The Chimes - January/February 2020

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THE CHIMES U N I T E D

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JAN/FEB 2020

FROM THE STAFF & FRIENDS OF FUMC MONTGOMERY,

Happy New Year!

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WELCOME

Join us in worship 8:45 & 11 AM | SANCTUARY

Welcome back to The Chimes! I have been overwhelmed by the wonderful feedback we have received about this new publication. Near and far, people are raving about the steps forward we are taking to communicate the Good News of Jesus Christ in fresh ways. Throughout this publication you will read stories of transformation from people in our congregation and on our staff. Here’s a challenge for you to consider: each time you read someone’s story, take a moment to pray for that person and write them a note of encouragement. I cannot think of a better New Year’s Resolution than to practice thankfulness and gratitude.

Along those lines, what goals have you set for 2020? As a gentle reminder, let me encourage you to follow through on your Renewal commitments by doing the following: 1) praying for the church, our staff, and community one specific day of the week, 2) being present in worship no less than twice

per month, 3) remaining consistent with your financial giving, 4) joining a work area team or committee inside the church walls, while also serving one place outside the walls of the church - our First Connects flyer can help you decide, and 5) invite two people per month to church (Sunday or Wednesday), and find one person with whom you will help reconnect to the church over the next year.

These are wonderful ways to make a New Year’s Resolution, but you might also want find a bible study, join a small group, launch a new ministry, or become a member of our new hospitality team. Wherever God is leading you to commit and to serve, I want you to know you are in my prayers. It is a joy to be your pastor. As you navigate this magazine, I pray God will speak to your heart and nudge you to respond to the grace made available through the sharing of the Good News.

With Joy,

Jay YTD

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER COUPON

4:30-6:15 PM | FELLOWSHIP HALL

Shane Claiborne

SESSION 1 | 4:00 PM THE IRRESISTIBLE REVOLUTION SESSION 2 | 5:00 PM

JAN 26 SANCTUARY

GUESTS ARE INVITED TO ENJOY ONE FREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER

FREE WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER IS SERVED FROM AUGUST 8 - JUNE 12

THE SCANDAL OF GRACE

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JANUARY 2020 SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CHALLENGE

Let's blow attendance off the charts!

JOSCIE, TROY, AND JORDAN CUTCHENS MEMBERS SINCE 2019

Our family has moved around with the Navy and over the last 20 years we have been members of and visitors to UMCs in Birmingham, Maine, Hawaii and the river region. We were invited to visit First UMC

by Eleanor Lucas and after the first visit we knew we wanted to become members. We love the traditions and the beautiful church grounds but, most of all, we love the messages brought by Pastors Jay, Gillian, and Lucas. We also appreciate how welcoming and helpful the staff and fellow church members have been to us!

SACRED ARTS FESTIVAL THE THE PEACEABLE PEACEABLE KINGDOM KINGDOM

FEBRUARY 21-23 FUMC MONTGOMERY

JAVA WITH JAY TIM & CAROL KLINE MEMBERS SINCE 1994

The church has provided us with years of fond memories. Our daughter was married here, our granddaughters grew up at FUMC—they were baptized and went through confirmation, participated in choir, the youth group, and in mission trips helping others. This church has also provided us many Bible study opportunities. Finally, the church has given us avenues to be involved in the community such as Great Day of Service, Meals on Wheels, and Rebuilding Together.

JANUARY 12 & FEBRUARY 9 10 AM | CONFERENCE ROOM

Are you a guest interested in learning how you can get connected at FUMC Montgomery? Join us for coffee & a conversation with the Senior Minister, Rev. Jay Cooper.

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Name: Mary Etta Wiggins Years at FUMC/ECDC: 40 Favorite Part about Your Job: I have been blessed by God that he started me on a journey of loving and caring for children at FUMC 40 years ago. I have had the privilege of caring for multiple generations of families. My favorite part of the day is singing with the children, and seeing their smiling faces as they learn.

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Name: Janice Maxson Years at First School: 26 Favorite Part about Your Job: My passion for the children is to learn good manners, to share, to develop in their verbal skills, to love school, to love one another, and most of all to know Jesus and his unconditional love. For me, it is not a job but a ministry.

