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On behalf of the Worship Team, as we complete the Easter Cycle of the Christian year, (Lent-Easter- Pentecost), we wanted to continue our conversation about the changes you may notice in the colors used for the paraments and other decorations in the sanctuary in the coming weeks.
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The Chamber Choir of Texas A&M University – Corpus Christ had to cancel their upcoming performance on Thursday, May 17th.
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Auditions are being held for the newly formed Dyer County Children’s Chorale! Check this group out on Facebook at Dyer County Children’s Chorale or contact Dakota for more information. The Chorale is open to children in 3rd – 8th grade.
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The Mature Adults will have a luncheon this Thursday, May 10, at noon in the Fellowship Hall. Joy Willis and Cindy Shawver will be the program.
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The Family Life Center parking lot will be closed Wednesday night May 9th through Friday May 11th due to Preschool Field Day.
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The deadline to turn in your $20 Men’s Softball League fee is Monday, May 21. You may turn your money in to Paul Stewart, Karen Kesterson in the main church building, or Patti Lou Parker in the Family Life Center.
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As we have for several years now, we will host the YMCA Summer Camp in our Family Life Center building. This will not impede any church activities because the YMCA will work around our schedule.
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Pool Party and Cookout Wendesday June 6th, 5:30pm-7:00pm.
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Mission Blitz T-shirts can be picked up at the church Thursday until 4:00 p.m. or Friday until 12:00 p.m. or Saturday at the Mission Blitz Send-off at the park at 7:45 a.m.
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With summer upon us (hopefully), many of you will be involved in outdoor activities and sports. If you have been a couch potato all winter and spring, you need to get your body ready before you dive into something in which you will use muscles that aren’t ready for the stress that summer activities will put on them.
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FOR INFORMATION ABOUT LAKESHORE SUMMER CAMPS CONTACT PATTI LOU PARKER AT 285-4794.
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Youth Sunday- April 29th Senior Sunday- May 13th
DaySpring Summer Schedule
June 13th Destination Unknown
June 27th Mini Mission Project
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We have had enough players to play a few games, but we need more. Most of us have reached that age where we need to rest so more players would mean more games. I know there are folks out there who are planning to start playing because you have told me so.
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This year, FUMC will host the first annual Music and Worship Arts Camp June 11th – 15th. This camp will be for rising 3rd – 6th graders and will take place from 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. This is an exciting time to come to music camp!
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Mark your calendars for April 29th. Whether your class has a 5th Sunday Social, Breakfast, or your normal Sunday School schedule, come hungry and ready for a tasty Sausage Biscuit to support our Tanzanian Mission team.
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Union Mission Festival of Songs will be hosted at First Baptist Church on Sunday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m.
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Salt & Light
Wednesday Nights
Next week, April 18th is the last one for this session
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Mission Blitz - Saturday, May 5th. Join your Sunday School Class, or if you’d like to be placed with an FUMC team, call Brian or Ed at (731) 285-6454
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It is finally that time. If anyone is interested in playing, there will be a roster sign up page in the print room or you can contact Paul Stewart at (731) 445-8897. The cost will be $20 per person.
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April 29 - Youth Sunday
May 2 – Deadline for Senior pictures (submit 3-5 to the church for the senior video) May 13 - Senior Sunday (senior posters are due that day)
DaySpring will continue our regular schedule through the end of May. We will go to our summer schedule in June. Summer schedule will be sent out within the next couple weeks.
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Several people have asked me about playing badminton or pickleball. There will be a meeting next Monday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center TV/ Couch Room to make plans to start playing on either Monday or Wednesday afternoons.
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It is time to call the church and reserve a date to place flowers in the Sanctuary! This year, the church will place your flower order for you.
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The Chamber Choir of Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi will be in concert Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. in our sanctuary. Please mark your calendars for what promises to be a wonderful evening of music.
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This Sunday, March 25, we will have an Easter egg hunt for children nursery - 6th grade. The hunt will be during the Sunday School hour, 9 a.m..
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Starting this week, the lower parking lot will be blocked off. We are in the process of getting a new roof on the Education Wing. The lower parking lot will be blocked off next week also.
