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THIS COMING WEEK AT FIRST CHURCH
RECORD OF OUR FAITHFULNESS
Week of June 28, 2015
Sunday, July 5 - 6th Sunday after Pentecost in
Kingdomtide
8:25 am Service of Holy Communion
9:45 am Sunday School for all ages
New Creation Worship - Fellowship Hall
10:55 am Service of Holy Communion
5:00 pm Youth HQ
8:25 am Communion ........................................ 67
9:45 New Creation ............................................ 26
10:55 am Worship ......................................... 173
Children’s Church ............................................. 10
Monday Communion ........................................ 32
Worship Total (Goal 300 in 2015!) ............... 308
THE CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED THIS WEEK
Vacation Bible School will be in session this week.
All other regularly scheduled activities will resume
next week.
Sunday School
Adults .......................................................... 45
GAP................................................................ 0
Youth ............................................................. 5
Nursery .......................................................... 4
Children ......................................................... 8
Wired Word at The Village 7 pm ...................... 14
Christian Education Total (Goal 180) ............. 76
Monday, July 6
8:30 am Vacation Bible School — ends 12:30 pm
7:00 pm Boy Scouts
Tuesday, July 7
8:30 am Vacation Bible School — ends 12:30 pm
Committees will not meet for the month of July with
the exception of the Finance Committee on July 28.
7:00 pm The Wired Word Group @ The Village
Wednesday, July 8
8:30 am Vacation Bible School — ends 12:30 pm
Thursday, July 9
8:30 am Vacation Bible School — ends 12:30 pm
1:30 pm Helping Hands Women’s Program
3:00 pm Helping Hands Women’s Clinic
Friday, July 10
8:30 am Vacation Bible School — ends 12:30 pm
Sunday, July 12 - 7th Sunday after Pentecost in
Kingdomtide
8:25 am Service of Holy Communion
9:45 am Sunday School for all ages
New Creation Worship - Fellowship Hall
10:55 am Worship Service
5:00 pm Youth HQ
Salty Service...................................................... 22
Boy Scout .......................................................... 20
Total Other Activities..................................... 42
Financial Reporting
Gifts Needed Each Week ......................... $16,610
Gifts Received this Week .......................... $8,249
Second Mile Giving (included in gifts received)
Additional Giving
Master’s Plan ................................................ $275
Memorials .................................................... $505
Fumpers Scholarships ..................................... $61
Special Groups ................................................ $13
Other revenue .............................................. $620
Year to Date Totals through May 2015
Revenue ................................................. $340,406
Expenses ................................................ $358,567
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What’s Happening at First UMC?
Kind greetings and love in Christ are extended to all members and guests.
We trust that you will experience the warmth of Christian fellowship, the inspiration of
worship and the peace that comes from an awareness of God’s presence.
TODAY’S ALTAR FLOWERS
Today’s altar flowers are dedicated to the
Glory of God and given by JuliAnn Brasington
Tedeschi in memory of her father and
mother, J.J. and Jo Brasington.
NEW CREATION WORSHIP EXPERIENCE
Join us as we
continue to learn
how to SIMPLIFY our
lives and reduce our
stress. Our study of
scripture and our
conversations will be
based on Bill Hybel's book Simplify! Topics
include: Restless to Fulfilled (in our work-life
balance), Negative to a Positive Outlook,
Isolated to Connected (in our relationships),
Drifting to Focused (in our calling) Stuck to
Moving On (in our life transitions).
Great contemporary worship, new friends,
hot coffee, fresh donuts await you in the
Fellowship Hall at 9:45am! Come just as you
are and become all God intends for you to
be!
HOLY GROUNDS COFFEE
Holy Grounds is an opportunity for guests to
have coffee and conversation with the
pastors and meets MONTHLY at 9:45 am in
the Parlor (located in Epworth Hall, the
building next to the Sanctuary). The next
gathering will be on
next Sunday, July 12,
at 9:45 am.
WELCOME RECEPTION FOR THE JOHNSONS
There will be a welcome reception in the
Fellowship Hall today for Kevin Johnson and
his family immediately following the 10:55
am service. Everyone is invited to stop by to
meet the family and enjoy cake and punch.
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
9:45 Kids’ City Sunday School classes begin
downstairs in the Children’s Music Room.
Children should be dropped off and picked
up at the glass
doors in Epworth.
Parents
should
not drop off their
child(ren) in Bell
Hall. *All parents
should sign their
child aged 0-5th grade in/out at the Children’s
Welcome table outside of the nursery glass
doors.*
VBS: Bible Blast to the Past.
We still have spaces available! Please sign
up online or via the paper form available in
the narthex. We are also in need of VBS
supply donations. Please visit the supply
board in the Narthex to sign-up. Thank you
for your support of our children.
NOTE: After Church today (about 12:30) we
will have a mandatory VBS volunteer
meeting in the Maranatha room, upstairs in
Bell Hall. Directly after the meeting, we will
have a decoration party!
come in. We will meet from 9:00 am each
day.
Mark your calendars and check
your closets!
Children’s Ministries is
collecting LEGOS and MEGA BLOCKS for a
Friday Family Fun Night on July 24! Invite a
friend and bring your whole family for a fun
night of Lego building and a showing of the
Lego Movie.