The Arnold Family

Happy New Year! The children at the Early Childhood Development Center and First School enjoyed the fun activities that were part of the joyous Christmas Season.

The staffs and children are eager to start a new year. There is always excitement and great anticipation associated with "new beginnings." We are blessed to be a small part of our families' new beginnings. The Serrano family moved to Montgomery this summer. Their son, Max, attends the ECDC and is in the three-year-old class. His mom Katie shared a few thoughts about her family's new beginning at the ECDC. She said, “The teachers at the ECDC have been amazing, so caring and loving. Being new to Montgomery, they made our family feel right at home. Max loves his teachers and is learning and becoming more independent each day. Thank you for all you do for our son. We feel very blessed to have him at the ECDC." Another family experiencing new beginnings is the Arnold family. They

moved to Montgomery from Panama City, Florida, and started school at First School this fall. "We love that the curriculum is Christ-focused and that each teacher forms such a strong bond with each child. First School has given our girls the confidence to love learning and creating. The building is beautiful and we feel like our children are getting ivy-league attention because the teachers and staff are absolutely engaged and simply amazing." As Directors of the ECDC and First School, we are grateful to be given the opportunity to lead these amazing groups of children during their most influential years. The staffs of both schools work, with great commitment, to provide days that support the development of the children academically, spiritually, and emotionally. We thank the congregation of FUMC Montgomery for over 40 years of support, and pray that 2020 will be a year in which our church’s schools will shine bright with new beginnings and JOY for Jesus Christ.

VICKY MOORE

BETH MANTOOTH

ECDC Director vmoore@fumcmontgomery.org ECDC Hours: 7:00am-5:30pm

First School Director bmantooth@fumcmontgomery.org First School Hours: 9:00am-1:00pm

WWW.FUMCMONTGOMERY.ORG

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

INFLATABLE STORIES WITH DR. DAN BELLAMY The Gospel presented in fun and creative ways for children of all ages! (Nursery for 2 & under)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 | 4-6 PM | GYM (DURING THE SCANDAL OF GRACE, FEATURING SHANE CLAIBORNE)

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Sprouts is a Lenten study at FUMC for children in grades 2-5. The children are grouped by gender and grade and meet on Sunday evenings during the season of Lent. The purpose of Sprouts is to encourage the children to use the Lenten season as a time to focus on acts of kindness, justice, worship, and devotion. Richard and I had the privilege of helping lead our son’s class through their Sprouts journey. When we agreed to help with this group of second grade boys, Richard and I had no idea where it would take us. If I remember correctly, at our earliest gathering we were simply herding cats, but with each subsequent meeting and each year that passed, our boys embraced each other and their inner calling to serve others. In addition to daily random acts of kindness, our boys have made chemo bags for cancer patients, painted encouragement rocks that they spread throughout the community, left Gatorades and thank you notes for their sanitation workers, and made goody bags for our city’s police officers.

Our children’s creativity and willingness to serve is awe-inspiring. While these, now 7th grade, boys may not remember much about their time in Sprouts (except the time Miss Ashley got the church bus stuck in the porte cochere on our way to deliver goody bags to police officers) I know that they grew together as Christians and as friends. Sprouts instilled in me a constant habit of always being alert to ways that I can serve others, and I have no doubt that Sprouts has done the same for our children. Children in grades 2-5 are invited to make Sprouts a part of their Lenten journey this year on February 23, March 1, and March 8.

SUNDAY MORNINGS

Sunday School | 9:45 am | All Ages Children's Church | 8:45 & 11 am | Age 3-Grade 1

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

Children's Choirs | 6:00 pm | Age 3-Grade 5 Summit Kids XTreme | 6:40-7:10 pm | K-Grade 5

WWW.FUMCMONTGOMERY.ORG/CHILDRENS-MINISTRY

YOUTH MINISTRY LETTERS TO THE CHURCH The apostle Paul and others wrote letters to the churches they were a part of to challenge the congregation, to correct, to encourage, to inspire, and to stay connected while away. For our last class of the fall the confirmands learned about these letters sent by the early church leaders. And since the confirmands are learning to become leaders in our church, Rev. Gillian Walters asked them to write letters to this church family of theirs. This is what they said:

Dear First United Methodist Church, I thank you so much for the opportunity for confirmation. I have grown as a person and a follower of Jesus Christ. I also thank you for praying for me and the other confirmands. We have all loved being in class together. I know I have made life-long friendships. I have learned a ton, from Noah’s Ark to the different types of grace. This experience has been life changing.

