July 2020 The Newsletter

122 Public Square North ⬧ Shelbyville, TN 37160 ⬧ 931-684-2535 ⬧

Glorifying God as we make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

First United Methodist Church

Dear Family of Faith,

How wonderful it was to have so many worshiping with us these

days in so many different ways. Whether you listened to our service on

the radio, watched it on our Facebook livestream or joined us in-person,

we rejoice in your presence and prayers. We thank you for your cooper-

ation in following our covenant to wear face-coverings and be seated in

places that you may not have sat before.

We plan to continue our diligence in caring for one another by following the guidelines offered by our

Re-Opening Taskforce. We will also continue to offer our services on-line and on the radio for those who are not

able to attend worship in-person or those who are not yet ready to be in large crowds.

Due to the current escalation of COVID-19 cases in our county, our church facilities will remain open only for

Sunday morning worship and administrative purposes (Please note the graph posted in this newsletter which was

provided by our Lay Leader John Carney, p. 3). Therefore, small groups and Sunday School classes will need to con-

tinue using ZOOM or other creative ways to meet safely with one another.

As always, I’ll be available for any pastoral care and I will be keeping all of you in my prayers.

Grace and Peace, Bro. Paul

CELEBRATE!

During times of need, our church family has always shown how large their hearts are.

During this stressful time, the members have demonstrated their desire to help

those struggling.

At this date our congregation has donated $7,736.98 to the Good Samaritan in

Shelbyville and $2,080 to UMCOR.

Charities in need of prayer and financial

assistance include:

Good Sam, UMCOR, and Soup Kitchen

• Mail a check marked “Good Sam” or “UMCOR” to our church or drop it in the outside mailbox.

• Make the check to the “Soup Kitchen” and mail to the church or drop it in the mailbox.

Holy Communion Service

A Virtual communion service will be

Wednesday, July 8 at 7PM

Streaming live on our Facebook page

United Methodist Men As the church is not open in July

except for in person worship service

and administrative purposes, the United Methodist Men meetings are canceled

until further notice.

Stewardship of our First Fruits Our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our Witness

United Methodist Women

As the church is not open in July except for

in-person worship service and

administrative purposes, the

United Methodist Women

will not meet until further notice.

No circles will meet in July.

The Spiritual Life Retreat has been canceled.

I miss meeting with you.

Take care,

Dinah Agnew ~2~

Dear Friends,

In these difficult and uncertain times, we all have struggles that we could not have imagined a year ago.

We move through each day hoping to cope with what our daily “new normal” looks like. We miss contact

with our families, our friends, our church, our workplace. We pray for the sensitivity we need to

understand how we can be used to bridge gaps caused by generations of hurt and humiliation. We pray

for a world that seems to spin in chaos. Just as we are dealing with these manifest problems, we must

work to find ways that anchor us in service, realizing that there are those whose problems outweigh our

own. Exacerbating life’s current uncertainties, food insecurity is a real and challenging situation for a

segment of our community’s population.

For the past four plus years, Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen (SCSK) has provided meals for our

community’s homeless and marginal citizens. The months of March and April proved difficult in that, with

the church which housed the operation closed, and large gatherings a threat to safety, no meals could be

provided. In mid-May, Tony Edwards of Rowdy Ranch Catering offered a remote means to feed soup

kitchen’s guests using a drive-by setting. This has proven to be a blessing and a successful way to insure

130-140 people are being served a boxed meal each Tuesday. While this is helping meet a nutritional

need, the funds to sustain it are waning. With the Covid 19 situation ongoing, undertaking the annual

fundraising meal for SCSK is not a possibility this year. Therefore, it is important that we, as a

community, become more invested in providing the monies necessary to continue serving this most

vulnerable segment of our society. We need your immediate and ongoing help!

Please consider making a recurring donation, which is tax deductible through our 501c3 tax designation.

You may place your check in the First United Methodist mailbox or mail your check to:

Shelbyville Community Soup Kitchen

122 Public Square, N.

Shelbyville, Tennessee 37160

Thank you for the many caring ways you become the hands and feet of the Father when His work needs to be done.

Stewardship of our First Fruits Our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our Witness

~3~

Total Number of Active Cases

in Bedford County

The lowest number of cases since day 1 was on 5/26/2020

In the following days, the chart shows a steady increase of cases.

YOUTH NEWS

The youth will be serving at the soup kitchen on

July the 7th at 3:30!

For now, we will continue to hold off on having youth

in-person at the church.

