July 22, 2015 The Vision for Our New Fellowship Hall

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1 July 22, 2015 The Vision for Our New Fellowship Hall Many people have already put much time and energy into our new Fellowship Hall project. We anticipate directing many resources toward it in the near future. What is the vision for the project? That is, what is the Fellowship Hall going to help us do? Here are three dimensions of our vision. The Fellowship Hall will help us to Do life together. It will give us a beautiful and functional space for sharing life as a church family. It will provide for church-wide meals and programs, wedding receptions, anniversary and birthday parties, Wednesday evening meals, and other gatherings. We often hear that the relationships at University Hills are warm and deep. The Fellowship Hall will help us share congregational life well. Expand our Connect Bible Study Ministry. Our Connect Bible Study groups meet on Sunday mornings. Currently, we have 30 groups. We want to have 40 groups by the end of We are aiming to start three new groups in the next few months! Our building is close to capacity now and will be even closer by the end of this year. Where will more groups meet? The new Fellowship Hall will help us to expand and grow. Show hospitality to our community. Ministry teams and groups will host events for outreach to our friends and neighbors. Home school and public school functions will take place. Neighborhood association meetings will take place. The possibilities for hosting guests from the community are so many! The Fellowship Hall will give us a beautiful new space in which to do it. Every week when we give our regular offerings, a portion goes automatically to our building fund. The financial base is growing. Give faithfully knowing that the gifts will be put to good use! Pastor Coye Still

2 DEACON ELIGIBILITY LIST 2015 According to our church bylaws, men who have been church members for at least one year, are at least 21 years of age, and have attended a Bible Study class at least 50% of the time last year are eligible to serve as deacons. Listed below are names of the men at UHBC who meet those requirements and, in addition, have expressed a willingness to serve if nominated and elected by the church. Anyone who feels they have been omitted from this list in error should notify the church office within one week and proper action will be taken. On Sunday, July 26 th, church members will be asked to nominate seven men from this list. From this result, a ballot will be prepared including up to 14 names for the election process. Please be in prayer that the Lord will guide members to nominate the men of His choosing to serve. Beard, Derek Gardner, David Norton, Ernie Taplin, Daniel Cooke, Josh Hill, Bob Salazar, Edgar Wakefield, Michael Downs, Tim Kees, Chris Sane, Cory Waits, Todd Fatticci, Brent Koua, Rocky Seel, Rhett Warren, Terry Fulford, Robert Lawrence, Ryan Stevens, Ken Williams, Mark Back to School Supplies Collection for Newell Elementary homeless students August 2-23 Collection boxes located around the church Items needed: #2 pencils, 24 count crayons, markers, pouch to hold pencils/markers, glue, glue sticks, erasers, 12 inch ruler, safety scissors folders, composition books, 3 ring binders, loose paper, spiral notebooks, hand sanitizer Would you like to grow in your understanding of prayer? On Sunday's at 9:15am in room 216 Richard Higel is leading a group to discuss With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray. You are invited to come and join the study. We are trusting the Lord to use the study to increase both our knowledge and experience in the marvelous privilege of prayer! Please get in touch with Richard Higel at Richard.higel@carolina.rr.com if you have any questions.

3 We hope you will join us at a drop-in party to celebrate Jack Benjamin s 90th birthday on July 25 th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm in the Gathering Place. Light refreshments will be served. Dress is casual. No gifts please. WORSHIP RENEWAL WORKSHOP Cultivating Opportunities for Worship Renewal through Greater Understanding of Divine Revelation Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1 Join us as we identify and discuss the ways in which God reveals his presence among us through Scripture, Baptism, the Table of the Lord s Supper, Prayer, Signs and Symbols, and the Arts. Light refreshments will be served on Friday evening and Saturday morning; a box lunch will be available at noon on Saturday for a nominal fee. Please R.S.V.P. to miketoney@universityhills.org by Sunday, July 26 to indicate your plans to attend the workshop and to request a box lunch. Do you like teaching children about God? Children s Worship is expanding and is looking for more leaders. It is only a once a month commitment! Need more info? Want to sign up?-----contact Christie Fulford -casnkids@outlook.com or call Preschool Teachers Needed We are in need of 1 teacher for the 1-2 year olds and 2 teachers for the 3 year olds. If you are interested, please contact Amanda Kees.

4 Coming this Fall! Women s Bible Study For ALL women - This 10-week Bible study will explore 10 elements of redeemed womanhood found in the book of Titus. Bible Study will begin Tuesday, September 8, and will meet on the 2 nd and 4 th Tuesdays of each month from 7:00-8:30 at UHBC. If you think you might be interested, contact Daleen Downs at thebeanteam@bellsouth.net or call If a daytime Bible study is more appealing to you, contact Laurin Austin at blaustin@ctc.net Please prayerfully consider joining us. Operation Christmas Child Donations Needed On October 10, as part of Operation In As Much, the children will be putting together Operation Christmas Child boxes for needy children around the world. As you are out buying school supplies for your kids and the kids at Newell will you also pick up a few for our boxes. Items needed: pencils, sharpeners, pens, markers, crayons, glue sticks, composition books. We are hoping to put together 100 boxes but, we need your help. Thanks!

5 2015 Altar Flowers These dates are open for altar flowers for the remainder of the year. August 16, and 23 October 4 and 11 November 8, 15, and 22 December 27 Christmas Poinsettias will grace the sanctuary on December 20th. Call Avery Phillips at (704) to reserve a date. Sunday, July 26 8:30 a.m. Prayer Time (Prayer Room) 9:15 a.m. Bible Study 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 11:45 a.m. Church Library Open Wednesday, July 29 5:00 p.m. Family Night Dinner: Taco Salad Call by 10 AM TUESDAY to RESERVE or CANCEL MEALS 6:15 p.m. Children s Missions & Music 6:15 p.m. Adult Worship 6:15 p.m. Ignite Youth Worship 6:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m. Church Library Open 7:15 p.m. Adult Choir If you have any announcements you would like to be put in the newsletter, please them to catherinenorkett@universityhills.org no later than Wednesday. Thursday, July 30 6:30 a.m. Men s Prayer Breakfast (Tryon House) 2:00 p.m. steenior Day (Student Center) Friday, July 31 6:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Worship Renewal Seminar Saturday, August 1 8:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Worship Renewal Seminar Deacons of the Week: July 26 and 29 Lewis Walker, Brad Eichenlaub, David Colson ETC Workers July 26 Leslie Gallimore, Kim Snider, Becky Kumar, Kim Watt, Angela/Brad Eichenlaub, Donna Tipton, Tony Dean