Thank you for everything.

Eloise Wooden Dear Church, Thank you for accepting me into your community.

Thank you for helping me grow closer to God. Thank you for accepting me and letting me worship with you. You have provided me with endless opportunities that I could never repay you for. You have opened my eyes up to God and without you I would not be who I am. I want to just say thanks for all that you have done for me.

Sincerely, Michael Kirkland

SUNDAYS

Dear Church Family, I am so thankful to have a church like this that has my back and that is there for me when I need it. I feel like a block was lifted off my back when I walk into the church. The smell of the church smells like Heaven. I am so thankful to have a church like this, I don’t know what I would do without this church.

Helen Kohn

Dear FUMC, Thank you for supporting me in my confirmation journey! I’m super excited to confess my love for Jesus in front of you all! I have learned so much from all the wonderful people that have spoken in the many church services I have attended. I have met so many new friends and can’t believe I have spent twelve wonderful years here!

Love, Jane Wooden

Dear FUMC, Thank you for always praying for me when I’m having a rough time.

Something very important to me that I’ve learned at confirmation is God’s covenants. You always have to remember that people are not always going to keep their promises but God will. Like Noah’s covenant with God, He will always have your back. Love you, church family!

Love, Lulu Espy

Sunday School | 9:45 am Methodist Youth Fellowship | 5-7pm

SMALL GROUPS

Contact Anne Chandler, achandler@fumcmontgomery.org to learn more

WWW.FUMCMONTGOMERY.ORG/YOUTH-MINISTRY

ADULT MINISTRIES ADULT DISCIPLESHIP SOWERS CLASS COMPLETES 27-YEAR BIBLE STUDY B y

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The Sowers Sunday School Class recently completed a 27-year study of the Bible. During those years, the Sowers remained committed to being a Bible Study Class – examining one Bible verse at a time. We started with "In the beginning" in Genesis in September of 1992 and ended with Revelation’s last "Amen" in September 2019. Charles Bush, an original class member, recalled it took a year to cover the 50 chapters of Genesis and Dan Haulman also remembers spending a long time on the Book of Job. Pamela Carpenter Roth says it best, "We all know how important it is to know the Word of God and the scriptures. They protect us, they bring us comfort, they provide a way to speak out in time of anger. But most importantly, they teach us of God and his desires for us to be in communion with Him." Over 27 years as a class, the Sowers have shared many life experiences together. Baby showers, the birth of children, baptisms, graduations at all levels, bridal showers, weddings, and a multitude of birthdays and anniversaries. We’ve shared our children’s triumphs and troubles - the deaths of class members Mike Barrett, JJ Goolsby’s husband, Monty Carpenter, and Pauline Tubbs; the passing of parents and other family members. We've experienced losing, changing, and getting jobs. A mission trip to France, numerous mission projects on many Great Days of Service, annually supporting families in need at Thanksgiving & Christmas, church workdays, first-Sunday lunches, and class parties. Collectively, we have experienced and discussed a multitude of life’s challenges good times and not-so-good times - always trying to examine each one through the wisdom of the Bible, all of which has brought our class together as a family. This family walked alongside Pamela through the death of her husband, Monty. Now, having entered into her second marriage, Pamela reflects on what this family means to her: "We were there for each other with peas and cornbread, hugs and kisses, words kindly spoken and wordless presence...what joy it brought to my heart to have you all participate in my second wedding and welcoming Jerry into our foal...I am loved in my Sunday School Class like God loves me. Unconditionally. For I have done nothing to deserve any of this grace. It is given as it is received by all."

Rev. Mark LaBranche served as the Sowers’ initial leader-teacher in 1992 but increasing church duties eventually pulled him out of the teaching rotation he shared with Stephen Turnipseed, Charles Bush, and Jimmy Holcomb. Charles has been our longest-serving teacher and many other dedicated teachers have filled in when needed. James ‘Skip’ Dotherow is our current program director, teaching and coordinating our current studies and guest teachers.