Ashleigh

Be Sure to Watch

Bro. Paul’s Children’s Moment

On our Facebook and

On the church web page.

Stewardship of our First Fruits Our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our Witness

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

July 1 Randy Prince

Beth Thomas

July 2 Tina Prince

July 3 Alan Bailey

July 4 Luanne Neeley

Edna Lee Borders

July 5 Kary Collier

July 9 Ed Gray

Ed Leichner

July 12 Vavial Jamison

Mark Farrar, Jr.

July 13 Pat Hyland

July 18 Caroline Insell

July 19 Ann Threat

Nina Intintoli

July 20 Slayde Simmoms

July 21 Jo Cathey

July 24 Liv Ward

July 25 Mickey McLean

July 26 Wanda Grissom

Suzy Stewart

June Anniversaries July 12 Bob and Dulcie Davis July 13 Jarred and Ashley Jones

July 14 Billy and Jan Hix

July 15 Al and Lesa Bellenfant

July 19 Buddy and Lea Ann Richter

July 21 Linc and Dona Northcutt

July 22 Charlie and Jennifer Rose

July 25 Bob and Rita McBee

Rod and Christy Phillips

July 27 Joe and Glenda McBee

July 31 Mike and Suzy Stewart

Thanks for the cards and prayers during this

difficult time following the death of my brother,

Manuel De Costa. My church family means so

much to me.

David De Costa

Trip Not Canceled! Journey with Friends

to Jerusalem Where Heaven and Earth

Meet! Travel with Bro. Paul and Barb as we return to the Holy Land in March 2021 for an 11-day spiritual pilgrimage called “Journey Through the Bible” with stays in Bethlehem, Galilee and Jerusalem!

We will depart for this 11-day life changing, faith enhancing

adventure on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 from the Nashville

International Airport using Educational Opportuniti

~4~

JULY

STAY

COOL

~6~

Stewardship of our First Fruits Our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our Witness

Praying for One Another

FOR OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

Baker, Teresa (sister-in-law of Becky Baker)

Batts, Ann (Linda Rucker)

MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY OF FAITH Keith Bergmann, Joyce Boggs, Andy Borders, Donna Brock, Leigh Butler, Myrna Cobb, Helen Collier, Paul Cross, Linda Crowell, Jo Davis, David DeCosta, Mary Ann Dunlap, Peggy Feck, Braydon Griffin, Kenny Griffin, Karen Griffin, Susan Harvey, Sarah Hudson, Jeanetta Henley, Vickie Hull, Carol Jean, Mandy Jean, Bobby Jenkins, Jeff Jones, Myrna King, Charlotte Lytle, Kay Madden, Gerald Martin, Pat Martin, Sally McReynolds, Linda Odeneal, Clara Shapard, Lori Schuler, Gale Stephens, Barbara Turner

Sympathy to the family and friends of Tom Hord, brother-in-law of Barbara Owen. Sympathy to the family and friends of Joe Frank Snell, brother of Clara Shapard.

MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY IN SKILLED CARE FACILITIES

Carriage House (311 Colloredo Boulevard) Martha Fox Sally McReynolds (315 Colloredo Blvd. Apt. 14 temporary residence due to storm damage to her home)

Isabelle Pewitt Celebration Way (895 Union Street) Faye Baggett (mother of Leigh Butler) Katherine Potts Christian Care Center (1253 Lake Barkley Drive, Kuttawa, KY 42055)

Shirley Nicholson Community Care (901 County Farm Road, M’boro 37127) Juanita Hastings (Room I-116-B) Glen Oaks (1101 Glen Oaks Road) Susan Harvey (Apt. A) Jackie Wolfe (Apt. B)

NHC Rutherford (420 N. University Street, Murfreesboro 37130)

Virginia Wray (Room 200B) NHC Tullahoma (1321 Cedar Lane, Tullahoma 37388) Pat Martin (Room 103) Joe Farrar Home Linda Crowell

Binkel, Grover (father of Loretta Davis,

grandfather of Allison)

Daughter of past members (Charles and

Isabelle Woodruff)

Farrar, Catherine (daughter-in-law of Biff and

Betty Farrar)

Garrard, Ann (Daughter-in-law of Linda Garrard)

Hamilton, Eve and Henry (Linda Rucker)

Hicks, Courtney (granddaughter of Billy and

Margaret Hicks)

Hudson, Bob (son of Sarah Hudson)

Krigler, Anderson (great nephew of the

Leichners)

