NEW OPPORTUNITY for parents Beginning this Sunday, October 28 we will be providing a casual, relaxed space for parents of children and youth, during the traditional Sunday school hour (9:45-10:45). Coffee and light refreshments will be provided. Chuck and Mary Pat Bohrman will serve as hosts to greet and welcome you. The room will be in the new building on the first floor (we're borrowing the infant nursery room for a while!) We have excellent and exciting small groups for all of our children and youth during this time, with dedicated and caring leaders. So, if you're not in a small group during the Sunday school hour we've got a great place for you to be! Come join other parents and grab a cup of coffee and enjoy sharing your week's ups and downs, and the joys and challenges of parenting...or anything you want to talk about! Bring your children and youth
Halloween Family Fun Night On October 31 our church is sponsoring one of the biggest outreach events of the year! Each year this event has grown and last year we had hundreds from our surrounding community enter the doors of our church (many for the first time!) We hope that you will participate and put October 31 on your calendar. Bring your kids, grandkids, and neighbors. This is a great time to INVITE everyone you know for a fun activity and a safe alternative for children on Halloween night. We offer lots of games, prizes, food and a ton of fun! WE NEED YOUR HELP Volunteers to give an hour or so to run each of the games throughout the night, PLEASE CALL to let us know Donated packs of hot dogs and buns Donated soft drinks Donated Halloween candy Please call the church office if you are willing to help in any way! Thank you in advance for helping reach our community and show them the love of Christ. 256-534-8865
Phone: (256) 534-8865 E-Mail:501hsumc@gmail.com Web: www.holmesstreetumc.org October 23, 2018 From the Pastor.... Pg 4 Small Groups Pg 6-8 Ministry Opportunities. Pg 9-12 The Sunday Report.... Pg 13 Calendar, Announcements and News.. Pg 14-17 Mailbox.... Pg 18 Children.... Pg 19 Youth Pg 20
Giving that Blesses; Teams to join, All Saints Sunday, Charge Conference Our Giving that Blesses Campaign is in its final week. If you have not picked up your household s letter at church, it should come in the mail. Please take the time to prayerfully decide how you will support the church in the 2019 calendar year - the work God has for us by your commitment of your prayers, presence, giving, service and witness. Giving that blesses is not just about finances. Our ministries need your ongoing presence and service to support. We also give our time and our energy to the ministry of the church as we pray for the church, engage in worship regularly, engage in Christian growth through a Sunday school class or bible discussion group, engage in serving in a ministry area or out in the community and beyond and as we engage in sharing God s love with our neighbors, co-workers, and others. There are many existing and new ministry teams that you can join, such as Sunday morning greeters and ushers, Searcy Homes Dinner Church team, Sunday offering counters, Sunday worship sound/computer operator, Celebrate Recovery cooks, Searcy Homes tutors, etc. Indicate on your Partners in Ministry card an area where you would like to get involved and serve. How will you grow and serve as a faithful follower of Jesus Christ in 2019 with giving that blesses? On Sunday, November 4th, we will celebrate All Saints Sunday in our 11 AM worship service. We will remember the saints from our church family who have gone on before us in a special moment during our worship service and with a special display in the narthex. May we honor the memory of these dear church members as we worship that day, but may we also honor them by following in their footsteps as faithful followers of Jesus Christ through the ministries of Holmes Street church. Our annual Charge Conference will be held on Sunday, November 4th at 3 PM at Aldersgate UMC. This will be a time of worship, of learning about ministry opportunities that sister congregations are finding success with, and for doing the official business of Charge Conference. All are welcome to attend. Great things are happening here at Holmes Street, and greater things are yet to come. How will you take a step up in your engagement for giving and living that blesses? Page 4 Todd
October 28 SERMON TITLE: Doing Church God s Way Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16 Giving that Blesses Bring your Commitment Cards THIS SUNDAY October 28 October Page 5
connect. support. grow. Would you like to part of a group of people, who study together, grow together, serve together, and care for each other? Let us know Speak with our pastors, Todd, Eddie, or Samuel or Call the church office and we will help you get connected! Page 6
