Worship:

The other day as I was preparing for my daily

devotion, I came across Psalm 122:1, “I was

glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the

house of the LORD!’” As my mind rolled over

those words, I could not help but think, “I sure

will be glad when we can once again say, “Let us go to the house

of the LORD!” I do so miss seeing all of you and gathering for worship. Not being in worship these past couple

of months has left an emptiness in my heart; I can feel that something real and tangible is missing in my life. I

want to get back in church.

Thankfully, that day is coming. I am coming to the point where I can see a little light at the end of the tunnel, so

to speak. On June 21st we plan to come back for worship. Things will be different, but at least we will be on our

way to getting back in worship. My prayer is that our focus will be on God and worship. It will be hard not to

spend our time on social distancing, describing how to do this or that, and/or going over do’s and don’ts. I do not

want this. We are hard at work to put things in order, to clean the facility, and organize such that those things can

happen behind the scenes, and we can be free to worship the Almighty, to praise God, and to see one another. I

realize that things will not be perfect, that we will be distracted by the world, and that worship will feel different.

Nonetheless, I would like for you to know my heart, my desire for us to gather for the sole purpose of praising

our God.

Therefore, so we can all focus on worship as prayerfully as possible, let me encourage you to pay attention to the

communications we will shortly be providing about coming back to worship. If you will watch the video and

read the notes we send out, most all of your questions will be answered about the times, places, do’s, don’ts, and

the like. The more we are all on the same page, the better we can focus on worshipping our God. See you June

21st. -God bless! Pastor Rick

You may also message us on Facebook:

First United

Methodist Church

FUMC Tullahoma

Youth Ministries

Children’s Ministry

of FUMC Tullahoma

Please note: We will continue to send out a weekly newsletter through the month of June.

If you are not on

Facebook and would

like some help setting

up a page, we would

be happy to assist you

with that. You may

contact Jeff Harrison

at 931-434-2373 or

Kris Roberts at

931-581-2310

Church Office Hours

The Church Office will continue to be closed

through June. However, if you have any business

that needs to be conducted in person, you may make

an appointment with Katrina Walton in the Finance

Office on Mondays or Wednesdays, or with Mandy

White in the Church Office on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

Please call and leave a message or email us:.

Church Office: 931-455-5434 (Mandy)

fumc@lighttube.net

Finance Office: 931-455-7127 (Katrina)

financefumc@lighttube.net

The ministry staff continues to always be available for any pastoral needs that may arise.

Daily Devotionals

Join us on Facebook each evening at

6:30pm for a short video devotional.

As we approach these long

hot summer days, you may

be thinking that you need to

exercise more but you don’t

know where to start? Before you start

any exercise program, talk with your

doctor about what's best for you.

Participating in regular physical activity will help you:

maintain your muscle mass, increase your bone density,

improve your balance, posture and flexibility, have better

control of chronic disease symptoms, decrease pain

and depression and prevent falls. With your doctor's help

I know you can find a program that works for you. I have

been doing a lot of stretching and balancing exercises and

I can already see a difference in my ability to reach objects

that have been difficult for me to reach.

this week to:

Jean Sanders, June 15

Susan Warwick, June 15

As we approach our June 21st restart date for worship,

I want to update you on the youth ministry gatherings

for the remainder of the summer. We will be planning

for weekly outdoor youth ministry gatherings on

Wednesday's as well as weekly Zoom live hangouts

on Sunday's. Friday mornings will be our student led devo. A video link

will be sent to our youth families each Friday morning and are meant to

be viewed as a family. I recognize the eagerness to finally be back together, however, we want to be as safe as

possible, therefore as a youth ministry, we will be abiding by social distancing guidelines such as spacing for

teaching / worship time, providing "no contact" sports and games while together. I am so excited to see everyone

and I hope you are looking forward to our summer plans! See you all soon! -Kris

Church Family,

I am excited to worship with

you in person on June 21st!

The nursery will not be open

at this time but hopefully by

early July.

I will continue to keep in touch with you thru

our Children’s Facebook page: Children’s

Ministry of FUMC Tullahoma and by Text in

Church (text CHILDREN to 931-452-4747).

Be on the lookout for ways to connect, ways to

spiritually engage your children, and some fun

activities.

Beth Harrison has done an amazing job

with our Virtual VBS. Here are some

pictures to enjoy.

-Working with and MISSING you, Julie

“Privilege is

when you think

something is

not a problem

because it

isn’t a problem

for you.”

Online Giving

At FUMC there are many ways to give:

Electronic: go to www.fumctullahoma.com, and

click the online giving link.

Bank drafts & automatic payments can be set up

with the finance office.

Text: to use your phone to give, simply text

Give2fumc to 732-56 and follow the prompts.

For more information, please contact Katrina Walton

in the Finance Office. Thank you for giving!

To receive messages from the church to keep you

in the loop about everything that is going on, just

text the word church to 931-452-4747 and click on

the response. You may also signup to receive texts

from specific areas of ministry. For our Youth

Ministry, text youth; for our Children’s Ministry,

text children; for our Senior Adults ministry, text

fumcsam. Once your form is filled out, we will

begin sending you all the info you'll need.

Henry Center

The Food Pantry and Financial

Assistance portions of the Henry

Center continue to serve the

community Tuesdays & Thursdays from 12-2pm. They

are currently needing more plastic bags. If you can,

please double bag them and bring them to the church.

Containers are located outside the Lauderdale Street

door of the main building and the gym doors of the

Family Activity Center. The Clothes Closet will

not be open during this time.

If you would like to volunteer, please contact

Jeff Harrison at 931-434-2373.

Dossett Chapel

On Wednesdays, we are continuing to hand out treat

bags with non-perishable items, plus other goodies.

The kids love to hang out and just talk to us, telling

us what they’re doing, what they’re worried about, etc.

If anyone is interested in using their gifts

in this area of ministry, please contact

Jeff Ellison at 512-217-9844

Keeping In Prayers

Dwight Miller

Family of Jeff Lee (friends

of the Starnes Family)

Kim Roepke

Lou Ann Mitchell

Katie Jo Bailey (family

friend of the Browns)

Jovonna Taylor

Elleigh Jessup grand-

daughter of McNabbs)

Carter Ray (great-

grandson of Bobbie &

Billy Ray)

Online Ministry

We are looking for creative ideas to

engage more people in our worship

life, most of which is currently online.

Would you like to do a nightly devo-

tion? Help with our recorded worship services?

Contact Jeff Harrison at 931-434-2373 for more

info and details.

We are now on Thunder Radio

107.9 FM, and 1320 AM at

Noon, every Sunday.

Fran Haynes

Jobie Corn (aunt of

Tommie Hoagland)

Dan Stone

Mike Knauer (son-in-law

of Ann Hand)

Nancy Wright

Ruby Hobbs

Carl Corley (nephew of

Steve Hoagland)

Mary Alice Hollinshead

Inia Cruise

Mary Lou Barnett

United Methodist Women

Please remember to send in your pledges

by mail to the church or to Helen McClure,

315 Sharondale, Tullahoma, TN 37388