Faith
Family:
Sunday was
an amazing day. We worshipped God and God was fully present. Our new staff
person (Oscar Smith) shared some of his musical passion with us at both
services as part of our way of introducing our new Contemporary Worship Leader
to all of you - it was truly amazing! Now there are lots of questions;
specifically, when are we going to begin our new worship service, how are we
going to get the word out, what does this all mean to me? These are the details
of change. I am delighted that through this weekly Tuesday Tickle received by
every member of our faith family (mainly by email but some by regular mail), we
have a tool to keep everyone informed as to what is going on as we grow
together. We have a lot of work to do before we launch. Oscar has to form up
his band. We have to get the space ready. Once we have a handle on both of
those, we should be able to define a firm date that Outreach (and you know that
every member of this church is part of the Outreach Team) can begin
communicating that date to our community in many ways. We are trying to
integrate several things at once; Preschool marketing, "back to school
summer bash on the lawn" event, kick off of Fall Wed night cycle, and
Contemporary Worship Service launch. Stay tuned, more to come! In the meantime,
you can help me communicate your ministry and small group activities for the
fall cycle. Please email me details so they can be included in the Tickle.
2010
Confirmation Class:
Please pray
for all of our participants; Alan Scott, Jillian Hughes, Ethan Crawley, Avery
Lunsford, Autum Padovani, Cody Nixon, and Jacob Burgess. Feel free to
write notes of encouragement to all our potential confirmands - the
family addresses are in the directory except for Cody Nixon. Send Cody's cards
to the Burgess Family - we will get them to our neighbor.
Current
Wed. Night Summer Activities:
PLEASE NOTE
SCHEDULE CHANGE! The Youth (rising Middlers and High Schoolers will NOT meet
this Wednesday July 14 - INSTEAD, Youth will meet on Thursday night July 15th.
Henry County Sheriff Keith McBrayer will be taking all who attend on a tour of
the Henry County jail. Please encourage your youth to attend this VERY
IMPORTANT event. Contact Paulla Groover for all the details.
Next week
the Youth are invited to attend a group trip to Six Flags on Monday July 19th.
You will be paying for your own ticket and a permission slip is required.
Paulla also needs help from adults who wish to come chaperone on this trip.
Again, contact Paulla for Details.
The Youth
will meet on Wednesday, July 21rst at the church for our normal 6 pm to 8 pm
activity.
College Mentor Ministry:
College Students and Mentors we will have a day of
fellowship on July 18th. We
will meet for Sunday School at 10 and then for a Dessert Social and Swim Party
that afternoon from 3-5 at the home of Konrad and Domini Darling. Please let Domini or your mentor know if you
plan to attend!
Preschool
News
Tell all
your neighbors with small children about this low cost / high quality
preschool ministry inside your church! Parents Night is August 10th at
7 pm, Preschool Open house is Wed, August 11 from 9-11 am, first day of school
is August 16th. Registration is now open - call the church!
Did You
Know?:
That your
North Georgia Annual Conference (comprised of the 970 United Methodist Churches
in the upper half of the state of Georgia) has it's own form of a Tuesday
Tickle? It actually comes in many forms. There is "Monday Morning in North
Georgia", "Weekly Update", and "Conference Prayers and
Concerns." They all come from the Office of Rev. Dr. Jamie Jenkins
(Assistant to our Bishop.) Anyone can electronically sign up to be included at
the following link:
www.ngumc.org/site/stayconnected
Give it a
whirl for a month or so - there is a world of information and network in our
Conference just waiting to connect to you! You will learn about upcoming
Conference events and activities.
Membership
Sunday:
As everyone
who worships with us knows, no one ever stands alone when they
join this part of the body of Christ at Hampton UMC. But even given that truth,
some folks look for the opportunity to join at the same time with other
people who are joining. There are many of you who have been worshipping with us
for some time who may be waiting for this very opportunity. We are designating
July 25th (the last Sunday before school starts) as our next Membership Sunday.
If you are interested, please contact me so that I can answer any question you
have about taking this next significant step in your faith journey. You are
invited.
"Up to the Moment" Church Financial Information:
YTD
Budgeted Need (Jan - June):
$159,202 July
Budgeted Need: $27,284
YTD
Actual Giving (Jan -
June): $144,288 July
Giving (2 Weeks): $13,708
These
two summer months are notoriously difficult financially. Help us be the Church
that God is calling us to be - even across the summer months! Thank you for your
faithful giving!
Planning
Dates:
2010
Confirmation Class - Tuesdays 3:00-4:30 pm in main
Sanctuary
Ongoing Wed
Night Summer Youth Program - Wednesday's 6-8 pm
(Middlers and High Schoolers - see notes above)
Finance
Team Mtg - July 1 - 7 pm in the Sanctuary
Mt Zion
Camp Mtg - all this week
Membership
Sunday - July 25 both services
Pastor's
School (Pastoral Family time away) - July 26th - 29th
Blessing of
the Bookbags Sunday (our celebration of the Educational Trinity - Teachers,
Parents, Students) - August 1 - both services
First Day
of Henry County School - August 2
First
Wednesday Night Supper - August 18 at 6 pm
AMS Race
Weekend (Labor Day Weekend) - Sept 3,4,5 - the Sunday
Night Nascar Race begins at 7:30 pm
Some Member
Prayer Needs / Updates specifically for this Week:
John
and Raye Fletcher - please pray for their son Luke - a difficult week.
Cecilia
Chandler / Kay Allison sister (Carrie Brown) is still struggling with severe issues with her
pancreas.
Gail
Burel needs to
have her serious leg wound heal (hopefully without surgery to do
so) - currently off her arthritis medications to allow that to happen - a
long difficult journey.
Susie Steele - navigating multiple new doctors
seeking new course of action for her son Gage.
Steve
Thomas' cousin
(Celeste Mead) - struggling with life changes after loss.
Some
Joys:
Thurman
& Elizabeth Austin's grandson (Sgt. Joe Fraley) continues to heal and recuperate
from his roadside bomb injuries - he continues to strengthen - beginning rehab.
Darwyn
and Ann Bolton
celebrated their 50th Anniversary this last week.
Domini
Re Darling's
Mother (Robbie Re) is back home - her wounds have continued to heal nicely.
Tammy
Willett is
home and working again - full recovery from internal GI arterial bleed
Becky
Bolton - ankle
surgery stitches removed - moving forward.
Regena
Whitaker will
be celebrating Camp Fortson Activities during Camp Week
Several
members have
really enjoyed Camp Meeting week at Mt. Zion Campground!
The
Smith Family
(Oscar, Becca, 3 yr old Maddie, 6 month old twins Carson and Caleb)
We are
currently working plans for four weddings...
Rain...
Reference
emails:
HUMC Pastor
(Rev. Mark
Burgess)
pastorhumc@bellsouth.net
Pastor's
Office Secretary (Susie Steele)
secretaryhumc@bellsouth.net
Director of
Children & Youth (Paulla Groover) prgroover@yahoo.com
Director of
Music (June
Horne)
jahhorne@yahoo.com
Contemporary
Worship Leader (Oscar Smith) oscar_smith@bellsouth.net
Nursery
Director (Susan
Aukerman)
aukermans@att.net
Preschool
Director (Susan
Camp)
susancamp04@gmail.com
SMILE, you
have just been "tickled." Go ahead - laugh out loud
- it feeds the soul!
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