Your Place in Ministry - April 16th
Please Note -
—Volunteers are needed for Tech Support during our services. Please see Dan Shirah or call the church office at 205-655-3259 if you are interested.
—Due to our Called Church Conference on Sunday, April 23rd, the 11:00 am services (Traditional and Grace Vision) will be shortened to 30 minutes. The 8:30 am service will not change.
SAVE THE DATE
Sunday, April 16- Student Ministry/Swag Family Night
Wednesday, April 19- Mexico Mission Fundraiser Dinner by Youth, CLC.
Friday, April 21- Naomi Girls Luncheon at 11:30 AM at Cracker Barrel in Trussville.
Sunday, April 23- Called Church Conference 12:30 pm—CLC (see notice below for more information)
Student Ministry/Swag Family Night
On Sunday, April 16th, we will come together as the body of Christ and have a family style dinner, fellowship, games, and a lesson. We will supply the meat for the main dish and the Consignment Sale is providing the desserts. All we ask from you is to please let me know how many in your family will be attending and what side dish you would like to bring. This will also serve as a progress check for our one year of rebooting the Student Ministry. We ask that everyone who is a part of the Student Ministry to be here so we can capture a picture. This will also be the week before our Confirmands will officially move up, so we would like to include them as well. We hope to see everyone there, and please let me know if you will be attending through email, text, or phone call. Thank you!
Youth Mexico Mission Trip Fundraiser Dinner
Wednesday, April 19th at 6 pm. We will be having a pancake breakfast dinner. This will include pancakes, bacon, grits, and the fixings. Please come out and support our youth as they raise funds for their upcoming Mexico Mission Trip. (Youth please try to be here not only because the funds will be divided up between y’all for the trip, but so that the church body can see who they are supporting and what is possible to accomplish when everyone comes together! We will start cooking at 5:00 for anyone who is able to help cook and set up!)
Church Prayer Walk
We ask that everyone who is able to join us here at the church on Sunday, April 16th for a “PRAYER WALK” from 6:00 pm-6:30 pm. If you are unable to physically walk around our church, then please pray with us at home during this time.
Church Charge Conference
—There will be a called Trussville First United Methodist Church Conference on Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 12:30 pm for the sole consideration of the following matter: Disaffiliation from the United Methodist Church over issues related to human sexuality per Paragraph 2553 of the Addendum to the 2016 Book of Discipline. Also, per paragraph 246.7, no other business may be conducted at this meeting. The vote will be by written ballot and disaffiliation will require a two-thirds vote of those professing members present and voting. Members present constitute a quorum. The District Superintendent of the Cheaha District of the North Alabama Conference, Rev. Sherill Clontz has consented to and will preside over this called Church Conference.
—IMPORTANT! Please be aware that once the Called Church Conference begins, a 5-minute grace period will be given for any late members to receive a ballot. After that grace period, no ballot will be distributed.
—Due to member voting restrictions, new members will be processed until Monday, April 10th, then will resume after April 23rd. New members received between April 10th and April 23rd will not receive a ballot to vote.
Ecuador Mission Trip
The July FUMC Trussville 2023 SIFAT Mission Trip to Ecuador has been cancelled. If you would like to contribute to Servants in Faith and Technology or learn more about what they do, please visit sifat.org.
Naomi Girls
—Our next Naomi Girls Luncheon will be on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 11:30 AM at Cracker Barrel. The address is 4710 Norrell Dr. Trussville, Al 35173. Please RSVP to Linda Shaddix so we have the number attending.
—The Naomi Girls need your help. Our current projects are: providing solar boxes ($100 each) and repairing water wells ($1,500 each.) We will be working with Designs for Hope on these projects and any amount you can donate is much appreciated. Please mark your donations on the memo line as either “solar boxes” or “well repair” so that they are applied correctly. Thank you.
Membership Information
If you are interested in becoming a member of Trussville First, please pick up one of the membership forms in the Transept or Welcome Center, fill it out and return it to the church office. You can place it in an envelope and put it in the mail slot in the church office door if the office is closed. Please remember that you are not automatically a member if you attend, work or give. If you have any questions, please call the church office at 205-655-3259.
Children’s Ministry:
-Our Children’s Ministry is growing! As of April 2nd, we have divided our Elementary and smaller children into two groups. Ages 3-5 will be in one class, while our older “Elementary” children will be in another. Elementary will be upstairs and the smaller children will be downstairs next to the Nursery in the Children/Youth (Kids First) building. Please sign your child in when you leave them in our care and sign them out when you pick them up. If you are not picking up your child, please let us know who will be picking them up.
-We still need volunteers! We all want a great Children’s program, but we depend on volunteers to accomplish what one person cannot do. There are so many opportunities to help. Listing just a few-Wednesday nights...volunteers help with the lessons, feeding the kids (maybe your small group could provide a meal?), as well as arts and crafts projects. Sunday morning-we always need volunteers to help teach our kids (volunteer permanently, once in while, a month at a time-you name it!) If you are interested, please contact the church office at 205-655-3259 for more information. Must be at least 18 years of age and complete Safe Sanctuary Training and a background check.
UMM Monthly Meeting
The United Methodist Men will conduct their next monthly meeting on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Breakfast will be served at 7:00 am in the Fellowship Hall, followed by the meeting. The speaker for this meeting is Cindy Patsios whose presentation will address her completion of the Camino deSantiago, a 500 mile pilgrimage across northern Spain. A big accomplishment for a retiree who is married to retired pastor, Rich Patsios. Together they have 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren. As always, children and wives are welcome at meetings. Please notify Allen Hatcher by phone or text at (205) 773-9591 if you will be attending the meeting.
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, April 20, 2023. We welcome ALL who wish to help! If you would like to join the team, please call Charlene Sharp at 205-835-2691 or email at csharp@bellsouth.net to register.
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NURSERY INFORMATION AND HOURS:
(Ages: Infant-5 years)
Wednesday Nights: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am - 12:15 pm
~Please sign in at the desk downstairs in the Children/Youth Building.
~Parents note: If you receive a text of “77” please come to the Nursery.
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