NEW OPPORTUNITY for parents Beginning this Sunday, October 28 we will be providing a casual, relaxed space for parents of children and youth, during the traditional Sunday school hour (9:45-10:45). Coffee and light refreshments will be provided. Chuck and Mary Pat Bohrman will serve as hosts to greet and welcome you. The room will be in the new building on the first floor (we're borrowing the infant nursery room for a while!) We have excellent and exciting small groups for all of our children and youth during this time, with dedicated and caring leaders. So, if you're not in a small group during the Sunday school hour we've got a great place for you to be! Come join other parents and grab a cup of coffee and enjoy sharing your week's ups and downs, and the joys and challenges of parenting...or anything you want to talk about! Bring your children and youth Page 7
Bible Studies offered: Tuesday morning, 9:30 am Wednesday evenings, 6:15 pm Sunday School, Sunday mornings, 9:45 am Wednesday nights 6:15 PM Page 8 Tuesday mornings 9:30 AM
Tutoring Opportunity Tesha Crump, the After-School & Program Director at Searcy Homes has relayed to us that tutors are needed to work with the elementary and middleschool youth. Tesha has been able to help students raise their grade point averages each of the past couple of years and could use our help. Let me know if you are interested. Eddie Page 9
We need volunteers who love children and love to see them smile, who want to help with one of our biggest OUTREACH MINISTRIES here at Holmes Street and who would enjoy providing a safe place for families to share in fun and games on Halloween evening. Call the church office if you would like to volunteer! October 31
Meals on Wheels is once a month: the second Tuesday of each month and takes about an hour to complete. Two routes have drivers retiring in January after over 20 years of service. We need volunteers for these routes as well as at least three people to be on our substitute list. People go on vacation in the summer and generally there s no problem filling vacancies of one or two people. However, during cold and flu season, it s a problem filling nine vacancies. You may not be needed even once during the year but we still need a back-up plan. If you are still working, many businesses encourage community service and will allow the time off. Please prayerfully consider becoming a sub or taking over a route. It s a mission we can do in our own community. If you can help, call B Rogers at 256-682-3590.
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October 21, 2018 WORSHIP ATTENDANCE: 9:00 90 11:00 86 Dinner Church 12 Celebrate Recovery 11 TOTAL 199 SUNDAY SCHOOL Children 18 Youth 10 Adult 60 OFFERINGS $ 9,225.00 Building Fund $ 885.00 NC Mission Trip $ 100.00 Minister s Fun $ 5.00 Music Ministry $ 5.00 Next Step $ 62.00 UMCOR $ 100.00 Needed on Budget each month $ 42,006.00 Total given on Budget this month $ 26,551.00 Needed on Building Fund each month $ 9,433.72 Total given on Building Fund this month $ 4,275.00 Page 13
HAPPENINGS FOR: SUNDAY October 28 9:00 AM Next Step 9:45 AM Sunday School 9:45 AM Coffee & Conversation 11:00 AM Traditional Worship 2:00 PM Nevels Baby Shower 5:00 PM Youth 5:30 PM Celebrate Recovery* MONDAY October 29 10:00 AM Line Dancing 1:00 PM Steady for Life 4:45 PM Chair Yoga 6:00 PM Praise Band TUESDAY October 30 9:30 AM Bible Study WEDNESDAY October 31 6:30 AM Men s Breakfast* 5:00 PM Halloween Fun Night (No WNFS, Bible Study, or Youth) THURSDAY November 1 1:00 PM Steady for Life 6:00 PM Dinner Church* *Meets off-site The Art of Neighboring Pastor Rev. Todd Owen todd.owen@umcna.org Associate Pastor Rev. Eddie Johnson eddie.johnson@umcna.org Pastor Samuel Wilson sam.wilson@umcna.org Dir. of Music Ministries Debbie Burn holmesstreetmusic@gmail.com Office Administrator Debbie Burn 501hsumc@gmail.com Administrative Assistant Phyllis Howell Youth Director John Nevels jrn47@live.com Nursery Worker Nancy Jones Custodians Steven Chumley Dale Doty Traffic Control James Rives Accompanist Asriel Davis October 31 November 4 December 8 December 16 UPCOMING EVENTS: Halloween Fun Festival Charge Conference at Aldersgate UMC Open House Christmas Cantata Page 14
10-24 KFC No WNFS 10-31 Please call the office by noon on Tuesday to add or to cancel. Cost: $8.00 Penny Wars between SEC Football Teams Continues Thanks to everyone for your continued support of Penny Wars! Keep stuffing those jars! We had an unusual older coin placed in the MSU jar. We want to make sure someone didn't donate the coin accidentally. Let us know in the office. Thank you.
