Children’s Ministries serving children birth through

grade 6 and families

Younger Children All children, kindergarten and younger, must be accompa-nied to their classroom and signed in by a parent/guardian.

Infants: Nursery 2 yr olds: Toddlers/Twos room 3 yr olds: A room Pre-K – Kindergarten: B room

Older Children (1st-6th grade)

Will attend “Are You Smarter Than a Sixth Grader?” (No Café 56)

Sun FiSH Want to serve with your family but can’t make Friday night’s FiSH FRI? Come join us for Sun FiSH TODAY—an after church service opportunity on Sunday, June 11, 10:45-11:45 in the Social Hall (during Lemonade on the Lawn). Drop in to work on VBC projects. Appropriate for all ages!

Vacation Bible Camp—Hero Central: Discovering Your Strength in God! July 10-14, from 9:00am-12:00pm Have a blast playing games, singing songs, creating art and science, exploring drama, and eating fun snacks. Activities are designed for children ages 3 to 6th grade grad. Online registration is OPEN now. Please visit the Children’s Minis-tries Web page.

Beth Pascoe Dir. Childrens Ministries ....... bethpascoe13@gmail.com

Melissa Hart Assoc. Dir. Childrens Ministries ....... msvast@gmail.com

Jen Sopoci Assoc. Dir. Childrens Ministries ....... jdsopoci@gmail.com

WESLEY FOUNDATION CAMPUS MINISTRY

Tuesday Together this week, at 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study on Immigration: “Journey Through the Wilderness ~

Welcoming the Stranger” followed by a brief time of informal worship

Games Night! this friday, at 7:00 p.m.

Visit the Children’s web pages at www.fumc-a2.org

VBC Volunteer Orientation

To best equip our VBC volunteers, all volunteers must attend one session in the Asbury Room *Wednesday, June 21 7-8:30 pm *Sunday, July 9 10:45-12:15 pm Contact Beth Pascoe for more details

First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor

Resolution on Welcoming Immigrants Prepared by the Sanctuary Planning Committee

April 30, 2017

As a church, we stand for love and justice, and will work to transform life by upholding the Biblical

principles of welcoming the stranger, as stated in Leviticus 19:33-34: “Do not take advantage of

foreigners who live among you in your land. Treat them like native-born Israelites, and love them as

you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt. I am the

Lord your God.” First United Methodist Church Ann Arbor hereby pledges to publicly support

immigrants and refugees in our community. We commit to provide basic services, spiritual growth,

and emotional support to these vulnerable groups that are facing harmful policies and discrimination

by a segment of our society.

As a growing faith community, we are called to utilize our compassion and leverage our resources to

accompany our neighbors and friends whose nationality, religion, immigration status, or other

identity puts them at risk. We recognize the need for intentional assistance and will work to offer

solidarity in the following areas:

1. Lifting up immigrants and refugees through prayer and special times of worship.

2. Providing opportunities for members of the congregation to assist in urgent response efforts

in the case of a family facing deportation or detention, through outreach and education,

advocacy campaigns, fund raising efforts, logistic support, and other forms of voluntary

engagement.

3. Participating in resource gathering activities in the form of food, clothing, or other supplies

for immigrant families in emergencies. This includes services for families facing separation

or displacement, for example, transportation to medical appointments and school.

4. Building relationships and providing solidarity and support for other churches who are

directly involved in offering emergency shelter for immigrants in need.

Our church strives to serve the world through equal treatment of all people, because we know that

God created all people in God’s image and loves us all the same.

For further information, please contact:

Becky Dean, rebecca.dean11@gmail.com (Ph. 812-584-5562)

Erik Wong, wong_erik@yahoo.com (Ph. 734-864-2382)

Our congregation will vote on this proposal at an All-Church Conference Sunday, June 11 at 11:00 a.m. See the white pages of this bulletin for further details.

