provide the design and labor at no cost. The City of Tucker Permits/ Zoning has reviewed and approved the design and location. If you wish to donate, please click on the green button. 

Questions? Contact Neil Duggan at neilduggan@gmail.com.