Your Place in Ministry - October 10th
Circle One Pecan Fundraiser
Once again this year, Circle One will be taking pecan orders. The order deadline is October 25th to ensure delivery by Thanksgiving - just in time for holiday baking. The prices are $11.50 per one-pound bag of pecan halves and also $11.50 per one-pound bag of pecan pieces. To order, please pick up an order form from a member of Circle One or DOWNLOAD IT HERE Return your completed form and attach your check made payable to Circle One. For more information, please contact Robin Brown at 205-337-4086. As always, thank you for supporting the Circle One Pecan Fundraiser!
Safe Sanctuary Training
We will be having the next Safe Sanctuary training on Monday, October 11th at 5:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Please note this date on your calendar. If you are or going to be working with children/youth, you must complete Safe Sanctuary training once a year. Thank you.
United Methodist Men's Breakfast
The United Methodist Men will hold their monthly meeting this Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 7.00 a.m.. The speaker for this month will be Dr. Brian Barsanti, the Executive Director of the Southern Museum of Flight. Please remember that we enjoy having wives and children attend the meeting. Please notify Allen Hatcher by text or phone at (205) 773-9591 no later than Thursday, October 7, 2021 to make a reservation.
Mission Opportunity at The Community Food Bank
The Mission Team has a monthly volunteer opportunity at the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama from 9:00 to 11:30 am on Thursday, October 28th. Please call Charlene Sharp at 205.835.2691 or email at csharp@bellsouth.net to register to volunteer.
UMCOR Donations
Our church will be collecting monetary donations over the next few weeks for UMCOR to assist hurricane victims. Please make your check payable to TFUMC and put UMCOR in the memo line. The cutoff for donating to UMCOR through the church is October 31, 2021. After this cutoff date, your donations can be mailed directly to Global Ministries/UMCOR, P. O. Box 9068, New York, NY 10087-906 and should be marked Advance #901670 (UMCOR US Disaster Response and Recovery.) Thank you.
Huffman Varsity Football Ministry
Thank you to everyone who helped with donating and preparing food for the Huffman Varsity Football team. Because of your generous donations, we have enough supplies to last the team until the end of the season! Thank you all again for going above and beyond to provide for this great group of young men!
Children's Ministry Upcoming Events
- October 24th will be our 3rd grade Bible presentation Sunday, at both the 8:30 and the 11:00 Grace Vision services.
- Trunk or Treat:
It's TRUNK OR TREAT time!
We are hosting our annual Trunk or Treat in the back parking lot on Sunday, October 31st from 4:00 - 5:30 PM We need decorated trunks AND candy donations! We also need volunteers to direct traffic that day. You may sign up for a trunk here.
To donate candy, we accept only individually wrapped candy, please. Donations may be dropped off in the candy bin next to the Children’s Ministry Office. If you would like to volunteer with directing traffic/parking, please email Katie Morse - katie@fumctrussville.com
- Bring a Buddy Challenge:
Throughout the month of October, our children can participate in a “Bring a Buddy to Church” challenge. They can bring friends to Sunday School, church service, or Wednesday Night LIVE throughout the month and we will tally up points at the end of the month. There will be other ways to earn points as well. The top 3 points leaders will earn a prize, and there will be a group prize for hitting the goal that you won’t want to miss! Be on the lookout in your emails and on our Children’s Facebook page for more details!
- Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes will be arriving soon! This is a tremendous opportunity not only to provide children and teens around the world with Christmas gifts but to share with them the Gospel and create new believers in unreached communities. More information coming soon.
