July 3, 2016

CAMP E.D.G.E. ................. 1

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ......... 2

THOSE WHO SERVE ............ 3

NEWS ............................... 4

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ... 5

YOUTH & CHILDREN ........... 6

MATURE METHODISTS ......... 7

DAILY READINGS ................ 8 First views

Camp E.D.G.E. is our Vacation Bible

School title this year, but really, we all, no matter our

age, live in Camp E.D.G.E. all of our lives. We are

always (E)xperiencing and (D)iscovering (G)od

(E)verywhere. Ultimately, this is the purpose and

reason we have Vacation Bible School- to be

teaching children, and the adults that help, to

experience and discover God everywhere and to

teach them to be able to see and recognize Him when

He is seen. As humans, we all have different learning

styles, so we all learn to experience God differently.

At Camp E.D.G.E. we will experience God through

music and song, through Scripture and interpretation

of that Scripture, through arts and crafts, through

mission and service to God’s children, through

science and studying how God’s world works,

through moving our bodies and recreation, through

food and fellowship with old and new friends. It’s

actually really exciting when you think about it and I

am excited to be with the children as we live and

move and have our being in God!

Something else really exciting about Camp

E.D.G.E. is our partnership with St. Luke’s UMC.

One of the great things about Methodists is we were

created to be a connectional church, building each

other up and partnering together in the ministry of

the Gospel. Camp E.D.G.E. is an example of

partnership in ministry of the Gospel between two

churches. Together, we are combining the gifts and

talents the Lord has given us as we reach and teach

children the Gospel!

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THE PURPOSE OF FUMC IS TO INVITE ALL PEOPLE TO BECOME FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS

CHRIST, GROWING TOGETHER IN LOVE AND SERVICE TO GOD AND NEIGHBOR.

Camp E.D.G.E. will take place at St. Luke’s

UMC Sunday, July 24th thru Thursday, July 28th,

with a special Kick-Off party on Sunday, July 24th.

We will be holding a morning (9-12) and evening VBS

(5:15-8) and we need help at both times! We still are in

need of people to serve!

We are also serving breakfast and lunch through

the child nutrition program, and will be providing dinner

in the evening. We are looking for Sunday School

classes, circles or other groups to sponsor dinners

Monday through Thursday. I want to thank the Mature

Methodist’s for sponsoring a meal on Wednesday, July

27th!

We already have over 40 children signed up for

Camp E.D.G.E. and as I look over the registration list, I

see names I know and names I do not – names from

children in the community, names of children who are

being served by Networx, Family Care Center and Foster

Care. I get excited because it does not matter if I know

the name or not, Jesus knows each of their name and for

one week, we get a chance to share Jesus’ name with the

children of Hickory.

I hope you will be praying for us on July 24th –

July 29th. I hope that you would be praying that we will

experience and discover God everywhere.

Please let me know if you would like to help or would

like to help provide a meal!

I hope you experience and discover God everywhere you

are today.

In Christ,

Leeann (leeann@firstumchickory.org)

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The days are getting longer…the weather is getting warmer…it is almost Vacation Bible School time! This year, we are doing something special. We are partnering with St. Luke’s UMC to have a week full of morning and evening fun. Our time together will be called Camp E.D.G.E., and we will be having lots of fun at the Beach learning about the Beatitudes.

VBS will take place at St. Luke’s UMC Sunday, July 24 thru Friday, July 29, with a special Kick-Off party on Sunday, July 24. We will be holding a morning (9-12) and evening VBS (5:15-8), and we need help at both times! We are in need of the following: teachers for every age level starting at 3 years through 3rd grade, a craft leader, an assembly leader, an elementary and preschool science leader, and two mission leaders for 4th and 5th grade!

At VBS this year we are also serving breakfast and lunch through the child nutrition program, and we will be providing dinner in the evening. We are looking for Sunday School classes, circles or other groups to sponsor dinners Monday through Thursday.

