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July 19, 2020
6610 Vaughn Road Montgomery, Alabama 36116 334.272-6152 email: [email protected]
Church Staff
Senior Minister
Dr. Brian Miller
Minister of Worship
Rev. Steve Badskey
Director of
Weekday Children’s Ministry
Lana Ward
Director of Youth Ministries
Miles Barnhardt
Contemporary
Worship Leader
Micah Williams
Church Administrator/
Building Superintendent
Bill Haigler
Executive Assistant
Allison Frost
Financial Secretary
Dory Hector
Bookkeeper
Erin Jackson
Hospitality Coordinator
Jimmy Dennis
Facilities
Bennie McGhee
After Hours Minister On Call:
334/544-0168
“To Know Jesus And To Make Him Known”
Stepping Together “And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” - Hebrews 10:24-25 Continuing to step into our mission during these days has been a challenge. However, the church leadership and staff have been fantastic about finding ways to keep connected. While our online opportunities, personal contacts, and regular communication helps to bridge gaps, we recognize that the words we find in Hebrews remains an important com-mand for us. Online experiences can help us keep connected. They can introduce us to new people. They can provide a platform for encouragement and growth. However, transfor-mation occurs life-on-life. Our ministry of presence with one another cannot be replaced. To that end, there are some ways that we have found that we can safely be present. The staff has returned to doing most of their work in the office. While the office isn’t “open” because of the difficulty of tracking individuals as they come and go, in-person tasks at the building are possible by simply letting someone in the church know that you are com-ing. Also, we have begun providing the pavilion for small group meetings and Sunday School gatherings. We ask that you schedule those meetings with the office and follow the best practices for safely gathering (face coverings, social distancing, etc.). With attendees bring-ing lawn chairs for sitting, this has worked great for groups already. In the early mornings and evenings, the pavilion is a good place to gather. Home gatherings continue to be a safe alternative as well. Some groups have had regular times of gathering in backyards or in small groups at a host home. These are valuable times that strike at the core of doing life together. The Weekday Children’s Ministry continues to be open. I cannot tell you how much of a blessing the hard work of the staff and teachers has been to families. Procedures have changed dramatically, asking much of the staff and teachers, to keep the children and par-ents safe. In the coming weeks and months, we will be testing some ideas for gathering. This will pro-vide us with good information about what we can and can’t do safely. We have considered providing worship opportunities for small groups and Sunday School classes in the court-yard. These would be brief times of music with a devotional message. As that plan devel-ops, group leaders will hear more about these gatherings. Also, we are considering how to serve as a connecting point for youth in the coming aca-demic year, especially for those who are choosing online instruction. Providing internet for class work, offering safe small group gathering times, and providing the CAC for physical activity are just some of the ways that we can be helpful. It’s hard to be patient. It’s difficult to see what could happen and not be able to do it safely. And it’s hard to know the importance of gathering together and not being able to provide a safe place to do so. However, we are together in the effort, and we are grateful for that. Peace, Brian
Prayer Requests Continue steadfastly in prayer – Colossians. 4:2
Pray for Our Leaders and Staff Members: Bishop David Graves; D.S., Dr. Jeff Wilson; our Senior Pastor, Dr. Brian Miller; our Minister of Worship, Rev. Steve Badskey; and the Aldersgate Staff Please Remember in Your Prayers: Jack Jones (carpal tunnel surgery, Aug 5), Don Hines and family on the death of his wife Cindy from breast cancer com-plications, Mac Kenzie Bridgwaters (prayers for a cancer-free MRI result), Zane, Hannah and Zeke Davitz (upcoming due date, Sept. 4), The family of Rev. Dr. Gilbert W. Beeson Jr., who passed away July 9th in Hickory, NC, Rita Gregor-icka (ICU, Sandra Sutton’s sister), Dick Clark (upcoming cancer treatments), The family of Randy Gernenz who passed away, Dorothy Malpas (heart surgery recovery), Jill Wade, Dick Clark (former member, cancer treatments), Christie Millis (ovarian cancer treatments), Mark Suggs (upcoming transplant surgery), Laurel Jones (surgery recovery), Gary Clark (recovery from diverticulitis), Anne Mathews (Margaret Batley’s granddaughter, trampoline accident), Joyce Pittman (rotator cuff injury, July 20), Jane Vardaman (breast cancer), Cheryl Davitz (cancer treatment), Tim Vallely, Our nation, our state, our city…our world Nursing Home/Homebound: You may want to send a card/note. Ruby Bradford, 513 Derby Lane, Montgomery, AL 36109 Cynthia Bradley, 1602 Festival Ln #1602, Montgomery, AL 36117 Missions: Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM) Hurricane Michael Recovery (AWFC) Prepared July 14, 2020 (Unless otherwise specified, prayer requests will remain on prayer sheet for 6 weeks.)