Do you have some extra children’s books
lying around your home? We are also
collecting new and gently used children’s
books for the Laura Knight Children’s
Memorial Library. Donations for both can be
dropped off at the church office anytime.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN
Its not too late to make that last minute
donation of diapers sizes 2-6 (no newborn)
and wipes for Cornerstone Family Ministries
in Tampa, Florida. Delegates from our
church will be attending the Conference
Mission U event in Daytona July 9 – 12 at
which time
the diapers
and wipes
from UMW
groups
throughout
the Conference will be gathered and sent to
Cornerstone.
UMW ANNUAL GARAGE SALE
The United Methodist Women are now
collecting items for this sale. Please contact
Margaret Steptoe (352-372-5879) or Joan
Van Winkle (352-3724716) for pickup of
donations to the sale.
Members who are able
are invited to come
each Friday in June to
Margaret’s home to
price sale items as they
MONDAY MEAL VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED
Are you looking for a way to help serve our
community? We would love to have you join
us in serving a hot meal to homeless brothers
and sisters on Monday afternoons. From 2:00
pm to 5:00 pm, we cook, serve, clean, and
fellowship together.
CHOIRS ON SUMMER BREAK
The Chancel Choir, Instrumentalists and
Handbells will be on a much needed summer
break through August 24. Special music will
be provided by our choral intern soloists and
instrumentalists. Now is the time to begin to
dig up that musical talent you buried long
ago and consider joining one of our musical
groups in the fall. Please contact Robert
Jackson for more information. We have a
place reserved for you!
BEDDING FOR JOHNSON FAMILY
A huge thank you to all who loaned bedding
and towels for the Johnson family. As it turns
out, their moving company was able to
deliver all their furnishings this past Friday
when the family arrived. If you would like to
retrieve your items, you may do so from the
church after church today, when the office
reopens next week on Monday, July 13. If
you prefer to donate your items to Family
Promise please contact the church office.
SEEKING PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR
WITH CREDENTIALS
We are seeking a full time, experienced
credentialed Preschool Director to begin
August 17, 2015. BA in education, CPR, Firstaid and continuing education required. Preschool Hours: 7:00 am - 6:00 pm weekdays.
Email resume with DCF credentials and 3
references to Julie Cole, Church Admin. at
Julie.cole@firstchurchgainesville.com.
PRAYERS FOR OUR CHURCH FAMILY
NEW: Joan & Charles Tompkins, Lylah Gorman, Alice & Cecil Wyatt, Chris & Frank Boone,
Sandra, Robert, William, Sondra, and Makayla Allen (requested by Annetta Burch), Ride to
Sunday school (I will take the church van home - requested by Mimi Herring), Our Son, Josh
(traveling & looking for job - requested by Brice& Beth Keith), Katlyn (4 year old – who is being treated
for leukemia at Shands - requested Cathy Cromer), Sammy Nafziger (my brother who has been in the
hospital for 2 weeks with aspiration pneumonia due to his swallowing disability from a stroke 2 years
th
ago - requested by Janet Howard), For my brother’s 55 birthday and our children (requested by
Ed & Kim Gauthier), Best wishes to Pastor David and Family on their new undertaking
(requested by Eunice Shearn).
ONGOING 2nd week: Timmy’s mom (undergoing further testing to determine if her cancer has
returned - requested by Timothy and James Bergman), Our daughter and son-in-law (that they will be
saved) and a work project (that it will go well - requested by Chris Gongoulin), Peace in Jerusalem
(requested by Nancy DeLacure), Albert Sharpless (My dear brother who is a widower and struggling in
Washington State - requested by Barbara Cooper), The stress of those moving and all of those
affected by the shooting in Charleston, SC (requested by Sara McKinley), Susan Hoffman (Her
condition is greatly improved and she will likely be released to home pending location of a liver donor—
requested by Ed and Chris Hoffmann), Peace and good health to all (requested by Eunice Shearn).
ONGOING - Long term:
Fisher Abrams (Betty Folsom’s 9 year old great grandson—chemo for
Leukemia), Judi Rembert, Dash & Betty Hicks, Mary Bell Smith, Nancy Merrow, Harold Stringer, Larry
Nafziger, Jenny Day, Doran Bleigh, Mary Elizabeth Bain, and our sister church in La Moza.
Also any “Unspoken Requests.”
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REJOICING WITH OUR CHURCH FAMILY
Praise my uncle is cancer free praise the Lord. (Mimi Herring)
CONDOLENCES
To the family of Dess James on her passing May 21st. There will be a memorial service this
Tuesday, July 7 at 2:00 pm in the Sanctuary. Visitation with the family will begin at 1:00 pm
in the narthex. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First UMC, Gainesville.
OUR FAITHFUL FRIENDS - SHOW THEM YOU CARE
Our Faithful Friends is a weekly ministry that reaches those who are unable to attend worship
and other weekly activities. Please send a note or card of encouragement to those listed each
week. Along with your signature, please include the words “First United Methodist Church” so
they will connect your greetings with their church family.
Peggy Warner, c/o 1562 SW 63rd Avenue, Apt. 4, Gainesville, FL 32608
Geneva Waybright, 4735 SW 91st Drive #307 (Haile Village) Gainesville, FL 32608-8120
WELCOME RECEPTION FOR THE JOHNSON FAMILY
Today we are celebrating the arrival of our new Associate Pastor, Kevin Johnson and his family,
wife Annette, and children, Seamus 11 (pronounced Shay-mus), Julianna 9, Rowan 6, Teague
4, and Finley 11/2. Please stop by the Fellowship Hall to greet the family and enjoy some cake
and punch.