Your Place in Ministry - November 13th
Thank you to all those who have supplied items and donations to our blessing box out front. It is heavily used and much appreciated.
Kids First Needs Volunteers
Kids First Day School is in need of volunteers who can assist teachers during the lunch period. If you can volunteer any day of the week from 11:00 am - 1 pm, please email Amy Gulledge at amy@fumctrussville.com or call Kids First at 205-655-0583. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Christmas Toys for Lovelady Children
Our church has a continuing supportive relationship with the Lovelady Center in Birmingham which provides assistance to abused and drug-impacted women and their children. Circle 1 does an annual Christmas dinner with some of the children where they have pizza, do a Christmas ornament and the kids receive a Christian book. Church members provided truck loads of toilet paper to the Center when their supplier could not deliver during Covid. During this advent season, children’s toys will be collected in a box outside of the Fellowship Hall through December 15th. The mothers will then be given an opportunity to “shop” from the gifts for their kids. Unwrapped new toys for any age will be much appreciated.
Trussville’s Got Talent!
The Chancel Choir will be hosting their Choir Talent Show and Dinner Fundraiser on Wednesday, November 16th at 6pm in the Christian Life Center. Tickets are $20 per adult and $10 per child, which includes dinner and the show. They can be purchased (see Ben or Molly Cook) via check made out to TFUMC with Choir Fundraiser in the memo. You can also purchase them online here and select Choir Fundraiser as the fund. Deadline to purchase tickets online is Sunday, November 13th.
Christmas Poinsettias
This Christmas season 8” pots of poinsettias are on sale to help support our Church missions for only $20. You can order a poinsettia in honor or in memory of someone special to you. Poinsettia Sunday is December 11th. Please leave poinsettias at the church until after our 11 am service. Deadline to order is December 4th. Order forms are available in the Transept, the Welcome Center and the Church office. Please place orders, along with your payment, in the offering plate or turn in to the Church office. Make checks to FUMC and please put Poinsettia on the memo line. Our poinsettias are grown by Rainbow Omega, a residential home to 79 adults ranging in age from 18-79 years old, with developmental disabilities. Rainbow Omega means “hope in the end”. For more information contact Louise Jensen or the church office at 205-655-3259.
Birmingham Community Band Christmas
Come and enjoy the Birmingham Community Band Christmas Concert. Let your heart be light and filled with the spirit of Christmas! The concert will take place in our Christian Life Center on Sunday, November 27th at 3:00 pm. Please invite all your family and friends to this special event.
The Lovelady Center
The Lovelady Center has requested help with paper products once again, specifically toilet tissue. Please bring your donations to the church office. Thank you for your help with this need.
CR & Church Without Walls
Thank you for the great response to the Angel Tree! If you took a child to sponsor, please return your gifts to the church by December 11th. Any questions please reach out to me: Tish Dennis 205-602-4041.
Handbell Ministry Needs Ringers
Handbells are fun to ring! With a little bit of practice and dedication, anyone can share the joy of making Handbell music at Trussville FUMC. Your help is needed! There are bells that do not have a ringer to ring them. There is nothing about ringing a Handbell that you cannot learn. Please give Handbells a try. Contact Kelley Clegg Neal (kelleynote@gmail.com or 256-738-3979) or any member of Jubilant Ringers to begin.
Children’s Ministry
As we are trying to find the candidate to try and replace our Dear Katie, I will be trying to help fill in the gap. So, if you have suggestions, need to communicate anything about your child or our children’s ministry, please reach out to me anytime! Additionally, some of you may feel called to help teach our sweet kids! You can sign up as a permanent, monthly or weekly volunteer, or just help out as a substitute. You can contact me at: Barber Clark - kidsministry@fumctrussville.com
Youth Ministry
-Confirmation will be starting up again in 2023. If you have or know of a child that would like to go through confirmation, please email Phillip McEvoy at phillip@fumctrussville.com
-There are still envelopes hanging on the wall outside of Phillip’s office for our fundraiser, but we are thankful for everyone’s generosity so far! If you haven’t stopped by and picked up an envelope, then feel free to do so! The number on the outside of the envelope is the amount that you would donate. You may drop the envelope in the offering plate on Sunday, or you may drop it off at the office when it’s convenient for you.
UMM Monthly Meeting
The United Methodist Men will conduct their next monthly meeting on Sunday, November 13, 2022. Breakfast will be served at 7:00 am in the Fellowship Hall, followed by the meeting. This month we will honor Veteran’s Day with a presentation on the Vietnam War. “Vietnam – A View From The Ground” will be presented by the following men who saw combat in Vietnam: Joe Faughender (Field Artillery, 9th Infantry Division): Dan Shirah (Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division); Jerry Marlow (Explosive Ordinance Disposal, US Marine Corps); and Jim Wolfe (Infantry, 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile). Breakfast will be provided by the New Beginnings Sunday School Class. Please notify Allen Hatcher by phone or text at (205) 773-9591 if you will be attending.
Community Food Bank
The Mission Team volunteers this month at the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama from 9:00 to 11:30 am on Thursday, November 17th. We are always accepting new volunteers! If you would like to join the team, please call Charlene Sharp at 205-835-2691 or email at csharp@bellsouth.net to register.
SAVE THE DATES:
-Choir Talent Show Fundraiser
Wednesday, November 16th at 6pm in the Christian Life Center
-Hanging of the Green/Advent Begins
Sunday, November 27th
-The Birmingham Community Band Christmas Concert
Sunday, November 27th at 3:00 PM in the Christian Life Center
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Organ Fundraiser Update
Our new organ has been installed! We are still in need of donations to help with the cost. Our goal is $94,000. Thanks to generous donors, we have raised over $28,000. If you would like to make a donation, please select the organ option online or write “Organ Fundraiser” on the memo of your check. All gifts are greatly appreciated.
Trussville First Email List
Have you subscribed to our email list? If not, you could be missing out on important information. We send out announcements and prayer lists weekly, along with special event information and much more! New members of Trussville First are not automatically subscribed to our list, so if would like to sign up, please visit our subscription page.
Church Items for Sale
We are currently selling t-shirts, totebags, drink tumblers and magnets through the church office. Some items have limited quantities, so be sure to get yours soon! Call 205-655-3259 to check availability.
PRICES:
T-shirts - $20.00 each (all sizes available to 3x)
Drink Tumblers - $8.00 each
Canvas Totebags - $6.00 each
Magnets - $1.00 each
You can also purchase all in a bundle for $35.00