Volunteers for both morning and night Camp E.D.G.E are needed, so if you are interested in helping, contact Leeann at 828-322-6058 or leeann@firstumchickory.org

July 11-15, 2016 we will offer “Faith Under Construction” to

rising First through rising Seventh grade students. We will build

an outdoor worship space from scratch and then have a worship

service Friday night, but we need you to make it successful! We

need the following people to help with each aspect of worship:

How will you help? Contact Rhonda Smith at 828-322-6058 or

rhonda.musicsmythe@charter.net

Potters

Woodworkers

Seamstresses

Musicians

Thespians

Bakers

Chandlers

Basket weavers

Dancers

Builders

Rising 8-9th grade “foremen”

The church office

needs volunteers to

work on Monday and

Wednesday each

week. We need one or

two people to work on

the first, second and

fourth Monday of

each month. We also

need volunteers to work every Wednesday.

The hours are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The main responsibility will

be answering the phone so that Debbie and Dana will not have

so many interruptions. If you are interested in serving your

church, please contact Donna Waldron at 327-9958, 828-381-

7113 or wufpakgrl@aol.com.

Thursday Nights

7 p.m.

June 30 - August 4

“Set Apart” by Jessica Lagrone

Books - $15

Contact Leeann Setliff

leeann@firstumchickory.org

Throughout this season of Summer you’ll probably go

somewhere outside of Hickory. When you do, grab a

bulletin from where you worship on Sunday, bring it home,

then take it to church with you, and put it in Leeann’s box in

the church office. We’ll be able to see how far this Body of

Christ has gone out into the world to be His hands and feet.

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Seventh Sunday after

Pentecost

8:30 a.m. Early Worship

11:00 a.m. Worship

Traditional Message:

Dr. Jonathan Golden

“Broken”

Scripture:

Luke 7:11-16, 24:13-31

The Vine Message:

Rev. Wil Posey

Scripture:

I Kings 21:1-21a

Kingston:

Luke Setliff, speaker

Jennie Cheek, pianist

Nursery:

Jamie Hawley, Cindy King, April

Smith, Sandy Jahn, Beth Pope,

Wendy Hanigofsky

Acolytes:

Maddy Phillips and Kendall Cody

Ushers:

Harvey Scott, Tim Kirkland,

August Macijewski, Jack

Carmichael, Joe Palermo, John

Teeter, Scott Bolick, Tom Carter,

Paul Warren, Captain, Steve

Jordan

Greeters:

Cornelia Steele and Amy

Crawford

Offering Stewards:

Andy Rice and Steve Jordan

Sunday School Greeters:

Donut Rotation: June - Timotheans

July - Adult Fellowship

Office Champions:

Claudene Smith, Jane Lindsay

Donna Waldron, Cathy Jones,

Diane Creasman, Laura Eckard,

Blenda Clegg, Barbara Foster,

Dori Kirkland, Shirley Mills,

Deidra Chandler

WEEKLY CALENDAR

Sunday, July 3

Nashville Mission Trip

8:30 a.m. Early Worship Service

9:30 a.m. Donut/Fellowship (CRm)

9:45 a.m. Sunday School

9:50 a.m. Kingston Service

11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service (S)

11:00 a.m. The Vine Worship

Service (CLC)

12:15 p.m. Caring Ministry Meeting

Monday, July 4

Church Office Closed

Nashville Mission Trip

Tuesday, July 5 Nashville Mission Trip

Wednesday, July 6 Nashville Mission Trip

10:00 a.m. Children’s Play Date

7:30 p.m. Praise Band Practice

Thursday, July 7 Nashville Mission Trip

7:00 p.m. “Set Apart” Women’s Bible Study

7:00 p.m. Missional Outreach Team 8:00 p.m. A.A.

