WEEKLY CONNECTION VOLUME 48 No. 26 AUGUST 9, 2017

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH T U P E L O , M I S S I S S I P P I

A S E R M O N S E R I E S

P A R A B L E S T H E P A T H O F J E S U S

S U N D A Y S A L L W O R S H I P S E R V I C E S

AUGUST 13 - PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Matthew 13:3-9)

AUGUST 20 - PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND TARES (Matthew 13:24-30) AUGUST 27 - PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED (Matthew 13:31-33) SEPTEMBER 3 - PARABLE OF THE TREASURE (Matthew 13:44-52)

“ P A R A B L E S A B O U T T H E K I N D G D O M O F H E A V E N ”

A U G U S T 1 6 M E N U : Salad Bar, Chili, Cornbread, Baked Potato Bar,

Steamed Broccoli and Cheese, Chicken Tenders, Pulled Pork, Smoked Summer Kielbasa, Peach Cobbler, Apple Crunch

~YOU ARE INVITED!~ Become a Pack 12 Cub Scout!

Boys starting 1st-4th Grade Sunday, August 13, 2017

4-5:30 p.m.—Old Fellowship Hall

Kickoff will coincide with the first Pack Meeting of our 2017-2018 scouting year. You can register to be a Cub Scout, meet the den leaders and other Scouts and participate in fun activities. We will have ice cream and snacks. Registration is $45 and includes the Yocona Area Council annual fee, a den handbook, badges and advancements. If you are new to scouting this year, it is not necessary to have a uniform at this first meeting. Feel free to invite anyone else that you think might be interested in joining Pack 12.If you have any questions, please contact Chris Riles at (205) 339-3688 or chris.riles0323@gmail.com or Payne Atkinson at (662) 871-2836 or payne@atkinsonpllc.com.

R E F R E S H W E D N E S D A Y N I G H T S A T F U M C

5:15 P.M. - DINNER 6:00 P.M. - STUDY

Our first study will be an 8 week study of the book A Disciples Path.

Sign-up at http://www.fumctupelo.com/youth.html

Thank you all for the many gifts, notes, and the very generous love offering you gave to us as we moved to our new appointment at Brookhaven First UMC. You made us family from the very begin-ning and it was a great pleasure to serve as one of your Associate Pastors. Ansel and I love you all and pray for you as you continue doing vital ministry. Please remember to lift us in prayer as well, as we carry on in ministry in Brookhaven. May God bless and keep every one of you.

Lynn and Ansel Mote

L O S T A 6” x 6” needlepoint piece, featuring a lighthouse, was lost on the FUMC campus. If found, please

call Betty Harris at 844-6087.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IN THE PARK

Hosted by: St. Luke United Methodist Church Ballard City Park—Main Stage

August 19, 2017 8:30 a.m.—Noon

L I B R A R Y N E W S Visit our online library and check out The King Jesus Gospel by Scot McKnight. It is one of our new ebooks. Read by logging in and reading online or by checkin it out!

“Peter’s Jesus of Nazareth, the one who lived and died and who was raised and ascended

and enthroned, is both Messiah of Israel and Lord of the whole world. Those are the terms of the early gospeling in the book of Acts, and if we want to be faithful to the Bible, those

should be our terms as well. Those titles for Jesus tell the gospel Story of Jesus.” ― Scot McKnight, The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 8:45 Worship, Sanctuary 8:45 Worship, Wesley Hall 9:45 Fellowship, Gathering Room 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Worship, Sanctuary 4:00 Cub Scouts, FH 5:00 State of the Youth Parent Mtg, CLC 6:00 Youth Small Groups MONDAY, AUGUST 14 2:30 CASA, CLC 5:15 Communications Committee, FH TUESDAY, August 15 8:00-11:30 Clothes Closet Open for Donations

9:00 Preschool Teacher Workday 9:00 Invitation Planning, CR 10:30 Staff Meeting, CR 2:30 CASA, CLC 3:30 Congregational Care, GR 5:15 Finance Committee, FH WEDNESDAY, August 16 6:50 Youth Prayer Bfast, Connie’s 9:00 Preschool Teacher Workday 2:30 CASA, CLC 5:15 REFRESH Dinner 6:00 REFRESH Study 6:00 Youth Worship, CLC 7:00 Chancel Choir

THURSDAY, August 17 7:15 Prayer Group, Chapel 9:00 Invitation Planning, WH 9:00 Preschool Teacher Workday 12:00 Preschool Open House 1:15 Traceway Van 2:30 CASA, CLC 6:00 Preschool Open House FRIDAY, August 18 2:30 CASA, CLC SATURDAY, August 19 9:00-12:00 Helping Hands Open

CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 13-19, 2017

STEWARDSHIP 2017 Budget Goal.............................................$2,424,213.45 2017 Needed Weekly ............................................$45,739.88 2017 Eight Month Budgeted Amount ...............$1,616,141.97 Last Week’s Offering through 08/03......................$69,127.08 2017 Offering through 0708/03 ........................$1,443,743.86 Spent to Date 2017 through 08/03 ...................$1,334,754.12

SERVING SUNDAY, AUGUST 13

ACOLYTE/CRUCIFER: 11: Clark Atkinson-Crucifer TV OPERATORS: David Dillard, Harold Hudson, Jo Mark SANCTUARY SOUND: 8:45: Butch Dendy 11: Robert Marion GREETERS: 8:45: Elsie/Dick White 11: Polly/Richard Crenshaw 8:45 Invitation: Crofton Sloan USHERS: 8:45: Lindsey Leake, George Rutledge 8:45 Invitation: Chris Decker, Nat Leathers, Jamie Osbirn, Kevin Rose, Bill Spencer 11:00: Jeff Short

D I R E C T O R Y U P D A T E Many of you have been patiently waiting for our new pictorial directory. This unique Sesquicen-tennial Directory took extra time to put together We wanted to make sure we included everyone and everything in this special historical document. We are happy to announce that all materials have been sent off to Lifetouch. We are waiting on a proof to be delivered and approved. Once this occurs, they will be ordered and on their way! Please stay tuned for further updates!