Worship Arts Notes ♫♫ Students of the arts continue to outperform their non-arts peers on
the SAT, according to reports by the College Entrance Examination
Board. SAT takers with course work or experience in music scored
60 points higher on the verbal portion and 42 points higher on the
math portion than did students with no course work or experience in
the arts. These studies also indicate that the earlier our children are
exposed to the creative arts the more dramatic the results.
So if you want to have a smarter, healthier and happier child we in-
vite you to have them join us for our upcoming Online Bible XP on
July 16, 21, 23 and 26 for Preschool at 10 a.m. and Elementary Stu-
dents at 6:00 p.m.
Music making can be especially helpful during these days. One way
to lift your spirit is to join us for a Livestream Hymn Sing on Face-
book Live on Sunday, August 9 at 6:00.
You can let us know your favorite hymns by filling out a form at this
link.
https://aldersgateumcmontgomery.wufoo.com/forms/
r18dso8v0t589qd/
Our missionary partners Ed and Linda Baker had
hoped to travel to Paraguay, where they once
lived, for a water project this spring, but the pan-
demic stalled those plans. Instead, they are doing
water projects from their home base in Eatonton,
GA. They have been working with TMS col-
leagues in Nicaragua on a spring water collection
project in the village of Tunawaluan on the Bo-
cay River. This is the sixth water project they
have done in that area, and the teams on both the
US and Nicaraguan ends are getting pretty good
at doing them “long distance,” according to Lin-
da.
As usual, the Bakers’ ministry, which Aldersgate
supports through Faith Promise giving, provides
the funds to buy the pipe and other materials
needed while the villagers provide the labor. Ed
and Linda hope to be able to show pictures of
running “water of life” in Tunawaluan when they
come for our next GIC, currently scheduled for
September 13.
SEED Planting
Aldersgate Food Pantry
JULY FOOD OF THE MONTH: Rice and Dried Beans
Thank you for your continued support of the Food Pantry! The Aldersgate Food Pantry continues to serve the Montgomery community. We are
open Tuesdays from 10am-12noon. Donated items may be delivered to AldersgateUMC from 8 am-Noon on any weekday. There will be a dona-
tion bin behind the first column on the right under the porte-cochère. Donated items will be brought inside every day at Noon. Pickups can be
arranged via Miles Barnhardt ([email protected]). Pickups will done via noncontact pickup.
ZOOM Online Prayer Meeting
This Wednesday, July 15th, at 7:00pm, we will host an
online prayer time via Zoom. This will be a wonderful oppor-
tunity for our church family to come together and approach the
throne of God. Please mark your calendar and join us for this
special time of interactive prayer. You won't be required to
pray aloud, but the opportunity will be there. You also are not
required to have a camera or microphone on your computer --
you can follow along without those items. You can even call in
using a landline telephone! Here are the details and Zoom link.
Topic: Aldersgate's "Awakening to Our Call" Prayer Session Time: Jul 15, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84973384707?pwd=ZTNnQ1VuZCtwNEtFQzd4ZjNmelg3Zz09
Meeting ID: 849 7338 4707 Password: 427855 One tap mobile +13017158592,,84973384707#,,,,0#,,427855# US (Germantown) +13126266799,,84973384707#,,,,0#,,427855# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 849 7338 4707 Password: 427855 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kewLbpkUvq
Preschool 10:30am Elementary 6pm
Accessing Your XP:
The Online Bible XP can be accessed by viewing the live videos on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/aldersgatemontgomery or on our website aldersgateumc.org. July 14, 16, 21, 23:
10:30 am—Preschool video will be available
6:00 pm—Elementary video will be available July 26
10:30 am—Preschool video and Elementary video will be available
Have Questions?
Contact Miles Barnhardt, [email protected].
6610 Vaughn Road Montgomery, Alabama 36116
Join us for worship this Sunday! Our gifts to God!
Stewardship Corner Budget for 2020 $1,086,824 Through 6/30/20 Operating Budget Requirement to Date 543,412 Operating Budget Income Received to Date 539,520 Operating Budget Expenses to Date 447,338
Faith Promise (4/1/20-3/31/21) Total Commitments Total Received through 6/30/20 $10,698
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Volume 56 July 19, 2020 Number 29
All events and activities are cancelled or postponed until further notice.
Please join us for online worship, www.aldersgateumc.org or Facebook,
at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays
For more information please call the church office, 334.272.6152, or email us at [email protected]
www.aldersgateumc.org
Aldersgate Weekly Calendar of Events July 19, 2020
Tune In for The Aldersgate Daily Every evening at 7:00pm, new content will be shared on the Aldersgate Facebook page. The Daily will
include devotionals, fun content, music, and other ways to connect. See you on the Daily at 7pm!
Sunday, July 19, 2020 10:30 am | Online
Join us online at www.aldersgateumc.org Facebook Live or our newest platform aldersgatemontgomery.online.church
“You Are Known”
Psalm 139:1-12
1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me. 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. 3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. 5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it. 7 Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night,” 12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.