Friday, July 8 Nashville Mission Trip

7:00 p.m. Rooted to Rise

Saturday, July 9 Nashville Mission TriP

10:30 a.m. Alfred Raby Receiving

at Bass-Smith

8:00 p.m. AA

Sunday, July 10

9:30 a.m. Donut/Fellowship (CRm)

9:45 a.m. Sunday School

9:50 a.m. Kingston Service

11:00 a.m. Common Worship Service (S)

S - Sanctuary; CLC - Christian Life Center;

CRm - Community Room; Ch - Chapel

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July 3 - CARING MINISTRY MEETING at

12:15 p.m. in the Joy Outlook Classroom

July 7 - MISSIONAL OUTREACH TEAM

MEETING at 7 p.m. in the Gentry

Conference Room

July 12 - FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING

at 6 p.m. in the Craft Room

Attendance for

June 26, 2016

Early Service 54

Kingston 29

11:00 a.m. services 229

Total 312

Sunday School 161

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Crawdads Concessions That's right, sports food fans, it's time again for Crawdads concessions!

The funds raised through these events will go into the general Missions fund. Because we don't have that "big" event on the horizon, we are only planning to do four nights this season. But, oh, what a 4 nights we have. Dates for this year:

Saturday, July 16—Midget Wrestling and Bark at the Park night

Friday, August 26 - Pixar 30th Anniversary night and FIREWORKS!! We need at least 14 people each night to maximize our returns. You must be at least 18 years old. Feel free to recruit your friends to help. They'll thank you later. Please reply to Troy Howard (troy@firstumchickory.org) with the dates that you can help. Seriously, thank you all for working these events. We're turning a few hours of grease and grins into resources that can change lives. Play ball!

September 24-25, 2016

Church-Wide Retreat

Sabbath: a prescription for a healthier life Sign up in the church office or visit the following link or QR code:

http://tinyurl.com/j9m2hge

A community-wide musical about Creation,

Destruction, and Redemption.

Auditions by appointment: August 12, 2016

Open auditions: August 14, 2016 - 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Contact:

Rhonda Smith - rhonda.musicsmythe@charter.net

828-322-6058

Grab your beach towels and sunscreen and

join First UMC and St. Luke’s UMC for

CAMP E.D.G.E. at the Beach!

Location: St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 52 16th Ave NW, Hickory, NC 28601

Schedule: Sunday, July 24 3 PM—5PM Kick-Off Event all tracks

Monday-Thursday, July 25-28 (Campers have choice of AM/PM Track)

Morning Track from 9 AM—12 PM (breakfast and lunch included)

Evening Track from 5:15 PM—8 PM (dinner included)

Friday, July 29 5:15 PM Celebration all tracks (dinner included)

Campers are 3 year olds to rising 6th graders.

For more information or to register, contact the church office or visit firstumchickory.org.

A United Methodist Church Connectional Community Event for Children & Families

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Common Worship Service Sunday, July 10, 2016 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary (no 8:30 service)

Please help us welcome our new Sr. Pastor, Rev. Paul Christy, and his family as we worship together, as one body.

FUTURE PLANS

JULY 25-29 - VBS & THE WEEK

AUGUST 9-13 - C.O.O.L.

We need adult work team volunteers for C.O.O.L.

Contact Troy Howard - troy@firstumchickory.org

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Troy Howard (Youth & Missions) - Staff - 828-455-5396

Leeann Setliff (Dir. Of Christian Education) - Staff - 828-322-6058

7th - 12th grade birth - 6th grade

Wednesdays

10 a.m. All ages welcome!

This week we will go to

Winkler Park

Believe it or not, Vacation Bible School is on the horizon!

Sunday, July 24 -

Friday, July 29

Under Construction

July 11-15, 2016 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

$35

Rising 1st grade through rising 6th grade

(Rising 7th, 8th & 9th grade “foremen” needed)

What does it look like to create an entire outdoor worship space:

building an altar & pulpit, making the offering plates, communion

bread & utensils, creating & learning prayers & worship songs?

Come join us as we do those things.

Tiny Theater - 9-11a.m.

3 year olds (birthday before Jan. 1, 2013) - rising Kindergarten

Come join us as we learn about worship and prepare the “message”

for Friday evening.

Needed: Lifeguard chair for Camp Edge.

Please contact Jenny Cody if you have

one we can borrow.

jennybcody@charter.net

The 11 a.m. Sanctuary Nursery will be closed for

the summer.