King family (Linda Rucker)

Malone Roxanne (the Cunninghams)

Our Country

Potts, Elizabeth (granddaughter of Katherine

Potts)

Raney, Wilma (daughter of Miriam Carrick)

Swift, Mike (father of Cody Swift)

Tapley, Anthony (Wilma Beam)

Toland, Judi (sister of Miriam Pietkiewicz)

Wells, Ronnie (brother of Larry Wells)

Wright, Linda (sister of Rev. Jim Beaty)

Young, Waylon (son-in-law of the Wilson)

Stewardship of our First Fruits Our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our Witness

~7~

Our Tithes and Offerings to God

Sunday, May 31

Tithes and Offering Sunday School NA Morning Worship $3,118.00 Total Offering $3,118.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $5000 Good Samaritan $500.00 Youth Reg. Fee Refund $1,913.81 Soup Kitchen (Mem.) Refund $110.83 Thompson Farrar Loan $150.00

Sunday, June 7

Tithes and Offerings Sunday School NA Morning Worship $9,306.00 Total Offering $9,306.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $30.00 Good Samaritan $525.00 UMCOR $500.00 Thompson Farrar Loan $200.00

Sunday, June 14 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School NA Morning Worship $3,849.00 Total Offering $3,849.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $25.00 Good Samaritan $200.00 UMCOR $100.00 Thompson Farrar Loan $1,100.00

Sunday, June 21 Tithes and Offerings Sunday School NA Morning Worship $9,683.00 Total Offering $9,683.00 Offerings to Restricted Funds Memorials $40.00 Good Samaritan $150.00 Member Aid Special Offering $50.00 Rise against Hunger $100.00 Thompson Farrar Loan $200.00

Tom Almon Drew, Tanya and Grayson Lane

Claudette Cobble Randy and Barbara Owen

Manuel De Costa Wendell and Dinah Agnew

Elizabeth Husser Billy and Margaret Hicks

Honorarium

Biff and Betty Farrar Randy and Barbara Owen

To Make a Donation Mail your check to:

First United Methodist Church,

122 Public Square North, Shelbyville, TN 37160

Bring it by the Church and put it in the mailbox.

Online Giving. Check on Facebook and the web

site for a link to our Online E-Giving

Ask your bank to send a bank check to First United

Methodist Church at our address.

First United Methodist Church

Office Hours 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday—Friday 931-684-2535

Pastor Rev. Dr. Paul Mullikin (Bro. Paul) ....... ddy_dean@hotmail.com ..................................................................... cell 731-432-1462 Church Office Administrator of Programing and finance: Rachel Wade ............................................ financefumc@fumcshelbyville.org ......................................................... rachelawade0329@gmail Secretary: Jeanie Phillips ..... fumcsecretary@fumcshelbyville.org Membership Administrator: Donna Brock ............................... ................................................... brockjonodonna@charter.net Reception: Larry Theis .................. l_t.127pm20@outlook.com Office Servants of God: Scott Hubbard, David DeCosta, Jack Hittle David Segroves, David Sherrill, and Bill Pietkiewicz Music Ministries Choir and Music Director: Jon Brock Organist / Pianist: Lori Schuler Pianist / Accompanist: Barbara Owen Student Ministries Director of Student Ministries Ashleigh Porter ........................ .............................................................. ashp2216@gmail.com Sunday School Superintendent: Joseph Davis Nursery Ministries Frances Gill and Rebecca Baker, Servant of God, Jane Prince Video and Audio Support Sound: Wayne Crowell, Aldon Lytle Video: Cassie Davis, Vickie Hull, and Elle Thompson Church Sexton: Rebecca Baker

Stewardship of our First Fruits Our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our Witness

Flowers for Worship

July 5 Dulcie Davis July 12 Available July 19 Rachel Cunningham July 26 Available

We do have some dates available

through the end of the year

Please call the office to

Discuss the dates dates.

Our Presence in 2020 6/7 6/14 5/21 5/28 In-person Worship 48

Sunday School Classes via Zoom

Worship Radio and Live Streaming

Let’s remember to

Stay Calm

Stay the Course

Stay Connected

Stay Connected

The Believers and the Friendship Classes are continuing their lessons via Zoom.

If you are interested in joining one of these

Zoom classes, contact:

Believers—Dulcie Davis

Friendship Class—Joan Leichner

Wash your hands and

say your prayers, ‘cause

Jesus and germs are

everywhere.