You re invited to a BABY SHOWER Honoring John and Lauren Nevels Sunday, October 28, 2018 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Holmes Street United Methodist Church Great Room Registered at: Buy Buy Baby & Target Hosted by: Lacey Dean, Dian Haas, Loven Kicklighter, Christie Malires Beth Marshall, Linda Mason Shelley Miller, and Georgina Nelson If you have been assigned a key or fob to any of our church buildings, please let us know at : We need your help! It s time for church keys to be inventoried... 501hsumc@gmail.com or (256)534-8865 so that we can make sure our records are correct and to determine which fobs may need to be deactivated. Thank you so much!
Men s Breakfast Wednesdays 6:30-7:30AM Galen s Restaurant on Andrew Jackson Way De-Stress Chair Yoga Mondays 4:45-5:30 Sept. 10-Dec. 10 Pam Roberts Certified Health Coach and Yoga Instructor Emmaus Wellness (256) 617-3333 Cost: $10.00 per session Do you love to sing? Join the choir Rehearsal: Wednesdays, 6:00 pm If you would like a short-term commitment join us for Christmas! We rehearse the Christmas music starting at 7:00 pm each Wednesday in the sanctuary basement choir room! Come sing with us!
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who helped make the 2018 Holmes Street Holiday Market a success! They say it takes a village and words cannot express the gratitude and appreciation I have for everyone at HSUMC. First, a thank you to co-chair, Cheri Crawford, to Debbie & Phyllis in the church office, to Gary for helping Cheri & me plot booth spaces, to everyone who helped set up Thursday, Friday and Saturday and who helped check in vendors. Thank you to the greeters, floaters, and those who provided breakfast items on Saturday morning, those who helped serve food, donated food, our cashiers, those who assisted vendors unloading and reloading, and helped with traffic flow. A BIG THANK YOU to Eddie & Dale for clearing rooms on Thursday, to Eddie for driving the church bus on Saturday. Thank you to Sue & Bill Glover and their hard-working team for taking charge of the kitchen and for providing breakfast and lunch for vendors, customers and volunteers. Thanks to the guys for grilling the burgers and hotdogs. Thank you to the after- Market clean-up crew who prepared the Great Room for Sunday morning service. A HUGE thank you to Dale for being a big help to me in preparation for the Market Event. Thank you to Todd for being there Saturday morning to assist with set up and Wi-Fi. All the vendors were very grateful and full of praise for the hospitality of Holmes Street church and the friendly church members who volunteered, the breakfast provided to them the morning of the event and food prepared to sell for lunch. Breakfast and lunch got rave reviews! Hospitality and love is exactly what I wanted them to feel and speaks volumes about our Church. This is why I refer to us not as Holmes Street but Home Street. Thank You, Blessings & Love to All of You! Leslie Willis, Coordinator of the 2018 Holmes Street Holiday Market Thanks to all who provided support for Kairos 66. You were a blessing to the men in white who came to this Kairos. Again, God used our Kairos team to bring the love of God to these men in a mighty way. Bill Glover Page 18 Celebrate Recovery wishes to thank those who provided food and /or assistance with the October 7th meal: Connie Counts, Dale Doty, Marianne Hass, John and Lisa Howell, Todd Owen, Mildred Rembert, Barbara Stephens, and Doris Wilson. Thank you and God bless you, David Chamberlain
Join us Sunday Mornings at 9:45 IN THE ZONE Grades K5-4th Theme CONTENTMENT: Deciding to be okay with what you have. Memory Verse Luke 12:15 "Then he said to them; Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has. Page 19
Hey y all! I hope everyone s week is off to a great start! Sam had a great group in Sunday School with the Hunger Games series! A huge thanks to Kim and the crew for serving in the Salvation Army Soup Van on Sunday, too! We ll have our regular Wednesday Night Movie Bible Study this week from 6:00-7:30, and we ll have Sunday School and UMYF like normal this weekend. I hope you have a great week, and we ll see you soon! John Page 20
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