But, the Sanctuary Nursery will be available at

the 8:30 a.m. service

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Gwen Carter - Chairman - 828-326-7271

Leeann Setliff - Staff Support - 828-322-6058

UMW

The UMW Mission Focus for the months of June,

July and August is the GHCCM.

We will be collecting non-perishable food items.

Please be sure to place items in the container under

the table under the bulletin board in the

MissionPlex area outside the Community Room.

Thank you so much!

Wendy Hanigofsky, UMW Social Action and

Mission Education Coordinator

GoForth meets the first Tuesday of every month and is a time

to enjoy a hot lunch, fellowship and learn. The meal is $6.50

and an informational program follows every meal!

Reserve a space by signing up on the attendance pad or calling

the church office! All are welcome! Fun, Fellowship, Door

Prizes. Bring a friend!

GOFORTH CRAFT LADIES

Every Tuesday, the Craft Ladies meet at 10 a.m.

to work on gifts for shut ins and others!

Please join us! Everyone welcome!

DRESSER MINISTRY

Please help Circle #3 to fill a dresser with new or

gently used baby items. When the dresser is filled, it will

be taken to the Pregnancy Care Center where it will be

given to a family in need. Please look for a cute, white

dresser appearing in different locations throughout our

church.

Items to bring:

Diapers, wipes

Sleepers, undershirts, socks

Toys

Bottles, etc.

Thank you for your help!

SPECIAL NOTE:

The Goforth Club will not meet in July.

Our new Senior Pastor, Rev. Paul Christy, and

Jamye, his wife have arrived at the parsonage. His

first Sunday to preach will be July 10. Introduce

yourselves and wear your name tags on Sundays.

If you need a name tag, please contact the church

office.

OUTINGS

Piedmont Wagon Tour

September 10 at 12:15 p.m. - Meet at church

Lunch at Groucho’s - tour at 2 p.m.

Sign up in the church office by August 28.

ALUMINUM CAN COLLECTION FOR MISSIONS

I’ve been the can wrangler the last 2-3 years, and I

wish to retire this position. Would you be interested

in collecting the cans in the Community Room,

cashing them in at Mountain Recycling then returning

the $ to Dana for Missions? It only takes about 20

minutes/6-week period. If you spy the cans

overflowing the box in between times, you can stash

them somewhere until you get a reasonable amount

to process. It’s not huge money, but not huge work

either…about $120/year for an easy-sneezy job.

If you are interested, please call,

244-1549, or email pam@p-p-i.com !

Thanks,

Pam Hale

If you want information in the next newsletter -

which will be for the week starting

July 10 please submit your

information by July 5, 2016.

For the July 17 newsletter, please

submit your information by July 12, 2016.

Thank you.

NEWSLETTER INFO NEEDED

First United Methodist Church

311 Third Avenue, NE

Hickory, NC 28601

Telephone: 828-322-6058

Fax: 828-322-1515

www.firstumchickory.org

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First UM Church Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/pages/First-United-

Methodist-Church-Hickory/187951964678411

The Vine Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/thevinefirstumchickory.

First UM Church Twitter page:

@FirstChurchHky

First UM Church Website:

www.firstumchickory.org

Daily Readings

Monday – Acts 2:1-13 Tuesday – Acts 2:14-36 Wednesday – Acts 2:37-47 Thursday – Acts 3:1-10 Friday – Acts 3:11-26 Saturday – Acts 4:1-12 Sunday – Acts 4:5-12

Blood Pressure Check The Wellness Ministry would like to remind you

that a blood pressure check is scheduled for the

second Sunday of each month.

Please go to the Community Room between

9:15 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. on JULY 10.

This week, July 4-10, we are looking at the life of the start of the church beginning with Pentecost, to the first sermon, and then a healing by Peter and John. Sunday we will talk about the power of the name of Christ. As we begin our ministry to-gether, I hope that we begin by remembering that Christ is the center of the church and Christ is the foundation of the church. Oh there is no other name by which we must be saved. I look forward to being in ministry with you here at First Hickory. -Paul