Ordinary Time

This season of the Christian calendar is called Ordinary Time. In this season there are no "big" days like Christmas or Easter. Ordinary Time will end on Christ the King Sunday, which is the end of the Christian year. However, ordinary just does not seem to be the best word to use for any season when we are talking about The Jesus Story. The story of our lives seems extremely ordinary while we are living it. We spend time waiting, washing dishes, filling our gas tanks, sitting in traffic and a host of other ordinary activities. There just does not seem to be anything extraordinary about us or our lives. But, it is in these ordinary moments that Jesus is seeking us, molding us and giving us grace to live His life. It is in our ordinary time that we bump into people whose ordinary time needs some of the grace you have received to lift their spirits toward wholeness and healing. You are not ordinary! So, in this season of Ordinary Time, let us all be mindful of the extraordinary grace of Jesus to see us through our ordinary lives. This is the life and time that we have been given and it is in this life and time that the Holy Spirit will break through and do the impossible - which is actually ordinary for Jesus.

Rev. Tim Bracken

June 15, 2016 From the pastor

Our Staff

Pastor ............................... Rev. Tim Bracken

Administrative Assistant .............. Molly Near

Financial Secretary .................... Mae Wilkins

Director of Children’s Ministry ...... Jill Ingram

Interim Youth Director ........... Kellie Bracken

Director of Senior Adults .......... Karen Wood

Chancel Choir Director ............Dr. Jim Burns

Pianist ...................................... Tausha Plate

Organist .................................... Terry Barger

Maintenance Director ................ Chris Offery

Maintenance ................................. Jeff Smith

Director of CDC ......................... Cathy Smith

Director of PDO ....................... Rachel David

Assist. Director of CDC/PDO ....Karon Steve

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Acolytes / Crucifers

June 19 Isabel Swafford and Charlie Swafford

Wild Wednesdays 6:00—8:00 PM

Snacks and Fun Abound! These will happen every Wednesday throughout the summer.

Senior High Bible Study June 18th 6:00 PM at the church

Middle School Bible Study June 19th Meet at the church at 2:55 PM. We will leave at 3:00 PM for our host house

and return by 5:30 PM.

NO Sunday evening Youth on June 19

Youth News

Welcome New Members

Items to Keep Stocked Green Beans Canned Milk

Bread of Life

Michael, Susan, Katie and Joshua Lance

June 5, 2016

Thursday, July 7 10:00 AM in the library

(we will be done in time for the Gad-A-Bout Picnic)

We’re one meeting down and the planning is done. During this meeting we will organize

with workers and volunteers who will help us to set-up and get things ready. All hands

working together make work go faster & easier!

Rummage Sale Meeting

All things rummage If you have anything that you wish to donate

to the UMW Rummage Sale, please call Mae Wilkins at 423-961-4268 OR Sharon Dennison at 423-584-1637

for storage information. Please leave a message if the call is not answered.

Ladies...Mark your calendars!

Tuesday, July 19th at 11:00 AM

Our guest speaker will be Rev. Linda Stransky, Ex. Director Church and Community Worker

This will be a Salad-Potluck Lunch

Jubilee Project

College Graduates Claude J. Bowden

Doctorate of Ministry Pentecostal Theological Seminary

Tobie Boyd Associate of Applied Science, Nursing

Cleveland State Community College

Laura Johnson Bachelor of Arts, Psychology &

Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies College of Charleston South Carolina

Tricia Logsdon Masters in Vocal Performance

Lee University

The Bereavement Support Group will have lunch at the Mountain Oak Tea Room

in Ooltewah on Tuesday, June 21. For carpooling, meet at the church at 10:45 AM.

For reservations, call Evelyn Brunson at 473-8694.

Bereavement lUnch

Thank you! The Sacred Road Mission Team would like to say thank you to each of you for your prayers and support during this past week while we ministered to and worked with Sacred Road

Ministries in Yakima, Washington. God is at work all around us and He is doing

great things on the reservation! Please continue to pray for the Yakima people as well as those He has placed there to spread His Good News.

Ginger, Kellie, Matt, Molly, Shannon, Serena, and Tricia

Happy Father’s Day To all those who have a positive influence on our

children’s lives!

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FROM THE PRAYER LIST.

HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Sunday, June 19 7:30 AM Sanctuary open for Prayer 8:30 AM Early Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School—VBS Kick-Off 10:45 AM Worship Service 5:00 PM First Youth Monday, June 20 7:00 AM Prayer for Revival 9:00 AM VBS 6:00 PM Senior High Bible Study 6:30 PM Scouts Tuesday, June 21 9:00 AM Prayer for Revival 9:00 AM VBS 11:00 AM Staff Meeting 3:00 PM Middle School Bible Study 6:30 PM Seekers Circle 8:00 PM Prayer for Revival Wednesday, June 22 9:00 AM VBS 12:00 PM Prayer for Revival 2:00 PM Prayer for Revival 6:00 PM Youth Wild Wednesday Thursday, June 23 9:00 AM VBS 10:00 AM Prayer for Revival 12:00 PM Prayer for Revival 1:30 PM Friendship Circle Friday, June 24 7:00 AM Prayer for Revival Saturday, June 25 10:00 AM Bread of Life

Monday—Friday 7:00 AM CDC

“I will be loyal to the United Methodist Church and do all in

my power to strengthen its ministry by my prayers,

my presence, my gifts, my service, and my witness.”

Our Prayers

Our Presence

Our Gifts

Our Service—June 19

Our country, our leaders, and our troops

Kathy Farner & Family

Family of Gil Frederick

Melinda Fox Pace

Vicki Verstrat

Tausha Plate

Kyle Cooper

Sue Newman

Caroline Shotts LONG TERM PRAYER

Don Alley

Debbie Ambert

Judy Barger

J. T. Brooks

Ryan Burns

Randall Butler

Debbie Trentham Case

LeeAnn Childress

Bill Cooke

Rusty Cooke

Sunday School Worship 6/05/16 42 166 6/12/16 42 197

Budget Receipts 6/05/16 9,023.00 Receipts to Date: 283,919.57 Expenditures to Date: 276,254.92 Receipts/Expenditures + or [-] 7,664.65 Budget to Date: 325,334.54

Budget Receipts 6/12/16 9,981.00 Receipts to Date: 293,900.57 Expenditures to Date: 279,235.05 Receipts/Expenditures + or [-] 14,665.52 Budget to Date: 339,479.52

Prayer Team: Jenann Lay Monthly Prayer Focus: Czech Republic Mission Trip Ushers: Mark Lay, Head; John Driver, Ken Melton, Lee Stewart, Kevin Swafford Acolytes: Isabel Swafford and Charlie Swafford First Kidz Church: Jill Ingram Sonshine Kidz: English Smith Altar Flowers—sign up outside the church office.

Open hearts, open minds, open doors...the people of the United Methodist

Kaye Coultry

Bill Creech

Alan David

Bob David

Jordann Dempsey

Lorrie Duke

Lois Ellis

Sharon Everson

Kim Faulkner

Karen Fisher

Toye Gibson

Britton Gobble

Jamie Hargis

Renee Henderson

Mike Hodnett

Joe Hogan

Clint Hutto

Elaine Larson

Teresa Lee

Chloe Littrell

Colton Malone

Charlie McDonald

Betty McLain

Larry and Barb Miller

Carmen Orr

Carolyn Owens

Tilley Phillips

Darci Pittman

Lois Pywell

Marcella Rogers

Nalini Samuel

Nicholas Stark

Kylene Stump

Stuart Switzer

Janice Tate

Addison Thompson

Emily Varnell

Rosemary Warren

Joan Wheeler

Jennifer Wilhite

UPCOMING EVENTS

● June 26—First Youth

● June 27—Sr. High Bible Study

● June 28—Jr. High Bible Study

● July 4—OFFICE CLOSED

● July 5—Jr. High Bible Study

● July 6-16—Youth Mission Trip

to Czech Republic

● July 7—Gad-A-Bout Picnic at

Red Clay State Park

● July 9—Bread of Life

● July 10—Guest John Redman

● July 10-16—Family Promise

● July 11—Sr. High Bible Study

● July 12—May Dooley Circle,

Jr. High Bible Study

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To the Children’s Ministry In memory of Evelyn Truelson:

Roger and Sandy Carley

To the Landscaping Fund In memory of Nell Morton:

Bob and Nancy Boyd

Gifts to the Church