August 16, 2018

a semi-monthly publication of

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA

We have scheduled an All Church Garage Sale for Saturday, September 8, to help

raise funds to pay apportionments. If you have items that you would like to donate,

you can drop them off at the church during our regular office hours and we will be stor-

ing all of the donations in the Harmony class room until the day of the sale. Our appor-

tionment gifts make such a difference in Oklahoma and around the world. And we are

behind in our giving this year, so every donation can help us reach our goal of paying

them 100%. We can also use your help on the day of the sale and the days leading up

to the sale. It will be a great time of fellowship and good fun and it will also provide us

with an opportunity to interact with the people of Okmulgee.

It is exciting that the Kids Choir will begin evening rehearsals on Wednesday August

22, at 5:30p.m. We are excited about this great ministry in the church and are looking

forward to the new name that the choir will be choosing. A number of you have offered

suggestions and they are all being considered. If you would like to still make a sugges-

tion, you can call the church office this week and leave your suggestion for considera-

tion. We will name the choir at the upcoming rehearsal. We will also be gearing up for

our Fall Alpha Course so if you would like to sign up to attend Alpha or be on the lead-

ership team please let Roland know as soon as possible. Alpha will be meeting on

Wednesday evenings.

Please pray for the children and youth who will

be returning to school this week. Summer is end-

ing and Fall will be upon us shortly, so let’s inten-

sify our prayers for the church and all of the op-

portunities that will be taking place this season.

In Christ’s Service,

Roland

All Church

Garage Sale

Sept. 8th

Recycle Your Aluminum @ FUMC Rinsed...

Beverage Cans

Foil

Pie tins

Baking trays

Cat food cans

Vienna sausage cans

(No steel cans & No soup cans please)

If you have extra time and would like to volunteer, the church office is in need of person(s) who can answer the phones and do light office work on Thursdays.

Contact the Pastor or call the office on Monday-Wednesday at 918-756-6083.

Do You Have A 6-String Acoustic Guitar?

Does anyone have a six-string acoustic

guitar sitting around your home, not being

used anymore? There are some young men

and women in our church who would wel-

come the opportunity to learn how to play!

Would you please consider donating any

unused guitar to our music ministry?

Thank you!

Michael Broyles,

Music Director

Calling All Creative Minds! As many of you are aware, the younger

singers in our church have started a choir!

They’ve already performed twice, and

great things are expected of them once

we resume rehearsals when school be-

gins.

Your help is needed to name the

choir! There will be a box at each

service where you can submit your

thoughts!

Suggestions already

submitted (from the

young singers):

Jesus’ Lovely Choir

Choir On Fire!

Team FUMC

All Church Garage Sale

Saturday

September 8th

Purpose: To raise funds for our Church

Apportionments

Call the church @ 918-756-6083 if you have items

(not too heavy!) you want us to pick-up. Or drop your

treasures off at the church to store in the

Harmony Building.

Memorial Gifts may be made to any ministry of the church by contacting the church office, placing money in the offering plate on Sunday morn-ing, or making an on-line donation. Please mark your donation appropri-ately so it gets to the right place.

Memorial-Betty Hemphill

Michael & Joyce Poitevent

Crossfire Youth Ministry

Sunday School

Children’s Sunday School meets every Sunday at

10:00 am in the Children’s Building.

Children’s Church

Children’s Church meets during the

11 o’clock service every Sunday (except the 1st Sunday of the

month).

Children’s Choir

Children’s Choir Practice

Wednesday

August 22, 2018

5:30-6:30 p.m.

In the Church Sanctuary

AUGUST

August 19th—5-7:30 Youth

August 26th—5-7:30 Youth

Children’s Ministry

News!

I would like to

thank everyone

for their love and

support of our

youth ministry. This summer has been full of ac-

tivities that would not be possible without your

thoughts, prayers, and support. Ten youth and

myself attended Camp Egan in June. What a

wonderful experience for the youth and I to get

away from the everyday grind of life and recon-

nect with God. We all had a great experience and

left Camp Egan with a renewed and refreshed

commitment to God and our church. Then in July

twelve members of the youth went to Chicago for

our annual youth mission trip. We learned about

current issues that have led to poverty and ine-

quality in Chicago. We were able to help people

through some of the hardships in their lives by

working in city gardens, food pantries, habitat for

humanity, and other organizations that are mak-

ing a difference in Chicago. The major point that

we all learned is that even in a city that has many,

many issues; there are people that are stepping

up to make a change. You could see God work-

ing in all of these volunteers. Many of them have

volunteered on a regular basis for multiple years

in a row. They really were an example of what we

as Christians should be doing in our community.

One of the volunteers that we worked with in the

city garden said it best, "No one can do every-

thing, but we all can do something".

Kendall Warren, Youth Director

Growing Together in Christ

as we Reach Out and Serve Others!

OUR PRESENCE

JULY 29 AUG 5 AUG 12 Sunday 8 18 18 Worship Total 127 68 74

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STAFF: Bishop Jimmy Nunn, Oklahoma Conference Rev. Emery Mason, District Superintendent Rev. Roland Youngberg, Minister Jeana Robinson, Children’s Director Kendall Warren, Youth Director Susie Fuller, Secretary Michael Broyles, Music Director Corinne Pitts, Organist Marie Harris, Pianist Joy Crow, Nursery Coordinator Jack & Janel Wright, Custodians Helen Nygard, Pantry Coordinator

SPIRE NOTES

First United Methodist Church

302 S. Seminole

Okmulgee, OK 74447

PRAYER CONCERNS

Candy Barnard Nila Barnard Don Brown Emma Grace Calle Rachel Cockburn Tanya Condren Clarence Cushiner Loretta Danker Karena Driskill Alistair Dutson Martin Ehde C.J. Grabo J. B. Graves Family of Betty Hemphill Russ Jobs Charlene Joy Amanda Bailey Leonard Leota McGuire The Meeks Family Alex Messina, Grandson of Bill Nygard’s Sister Lillian Miller Bill Nygard & Family in the loss of his Sister Family of Diana Parker Leah Panter (John), Virginia Panter’s Daughter-in-law David Reagor Kathy Riley

Lisa Rogers Joyce Smith Tammy Sullivan-Godfrey Keith Taggart Mitchell Webb Mary Whittenburg’s Grand- daughter, Bryley Dixie Wilhite Bobby Walker Continue to Remember: John & Susan Adams Jorene Coker Alice Dangott David Harris Dan Jones Ralph Kovarik, Jr. Roger Kovarik Maggie Malone Kenneth Mann Bill Patterson Brenda Phillips Robert Roland Monica VonKettler James Yeager Service Men & Women