Charles Bush sums it up: "The Class completed Revelation in September 2019 from a start in September 1992 - a span of 27 years cover-to-cover. What a journey it was!"

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This past December, 50PLUS took off to The Big Apple for a chilly holiday adventure. Upon arrival in the city, we were greeted with cold winds and a hilarious tour guide named Chris, who took us on an informative Christmas lights bus tour. Here, we got to see dazzling window dressings decked to the nines and were wowed with lesserknown stories about the history of New York City. Did you know that Grand Central Station doesn’t exist? It’s called Grand Central Terminal and any true New Yorker will adamantly insist that it is called just that!

The next morning we set out for a Holiday Markets shopping tour, where we saw Bryant Park, Union Square, Columbus Circle and the Grand Central Holiday Fair. We ended the day enjoying the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the Radio City Rockettes, at Radio City Music Hall! We saw the 9/11 Museum and Memorial, as well as the Broadway hit sensation, Hamilton. It was amazing! On our final morning in the city, NYC bid us farewell with some snow flurries and we boarded the bus to return to Sweet Home Alabama. God was good to us on this trip. We came home with 22 happy travelers and only one head cold. We are heading to Washington, DC in May and plan to go on an Alaskan Cruise in August. Join the 50PLUS bunch on our next adventure!

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ADULTM IMINISTRIES SSIONS Thank you to everyone who helped provide Christmas for children in our area. Between individual families and Sunday School Classes, we adopted 37 families through Christmas Clearing House and the Family Sunshine Center, including 39 adults and 110 children. We also provided gifts that filled one dozen 55-gallon garbage bags for Christmas Clearing House to distribute throughout our community through donations left under the Chrismon trees at our Hanging of the Greens services. Oh, what a joy it would be if we could see those happy faces on Christmas morning! A couple of families on our Christmas list also needed furniture and kitchen goods. Our furniture ministry continues to be active and the church is always accepting donations of mattresses, dressers, chests, microwaves, and gently used linens. Contact Claire Smith if you have donations for this ministry.

March will be here before you know it, and so will our annual Great Day of Service. Mark your calendar for Sunday, March 1, to serve with your fellow church members in our community. Our two major projects will focus on feeding our neighbors, in Montgomery and around the world. We will gather in the Fellowship Hall that morning to prepare meals with Rise Against Hunger. Two shifts are available: 10:00 a.m. until noon, and noon until we finish. Our goal is to package 50,000 meals! For our local neighbors, we will cook and serve a hot meal at noon. Volunteers are needed to cook, setup, and serve our neighbors in need. We will also collect canned goods for our friends at The Mercy House.

Other service opportunities can be organized by your Sunday School class or other small group. You might want to prepare frozen meals for MACOA, pick a week day to package the hot meals that MACOA delivers every week day, do yard work around the church property, procure supplies and prepare hygiene kits for the homeless, make sandwiches for the homeless shelter, deliver Meals on Wheels, help with the Backpack Ministry, serve at our clothes closet, help sort donations to Reality and Truth ministries, or a number of other exciting service opportunities.

Please share your ideas with members of our Missions Work Area and volunteer your time and skills to make this a "great" day in the life of our church. You won't want to miss this opportunity to volunteer your time, talents, service and witness to help our neighbors in the River Region.

CONTACT: Claire Smith | csmith@fumcmontgomery.org

WWW.FUMCMONTGOMERY.ORG/MISSIONS

GREAT DAY OF SERVICE loving, serving & feeding our neighbor

"FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME FOOD, I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK, I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU WELCOMED ME." Matthew 25:35

SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY, MARCH 1

MUSIC MINISTRY

George & Sally Kenton

Ellie Smith

With the turn of every new year, we make resolutions and commit ourselves to new practices and priorities for our lives. If one of your resolutions is to get more involved in the church, to grow deeper in your service to others, or to commit yourself to the important aspects of your spiritual life, let me recommend serving in the Music Ministry of FUMC. From being a children’s choir leader, to singing in one of our adult or youth choirs, to ringing in the handbell choir, or playing in a worship service, there are many opportunities to serve in the Music Ministry. By serving in the Music Ministry, helping to lead worship in our beautiful sanctuary, and offering our talents to God, we help to create connection with one another and the congregation that is undeniable.