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“Students at Wesley Foundation” or

“Wesley at Michigan Alumni & Friends”

734-668-6881

Chaplain Bob Roth, BobJazzRR@gmail.com

www.umich.miwesley.org

FUMC will send 81 youth

and counselors on

2017 Summer Mission Trips!

37 high school youth and counselors will

serve at Mission Guatemala, supporting the

needs of poor and indigenous peoples of

Guatemala since the year 2000. Mission

Guatemala collaborates with community

members, international mission teams, and

other NGOs to help meet the needs of

Guatemalans living in poverty in the service

areas of Health, Education, and Housing.

44 junior highs and counselors return to the

Zeba Indian Mission in L’anse, Michigan,

June 24-July 1, to lead our 22nd

annual

Vacation Bible School for this mission of the

Detroit Annual Conference of the United

Methodist Church.

Projected Expenses for 2017 summer trips = approx. $77,000

Part of the cost is covered by our Scrip fundraising, and a small part by our Youth

Christmas Theater and Euchre Bowl proceeds, but a majority of trip costs are covered

by registration fees from the individual participants!

You can support the trips in several ways:

Be a prayer partner for a youth or a

counselor. Please contact Wendy Everett

[wendy@fumc-a2.org] to get more

information or to become a partner.

Purchase GL Scrip Gift Cards at the Youth

Fundraising table during Connections!

Make a donation to our scholarship fund—

designate checks: youth missions.

For more information about youth ministries at

FUMC, please visit www.fumc-a2.org/youth

Mission Guatemala

Zeba Mission, L’anse, MI

Zeba 7th & 8th Grade Mission Trip, June 24–July 1

Youth:

Robin Austerberry

Rebecca Brewer

Elizabeth Casey

Mikey Chimbira

Sam Cleland

Margaret Crawford

Leah Cunningham

Matthew DeHart

Eva Erhardt

Joey Formicola

Colin Hart

Ashlyn Jenkins

Soren Knudsen

Claire Kozma

Sophie Kripfgans

Delaney Lis

Sydney Lis

Erin McNulty

Kate Meader

Liam Moore

Grace Nelson

Erin Page

Molly Page

Luke Pauer

Ruben Pawar

Maggie Robbins

Jessica Skadsem

Julia Slotten

Eleanor Unsworth

Amelie von der Lieth

Paul Wason

Cammy Whitcomb

Jack Wilkening

Alex Yoon

Counselors:

Marcie Austerberry

Jim Casey

Peter DeHart

Wendy Everett

Bob Goll

Kristi Jenkins

Sterling Martin

Chris Nelson

Mary Page

Jeff Wason

Mission Guatemala H.S. Mission Trip, June 24–July 2

2017 Youth Missions

Join us in mission without leaving your couch. We invite you to join us in building “sticky faith” in our youth by becoming a prayer partner

with one of youth summer mission trip participants. According to research done by the Fuller

Youth Institute, “the variable most correlated with mature faith in high school and college is

involvement in intergenerational worship and relationships.” The StickyFaith Guide for Your

Family. Visit the youth page on the church website (www.fumc-a2.org) or email Wendy

Everett at wendy@fumc-a2.org to get connected. After you sign up we can send you further

details, including a letter template. Thank you in advance for caring for our youth!

Youth:

Adam Austerberry

Harrison Baker

Brooke Brenner

Abigail Brewer

Elizabeth Brewer

James Edwards

Noah Flott

Laura Gee

Em Howard

Moka Johns

Alex Kleinheksel

Scott Knudsen

Marlie Libs

Garrett Martin

Theresa McKelvey

Kristine Meader

Annie Nelson

Claire Nicholas

Maddy Nicholas

Jackson Powers

Jeremy Punch

Lucie Roy

Lydia Savatsky

Peter Slotten

Kaitlyn Stout

Emma Throm

Maddy Whitcomb

John Xydis

Emma Young

Counselors:

Dave Gee

Bill Houghton

Christine Kleinheksel

Nancy Lynn

David Nelson

Melanie Snook

Carol Teener

Carrie Throm