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Methodist Monday Meals’ Quarterly Meeting will be Monday, April 2 at 10:30 a.m. in the conference room.
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Be a part of making recycling more convenient in Dyer County. Come to a meeting of Dyer County Recycles on March 27, Tuesday, at the Professional Development Center, 305 College St., Dyersburg, TN at 7:00 pm. Please enter through the door to the left.
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As you know, the United Methodist Church uses color to mark important events in the life of the church. At a recent meeting of the Worship Team, it was suggested that it might be helpful and meaningful to have a reminder of the significance of the different colors we use.
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Mark your calendars for March 21st Salt & Light! Our speaker will be Daphne Moses. She is an Associate Pastor at Northside Methodist Church in Jackson. She has been to Tanzania many times over the last few years to work with our missionaries Eric and Liz Soard. During Salt and Light, Daphne will share some of her experiences from working in Tanzania.
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PICKLEBALL
There is a group of men and women who play pickleball on Monday and Thursday afternoons at 5:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center Gym. If you would like to join in the fun, please call Patti Lou Parker at 285-4794 or 334-3313 for more
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Sunday, March 11, the time changes. Don’t forget to set your clocks forward an hour before you go to bed Saturday night.
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It is time to order your Easter Lilies! Each lily will cost $20. If you are purchasing more than one lily in honor of or in memory of someone, please use a separate order form for each lily. Order forms are available in the church office. If you have questions, please contact Jodie Bevis or Dakota Hill.
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On Easter morning the Flowering Cross will bloom with flowers. Please bring fresh cut flowers or fresh cut bouquets from the store on Sunday, April 1, for the Flowering Cross.
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Thursday, March 29, Maundy Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, March 30, Good Friday, 6:30 p.m.
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While you are looking forward to the warm days of summer and making plans for your children’s activities, don’t forget our United Methodist camp, Lakeshore. Lakeshore is for kids from seven-years-old through Senior High School. There are also specialty camps. For years, Dyersburg FUMC has encouraged our kids to attend Lakeshore by paying $100 toward the camp fee.
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The Upward season ended with our last games last week and our celebration on Sunday afternoon. All the teams and coaches were recognized, and then we were entertained by “Gutsy, the Flying Fox.” Gutsy did flips while dunking baskets and all sorts of incredible feats. While Gutsy was changing his costume, his wife reminded us what Upward is all about.
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- Lenten Midday Prayer with Lunch to follow in Fellowship Hall, each Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. (suggested $5 donation for lunch)
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Thanks to your generosity, 191 bags of food were given to households in need in 2017. Please continue to watch “The Word” for food items that are needed. In addition to placing food items in bins located around the church, monetary contributions to the “Food Pantry Fund” allow for the purchase of food items to keep the Food Pantry well-stocked.
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PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE
-When a member of your family is admitted to the hospital.
-When there is a death in your family.
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The first Sunday of Lent this year falls on February 18th. If your Sunday School class or other Christian formation class is interested in a Lenten Study, please call Patti Lou Parker at 285-4794 or 285-6429
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This year our Upward Celebration will be on Sunday, February 18th at 2:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center. The entertainment will be provided by Gusty the Flying Fox. Sounds like a lot of fun!
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Upcoming events:
- Middle School Bible Study February 1st. 6:30 pm-7:30 pm at the home of Justin and Allison Schroeder
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Thursday, February 8th @ Noon—Fellowship Hall
Light Lunch Provided ($5.00 donation appreciated) Transition Ladies will provide a musical program.
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Our Communion Offering this Sunday will support Operation 20/20. Based at Emmanuel UMC the volunteers take our old glasses and sunglasses, clean, repair, and grade them so they can be sent out with international mission teams. Then the miracles happen.
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Rust College A Cappella Choir performance on Saturday, January 27, has been canceled.
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Sunday the Tanzanian Mission Team will sell Sausage and Biscuits in the Fellowship Hall before Sunday School. All proceeds from the Sausage and Biscuit Breakfast will go towards sending FUMC's Mission Team to Tanzania in July.
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Start date has been moved to January 31st.
When Salt and Light resumes, we will have a new way of collecting money for the meal. We will have a flat rate of $5 for the main meal and a flat rate of $1 for pizza.