Two of our longest serving members, George and Sally Kenton, talk about their service to the Music Ministry this way, "…our singing in this choir for over 45 years has been a way for us to give our talent back to God and the church. The feeling we get from participating in the choir is a real 'family-like' closeness." One of our newest members, Ellie Smith, says that "singing with a church choir gives me a strong sense of belonging and makes me feel closer to God. I cherish the fellowship that exists among musicians, and I have had the privilege of making life-long friendships through various choral groups." If you have served in the Music Ministry in the past and you feel it’s time to dive back in; or if you are looking for a way to serve your church with your Godgiven talent, now is the time! Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you have about our incredible Music Ministry here at FUMC Montgomery!

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The Sacred Arts Festival is a cherished event at FUMC and this year is no different. With the theme of “The Peaceable Kingdom” as the focal point, the weekend is sure to be a fun and meaningful community event. Activities include an awakening talk from Jason Borders, an Oils Workshop taught by the talented Barbara Davis, an All-Ages Congregation Art Show in the Epworth Room, the “Pizzable” Dinner and movie (Zootopia), a visit to the Montgomery Zoo, an Organ Concert presented by Dr. Gregg Bunn of Brentwood United Methodist Church in Tennessee, concluding with a Choral Evensong in the Sanctuary.

We hope that you will consider coming out to celebrate the arts with us February 21-23 at FUMC!

WWW.FUMCMONTGOMERY.ORG/WORSHIP-SERVICES/MUSIC

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Respite strives to give these gifts to every participant every day that they are with us. We do it by evoking new memories and developing new friendships, not dwelling on all the things that are lost due to Alzheimer’s and dementia. We do it by joining participants in innovative programming involving hand-eye coordination skills.

We do it by all engaging in group activities and by encouraging group discussions to inspire the recall of relational skills from the past, while also empowering participants with choice and freedom.

Respite is like a breath of fresh air in lives that have gone stagnate. It is an anchor for lives that have been overwhelmed by a gulf of anxiety, unfamiliarity and tremendous uncertainty. It provides an opportunity for people who have time in their lives to pour into others, but don’t quite know how or where or what to do, which in turn provides the foundation for surprising relationships and comradery with those you come to serve. Respite is defined by the prefix ‘inter,’ as in interdenominational, intergenerational, interracial, intergender (if that is a word) and inter-acceptance (meaning you are accepted at whatever point you are in life with whatever you can or cannot bring to the table). Respite is where someone who is sinking can find solid ground. To borrow an old Charlie Brown phrase: Respite is a warm blanket.

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Respite’s daily programming includes: • Activities that foster independence, stimulation and purpose • Activities and programming that encourage freedom of choice in all that we do • Programs that include children, teens, exercise, art and music • Tasks that are designed for all to achieve and accomplish • Activities that strengthen memory recall and language skills We also do it with community service projects that spread the benefits of Respite far beyond our walls. Many of our participants spent good portions of their lives giving back to their community or church in countless ways. They’ve not lost the desire to do so; they still long to feel a part of a community even wider than the community we’ve built at Respite. We provide an outlet for this with philanthropic projects throughout the year. FUMC’s Respite group makes a meaningful difference in the Montgomery community on so many different levels!

WWW.FUMCMONTGOMERY.ORG/RESPITE-MINISTRY

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Life Beyond Resolutions

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January Sermon Series

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WHEN JESUS PREACHES Going the Right Way in a Wrong World Sundays in February 8:45 & 11 am Worship

No Labels Observing a Label-Free Lent

March 1-April 12 | 8:45 & 11 am Worship

8:45 & 11 am Worship

CONTACT US REV.

JAY

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GILLIAN

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LUCAS

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CHARLIE

GLENDA

ANNE

COOPER

WALTERS

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PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH AT (334) 834-8990 TO CONTACT A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF.

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@fumcmontgomery

If you are in need of a minister after hours or on weekends, please contact pastoralcare@fumcmontgomery.org.

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